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Sunday, September 22, 1985
Scoring
| DEN | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 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 | |
| 2nd | 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 | |
| 3rd | 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 | |
| 4th | 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 |
Team Stats
| DEN | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 27 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-148-2 | 27-108-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-38-291-3-2 | 19-32-271-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-11 | 4-38 |
| Net pass yards | 280 | 233 |
| Total yards | 428 | 341 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-41 | 6-103 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| John Elway | DEN | 19 | 38 | 291 | 3 | 2 | 63 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Gene Lang | DEN | 17 | 77 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Vance Johnson | DEN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 96 | 1 | 63 | ||||||
| Steve Watson | DEN | 4 | 81 | 0 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Sammy Winder | DEN | 14 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | DEN | 2 | 41 | 1 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Clint Sampson | DEN | 2 | 33 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Gerald Willhite | DEN | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 16 | 27 | 226 | 2 | 1 | 62 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Billy Johnson | ATL | 7 | 110 | 2 | 62 | ||||||||||
| Gerald Riggs | ATL | 21 | 77 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Charlie Brown | ATL | 4 | 81 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Joe Washington | ATL | 3 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Stacey Bailey | ATL | 2 | 37 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| David Archer | ATL | 3 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||
| Allama Matthews | ATL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Allen | ATL | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Cliff Austin | ATL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| 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 | ||
| Barney Chavous | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Vance Johnson | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gene Lang | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Andre Townsend | DEN | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Gerald Willhite | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Woodard | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Louis Wright | DEN | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Austin | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 113 | 18.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dan Benish | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scott Case | ATL | 0.0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Billy Johnson | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Pillers | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| John Rade | ATL | 0.0 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Danny Wagoner | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ken Whisenhunt | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Rich Karlis | DEN | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Norman | DEN | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 0 | ||||
| Rick Donnelly | ATL | 6 | 252 | 42.0 | 0 | ||||
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