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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers - December 17th, 1979
Denver Broncos 7 at San Diego Chargers 17
Monday, December 17, 1979
Denver Broncos 7, San Diego Chargers 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (10-6-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| San Diego Chargers (12-4-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
Scoring
| DEN | SDG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Otis Armstrong 3 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | SDG | Dan Fouts 4 yard rush (Mike Wood kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3rd | SDG | Charlie Joiner 32 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Mike Wood kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4th | SDG | Mike Wood 24 yard field goal | 7 | 17 |
Team Stats
| DEN | SDG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 30-111-1 | 33-97-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 27-41-236-0-4 | 17-29-230-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-12 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 224 | 230 |
| Total yards | 335 | 327 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-61 | 6-33 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Craig Morton | DEN | 27 | 41 | 236 | 0 | 4 | 27 | ||||||||
| Jim D. Jensen | DEN | 7 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 65 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Haven Moses | DEN | 5 | 60 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Otis Armstrong | DEN | 13 | 45 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 6 | 30 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Jon Keyworth | DEN | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Larry Canada | DEN | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Steve Watson | DEN | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Fouts | SDG | 17 | 29 | 230 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Clarence Williams | SDG | 16 | 50 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Bob Klein | SDG | 4 | 69 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Joiner | SDG | 3 | 58 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Mike Thomas | SDG | 10 | 40 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| John Floyd | SDG | 3 | 37 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Larry Burton | SDG | 2 | 30 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Hank Bauer | SDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Fuller | SDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Steve Foley | DEN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Pane | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Thompson | DEN | 1 | 16 | 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 | |||
| Hank Bauer | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Fuller | SDG | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Don Goode | SDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Artie Owens | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Pete Shaw | SDG | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike H. Williams | SDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||