| Denver Broncos at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: September 16, 1984 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 61980 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 57 F Humidty: 53% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mike Pruitt 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mike Pruitt 2 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Clint Sampson 23 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Butch Johnson 18 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 25 FG | 17 | 14 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Randy Robbins 62 interception return (Rich Karlis kick) | 24 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Butch Johnson |
| 81 | WR | Steve Watson |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 54 | LOG | Keith Bishop |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 88 | TE | Clarence Kay |
| 87 | TE | Jim Wright |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 23 | RB | Sammy Winder |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 75 | RDE | Rulon Jones |
| 50 | LOLB | Jim Ryan |
| 55 | LILB | Rick Dennison |
| 58 | RILB | Steve Busick |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 23 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 49 | SS | Dennis Smith |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 31 | RCB | Mike Harden |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Ricky Feacher |
| 84 | WR | Duriel Harris |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 68 | LOG | Bob Jackson |
| 61 | C | Mike Baab |
| 64 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 75 | ROT | Bill Contz |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 16 | QB | Paul McDonald |
| 38 | RB | Johnny Davis |
| 43 | FB | Mike Pruitt |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Reggie Camp |
| 79 | NT | Bob Golic |
| 99 | RDE | Keith Baldwin |
| 56 | LOLB | Chip Banks |
| 51 | LILB | Eddie Johnson |
| 50 | RILB | Tom Cousineau |
| 57 | ROLB | Clay Matthews |
| 48 | LCB | Lawrence Johnson |
| 27 | SS | Al Gross |
| 20 | FS | Don Rogers |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 17 | 76 | 4.5 | 15 | 0 |
| John Elway | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 24 | 67 | 2.8 | 9 | 2 |
| Boyce Green | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Paul McDonald | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 35 | 15 | 42.9 | 1 | 170 | 4.9 | 23t | 2 | 1 | 6 | 65.2 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Paul McDonald | 42 | 22 | 52.4 | 3 | 282 | 6.7 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 51 | 43.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Clarence Kay | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Clint Sampson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23t | 1 |
| Steve Watson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Brian Brennan | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Duriel Harris | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Harry Holt | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Boyce Green | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Charles White | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Randy Robbins | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 62t | 1 |
| Steve Wilson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dennis Smith | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tom Cousineau | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Chris Norman | 8 | 291 | 36.4 | 44 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Steve Cox | 6 | 257 | 42.8 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Zach Thomas | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 | |
| Gerald Willhite | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Brian Brennan | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Zach Thomas | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 33 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Preston Brown | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 27 | 0 | |
| Earnest Byner | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bill Contz | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Walt Bowyer | 2.0 |
| Steve Busick | 1.0 |
| Barney Chavous | 1.0 |
| Tom Jackson | 1.0 |
| Rulon Jones | 1.0 |
| Randy Robbins | 1.0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Clay Matthews | 1.0 |
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