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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers - September 15th, 1986
Denver Broncos 21 at Pittsburgh Steelers 10
Monday, September 15, 1986
Denver Broncos 21, Pittsburgh Steelers 10| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (2-0-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (0-2-0) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Scoring
| DEN | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | DEN | Steve Watson 21 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3rd | PIT | Gary Anderson 42 yard field goal | 7 | 3 |
| DEN | Steve Sewell 34 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 3 | |
| 4th | PIT | Rich Erenberg 7 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 14 | 10 |
| DEN | Sammy Winder 13 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 21 | 10 |
Team Stats
| DEN | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 28-91-0 | 15-30-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-39-243-3-0 | 22-48-216-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-8 | 1-10 |
| Net pass yards | 235 | 206 |
| Total yards | 326 | 236 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-45 | 7-40 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Elway | DEN | 21 | 38 | 243 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 2 | -5 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| Steve Watson | DEN | 6 | 71 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Sammy Winder | DEN | 15 | 54 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | ||||||
| Steve Sewell | DEN | 4 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 34 | ||||||
| Clarence Kay | DEN | 2 | 44 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Gerald Willhite | DEN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 10 |
| Clint Sampson | DEN | 3 | 30 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Mark Jackson | DEN | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Gene Lang | DEN | 4 | 16 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Tony Boddie | DEN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mark Malone | PIT | 22 | 48 | 216 | 0 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 6 | 73 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Louis Lipps | PIT | 6 | 70 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Rich Erenberg | PIT | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| David Hughes | PIT | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Weegie Thompson | PIT | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Frank Pollard | PIT | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Preston Gothard | PIT | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Walter Abercrombie | PIT | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Ken Bell | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Simon Fletcher | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Foley | DEN | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Lilly | DEN | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerald Willhite | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 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 | |||
| Donnie Elder | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bryan Hinkle | PIT | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| David Little | PIT | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Warren Seitz | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rick Woods | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||