Week 16, 1988

played in Atlanta, GA

59 degrees, fair, calm

Denver Broncos	3	0	0	7	-	10
Atlanta Falcons	7	0	0	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:00 ATL - Brian Kinchen 3 pass from Chris Chandler (Steve De Line extra point)
1Q: 01:59 DEN - Paul McFadden 30 field goal
4Q: 07:50 DEN - Kelvin Martin 14 pass from Jim Harbaugh (Paul McFadden extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:00 ATL - Brian Kinchen 3 pass from Chris Chandler (Steve De Line extra point)
1Q: 01:59 DEN - Paul McFadden 30 field goal
4Q: 07:50 DEN - Kelvin Martin 14 pass from Jim Harbaugh (Paul McFadden extra point)

Team Statistics DEN ATL
Record 7-8 1-14
First Downs 18 15
- by Rushing 9 3
- by Passing 8 12
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 286 329
- Offensive Plays 63 57
- Yards per Play 4.54 5.77
Net Rushing Yards 134 106
- Rushing Attempts 30 22
- Yards per Rush 4.47 4.82
Net Passing Yards 152 223
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 20 - 0 34 - 18 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 152 231
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 1/8
- Yards per Pass Play 4.61 6.37
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 7/16 6/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.5 5.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 5/45 5/40
Punt Returns/Yards 2/3 2/9
Kick Returns/Yards 1/22 2/34
Interception Ret./Yards 2/15 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 22
Time of Possession 33:19 26:41

Team Statistics	DEN	ATL
Record	7-8	1-14
First Downs	18	15
- by Rushing	9	3
- by Passing	8	12
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	286	329
- Offensive Plays	63	57
- Yards per Play	4.54	5.77
Net Rushing Yards	134	106
- Rushing Attempts	30	22
- Yards per Rush	4.47	4.82
Net Passing Yards	152	223
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 20 - 0	34 - 18 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	152	231
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	1/8
- Yards per Pass Play	4.61	6.37
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	7/16	6/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.5	5.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	5/45	5/40
Punt Returns/Yards	2/3	2/9
Kick Returns/Yards	1/22	2/34
Interception Ret./Yards	2/15	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 22
Time of Possession	33:19	26:41

Drive Charts

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:54	OWN 26	3	0	Punt
1	12:25	3:00	OWN 37	6	30	Missed FG
1	6:52	4:58	OWN 19	8	68	Field Goal
2	14:07	6:56	OWN 6	12	43	Punt
2	2:37	1:32	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
3	11:42	6:23	OWN 19	9	39	Punt
4	15:00	0:29	OWN 44	3	0	Punt
4	12:02	4:21	OWN 36	10	64	Touchdown
4	6:03	3:34	OWN 11	6	18	Punt
4	1:49	1:15	OPP 36	3	3	Missed FG

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:06	1:41	OWN 19	3	2	Punt
1	9:25	2:33	OWN 40	5	60	Touchdown
1	1:54	2:47	OWN 20	5	25	Punt
2	7:11	4:34	OWN 20	8	63	Interception
2	1:05	1:05	OWN 16	4	45	Half
3	15:00	3:18	OWN 27	5	21	Punt
3	5:19	5:19	OWN 4	11	61	Interception
4	14:31	2:29	OWN 6	6	10	Punt
4	7:41	1:38	OWN 19	3	3	Punt
4	2:29	0:40	OWN 31	4	5	Downs
4	0:34	0:34	OWN 40	3	14	Game

Game MVP: Jim Harbaugh, Denver Broncos

Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
George Wonsley	19	96	5.05	14	4	0
Rod Bernstine	11	38	3.45	12	1	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Thurman Thomas	12	74	6.17	35	2
Jamie Mueller	9	30	3.33	6	0
Chris Chandler	1	2	2.00	2	0

Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jim Harbaugh	33	20	152	0/0	1	29	0	81.9

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Chris Chandler	34	18	231	1/8	1	45	2	59.8

