| Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: December 19, 1987 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 75053 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 35 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City ChiefsKC | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | KC | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Lang 3 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 20 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Nick Lowery 33 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Sammy Winder 8 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Herman Heard 64 run (Nick Lowery kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 43 FG | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Stephone Paige 8 pass from Bill Kenney (Nick Lowery kick) | 17 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Carlos Carson |
| 82 | WR | Stephone Paige |
| 75 | LOT | Irv Eatman |
| 77 | LOG | Rich Baldinger |
| 58 | C | Tom Baugh |
| 62 | ROG | Mark Adickes |
| 72 | ROT | Dave Lutz |
| 85 | TE | Jonathan Hayes |
| 9 | QB | Bill Kenney |
| 44 | HB | Herman Heard |
| 35 | FB | Christian Okoye |
| Defense | ||
| 67 | LDE | Art Still |
| 63 | LDT | Bill Maas |
| 98 | RDT | Leonard Griffin |
| 99 | RDE | Mike Bell |
| 96 | LLB | Aaron Pearson |
| 56 | MLB | Dino Hackett |
| 50 | RLB | Jack Del Rio |
| 29 | LCB | Albert Lewis |
| 34 | SS | Lloyd Burruss |
| 30 | FS | Mark Robinson |
| 31 | RCB | Kevin Ross |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Mark Jackson |
| 84 | WR | Ricky Nattiel |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 54 | LOG | Keith Bishop |
| 62 | C | Mike Freeman |
| 79 | ROG | Stefan Humphries |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 88 | TE | Clarence Kay |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 23 | RB | Sammy Winder |
| 89 | HBK | Orson Mobley |
| Defense | ||
| 61 | LDE | Andre Townsend |
| 71 | NT | Greg Kragen |
| 75 | RDE | Rulon Jones |
| 73 | LOLB | Simon Fletcher |
| 77 | LILB | Karl Mecklenburg |
| 98 | RILB | Ricky Hunley |
| 50 | ROLB | Jim Ryan |
| 36 | LCB | Mark Haynes |
| 31 | SS | Mike Harden |
| 22 | FS | Tony Lilly |
| 45 | RCB | Steve Wilson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Herman Heard | 10 | 93 | 9.3 | 64t | 1 |
| Larry Moriarty | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Paul Palmer | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Kenney | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Okoye | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 23 | 98 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 8 | 1 |
| John Elway | 11 | 20 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Ken Bell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||
| Bill Kenney | 39 | 26 | 66.7 | 0 | 272 | 7.0 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 95.2 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 31 | 18 | 58.1 | 0 | 237 | 7.6 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 93.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Stephone Paige | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 34 | 1 |
| Carlos Carson | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Herman Heard | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Jonathan Hayes | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Christian Okoye | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Larry Moriarty | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Darrell Colbert | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Paul Coffman | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mark Keel | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Clarence Kay | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Vance Johnson | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Ricky Nattiel | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Gene Lang | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mark Jackson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Orson Mobley | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Kelly Goodburn | 5 | 234 | 46.8 | 52 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Mike Horan | 4 | 206 | 51.5 | 61 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Jitter Fields | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Kevin Clark | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Mark Robinson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Paul Palmer | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Ken Bell | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
| Bill Maas | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Simon Fletcher | 2.0 |
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