Many thanks to Leeman for his help and sharing his 1977 roster from Madden '08.
Without further ado, I give you Brent Musburger live from the NFL Today studios to kick off the 1977 season...
An AFC West divisional rivalry between the Denver Broncos and San Diego Chargers is the opening act of this 1977 season.
The opening play of the season shows Haven Moses going one-on-one with Hal Stringert.
Otis Armstrong opens the scoring on a 64-yard romp.
That run would account for the only scoring of the first quarter.
Second-quarter action at Jack Murphy Stadium.
Craig Morton sets up before connecting with Rick Upchurch on a 14-yard score.
Riley Odoms hauls in a 4-yard pass to make it 21-0.
Steve Foley picks off a James Harris pass and returns it 38 yards for the score.
The Chargers salvage some points in the final seconds of the half on a 33-yard field goal from Rolf Benirschke.
Denver looks strong in all phases in the opening half of the season.
Russ Washington and Rubin Carter go their separate ways after the play.
No scoring in the third quarter but San Diego lost QB James Harris to injury. Harris, who was just 10 of 24 with three interceptions was replaced by Dan Fouts.
Fouts wasted no time making an impact. Following a Mike Williams interception, Fouts snuck in from a yard out.
Craig Morton looks downfield but feels the presence of Louie Kelcher in his face.
Charlie Joiner hauls in a 13-yard reception on 3rd-and-10.
Dan Fouts runs through a big hole for his second TD, and the successful 2-point conversion brought San Diego to within 28-18.
Fred Dean was called for running into kicker Jim Turner on this field goal attempt.
Moving five yards closer, Turner nailed a 46-yarder to make it 31-18 with 1:54 to go.
On 4th-and-10, Bob Klein catches a pass for 24 yards to keep the drive alive.
Running back Don Woods was this wide open coming out of the backfield to catch a 1-yard pass from Fouts with 0:29 left.
Dan Fouts led an admirable rally that fell just short and the Broncos get the W.
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Madden NFL 2004 PC v4.1.0.0 Game Log - Broncos at Chargers
Game Time: Sat Dec 03 00:27:13 2016
Skill Level: All Pro
Quarter Length: 12 minute(s)
Slider Human CPU
QB Accuracy 50 32
Pass Blocking 40 3
Receiver Catching 50 48
Running Ability 55 65
Offensive line Run Blocking 60 42
Defensive Awareness 30 25
Defensive line Knockdowns 40 4
Interceptions 50 8
Defensive Break Blocks 30 3
Tackling 40 50
Fieldgoal Length 49 49
Fieldgoal Accuracy 20 25
Punt Length 78 78
Punt Accuracy 60 60
Kickoff Length 50 62
Weather
Forecast: Fair
Wind: 4 mph
Temp: 63 degrees
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL
Broncos 7 21 0 3 0 31
Chargers 0 3 0 22 0 25
Game Statistics: Broncos Chargers
First Downs 18 11
Third Down Conversions 10 4
Third Downs 16 14
Third Down Percentage 62.5% 28.6%
Forth Down Conversions 0 2
Fourth Downs 0 2
Fourth Down Percentage 0.0% 100.0%
Two Pt Conversions Made 0 1
Two Pt Conversions Attempted 0 1
Two Pt Conversion Percentage 0.0% 100.0%
Offense Redzone Num 2 4
Offense Redzone TDs 2 3
Offense Redzone FGs 0 1
Offense Redzone Percentage 100.0% 100.0%
Rushing Attempts 45 14
Rushing Yards 202 22
Rushing Average 4.5 1.6
Rushing TDs 1 2
Passing Yards 160 211
Passing Completions 17 21
Passing Attempts 28 45
Completion Percentage 60.7% 46.7%
Passing Average 5.7 4.7
Passing TDs 2 1
Offensive Pass Interceptions 3 3
TOTAL OFFENSE 362 233
Defensive Pass Interceptions 3 3
Punt Return Yards 11 14
Kick Return Yards 35 112
Punts 4 7
Punt Avg 37.0 39.0
Fumbles 0 0
Fumbles Lost 0 0
Penalties 4 3
Penalty Yds 25 19
Turnovers 3 3
TIME OF POSSESSION 33:06 14:54
Individual Stats: Chargers
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Dan Fouts 11 21 107 52 5.0 0 1 0 24 82.8
James Harris 10 24 104 41 4.3 0 0 3 34 15.3
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Rickey Young 8 16 2.0 10 0 0
Dan Fouts 2 5 2.5 4 2 0
Joe Washington 1 1 1.0 1 0 0
Don Woods 3 0 0.0 1 0 0
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Charlie Joiner 5 73 14.5 34 0 0 7
Bob Klein 4 61 15.2 24 0 2 27
Rickey Young 4 34 8.5 10 0 0 12
Johnny Rodgers 3 26 8.6 12 0 2 5
Dwight McDonald 2 19 9.5 11 0 0 8
Joe Washington 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 4
Pat Curran 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Don Woods 2 -3 -1.5 1 1 0 0
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Rolf Benirschke 1 1 100 0 2 2 100 0 3 0
PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Jeff West 7 273 39.0 53 0 1 1
KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Clarence Williams 1 24 24.0 0 24
Artie Owens 5 88 17.5 0 24
Mike Fuller 0 0 0.0 0 0
PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Mike Fuller 1 14 14.0 14 0
Artie Owens 0 0 0.0 0 0
Clarence Williams 0 0 0.0 0 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Woodrow Lowe 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Clarence Duren 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mike Fuller 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Gary Johnson 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Tom Graham 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Don Goode 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Louie Kelcher 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Leroy Jones 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Fred Dean 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Danny Colbert 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Ray Preston 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mike Williams 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 12.0 2 0
Rickey Young 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
John Lee 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Rick Middleton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Bob Horn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Johnny Rodgers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Pat Curran 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Hal Stringert 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 41 20.5 1 0
Jerome Dove 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Chris Fletcher 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Doug Wilkerson 3 0
Billy Shields 2 0
Bo Matthews 1 0
Russ Washington 1 0
Rickey Young 1 0
Ralph Perretta 1 0
Pat Curran 1 0
Individual Stats: Broncos
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Craig Morton 17 28 169 60 6.0 2 2 3 26 62.0
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Otis Armstrong 25 172 6.8 64 1 0
Lonnie Perrin 7 18 2.5 5 0 0
Jon Keyworth 10 14 1.3 12 0 0
Rob Lytle 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Craig Morton 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 0
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Jon Keyworth 6 50 8.3 16 0 0 44
Riley Odoms 6 49 8.1 15 1 0 7
Rick Upchurch 2 40 20.0 26 1 0 2
Lonnie Perrin 1 14 14.0 14 0 1 3
Jack Dolbin 1 13 13.0 13 0 1 0
Otis Armstrong 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 6
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Jim J. Turner 1 2 50 0 4 4 100 0 6 0
PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Bucky Dilts 4 148 37.0 44 0 1 1
KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Rick Upchurch 1 20 20.0 0 20
John Schultz 1 15 15.0 0 15
Lonnie Perrin 1 0 0.0 0 0
PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Rick Upchurch 1 11 11.0 11 0
Lonnie Perrin 0 0 0.0 0 0
John Schultz 0 0 0.0 0 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Randy Gradishar 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Louis Wright 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Lonnie Perrin 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Bernard Jackson 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0
Tom Jackson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 16.0 0 0
Bob Swenson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Bill Thompson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Steve Foley 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 36 18.0 5 0
Chris Pane 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Jon Keyworth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Jack Dolbin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Barney Chavous 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Joe Rizzo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Godwin Turk 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Rubin Carter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mike Montler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Claudie Minor 7 0
Paul Howard 5 1
Andy Maurer 4 0
Tom Glassic 3 0
Mike Montler 2 1
Lonnie Perrin 1 0
Haven Moses 1 0
Jon Keyworth 1 0
Game Log Ends
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