| Week 17 1987 1987 gms | Broncos 38 Browns 33 |
Redskins 17 Vikings 10 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns (11-6-0) | 0 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 33 |
| Denver Broncos (12-4-1) | 14 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Mile High Stadium |
| Start Time | 2:00pm |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 29 degrees, relative humidity 63%, wind 8 mph, wind chill 21 |
| Vegas Line | Denver Broncos -3.0 |
| Over/Under | 45.0 (over) |
| CLE | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Broncos | Ricky Nattiel 8 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Broncos | Steve Sewell 1 yard rush (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 2nd | Browns | Matt Bahr 24 yard field goal | 3 | 14 |
| Broncos | Gene Lang 1 yard rush (Rich Karlis kick) | 3 | 21 | |
| 3rd | Browns | Reggie Langhorne 18 yard pass from Bernie Kosar (Matt Bahr kick) | 10 | 21 |
| Broncos | Mark Jackson 80 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 10 | 28 | |
| Browns | Earnest Byner 32 yard pass from Bernie Kosar (Matt Bahr kick) | 17 | 28 | |
| Browns | Earnest Byner 4 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 24 | 28 | |
| Broncos | Rich Karlis 38 yard field goal | 24 | 31 | |
| 4th | Browns | Webster Slaughter 4 yard pass from Bernie Kosar (Matt Bahr kick) | 31 | 31 |
| Broncos | Sammy Winder 20 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 31 | 38 | |
| Browns | Safety, Horan ran out of end zone | 33 | 38 |
| CLE | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 25 | 24 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-128-1 | 39-156-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 26-41-356-3-1 | 14-26-281-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-20 | 2-25 |
| Net pass yards | 336 | 256 |
| Total yards | 464 | 412 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-3 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-59 | 7-44 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Earnest Byner | CLE | 15 | 67 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 120 | 1 | 53 | ||||||
| Bernie Kosar | CLE | 26 | 41 | 356 | 3 | 1 | 53 | ||||||||
| Kevin Mack | CLE | 12 | 61 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Webster Slaughter | CLE | 4 | 53 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Reggie Langhorne | CLE | 2 | 48 | 1 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Brian Brennan | CLE | 4 | 48 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Ozzie Newsome | CLE | 3 | 35 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Clarence Weathers | CLE | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Derek Tennell | CLE | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Elway | DEN | 14 | 26 | 281 | 3 | 1 | 80 | 11 | 36 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Mark Jackson | DEN | 4 | 134 | 1 | 80 | ||||||||||
| Sammy Winder | DEN | 20 | 72 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 20 | ||||||
| Ricky Nattiel | DEN | 5 | 95 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Gene Lang | DEN | 5 | 51 | 1 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Steve Sewell | DEN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Tony Boddie | DEN | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Orson Mobley | DEN | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Mike Horan | DEN | 1 | -12 | 0 | -12 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Al Baker | CLE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sam Clancy | CLE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Gerald McNeil | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Felix Wright | CLE | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | 23 | |||||||||
| Jeremiah Castille | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Kevin Clark | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| John Elway | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Simon Fletcher | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Freddie Gilbert | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rulon Jones | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Randy Robbins | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Steve Wilson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Matt Bahr | CLE | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Johnson | CLE | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 59 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| John Elway | DEN | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | ||||
| Mike Horan | DEN | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 44 | ||||
| Rich Karlis | DEN | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |
|---|---|
| Pos | |
| Bernie Kosar | QB |
| Kevin Mack | FB |
| Webster Slaughter | WR |
| Reggie Langhorne | WR |
| Ozzie Newsome | TE |
| Derek Tennell | TE |
| Paul Farren | LT |
| Gregg Rakoczy | LG |
| Mike Baab | C |
| Dan Fike | RG |
| Cody Risien | RT |
| Carl Hairston | LDE |
| Dave Puzzuoli | NT |
| Sam Clancy | RDE |
| Lucius Sanford | LOLB |
| Eddie Johnson | LILB |
| Mike Johnson | RILB |
| Clay Matthews | ROLB |
| Frank Minnifield | LCB |
| Hanford Dixon | RCB |
| Ray Ellis | SS |
| Felix Wright | FS |
| Denver Broncos | |
|---|---|
| Pos | |
| John Elway | QB |
| Sammy Winder | RB |
| Gene Lang | FB |
| Ricky Nattiel | WR |
| Mark Jackson | WR |
| Clarence Kay | TE |
| Dave Studdard | LT |
| Keith Bishop | LG |
| Mike Freeman | C |
| Stefan Humphries | RG |
| Ken Lanier | RT |
| Andre Townsend | LDE |
| Greg Kragen | NT |
| Rulon Jones | RDE |
| Simon Fletcher | LOLB |
| Karl Mecklenburg | LILB |
| Ricky Hunley | RILB |
| Jim Ryan | ROLB |
| Mark Haynes | LCB |
| Steve Wilson | RCB |
| Dennis Smith | SS |
| Tony Lilly | FS |