1977 Denver 31, 1977 Atlanta 9

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total
1977 Denver

7

7

7

10

0

31
1977 Atlanta

3

0

0

6

0

9
Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Poss Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 11:28 1977 Atlanta M.Andersen 23 yd. field goal 3-0 ATN
1 9:23 1977 Denver T.Davis 5 yd. run (J.Elam kick) 7-3 DEA
2 10:30 1977 Denver R.Smith 27 yd. pass from J.Elway (J.Elam kick) 14-3 DEA
3 3:50 1977 Denver S.Foley 46 yd. intercept (J.Elam kick) 21-3 DEA
4 13:32 1977 Denver T.Davis 16 yd. run (J.Elam kick) 28-3 DEA
4 8:23 1977 Atlanta T.Mathis 32 yd. pass from C.Chandler (kick blocked) 28-9 DEA
4 5:06 1977 Denver J.Elam 41 yd. field goal 31-9 DEA

Team Statistics
1977 Denver 1977 Atlanta
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 10-7-2-19 2-6-1-9
Third Down Efficiency 1-10-10% 3-15-20%
Fourth Down Efficiency 0-0-0% 0-1-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 14-28-50% 3-21-14%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 330-55-6.0 224-59-3.8
Total Net Yards Rushing 206 55
Total Rushes 29 33
Average Per Rush 7.1 1.7
Passes Completed/Attempted 12/24 (50.0%) 10/23 (43.5%)
Net Yards Passing 124 169
Avg Yards Per Pass 5.8 8.2
Sacked/Yards Lost 2/16 3/20
Punts/Average 6/33.8 7/45.9
Punts Received/Return Yardage 5/48 1/6
Kickoffs/Returns 1/25 4/77
Interceptions/Returns 1/46 0/0
Penalties/Yards 8/40 10/80
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 5/2 3/1
Time of Possession 27 mins 26 secs 32 mins 34 secs
Average Drive Start DEA 33 ATN 27

Passing Stats
Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1977 Denver
John Elway 23 11 134 47.8 5.8 1 4.3 0 0 27 2/16 80.7
Bubby Brister 1 1 6 100.0 6.0 0 0 0 0 6 0/0 91.7
1977 Atlanta
Chris Chandler 23 10 189 43.5 8.2 1 4.3 1 4.3 68 3/20 68.9

Rushing Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1977 Denver
Terrell Davis 20 178 8.9 60 2 0 2/2
Derek Loville 6 10 1.7 5 0 0 2/0
Vaughn Hebron 2 2 1.0 1 0 0 0/0
John Elway 1 16 16.0 16 0 0 0/0
1977 Atlanta
Jamal Anderson 28 50 1.8 13 0 0 1/1
Ken Oxendine 4 7 1.8 2 0 0 0/0
Bob Christian 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0 0 0/0

Receiving Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1977 Denver
Rod Smith 4 73 18.3 27 1 0
Shannon Sharpe 4 35 8.8 13 0 0
Ed McCaffrey 2 20 10.0 12 0 0
Howard Griffith 1 6 6.0 6 0 0
Willie Green 1 6 6.0 6 0 0
1977 Atlanta
Tony Martin 5 64 12.8 26 0 0
Terance Mathis 3 106 35.3 68 1 0
O.J. Santiago 1 3 3.0 3 0 0
Jamal Anderson 1 16 16.0 16 0 0

Field Goals
1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
1977 Denver
Jason Elam 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/1 0/0 1/1 100
1977 Atlanta
Morten Andersen 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 1/2 50.0

Punting
No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1977 Denver
Tom Rouen 5 40.6 35.4 1 3 53 1
1977 Atlanta
John James 7 45.9 36.1 1 1 61 0

Kickoff Returns
No Yds Avg Long TD
1977 Denver
Vaughn Hebron 1 25 25.0 25 0
1977 Atlanta
Karl Farmer 2 40 20.0 20 0
Tim Dwight 2 37 18.5 23 0

Punt Returns
Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1977 Denver
Rick Upchurch 5 0 48 9.6 22 0
1977 Atlanta
Tim Dwight 1 0 6 6.0 6 0

Individual Defense
Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1977 Denver
Rubin Carter 10 2 1
Randy Gradishar 9 1 0
Bernard Jackson 4 0 0
Barney Chavous 4 0 0
Joe Rizzo 4 0 0
Bob Swenson 3 0 0
Bill Thompson 3 0 0
Tom Jackson 3 0 0
Chris Pane 2 0 0
Lyle Alzado 2 0 0
Louis Wright 1 0 0
Mark Schlereth 0 0 1
Steve Foley 0 0 1
Howard Griffith 0 0 1
1977 Atlanta
Ralph Ortega 9 0 0
Mike Lewis 5 1 0
Rolland Lawrence 4 0 0
Ray M. Brown 4 0 0
Rick Byas 4 0 0
Greg Brezina 4 0 1
Ray Easterling 3 0 0
Robert Pennywell 3 0 0
Jeff Merrow 2 0 0
Claude Humphrey 1 1 0
Jim Bailey 1 0 1
Tim Dwight 0 0 1
Tony Martin 0 0 1

Interceptions
No Yds Avg Long TD
1977 Denver
Steve Foley 1 46 46.0 46 1
1977 Atlanta