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Sunday December 21, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/21/1980:



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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Denver BroncosOFFENSE115.3  (19)178.4  (21)293.7  (25)37
DEFENSE134.9  (20)194.8  (14)329.7  (17)26
Seattle SeahawksOFFENSE112.5  (23)192.9  (15)305.3  (19)36
DEFENSE128.8  (17)200.6  (16)329.4  (16)34

Line: Seahawks by 2

Team1234F
Denver Broncos (8-8-0)1096025
Seattle Seahawks (4-12-0)0031417

( 3- 0) DEN Fred Steinfort 53 yard field goal
(10- 0) DEN Riley Odoms 18 yard pass from Matt Robinson (Fred Steinfort kick)
(16- 0) DEN Matt Robinson 1 yard rush (kick failed)
(19- 0) DEN Fred Steinfort 55 yard field goal
(19- 3) SEA Efren Herrera 47 yard field goal
(22- 3) DEN Fred Steinfort 34 yard field goal
(25- 3) DEN Fred Steinfort 38 yard field goal
(25-10) SEA Lawrence McCutcheon 2 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick)
(25-17) SEA Jim Jodat 9 yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick)
                     DEN             SEA
First Downs:         15              27
Rushes-yards:        33-135          24-96
Yards/rush:          4.1             4.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     10-26-114-0     26-41-275-2
Sacked-yards:        1-13            7-72
Net pass yards:      101             203
Net yards/pass:      3.7             4.2
Total net yards:     236             299
Total plays:         60 (55% run)    72 (33% run)  
Yards/play:          3.9             4.2
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             0-0
Turnovers:           0               2
Penalties-yards:     9-80            7-56

Attendance: 51,853
Passing:
DEN: Matt Robinson, 9 of 23 for 99 yards and 1 TD; Jeff Knapple, 1 of 3 for 15 yards
SEA: Jim Zorn, 22 of 33 for 222 yards and 1 TD (2 int); Sam Adkins, 4 of 6 for 53 yards; Dave Krieg, 0 of 2 for 0 yards

Rushing:
DEN: Rob Lytle, 11 for 89 yards; Dave Preston, 10 for 29 yards; Jeff Knapple, 6 for 0 yards; Matt Robinson, 3 for 7 yards and 1 TD; Emery Moorehead, 2 for 7 yards; Jon Keyworth, 1 for 3 yards
SEA: Jim Jodat, 10 for 33 yards; Lawrence McCutcheon, 5 for 32 yards and 1 TD; Jim Zorn, 3 for 27 yards; Al Hunter, 2 for 2 yards; Dan Doornink, 1 for 4 yards; Steve Largent, 1 for 2 yards; Sam Adkins, 1 for 0 yards; Jeff Moore, 1 for -4 yards

Receiving:
DEN: Rick Upchurch, 2 for 26 yards; Steve Watson, 2 for 22 yards; Riley Odoms, 1 for 18 yards and 1 TD; Haven Moses, 1 for 16 yards; Larry Brunson, 1 for 15 yards; Dave Preston, 1 for 8 yards; Rob Lytle, 1 for 5 yards; Jon Keyworth, 1 for 4 yards
SEA: Steve Largent, 5 for 70 yards; John Sawyer, 5 for 35 yards; Jim Jodat, 4 for 25 yards and 1 TD; Sam McCullum, 3 for 37 yards; Dan Doornink, 2 for 29 yards; Al Hunter, 2 for 27 yards; Steve Raible, 2 for 24 yards; Lawrence McCutcheon, 2 for 17 yards; Jeff Moore, 1 for 11 yards

Kick returns:
DEN: Larry Brunson, 2 for 44 yards; Jim Ryan, 1 for 0 yards
SEA: Will Lewis, 4 for 96 yards

Punt returns:
DEN: Rick Upchurch, 2 for 25 yards
SEA: Will Lewis, 4 for 23 yards

Interceptions:
DEN: Bill Thompson, 1 for 13 yards; Randy Gradishar, 1 for 3 yards

Punting:
DEN: Luke Prestridge, 4 for 196 yards
SEA: Herman Weaver, 5 for 204 yards

Field Goals:
DEN: Fred Steinfort, 4/5
SEA: Efren Herrera, 1/2




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