| Houston Oilers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: October 4, 1987 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 38494 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 80 F Humidty: 16% Wind: 0 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 40 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Brent Pease 1 run (John Diettrich kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Mike Clendenen 28 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | John Diettrich 43 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Andrew Jackson 16 run (John Diettrich kick) | 17 | 3 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rick Massie 21 pass from Ken Karcher (Mike Clendenen kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | John Diettrich 39 FG | 20 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Eugene Seale 73 interception return (John Diettrich kick) | 27 | 10 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Mark Gehring 31 pass from Brent Pease (John Diettrich kick) | 34 | 10 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | John Diettrich 44 FG | 37 | 10 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | John Diettrich 27 FG | 40 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Leonard Harris |
| 86 | WR | Oliver Williams |
| 60 | LOT | Jerrell Franklin |
| 68 | LOG | Vince Stroth |
| 52 | C | Billy Kidd |
| 73 | ROG | Almon Young |
| 66 | ROT | Clay Miller |
| 88 | TE | Mark Gehring |
| 14 | QB | Brent Pease |
| 39 | RB | Andrew Jackson |
| 32 | FB | Ricky Moore |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Eric Larkin |
| 99 | NT | Doug Smith |
| 98 | RDE | Rayford Cooks |
| 92 | LOLB | Tom Briehl |
| 53 | LILB | Thad Jefferson |
| 51 | RILB | Eugene Seale |
| 57 | ROLB | Byron Johnson |
| 29 | LCB | Bucky White |
| 23 | SS | Domingo Bryant |
| 22 | FS | Kenny Johnson |
| 26 | RCB | Tony Newsom |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Laron Brown |
| 83 | WR | Rick Massie |
| 80 | WR | Shane Swanson |
| 60 | LOT | Keith Kartz |
| 62 | LOG | Mike Freeman |
| 71 | C | Jack Peavey |
| 69 | ROG | David Jones |
| 73 | ROT | Kevin Belcher |
| 86 | TE | Mitch Andrews |
| 12 | QB | Ken Karcher |
| 28 | RB | Scotty Caldwell |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Ray Woodard |
| 91 | NT | Jeff Tupper |
| 79 | RDE | Steve Bryan |
| 95 | LOLB | Tim Joiner |
| 55 | LILB | Bryant Winn |
| 59 | RILB | Kirk Dodge |
| 58 | ROLB | Tim Lucas |
| 27 | LCB | Kevin Clark |
| 20 | SS | Daryll Jones |
| 37 | FS | Steve Fitzhugh |
| 21 | RCB | Earl Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Andrew Jackson | 21 | 99 | 4.7 | 16t | 1 |
| Eric Cobble | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Ricky Moore | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Brent Pease | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 7 | 1 |
| Herman Hunter | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Scotty Caldwell | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Micho | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ken Karcher | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Brent Pease | 25 | 15 | 60.0 | 0 | 260 | 10.4 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108.7 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Ken Karcher | 40 | 22 | 55.0 | 2 | 226 | 5.7 | 21t | 1 | 4 | 37 | 59.0 |
| Dean May | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Monte McGuire | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Leonard Harris | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Oliver Williams | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Joey Walters | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Keith McDonald | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Ricky Moore | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Chris Darrington | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Mark Gehring | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31t | 1 |
| Arrike James | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Andrew Jackson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bobby Micho | 9 | 69 | 7.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Rick Massie | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 21t | 1 |
| Laron Brown | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Mitch Andrews | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Scotty Caldwell | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Russell Payne | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Eugene Seale | 1 | 73 | 73.0 | 73t | 1 |
| Domingo Bryant | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Donovan Small | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Steve Superick | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Ralph Giacomarro | 8 | 326 | 40.8 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Kenny Johnson | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Shane Swanson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Leonard Harris | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 43 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Shane Swanson | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 34 | 0 | |
| Laron Brown | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| Byron Johnson | 2.0 |
| Rayford Cooks | 1.0 |
| Scott Fox | 1.0 |
| Doug Smith | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
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