| AFC Wild Card Playoff |
| Denver Broncos at Seattle Seahawks |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 24, 1983 Location: Seattle, WA Venue: Kingdome Attendance: 60752 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Seattle SeahawksSEA | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Steve Largent 17 pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jesse Myles 13 pass from Steve DeBerg (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Norm Johnson 37 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Pete Metzelaars 5 pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Paul Johns 18 pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | David Hughes 2 run (Norm Johnson kick) | 7 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Clint Sampson |
| 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 |
| 17 | QB | Steve DeBerg |
| 23 | RB | Sammy Winder |
| 34 | FB | Nathan Poole |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | LDT | Rubin Carter |
| 72 | RDT | Don Latimer |
| 75 | RDE | Rulon Jones |
| 50 | LLB | Jim Ryan |
| 53 | MLB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | RLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 49 | SS | Dennis Smith |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 31 | RCB | Mike Harden |
| Seattle Seahawks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Steve Largent |
| 64 | LOT | Ron Essink |
| 65 | LOG | Edwin Bailey |
| 59 | C | Blair Bush |
| 61 | ROG | Bob Pratt |
| 76 | ROT | Steve August |
| 88 | TE | Pete Metzelaars |
| 87 | TE | Charle Young |
| 17 | QB | Dave Krieg |
| 28 | RB | Curt Warner |
| 32 | FB | Cullen Bryant |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Jacob Green |
| 72 | NT | Joe Nash |
| 77 | RDE | Jeff Bryant |
| 58 | LOLB | Bruce Scholtz |
| 52 | LILB | Joe Norman |
| 53 | RILB | Keith Butler |
| 56 | ROLB | Greg Gaines |
| 26 | LCB | Kerry Justin |
| 45 | SS | Kenny Easley |
| 44 | FS | John Harris |
| 22 | RCB | Dave Brown |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 30:57 | 21 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 9/17 | 1/2 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 1 |
| SEA | 29:03 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5/10 | 1/1 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 16 | 59 | 3.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Nathan Poole | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 |
| John Elway | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Clint Sampson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 125 | 3.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Curt Warner | 23 | 99 | 4.3 | 15 | 0 |
| David Hughes | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 9 | 1 |
| Cullen Bryant | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dave Krieg | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Zachary Dixon | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Zorn | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 38 | 145 | 3.8 | 15 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 19 | 14 | 73.7 | 1 | 131 | 6.9 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 87.8 |
| John Elway | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 1 | 123 | 8.2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 24 | 70.6 | 2 | 254 | 7.5 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 77.3 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||||||||
| Dave Krieg | 13 | 12 | 92.3 | 0 | 200 | 15.4 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 158.3 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 12 | 92.3 | 0 | 200 | 15.4 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 158.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jesse Myles | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 18 | 1 |
| Steve Watson | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Nathan Poole | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Clint Sampson | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Zach Thomas | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Steve Wilson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 254 | 10.6 | 31 | 1 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Steve Largent | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 34 | 1 |
| Curt Warner | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Paul Johns | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 41 | 1 |
| Charle Young | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Pete Metzelaars | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 200 | 16.7 | 41 | 3 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Kerry Justin | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Greggory Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||
| Luke Prestridge | 4 | 191 | 47.8 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 191 | 47.8 | 49 | 0 | 0 | |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||||
| Jeff West | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 47 | 0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Zach Thomas | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| Paul Johns | 4 | 0 | 58 | 14.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 0 | 58 | 14.5 | 19 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Zach Thomas | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| Steve Wilson | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 22 | 0 | |
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| Zachary Dixon | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 31 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 31 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Ken Woodard | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| Brison Manor | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| Team Totals | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | ||
| Sam Clancy | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| Kenny Easley | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Team Totals | 2.0 | 19.0 |