Wild Card - Denver Broncos at Houston Oilers - December 23rd, 1979
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Houston Oilers | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
Scoring
| Quarter | Time | Tm | Detail | DEN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oilers | Toni Fritsch 31 yard field goal | 0 | 3 | |
| Broncos | Dave Preston 7 yard pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 3 | ||
| 2 | Oilers | Earl Campbell 3 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 10 | |
| 4 | Oilers | Toni Fritsch 20 yard field goal | 7 | 13 |
Game Info
Expected Points Summary
Team Stats
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | FL | |
| Craig Morton | DEN | 14 | 27 | 144 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 25 | 64.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Otis Armstrong | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 51 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Larry Canada | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Jim Jensen | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Haven Moses | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Ron Egloff | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steve Watson | DEN | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | FL | |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 8 | 18 | 149 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 41 | 50.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gifford Nielsen | HOU | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rob Carpenter | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 59 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 50 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Mike Barber | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Rich Caster | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guido Merkens | HOU | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Renfro | HOU | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Conrad Rucker | HOU | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Defense
Kick/Punt Returns
Kicking & Punting
Oilers Starters
Broncos Starters
Full Play-By-Play
- Play-by-Play for this game courtesy of Aaron Schatz and Jeremy Snyder
