| Denver Broncos at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: September 22, 1985 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 37903 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 80 F Humidty: 51% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 44 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Vance Johnson 63 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | John Rade 38 interception return (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Clint Sampson 17 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Gerald Riggs 1 run (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Sammy Winder 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Billy Johnson 62 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 42 FG | 24 | 21 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 25 FG | 27 | 21 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Billy Johnson 6 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 27 | 28 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Lang 2 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 34 | 28 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 47 FG | 37 | 28 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Butch Johnson 31 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 44 | 28 |
| 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 |
| 52 | ROLB | Ken Woodard |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 31 | SS | Mike Harden |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 45 | RCB | Steve Wilson |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Stacey Bailey |
| 89 | WR | Charlie Brown |
| 78 | LOT | Mike Kenn |
| 61 | LOG | John Scully |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 79 | ROG | Bill Fralic |
| 62 | ROT | Brett Miller |
| 88 | TE | Arthur Cox |
| 10 | QB | Steve Bartkowski |
| 42 | RB | Gerald Riggs |
| 87 | HBK | Cliff Benson |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Rick Bryan |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Pitts |
| 69 | RDT | Dan Benish |
| 76 | RDE | Mike Gann |
| 96 | LLB | Johnny Taylor |
| 50 | MLB | Buddy Curry |
| 59 | RLB | John Rade |
| 23 | LCB | Bobby Butler |
| 27 | SS | Tom Pridemore |
| 25 | WS | Scott Case |
| 20 | RCB | Wendell Cason |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Gene Lang | 17 | 77 | 4.5 | 15 | 1 |
| John Elway | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 14 | 31 | 2.2 | 6 | 1 |
| Vance Johnson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Gerald Riggs | 21 | 77 | 3.7 | 10 | 1 |
| Joe Washington | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Bartkowski | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Cliff Austin | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 38 | 19 | 50.0 | 2 | 291 | 7.7 | 63t | 3 | 2 | 11 | 80.0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 27 | 16 | 59.3 | 1 | 226 | 8.4 | 62t | 2 | 3 | 25 | 95.6 |
| David Archer | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 45 | 9.0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 89.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Vance Johnson | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 63t | 1 |
| Steve Watson | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 47 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 31t | 1 |
| Clint Sampson | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 17t | 1 |
| Gerald Willhite | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Johnson | 7 | 110 | 15.7 | 62t | 2 |
| Charlie Brown | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Joe Washington | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Stacey Bailey | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Allama Matthews | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Gerald Riggs | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Anthony Allen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Louis Wright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John Rade | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38t | 1 |
| Scott Case | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Chris Norman | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Rick Donnelly | 6 | 252 | 42.0 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gerald Willhite | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gerald Willhite | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Gene Lang | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| Vance Johnson | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Cliff Austin | 6 | 113 | 18.8 | 30 | 0 | |
| Danny Wagoner | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Ken Whisenhunt | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Andre Townsend | 2.0 |
| Barney Chavous | 1.0 |
| Ken Woodard | 1.0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Dan Benish | 1.0 |
| Lawrence Pillers | 1.0 |
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