NFL game summary for 10/01/1978:

Norris Weese, making his first NFL start, threw for one touchdown and ran for another as Denver downed Seattle to remain one game ahead of Oakland in the AFC Western Division. Weese gave Denver a 14-0 halftime lead on a six-yard touchdown run and a nine-yard touchdown pass to Jon Keyworth. Fourth quarter interceptions by Steve Foley and Bernard Jackson set up a nine-yard touchdown run by Larry Canada and a four-yard touchdown pass from Craig Penrose to Dave Preston.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Seattle Seahawks	OFFENSE	117.8  (23)	200.2  (4)	318.0  (11)	8
	DEFENSE	137.2  (13)	175.2  (20)	312.5  (19)	6
Denver Broncos	OFFENSE	152.8  (9)	110.8  (23)	263.5  (22)	8
	DEFENSE	118.5  (9)	152.2  (16)	270.8  (8)	10

Line: Broncos by 9

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Seattle Seahawks (2-3-0)	0	0	7	0	7
Denver Broncos (4-1-0)	7	7	0	14	28

( 0- 7) DEN Norris Weese 6 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)
( 0-14) DEN Jon Keyworth 9 yard pass from Norris Weese (Jim Turner kick)
( 7-14) SEA David Sims 6 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick)
( 7-21) DEN Larry Canada 9 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)
( 7-28) DEN Dave Preston 4 yard pass from Craig Penrose (Jim Turner kick)

                     SEA             DEN
First Downs:         19              24
Rushes-yards:        25-92           41-204
Yards/rush:          3.7             5.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     25-39-233-3     16-23-181-3
Sacked-yards:        1-2             1-12
Net pass yards:      231             169
Net yards/pass:      5.8             7.0
Total net yards:     323             373
Total plays:         65 (38% run)    65 (63% run)  
Yards/play:          5.0             5.7
Fumbles-lost:        3-2             2-0
Turnovers:           5               3
Penalties-yards:     4-20            9-91

Attendance: 74,989

Passing:
SEA: Jim Zorn, 24 of 38 for 218 yards (3 int); David Sims, 1 of 1 for 15 yards
DEN: Norris Weese, 14 of 21 for 161 yards and 1 TD (3 int); Craig Penrose, 2 of 2 for 20 yards and 1 TD

Rushing:
SEA: David Sims, 10 for 45 yards and 1 TD; Al Hunter, 8 for 24 yards; Rufus Crawford, 3 for 13 yards; Jim Zorn, 3 for 5 yards; Don Testerman, 1 for 5 yards
DEN: Otis Armstrong, 10 for 42 yards; Dave Preston, 9 for 42 yards; Lonnie Perrin, 7 for 65 yards; Jon Keyworth, 7 for 20 yards; Norris Weese, 5 for 14 yards and 1 TD; Larry Canada, 3 for 21 yards and 1 TD

Receiving:
SEA: David Sims, 7 for 39 yards; Al Hunter, 4 for 47 yards; Steve Raible, 3 for 49 yards; Steve Largent, 3 for 39 yards; Rufus Crawford, 3 for 20 yards; Ron Howard, 2 for 15 yards; Duke Fergerson, 2 for 15 yards; Sam McCullum, 1 for 9 yards
DEN: Dave Preston, 4 for 41 yards and 1 TD; Riley Odoms, 3 for 45 yards; Haven Moses, 2 for 42 yards; Jon Keyworth, 2 for 20 yards and 1 TD; Otis Armstrong, 2 for 9 yards; Lonnie Perrin, 1 for 13 yards; Jack Dolbin, 1 for 8 yards; Larry Canada, 1 for 3 yards

Kick returns:
SEA: Duke Fergerson, 3 for 62 yards
DEN: Bernard Jackson, 1 for 26 yards

Punt returns:
SEA: Rufus Crawford, 2 for 12 yards
DEN: Bill Thompson, 1 for 3 yards

Interceptions:
SEA: Dave Brown, 1 for 44 yards; Pete Cronan, 1 for 12 yards; Autry Beamon, 1 for 2 yards
DEN: Steve Foley, 1 for 28 yards; Bernard Jackson, 1 for 22 yards; Randy Gradishar, 1 for 8 yards

Punting:
SEA: Herman Weaver, 3 for 119 yards
DEN: Bucky Dilts, 3 for 111 yards

Field Goals:
SEA: Efren Herrera, 0/1

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