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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New England Patriots at Denver Broncos - September 28th, 1986
New England Patriots 20 at Denver Broncos 27
Sunday, September 28, 1986
New England Patriots 20, Denver Broncos 27| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (2-2-0) | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| Denver Broncos (4-0-0) | 3 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 27 |
Scoring
| NWE | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Rich Karlis 44 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | NWE | Tony Franklin 34 yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| NWE | Stanley Morgan 5 yard pass from Tony Eason (Tony Franklin kick) | 10 | 3 | |
| NWE | Tony Franklin 37 yard field goal | 13 | 3 | |
| 3rd | DEN | Clarence Kay 1 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 13 | 10 |
| DEN | Sammy Winder 12 yard rush (Rich Karlis kick) | 13 | 17 | |
| 4th | DEN | Gerald Willhite 1 yard rush (Rich Karlis kick) | 13 | 24 |
| DEN | Rich Karlis 34 yard field goal | 13 | 27 | |
| NWE | Irving Fryar 10 yard pass from Tony Eason (Tony Franklin kick) | 20 | 27 |
Team Stats
| NWE | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-40-0 | 29-156-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 23-38-228-2-1 | 18-34-188-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-44 | 2-6 |
| Net pass yards | 184 | 182 |
| Total yards | 224 | 338 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-44 | 5-67 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Eason | NWE | 23 | 37 | 228 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Tony Collins | NWE | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 94 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Craig James | NWE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 15 |
| Cedric Jones | NWE | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 2 | 20 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 2 | 14 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Greg Baty | NWE | 2 | 13 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Greg Hawthorne | NWE | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Elway | DEN | 18 | 34 | 188 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Sammy Winder | DEN | 20 | 89 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Gerald Willhite | DEN | 6 | 54 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Mark Jackson | DEN | 3 | 71 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Steve Watson | DEN | 4 | 39 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Steve Sewell | DEN | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Clarence Kay | DEN | 2 | 17 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Clint Sampson | DEN | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry McGrew | NWE | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Johnny Rembert | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ben Thomas | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Andre Tippett | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Ken Bell | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Darren Comeaux | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Simon Fletcher | DEN | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Foley | DEN | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rulon Jones | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Gene Lang | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Karl Mecklenburg | DEN | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Gerald Willhite | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||