Sunday, December 10, 1978
Kansas City Chiefs 3, Denver Broncos 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs (4-11-0) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Denver Broncos (10-5-0) | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| KAN | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | KAN | Jan Stenerud 23 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| DEN | Lonnie Perrin 4 yard pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 3rd | DEN | Jim Turner 38 yard field goal | 3 | 10 |
| DEN | Riley Odoms 23 yard pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 3 | 17 | |
| 4th | DEN | Riley Odoms 29 yard pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 3 | 24 |
| KAN | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-99-0 | 35-190-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-29-115-0-1 | 20-23-297-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-15 | 4-26 |
| Net pass yards | 100 | 271 |
| Total yards | 199 | 461 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-25 | 9-85 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Reed | KAN | 13 | 44 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Mike Livingston | KAN | 19 | 29 | 115 | 0 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||
| Arnold Morgado | KAN | 7 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| MacArthur Lane | KAN | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Walter White | KAN | 6 | 31 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Ted McKnight | KAN | 5 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Tony Samuels | KAN | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Larry Dorsey | KAN | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | 7 | 165 | 2 | 34 | ||||||
| Craig Morton | DEN | 19 | 22 | 283 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Larry Canada | DEN | 4 | 61 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Jon Keyworth | DEN | 10 | 45 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Rob Lytle | DEN | 7 | 40 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Otis Armstrong | DEN | 8 | 30 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 4 | 46 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Haven Moses | DEN | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 3 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Lonnie Perrin | DEN | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Norris Weese | DEN | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||
| Jack Dolbin | DEN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Horace Belton | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ted Burgmeier | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tim Gray | KAN | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ted McKnight | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Eddie Payton | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Joe Rizzo | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||