NFL game summary for 10/30/1977:

Clarence Davis and Mark van Eeghen led a bruising ground attack as the Raiders avenged a 30-7 loss to the Broncos two weeks previous. The win boosted the Raiders record to 6-1, tying Denver for first place in the AFC West. Oakland ran for 200 yards against the NFL's leading rushing defense with Davis getting 105 and van Eeghen 82. Oakland stifled Denver for the first three quarters, allowing the Broncos to cross midfield only once. The Raiders ran twice as many plays as the Broncos and got excellent punting from Ray Guy, who averaged 49 yards on eight kicks. Pat Toomay led a ferocious Raiders' rush, which sacked Morton eight times.

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

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	171.3 (6)	180.5 (4)	351.8 (2)	17
DEFENSE	114.5 (5)	169.5 (22)	284.0 (15)	16
OFFENSE	149.7 (9)	138.8 (16)	288.5 (13)	10
DEFENSE	94.3 (1)	156.0 (15)	250.3 (9)	24

Line: Raiders by 4

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Oakland Raiders (6-1-0)	7	10	7	0	24
Denver Broncos (6-1-0)	0	0	0	14	14

( 7- 0) OAK Cliff Branch 21 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Errol Mann kick) (10- 0) OAK Errol Mann 42 yard field goal (17- 0) OAK Clarence Davis 8 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) (24- 0) OAK Mark van Eeghen 1 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) (24- 7) DEN Jack Dolbin 11 yard pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) (24-14) DEN Otis Armstrong 7 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)

                     OAK             DEN
First Downs:         17              19
Rushes-yards:        57-200          23-98
Yards/rush:          3.5             4.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     7-14-70-0       19-32-242-1
Sacked-yards:        0-0             8-62
Net pass yards:      70              180
Net yards/pass:      5.0             4.5
Total net yards:     270             278
Total plays:         71 (80% run)    63 (36% run)  
Yards/play:          3.8             4.4
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             4-2
Turnovers:           0               3
Penalties-yards:     9-50            5-28

Attendance: 75,007

Passing:
OAK: Ken Stabler, 7 of 14 for 70 yards and 1 TD DEN: Craig Morton, 19 of 32 for 242 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
Rushing:
OAK: Mark van Eeghen, 31 for 82 yards and 1 TD; Clarence Davis, 20 for 105 yards and 1 TD; Carl Garrett, 5 for 7 yards; Pete Banaszak, 1 for 6 yards DEN: Lonnie Perrin, 11 for 58 yards; Otis Armstrong, 9 for 37 yards and 1 TD; Jim Jensen, 1 for 4 yards; Rob Lytle, 1 for 1 yard; Jack Dolbin, 1 for -2 yards
Receiving:
OAK: Cliff Branch, 2 for 25 yards and 1 TD; Dave Casper, 2 for 21 yards; Fred Biletnikoff, 2 for 20 yards; Clarence Davis, 1 for 4 yards DEN: Riley Odoms, 5 for 51 yards; Rob Lytle, 4 for 35 yards; Jack Dolbin, 3 for 56 yards and 1 TD; Otis Armstrong, 3 for 34 yards; Haven Moses, 2 for 45 yards; Lonnie Perrin, 2 for 21 yards
Kick returns:
OAK: Carl Garrett, 2 for 34 yards; Hubert Ginn, 1 for 25 yards DEN: Rick Upchurch, 2 for 36 yards
Punt returns:
OAK: Neal Colzie, 5 for 43 yards DEN: Rick Upchurch, 3 for 43 yards
Interceptions:
OAK: Floyd Rice, 1 for 3 yards
Punting:
OAK: Ray Guy, 8 for 393 yards DEN: Bucky Dilts, 6 for 247 yards
Field Goals:
OAK: Errol Mann, 1/1