| Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs Game Statistics |
| Date: December 9, 1990 Location: Kansas City, MO |
| Venue: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 74347 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 58 F Humidty: 34% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| Kansas City ChiefsKC | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Stephone Paige 49 pass from Steve DeBerg (Nick Lowery kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Shannon Sharpe 5 pass from John Elway (David Treadwell kick failed) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Mike Young 16 pass from John Elway (David Treadwell kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 2 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Nick Lowery 33 FG | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Barry Word 1 run (Nick Lowery kick) | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Danta Whitaker 1 pass from Steve DeBerg (Nick Lowery kick) | 13 | 24 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Humphrey 2 run (David Treadwell kick) | 20 | 24 |
| 4 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Robb Thomas 27 pass from Steve DeBerg (Nick Lowery kick) | 20 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Mark Jackson |
| 82 | WR | Vance Johnson |
| 69 | LOT | Darrell Hamilton |
| 79 | LOG | Dave Widell |
| 72 | C | Keith Kartz |
| 67 | ROG | Doug Widell |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 88 | TE | Clarence Kay |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 26 | RB | Bobby Humphrey |
| 31 | FB | Kerry Porter |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Warren Powers |
| 71 | NT | Greg Kragen |
| 90 | RDE | Ron Holmes |
| 73 | LOLB | Simon Fletcher |
| 59 | LILB | Tim Lucas |
| 56 | RILB | Mike Brooks |
| 77 | ROLB | Karl Mecklenburg |
| 48 | LCB | Randy Robbins |
| 49 | SS | Dennis Smith |
| 27 | FS | Steve Atwater |
| 24 | RCB | Wymon Henderson |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Stephone Paige |
| 81 | WR | Robb Thomas |
| 76 | LOT | John Alt |
| 79 | LOG | Dave Szott |
| 53 | C | Mike Webster |
| 72 | ROG | Dave Lutz |
| 77 | ROT | Rich Baldinger |
| 85 | TE | Jonathan Hayes |
| 87 | TE | Alfredo Roberts |
| 17 | QB | Steve DeBerg |
| 35 | FB | Christian Okoye |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Neil Smith |
| 97 | NT | Dan Saleaumua |
| 63 | RDE | Bill Maas |
| 57 | LOLB | Chris Martin |
| 59 | LILB | Percy Snow |
| 56 | RILB | Dino Hackett |
| 58 | ROLB | Derrick Thomas |
| 29 | LCB | Albert Lewis |
| 27 | SS | Kevin Porter |
| 20 | FS | Deron Cherry |
| 31 | RCB | Kevin Ross |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bobby Humphrey | 21 | 56 | 2.7 | 15 | 1 |
| John Elway | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Kerry Porter | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Sewell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Barry Word | 16 | 72 | 4.5 | 29 | 1 |
| Christian Okoye | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Todd McNair | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Steve DeBerg | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 36 | 24 | 66.7 | 1 | 328 | 9.1 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 102.5 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 27 | 18 | 66.7 | 0 | 254 | 9.4 | 49t | 3 | 0 | 0 | 133.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Mark Jackson | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Vance Johnson | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Clarence Kay | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Shannon Sharpe | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 27 | 1 |
| Steve Sewell | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Mike Young | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 16t | 1 |
| Sammy Winder | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Bobby Humphrey | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Robb Thomas | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 27t | 1 |
| Todd McNair | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Stephone Paige | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 49t | 1 |
| Bill Jones | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Emile Harry | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| J.J. Birden | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Christian Okoye | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Danta Whitaker | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Kevin Ross | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Mike Horan | 3 | 126 | 42.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Bryan Barker | 4 | 155 | 38.8 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Vance Johnson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| J.J. Birden | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Blake Ezor | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 50 | 0 | |
| Alton Montgomery | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Todd McNair | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| James Saxon | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
| Derrick Thomas | 2.0 |
| Chris Martin | 1.0 |
| Dan Saleaumua | 1.0 |
| Neil Smith | 1.0 |
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