Receiving Statistics

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Kelvin Martin	7	8	56	8.00	24	29	1
RB Rod Bernstine	5	6	29	5.80	12	11	0
WR Hassan Jones	3	4	16	5.33	3	15	0
WR Eugene Goodlow	2	3	30	15.00	9	16	0
WR Ronnie Harmon	2	5	10	5.00	2	11	0
TE Ken Griffey	1	4	11	11.00	1	11	0
FB Tom Rathman	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Ferrell Edmunds	5	6	51	10.20	14	18	0
WR Glen Kozlowski	4	8	46	11.50	5	15	0
WR Kelvin Edwards	2	6	38	19.00	11	29	0
WR Dwight Stone	2	5	56	28.00	27	45	0
WR Flip Johnson	2	4	18	9.00	2	12	0
RB Thurman Thomas	2	2	19	9.50	5	11	0
TE Brian Kinchen	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	1
RB Jamie Mueller	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Larry McGrew	1	15	15.00	0
S Thomas Everett	1	0	0.00	0

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Denver	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Johnny Meads	0	0	1	0

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Chris Chandler	1	0	0	0
Bill Monger	0	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Harry Newsome	6	294	49.0	44.2	57	3

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Sean Landeta	5	234	46.8	46.2	59	3

Kicking Statistics

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Paul McFadden	1/3	0/2	0/2	30	1/1

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Steve De Line	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Duriel Harris	2	3	1.5	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jarvis Williams	2	9	4.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Duriel Harris	1	22	22.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kelvin Edwards	2	34	17.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Thomas Everett	8	1	0.0	20	34
ILB Rick Dennison	5	2	0.0	17	22
OLB Johnny Meads	3	1	1.0	16	22
ILB Pat Swilling	3	2	0.0	15	21
CB Tim McKyer	3	1	0.0	14	24
CB David Hollis	3	0	0.0	7	22
CB Mark Lee	2	0	0.0	12	20
CB Reuben Hendeson	2	0	0.0	3	13
S Alvin Walton	2	0	0.0	16	25
OLB Winston Moss	2	0	0.0	4	7
DT Mike Perko	1	2	0.0	16	21
DE Earl Wilson	1	2	0.0	20	22
CB Richard Johnson	1	1	0.0	19	23
DE Aaron Jones	1	1	0.0	15	24
DE Leonard Griffin	1	0	0.0	0	3
DT Jon Hand	1	0	0.0	14	24
DT Scott Kellar	1	0	0.0	14	23

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Terry Wright	8	0	0.0	17	25
OLB Scott Burman	5	1	0.0	20	22
OLB Brett Faryniarz	5	1	0.0	27	30
S Rickey Dixon	5	0	0.0	26	28
CB Jarvis Williams	5	0	0.0	27	31
ILB Hardy Nickerson	3	2	0.0	13	11
DE Curtis Maxie	3	1	0.0	17	20
OLB Alex Moyer	3	0	0.0	16	8
ILB Don Graham	2	0	0.0	10	11
CB Quintin Jones	2	0	0.0	17	18
S Rich Johnson	2	0	0.0	10	16
CB Brian Marvin	1	2	0.0	22	26
DE Steve Hamilton	1	0	0.0	23	13
DE Reggie Rogers	1	0	0.0	8	20
OLB Ken Rose	1	0	0.0	7	10
DT Mickey Mestnik	1	0	0.0	18	20
QB Chris Chandler	1	0	---	---	---
TE Brian Kinchen	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Tom Hughes	1	0	0.0	3	5
DT Deangelo Hall	0	1	0.0	13	13

Pass Rush Statistics

Denver	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Johnny Meads	1.0	0	0	0	22
ILB Rick Dennison	0.0	1	0	0	22
DE Earl Wilson	0.0	0	2	0	22
DT Jon Hand	0.0	0	2	0	24
CB Richard Johnson	0.0	0	0	1	23

Atlanta	Hurry	PPlay
DE Don Fielder	1	13
DT Mickey Mestnik	1	20
OLB Brett Faryniarz	1	30

Pass Defense Statistics

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Thomas Everett	3	1	1	34
ILB Rick Dennison	3	1	0	22
CB Reuben Hendeson	2	1	0	13
CB Mark Lee	2	0	0	20
CB David Hollis	2	0	0	22
CB Tim McKyer	1	1	0	24
DE Leonard Griffin	1	0	0	3
ILB Pat Swilling	1	0	0	21
S Alvin Walton	1	0	0	25
OLB Winston Moss	1	0	0	7
DE Aaron Jones	1	0	0	24
CB Richard Johnson	0	1	0	23
OLB Henry Rolling	0	1	0	2
ILB Larry McGrew	0	0	1	10

