| Denver Broncos at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: November 20, 1988 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 68075 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 14 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Rueben Mayes 2 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dalton Hilliard 2 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Eric Martin 40 pass from Bobby Hebert (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Mel Gray 66 punt return (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | John Tice 8 pass from Bobby Hebert (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 35 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Eric Martin 6 pass from Bobby Hebert (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 42 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Vance Johnson |
| 84 | WR | Ricky Nattiel |
| 66 | LOT | Jim Juriga |
| 60 | LOG | Gerald Perry |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 72 | ROG | Keith Kartz |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 88 | TE | Clarence Kay |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 23 | FB | Sammy Winder |
| Defense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Walt Bowyer |
| 71 | NT | Greg Kragen |
| 61 | RDE | Andre Townsend |
| 73 | LOLB | Simon Fletcher |
| 97 | LILB | Bruce Klostermann |
| 55 | RILB | Rick Dennison |
| 50 | ROLB | Jim Ryan |
| 36 | LCB | Mark Haynes |
| 49 | SS | Dennis Smith |
| 31 | FS | Mike Harden |
| 28 | RCB | Jeremiah Castille |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Lonzell Hill |
| 84 | WR | Eric Martin |
| 72 | LOT | Jim Dombrowski |
| 63 | LOG | Brad Edelman |
| 60 | C | Steve Korte |
| 65 | ROG | Steve Trapilo |
| 77 | ROT | Daren Gilbert |
| 85 | TE | Hoby Brenner |
| 82 | TE | John Tice |
| 3 | QB | Bobby Hebert |
| 36 | HB | Rueben Mayes |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Frank Warren |
| 75 | NT | Bruce Clark |
| 94 | RDE | Jim Wilks |
| 57 | LOLB | Rickey Jackson |
| 51 | LILB | Sam Mills |
| 53 | RILB | Vaughan Johnson |
| 56 | ROLB | Pat Swilling |
| 44 | LCB | Dave Waymer |
| 27 | SS | Antonio Gibson |
| 39 | FS | Brett Maxie |
| 22 | RCB | Van Jakes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 11 | 0 |
| John Elway | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ricky Nattiel | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Rueben Mayes | 25 | 115 | 4.6 | 19 | 1 |
| Dalton Hilliard | 9 | 55 | 6.1 | 13 | 1 |
| Brian Hansen | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Buford Jordan | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Bobby Hebert | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Lonzell Hill | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 36 | 18 | 50.0 | 1 | 166 | 4.6 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 51.4 |
| Gary Kubiak | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 0 | 49 | 6.1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90.1 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Bobby Hebert | 23 | 20 | 87.0 | 0 | 194 | 8.4 | 40t | 3 | 1 | 5 | 141.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Mark Jackson | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Vance Johnson | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Ricky Nattiel | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Clarence Kay | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Orson Mobley | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Sewell | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Eric Martin | 8 | 111 | 13.9 | 40t | 2 |
| John Tice | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 9 | 1 |
| Lonzell Hill | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Rueben Mayes | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Brett Perriman | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dalton Hilliard | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Hoby Brenner | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bobby Hebert | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dave Waymer | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Mike Horan | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 43 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Brian Hansen | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Ricky Nattiel | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 66t | 1 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Ken Bell | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Jason Johnson | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Steve Wilson | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Ted Gregory | 1.0 |
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