| AFC Divisional Playoff - New England Patriots at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: January 4, 1987 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 76105 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 65 F Humidty: 12% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 27 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Stanley Morgan 19 pass from Tony Eason (Tony Franklin kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | John Elway 22 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Tony Franklin 38 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 22 FG | 10 | 13 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Stanley Morgan 45 pass from Tony Eason (Tony Franklin kick) | 17 | 13 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Vance Johnson 48 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 17 | 20 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Safety, Tony Eason tackled in end zone by Rulon Jones | 17 | 22 |
| 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 |
| 68 | ROT | Darryl Haley |
| 48 | TE | Greg Baty |
| 11 | QB | Tony Eason |
| 33 | HB | Tony Collins |
| 30 | FB | Mosi Tatupu |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Brent Williams |
| 90 | NT | Toby Williams |
| 60 | RDE | Garin Veris |
| 56 | LOLB | Andre Tippett |
| 52 | LILB | Johnny Rembert |
| 50 | RILB | Larry McGrew |
| 55 | ROLB | Don Blackmon |
| 43 | LCB | Ernest Gibson |
| 38 | SS | Roland James |
| 31 | FS | Fred Marion |
| 26 | RCB | Raymond Clayborn |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Vance 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 |
| 85 | TE | Joey Hackett |
| 89 | TE | Orson Mobley |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 23 | RB | Sammy Winder |
| 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 | |||||
| Tony Collins | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Craig James | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Tony Eason | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Reggie Dupard | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Irving Fryar | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 19 | 102 | 5.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 11 | 44 | 4.0 | 14 | 0 |
| John Elway | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 22t | 1 |
| Ken Bell | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Sewell | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tony Eason | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 0 | 194 | 8.1 | 45t | 2 | 6 | 44 | 108.7 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 32 | 13 | 40.6 | 2 | 257 | 8.0 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 53.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tony Collins | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Stanley Morgan | 3 | 100 | 33.3 | 45t | 2 |
| Greg Baty | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Irving Fryar | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Vance Johnson | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 48t | 1 |
| Steve Sewell | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 39 | 0 |
| Orson Mobley | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 49 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bobby Micho | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Rod McSwain | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Johnny Rembert | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Rich Camarillo | 9 | 452 | 50.2 | 60 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Mike Horan | 5 | 245 | 49.0 | 54 | 0 |
| John Elway | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Irving Fryar | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Vance Johnson | 3 | 0 | 26 | 8.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Stephen Starring | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Ken Bell | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Gene Lang | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Don Blackmon | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Rulon Jones | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| Freddie Gilbert | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Jim Ryan | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Karl Mecklenburg | 1.0 | 5.0 |
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