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1980 AFC Championship GameOakland Raiders 34, San Diego Chargers 27Sunday, Jan. 11, 1981 - Jack Murphy Stadium (San Diego, CA)1980 AFC Divisonal PlayoffsSan Diego Chargers 20, Buffalo Bills 14Saturday, Jan. 3, 1981 - San Diego Stadium (San Diego, CA)HISTORYOakland took 28-7 lead in first half and then held off late SanDiego bid to beat Chargers for American Football Conferencechampionship. On third play from scrimmage, Raiders quarterbackJim Plunkett had pass bounce off hands of his intended receiverKenny King and into grasp of Raymond Chester, who took passin for 65-yard score. San Diego’s initial drive was halted whenJohn Jefferson slipped on wet turf and Dan Fouts’ pass zippedinto hands of defender Lester Hayes. Chargers tied score minuteslater on 48-yard pass from Fouts to Charlie Joiner but Oaklandretaliated with 76-yard scoring drive, aided by Plunkett pass to Cliff Branch for 48yards and pass interference penalty. By end ofthe first quarter, Oakland led 21-7, andtwo quarterbacks had combined for 314 yards passing. Oakland later scored on threeyardrun by Mark Van Eeghen, making score 28-7. San Diego scored near end of firsthalf on eight-yard pass from Fouts toJoiner. In third quarter, Rolf Benirschke kickedfield goal and Chuck Muncie scored from six yards to narrow Raiders’ lead to 28-24.Oakland then marched 68 and 37 yards to set up two Chris Bahr field goals while running10:38 off clock. Trailing 34-24 Chargers drove for field goal from Benirschke thatleft them one touchdown behind with 6:52 to play, but Oakland controlled ball for final6:52 and held on for victory.Score by Quarters Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalOakland Raiders 21 7 3 3 34San Diego Chargers 7 7 10 3 27Tm Qtr Time Play Description (PAT & Drive) OAK SDOAK 1 1:35 Chester 65 yd pass from Plunkett (Bahr kick) (3-71, 1:26) 0 7SD 1 7:04 Joiner 48 yd pass from Fouts (Benirschke kick) (3-62, 1:21) 7 7OAK 1 11:14 Plunkett 5 yd run (Bahr kick) (7-76, 4:00) 14 7OAK 1 13:25 King 21 yd pass from Plunkett (Bahr kick) (4-49, 1:33) 21 7OAK 2 8:34 Van Eeghen 3 yd run (Bahr kick) (7-29, 3:31) 28 7SD 2 13:55 Joiner 8 yd pass from Fouts (Benirschke kick) (13-64, 5:00) 28 14SD 3 4:34 Benirschke 26 yd field goal (12-68, 4:26) 28 17SD 3 8:47 Muncie 6 yd run (Benirschke kick) (6-41, 2:29) 28 24OAK 3 14:11 Bahr 27 yd field goal (9-68, 5:15) 31 24OAK 4 5:14 Bahr 33 yd field goal (10-37, 5:14) 34 24SD 4 8:08 Benirschke 27 yd field goal (12-72, 2:48) 34 27Attendance — 52,428Team Statistics OAK SDTOTAL FIRST DOWNS 21 26Rushing 8 6Passing 12 17Penalty 1 33RD DOWN EFF 9-16-56% 8-13-62%TOTAL NET YARDS 362 434Total Plays 66 71Average / Play 5.5 6.1NET YARDS RUSHING 138 83Total Plays 42 23Average / Play 3.3 3.6NET YARDS PASSING 224 351Sacked - Yards Lost 6-37 2-13Gross Yards 261 364ATT-COMP-INT 18-14-0 46-23-2Avg. / Play 9.3 7.3OAKLANDRushing No Yds Avg Lg TDVan Eeghen 20 85 4.3 10 0King 11 35 3.2 8 0Jensen 2 7 3.5 4 0Plunkett 4 6 1.5 5t 1Whittington 5 5 1.0 2 0Passing A C Yds S-L TD Lg IN RtPlunkett 18 14 261 6-37 2 65t 0155.8Receiving No Yds Avg Lg TDChester 5 102 20.4 65t 1Branch 3 78 26.0 48 0King 2 43 21.5 22 1Chandler 2 27 13.5 16 0Whittington 2 11 5.5 6 0INT No Yds Avg Lg TDOwens 1 25 25.0 25 0Hayes 1 16 16.0 16 0Punting No Yds Avg TB I20 LgGuy 4 224 56.0 1 0 71OAK SDPUNTS No. and Avg. 4-56.0 2-40.5Blocked 0 0TOTAL RETURN YARDS 164 140Punt Returns 2-20 2-41Kickoff Returns 6-103 6-99Interception Returns 2-41 0-0PENALTIES No. and Yds 7-54 6-45FUMBLES No. and Lost 0-0 5-1TOUCHDOWNS 4 3Rushing 2 1Passing 2 2Returns 0 0EXTRA POINTS 4-4 3-3FIELD GOALS 2-2 2-2FINAL SCORE 34 27TIME OF POSS 35:03 24:57SAN DIEGORushing No Yds Avg Lg TDThomas 12 48 4.0 9 0Muncie 9 34 3.8 16 1Fouts 1 2 2.0 2 0Smith 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0Passing A C Yds S-L TD Lg IN RtFouts 45 22 336 2-13 2 55 2 70.2Winslow 1 1 28 0-0 0 