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Oakland Raiders 7 at Denver Broncos 9

Sunday, September 6, 1981

Oakland Raiders 7, Denver Broncos 9

1234Final
Oakland Raiders (0-1-0)70007
Denver Broncos (1-0-0)63009

Scoring

OAKDEN
1stOAKRaymond Chester 9 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Chris Bahr kick)70
DENRick Upchurch 44 yard pass from Craig Morton (pass failed)76
2ndDENFred Steinfort 29 yard field goal79

Team Stats

OAKDEN
First downs1221
Rush-yards-TDs24-81-045-176-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT14-24-125-1-212-25-194-1-0
Sacked-yards5-412-12
Net pass yards84182
Total yards165358
Fumbles-lost1-11-1
Turnovers31
Penalties-yards10-837-54

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Jim Plunkett OAK 14 24 125 1 2 38 1 5 0 5
Kenny King OAK 7 22 0 7 4 30 0 10
Mark van Eeghen OAK 8 30 0 8 1 8 0 8
Cliff Branch OAK 1 38 0 38
Arthur Whittington OAK 8 24 0 5 2 11 0 6
Raymond Chester OAK 5 33 1 10
Bob Chandler OAK 1 5 0 5
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Dave Preston DEN 19 87 0 23 3 21 0 9
Craig Morton DEN 12 25 194 1 0 44 2 6 0 5
Rick Upchurch DEN 2 64 1 44
Rick Parros DEN 15 47 0 12
Riley Odoms DEN 2 38 0 28
Tony Reed DEN 7 29 0 9 1 6 0 6
Steve Watson DEN 1 6 0 6 1 28 0 28
Haven Moses DEN 2 29 0 24
Ron Egloff DEN 1 8 0 8
Larry Canada DEN 1 1 0 1

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Malcolm Barnwell OAK 0 0 0 0 3 71 23.7 0 0
Ira Matthews OAK 0 0 0 0 1 26 26.0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Larry Evans DEN 1 1 0 0
Wade Manning DEN 0 0 0 0 2 33 16.5 0 0 3 31 10.3 0 0
Bill Thompson DEN 1 0 0 0
Rick Upchurch DEN 0 0 0 0 2 22 11.0 0 0