| Cleveland Browns at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: November 13, 1988 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 75806 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 68 F Humidty: 21% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 18 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Orson Mobley 11 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 22 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gerald Willhite 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 32 FG | 0 | 23 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Steve Sewell 5 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 30 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Earnest Byner 2 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Reggie Langhorne |
| 85 | WR | Clarence Weathers |
| 74 | LOT | Paul Farren |
| 70 | LOG | Larry Williams |
| 73 | C | Gregg Rakoczy |
| 69 | ROG | Dan Fike |
| 63 | ROT | Cody Risien |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 19 | QB | Bernie Kosar |
| 44 | RB | Earnest Byner |
| 42 | FB | Tim Manoa |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Sam Clancy |
| 79 | NT | Bob Golic |
| 78 | RDE | Carl Hairston |
| 95 | LOLB | Marlon Jones |
| 59 | LILB | Mike Johnson |
| 51 | RILB | Eddie Johnson |
| 57 | ROLB | Clay Matthews |
| 31 | LCB | Frank Minnifield |
| 30 | SS | Thane Gash |
| 22 | FS | Felix Wright |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Vance Johnson |
| 84 | WR | Ricky Nattiel |
| 66 | LOT | Jim Juriga |
| 60 | LOG | Gerald Perry |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 72 | ROG | Keith Kartz |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 88 | TE | Clarence Kay |
| 89 | TE | Orson Mobley |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 23 | FB | Sammy Winder |
| Defense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Walt Bowyer |
| 71 | NT | Greg Kragen |
| 61 | RDE | Andre Townsend |
| 73 | LOLB | Simon Fletcher |
| 97 | LILB | Bruce Klostermann |
| 55 | RILB | Rick Dennison |
| 50 | ROLB | Jim Ryan |
| 36 | LCB | Mark Haynes |
| 49 | SS | Dennis Smith |
| 31 | FS | Mike Harden |
| 28 | RCB | Jeremiah Castille |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Earnest Byner | 11 | 60 | 5.5 | 17 | 1 |
| Tim Manoa | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Herman Fontenot | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bernie Kosar | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 13 | 0 |
| John Elway | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Ricky Nattiel | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 13 | 12 | 0.9 | 5 | 0 |
| Steve Sewell | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 |
| Gary Kubiak | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bernie Kosar | 30 | 19 | 63.3 | 1 | 175 | 5.8 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 65.3 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 30 | 21 | 70.0 | 0 | 207 | 6.9 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 111.4 |
| Gary Kubiak | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Brian Brennan | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Clarence Weathers | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Earnest Byner | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Reggie Langhorne | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Glen Young | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Derek Tennell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Herman Fontenot | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Orson Mobley | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 12 | 1 |
| Steve Sewell | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 12 | 1 |
| Gerald Willhite | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Vance Johnson | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Mark Jackson | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Clarence Kay | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Ricky Nattiel | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jeremiah Castille | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Max Runager | 5 | 193 | 38.6 | 47 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Mike Horan | 2 | 104 | 52.0 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Gerald McNeil | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 12 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Ricky Nattiel | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Glen Young | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Herman Fontenot | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Ken Bell | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Jason Johnson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Simon Fletcher | 2.0 |
| Freddie Gilbert | 1.0 |
| Rulon Jones | 1.0 |
| Andre Townsend | 1.0 |
| Rick Dennison | 0.5 |
| Jim Ryan | 0.5 |
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