Sunday, September 15, 1985
| NOR | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Broncos | Butch Johnson 65 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | Broncos | Clint Sampson 26 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 14 |
| Broncos | Gene Lang 10 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 21 | |
| Saints | Jeff Groth 39 yard pass from Dave Wilson (kick failed) | 6 | 21 | |
| Broncos | Rich Karlis 43 yard field goal | 6 | 24 | |
| 3rd | Saints | Morten Andersen 55 yard field goal | 9 | 24 |
| Broncos | Clarence Kay 2 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 9 | 31 | |
| Saints | Larry Hardy 13 yard pass from Dave Wilson (Morten Andersen kick) | 16 | 31 | |
| 4th | Broncos | Rich Karlis 48 yard field goal | 16 | 34 |
| Saints | Hokie Gajan 3 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick) | 23 | 34 |
| NOR | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-107-1 | 24-105-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-30-280-2-0 | 28-44-353-4-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 6-45 | 3-26 |
| Net pass yards | 235 | 327 |
| Total yards | 342 | 432 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-81 | 10-75 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Dave Wilson | NOR | 18 | 30 | 280 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hokie Gajan | NOR | 9 | 62 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 65 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Larry Hardy | NOR | 4 | 63 | 1 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Hoby Brenner | NOR | 3 | 54 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Groth | NOR | 2 | 51 | 1 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Earl Campbell | NOR | 14 | 41 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Eugene Goodlow | NOR | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Eric Martin | NOR | 2 | 19 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Wilson | NOR | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| John Elway | DEN | 28 | 43 | 353 | 4 | 1 | 65 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Sammy Winder | DEN | 17 | 92 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | DEN | 3 | 94 | 1 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Vance Johnson | DEN | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 71 | 0 | 33 | ||||||
| James Wright | DEN | 5 | 57 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Clint Sampson | DEN | 2 | 37 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Steve Watson | DEN | 3 | 24 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Clarence Kay | DEN | 2 | 19 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Gerald Willhite | DEN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| Gene Lang | DEN | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Tyrone Anthony | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bruce Clark | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rickey Jackson | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jim Kovach | NOR | 0.0 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Eric Martin | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Guido Merkens | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Whitney Paul | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Barney Chavous | DEN | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Vance Johnson | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Karl Mecklenburg | DEN | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Gerald Willhite | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Morten Andersen | NOR | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Hansen | NOR | 5 | 228 | 45.6 | 0 | ||||
| Rich Karlis | DEN | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Norman | DEN | 6 | 259 | 43.2 | 0 | ||||