| AFC Championship - Cleveland Browns at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: January 17, 1988 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 75993 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 43 F Humidty: 38% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | 0 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 33 |
| Denver Broncos | 14 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Ricky Nattiel 8 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Steve Sewell 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Matt Bahr 24 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Gene Lang 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Reggie Langhorne 18 pass from Bernie Kosar (Matt Bahr kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Mark Jackson 80 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Earnest Byner 32 pass from Bernie Kosar (Matt Bahr kick) | 17 | 28 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Earnest Byner 4 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 24 | 28 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Rich Karlis 38 FG | 24 | 31 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Webster Slaughter 4 pass from Bernie Kosar (Matt Bahr kick) | 31 | 31 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Sammy Winder 20 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 31 | 38 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Safety, Mike Horan ran out of end zone by (Team) | 33 | 38 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CLE | Earnest Byner | 15 | 67 | 4.5 | 16 | 1 |
| CLE | Kevin Mack | 12 | 61 | 5.1 | 14 | 0 |
| DEN | Sammy Winder | 20 | 72 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 |
| DEN | Gene Lang | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 42 | 1 |
| DEN | John Elway | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| DEN | Tony Boddie | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DEN | Steve Sewell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| DEN | Mike Horan | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| CLE | Bernie Kosar | 41 | 26 | 63.4 | 1 | 356 | 8.7 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 105.3 |
| DEN | John Elway | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 1 | 281 | 10.8 | 80t | 3 | 2 | 25 | 114.4 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CLE | Earnest Byner | 7 | 120 | 17.1 | 53 | 1 |
| CLE | Webster Slaughter | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 24 | 1 |
| CLE | Brian Brennan | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| CLE | Kevin Mack | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| CLE | Ozzie Newsome | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 25 | 0 |
| CLE | Reggie Langhorne | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 30 | 1 |
| CLE | Clarence Weathers | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| CLE | Derek Tennell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DEN | Ricky Nattiel | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 26 | 1 |
| DEN | Mark Jackson | 4 | 134 | 33.5 | 80t | 1 |
| DEN | Sammy Winder | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 20t | 1 |
| DEN | Steve Sewell | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| DEN | Orson Mobley | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CLE | Felix Wright | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| DEN | Freddie Gilbert | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| CLE | Lee Johnson | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 59 | 0 |
| DEN | Mike Horan | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 44 | 0 |
| DEN | John Elway | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CLE | Gerald McNeil | 2 | 0 | 24 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| DEN | Kevin Clark | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CLE | Gerald McNeil | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 28 | 0 |
| DEN | Ken Bell | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 23 | 0 |
| CLE | Gerald McNeil | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 28 | 0 |
| DEN | Ken Bell | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 23 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| CLE | Sam Clancy | 1.0 |
| CLE | Bubba Baker | 1.0 |
| DEN | Rulon Jones | 1.0 |
| DEN | Simon Fletcher | 1.0 |
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