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Denver Broncos 0 at San Diego Chargers 23

Sunday, October 8, 1978

Denver Broncos 0, San Diego Chargers 23

1234Final
Denver Broncos (4-2-0)00000
San Diego Chargers (2-4-0)773623

Scoring

DENSDG
1stSDGDon Woods 1 yard rush (Rolf Benirschke kick)07
2ndSDGHank Bauer 14 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick)014
3rdSDGRolf Benirschke 28 yard field goal017
4thSDGRolf Benirschke 20 yard field goal020
SDGRolf Benirschke 24 yard field goal023

Team Stats

DENSDG
First downs1119
Rush-yards-TDs16-76-045-128-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT8-30-90-0-322-34-187-1-1
Sacked-yards1-103-17
Net pass yards80170
Total yards156298
Fumbles-lost2-21-1
Turnovers52
Penalties-yards6-3011-78

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Dave Preston DEN 4 31 0 13 3 35 0 15
Riley Odoms DEN 3 37 0 16
Norris Weese DEN 5 11 54 0 1 18 1 5 0 5
Craig Penrose DEN 3 12 36 0 1 15
Jack Dolbin DEN 1 18 0 18
Lonnie Perrin DEN 2 12 0 11 1 0 0 0
Otis Armstrong DEN 4 12 0 7
Larry Canada DEN 1 11 0 11
Craig Morton DEN 0 7 0 0 1 0 1 7 0 7
Rob Lytle DEN 1 -1 0 -1
Jon Keyworth DEN 2 -1 0 1
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Lydell Mitchell SDG 19 65 0 8 9 51 0 9
Dan Fouts SDG 22 34 187 1 1 20 5 -1 0 4
Don Woods SDG 17 50 1 10 1 3 0 3
John Jefferson SDG 4 48 0 20
Pat Curran SDG 3 30 0 15
Hank Bauer SDG 4 14 0 7 1 14 1 14
Bob Klein SDG 2 22 0 16
Charlie Joiner SDG 1 13 0 13
Johnny Rodgers SDG 1 6 0 6

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Lonnie Perrin DEN 0 0 0 0 1 12 12.0 0 0
Dave Preston DEN 0 0 0 0 1 20 20.0 0 0
Joe Rizzo DEN 1 10 0 0
Rick Upchurch DEN 0 0 0 0 3 74 24.7 0 0 3 28 9.3 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Glen Edwards SDG 1 0 0 0
Mike Fuller SDG 1 0 0 0 1 5 5.0 0 0
Don Goode SDG 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Louie Kelcher SDG 1 0 0 0
Artie Owens SDG 0 0 0 0 1 51 51.0 0 0