28 0118.8Receiving No Yds Avg Lg TDJoiner 6 130 21.7 48t 2Thomas 5 40 8.0 24 0Jefferson 4 71 17.8 28 0Smith 3 76 25.3 55 0Winslow 3 42 14.0 21 0Muncie 2 5 2.5 3 0INT No Yds Avg Lg TDNonePunting No Yds Avg TB I20 LgPartridge 2 81 40.5 0 0 41Quarterback Dan Fouts connected with Ron Smith on 50-yardtouchdown pass with 2:08 remaining in fourth quarter for gamewinningscore. Fouts completed pass on 3rd-and-10 with Chargerstrailing 14-13. With win Chargers advanced to AmericanFootball Conference Championship Game against Oakland. Foutscompleted 22 of 37 passes for 314 yards and two touchdowns,20th 300-yard game of his career. San Diego’s defense held Buffaloto 97 yards rushing. 50-yard, game-winning touchdowncatch was longest of Smith’s career. Down 14-3 at half, momentumchanged in third quarter with Chargers going 70 yards in four plays for touchdownon first series. Chuck Muncie ran for 18 yards, then Charlie Joiner caught 45-yard pass and two plays later, Joiner capped off drive with nine-yard scoringreception, making score 14-10. Down 14-13 after field goal, Chargers started theirfinal drive at Buffalo 31-yard line with 3:59 to play. Passes to Mike Thomas and JohnJefferson put ball at midfield, setting stage for Fouts’ game-winner to Smith.Score by Quarters Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalBuffalo Bills 0 14 0 0 14San Diego Chargers 3 0 7 10 20Tm Qtr Time Play Description (PAT & Drive) BUF SDSD 1 11:16 Benirschke 22 yd field goal (12-69, 6:45) 0 3BUF 2 :44 Leaks 1 yd run (Mike-Mayer kick) (12-72, 4:20) 7 3BUF 2 14:44 Lewis 9 yd pass from Ferguson (Mike-Mayer kick) (4-33, 1:32) 14 3SD 3 1:34 Joiner 9 yd pass from Fouts (Benirschke kick) (4-70, 1:25) 14 10SD 4 :51 Benirschke 22 yd field goal (8-45, 4:13) 14 13SD 4 12:52 Smith 50 yd pass from Fouts (Benirschke kick) (5-69, 1:51) 14 20Attendance — 52,028Team Statistics BUF SDTOTAL FIRST DOWNS 17 21Rushing 6 6Passing 9 14Penalty 2 13RD DOWN EFF 5-14-36% 2-11-18%TOTAL NET YARDS 244 397Total Plays 66 64Average / Play 3.7 6.2NET YARDS RUSHING 97 96Total Plays 33 25Average / Play 2.9 3.8NET YARDS PASSING 147 301Sacked - Yards Lost 3-33 2-13Gross Yards 180 314ATT-COMP-INT 30-15-3 37-22-1Avg. / Play 4.5 7.7BUFFALORushing No Yds Avg Lg TDCribbs 18 53 2.9 9 0Manucci 2 21 10.5 15 0Brown 9 17 1.9 5 0Leaks 4 6 1.5 2 1Passing A C Yds S-L TD Lg IN RtFerguson 24 15 180 3-33 1 19 3 59.7Manucci 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 39.6Receiving No Yds Avg Lg TDBrammer 4 62 15.5 19 0Cribbs 4 36 9.0 11 0Lewis 3 45 15.0 18 1Butler 2 19 9.5 12 0Leaks 1 17 17.0 17 0Hooks 1 1 1.0 1 0INT No Yds Avg Lg TDSimpson 1 0 0.0 0 0Punting No Yds Avg TB I20 LgCater 6 267 44.5 2 0 55Punt Ret No Yds Avg FC Lg TDHooks 2 13 6.5 0 7 0KO Ret No Yds Avg Lg TDSolomon 5 84 16.8 26 0BUF SDPUNTS No. and Avg. 6-44.5 4-27.8Blocked 0 1TOTAL RETURN YARDS 97 126Punt Returns 2-13 3-29Kickoff Returns 5-84 3-50Interception Returns 1-0 3-47PENALTIES No. and Yds 5-40 6-66FUMBLES No. and Lost 0-0 3-2TOUCHDOWNS 2 2Rushing 1 0Passing 1 2Returns 0 0EXTRA POINTS 2-2 2-2FIELD GOALS 0-2 2-3FINAL SCORE 14 20TIME OF POSS 33:14 26:46SAN DIEGORushing No Yds Avg Lg TDMuncie 18 80 4.4 18 0Thomas 5 22 4.4 8 0Fouts 2 -6 -3.0 -3 0Passing A C Yds S-L TD Lg IN RtFouts 37 22 314 2-13 2 50t 1 93.8Receiving No Yds Avg Lg TDJefferson 7 102 14.6 24 0Muncie 6 53 8.8 16 0Joiner 4 83 20.8 45 1McCrary 2 19 9.5 11 0Smith 1 50 50.0 50t 1Winslow 1 5 5.0 5 0Thomas 1 2 2.0 2 0INT No Yds Avg Lg TDEdwards 2 27 13.5 15 0Fuller 1 20 20.0 20 0Punting No Yds Avg TB I20 LgPartridge 3 111 37.0 0 0 52Punt Ret No Yds Avg FC Lg TDFuller 3 29 9.7 1 11 0KO Ret No Yds Avg Lg TDBauer 2 39 19.5 25 0Duncan 1 11 11.0 11 0Punt Ret No Yds Avg FC Lg TDMatthews 2 20 10.0 0 14 0KO Ret No Yds Avg Lg TDWhittington 4 67 16.8 24 0Moody 2 36 18.0 21 0Punt Ret No Yds Avg FC Lg TDFuller 2 41 20.5 1 28 0KO Ret No Yds Avg Lg TDBauer 5 89 17.8 27 0Duncan 1 10 10.0 10 0MEDIA GUIDE | 240