| 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 BroncosDEN | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Sammy Winder 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rulon Jones 5 opponents fumble recovery (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Gary Danielson 2 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Steve Watson 42 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Ken Woodard 27 interception return (Rich Karlis kick) | 28 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 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 |
| 24 | RB | Rick Parros |
| 47 | RB | Gerald Willhite |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 66 | NT | Scott Garnett |
| 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 |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Mark Nichols |
| 39 | WR | Leonard Thompson |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Dieterich |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 52 | C | Steve Mott |
| 67 | ROG | Don Greco |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 87 | TE | David Lewis |
| 16 | QB | Gary Danielson |
| 20 | RB | Billy Sims |
| 30 | FB | James Jones |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | William Gay |
| 62 | LDT | Curtis Green |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 66 | RDE | Mike Cofer |
| 53 | LLB | Garry Cobb |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 59 | RLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Watkins |
| 33 | LS | Bill Graham |
| 35 | RS | Alvin Hall |
| 29 | RCB | Bruce McNorton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Gerald Willhite | 15 | 81 | 5.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 5 | 1 |
| John Elway | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Brewer | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 15 | 51 | 3.4 | 16 | 0 |
| James Jones | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 1 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 22 | 16 | 72.7 | 1 | 210 | 9.5 | 42t | 1 | 3 | 31 | 98.7 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 4 | 244 | 8.4 | 58 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 46.4 |
| Mike Machurek | 21 | 6 | 28.6 | 3 | 71 | 3.4 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Watson | 7 | 111 | 15.9 | 42t | 1 |
| Sammy Winder | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Clint Sampson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Clarence Kay | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Wright | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dave Studdard | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 9 | 80 | 8.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Mark Nichols | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Jeff Chadwick | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| James Jones | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| David Lewis | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Ken Jenkins | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Wilson | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Karl Mecklenburg | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 0 |
| Ken Woodard | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27t | 1 |
| Steve Busick | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tony Lilly | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dennis Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bruce McNorton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Chris Norman | 5 | 180 | 36.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Black | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Zach Thomas | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Gene Lang | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pete Mandley | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 19 | 0 | |
| Ken Jenkins | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Barney Chavous | 1.0 |
| Darren Comeaux | 1.0 |
| Scott Garnett | 1.0 |
| Tom Jackson | 1.0 |
| Karl Mecklenburg | 1.0 |
| Dennis Smith | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Doug English | 1.0 |
| Ken Fantetti | 1.0 |
| William Gay | 1.0 |
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