| Detroit Lions at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: November 1, 1987 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 75172 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 64 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 17 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | John Elway 3 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 28 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Sammy Winder 2 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Vance Johnson 35 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | John Elway 7 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 31 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 29 FG | 0 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Jeff Chadwick |
| 82 | WR | Pete Mandley |
| 75 | LOT | Lomas Brown |
| 61 | LOG | Scott Barrows |
| 52 | C | Steve Mott |
| 53 | ROG | Kevin Glover |
| 73 | ROT | Harvey Salem |
| 84 | TE | Rob Rubick |
| 16 | QB | Chuck Long |
| 32 | RB | Garry James |
| 30 | FB | James Jones |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Keith Ferguson |
| 93 | NT | Jerry Ball |
| 79 | RDE | William Gay |
| 57 | OLB | Vernon Maxwell |
| 59 | LOLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 51 | LILB | Shelton Robinson |
| 98 | RILB | Dennis Gibson |
| 40 | LCB | Duane Galloway |
| 45 | SS | Raphel Cherry |
| 34 | FS | James Griffin |
| 29 | RCB | Bruce McNorton |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Mark Jackson |
| 82 | WR | Vance Johnson |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 54 | LOG | Keith Bishop |
| 68 | C | Larry Lee |
| 67 | ROG | John Ayers |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 88 | TE | Clarence Kay |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 23 | RB | Sammy Winder |
| 33 | FB | Gene Lang |
| Defense | ||
| 61 | LDE | Andre Townsend |
| 71 | NT | Greg Kragen |
| 75 | RDE | Rulon Jones |
| 73 | LOLB | Simon Fletcher |
| 77 | LILB | Karl Mecklenburg |
| 98 | RILB | Ricky Hunley |
| 50 | ROLB | Jim Ryan |
| 36 | LCB | Mark Haynes |
| 49 | SS | Dennis Smith |
| 22 | FS | Tony Lilly |
| 31 | RCB | Mike Harden |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Garry James | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
| James Jones | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Scott Williams | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Karl Bernard | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chuck Long | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 21 | 94 | 4.5 | 14 | 1 |
| John Elway | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 26 | 2 |
| Steve Sewell | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Ken Bell | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Gary Kubiak | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Chuck Long | 34 | 16 | 47.1 | 1 | 151 | 4.4 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 47.5 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 30 | 16 | 53.3 | 0 | 246 | 8.2 | 35t | 1 | 1 | 9 | 91.8 |
| Gary Kubiak | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 25 | 8.3 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 101.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jeff Chadwick | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Butch Woolfolk | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 12 | 0 |
| James Jones | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Pete Mandley | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Jimmie Giles | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Garry James | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Karl Bernard | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Carl Bland | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Vance Johnson | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 35t | 1 |
| Gene Lang | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Steve Sewell | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Ricky Nattiel | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Mark Jackson | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Clarence Kay | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Orson Mobley | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Dennis Smith | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Arnold | 5 | 233 | 46.6 | 55 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Mike Horan | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pete Mandley | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Ricky Nattiel | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Gary Lee | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 39 | 0 | |
| Butch Woolfolk | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| William Gay | 1.0 |
| George Jamison | 1.0 |
| Jimmy Williams | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Rulon Jones | 1.0 |
| Greg Kragen | 1.0 |
| Karl Mecklenburg | 1.0 |
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