| Houston Oilers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: November 2, 1980 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74717 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 68 F Humidty: 9% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Steinfort 45 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Steinfort 20 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 1 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Steinfort 28 FG | 7 | 9 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 9 run (Toni Fritsch kick blocked) | 13 | 9 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Rob Carpenter 2 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 20 | 9 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Jensen 8 pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 20 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Mike Renfro |
| 74 | LOT | Leon Gray |
| 63 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 76 | ROT | Morris Towns |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 88 | TE | Dave Casper |
| 12 | QB | Ken Stabler |
| 34 | RB | Earl Campbell |
| 45 | FB | Tim Wilson |
| Defense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Andy Dorris |
| 71 | MG | Ken Kennard |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 56 | LILB | Art Stringer |
| 54 | RILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 33 | LCB | J.C. Wilson |
| 32 | SS | Vernon Perry |
| 37 | WS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 27 | RCB | Greg Stemrick |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Rick Upchurch |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 65 | LOG | Glenn Hyde |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 80 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 71 | ROT | Claudie Minor |
| 85 | TE | Ron Egloff |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 7 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 24 | HB | Otis Armstrong |
| 30 | FB | Jim Jensen |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 66 | RDE | Brison Manor |
| 58 | LOLB | Rob Nairne |
| 56 | LILB | Larry Evans |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 41 | RCB | Aaron Kyle |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 36 | 157 | 4.4 | 14 | 2 |
| Rob Carpenter | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 7 | 1 |
| Tim Wilson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gifford Nielsen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Stabler | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Dave Preston | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Otis Armstrong | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Ken Stabler | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 0 | 164 | 8.6 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 86.3 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 22 | 17 | 77.3 | 0 | 168 | 7.6 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 113.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 54 | 0 |
| Mike Barber | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Casper | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jim Jensen | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Dave Preston | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Otis Armstrong | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 3 | 128 | 42.7 | 45 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 4 | 180 | 45.0 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 3 | 0 | 26 | 8.7 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Larry Brunson | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 28 | 0 | |
| Mike Harden | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| Andy Dorris | 1.0 |
| Ted Washington | 1.0 |
| Jesse Baker | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Greg Boyd | 1.0 |
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