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Team Info Top

Record: 10 - 4 - 1
(pythagorean: 10 - 5, .686)

Coaching: Dan Reeves 10 - 4 - 1 (playoffs:2 - 1)

1987 Pro Bowl Players:
QB - John Elway
G - Keith Bishop
LB - Karl Mecklenburg

1987 Draft
Round - Pick (Overall Pick)
1-27 (27) - Ricky Nattiel, Florida, WR
3-28 (84) - Michael Brooks, Louisiana State, LB
4-27 (111) - Marc Munford, Nebraska, LB
6-27 (167) - Warren Marshall, James Madison, RB
7-26 (194) - Wilbur Strozier, Georgia, TE
8-27 (222) - Dan Morgan, Penn State, G
9-27 (250) - Bruce Plummer, Mississippi State, C
10-27 (278) - Rafe Wilkinson, Richmond, LB
11-20 (299) - Steve Roberts, Washington, DE
11-27 (306) - Tommy Neal, Maryland, RB
12-27 (334) - Tyrone Braxton, North Dakota State, DB

Schedule & Results Top

Week Opponent Score 1stDns PaYds RuYds TotYds Sacked-Yds Penalty-Yds Int FumLost Total TO T.O.P.
Week 1 SEA 17 15 169 108 277 0 - 0 7 - 45 3 2 5 23:07 Full Box Score
at DEN 40 25 338 166 504 1 - 16 4 - 35 1 1 2 36:53
Week 2 DEN 17 OT 29 281 197 478 3 - 21 10 - 63 3 3 6 40:49 Full Box Score
at GNB 17 14 100 134 234 1 - 4 8 - 68 0 1 1 34:11
Week 4 HOO 40 20 260 154 414 0 - 0 9 - 89 0 2 2 31:52 Full Box Score
at DEN 10 14 182 38 220 0 - 0 7 - 60 3 0 3 28:08
Week 5 LAD 14 16 168 102 270 1 - 8 8 - 97 3 2 5 31:04 Full Box Score
at DEN 30 24 141 204 345 2 - 7 8 - 61 0 2 2 28:56
Week 6 DEN 26 23 275 98 373 2 - 23 6 - 50 2 2 4 32:45 Full Box Score
at KAN 17 16 125 122 247 0 - 0 7 - 60 1 2 3 27:15
Week 7 DEN 27 21 206 123 329 1 - 1 10 - 128 1 0 1 33:34 Full Box Score
at MIN 34 27 196 197 393 5 - 39 4 - 29 5 0 5 26:26
Week 8 DET 0 14 128 63 191 3 - 23 4 - 37 1 1 2 23:44 Full Box Score
at DEN 34 28 271 212 483 3 - 23 7 - 59 0 1 1 36:16
Week 9 DEN 14 12 139 76 215 0 - 0 7 - 45 0 2 2 22:23 Full Box Score
at BUF 21 25 170 258 428 3 - 24 6 - 47 1 2 3 37:37
Week 10 CHI 29 24 300 146 446 0 - 0 7 - 44 1 1 2 33:19 Full Box Score
at DEN 31 25 341 98 439 3 - 20 5 - 57 2 0 2 26:41
Week 11 DEN 23 19 276 127 403 6 - 51 7 - 48 0 1 1 34:12 Full Box Score
at LAD 17 17 122 149 271 2 - 22 5 - 30 0 1 1 25:48
Week 12 DEN 31 31 347 175 522 2 - 10 3 - 26 1 0 1 41:19 Full Box Score
at SDG 17 18 312 66 378 0 - 0 8 - 49 2 0 2 18:41
Week 13 NWE 20 20 158 211 369 2 - 6 5 - 37 4 2 6 30:46 Full Box Score
at DEN 31 21 259 112 371 3 - 19 6 - 51 1 2 3 29:14
Week 14 DEN 21 20 308 72 380 1 - 12 6 - 61 2 0 2 24:58 Full Box Score
at SEA 28 24 226 141 367 5 - 27 4 - 40 2 2 4 35:02
Week 15 KAN 17 20 254 123 377 1 - 11 9 - 70 0 1 1 24:48 Full Box Score
at DEN 20 22 226 143 369 2 - 18 7 - 58 0 2 2 35:12
Week 16 SDG 0 7 108 43 151 2 - 12 4 - 38 5 0 5 25:26 Full Box Score
at DEN 24 15 86 129 215 2 - 23 2 - 10 3 1 4 34:34
AFC Divisional Playoff HOO 10 20 264 73 337 1 - 4 10 - 73 2 1 3 32:33 Full Box Score
at DEN 34 19 255 61 316 0 - 0 4 - 35 1 0 1 27:27
AFC Championship CLE 33 25 336 128 464 2 - 25 7 - 59 1 3 4 31:37 Full Box Score
at DEN 38 24 256 156 412 2 - 20 7 - 44 1 1 2 28:23
Super Bowl XXII DEN 10 25 322 280 602 5 - 50 6 - 65 1 0 1 35:15 Full Box Score
at WAS 42 18 230 97 327 2 - 18 5 - 26 3 0 3 24:45

