| San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: December 9, 1984 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74867 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 59 F Humidty: 21% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 42 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 41 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 30 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 50 FG | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Sammy Winder 4 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Buford McGee 4 pass from Ed Luther (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 28 FG | 13 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wes Chandler |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 77 | LOT | Sam Claphan |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 62 | C | Don Macek |
| 60 | ROG | Dennis McKnight |
| 67 | ROT | Ed White |
| 88 | TE | Pete Holohan |
| 85 | TE | Eric Sievers |
| 11 | QB | Ed Luther |
| 41 | RB | Earnest Jackson |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Chuck Ehin |
| 68 | NT | Bill Elko |
| 76 | RDE | Keith Ferguson |
| 57 | LOLB | Linden King |
| 58 | LILB | Mike Green |
| 54 | RILB | Billy Ray Smith |
| 51 | ROLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 33 | LCB | Lucious Smith |
| 28 | SS | Ken Greene |
| 48 | FS | Tim Fox |
| 31 | RCB | Bill Kay |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Butch Johnson |
| 81 | WR | Steve Watson |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 54 | LOG | Keith Bishop |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 63 | ROG | Mark Cooper |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 88 | TE | Clarence Kay |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 23 | RB | Sammy Winder |
| 87 | HBK | Jim Wright |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 75 | RDE | Rulon Jones |
| 50 | LOLB | Jim Ryan |
| 55 | LILB | Rick Dennison |
| 58 | RILB | Steve Busick |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 23 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 49 | SS | Dennis Smith |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 31 | RCB | Mike Harden |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Earnest Jackson | 19 | 68 | 3.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Buford McGee | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Ed Luther | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 22 | 90 | 4.1 | 14 | 1 |
| Rick Parros | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 9 | 0 |
| John Elway | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Ed Luther | 35 | 18 | 51.4 | 0 | 171 | 4.9 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 74.8 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 31 | 18 | 58.1 | 1 | 193 | 6.2 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 63.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Earnest Jackson | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Pete Holohan | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Jesse Bendross | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Charlie Joiner | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Buford McGee | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Bobby Duckworth | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Gerald Willhite | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ray Alexander | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Clint Sampson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Wright | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Woodrow Lowe | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Maury Buford | 4 | 172 | 43.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Chris Norman | 2 | 89 | 44.5 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Lionel James | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gerald Willhite | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Lionel James | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gene Lang | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Gerald Willhite | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Andre Young | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Rulon Jones | 2.0 |
| Rick Dennison | 1.0 |
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