| Denver Broncos at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 26, 1987 Location: Minneapolis, MN |
| Venue: Metrodome Attendance: 51011 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 7 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Vance Johnson 25 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Wade Wilson 1 run (Chuck Nelson kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | John Elway 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | D.J. Dozier 1 run (Chuck Nelson kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Rich Karlis 43 FG | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | D.J. Dozier 3 run (Chuck Nelson kick failed) | 17 | 20 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | D.J. Dozier 5 run (Chuck Nelson kick) | 17 | 27 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Leo Lewis 5 pass from Wade Wilson (Chuck Nelson kick) | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Gene Lang 4 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 24 | 34 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Rich Karlis 51 FG | 27 | 34 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Gerald Willhite | 8 | 57 | 7.1 | 29 | 0 |
| DEN | John Elway | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 15 | 1 |
| DEN | Sammy Winder | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 14 | 0 |
| DEN | Steve Sewell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| DEN | Gene Lang | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | -2 | 0 |
| MIN | Darrin Nelson | 11 | 98 | 8.9 | 72 | 0 |
| MIN | Alfred Anderson | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 16 | 0 |
| MIN | Allen Rice | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| MIN | Wade Wilson | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 13 | 1 |
| MIN | D.J. Dozier | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 5t | 3 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DEN | John Elway | 39 | 22 | 56.4 | 1 | 245 | 6.3 | 25t | 2 | 4 | 30 | 81.7 |
| MIN | Wade Wilson | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 5 | 197 | 8.6 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 59.8 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Mark Jackson | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 20 | 0 |
| DEN | Vance Johnson | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 25t | 1 |
| DEN | Clarence Kay | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 24 | 0 |
| DEN | Ricky Nattiel | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 18 | 0 |
| DEN | Gene Lang | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 1 |
| DEN | Rick Massie | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| DEN | Ken Bell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DEN | Orson Mobley | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| MIN | Steve Jordan | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 23 | 0 |
| MIN | Anthony Carter | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 18 | 0 |
| MIN | Leo Lewis | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 14 | 1 |
| MIN | Allen Rice | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 24 | 0 |
| MIN | D.J. Dozier | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| MIN | Alfred Anderson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Mark Haynes | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
| DEN | Randy Robbins | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| DEN | Mike Harden | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| DEN | Tony Lilly | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| MIN | John Harris | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DEN | Mike Horan | 6 | 232 | 38.7 | 53 | 0 |
| MIN | Greg Coleman | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Ricky Nattiel | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| MIN | Leo Lewis | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Ken Bell | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 22 | 0 |
| DEN | Gene Lang | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 25 | 0 |
| DEN | Vance Johnson | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| MIN | Neal Guggemos | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 31 | 0 |
| MIN | Darrin Nelson | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 32 | 0 |
| MIN | Carl Hilton | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DEN | Walt Bowyer | 0.5 |
| DEN | Ricky Hunley | 0.5 |
| MIN | Keith Millard | 2.0 |
| MIN | Jesse Solomon | 1.0 |
| MIN | Chris Doleman | 0.5 |
| MIN | Henry Thomas | 0.5 |
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