| Detroit Lions at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: November 1, 1987 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 75172 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 64 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | 17 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | John Elway 3 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Rich Karlis 28 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Sammy Winder 2 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Vance Johnson 35 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | John Elway 7 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 31 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Rich Karlis 29 FG | 0 | 34 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Garry James | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | James Jones | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Scott Williams | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DET | Karl Bernard | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| DET | Chuck Long | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DEN | Sammy Winder | 21 | 94 | 4.5 | 14 | 1 |
| DEN | John Elway | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 26 | 2 |
| DEN | Steve Sewell | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 17 | 0 |
| DEN | Ken Bell | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| DEN | Gene Lang | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| DEN | Gary Kubiak | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DET | Chuck Long | 34 | 16 | 47.1 | 1 | 151 | 4.4 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 47.5 |
| DEN | John Elway | 30 | 16 | 53.3 | 0 | 246 | 8.2 | 35t | 1 | 1 | 9 | 91.8 |
| DEN | Gary Kubiak | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 25 | 8.3 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 101.4 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Jeff Chadwick | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 22 | 0 |
| DET | Butch Woolfolk | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 12 | 0 |
| DET | James Jones | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 11 | 0 |
| DET | Pete Mandley | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| DET | Jimmie Giles | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| DET | Garry James | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| DET | Karl Bernard | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| DET | Carl Bland | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| DEN | Vance Johnson | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 35t | 1 |
| DEN | Gene Lang | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 29 | 0 |
| DEN | Steve Sewell | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 18 | 0 |
| DEN | Ricky Nattiel | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 |
| DEN | Mark Jackson | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 24 | 0 |
| DEN | Clarence Kay | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 |
| DEN | Orson Mobley | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| DEN | Sammy Winder | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Dennis Smith | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DET | Jim Arnold | 5 | 233 | 46.6 | 55 | 0 |
| DEN | Mike Horan | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Pete Mandley | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| DEN | Ricky Nattiel | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Gary Lee | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 39 | 0 |
| DET | Butch Woolfolk | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 19 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DET | William Gay | 1.0 |
| DET | George Jamison | 1.0 |
| DET | Jimmy Williams | 1.0 |
| DEN | Rulon Jones | 1.0 |
| DEN | Greg Kragen | 1.0 |
| DEN | Karl Mecklenburg | 1.0 |
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