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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Chicago Bears at Denver Broncos - November 16th, 1987
Chicago Bears 29 at Denver Broncos 31
Monday, November 16, 1987
Chicago Bears 29, Denver Broncos 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears (7-2-0) | 14 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 29 |
| Denver Broncos (5-3-1) | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 31 |
Scoring
| CHI | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CHI | Willie Gault 51 yard pass from Jim McMahon (Kevin Butler kick) | 7 | 0 |
| CHI | Cap Boso 6 yard pass from Jim McMahon (Kevin Butler kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| 2nd | DEN | Vance Johnson 22 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 7 |
| DEN | Mark Jackson 22 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 14 | |
| DEN | Ricky Nattiel 35 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 21 | |
| 3rd | CHI | Willie Gault 26 yard pass from Jim McMahon (run failed) | 20 | 21 |
| CHI | Jim McMahon 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 26 | 21 | |
| CHI | Kevin Butler 42 yard field goal | 29 | 21 | |
| 4th | DEN | Rich Karlis 27 yard field goal | 29 | 24 |
| DEN | Steve Sewell 4 yard rush (Rich Karlis kick) | 29 | 31 |
Team Stats
| CHI | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 26 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 30-146-1 | 27-98-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 23-36-320-3-1 | 21-41-341-3-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-20 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 300 | 341 |
| Total yards | 446 | 439 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-44 | 5-57 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim McMahon | CHI | 21 | 34 | 311 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Willie Gault | CHI | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 133 | 2 | 51 | ||||||
| Walter Payton | CHI | 12 | 73 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Neal Anderson | CHI | 11 | 44 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Dennis McKinnon | CHI | 4 | 67 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Ron Morris | CHI | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Cap Boso | CHI | 2 | 20 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Dennis Gentry | CHI | 2 | 16 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Emery Moorehead | CHI | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Mike Tomczak | CHI | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| Calvin Thomas | CHI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| William Perry | CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Elway | DEN | 21 | 40 | 341 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Ricky Nattiel | DEN | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 93 | 1 | 35 | ||||||
| Vance Johnson | DEN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 86 | 1 | 26 | ||||
| Steve Sewell | DEN | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 78 | 0 | 28 | ||||||
| Mark Jackson | DEN | 3 | 53 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Gene Lang | DEN | 11 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Sammy Winder | DEN | 8 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Clarence Kay | DEN | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Dave Duerson | CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Gentry | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dennis McKinnon | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ron Rivera | CHI | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Sanders | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 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 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kevin Clark | DEN | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Vance Johnson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rulon Jones | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Karl Mecklenburg | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Andre Townsend | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||