| Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: October 21, 1984 Location: Orchard Park, NY |
| Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 31204 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 70 F Humidty: 71% Wind: 24 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 3 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 37 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 45 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Clarence Kay 3 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Steve Watson 52 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 45 FG | 20 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 40 FG | 23 | 0 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gary Kubiak 3 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 30 | 0 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Sammy Winder 14 pass from Gary Kubiak (Rich Karlis kick) | 37 | 0 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Mitchell Brookins 70 pass from Matt Kofler (Joe Danelo kick) | 37 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Butch Johnson |
| 81 | WR | Steve Watson |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 54 | LOG | Keith Bishop |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 88 | TE | Clarence Kay |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 23 | RB | Sammy Winder |
| 83 | HBK | John Sawyer |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 75 | RDE | Rulon Jones |
| 50 | LOLB | Jim Ryan |
| 55 | LILB | Rick Dennison |
| 58 | RILB | Steve Busick |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 23 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 49 | SS | Dennis Smith |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 31 | RCB | Mike Harden |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Preston Dennard |
| 85 | WR | Byron Franklin |
| 72 | LOT | Ken Jones |
| 51 | LOG | Jim Ritcher |
| 53 | C | Will Grant |
| 73 | ROG | Jon Borchardt |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 84 | TE | Buster Barnett |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 28 | RB | Greg Bell |
| 41 | FB | Speedy Neal |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | Sean McNanie |
| 76 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 91 | RDE | Ken Johnson |
| 57 | LOLB | Lucius Sanford |
| 52 | LILB | Chris Keating |
| 54 | RILB | Eugene Marve |
| 56 | ROLB | Darryl Talley |
| 30 | LCB | Brian Carpenter |
| 22 | SS | Steve Freeman |
| 21 | FS | Don Wilson |
| 26 | RCB | Charles Romes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 15 | 65 | 4.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Gary Kubiak | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 10 | 1 |
| Gerald Willhite | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| John Elway | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Greg Bell | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Matt Kofler | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Speedy Neal | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Van Williams | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Byron Franklin | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 23 | 12 | 52.2 | 0 | 148 | 6.4 | 52t | 2 | 1 | 1 | 101.4 |
| Gary Kubiak | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 95 | 5.9 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 89.3 |
| Gerald Willhite | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 2 | 77 | 4.1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 18.9 |
| Matt Kofler | 13 | 8 | 61.5 | 2 | 132 | 10.2 | 70t | 1 | 3 | 16 | 81.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Watson | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 52t | 1 |
| Butch Johnson | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 14t | 1 |
| Jim Wright | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Clarence Kay | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Gary Kubiak | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Greg Bell | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Byron Franklin | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Buster Barnett | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Mitchell Brookins | 1 | 70 | 70.0 | 70t | 1 |
| Speedy Neal | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Preston Dennard | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Foley | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Steve Busick | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Darren Comeaux | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Louis Wright | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Wilson | 0 | 6 | 6L | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Chris Norman | 8 | 297 | 37.1 | 60 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| John Kidd | 9 | 403 | 44.8 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Zach Thomas | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 10 | 0 | |
| Gerald Willhite | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Don Wilson | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 17 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Mike Harden | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Don Wilson | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Van Williams | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 46 | 0 | |
| Stan David | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Karl Mecklenburg | 2.0 |
| Barney Chavous | 1.5 |
| Rulon Jones | 1.0 |
| Jim Ryan | 1.0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Sean McNanie | 2.0 |
| Stan David | 1.0 |
| Ken Johnson | 1.0 |
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