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Denver Broncos 31 at Pittsburgh Steelers 23

Sunday, December 1, 1985

Denver Broncos 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 23

1234Final
Denver Broncos (9-4-0)01002131
Pittsburgh Steelers (6-7-0)0631423

Scoring

DENPIT
2ndPITGary Anderson 25 yard field goal03
DENClint Sampson 24 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick)73
DENRich Karlis 42 yard field goal103
PITGary Anderson 34 yard field goal106
3rdPITGary Anderson 24 yard field goal109
4thDENSteve Sewell 12 yard rush (Rich Karlis kick)179
PITLouis Lipps 31 yard pass from David Woodley (Gary Anderson kick)1716
PITMike Merriweather 35 yard interception return (Gary Anderson kick)1723
DENSteve Sewell 2 yard rush (Rich Karlis kick)2423
DENMike Harden 42 yard interception return (Rich Karlis kick)3123

Team Stats

DENPIT
First downs2022
Rush-yards-TDs26-93-226-77-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT24-42-238-1-119-40-283-1-4
Sacked-yards0-06-33
Net pass yards238250
Total yards331327
Fumbles-lost1-02-0
Turnovers14
Penalties-yards4-413-45

Rushing & Receiving

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

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
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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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