| Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: November 8, 1987 Location: Orchard Park, NY |
| Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 63698 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 57 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 23 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Andre Reed 9 pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Safety, Mike Horan punt blocked out of end zone by Robb Riddick | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Robb Riddick 1 run (Scott Norwood kick) | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Safety, Mike Horan punt blocked out of end zone by Steve Tasker | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Scott Norwood 30 FG | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Sammy Winder 6 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Vance Johnson 15 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Mark Jackson |
| 82 | WR | Vance Johnson |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 54 | LOG | Keith Bishop |
| 68 | C | Larry Lee |
| 67 | ROG | John Ayers |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 88 | TE | Clarence Kay |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 23 | RB | Sammy Winder |
| 89 | HBK | Orson Mobley |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Freddie Gilbert |
| 61 | NT | Andre Townsend |
| 75 | RDE | Rulon Jones |
| 73 | LOLB | Simon Fletcher |
| 77 | LILB | Karl Mecklenburg |
| 98 | RILB | Ricky Hunley |
| 50 | ROLB | Jim Ryan |
| 36 | LCB | Mark Haynes |
| 48 | SS | Randy Robbins |
| 22 | FS | Tony Lilly |
| 31 | RCB | Mike Harden |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Chris Burkett |
| 85 | WR | Andre Reed |
| 61 | LOT | Len Burton |
| 51 | LOG | Jim Ritcher |
| 67 | C | Kent Hull |
| 65 | ROG | Tim Vogler |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 88 | TE | Pete Metzelaars |
| 12 | QB | Jim Kelly |
| 33 | RB | Ronnie Harmon |
| 35 | FB | Carl Byrum |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | Sean McNanie |
| 76 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 78 | RDE | Bruce Smith |
| 56 | LOLB | Darryl Talley |
| 54 | LILB | Eugene Marve |
| 97 | RILB | Scott Radecic |
| 58 | ROLB | Shane Conlan |
| 29 | LCB | Derrick Burroughs |
| 45 | SS | Dwight Drane |
| 38 | FS | Mark Kelso |
| 37 | RCB | Nate Odomes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 12 | 40 | 3.3 | 8 | 1 |
| Steve Sewell | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 |
| John Elway | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Robb Riddick | 19 | 78 | 4.1 | 25 | 1 |
| Jamie Mueller | 9 | 65 | 7.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 18 | 60 | 3.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Carl Byrum | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Kelly | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 14 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 30 | 13 | 43.3 | 0 | 163 | 5.4 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 71.9 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Jim Kelly | 23 | 14 | 60.9 | 1 | 135 | 5.9 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73.6 |
| Robb Riddick | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Vance Johnson | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 51 | 1 |
| Clarence Kay | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Ricky Nattiel | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Andre Reed | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Chris Burkett | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Robb Riddick | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Pete Metzelaars | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Kelly | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tony Lilly | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Mike Horan | 7 | 277 | 39.6 | 54 | 2 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| John Kidd | 7 | 274 | 39.1 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Mike Harden | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Ron Pitts | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gene Lang | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Steve Tasker | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Cornelius Bennett | 1.0 |
| Fred Smerlas | 1.0 |
| Bruce Smith | 1.0 |
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