Sunday, October 25, 1981
Denver Broncos 7, Buffalo Bills 9| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (5-3-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Buffalo Bills (5-3-0) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| DEN | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | DEN | Steve Watson 36 yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 7 | 0 |
| BUF | Nick Mike-Mayer 41 yard field goal | 7 | 3 | |
| 3rd | BUF | Nick Mike-Mayer 46 yard field goal | 7 | 6 |
| 4th | BUF | Nick Mike-Mayer 36 yard field goal | 7 | 9 |
| DEN | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 10 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-64-0 | 29-119-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-25-151-1-0 | 21-42-223-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 7-54 | 2-19 |
| Net pass yards | 97 | 204 |
| Total yards | 161 | 323 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-30 | 7-78 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Watson | DEN | 4 | 91 | 1 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Craig Morton | DEN | 10 | 25 | 151 | 1 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||
| Rick Parros | DEN | 10 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 11 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Ron Egloff | DEN | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 2 | 21 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Tony Reed | DEN | 2 | 11 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Joe Cribbs | BUF | 24 | 123 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Joe Ferguson | BUF | 21 | 42 | 223 | 0 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||
| Frank Lewis | BUF | 6 | 90 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Mark Brammer | BUF | 4 | 28 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Lou Piccone | BUF | 2 | 26 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Curtis Brown | BUF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Ron Jessie | BUF | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Byron Franklin | BUF | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Butler | BUF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Roosevelt Leaks | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rod Kush | BUF | 1 | -6 | 0 | -6 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wade Manning | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Ryan | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 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 | |||
| Byron Franklin | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Roland Hooks | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||