| Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 3, 1985 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: Jack Murphy Stadium Attendance: 57312 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 77 F Humidty: 28% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Wes Chandler 19 pass from Dan Fouts (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Bob Thomas 36 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Wes Chandler 9 pass from Dan Fouts (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 36 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Gary Anderson 16 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Bob Thomas 35 FG | 3 | 27 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Steve Sewell 54 pass from Gary Kubiak (Rich Karlis kick) | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Bob Thomas 18 FG | 10 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Butch Johnson |
| 81 | WR | Steve Watson |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 54 | LOG | Keith Bishop |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 88 | TE | Clarence Kay |
| 87 | TE | Jim Wright |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 23 | RB | Sammy Winder |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 75 | RDE | Rulon Jones |
| 50 | LOLB | Jim Ryan |
| 55 | LILB | Rick Dennison |
| 58 | RILB | Steve Busick |
| 52 | ROLB | Ken Woodard |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 48 | SS | Randy Robbins |
| 22 | FS | Tony Lilly |
| 31 | RCB | Mike Harden |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wes Chandler |
| 74 | LOT | Jim Lachey |
| 67 | LOG | Ed White |
| 62 | C | Don Macek |
| 60 | ROG | Dennis McKnight |
| 77 | ROT | Sam Claphan |
| 85 | TE | Eric Sievers |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 26 | RB | Lionel James |
| 21 | RB | Buford McGee |
| 43 | FB | Tim Spencer |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Lee Williams |
| 78 | NT | Chuck Ehin |
| 93 | RDE | Earl Wilson |
| 57 | LOLB | Linden King |
| 58 | LILB | Mike Green |
| 54 | RILB | Billy Ray Smith |
| 50 | ROLB | Carlos Bradley |
| 29 | LCB | John Hendy |
| 22 | SS | Gill Byrd |
| 37 | FS | Jeff Dale |
| 23 | RCB | Danny Walters |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| John Elway | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Steve Sewell | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Gary Anderson | 22 | 116 | 5.3 | 22 | 1 |
| Lionel James | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Buford McGee | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Tim Spencer | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mark Herrmann | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 35 | 20 | 57.1 | 2 | 222 | 6.3 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 52.3 |
| Gary Kubiak | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 54 | 13.5 | 54t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 34 | 23 | 67.6 | 2 | 302 | 8.9 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 90.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Clarence Kay | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Steve Sewell | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 54t | 1 |
| Jim Wright | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Wes Chandler | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 22 | 2 |
| Charlie Joiner | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Eric Sievers | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 27 | 0 |
| Gary Anderson | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Lionel James | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 29 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Mike Harden | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Jeff Dale | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Billy Ray Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Chris Norman | 5 | 242 | 48.4 | 56 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Ralf Mojsiejenko | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Lionel James | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gene Lang | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Vance Johnson | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Gary Anderson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Barney Chavous | 1.0 |
| Rulon Jones | 1.0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Fred Robinson | 2.0 |
| Carlos Bradley | 1.0 |
| Linden King | 1.0 |
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