| AFC Wild Card Playoff - Denver Broncos at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 23, 1979 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 48776 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 31 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Dave Preston 7 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 3 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 20 FG | 7 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 80 | WR | Rick Upchurch |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 71 | ROT | Claudie Minor |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 7 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 24 | RB | Otis Armstrong |
| 32 | RB | Jon Keyworth |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 66 | RDE | Brison Manor |
| 51 | LOLB | Bob Swenson |
| 59 | LILB | Joe Rizzo |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 29 | FS | Bernie Jackson |
| 43 | RCB | Steve Foley |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 88 | WR | Rich Caster |
| 74 | LOT | Leon Gray |
| 58 | LOG | David Carter |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 70 | ROT | Conway Hayman |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 34 | RB | Earl Campbell |
| 45 | RB | Tim Wilson |
| Defense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Andy Dorris |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 53 | RILB | Art Stringer |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 33 | LCB | J.C. Wilson |
| 32 | SS | Vernon Perry |
| 37 | FS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 27 | RCB | Greg Stemrick |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Otis Armstrong | 12 | 51 | 4.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Larry Canada | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Rob Carpenter | 16 | 59 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 16 | 50 | 3.1 | 9 | 1 |
| Tim Wilson | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 1 | 144 | 5.3 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 64.4 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 1 | 149 | 8.3 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 50.5 |
| Gifford Nielsen | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 9 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Dave Preston | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Haven Moses | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Otis Armstrong | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Larry Canada | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Tim Wilson | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Mike Barber | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Swenson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Gregg Bingham | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 6 | 266 | 44.3 | 52 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 5 | 216 | 43.2 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 0 | 25 | 12.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Rich Ellender | 5 | 1 | 42 | 8.4 | 17 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Dave Preston | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 22 | 0 | |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carter Hartwig | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Barney Chavous | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Andy Dorris | 2.5 | 17.5 |
| Curley Culp | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| Ken Kennard | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Ted Washington | 0.5 | 3.5 |
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