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Denver Broncos 26 at Houston Oilers 14

Sunday, October 9, 1983

Denver Broncos 26, Houston Oilers 14

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Denver Broncos (3-3-0)7133326
Houston Oilers (0-6-0)0140014

Scoring

DENHOU
1stDENRon Egloff 7 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Rich Karlis kick)70
2ndHOUTim Smith 40 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Florian Kempf kick)77
DENRich Karlis 45 yard field goal107
DENSteve Watson 24 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Rich Karlis kick)177
DENRich Karlis 39 yard field goal207
HOUEarl Campbell 1 yard rush (Florian Kempf kick)2014
3rdDENRich Karlis 49 yard field goal2314
4thDENRich Karlis 35 yard field goal2614

Team Stats

DENHOU
First downs2219
Rush-yards-TDs44-253-026-126-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT11-21-149-2-015-32-189-1-0
Sacked-yards1-12-22
Net pass yards148167
Total yards401293
Fumbles-lost1-14-4
Turnovers14
Penalties-yards8-702-10

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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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