Week 1, 1975

played in Oakland, CA

79 degrees, fair, calm

Denver Broncos	0	7	3	0	-	10
Oakland Raiders	7	10	0	0	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 03:49 OAK - Bobby Anderson 10 pass from Ken Stabler (Corey Leonhardt extra point)
2Q: 10:54 OAK - Corey Leonhardt 27 field goal
2Q: 08:56 DEN - Ron Shanklin 14 pass from Billy Kilmer (David Ray extra point)
2Q: 03:28 OAK - Walter Pupunu 6 pass from Ken Stabler (Corey Leonhardt extra point)
3Q: 02:35 DEN - David Ray 28 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 03:49 OAK - Bobby Anderson 10 pass from Ken Stabler (Corey Leonhardt extra point)
2Q: 10:54 OAK - Corey Leonhardt 27 field goal
2Q: 08:56 DEN - Ron Shanklin 14 pass from Billy Kilmer (David Ray extra point)
2Q: 03:28 OAK - Walter Pupunu 6 pass from Ken Stabler (Corey Leonhardt extra point)
3Q: 02:35 DEN - David Ray 28 field goal

Team Statistics DEN OAK
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 15 25
- by Rushing 3 13
- by Passing 11 11
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 267 350
- Offensive Plays 62 70
- Yards per Play 4.31 5.00
Net Rushing Yards 89 166
- Rushing Attempts 17 33
- Yards per Rush 5.24 5.03
Net Passing Yards 178 184
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 44 - 22 - 1 33 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 183 206
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/5 4/22
- Yards per Pass Play 3.96 4.97
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/15 5/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.0 7.4
4th Down Conversions 1/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 2/10 2/10
Punt Returns/Yards 2/1 2/-6
Kick Returns/Yards 3/79 2/55
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 25
Time of Possession 25:54 34:06

Team Statistics	DEN	OAK
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	15	25
- by Rushing	3	13
- by Passing	11	11
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	267	350
- Offensive Plays	62	70
- Yards per Play	4.31	5.00
Net Rushing Yards	89	166
- Rushing Attempts	17	33
- Yards per Rush	5.24	5.03
Net Passing Yards	178	184
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	44 - 22 - 1	33 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	183	206
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/5	4/22
- Yards per Pass Play	3.96	4.97
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/15	5/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.0	7.4
4th Down Conversions	1/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	2/10	2/10
Punt Returns/Yards	2/1	2/-6
Kick Returns/Yards	3/79	2/55
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 27	OWN 25
Time of Possession	25:54	34:06

Drive Charts

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:41	2:20	OWN 20	6	14	Punt
1	3:43	2:55	OWN 30	5	14	Punt
2	10:46	1:58	OWN 20	5	80	Touchdown
2	3:23	1:40	OWN 26	3	0	Punt
3	15:00	0:27	OWN 49	1	0	Interception
3	13:02	2:04	OWN 17	6	22	Punt
3	8:41	6:12	OWN 20	12	69	Field Goal
4	14:32	4:01	OWN 20	10	37	Punt
4	9:31	1:05	OWN 39	3	4	Punt
4	7:21	1:38	OWN 32	3	6	Punt
4	2:22	1:32	OWN 30	8	21	Downs

Oakland Raiders
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:19	OWN 35	5	8	Punt
1	9:21	5:38	OWN 31	11	69	Touchdown
1	0:48	5:02	OWN 6	9	84	Field Goal
2	8:48	5:25	OWN 37	11	63	Touchdown
2	1:43	1:43	OWN 27	5	25	Half
3	14:33	1:31	OWN 42	3	-1	Punt
3	10:58	2:17	OWN 10	6	52	Punt
3	2:29	2:57	OWN 20	6	32	Punt
4	10:31	1:00	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
4	8:26	1:05	OWN 20	4	13	Punt
4	5:43	3:21	OWN 13	4	5	Punt
4	0:50	0:50	OWN 49	3	0	Game

Game MVP: Ken Stabler, Oakland Raiders

Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Floyd Little	11	69	6.27	46	2
Ed Podolak	4	16	4.00	12	1
Billy Kilmer	2	4	2.00	3	0

Oakland	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Jim Bertelsen	17	80	4.71	14	5
Marsh White	11	72	6.55	18	2
Ken Stabler	3	7	2.33	9	0
Walter Pupunu	2	7	3.50	6	0

Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Billy Kilmer	44	22	183	1/5	1	20	1	59.1

