| Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 29, 1987 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: Jack Murphy Stadium Attendance: 61880 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 64 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Vencie Glenn 103 interception return (Vince Abbott kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Sammy Winder 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Ricky Nattiel 46 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Vince Abbott 32 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 27 FG | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Lang 5 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Vance Johnson 9 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 31 | 10 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Curtis Adams 1 run (Vince Abbott kick) | 31 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Vance Johnson |
| 83 | WR | Rick Massie |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 54 | LOG | Keith Bishop |
| 62 | C | Mike Freeman |
| 79 | ROG | Stefan Humphries |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 88 | TE | Clarence Kay |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 23 | RB | Sammy Winder |
| 35 | FB | Ken Bell |
| 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 |
| 48 | SS | Randy Robbins |
| 31 | FS | Mike Harden |
| 45 | RCB | Steve Wilson |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Timmie Ware |
| 74 | LOT | Jim Lachey |
| 70 | LOG | James FitzPatrick |
| 62 | C | Don Macek |
| 60 | ROG | Dennis McKnight |
| 76 | ROT | Broderick Thompson |
| 82 | TE | Rod Bernstine |
| 85 | TE | Eric Sievers |
| 80 | TE | Kellen Winslow |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 42 | RB | Curtis Adams |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Lee Williams |
| 78 | NT | Chuck Ehin |
| 96 | RDE | Keith Baldwin |
| 54 | LOLB | Billy Ray Smith |
| 50 | MLB | Gary Plummer |
| 56 | ROLB | Chip Banks |
| 34 | LCB | Elvis Patterson |
| 44 | SS | Martin Bayless |
| 25 | FS | Vencie Glenn |
| 22 | RCB | Gill Byrd |
| 23 | NB | Danny Walters |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Gene Lang | 24 | 73 | 3.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 16 | 62 | 3.9 | 12 | 1 |
| John Elway | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Ken Bell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Curtis Adams | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 24 | 1 |
| Gary Anderson | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Tim Spencer | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lionel James | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 32 | 21 | 65.6 | 1 | 347 | 10.8 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 120.2 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 40 | 23 | 57.5 | 2 | 322 | 8.1 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 62.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Vance Johnson | 7 | 88 | 12.6 | 33 | 1 |
| Ricky Nattiel | 4 | 118 | 29.5 | 46t | 1 |
| Sammy Winder | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Mark Jackson | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Orson Mobley | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Rick Massie | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Clarence Kay | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Lionel James | 7 | 87 | 12.4 | 23 | 0 |
| Kellen Winslow | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Gary Anderson | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Barry Redden | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tim Spencer | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Rod Bernstine | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rick Dennison | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tony Lilly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Vencie Glenn | 1 | 103 | 103.0 | 103t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Mike Horan | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Ralf Mojsiejenko | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Kevin Clark | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Lionel James | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Ken Bell | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 42 | 0 | |
| Ricky Nattiel | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Vance Johnson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Jamie Holland | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 23 | 0 | |
| Gary Anderson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Rulon Jones | 1.0 |
| Karl Mecklenburg | 1.0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |
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