| Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 15, 1986 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 57305 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 72 F Humidty: 61% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Steve Watson 21 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Anderson 42 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Steve Sewell 34 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Rich Erenberg 7 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Sammy Winder 13 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 21 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Clint Sampson |
| 81 | WR | Steve Watson |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 54 | LOG | Keith Bishop |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 63 | ROG | Mark Cooper |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 88 | TE | Clarence Kay |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 23 | RB | Sammy Winder |
| 33 | FB | Gene Lang |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Rulon Jones |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 61 | RDE | Andre Townsend |
| 50 | LOLB | Jim Ryan |
| 77 | LILB | Karl Mecklenburg |
| 98 | RILB | Ricky Hunley |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 49 | SS | Dennis Smith |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 31 | RCB | Mike Harden |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Louis Lipps |
| 82 | WR | John Stallworth |
| 65 | LOT | Ray Pinney |
| 79 | LOG | John Rienstra |
| 51 | C | Dan Turk |
| 54 | ROG | Terry Long |
| 62 | ROT | Tunch Ilkin |
| 86 | TE | Preston Gothard |
| 16 | QB | Mark Malone |
| 34 | RB | Walter Abercrombie |
| 34 | FB | Frank Pollard |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Keith Willis |
| 67 | NT | Gary Dunn |
| 64 | RDE | Edmund Nelson |
| 57 | LOLB | Mike Merriweather |
| 50 | LILB | David Little |
| 56 | RILB | Robin Cole |
| 53 | ROLB | Bryan Hinkle |
| 41 | LCB | Chris Sheffield |
| 21 | SS | Donnie Shell |
| 21 | FS | Eric Williams |
| 33 | RCB | Harvey Clayton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 15 | 54 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Steve Sewell | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tony Boddie | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| John Elway | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | -2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Frank Pollard | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 3 | 0 |
| David Hughes | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 4 | 0 |
| Rich Erenberg | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 38 | 21 | 55.3 | 0 | 243 | 6.4 | 34t | 3 | 1 | 8 | 101.1 |
| Gerald Willhite | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Mark Malone | 48 | 22 | 45.8 | 2 | 216 | 4.5 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 41.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Watson | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 21t | 1 |
| Gerald Willhite | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Steve Sewell | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 34t | 1 |
| Clint Sampson | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Clarence Kay | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Mark Jackson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Stallworth | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Louis Lipps | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Rich Erenberg | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| David Hughes | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Weegie Thompson | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Preston Gothard | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Foley | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Tony Lilly | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jack Weil | 7 | 262 | 37.4 | 52 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Harry Newsome | 7 | 308 | 44.0 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gerald Willhite | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 20 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Rick Woods | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Ken Bell | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Warren Seitz | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Donnie Elder | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Simon Fletcher | 1.0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Bryan Hinkle | 0.5 |
| David Little | 0.5 |
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