Team Statistics Top

1st DOWNS PASSING RUSHING MISC
PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY ATT YDs TD PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC
OFFENSE 379 5624 45 132 173 26 331 530 285 3874 24 19 30 220 510 1970 18 95 812 29 17 --
DEFENSE 288 4813 35 103 148 26 277 456 261 3040 15 28 31 244 454 2017 16 96 785 35 -- 19

PUNT RETURN KICK RETURN
RET YDS TD RET YDS TD RET YDS TD RET YDS TD
SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 48 486 1 OPP: 34 424 2 OWN: 46 952 0 OPP: 61 1168 0

PUNTING KICKING
PT YDS TB BLK IN20 PT YDS XPM XPA FGM FGA XPM XPA FGM FGA
SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 65 2595 6 2 16 OPP: 75 3158 OWN: 44 45 21 29 OPP: 32 35 14 21

Individual Statistics Top

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PASSING RUSHING RECEIVING
Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT ATT YDS AVG TD LNG REC YDS AVG TD LNG
John Elway 12 410 224 54.6 3198 7.80 19 12 20 138 83.4 66 304 4.6 4 29 0 0 0.0 0 0
Ken Karcher 3 102 56 54.9 628 6.16 5 4 5 45 73.5 9 3 0.3 0 8 0 0 0.0 0 0
Gary Kubiak 12 7 3 42.9 25 3.57 0 2 2 14 13.1 1 3 3.0 0 3 0 0 0.0 0 0
Dean May 3 5 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 1 1 7 0.0 2 -4 -2.0 0 -2 0 0 0.0 0 0
Monte Mcguire 2 3 2 66.7 23 7.67 0 0 0 0 89.6 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Gene Lang 12 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 1 7 39.6 89 303 3.4 2 28 17 130 7.6 2 29
Gerald Willhite 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6 26 141 5.4 0 29 9 25 2.8 0 6
Vance Johnson 11 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6 1 -8 -8.0 0 -8 42 684 16.3 7 59t
Steve Sewell 7 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 1 9 0.0 19 83 4.4 2 17 13 209 16.1 1 72t
Sammy Winder 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 196 741 3.8 6 19 14 74 5.3 1 13
Joe Dudek 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 35 154 4.4 2 16 7 41 5.9 0 19
Nathan Poole 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 28 126 4.5 1 15 1 9 9.0 0 9
Scotty Caldwell 3 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 16 53 3.3 0 7 4 34 8.5 0 14
Ken Bell 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 13 43 3.3 0 11 1 8 8.0 0 8
Bobby Micho 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 4 8 2.0 0 5 25 242 9.7 2 26t
Tony Boddie 5 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 7 2.3 1 4 9 85 9.4 0 26
Ricky Nattiel 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 13 6.5 0 10 31 630 20.3 2 54
Clarence Kay 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 31 440 14.2 0 30
Mark Jackson 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 26 436 16.8 2 52
Orson Mobley 10 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 16 228 14.3 1 28
Rick Massie 9 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 13 244 18.8 4 39t
Steve Watson 5 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 11 167 15.2 1 49
Shane Swanson 3 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 6 87 14.5 1 35t
Laron Brown 3 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 4 40 10.0 0 18
Mitch Andrews 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 4 53 13.3 0 20
Russell Payne 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 8 8.0 0 8
PUNTS KICKOFFS
Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD RET YDS AVG LNG TD
Kevin Clark 11 18 233 12.9 1 71t 1 2 33 16.5 25 0
Ricky Nattiel 12 12 73 6.1 1 14 0 4 78 19.5 25 0
Shane Swanson 3 9 132 14.7 1 33 0 9 234 26.0 50 0
Gerald Willhite 3 4 22 5.5 1 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Tony Lilly 13 2 6 3.0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mike Harden 12 2 11 5.5 0 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Vance Johnson 11 1 9 9.0 0 9 0 7 140 20.0 34 0
Ken Bell 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 15 323 21.5 42 0
Gene Lang 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 4 78 19.5 25 0
Laron Brown 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 3 57 19.0 28 0
Jim Ryan 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 9 4.5 9 0
PUNTING KICKING
Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA
Rich Karlis 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 9/9 4/6 4/7 1/3 51 18 25 37 37
Mike Clendenen 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 1/1 2/2 0/1 0/0 35 3 4 7 7
Mike Horan 12 44 1807 61 2 5 11 33.1 41.1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph Giacomarro 3 18 757 50 0 1 4 27.7 42.1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
John Elway 12 1 31 31 0 0 1 31.0 31.0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
DEF INTS
Name GP SK SFY INT YDS LNG TD
