Sunday September 24, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 09/24/1978:



Dave Preston scored from one yard out at 10:28 of overtime to climax the Broncos' come-from-behind victory. The Chiefs won the overtime coin toss but were stopped on fourth-and-two at the Denver 40. Craig Morton then drove the Broncos 60 yards on 13 rushing plays for the winning score. The win moved Denver into sole possession of first place in the AFC Western Division, one game in front of Oakland.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Denver BroncosOFFENSE127.7  (18)104.7  (22)232.3  (24)7
DEFENSE106.3  (7)173.3  (17)279.7  (10)8
Kansas City ChiefsOFFENSE247.7  (1)101.7  (23)349.3  (7)6
DEFENSE142.7  (18)114.0  (5)256.7  (7)4

Line: Broncos by 7

Team1234OTF
Denver Broncos (3-1-0)7370623
Kansas City Chiefs (1-3-0)7370017

( 7- 0) DEN Riley Odoms 42 yard pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick)
( 7- 7) KC  Mike Livingston 1 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick)
(10- 7) DEN Jim Turner 42 yard field goal
(10-10) KC  Jan Stenerud 46 yard field goal
(10-17) KC  Tony Reed 15 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick)
(17-17) DEN Larry Canada 3 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)
(23-17) DEN Dave Preston 1 yard rush 
                     DEN             KC
First Downs:         25              13
Rushes-yards:        58-228          41-155
Yards/rush:          3.9             3.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     12-21-138-1     7-10-89-1
Sacked-yards:        2-9             0-0
Net pass yards:      129             89
Net yards/pass:      5.6             8.9
Total net yards:     357             244
Total plays:         81 (71% run)    51 (80% run)  
Yards/play:          4.4             4.8
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             1-1
Turnovers:           1               2
Penalties-yards:     6-31            6-40

Attendance: 60,593
Passing:
DEN: Craig Morton, 12 of 21 for 138 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
KC: Mike Livingston, 7 of 10 for 89 yards (1 int)

Rushing:
DEN: Larry Canada, 19 for 94 yards and 1 TD; Lonnie Perrin, 13 for 48 yards; Otis Armstrong, 9 for 13 yards; Dave Preston, 8 for 24 yards and 1 TD; Jon Keyworth, 5 for 19 yards; Craig Morton, 3 for 22 yards; Rick Upchurch, 1 for 5 yards; Rob Lytle, 1 for 3 yards
KC: Tony Reed, 17 for 79 yards and 1 TD; Mark Bailey, 9 for 29 yards; Ted McKnight, 7 for 33 yards; Mike Livingston, 4 for -1 yards and 1 TD; MacArthur Lane, 2 for 10 yards; Arnold Morgado, 1 for 3 yards; Horace Belton, 1 for 2 yards

Receiving:
DEN: Riley Odoms, 4 for 60 yards and 1 TD; Dave Preston, 2 for 18 yards; Jon Keyworth, 2 for 13 yards; Haven Moses, 1 for 32 yards; Otis Armstrong, 1 for 8 yards; Ron Egloff, 1 for 7 yards; Larry Canada, 1 for 0 yards
KC: Tony Reed, 4 for 53 yards; Walter White, 2 for 30 yards; MacArthur Lane, 1 for 6 yards

Kick returns:
DEN: Lonnie Perrin, 2 for 64 yards; Bernard Jackson, 1 for 40 yards; Dave Preston, 1 for 20 yards
KC: Eddie Payton, 3 for 91 yards; Arnold Morgado, 1 for 18 yards

Punt returns:
DEN: Rick Upchurch, 4 for 78 yards
KC: Eddie Payton, 2 for 23 yards

Interceptions:
DEN: Tom Jackson, 1 for 0 yards
KC: Tim Gray, 1 for 61 yards

Punting:
DEN: Bucky Dilts, 4 for 161 yards
KC: Zenon Andrusyshyn, 4 for 197 yards

Field Goals:
DEN: Jim Turner, 1/3
KC: Jan Stenerud, 1/1




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