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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New England Patriots at Denver Broncos - December 6th, 1987
New England Patriots 20 at Denver Broncos 31
Sunday, December 6, 1987
New England Patriots 20, Denver Broncos 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (5-7-0) | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Denver Broncos (8-3-1) | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 31 |
Scoring
| NWE | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Reggie Dupard 10 yard rush (Tony Franklin kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | DEN | Rich Karlis 24 yard field goal | 7 | 3 |
| NWE | Tony Collins 4 yard pass from Tom Ramsey (Tony Franklin kick) | 14 | 3 | |
| NWE | Tony Franklin 36 yard field goal | 17 | 3 | |
| 3rd | DEN | Tony Boddie 1 yard rush (Rich Karlis kick) | 17 | 10 |
| DEN | Rick Massie 7 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 17 | 17 | |
| NWE | Tony Franklin 27 yard field goal | 20 | 17 | |
| 4th | DEN | Mark Jackson 2 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 20 | 24 |
| DEN | Mark Haynes 14 yard interception return (Rich Karlis kick) | 20 | 31 |
Team Stats
| NWE | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 35-211-1 | 32-112-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-39-177-1-4 | 17-37-265-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-19 | 2-6 |
| Net pass yards | 158 | 259 |
| Total yards | 369 | 371 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-2 | 4-2 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-37 | 6-51 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tom Ramsey | NWE | 17 | 39 | 177 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Tony Collins | NWE | 15 | 64 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| Reggie Dupard | NWE | 11 | 91 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Cedric Jones | NWE | 3 | 61 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Stephen Starring | NWE | 2 | 26 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Derwin Williams | NWE | 2 | 21 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Lin Dawson | NWE | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Rich Camarillo | NWE | 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 | 17 | 37 | 265 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Sammy Winder | DEN | 20 | 89 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Ricky Nattiel | DEN | 3 | 81 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Mark Jackson | DEN | 4 | 67 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Rick Massie | DEN | 2 | 36 | 1 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Tony Boddie | DEN | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Orson Mobley | DEN | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Gene Lang | DEN | 3 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Clarence Kay | DEN | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Reggie Dupard | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rod McSwain | NWE | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Johnny Rembert | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Brent Williams | 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 | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kevin Clark | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mark Haynes | DEN | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rulon Jones | DEN | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Karl Mecklenburg | DEN | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Randy Robbins | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Ryan | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||