| AFC Championship - Denver Broncos at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: January 11, 1987 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 79915 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 29 F Humidty: 75% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Herman Fontenot 6 pass from Bernie Kosar (Mark Moseley kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 19 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gerald Willhite 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mark Moseley 29 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 26 FG | 13 | 10 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mark Moseley 24 FG | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Brian Brennan 48 pass from Bernie Kosar (Mark Moseley kick) | 13 | 20 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Mark Jackson 5 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 20 | 20 |
| 5 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 33 FG | 23 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Vance Johnson |
| 81 | WR | Steve Watson |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 54 | LOG | Keith Bishop |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 63 | ROG | Mark Cooper |
| 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 |
| 49 | SS | Dennis Smith |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 31 | RCB | Mike Harden |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Reggie Langhorne |
| 84 | WR | Webster Slaughter |
| 77 | LOT | Rickey Bolden |
| 74 | LOG | Paul Farren |
| 61 | C | Mike Baab |
| 69 | ROG | Dan Fike |
| 63 | ROT | Cody Risien |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 19 | QB | Bernie Kosar |
| 44 | RB | Earnest Byner |
| 34 | FB | Kevin Mack |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Reggie Camp |
| 79 | NT | Bob Golic |
| 78 | RDE | Carl Hairston |
| 56 | LOLB | Chip Banks |
| 51 | LILB | Eddie Johnson |
| 53 | RILB | Anthony Griggs |
| 57 | ROLB | Clay Matthews |
| 31 | LCB | Frank Minnifield |
| 24 | SS | Ray Ellis |
| 37 | FS | Chris Rockins |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 26 | 83 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 |
| John Elway | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Sewell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Kevin Mack | 26 | 94 | 3.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Bernie Kosar | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Herman Fontenot | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 38 | 22 | 57.9 | 1 | 244 | 6.4 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 74.9 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bernie Kosar | 32 | 18 | 56.3 | 2 | 259 | 8.1 | 48t | 2 | 1 | 3 | 77.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Watson | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Steve Sewell | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Orson Mobley | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Vance Johnson | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Mark Jackson | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 1 |
| Clarence Kay | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Clint Sampson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Herman Fontenot | 7 | 66 | 9.4 | 24 | 1 |
| Brian Brennan | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 48t | 1 |
| Reggie Langhorne | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Kevin Mack | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Clarence Weathers | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Webster Slaughter | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Earnest Byner | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jim Ryan | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Ricky Hunley | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mark Harper | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Mike Horan | 6 | 244 | 40.7 | 48 | 0 |
| John Elway | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jeff Gossett | 6 | 259 | 43.2 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gerald Willhite | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Gerald McNeil | 3 | 1 | 37 | 12.3 | 18 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gene Lang | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Ken Bell | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Mike Freeman | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Gerald McNeil | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Herman Fontenot | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Rulon Jones | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Sam Clancy | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| Dave Puzzuoli | 1.0 | 2.0 |
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