| Denver Broncos at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 20, 1986 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 73759 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 51 F Humidty: 74% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Johnny Hector 1 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 27 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 25 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Wesley Walker 23 pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Safety, John Elway tackled in end zone by Bobby Humphery | 0 | 22 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 47 FG | 3 | 22 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Sammy Winder 20 pass from Gary Kubiak (Rich Karlis kick) | 10 | 22 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Mark Jackson |
| 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 |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Al Toon |
| 52 | LOT | Jim Sweeney |
| 63 | LOG | Ted Banker |
| 64 | C | Guy Bingham |
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander |
| 68 | ROT | Reggie McElroy |
| 81 | TE | Billy Griggs |
| 89 | TE | Rocky Klever |
| 82 | TE | Mickey Shuler |
| 10 | QB | Pat Ryan |
| 34 | FB | Johnny Hector |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Mark Gastineau |
| 93 | LDT | Marty Lyons |
| 73 | RDT | Joe Klecko |
| 78 | RDE | Barry Bennett |
| 55 | LLB | Charles Jackson |
| 59 | MLB | Kyle Clifton |
| 56 | RLB | Lance Mehl |
| 47 | LCB | Jerry Holmes |
| 26 | SS | Lester Lyles |
| 29 | FS | Johnny Lynn |
| 27 | RCB | Russell Carter |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| John Elway | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mark Jackson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gary Kubiak | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Johnny Hector | 25 | 76 | 3.0 | 7 | 1 |
| Freeman McNeil | 15 | 44 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Tony Paige | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Pat Ryan | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 28 | 13 | 46.4 | 1 | 145 | 5.2 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 47.5 |
| Gary Kubiak | 14 | 10 | 71.4 | 1 | 114 | 8.1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89.6 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Ken O'Brien | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 0 | 52 | 4.3 | 23t | 1 | 2 | 28 | 82.6 |
| Pat Ryan | 10 | 9 | 90.0 | 0 | 73 | 7.3 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 97.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Clint Sampson | 7 | 64 | 9.1 | 24 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 7 | 59 | 8.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Steve Sewell | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Mark Jackson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Clarence Kay | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Vance Johnson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Al Toon | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Johnny Hector | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Freeman McNeil | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Mickey Shuler | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Wesley Walker | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23t | 1 |
| Rocky Klever | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| New York Jets | |||||
| Kyle Clifton | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jerry Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Chris Norman | 6 | 230 | 38.3 | 40 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 7 | 280 | 40.0 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gerald Willhite | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Kurt Sohn | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gene Lang | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 39 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Jojo Townsell | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Ben Rudolph | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Mickey Shuler | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Rulon Jones | 2.0 |
| Karl Mecklenburg | 2.0 |
| Freddie Gilbert | 1.0 |
| New York Jets | |
| Bob Crable | 1.0 |
| Mark Gastineau | 1.0 |
| Bobby Humphery | 1.0 |
| Charles Jackson | 1.0 |
| Lance Mehl | 1.0 |
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