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San Diego Chargers 24 at Denver Broncos 42

Sunday, September 27, 1981

San Diego Chargers 24, Denver Broncos 42

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San Diego Chargers (3-1-0)00101424
Denver Broncos (3-1-0)2177742

Scoring

SDGDEN
1stDENRiley Odoms 19 yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick)07
DENSteve Watson 93 yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick)014
DENJames Wright 2 yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick)021
2ndDENSteve Watson 21 yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick)028
3rdDENDave Preston 2 yard rush (Fred Steinfort kick)035
SDGRon B. Smith 39 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick)735
SDGRolf Benirschke 52 yard field goal1035
4thSDGJohn Cappelletti 1 yard rush (Rolf Benirschke kick)1735
SDGKellen Winslow 1 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick)2435
DENRob Lytle 3 yard rush (Fred Steinfort kick)2442

Team Stats

SDGDEN
First downs2320
Rush-yards-TDs23-82-137-103-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT26-47-298-2-321-24-367-4-0
Sacked-yards4-312-17
Net pass yards267350
Total yards349453
Fumbles-lost2-23-3
Turnovers53
Penalties-yards6-406-55

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Dan Fouts SDG 26 47 298 2 3 39 1 -2 0 -2
Kellen Winslow SDG 10 106 1 21
John Cappelletti SDG 7 26 1 9 2 26 0 20
Chuck Muncie SDG 7 16 0 7 3 35 0 13
James Brooks SDG 7 41 0 18 2 6 0 8
Ron B. Smith SDG 1 39 1 39
Charlie Joiner SDG 3 32 0 17
Eric Sievers SDG 3 26 0 15
Dwight Scales SDG 1 16 0 16
Clarence Williams SDG 1 1 0 1 1 12 0 12
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Steve Watson DEN 8 178 2 93
Craig Morton DEN 17 18 308 4 0 93 2 6 0 5
Riley Odoms DEN 4 71 1 19
Dave Preston DEN 14 32 1 5 2 25 0 19
Larry Canada DEN 8 43 0 10
Haven Moses DEN 2 43 0 29
Wade Manning DEN 2 41 0 34
Steve DeBerg DEN 4 6 59 0 0 34
Rick Parros DEN 6 15 0 5
Rob Lytle DEN 3 9 1 4
Tony Reed DEN 4 -2 0 4 2 7 0 9
James Wright DEN 1 2 1 2

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
Pete Shaw SDG 0 0 0 0 1 24 24.0 0 0
Aundra Thompson SDG 0 0 0 0 2 44 22.0 0 0
Clarence Williams SDG 0 0 0 0 3 32 10.7 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
Steve Foley DEN 3 42 0 0
Wade Manning DEN 0 0 0 0 2 42 21.0 0 0 2 10 5.0 0 0
Dave Preston DEN 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 0 0