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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Denver Broncos at Houston Oilers - October 9th, 1983
Denver Broncos 26 at Houston Oilers 14
Sunday, October 9, 1983
Denver Broncos 26, Houston Oilers 14| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (3-3-0) | 7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| Houston Oilers (0-6-0) | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Scoring
| DEN | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Ron Egloff 7 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | HOU | Tim Smith 40 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Florian Kempf kick) | 7 | 7 |
| DEN | Rich Karlis 45 yard field goal | 10 | 7 | |
| DEN | Steve Watson 24 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Rich Karlis kick) | 17 | 7 | |
| DEN | Rich Karlis 39 yard field goal | 20 | 7 | |
| HOU | Earl Campbell 1 yard rush (Florian Kempf kick) | 20 | 14 | |
| 3rd | DEN | Rich Karlis 49 yard field goal | 23 | 14 |
| 4th | DEN | Rich Karlis 35 yard field goal | 26 | 14 |
Team Stats
| DEN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 44-253-0 | 26-126-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-21-149-2-0 | 15-32-189-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-1 | 2-22 |
| Net pass yards | 148 | 167 |
| Total yards | 401 | 293 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 4-4 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-70 | 2-10 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Sammy Winder | DEN | 29 | 165 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Steve Watson | DEN | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 84 | 1 | 44 | ||||||
| Steve DeBerg | DEN | 11 | 21 | 149 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Nathan Poole | DEN | 9 | 41 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Jesse Myles | DEN | 2 | 13 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Ron Egloff | DEN | 2 | 12 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| James Wright | DEN | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 19 | 101 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Gifford Nielsen | HOU | 15 | 32 | 189 | 1 | 0 | 40 | ||||||||
| Tim Smith | HOU | 4 | 86 | 1 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Mike Renfro | HOU | 2 | 44 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Larry Moriarty | HOU | 5 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Herkie Walls | HOU | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Chris Dressel | HOU | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Mike McCloskey | HOU | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Donnie Craft | HOU | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | ||||||||||
| Stan Edwards | HOU | 1 | -5 | 0 | -5 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Rubin Carter | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Brison Manor | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Zach Thomas | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 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 | |||
| Steve Brown | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Chris Dressel | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Hamm | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Carl Roaches | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||