Sunday, October 4, 1987
Houston Oilers 40, Denver Broncos 10| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (2-1-0) | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 40 |
| Denver Broncos (1-1-1) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| HOU | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | HOU | Brent Pease 1 yard rush (John Diettrich kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | DEN | Mike Clendenen 28 yard field goal | 7 | 3 |
| HOU | John Diettrich 43 yard field goal | 10 | 3 | |
| HOU | Andrew Jackson 16 yard rush (John Diettrich kick) | 17 | 3 | |
| DEN | Rick Massie 21 yard pass from Ken Karcher (Mike Clendenen kick) | 17 | 10 | |
| 3rd | HOU | John Diettrich 39 yard field goal | 20 | 10 |
| HOU | Eugene Seale 73 yard interception return (John Diettrich kick) | 27 | 10 | |
| 4th | HOU | Mark Gehring 31 yard pass from Brent Pease (John Diettrich kick) | 34 | 10 |
| HOU | John Diettrich 44 yard field goal | 37 | 10 | |
| HOU | John Diettrich 27 yard field goal | 40 | 10 |
| HOU | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 42-154-2 | 16-38-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-25-260-1-0 | 22-45-226-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 5-44 |
| Net pass yards | 260 | 182 |
| Total yards | 414 | 220 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 3-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-89 | 7-60 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Brent Pease | HOU | 15 | 25 | 260 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Andrew Jackson | HOU | 21 | 99 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Leonard Harris | HOU | 3 | 51 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Oliver Williams | HOU | 2 | 41 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Chris Darrington | HOU | 1 | 38 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Joey Walters | HOU | 2 | 37 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Moore | HOU | 5 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Mark Gehring | HOU | 1 | 31 | 1 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Keith McDonald | HOU | 2 | 31 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Eric Cobble | HOU | 8 | 20 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Arrike James | HOU | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Herman Hunter | HOU | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ken Karcher | DEN | 22 | 40 | 226 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bobby Micho | DEN | 4 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 69 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Rick Massie | DEN | 3 | 55 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Scott Caldwell | DEN | 10 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Laron Brown | DEN | 3 | 39 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Mitch Andrews | DEN | 3 | 33 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Russell Payne | DEN | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Monte McGuire | DEN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dean May | DEN | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Domingo Bryant | HOU | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rayford Cooks | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scott Fox | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Leonard Harris | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Byron Johnson | HOU | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Kenny Johnson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Eugene Seale | HOU | 1 | 73 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donovan Small | HOU | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Doug Smith | HOU | 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 | |||
| Laron Brown | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Shane Swanson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||