Oakland	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ken Stabler	33	19	206	4/22	2	22	0	96.3

Receiving Statistics

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Floyd Little	4	6	15	3.75	0	9	0
WR Howard Twilley	4	6	36	9.00	0	13	0
RB Ed Podolak	3	4	33	11.00	28	14	0
WR Jack Snow	3	10	25	8.33	0	13	0
TE Riley Odoms	2	6	6	3.00	0	4	0
WR Dick Drake	2	3	18	9.00	0	12	0
FB Roosevelt Leaks	2	2	16	8.00	8	14	0
WR Ron Shanklin	1	6	14	14.00	0	14	1
WR John Barnes	1	1	20	20.00	0	20	0

Oakland	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Ike Hill	5	5	60	12.00	21	22	0
TE Dave Casper	4	4	30	7.50	5	11	0
FB Bobby Anderson	3	4	27	9.00	16	14	1
WR Cliff Branch	3	8	64	21.33	22	22	0
WR Tommie Towns	2	6	9	4.50	6	5	0
WR Mark Kellar	1	4	10	10.00	0	10	0
RB Walter Pupunu	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	1
TE Stu Voigt	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Oakland	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Bill Frohbose	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Denver	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Oakland	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Dave Chapple	7	326	46.6	41.7	57	3

Oakland	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Chuck Ramsey	7	314	44.9	36.1	57	1

Kicking Statistics

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
David Ray	1/1	0/0	0/0	28	1/1

Oakland	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Corey Leonhardt	1/1	0/0	0/0	27	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Billy Thompson	2	1	0.5	0

Oakland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jim Bertelsen	2	-6	-3.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Floyd Little	3	79	26.3	0

Oakland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ike Hill	2	55	27.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Billy Thompson	14	2	0.0	33	35
CB Joe Beauchamp	5	1	1.0	30	34
OLB Tom Jackson	5	1	1.0	27	32
CB Leslie Drake	5	2	0.0	20	26
DT John Little	5	1	0.0	31	33
ILB Randy Gradishar	4	3	1.0	33	37
S Garry Lyle	3	1	0.0	23	31
CB Jimmy Warren	3	1	0.0	33	35
OLB George Webster	2	1	0.0	18	18
DE Lyle Alzado	1	2	1.0	32	36
S Al Randolph	1	0	0.0	8	9
DT Paul Smith	1	0	0.0	23	26
WR Jack Snow	1	0	---	---	---
DE Orlando Matsui	1	0	0.0	11	8
CB Blake Gaylor	1	0	0.0	3	3
DE Stan Lewis	1	0	0.0	30	33
OLB Dave Schrader	0	1	0.0	1	0

Oakland	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Dan Conners	7	3	0.0	15	44
S Jack Tatum	5	2	0.0	16	43
CB Jackie Derlange	4	1	0.0	15	45
OLB Warren Capone	4	0	0.0	15	45
DE Henry Reed	3	1	1.0	16	45
DE Gary Hrivnak	3	0	0.0	17	44
CB Rod Perry	3	0	0.0	16	44
OLB Jim Romaniszyn	2	1	0.0	8	5
DT Jim Bailey	2	0	0.0	14	45
OLB Jerry Schroeder	2	0	0.0	3	1
DT Ben Hernandez	1	1	0.0	7	5
ILB Kennedy Mayes	1	1	0.0	2	1
CB Bill Frohbose	1	0	0.0	10	30
S Robert Giblin	1	0	0.0	12	42

Pass Rush Statistics

Denver	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Lyle Alzado	1.0	0	1	36
CB Joe Beauchamp	1.0	0	0	34
ILB Randy Gradishar	1.0	0	0	37
OLB Tom Jackson	1.0	0	0	32
DE Stan Lewis	0.0	1	2	33
DT Paul Smith	0.0	1	0	26

Oakland	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Henry Reed	1.0	2	3	45
DT Jim Bailey	0.0	1	1	45
ILB Dan Conners	0.0	1	0	44

Pass Defense Statistics

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Billy Thompson	4	1	35
CB Joe Beauchamp	3	1	34
ILB Randy Gradishar	3	0	37
S Garry Lyle	3	0	31
CB Leslie Drake	2	1	26
S Al Randolph	1	1	9
OLB Tom Jackson	1	0	32
DE Orlando Matsui	1	0	8
CB Blake Gaylor	1	0	3
CB Jimmy Warren	0	2	35

