NFL game summary for 12/12/1976:

Norris Weese engineered four Denver touchdowns in the second half and the Broncos rushed for a club record 356 yards to climax a 9-5 season, the club's best in its 17-year history. Trailing 14-7 at the start of the fourth quarter, Rick Upchurch tied the score on the fourth play of the period. Then with 3:17 left in the game Otis Armstrong put Denver in the lead with an 11-yard TD run that also marked his fifth 100-yard game of the season. Armstrong lifted his season total to 1,008 yards on the Broncos' next series that was capped by Riley Odoms' 12-yard end-around touchdown.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Denver Broncos	OFFENSE	121.2  (23)	162.1  (11)	283.3  (19)	28
	DEFENSE	122.5  (5)	151.5  (14)	274.0  (8)	33
Chicago Bears	OFFENSE	172.8  (5)	109.5  (25)	282.4  (20)	24
	DEFENSE	125.2  (6)	163.1  (19)	288.3  (11)	41

Line: Bears by 6

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Denver Broncos (9-5-0)	0	0	7	21	28
Chicago Bears (7-7-0)	7	7	0	0	14

( 0- 7) CHI Allan Ellis 22 yard interception return (Bob Thomas kick)
( 0-14) CHI Walter Payton 21 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)
( 7-14) DEN Jon Keyworth 13 yard pass from Norris Weese (Jim Turner kick)
(14-14) DEN Rick Upchurch 19 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)
(21-14) DEN Otis Armstrong 11 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)
(28-14) DEN Riley Odoms 12 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)

                     DEN             CHI
First Downs:         26              5
Rushes-yards:        59-356          31-116
Yards/rush:          6.0             3.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     8-25-107-5      2-17-64-2
Sacked-yards:        2-10            1-8
Net pass yards:      97              56
Net yards/pass:      3.6             3.1
Total net yards:     453             172
Total plays:         86 (68% run)    49 (63% run)  
Yards/play:          5.3             3.5
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             4-2
Turnovers:           6               4
Penalties-yards:     6-35            5-47

Attendance: 44,459

Passing:
DEN: Norris Weese, 7 of 22 for 98 yards and 1 TD (4 int); Craig Penrose, 1 of 3 for 9 yards (1 int)
CHI: Bob Avellini, 2 of 17 for 64 yards (2 int)

Rushing:
DEN: Otis Armstrong, 26 for 116 yards and 1 TD; Norris Weese, 12 for 120 yards; Lonnie Perrin, 8 for 37 yards; Jon Keyworth, 6 for 16 yards; Jim Kiick, 4 for 31 yards; Rick Upchurch, 2 for 24 yards and 1 TD; Riley Odoms, 1 for 12 yards and 1 TD
CHI: Walter Payton, 14 for 49 yards and 1 TD; Roland Harper, 13 for 50 yards; Johnny Musso, 3 for 13 yards; Bob Avellini, 1 for 4 yards

Receiving:
DEN: Rick Upchurch, 2 for 42 yards; Otis Armstrong, 2 for 23 yards; Riley Odoms, 1 for 19 yards; Jon Keyworth, 1 for 13 yards and 1 TD; Jack Dolbin, 1 for 9 yards; Lonnie Perrin, 1 for 1 yard
CHI: Brian Baschnagel, 1 for 58 yards; Johnny Musso, 1 for 6 yards

Kick returns:
DEN: Lonnie Perrin, 2 for 48 yards; Harvey Goodman, 1 for 8 yards
CHI: Roland Harper, 3 for 52 yards; Brian Baschnagel, 2 for 70 yards

Punt returns:
DEN: Rick Upchurch, 5 for 28 yards
CHI: Virgil Livers, 1 for 3 yards

Interceptions:
DEN: Tom Jackson, 1 for 24 yards; Randy Poltl, 1 for 0 yards
CHI: Ross Brupbacher, 3 for 3 yards; Allan Ellis, 1 for 22 yards and 1 TD; Virgil Livers, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
DEN: Norris Weese, 4 for 104 yards
CHI: Bob Parsons, 11 for 358 yards

Field Goals:
DEN: Jim Turner, 0/1

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