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New Orleans Saints 23 at Denver Broncos 34

Sunday, September 15, 1985

New Orleans Saints 23, Denver Broncos 34

1234Final
New Orleans Saints (0-2-0)0610723
Denver Broncos (1-1-0)7177334

Scoring

NORDEN
1stDENButch Johnson 65 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick)07
2ndDENClint Sampson 26 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick)014
DENGene Lang 10 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick)021
NORJeff Groth 39 yard pass from Dave Wilson (kick failed)621
DENRich Karlis 43 yard field goal624
3rdNORMorten Andersen 55 yard field goal924
DENClarence Kay 2 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick)931
NORLarry Hardy 13 yard pass from Dave Wilson (Morten Andersen kick)1631
4thDENRich Karlis 48 yard field goal1634
NORHokie Gajan 3 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick)2334

Team Stats

NORDEN
First downs1722
Rush-yards-TDs27-107-124-105-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT18-30-280-2-028-44-353-4-1
Sacked-yards6-453-26
Net pass yards235327
Total yards342432
Fumbles-lost1-11-1
Turnovers12
Penalties-yards6-8110-75

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Dave Wilson NOR 18 30 280 2 0 39 1 0 0 0
Hokie Gajan NOR 9 62 1 26 5 65 0 22
Larry Hardy NOR 4 63 1 31
Hoby Brenner NOR 3 54 0 23
Jeff Groth NOR 2 51 1 39
Earl Campbell NOR 14 41 0 8
Eugene Goodlow NOR 1 3 0 3 1 20 0 20
Eric Martin NOR 2 19 0 11
Wayne Wilson NOR 2 1 0 1 1 8 0 8
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
John Elway DEN 28 43 353 4 1 65 3 2 0 4
Sammy Winder DEN 17 92 0 42 7 35 0 11
Butch Johnson DEN 3 94 1 65
Vance Johnson DEN 2 3 0 2 3 71 0 33
James Wright DEN 5 57 0 30
Clint Sampson DEN 2 37 1 26
Steve Watson DEN 3 24 0 11
Clarence Kay DEN 2 19 1 17
Gerald Willhite DEN 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 5 2 6 0 10
Gene Lang DEN 1 10 1 10

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Tyrone Anthony NOR 0 0 0 0 4 98 24.5 0 0
Bruce Clark NOR 1.0 0 0 0 0
Rickey Jackson NOR 1.0 0 0 0 0
Jim Kovach NOR 1 53 0 0
Eric Martin NOR 0 0 0 0 1 16 16.0 0 0
Guido Merkens NOR 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Whitney Paul NOR 1.0 0 0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Barney Chavous DEN 2.0 0 0 0 0
Vance Johnson DEN 0 0 0 0 1 17 17.0 0 0
Karl Mecklenburg DEN 4.0 0 0 0 0
Gerald Willhite DEN 0 0 0 0 3 31 10.3 0 0