| Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 12, 1986 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: Jack Murphy Stadium Attendance: 55662 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 70 F Humidty: 63% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| San Diego Chargers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Chargers | Gary Anderson 7 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Sammy Winder 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Rich Karlis 21 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Gerald Willhite 3 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Gerald Willhite 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Mike Harden 41 punt return (Rich Karlis kick) | 31 | 7 |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers | Buford McGee 4 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 31 | 14 |
| 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 |
| 88 | TE | Clarence Kay |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 23 | RB | Sammy Winder |
| 47 | FB | Gerald Willhite |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Rulon Jones |
| 71 | NT | Greg Kragen |
| 61 | RDE | Andre Townsend |
| 50 | LOLB | Jim Ryan |
| 77 | LILB | Karl Mecklenburg |
| 98 | RILB | Ricky Hunley |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 48 | SS | Randy Robbins |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 31 | RCB | Mike Harden |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wes Chandler |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 74 | LOT | Jim Lachey |
| 63 | LOG | Jim Leonard |
| 62 | C | Don Macek |
| 60 | ROG | Dennis McKnight |
| 68 | ROT | Gary Kowalski |
| 80 | TE | Kellen Winslow |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 40 | RB | Gary Anderson |
| 43 | FB | Tim Spencer |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Lee Williams |
| 78 | NT | Chuck Ehin |
| 91 | RDE | Leslie O'Neal |
| 54 | LOLB | Billy Ray Smith |
| 50 | LILB | Gary Plummer |
| 57 | RILB | Tom Benson |
| 90 | ROLB | Fred Robinson |
| 24 | LCB | Kenny Taylor |
| 37 | SS | Jeff Dale |
| 22 | FS | Gill Byrd |
| 32 | RCB | Don Brown |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 17 | 74 | 4.4 | 24 | 1 |
| Gerald Willhite | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 9 | 1 |
| John Elway | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Sewell | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Ken Bell | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Lionel James | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Buford McGee | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 1 |
| Gary Anderson | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 34 | 20 | 58.8 | 1 | 242 | 7.1 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78.3 |
| Gary Kubiak | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87.5 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 40 | 26 | 65.0 | 2 | 352 | 8.8 | 40 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 80.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 15 | 1 |
| Mark Jackson | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Clarence Kay | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Vance Johnson | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Clint Sampson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Gary Anderson | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 23 | 1 |
| Lionel James | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Pete Holohan | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Kellen Winslow | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Trumaine Johnson | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Eric Sievers | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tim Spencer | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tony Lilly | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Gill Byrd | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jack Weil | 3 | 103 | 34.3 | 49 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Ralf Mojsiejenko | 4 | 170 | 42.5 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Mike Harden | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41t | 1 | |
| Gerald Willhite | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gene Lang | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Ken Bell | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Lionel James | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Simon Fletcher | 2.0 |
| Rulon Jones | 1.0 |
| Karl Mecklenburg | 1.0 |
| Randy Robbins | 1.0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |
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