Oakland	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Jackie Derlange	4	2	0	45
ILB Dan Conners	4	0	0	44
OLB Warren Capone	4	0	0	45
S Jack Tatum	3	3	0	43
CB Rod Perry	3	2	0	44
DE Gary Hrivnak	1	1	0	44
DE Henry Reed	1	0	0	45
OLB Jim Romaniszyn	1	0	0	5
S Robert Giblin	1	0	0	42
CB Bill Frohbose	0	0	1	30

Blocking Statistics

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Milt Sunde	2	3	14	0	38
John Schmitt	1	6	17	0	45
Bruce Van Dyke	1	5	17	0	44
Francis Peay	1	1	12	1	36
Glenn Resslet	0	1	15	0	40

Oakland	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Gene Upshaw	4	9	1	32	1	31
Thomas Brahaney	3	5	0	23	0	25
Don McFarland	2	3	1	14	1	19
Burt Prince	2	2	0	10	0	20
Jim Nicholson	1	3	0	23	0	17
Greg Campo	1	2	0	19	0	24
Art Shell	0	4	1	28	1	31
Don Johnson	0	1	0	16	1	18
Bobby Anderson	0	1	0	9	0	19

Special Teams Tackles

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Al Randolph	2	15
Jack Snow	1	12
Roosevelt Leaks	1	12

Oakland	Tackles	STPlays
Marsh White	3	7
Stu Voigt	1	8
Doug Jones	1	7

Participation

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Billy Thompson	---	---	33	35	12	80
Randy Gradishar	---	---	33	37	2	72
Lyle Alzado	---	---	32	36	1	69
Jimmy Warren	---	---	33	35	1	69
Joe Beauchamp	---	---	30	34	4	68
Bruce Van Dyke	17	44	---	---	6	67
John Little	---	---	31	33	1	65
John Schmitt	17	45	---	---	3	65
Stan Lewis	---	---	30	33	1	64
Billy Kilmer	17	45	---	---	---	62
Tom Jackson	---	---	27	32	1	60
Garry Lyle	---	---	23	31	2	56
Riley Odoms	15	30	---	---	10	55
Glenn Resslet	15	40	---	---	---	55
Jack Snow	9	32	---	---	12	53
Milt Sunde	14	38	---	---	---	52
Paul Smith	---	---	23	26	2	51
Francis Peay	12	36	---	---	2	50
Leslie Drake	---	---	20	26	1	47
Floyd Little	12	29	---	---	4	45
Roosevelt Leaks	9	22	---	---	12	43
Howard Twilley	8	31	---	---	---	39
George Webster	---	---	18	18	---	36
Dick Drake	11	25	---	---	---	36
Al Randolph	---	---	8	9	15	32
Ron Shanklin	8	22	---	---	2	32
Darryl Carlton	7	16	---	---	8	31
Blake Gaylor	---	---	3	3	20	26
Orlando Matsui	---	---	11	8	6	25
Chip Glass	3	8	---	---	13	24
Cullen Bryant	0	0	---	---	21	21
Ed Podolak	5	16	---	---	---	21
Dave Schrader	---	---	1	0	16	17
John Barnes	2	6	---	---	8	16
Steve Knutson	2	6	---	---	8	16
Buddy Hudson	3	4	---	---	8	15
Josh Lane	---	---	2	4	7	13
Guy Roberts	---	---	0	0	11	11
Craig Hanneman	---	---	4	6	---	10
Rolf Krueger	---	---	1	1	7	9
Zach Waite	1	0	---	---	8	9
Dave Chapple	0	0	---	---	7	7
Rick Kingrea	---	---	0	0	6	6
David Ray	0	0	---	---	4	4
Terry Hanratty	0	0	---	---	1	1
Joe Ferguson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Oakland	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Warren Capone	---	---	15	45	26	86
Ken Stabler	33	37	---	---	---	70
Gene Upshaw	32	31	---	---	1	64
Gary Hrivnak	---	---	17	44	1	62
Henry Reed	---	---	16	45	1	62
Art Shell	28	31	---	---	3	62
Dan Conners	---	---	15	44	2	61
Jackie Derlange	---	---	15	45	1	61
Rod Perry	---	---	16	44	1	61
Jim Bailey	---	---	14	45	1	60
Jack Tatum	---	---	16	43	1	60
Mark Kellar	23	18	---	---	17	58
Thomas Brahaney	23	25	---	---	8	56
Robert Giblin	---	---	12	42	2	56
Dave Casper	21	26	---	---	7	54
Cliff Branch	20	28	---	---	3	51
Joe Ehrmann	---	---	16	28	4	48
Bill Frohbose	---	---	10	30	8	48
Greg Campo	19	24	---	---	3	46
Jim Nicholson	23	17	---	---	4	44
Ike Hill	20	14	---	---	9	43
Jim Bertelsen	17	17	---	---	8	42
Don Johnson	16	18	---	---	7	41
Don McFarland	14	19	---	---	6	39
Burt Prince	10	20	---	---	8	38
Marsh White	13	16	---	---	7	36
Bobby Anderson	9	19	---	---	6	34
Stu Voigt	10	16	---	---	8	34
Tommie Towns	18	16	---	---	---	34
Ronnie Coleman	3	3	---	---	21	27
Doug Jones	---	---	2	16	7	25
Walter Pupunu	10	11	---	---	4	25
Bo McConnell	---	---	1	10	14	25
Erik Fletcher	1	1	---	---	15	17
Jim Romaniszyn	---	---	8	5	3	16
Ben Hernandez	---	---	7	5	---	12
Jerry Schroeder	---	---	3	1	6	10
Kennedy Cook	---	---	1	0	7	8
Chuck Ramsey	0	0	---	---	7	7
Steve Freeman	---	---	1	1	4	6
Corey Leonhardt	0	0	---	---	5	5
Hugh O'Neill	---	---	0	1	4	5
Kennedy Mayes	---	---	2	1	2	5
Thomas Graham	0	0	---	---	1	1
James Harris	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	0	0	0.0
Middle	11	61	5.5
Right	6	28	4.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	41	6.8
Middle	18	90	5.0
Right	7	37	5.3
None	2	-2	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Billy Kilmer	44	22	1	2	3	8	4	0	1

