| Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: December 14, 1980 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 73974 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 63 F Humidty: 10% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland RaidersOAK | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | OAK | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oakland RaidersOAK | Burgess Owens 58 interception return (Chris Bahr kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Dave Preston 2 run (Fred Steinfort kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Oakland RaidersOAK | Chris Bahr 44 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Oakland RaidersOAK | Bob Chandler 11 pass from Jim Plunkett (Chris Bahr kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Riley Odoms 12 pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 4 | Oakland RaidersOAK | Bob Chandler 38 pass from Jim Plunkett (Chris Bahr kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Dave Preston 9 run (Fred Steinfort kick) | 24 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||
| Offense | ||
| 21 | WR | Cliff Branch |
| 85 | WR | Bob Chandler |
| 78 | LOT | Art Shell |
| 63 | LOG | Gene Upshaw |
| 50 | C | Dave Dalby |
| 65 | ROG | Mickey Marvin |
| 70 | ROT | Henry Lawrence |
| 88 | TE | Raymond Chester |
| 16 | QB | Jim Plunkett |
| 30 | RB | Mark van Eeghen |
| 22 | RB | Arthur Whittington |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | John Matuszak |
| 62 | MG | Reggie Kinlaw |
| 73 | RDE | Dave Browning |
| 83 | LOLB | Ted Hendricks |
| 55 | LILB | Matt Millen |
| 51 | RILB | Bob Nelson |
| 53 | ROLB | Rod Martin |
| 37 | LCB | Lester Hayes |
| 36 | SS | Mike Davis |
| 44 | FS | Burgess Owens |
| 35 | RCB | Dwayne O'Steen |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 80 | WR | Rick Upchurch |
| 73 | LOT | Kelvin Clark |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 80 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 71 | ROT | Claudie Minor |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 7 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 46 | HB | Dave Preston |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Mark van Eeghen | 20 | 72 | 3.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Arthur Whittington | 12 | 18 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Plunkett | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Kenny King | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Dave Preston | 16 | 50 | 3.1 | 9t | 2 |
| Rob Lytle | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 21 | 13 | 61.9 | 1 | 213 | 10.1 | 47 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 107.8 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 30 | 18 | 60.0 | 1 | 338 | 11.3 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 96.3 |
| Matt Robinson | 12 | 8 | 66.7 | 2 | 110 | 9.2 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 56.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Bob Chandler | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 38t | 2 |
| Raymond Chester | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 47 | 0 |
| Mark van Eeghen | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Arthur Whittington | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Cliff Branch | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Derrick Ramsey | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Riley Odoms | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Haven Moses | 6 | 141 | 23.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Burgess Owens | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58t | 1 |
| Dwayne O'Steen | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Lester Hayes | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rob Nairne | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Ray Guy | 5 | 250 | 50.0 | 64 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 3 | 154 | 51.3 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||||||
| Ira Matthews | 2 | 0 | 39 | 19.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Mike Harden | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Larry Brunson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||||||
| Ira Matthews | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Keith Moody | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Larry Brunson | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |
| Ted Hendricks | 1.0 |
| Matt Millen | 1.0 |
| Bruce Davis | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Rulon Jones | 3.0 |
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