| Miami Dolphins at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: September 29, 1985 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 73614 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 28 F Humidty: 66% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 7 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 30 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Lang 10 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Nat Moore 69 pass from Dan Marino (Fuad Reveiz kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Fuad Reveiz 40 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Sammy Winder 7 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Fuad Reveiz 24 FG | 13 | 14 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Joe Rose 24 pass from Dan Marino (Fuad Reveiz kick) | 20 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 43 FG | 20 | 17 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Sammy Winder 1 run (Rich Karlis kick failed) | 20 | 23 |
| 3 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Vince Heflin 46 pass from Dan Marino (Fuad Reveiz kick) | 27 | 23 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Fuad Reveiz 27 FG | 27 | 23 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 33 FG | 30 | 26 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Mark Clayton |
| 89 | WR | Nat Moore |
| 79 | LOT | Jon Giesler |
| 61 | LOG | Roy Foster |
| 57 | C | Dwight Stephenson |
| 72 | ROG | Ronnie Lee |
| 74 | ROT | Cleveland Green |
| 84 | TE | Bruce Hardy |
| 13 | QB | Dan Marino |
| 22 | RB | Tony Nathan |
| 34 | FB | Woody Bennett |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Doug Betters |
| 71 | NT | Mike Charles |
| 59 | RDE | Kim Bokamper |
| 59 | LOLB | Bob Brudzinski |
| 50 | LILB | Jackie Shipp |
| 51 | RILB | Mark Brown |
| 96 | ROLB | Sanders Shiver |
| 44 | LCB | Paul Lankford |
| 47 | SS | Glenn Blackwood |
| 43 | FS | Bud Brown |
| 49 | RCB | William Judson |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Butch Johnson |
| 81 | WR | Steve Watson |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 74 | LOG | Winford Hood |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 88 | TE | Clarence Kay |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 23 | RB | Sammy Winder |
| 30 | HBK | Steve Sewell |
| 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 |
| 52 | ROLB | Ken Woodard |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 49 | SS | Dennis Smith |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 31 | RCB | Mike Harden |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Tony Nathan | 14 | 38 | 2.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Woody Bennett | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Ron Davenport | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Hampton | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dan Marino | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 20 | 103 | 5.2 | 17 | 2 |
| John Elway | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Vance Johnson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Dan Marino | 43 | 25 | 58.1 | 0 | 390 | 9.1 | 73 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 111.6 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 37 | 18 | 48.6 | 1 | 250 | 6.8 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 59.5 |
| Sammy Winder | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Tony Nathan | 10 | 120 | 12.0 | 73 | 0 |
| Nat Moore | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 69t | 1 |
| Joe Rose | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 24t | 1 |
| Bruce Hardy | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Vince Heflin | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 46t | 1 |
| Mark Clayton | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ron Davenport | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Watson | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Clarence Kay | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Vance Johnson | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Clint Sampson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Sewell | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Bud Brown | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Reggie Roby | 7 | 315 | 45.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Chris Norman | 8 | 328 | 41.0 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Mike Kozlowski | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 7 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gerald Willhite | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Lorenzo Hampton | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 40 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Vance Johnson | 6 | 142 | 23.7 | 34 | 0 | |
| Gene Lang | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |
| Doug Betters | 1.0 |
| Kim Bokamper | 1.0 |
| Mack Moore | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Rulon Jones | 1.0 |
| Karl Mecklenburg | 1.0 |
| Andre Townsend | 1.0 |
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