| San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: December 27, 1987 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 21189 |
| Weather: Snow Temp: 21 F Humidty: 92% Wind: 23 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Kevin Clark 71 punt return (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Sammy Winder 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 26 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Ricky Hunley 52 interception return (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wes Chandler |
| 26 | WR | Lionel James |
| 74 | LOT | Jim Lachey |
| 70 | LOG | James FitzPatrick |
| 62 | C | Don Macek |
| 60 | ROG | Dennis McKnight |
| 68 | ROT | Gary Kowalski |
| 88 | TE | Pete Holohan |
| 80 | TE | Kellen Winslow |
| 9 | QB | Mark Herrmann |
| 43 | FB | Tim Spencer |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Lee Williams |
| 78 | NT | Chuck Ehin |
| 70 | RDE | Joe Phillips |
| 54 | LOLB | Billy Ray Smith |
| 50 | LILB | Gary Plummer |
| 57 | RILB | Tom Benson |
| 56 | ROLB | Chip Banks |
| 34 | LCB | Elvis Patterson |
| 44 | SS | Martin Bayless |
| 25 | FS | Vencie Glenn |
| 22 | RCB | Gill Byrd |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Mark Jackson |
| 82 | WR | Vance Johnson |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 54 | LOG | Keith Bishop |
| 62 | C | Mike Freeman |
| 79 | ROG | Stefan Humphries |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 88 | TE | Clarence Kay |
| 89 | TE | Orson Mobley |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 23 | RB | Sammy Winder |
| Defense | ||
| 61 | LDE | Andre Townsend |
| 71 | NT | Greg Kragen |
| 75 | RDE | Rulon Jones |
| 73 | LOLB | Simon Fletcher |
| 77 | LILB | Karl Mecklenburg |
| 98 | RILB | Ricky Hunley |
| 50 | ROLB | Jim Ryan |
| 36 | LCB | Mark Haynes |
| 31 | SS | Mike Harden |
| 22 | SS | Tony Lilly |
| 45 | RCB | Steve Wilson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Tim Spencer | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Curtis Adams | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Barry Redden | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mark Herrmann | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lionel James | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 23 | 67 | 2.9 | 11 | 1 |
| John Elway | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Ken Bell | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Mark Herrmann | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 4 | 123 | 5.3 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 31.9 |
| Mark Vlasic | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 8 | 1.3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 16.7 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 20 | 7 | 35.0 | 1 | 98 | 4.9 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 30.8 |
| Gary Kubiak | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Kellen Winslow | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Jamie Holland | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Gary Anderson | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Barry Redden | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Tim Spencer | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rod Bernstine | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Orson Mobley | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Ricky Nattiel | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Clarence Kay | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Billy Ray Smith | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Vencie Glenn | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Ricky Hunley | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 52t | 1 |
| Mike Harden | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Jim Ryan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Ralf Mojsiejenko | 8 | 358 | 44.8 | 51 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Mike Horan | 4 | 176 | 44.0 | 57 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Lionel James | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Kevin Clark | 6 | 144 | 24.0 | 71t | 1 | |
| Tony Lilly | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Jamie Holland | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 46 | 0 | |
| Randy Kirk | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Daniel Hunter | 1.0 |
| Lee Williams | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Rulon Jones | 1.0 |
| Karl Mecklenburg | 1.0 |
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