Sunday, November 4, 1979
New Orleans Saints 3, Denver Broncos 10| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (5-5-0) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Denver Broncos (7-3-0) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| NOR | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Jim Turner 28 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 3rd | NOR | Garo Yepremian 20 yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| 4th | DEN | Rick Upchurch 12 yard pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 3 | 10 |
| NOR | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 30-122-0 | 36-148-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-26-117-0-1 | 17-26-223-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 3-22 |
| Net pass yards | 117 | 201 |
| Total yards | 239 | 349 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-40 | 7-50 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Chuck Muncie | NOR | 12 | 54 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Archie Manning | NOR | 13 | 26 | 117 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 15 | 48 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 3 | 38 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Henry Childs | NOR | 4 | 37 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Mike Strachan | NOR | 2 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Ike Harris | NOR | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Craig Morton | DEN | 17 | 26 | 223 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 2 | -4 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 6 | 95 | 1 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Haven Moses | DEN | 4 | 64 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Otis Armstrong | DEN | 9 | 58 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Rob Lytle | DEN | 7 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 3 | 32 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Larry Canada | DEN | 5 | 26 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Jon Keyworth | DEN | 6 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Jim D. Jensen | DEN | 3 | 20 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| 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 Federspiel | NOR | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Pat Hughes | NOR | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rich Mauti | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Myers | NOR | 1 | 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 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie West | DEN | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||