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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Denver Broncos at Atlanta Falcons - September 16th, 1979
Denver Broncos 20 at Atlanta Falcons 17
Sunday, September 16, 1979
Denver Broncos 20, Atlanta Falcons 17 (OT)| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (2-1-0) | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Atlanta Falcons (2-1-0) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
Scoring
| DEN | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Norris Weese 10 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | ATL | William Andrews 3 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 7 | 7 |
| DEN | Jim Turner 24 yard field goal | 10 | 7 | |
| ATL | Tim Mazzetti 25 yard field goal | 10 | 10 | |
| 3rd | DEN | Norris Weese 1 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 4th | ATL | Wallace Francis 22 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 17 | 17 |
| OT | DEN | Jim Turner 24 yard field goal | 20 | 17 |
Team Stats
| DEN | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 43-168-2 | 28-56-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-22-215-0-1 | 20-29-326-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-14 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 201 | 326 |
| Total yards | 369 | 382 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-25 | 6-55 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Norris Weese | DEN | 13 | 22 | 215 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 8 | 39 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| Haven Moses | DEN | 5 | 99 | 0 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Jim D. Jensen | DEN | 9 | 52 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Jack Dolbin | DEN | 1 | 45 | 0 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 3 | 39 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 6 | 32 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Rob Lytle | DEN | 8 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Larry Canada | DEN | 4 | 27 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Jon Keyworth | DEN | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Otis Armstrong | DEN | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 20 | 29 | 326 | 2 | 0 | 57 | ||||||||
| Wallace Francis | ATL | 8 | 138 | 1 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Alfred Jenkins | ATL | 5 | 129 | 0 | 57 | ||||||||||
| William Andrews | ATL | 20 | 41 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
| Dennis Pearson | ATL | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Bubba Bean | ATL | 5 | 14 | 0 | -6 | ||||||||||
| Jim R. Mitchell | ATL | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Patton | ATL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Otis Armstrong | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bernard Jackson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Chris Pane | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 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 | |||
| Rick Byas | ATL | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Pearson | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||