| Denver Broncos at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 7, 1984 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 55836 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Sammy Winder 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Rulon Jones 5 opponents fumble recovery (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Gary Danielson 2 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Steve Watson 42 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Ken Woodard 27 interception return (Rich Karlis kick) | 28 | 7 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Gerald Willhite | 15 | 81 | 5.4 | 16 | 0 |
| DEN | Sammy Winder | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 5 | 1 |
| DEN | John Elway | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Parros | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| DEN | Chris Brewer | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 5 | 0 |
| DET | Billy Sims | 15 | 51 | 3.4 | 16 | 0 |
| DET | James Jones | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| DET | Gary Danielson | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 1 |
| DET | Leonard Thompson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DEN | John Elway | 22 | 16 | 72.7 | 1 | 210 | 9.5 | 42t | 1 | 3 | 31 | 98.7 |
| DET | Gary Danielson | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 4 | 244 | 8.4 | 58 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 46.4 |
| DET | Mike Machurek | 21 | 6 | 28.6 | 3 | 71 | 3.4 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1.6 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Steve Watson | 7 | 111 | 15.9 | 42t | 1 |
| DEN | Sammy Winder | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| DEN | Clint Sampson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| DEN | Butch Johnson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| DEN | Gerald Willhite | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| DEN | Clarence Kay | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Parros | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| DEN | Jim Wright | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DEN | Dave Studdard | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| DET | Billy Sims | 9 | 80 | 8.9 | 19 | 0 |
| DET | Leonard Thompson | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 31 | 0 |
| DET | Mark Nichols | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 19 | 0 |
| DET | Jeff Chadwick | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| DET | James Jones | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | David Lewis | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58 | 0 |
| DET | Ken Jenkins | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Steve Wilson | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| DEN | Karl Mecklenburg | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 0 |
| DEN | Ken Woodard | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27t | 1 |
| DEN | Steve Busick | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DEN | Tony Lilly | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DEN | Dennis Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Bruce McNorton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DEN | Chris Norman | 5 | 180 | 36.0 | 43 | 0 |
| DET | Mike Black | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Zach Thomas | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| DEN | Gene Lang | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| DET | Pete Mandley | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 19 | 0 |
| DET | Ken Jenkins | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 30 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DEN | Barney Chavous | 1.0 |
| DEN | Darren Comeaux | 1.0 |
| DEN | Scott Garnett | 1.0 |
| DEN | Tom Jackson | 1.0 |
| DEN | Karl Mecklenburg | 1.0 |
| DEN | Dennis Smith | 1.0 |
| DET | Doug English | 1.0 |
| DET | Ken Fantetti | 1.0 |
| DET | William Gay | 1.0 |
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