| Cleveland Browns at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: December 4, 1983 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 70912 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 44 F Humidty: 40% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Matt Bahr 47 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Sammy Winder 3 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Clint Sampson 39 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Clint Sampson 49 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Steve Cox 58 FG | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 20 FG | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 50 FG | 6 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Willis Adams |
| 85 | WR | Dave Logan |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 68 | LOG | Bob Jackson |
| 54 | C | Tom DeLeone |
| 64 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 63 | ROT | Cody Risien |
| 81 | TE | Harry Holt |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 45 | FB | Mike Pruitt |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Reggie Camp |
| 79 | NT | Bob Golic |
| 94 | RDE | Elvis Franks |
| 56 | LOLB | Chip Banks |
| 58 | LILB | Scott Nicolas |
| 50 | RILB | Tom Cousineau |
| 57 | ROLB | Clay Matthews |
| 48 | LCB | Lawrence Johnson |
| 49 | SS | Clinton Burrell |
| 21 | FS | Mike Whitwell |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Steve Watson |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 54 | LOG | Keith Bishop |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 85 | TE | Ron Egloff |
| 83 | TE | John Sawyer |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 34 | RB | Nathan Poole |
| 23 | RB | Sammy Winder |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 75 | RDE | Rulon Jones |
| 50 | LOLB | Jim Ryan |
| 58 | LILB | Steve Busick |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 37 | SS | Steve Trimble |
| 28 | FS | Roger Jackson |
| 45 | RCB | Steve Wilson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Boyce Green | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Dwight Walker | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 20 | 71 | 3.6 | 8 | 1 |
| John Elway | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 6 | 0 |
| Jesse Myles | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Nathan Poole | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 47 | 22 | 46.8 | 3 | 231 | 4.9 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 35.0 |
| Dwight Walker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 1 | 284 | 11.8 | 49t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 117.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ozzie Newsome | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Dwight Walker | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Willis Adams | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Bobby Jones | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dave Logan | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Boyce Green | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Rocky Belk | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Clint Sampson | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 49t | 2 |
| Steve Watson | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Nathan Poole | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Jesse Myles | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 24 | 0 |
| John Sawyer | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Lawrence Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Wilson | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Roger Jackson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Steve Foley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jeff Gossett | 3 | 159 | 53.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dino Hall | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dwight Walker | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 18 | 0 | |
| Boyce Green | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Steve Wilson | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 29 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Randy Gradishar | 1.0 |
| Rulon Jones | 1.0 |
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