| Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs Game Statistics |
| Date: October 27, 1985 Location: Kansas City, MO |
| Venue: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 68246 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 71 F Humidty: 66% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 10 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 30 |
| Kansas City ChiefsKC | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gerald Willhite 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 24 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Lang 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gerald Willhite 3 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 24 | 0 |
| 2 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Ethan Horton 1 run (Nick Lowery kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 23 FG | 27 | 7 |
| 3 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Nick Lowery 33 FG | 27 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 19 FG | 30 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Butch Johnson |
| 82 | WR | Vance Johnson |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 54 | LOG | Keith Bishop |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 88 | TE | Clarence Kay |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 33 | RB | Gene Lang |
| 47 | RB | Gerald Willhite |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 75 | RDE | Rulon Jones |
| 50 | LOLB | Jim Ryan |
| 77 | LILB | Karl Mecklenburg |
| 58 | RILB | Steve Busick |
| 52 | ROLB | Ken Woodard |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 49 | SS | Dennis Smith |
| 22 | FS | Tony Lilly |
| 31 | RCB | Mike Harden |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Carlos Carson |
| 89 | WR | Henry Marshall |
| 76 | LOT | John Alt |
| 68 | LOG | Scott Auer |
| 53 | C | Bob Rush |
| 64 | ROG | Bob Olderman |
| 72 | ROT | Dave Lutz |
| 87 | TE | Walt Arnold |
| 81 | TE | Willie Scott |
| 9 | QB | Bill Kenney |
| 44 | HB | Herman Heard |
| Defense | ||
| 67 | LDE | Art Still |
| 63 | NT | Bill Maas |
| 99 | RDE | Mike Bell |
| 50 | LOLB | Calvin Daniels |
| 97 | LILB | Scott Radecic |
| 59 | RILB | Gary Spani |
| 95 | ROLB | Jeff Paine |
| 29 | LCB | Albert Lewis |
| 34 | SS | Lloyd Burruss |
| 20 | FS | Deron Cherry |
| 31 | RCB | Kevin Ross |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Gene Lang | 12 | 71 | 5.9 | 26 | 1 |
| Steve Sewell | 20 | 64 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 13 | 55 | 4.2 | 14 | 2 |
| John Elway | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Herman Heard | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Ethan Horton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 20 | 13 | 65.0 | 0 | 116 | 5.8 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 80.4 |
| Gary Kubiak | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||
| Bill Kenney | 28 | 14 | 50.0 | 0 | 195 | 7.0 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 72.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Gene Lang | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Vance Johnson | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Clarence Kay | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Barber | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Wright | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Herman Heard | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Carlos Carson | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Stephone Paige | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Walt Arnold | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Henry Marshall | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bruce King | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Chris Norman | 3 | 152 | 50.7 | 60 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Jim Arnold | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 43 | 2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Vance Johnson | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 14 | 0 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Garcia Lane | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Vance Johnson | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Jeff Smith | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 30 | 0 | |
| Garcia Lane | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Rulon Jones | 2.0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
| Mike Bell | 1.0 |
| Lloyd Burruss | 1.0 |
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