Denver Broncos at Atlanta Falcons - September 22nd, 1985
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 7 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 44 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
Scoring
| Quarter | Time | Tm | Detail | DEN | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Broncos | Vance Johnson 63 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 0 | |
| Falcons | John Rade 38 yard interception return (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 7 | 7 | ||
| 2 | Broncos | Clint Sampson 17 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| Falcons | Gerald Riggs 1 yard rush (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 14 | 14 | ||
| Broncos | Sammy Winder 1 yard rush (Rich Karlis kick) | 21 | 14 | ||
| 3 | Falcons | Billy Johnson 62 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 21 | 21 | |
| Broncos | Rich Karlis 42 yard field goal | 24 | 21 | ||
| Broncos | Rich Karlis 25 yard field goal | 27 | 21 | ||
| Falcons | Billy Johnson 6 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 27 | 28 | ||
| 4 | Broncos | Gene Lang 2 yard rush (Rich Karlis kick) | 34 | 28 | |
| Broncos | Rich Karlis 47 yard field goal | 37 | 28 | ||
| Broncos | Butch Johnson 31 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 44 | 28 |
Game Info
Expected Points Summary
Team Stats
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Elway | DEN | 19 | 38 | 291 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 63 | 80.0 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sammy Winder | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Vance Johnson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 96 | 1 | 63 | |||
| Gerald Willhite | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Gene Lang | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 77 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Steve Watson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 81 | 0 | 47 | |||||
| Butch Johnson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 31 | |||||
| Clint Sampson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 17 | |||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 16 | 27 | 226 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 62 | 95.6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Archer | ATL | 3 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 25 | 89.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gerald Riggs | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 77 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Joe Washington | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Cliff Austin | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 110 | 2 | 62 | |||||
| Charlie Brown | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 81 | 0 | 29 | |||||
| Stacey Bailey | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 31 | |||||
| Allama Matthews | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Anthony Allen | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Cliff Benson | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Defense
Kick/Punt Returns
Kicking & Punting
Falcons Starters
Broncos Starters
Full Play-By-Play
- Play-by-Play for this game courtesy of Aaron Schatz and Jeremy Snyder
