Sunday, December 1, 1985
Denver Broncos 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 23| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (9-4-0) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 31 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (6-7-0) | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 23 |
| DEN | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | PIT | Gary Anderson 25 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| DEN | Clint Sampson 24 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 3 | |
| DEN | Rich Karlis 42 yard field goal | 10 | 3 | |
| PIT | Gary Anderson 34 yard field goal | 10 | 6 | |
| 3rd | PIT | Gary Anderson 24 yard field goal | 10 | 9 |
| 4th | DEN | Steve Sewell 12 yard rush (Rich Karlis kick) | 17 | 9 |
| PIT | Louis Lipps 31 yard pass from David Woodley (Gary Anderson kick) | 17 | 16 | |
| PIT | Mike Merriweather 35 yard interception return (Gary Anderson kick) | 17 | 23 | |
| DEN | Steve Sewell 2 yard rush (Rich Karlis kick) | 24 | 23 | |
| DEN | Mike Harden 42 yard interception return (Rich Karlis kick) | 31 | 23 |
| DEN | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-93-2 | 26-77-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 24-42-238-1-1 | 19-40-283-1-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 6-33 |
| Net pass yards | 238 | 250 |
| Total yards | 331 | 327 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-41 | 3-45 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Elway | DEN | 24 | 41 | 238 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Sammy Winder | DEN | 11 | 39 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Clarence Kay | DEN | 3 | 52 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Steve Sewell | DEN | 9 | 44 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Steve Watson | DEN | 3 | 43 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Vance Johnson | DEN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Clint Sampson | DEN | 4 | 36 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Gene Lang | DEN | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Gerald Willhite | DEN | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| David Woodley | PIT | 19 | 40 | 283 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Calvin Sweeney | PIT | 8 | 119 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Louis Lipps | PIT | 3 | 60 | 1 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Rich Erenberg | PIT | 4 | 49 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Frank Pollard | PIT | 14 | 45 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Preston Gothard | PIT | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Walter Abercrombie | PIT | 11 | 21 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Weegie Thompson | PIT | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Bennie Cunningham | PIT | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Mike Harden | DEN | 1 | 42 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Vance Johnson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rulon Jones | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Greg Kragen | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Lilly | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Karl Mecklenburg | DEN | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Gerald Willhite | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Steve Wilson | DEN | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Rich Erenberg | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Louis Lipps | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Merriweather | PIT | 1 | 35 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Todd Spencer | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||