| Denver Broncos at Phoenix Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: December 16, 1989 Location: Tempe, AZ |
| Venue: Sun Devil Stadium Attendance: 56071 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 62 F Humidty: 18% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 37 |
| Phoenix CardinalsPHX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | PHX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Karl Mecklenburg 23 opponents fumble recovery (David Treadwell kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | David Treadwell 38 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Steve Sewell 14 pass from John Elway (David Treadwell kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | David Treadwell 33 FG | 20 | 0 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Mel Bratton 17 pass from Bobby Humphrey (David Treadwell kick) | 27 | 0 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Clarence Kay 20 pass from John Elway (David Treadwell kick) | 34 | 0 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | David Treadwell 35 FG | 37 | 0 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Mark Jackson |
| 82 | WR | Vance Johnson |
| 60 | LOT | Gerald Perry |
| 66 | LOG | Jim Juriga |
| 72 | C | Keith Kartz |
| 67 | ROG | Doug Widell |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 88 | TE | Clarence Kay |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 26 | RB | Bobby Humphrey |
| 32 | FB | Mel Bratton |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Alphonso Carreker |
| 71 | N^ | Greg Kragen |
| 90 | RDE | Ron Holmes |
| 56 | LOLB | Mike Brooks |
| 55 | LILB | Rick Dennison |
| 77 | RILB | Karl Mecklenburg |
| 73 | ROLB | Simon Fletcher |
| 34 | LCB | Tyrone Braxton |
| 48 | SS | Randy Robbins |
| 27 | FS | Steve Atwater |
| 24 | RCB | Wymon Henderson |
| Phoenix Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Roy Green |
| 83 | WR | Don Holmes |
| 67 | LOT | Luis Sharpe |
| 62 | LOG | Mike Zandofsky |
| 70 | C | Derek Kennard |
| 61 | ROG | Lance Smith |
| 68 | ROT | Joe Wolf |
| 80 | TE | Rob Awalt |
| 3 | QB | Timm Rosenbach |
| 32 | RB | Tony Jordan |
| 31 | FB | Earl Ferrell |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Freddie Joe Nunn |
| 72 | LDT | Rod Saddler |
| 66 | RDT | Jim Wahler |
| 65 | RDE | David Galloway |
| 55 | LLB | Anthony Bell |
| 58 | MLB | Eric Hill |
| 56 | RLB | Ken Harvey |
| 47 | LCB | Cedric Mack |
| 46 | SS | Tim McDonald |
| 43 | FS | Lonnie Young |
| 41 | RCB | Carl Carter |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bobby Humphrey | 23 | 128 | 5.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 13 | 46 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Mel Bratton | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Jeff Alexander | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gary Kubiak | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| John Elway | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | |||||
| Earl Ferrell | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Timm Rosenbach | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ron Wolfley | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Vai Sikahema | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Tony Jordan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 29 | 20 | 69.0 | 2 | 247 | 8.5 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 89.3 |
| Gary Kubiak | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 21 | 5.3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88.5 |
| Bobby Humphrey | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Gary Hogeboom | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 1 | 106 | 4.8 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 48.7 |
| Timm Rosenbach | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 14 | 1.8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 39.6 |
| Rich Camarillo | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Vance Johnson | 9 | 52 | 5.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Clarence Kay | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Mark Jackson | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Steve Sewell | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 14t | 1 |
| Mike Young | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Mel Bratton | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 17t | 1 |
| Ricky Nattiel | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Bobby Humphrey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | |||||
| Rob Awalt | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Roy Green | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Vai Sikahema | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jay Novacek | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Don Holmes | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tony Jordan | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ron Wolfley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tyrone Braxton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | |||||
| Cedric Mack | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Mike Horan | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | |||||
| Rich Camarillo | 8 | 332 | 41.5 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Ricky Nattiel | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 | |
| Vance Johnson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Phoenix Cardinals | ||||||
| Vai Sikahema | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Ken Bell | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Phoenix Cardinals | ||||||
| Vai Sikahema | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 22 | 0 | |
| Darryl Usher | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 | |
| Tony Baker | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Simon Fletcher | 2.0 |
| Ron Holmes | 1.0 |
| Greg Kragen | 1.0 |
| Tim Lucas | 1.0 |
| Warren Powers | 1.0 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | |
| Ken Harvey | 1.0 |
| Freddie Joe Nunn | 1.0 |
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