Sunday, November 28, 1976
| DEN | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patriots | Steve Grogan 1 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | Patriots | John Smith 49 yard field goal | 0 | 10 |
| Patriots | Al Chandler 3 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 0 | 17 | |
| Patriots | Mike Haynes 62 yard punt return (John Smith kick) | 0 | 24 | |
| Patriots | Andy Johnson 1 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 0 | 31 | |
| 3rd | Broncos | Jon Keyworth 1 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 4th | Patriots | Ike Forte 3 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 7 | 38 |
| Broncos | Riley Odoms 11 yard pass from Craig Penrose (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 38 |
| DEN | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 12 | 25 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 13-44-1 | 62-332-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-34-204-1-3 | 8-14-84-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 9-59 | 1-2 |
| Net pass yards | 145 | 82 |
| Total yards | 189 | 414 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-52 | 3-25 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 5 | 73 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Steve Ramsey | DEN | 11 | 28 | 124 | 0 | 3 | 28 | ||||||||
| Haven Moses | DEN | 2 | 60 | 0 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Craig Penrose | DEN | 4 | 6 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 41 | ||||||||
| Jack Dolbin | DEN | 2 | 38 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Jon Keyworth | DEN | 5 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Jim Kiick | DEN | 4 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Otis Armstrong | DEN | 4 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 25 | 177 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 17 | 63 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 8 | 14 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Darryl Stingley | NWE | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 44 | ||||||
| Ike Forte | NWE | 9 | 44 | 1 | 26 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | ||||||
| Jess Phillips | NWE | 6 | 23 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Al Chandler | NWE | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Glenn Hyde | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tom Jackson | DEN | 0.0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Lonnie Perrin | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Conn | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mike Haynes | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bob Howard | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sam Hunt | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jess Phillips | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Darryl Stingley | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Billy Van Heusen | DEN | 5 | 170 | 34.0 | 0 | ||||
| Norris Weese | DEN | 3 | 116 | 38.7 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Patrick | NWE | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | ||||
| John Smith | NWE | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |