| Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 2, 1988 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: Jack Murphy Stadium Attendance: 55763 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 72 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 30 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 43 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 30 FG | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 28 FG | 12 | 0 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Vance Johnson |
| 84 | WR | Ricky Nattiel |
| 66 | LOT | Jim Juriga |
| 54 | LOG | Keith Bishop |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 72 | ROG | Keith Kartz |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 88 | TE | Clarence Kay |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 30 | FB | Steve Sewell |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Freddie Gilbert |
| 71 | NT | Greg Kragen |
| 61 | RDE | Andre Townsend |
| 73 | LOLB | Simon Fletcher |
| 55 | LILB | Rick Dennison |
| 77 | RILB | Karl Mecklenburg |
| 50 | ROLB | Jim Ryan |
| 36 | LCB | Mark Haynes |
| 48 | SS | Randy Robbins |
| 31 | FS | Mike Harden |
| 28 | RCB | Jeremiah Castille |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Quinn Early |
| 83 | WR | Anthony Miller |
| 61 | LOT | Ken Dallafior |
| 76 | LOG | Broderick Thompson |
| 62 | C | Don Macek |
| 60 | ROG | Dennis McKnight |
| 65 | ROT | Dave Richards |
| 88 | TE | Arthur Cox |
| 12 | QB | Babe Laufenberg |
| 40 | RB | Gary Anderson |
| 82 | HBK | Rod Bernstine |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Lee Williams |
| 71 | LDT | Mike Charles |
| 75 | RDT | Joe Phillips |
| 93 | RDE | Tyrone Keys |
| 57 | LOLB | Keith Browner |
| 53 | MLB | Chuck Faucette |
| 50 | ROLB | Gary Plummer |
| 34 | LCB | Elvis Patterson |
| 34 | SS | Martin Bayless |
| 25 | FS | Vencie Glenn |
| 22 | RCB | Gill Byrd |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 11 | 52 | 4.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 19 | 46 | 2.4 | 8 | 0 |
| John Elway | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Steve Sewell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ken Bell | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ricky Nattiel | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Gary Anderson | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Babe Laufenberg | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 1 | 184 | 6.3 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 63.0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Babe Laufenberg | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 0 | 104 | 5.0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 66.4 |
| Mark Malone | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 1 | 82 | 5.9 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 38.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Clarence Kay | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Ricky Nattiel | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Steve Sewell | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Vance Johnson | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Darren Flutie | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Arthur Cox | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Lionel James | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Quinn Early | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Anthony Miller | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Gary Anderson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jamie Holland | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Rod Bernstine | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Mike Harden | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Gill Byrd | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Mike Horan | 3 | 117 | 39.0 | 65 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Ralf Mojsiejenko | 7 | 349 | 49.9 | 59 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Ricky Nattiel | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 16 | 0 | |
| Mike Harden | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Lionel James | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Jamie Holland | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 36 | 0 | |
| Anthony Miller | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Simon Fletcher | 1.5 |
| Randy Robbins | 1.0 |
| Greg Kragen | 0.5 |
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Lee Williams | 3.0 |
| Joe Campbell | 1.0 |
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