10-22-94

Denver 20, San Diego 15


 Denver    	0 7 7 6--20
 San Diego 	6 6 0 3--15

First Quarter

SD--FG Carney 22, 9:23. Drive: 55 yards, 8 plays.
Key plays: Bieniemy 36 run; Means 9 run.
San Diego 3, Denver 0.

SD--FG Carney 39, 11:27. Drive: 0 yards, 4 plays.
Key play: Mims recovery of Elway fumble on Broncos 21.
San Diego 6, Denver 0

Second Quarter

SD--FG Carney 37, :53. Drive: 37 yards, 8 plays.
Key plays: Humphries 8 pass to Seay; Humphries 12 pass to Martin.
San Diego 9, Denver 0.

Den--L.Russell 3 run (Elam kick), 9:51. Drive: 80 yards, 16 plays.
Key plays: Elway 17 pass to Miller; Elway 10 run.
San Diego 9, Denver 7.

SD--FG Carney 26, 15:00. Drive: 44 yards, 7 plays.
Key play: Humphries 17 pass to Harmon.
San Diego 12, Denver 7.

Third Quarter

Den--Sharpe 43 pass from Elway (Elam kick), 12:48. Drive: 48 yards, 3 plays.
Key plays: Milburn 44 punt return.
Denver 14, San Diego 12.

Fourth Quarter

SD--FG Carney 44, 3:49. Drive: 55 yards, 8 plays.
Key plays: Jefferson 22 run; Means 14 run.
San Diego 15, Denver 14.

Den--FG Elam 54, 4:58. Drive: 4 yards, 4 plays.
Key plays: Milburn 23 kickoff return plus 15-yard personal foul penalty on Bieniemy; Elway 10 pass to D.Russell.
Denver 17, San Diego 15.

Den--FG Elam 25, 10:53. Drive: 66 yards, 9 plays.
Key plays: Elway 44 pass to Sharpe on 3rd-and-5.
Denver 20, San Diego 15.

A--61,626. No-shows--946.

                    	  Den       SD
FIRST DOWNS          	   16       18
 Rushing             	    4        7
 Passing             	   10        8
 Penalty             	    2        3
THIRD DOWN EFF       	 4-14     2-13 
FOURTH DOWN EFF      	  1-2      0-1
TOTAL NET YARDS      	  294      321
 Total Plays         	   70       65
 Avg Gain            	  4.2      4.9
NET YARDS RUSHING    	   69      166
 Rushes              	   36       25
 Avg per rush        	  1.9      6.6
NET YARDS PASSING    	  225      155
 Completed-Att.      	22-31    19-39
 Yards-Pass Play     	  6.6      3.9
 Sacked-Yds lost     	 3-16      1-7 
 Had Intercepted     	    1        3
PUNTS-Avg.           	 4-44     5-46
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE 	  193      124
 Punts Returns       	 4-70      2-9 
 Kickoffs Returns    	4-118     4-83
 Interceptions       	  3-5     1-32
PENALTIES-Yds        	 7-70     9-81
FUMBLES-Lost         	  2-2      1-0
TIME OF POSSESSION   	34:09    25:51

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

Denver--L.Russell 18-35, Elway 7-21, Milburn 5-8, Clark 2-5, Rivers 4-0.
San Diego--Means 19-100, Bieniemy 2-39, Jefferson 1-22, Hendrickson 1-3, Harmon 2-2.

PASSING

Denver--Elway 22-31-1-241.
San Diego--Humphries 17-33-3-142, Gilbert 2-6-0-20.

RECEIVING

Denver--Miller 7-51, Sharpe 6-121, L.Russell 4-33, Milburn 3-23, D.Russell 2-13.
San Diego--Harmon 8-69, Means 6-41, Martin 3-39, Seay 1-8, Jefferson 1-5.

TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS

Denver--Smith 6-1-0, Alexander 6-0-0, Crockett 6-0-0, Dronett 4-0-1, Mecklenburg 3-1-0, Washington 3-1-0, Jones 3-0-0, Atwater 1-2-0, Fletcher 2-0-0, Fuller 2-0-0, Hasselbach 2-0-0, Bradford 1-0-0, Hall 1-0-0, Harvey 1-0-0.

San Diego--Seau 16-3-1, Gordon 5-2-0, Griggs 6-0-0, Mims 6-0-1, L.Young 5-1-0, Harper 4-0-0, Carrington 2-1-0, Davis 2-0-0, O'Neal 2-0-1, Richard 2-0-0, Lee 1-1-0, Gibson 1-0-0, Vanhorse 1-0-0, White 1-0-0.

INTERCEPTIONS

Denver--Washington, Crockett, Smith.
San Diego--Carrington.

MISSED FIELD GOALS

Denver--Elam 49.

OFFICIALS--Referee Dick Hantak, Ump Bob Wagner, HL Earnie Frantz, LJ Lloyd McPeters, BJ Scott Steenson, SJ Nate Jones, FJ Kirk Dorman.

Time: 3:16.