| Dallas Cowboys at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: October 5, 1986 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 76082 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 58 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Denver Broncos | 0 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 29 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Gerald Willhite 9 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Safety, Steve Pelluer tackled in end zone by Rulon Jones | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Gerald Willhite 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Gerald Willhite 15 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick blocked) | 0 | 22 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Herschel Walker 3 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Gene Lang 12 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Timmy Newsome 4 pass from Steve Pelluer (Rafael Septien kick) | 14 | 29 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Gordon Banks |
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 70 | LOT | Howard Richards |
| 63 | LOG | Glen Titensor |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 68 | ROG | Crawford Ker |
| 61 | ROT | Jim Cooper |
| 84 | TE | Doug Cosbie |
| 16 | QB | Steve Pelluer |
| 34 | RB | Herschel Walker |
| 30 | FB | Timmy Newsome |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 78 | LDT | John Dutton |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 77 | RDE | Jim Jeffcoat |
| 58 | LLB | Mike Hegman |
| 56 | MLB | Eugene Lockhart |
| 50 | RLB | Jeff Rohrer |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 40 | SS | Bill Bates |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 27 | RCB | Ron Fellows |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 30 | WR | Steve Sewell |
| 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 |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 23 | RB | Sammy Winder |
| 47 | FB | Gerald Willhite |
| 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 |
| 49 | SS | Dennis Smith |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 31 | RCB | Mike Harden |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Herschel Walker | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 10 | 1 |
| Timmy Newsome | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Steve Pelluer | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Robert Lavette | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 22 | 73 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 4 | 1 |
| John Elway | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Sewell | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Steve Pelluer | 44 | 24 | 54.5 | 3 | 271 | 6.2 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 52.4 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 0 | 200 | 8.3 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 118.1 |
| Gerald Willhite | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Timmy Newsome | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 30 | 1 |
| Gordon Banks | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Herschel Walker | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Mike Sherrard | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 42 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Clint Sampson | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 15t | 2 |
| Steve Sewell | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Mark Jackson | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 |
| Clarence Kay | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Louis Wright | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Mike Harden | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 7 | 313 | 44.7 | 58 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jack Weil | 7 | 274 | 39.1 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Robert Lavette | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gerald Willhite | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 | |
| Mark Jackson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Robert Lavette | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gene Lang | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Gerald Willhite | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Eugene Lockhart | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Rulon Jones | 2.0 |
| Randy Robbins | 1.0 |
| Freddie Gilbert | 0.5 |
| Ricky Hunley | 0.5 |
| Tom Jackson | 0.5 |
| Andre Townsend | 0.5 |
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