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Sunday, September 17, 1978
Scoring
| SDG | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Broncos | Ron Egloff 2 yard pass from Norris Weese (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | Chargers | Dan Fouts 3 yard rush (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 7 | 7 |
| Chargers | John Jefferson 20 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| 3rd | Broncos | Lonnie Perrin 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 14 | 13 |
| 4th | Broncos | Rick Upchurch 75 yard punt return (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 20 |
| Broncos | Lonnie Perrin 21 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 27 |
Team Stats
| SDG | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-101-1 | 34-137-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-33-230-1-2 | 18-31-201-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-16 | 3-24 |
| Net pass yards | 214 | 177 |
| Total yards | 315 | 314 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-53 | 10-85 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Dan Fouts | SDG | 19 | 33 | 230 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Bo Matthews | SDG | 11 | 56 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Lydell Mitchell | SDG | 6 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Charlie Joiner | SDG | 2 | 61 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||||
| John Jefferson | SDG | 3 | 51 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Don Woods | SDG | 8 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Bob Klein | SDG | 2 | 31 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Hank Bauer | SDG | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
| Craig Morton | DEN | 12 | 22 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Otis Armstrong | DEN | 13 | 39 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Lonnie Perrin | DEN | 9 | 56 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 5 | 69 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Haven Moses | DEN | 2 | 45 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Norris Weese | DEN | 6 | 9 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Jon Keyworth | DEN | 5 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 2 | 12 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Ron Egloff | DEN | 2 | 11 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Jack Dolbin | DEN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Larry Canada | DEN | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| 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 | ||
| Bob Horn | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Artie Owens | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Johnny Rodgers | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike H. Williams | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Steve Foley | DEN | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bernard Jackson | DEN | 0.0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Jeff West | SDG | 6 | 237 | 39.5 | 0 | ||||
| Bucky Dilts | DEN | 7 | 265 | 37.9 | 0 | ||||
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