| San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: September 11, 1988 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 75359 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 78 F Humidty: 32% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Mark Jackson 44 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 51 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gerald Willhite 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Vince Abbott 20 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Tony Dorsett 21 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 3 | 24 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Vance Johnson 24 pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 3 | 31 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 38 FG | 3 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Quinn Early |
| 83 | WR | Anthony Miller |
| 68 | LOT | Gary Kowalski |
| 76 | LOG | Broderick Thompson |
| 62 | C | Don Macek |
| 60 | ROG | Dennis McKnight |
| 65 | ROT | Dave Richards |
| 88 | TE | Arthur Cox |
| 12 | QB | Babe Laufenberg |
| 40 | RB | Gary Anderson |
| 82 | HBK | Rod Bernstine |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Lee Williams |
| 71 | LDT | Mike Charles |
| 75 | RDT | Joe Phillips |
| 57 | LOLB | Keith Browner |
| 53 | LILB | Chuck Faucette |
| 52 | RILB | Jeff Jackson |
| 58 | ROLB | David Brandon |
| 34 | LCB | Elvis Patterson |
| 34 | SS | Martin Bayless |
| 25 | FS | Vencie Glenn |
| 22 | RCB | Gill Byrd |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Mark Jackson |
| 84 | WR | Ricky Nattiel |
| 66 | LOT | Jim Juriga |
| 54 | LOG | Keith Bishop |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 72 | ROG | Keith Kartz |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 89 | TE | Orson Mobley |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 23 | FB | Sammy Winder |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Freddie Gilbert |
| 71 | NT | Greg Kragen |
| 61 | RDE | Andre Townsend |
| 73 | LOLB | Simon Fletcher |
| 55 | LILB | Rick Dennison |
| 77 | RILB | Karl Mecklenburg |
| 50 | ROLB | Jim Ryan |
| 36 | LCB | Mark Haynes |
| 49 | SS | Dennis Smith |
| 31 | FS | Mike Harden |
| 28 | RCB | Jeremiah Castille |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Curtis Adams | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Lionel James | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Mark Malone | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Anthony Miller | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Gary Anderson | 9 | 16 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Tim Spencer | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 23 | 113 | 4.9 | 21t | 1 |
| Ken Bell | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 7 | 1 |
| Steve Sewell | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gary Kubiak | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Elway | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Mark Malone | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 1 | 115 | 5.2 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 46.6 |
| Babe Laufenberg | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 5 | 0.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 28 | 17 | 60.7 | 0 | 259 | 9.3 | 44t | 2 | 1 | 0 | 115.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Lionel James | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Arthur Cox | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Rod Bernstine | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Quinn Early | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Anthony Miller | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Ricky Nattiel | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 29 | 0 |
| Vance Johnson | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 24t | 1 |
| Mark Jackson | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 44t | 1 |
| Gerald Willhite | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Rick Massie | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Orson Mobley | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Randy Robbins | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Castille | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Ralf Mojsiejenko | 6 | 262 | 43.7 | 53 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Mike Horan | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Lionel James | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Kevin Clark | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Anthony Miller | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Jamie Holland | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Ken Bell | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Elvis Patterson | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Simon Fletcher | 1.0 |
| Rulon Jones | 1.0 |
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