| Chicago Bears at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: November 16, 1987 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 75783 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 22 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 14 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 29 |
| Denver Broncos | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago Bears | Willie Gault 51 pass from Jim McMahon (Kevin Butler kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Chicago Bears | Cap Boso 6 pass from Jim McMahon (Kevin Butler kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Vance Johnson 22 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Mark Jackson 22 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Ricky Nattiel 35 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Willie Gault 26 pass from Jim McMahon (Kevin Butler kick failed) | 20 | 21 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Jim McMahon 1 run (Mike Tomczak run failed) | 26 | 21 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Kevin Butler 42 FG | 29 | 21 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Rich Karlis 27 FG | 29 | 24 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Steve Sewell 4 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 29 | 31 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 12 | 73 | 6.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Neal Anderson | 11 | 44 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dennis Gentry | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Willie Gault | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim McMahon | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 |
| Calvin Thomas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| William Perry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| John Elway | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 11 | 31 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Ricky Nattiel | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Steve Sewell | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 4t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Jim McMahon | 34 | 21 | 61.8 | 1 | 311 | 9.1 | 51t | 3 | 3 | 20 | 108.8 |
| Mike Tomczak | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85.4 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 40 | 21 | 52.5 | 2 | 341 | 8.5 | 35t | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85.5 |
| Vance Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Neal Anderson | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Willie Gault | 5 | 133 | 26.6 | 51t | 2 |
| Dennis McKinnon | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Walter Payton | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Cap Boso | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Ron Morris | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Emery Moorehead | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Vance Johnson | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 26 | 1 |
| Steve Sewell | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 28 | 0 |
| Ricky Nattiel | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 35t | 1 |
| Mark Jackson | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 24 | 1 |
| Clarence Kay | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Ron Rivera | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dave Duerson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Kevin Clark | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bryan Wagner | 3 | 158 | 52.7 | 57 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Mike Horan | 4 | 186 | 46.5 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Dennis McKinnon | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Dennis Gentry | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| Thomas Sanders | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Vance Johnson | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Ken Bell | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Rulon Jones | 1.0 |
| Karl Mecklenburg | 1.0 |
| Andre Townsend | 1.0 |
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