1959 Giants 33 - 1977 Broncos 20

The 77 Broncs had a nice run. I never thought they would get this far. I would never in a million years have thought they would be felled by the Charley Conerly to Bob Schnelker connection, but that is precisely what happened, as Giants TE Schnelker single handedly destroyed the Broncos excellent pass defense to the tune of 7 catches for 192 yards. The Broncos stuffed the Giants run game easily enough, but Conerly was absolutely masterful. THe SOB could not freakin miss. All freakin game. Well, we'll see how he fares against the winner of the 62 Packers/67 Colts game.

1977 Denver 20, 1959 New York 33
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1977 Denver	0	6	7	7	0	20
1959 New York	13	3	14	3	0	33

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	9:18	1959 New York	P.Summerall 39 yd. field goal	3-0 NYN
1	7:32	1959 New York	P.Summerall 32 yd. field goal	6-0 NYN
1	0:00	1959 New York	F.Gifford 11 yd. pass from C.Conerly (P.Summerall kick)	13-0 NYN
2	7:02	1977 Denver	J.Turner 20 yd. field goal	13-3 NYN
2	2:41	1977 Denver	J.Turner 44 yd. field goal	13-6 NYN
2	0:52	1959 New York	P.Summerall 38 yd. field goal	16-6 NYN
3	9:46	1959 New York	B.Schnelker 64 yd. pass from C.Conerly (P.Summerall kick)	23-6 NYN
3	6:24	1977 Denver	J.Dolbin 14 yd. pass from C.Morton (J.Turner kick)	23-13 NYN
3	2:27	1959 New York	C.Conerly 1 yd. run (P.Summerall kick)	30-13 NYN
4	10:41	1959 New York	P.Summerall 19 yd. field goal	33-13 NYN
4	2:02	1977 Denver	R.Odoms 10 yd. pass from C.Morton (J.Turner kick)	33-20 NYN

Team Statistics
	1977 Denver	1959 New York
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	5-13-1-19	6-12-2-20
Third Down Efficiency	8-18-44%	5-14-36%
Fourth Down Efficiency	2-3-67%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	17-35-49%	17-21-81%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	300-70-4.3	388-62-6.3
Total Net Yards Rushing	112	82
Total Rushes	30	38
Average Per Rush	3.7	2.2
Passes Completed/Attempted	18/36 (50.0%)	14/24 (58.3%)
Net Yards Passing	188	306
Avg Yards Per Pass	5.9	12.8
Sacked/Yards Lost	4/23	0/0
Punts/Average	4/42.8	3/48.3
Punts Received/Return Yardage	2/73	3/0
Kickoffs/Returns	6/145	4/90
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	1/0
Penalties/Yards	5/28	5/50
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	2/1	3/1
Time of Possession	28 mins 58 secs	31 mins 2 secs
Average Drive Start	DEA 36	NYN 31

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1977 Denver
Craig Morton	36	18	211	50.0	5.9	2	5.6	1	2.8	23	4/23	75.1
1959 New York
Charlie Conerly	23	14	306	60.9	13.3	2	8.7	0	0	64	0/0	133.9
Don Heinrich	1	0	0	0.0	.0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	39.6

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1977 Denver
Rob Lytle	11	33	3.0	9	0	0	0/0
Otis Armstrong	6	33	5.5	9	0	0	0/0
Jim D. Jensen	5	24	4.8	11	0	0	0/0
Jon Keyworth	4	6	1.5	3	0	0	0/0
Lonnie Perrin	3	3	1.0	3	0	0	0/0
Craig Morton	1	13	13.0	13	0	0	0/0
1959 New York
Frank Gifford	13	28	2.2	14	0	0	1/1
Mel Triplett	8	21	2.6	6	0	0	0/0
Phil King	8	8	1.0	5	0	0	0/0
Joe Morrison	6	17	2.8	5	0	0	1/0
Alex Webster	2	7	3.5	8	0	0	0/0
Charlie Conerly	1	1	1.0	1	1	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1977 Denver
Riley Odoms	5	52	10.4	13	1	0
Rick Upchurch	4	58	14.5	20	0	0
Haven Moses	2	20	10.0	12	0	0
Jim D. Jensen	2	32	16.0	23	0	0
Jack Dolbin	2	25	12.5	14	1	0
Rob Lytle	2	18	9.0	11	0	0
Otis Armstrong	1	6	6.0	6	0	0
1959 New York
Bob Schnelker	7	192	27.4	64	1	0
Frank Gifford	4	84	21.0	49	1	0
Alex Webster	1	6	6.0	6	0	0
Joe Morrison	1	12	12.0	12	0	0
Phil King	1	12	12.0	12	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1977 Denver
Jim Turner	0/0	1/2	0/0	1/1	0/0	2/3	66.7
1959 New York
Pat Summerall	1/1	0/0	3/3	0/1	0/0	4/5	80.0

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1977 Denver
Bucky Dilts	4	42.8	37.8	1	2	52	0
1959 New York
Don Chandler	3	48.3	17.3	1	0	54	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Denver
Rick Upchurch	6	145	24.2	33	0
1959 New York
Joe Morrison	4	90	22.5	23	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Denver
Rick Upchurch	2	0	73	36.5	51	0
1959 New York
Joe Morrison	3	0	0	0.0	2	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1977 Denver
Barney Chavous	8	0	0
Bob Swenson	7	0	1
Tom Jackson	6	0	0
Louis Wright	6	0	0
Bill Thompson	5	0	0
Joe Rizzo	4	0	0
Randy Gradishar	3	0	0
Rubin Carter	3	0	0
Steve J. Foley	2	0	0
Lyle Alzado	2	0	0
Bernard Jackson	2	0	0
Chris Pane	1	0	0
Jack Dolbin	0	0	1
1959 New York
Cliff Livingston	7	0	0
Sam Huff	7	0	0
Tom Scott	6	3	0
Dick Nolan	5	0	0
Dick Lynch	5	0	0
Rosey Grier	4	0	0
Jimmy Patton	4	0	0
Lindon Crow	3	0	1
Dick Modzelewski	3	0	0
Harland Svare	2	0	0
Jim Katcavage	1	0	0
Bill Stits	1	0	0
Joe Morrison	1	0	0
Andy Robustelli	1	1	0
Mel Triplett	0	0	1
Kyle Rote	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Denver
1959 New York
Dick Lynch	1	0	0.0	0	0

Game Story

Bob Schnelker completely dominated the action as New York defeated Denver by the score of 33 to 20. Schnelker burned the Denver defense with 7 catches for 192 receiving yards and added a touchdown. Charlie Conerly threw 23 times for 306 yards and 2 touchdowns. New York won the air battle out-passing Denver 306 to 211 yards. The crowd was treated to a touchdown pass to Bob Schnelker that went for 64 yards with 9:46 left in the 3rd quarter. New York took the early lead outscoring Denver 13 to 0 in the first quarter. They were ahead at halftime 16 to 6. New York led after three quarters 30 to 13.

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