| New England Patriots at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: September 28, 1986 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 75804 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 66 F Humidty: 30% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| Denver Broncos | 3 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Rich Karlis 44 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Tony Franklin 34 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Stanley Morgan 5 pass from Tony Eason (Tony Franklin kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Tony Franklin 37 FG | 13 | 3 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Clarence Kay 1 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Sammy Winder 12 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Gerald Willhite 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 13 | 24 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Rich Karlis 34 FG | 13 | 27 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Irving Fryar 10 pass from Tony Eason (Tony Franklin kick) | 20 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Irving Fryar |
| 86 | WR | Stanley Morgan |
| 76 | LOT | Brian Holloway |
| 66 | LOG | Paul Fairchild |
| 58 | C | Pete Brock |
| 61 | ROG | Ron Wooten |
| 67 | ROT | Steve Moore |
| 27 | TE | Greg Hawthorne |
| 11 | QB | Tony Eason |
| 33 | HB | Tony Collins |
| 32 | FB | Craig James |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Brent Williams |
| 90 | NT | Toby Williams |
| 60 | RDE | Garin Veris |
| 56 | LOLB | Andre Tippett |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Nelson |
| 50 | RILB | Larry McGrew |
| 55 | ROLB | Don Blackmon |
| 42 | LCB | Ronnie Lippett |
| 28 | SS | Jim Bowman |
| 31 | FS | Fred Marion |
| 26 | RCB | Ray Clayborn |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Clint Sampson |
| 81 | WR | Steve Watson |
| 74 | LOT | Dan Remsberg |
| 54 | LOG | Keith Bishop |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 88 | TE | Clarence Kay |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 23 | RB | Sammy Winder |
| 85 | HBK | Joey Hackett |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Rulon Jones |
| 71 | NT | Greg Kragen |
| 61 | RDE | Andre Townsend |
| 50 | LOLB | Jim Ryan |
| 77 | LILB | Karl Mecklenburg |
| 98 | RILB | Ricky Hunley |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 48 | SS | Randy Robbins |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 31 | RCB | Mike Harden |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Craig James | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Tony Eason | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tony Collins | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 3 | 0 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Cedric Jones | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 20 | 89 | 4.5 | 17 | 1 |
| Gerald Willhite | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Steve Sewell | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| John Elway | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tony Eason | 37 | 23 | 62.2 | 0 | 228 | 6.2 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 97.6 |
| Craig James | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 34 | 18 | 52.9 | 1 | 188 | 5.5 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 66.8 |
| Steve Sewell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tony Collins | 9 | 94 | 10.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Cedric Jones | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Craig James | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Irving Fryar | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Stanley Morgan | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Greg Baty | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Watson | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Mark Jackson | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Clarence Kay | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Steve Sewell | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Clint Sampson | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Larry McGrew | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Foley | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Rich Camarillo | 7 | 334 | 47.7 | 59 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jack Weil | 5 | 218 | 43.6 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Irving Fryar | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 30 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gerald Willhite | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Irving Fryar | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 33 | 0 | |
| Johnny Rembert | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Ken Bell | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Gene Lang | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| Ben Thomas | 1.0 |
| Andre Tippett | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Karl Mecklenburg | 2.5 |
| Darren Comeaux | 1.0 |
| Rulon Jones | 1.0 |
| Simon Fletcher | 0.5 |
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