Sunday, October 28, 1979
Kansas City Chiefs 3, Denver Broncos 20| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs (4-5-0) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Denver Broncos (6-3-0) | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| KAN | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Jim D. Jensen 25 yard pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | DEN | Rick Upchurch 5 yard pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3rd | DEN | Rick Upchurch 32 yard pass from Jon Keyworth (kick failed) | 0 | 20 |
| KAN | Jan Stenerud 27 yard field goal | 3 | 20 |
| KAN | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 12 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 28-102-0 | 29-112-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-32-124-0-2 | 22-36-293-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-16 | 2-24 |
| Net pass yards | 108 | 269 |
| Total yards | 210 | 381 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-66 | 7-38 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ted McKnight | KAN | 12 | 40 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Tony Reed | KAN | 10 | 41 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Steve Fuller | KAN | 12 | 20 | 92 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Tony Samuels | KAN | 4 | 28 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| J.T. Smith | KAN | 2 | 22 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Mike Livingston | KAN | 6 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||
| Henry Marshall | KAN | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Mike A. Williams | KAN | 3 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Horace Belton | KAN | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Arnold Morgado | KAN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Craig Morton | DEN | 20 | 32 | 254 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 7 | 114 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Jim D. Jensen | DEN | 3 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 25 | ||||||
| Haven Moses | DEN | 5 | 54 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Otis Armstrong | DEN | 6 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 4 | 46 | 2 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Jon Keyworth | DEN | 1 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Larry Canada | DEN | 5 | 26 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Steve Watson | DEN | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Rob Lytle | DEN | 4 | 14 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Norris Weese | DEN | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Luke Prestridge | DEN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Horace Belton | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Earl Gant | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gary Green | KAN | 1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| J.T. Smith | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 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 | |||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bill Thompson | DEN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Louis Wright | DEN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||