Walt Bowyer 15 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Ryan 14 1.5 0 3 7 5 0
Tony Lilly 13 0.0 0 3 29 24 0
Mike Brooks 12 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Dennison 12 0.0 0 1 10 10 0
Simon Fletcher 12 4.0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Harden 12 0.0 0 4 85 32 0
Mark Haynes 12 0.0 0 3 39 25 1
Ricky Hunley 12 1.0 0 2 64 52t 1
Rulon Jones 12 7.0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Kragen 12 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Karl Mecklenburg 12 7.0 0 3 23 16 0
Andre Townsend 12 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Clark 11 0.0 0 3 105 50 0
Tim Lucas 11 2.0 0 1 11 11 0
Steve Wilson 11 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Robbins 10 1.0 0 3 9 9 0
Dennis Smith 6 0.0 0 2 21 15 0
Jeff Tupper 4 1.5 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Woodard 3 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
All Players
FUMBLES
Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD
Mitch Andrews 2 0 0 0 0 0
John Ayers 9 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Belcher 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Bell 12 2 1 0 0 0
Keith Bishop 12 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Boddie 5 0 0 1 0 0
Walt Bowyer 15 0 0 0 0 0
Tyrone Braxton 2 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Brooks 12 0 0 1 0 0
Laron Brown 3 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Bryan 4 0 0 1 0 0
Steve Bryan 4 0 0 0 0 0
Scotty Caldwell 3 0 0 0 0 0
Jeremiah Castille 11 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Clark 11 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Clendenen 3 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Cooper 5 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Dennison 12 0 0 0 0 0
Kirk Dodge 3 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Dudek 2 4 1 0 0 0
John Elway 12 2 0 0 -1 0
Steve Fitzhugh 3 0 0 0 0 0
Simon Fletcher 12 0 0 1 0 0
Mike Freeman 13 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph Giacomarro 3 0 0 0 0 0
Freddie Gilbert 7 0 0 1 0 0
Sam Graddy 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Harden 12 0 0 1 14 0
Archie Harris 3 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Haynes 12 0 0 1 24 0
Winford Hood 3 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Horan 12 0 0 0 0 0
Stefan Humphries 7 0 0 0 0 0
Ricky Hunley 12 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Jackson 12 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Jackson 3 0 0 0 0 0
Earl Johnson 3 0 0 0 0 0
Vance Johnson 11 1 0 0 0 0
Tim Joiner 3 0 0 0 0 0
Daryll Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0
David Jones 3 0 0 0 0 0
Leonard Jones 2 0 0 2 24 0
Rulon Jones 12 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Karcher 3 2 3 0 -11 0
Rich Karlis 12 0 0 0 0 0
Keith Kartz 12 0 0 0 0 0
Clarence Kay 12 3 0 0 0 0
Bruce Klostermann 9 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Knox 3 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Kragen 12 0 0 1 0 0
Gary Kubiak 12 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Lang 12 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Lanier 12 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Lee 9 0 1 0 0 0
Zeph Lee 1 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Lilly 13 0 0 1 0 0
Bill Lobenstein 3 0 0 0 0 0
Kerry Locklin 3 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Lucas 11 0 0 1 0 0
Danny Macdonald 3 0 0 0 0 0
Warren Marshall 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Massie 9 0 0 0 0 0
Dean May 3 0 0 0 0 0
Monte Mcguire 2 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Mclean 3 0 0 0 0 0
Karl Mecklenburg 12 0 0 1 0 0
Bobby Micho 15 1 0 0 0 0
Orson Mobley 10 1 0 0 0 0
Marc Munford 12 0 0 2 0 0
Ricky Nattiel 12 2 1 0 0 0
Russell Payne 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Peavey 3 1 0 0 -16 0
Lyle Pickens 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Plummer 11 0 0 0 0 0
Nathan Poole 2 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Remsberg 5 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Robbins 10 0 0 0 0 0
Martin Rudolph 3 0 0 0 0 0
Darryl Russell 3 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Ryan 14 1 1 1 0 0
Steve Sewell 7 1 0 0 0 0
Dennis Smith 6 0 0 2 0 0
Matt Smith 3 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Studdard 14 0 0 0 0 0
Shane Swanson 3 1 0 0 0 0
Robert Thompson 2 0 0 0 0 0
Andre Townsend 12 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Tupper 4 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Watson 5 0 0 0 0 0
Gerald Willhite 3 1 0 0 0 0
Steve Wilson 11 0 0 0 0 0
Sammy Winder 12 5 2 0 0 0
Bryant Winn 3 0 0 1 0 0
Ray Woodard 3 0 0 0 0 0

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