Oakland	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ken Stabler	33	19	4	0	3	6	3	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	4	29	4.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	7	33	3.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	18	10	101	5.6
Long (19+ Yds)	9	1	20	2.2

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	21	7.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	11	105	8.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	4	58	4.5
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	22	4.4

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jack Snow	10	3	1	25	0	32
RB Floyd Little	6	4	0	15	0	29
TE Riley Odoms	6	2	1	6	0	30
WR Ron Shanklin	6	1	0	14	0	22
WR Howard Twilley	6	4	1	36	0	31
RB Ed Podolak	4	3	0	33	0	16
WR Dick Drake	3	2	0	18	0	25
FB Roosevelt Leaks	2	2	0	16	0	22
WR John Barnes	1	1	0	20	1	6

Oakland	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Cliff Branch	8	3	0	64	3	28
WR Tommie Towns	6	2	1	9	0	16
WR Ike Hill	5	5	0	60	1	14
FB Bobby Anderson	4	3	0	27	0	19
TE Dave Casper	4	4	0	30	0	26
WR Mark Kellar	4	1	2	10	0	18
TE Stu Voigt	1	0	0	0	0	16
RB Walter Pupunu	1	1	0	6	0	11

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ed Podolak	1	-2	-2.00	4.00

Oakland	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Marsh White	4	18	4.50	6.55
Jim Bertelsen	1	1	1.00	4.71

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Billy Kilmer	4	3	21	5.25	4.16

Oakland	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ken Stabler	2	2	16	8.00	6.24

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Floyd Little	2	2	7	3.50	2.50
WR Ron Shanklin	1	1	14	14.00	2.33
WR Jack Snow	1	0	0	0.00	2.50

Oakland	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
FB Bobby Anderson	1	1	10	10.00	6.75
RB Walter Pupunu	1	1	6	6.00	6.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
Billy Kilmer	1	0
Ed Podolak	1	1

Oakland	Rushes	Conversions
Ken Stabler	2	1
Walter Pupunu	2	1
Marsh White	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Billy Kilmer	13	6	4

Oakland	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ken Stabler	5	2	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jack Snow	5	3	2
RB Floyd Little	2	1	0
WR Ron Shanklin	2	0	0
WR Howard Twilley	2	1	1
TE Riley Odoms	1	0	0
WR Dick Drake	1	1	1

Oakland	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Mark Kellar	2	0	0
FB Bobby Anderson	1	1	1
RB Walter Pupunu	1	1	1
WR Tommie Towns	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 58,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,100 (21,400)
End Zone 12,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,700 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	58,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,100 (21,400)
End Zone	12,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,700 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (3,300)