Sunday, September 27, 1981
| SDG | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Broncos | Riley Odoms 19 yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Broncos | Steve Watson 93 yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| Broncos | James Wright 2 yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 21 | |
| 2nd | Broncos | Steve Watson 21 yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 3rd | Broncos | Dave Preston 2 yard rush (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 35 |
| Chargers | Ron B. Smith 39 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 7 | 35 | |
| Chargers | Rolf Benirschke 52 yard field goal | 10 | 35 | |
| 4th | Chargers | John Cappelletti 1 yard rush (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 17 | 35 |
| Chargers | Kellen Winslow 1 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 24 | 35 | |
| Broncos | Rob Lytle 3 yard rush (Fred Steinfort kick) | 24 | 42 |
| SDG | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 23-82-1 | 37-103-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 26-47-298-2-3 | 21-24-367-4-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-31 | 2-17 |
| Net pass yards | 267 | 350 |
| Total yards | 349 | 453 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-40 | 6-55 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Dan Fouts | SDG | 26 | 47 | 298 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| Kellen Winslow | SDG | 10 | 106 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| John Cappelletti | SDG | 7 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Chuck Muncie | SDG | 7 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| James Brooks | SDG | 7 | 41 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Ron B. Smith | SDG | 1 | 39 | 1 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Joiner | SDG | 3 | 32 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Eric Sievers | SDG | 3 | 26 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Dwight Scales | SDG | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Clarence Williams | SDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Steve Watson | DEN | 8 | 178 | 2 | 93 | ||||||||||
| Craig Morton | DEN | 17 | 18 | 308 | 4 | 0 | 93 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 4 | 71 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 14 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Larry Canada | DEN | 8 | 43 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Haven Moses | DEN | 2 | 43 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Wade Manning | DEN | 2 | 41 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | DEN | 4 | 6 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||
| Rick Parros | DEN | 6 | 15 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Rob Lytle | DEN | 3 | 9 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Tony Reed | DEN | 4 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| James Wright | DEN | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Pete Shaw | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Aundra Thompson | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Clarence Williams | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Steve Foley | DEN | 0.0 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Wade Manning | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Rolf Benirschke | SDG | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Roberts | SDG | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 0 | ||||
| Luke Prestridge | DEN | 3 | 128 | 42.7 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Steinfort | DEN | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||