| Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 14, 1985 Location: Denver, CO Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 69209 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 47 F Humidty: 32% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City ChiefsKC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | KC | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Nick Lowery 32 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Vance Johnson 11 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Nick Lowery 41 FG | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Stephone Paige 7 pass from Todd Blackledge (Nick Lowery kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Sammy Winder 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 13 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Carlos Carson |
| 83 | WR | Stephone Paige |
| 60 | LOT | Matt Herkenhoff |
| 77 | LOG | Rich Baldinger |
| 53 | C | Bob Rush |
| 64 | ROG | Bob Olderman |
| 72 | ROT | Dave Lutz |
| 87 | TE | Walt Arnold |
| 14 | QB | Todd Blackledge |
| 44 | HB | Herman Heard |
| 43 | FB | Mike Pruitt |
| Defense | ||
| 63 | LDE | Bill Maas |
| 93 | NT | Eric Holle |
| 71 | RDE | Dave Lindstrom |
| 50 | LOLB | Calvin Daniels |
| 97 | LILB | Scott Radecic |
| 57 | RILB | Jerry Blanton |
| 52 | ROLB | Ken Jolly |
| 29 | LCB | Albert Lewis |
| 34 | SS | Lloyd Burruss |
| 20 | FS | Deron Cherry |
| 31 | RCB | Kevin Ross |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Vance 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 |
| 87 | TE | Jim Wright |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 23 | RB | Sammy Winder |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 75 | RDE | Rulon Jones |
| 50 | LOLB | Jim Ryan |
| 77 | LILB | Karl Mecklenburg |
| 58 | RILB | Steve Busick |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 49 | SS | Dennis Smith |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 31 | RCB | Mike Harden |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 27:45 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4/14 | 0/0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| DEN | 32:15 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3/13 | 2/2 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Herman Heard | 14 | 56 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 11 | 35 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Todd Blackledge | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ethan Horton | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 106 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Sewell | 14 | 59 | 4.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 14 | 47 | 3.4 | 16 | 1 |
| John Elway | 6 | 4 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 110 | 3.2 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||
| Todd Blackledge | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 1 | 158 | 6.1 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 69.1 |
| Bill Kenney | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 25 | 8.3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.6 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 15 | 51.7 | 1 | 183 | 6.3 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 68.6 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 37 | 22 | 59.5 | 5 | 301 | 8.1 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 |
| Steve Sewell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 22 | 57.9 | 5 | 301 | 7.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52.5 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Carlos Carson | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Stephone Paige | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 34 | 1 |
| Herman Heard | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Walt Arnold | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Henry Marshall | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Anthony Hancock | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 183 | 12.2 | 1 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Vance Johnson | 6 | 116 | 19.3 | 48 | 1 |
| Steve Watson | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 42 | 0 |
| Steve Sewell | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Wright | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Clint Sampson | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Clarence Kay | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 301 | 13.7 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Albert Lewis | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Lloyd Burruss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sherman Cocroft | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 0 | |||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Ken Woodard | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||
| Jim Arnold | 8 | 337 | 42.1 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 8 | 337 | 42.1 | 0 | |||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||
| Chris Norman | 4 | 149 | 37.3 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 4 | 149 | 37.3 | ||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Garcia Lane | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 12 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Vance Johnson | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Vance Johnson | 4 | 0 | 113 | 28.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 0 | 113 | 28.3 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
| Team Totals | 0.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Karl Mecklenburg | 1.0 |
| Andre Townsend | 1.0 |
| Ken Woodard | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 3.0 |