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Scott Burman	4	0	22
CB Quintin Jones	3	1	18
S Terry Wright	2	0	25
OLB Brett Faryniarz	2	0	30
CB Jarvis Williams	2	0	31
ILB Don Graham	1	1	11
S Rickey Dixon	1	1	28
OLB Alex Moyer	1	0	8
ILB Hardy Nickerson	1	0	11
DE Reggie Rogers	1	0	20
S Rich Johnson	1	0	16
OLB Tom Hughes	1	0	5
CB Reggie Sutton	0	1	23

Blocking Statistics

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Doug Riesenberg	4	4	1	27	32
Ken Ruettgers	3	6	0	25	31
Joe Milinchik	2	4	0	27	29
Bill Fralic	1	8	0	28	32
Ellison Onizuka	1	5	0	25	25
Dan Rosado	0	2	0	5	2
Jerry Bell	0	1	0	16	14

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Houston Hoover	2	5	17	0	30
Jeff Criswell	1	3	22	0	35
Ickey Woods	1	2	8	0	15
Gerald Bennett	1	1	7	0	13
Bill Monger	0	7	22	0	35
Don Panos	0	2	14	1	25
Bob Olderman	0	1	13	0	15

Special Teams Tackles

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Duriel Harris	2	17
David Hollis	1	11
Thomas Everett	1	3

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Glen Kozlowski	1	12
Thurman Thomas	1	7
Don Panos	1	5

Participation

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bill Fralic	28	32	---	---	8	68
Jim Harbaugh	30	33	---	---	---	63
Doug Riesenberg	27	32	---	---	---	59
Ellison Onizuka	25	25	---	---	9	59
Thomas Everett	---	---	20	34	3	57
Ken Ruettgers	25	31	---	---	---	56
Joe Milinchik	27	29	---	---	---	56
Kelvin Martin	24	23	---	---	6	53
Ken Griffey	19	25	---	---	7	51
Ronnie Harmon	20	24	---	---	6	50
Tom Rathman	18	20	---	---	10	48
Alvin Walton	---	---	16	25	5	46
Jerry Bell	16	14	---	---	13	43
Richard Johnson	---	---	19	23	1	43
Earl Wilson	---	---	20	22	---	42
Rick Dennison	---	---	17	22	2	41
Mike Perko	---	---	16	21	3	40
Johnny Meads	---	---	16	22	2	40
David Hollis	---	---	7	22	11	40
Rod Bernstine	11	25	---	---	3	39
Aaron Jones	---	---	15	24	---	39
Jon Hand	---	---	14	24	---	38
Tim McKyer	---	---	14	24	---	38
Scott Kellar	---	---	14	23	---	37
Pat Swilling	---	---	15	21	1	37
George Wonsley	19	8	---	---	8	35
Mark Lee	---	---	12	20	2	34
Marion Barber	5	3	---	---	18	26
Hassan Jones	14	12	---	---	---	26
Kani Kauahi	7	9	---	---	8	24
Lorenzo Freeman	---	---	8	15	1	24
Reuben Hendeson	---	---	3	13	7	23
Winston Moss	---	---	4	7	11	22
Larry McGrew	---	---	5	10	5	20
Duriel Harris	0	2	---	---	17	19
Brad Edelman	3	4	---	---	9	16
Edwin Bailey	3	1	---	---	9	13
Eugene Goodlow	4	9	---	---	---	13
Odie Harris	---	---	5	8	---	13
Harry Newsome	0	0	---	---	9	9
Dan Rosado	5	2	---	---	2	9
Leonard Griffin	---	---	0	3	5	8
Paul McFadden	0	0	---	---	6	6
Henry Rolling	---	---	2	2	2	6
Jim Everett	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	---	---	0	0	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Rickey Dixon	---	---	26	28	15	69
Jarvis Williams	---	---	27	31	7	65
Jeff Criswell	22	35	---	---	5	62
Brett Faryniarz	---	---	27	30	3	60
Chris Chandler	22	35	---	---	---	57
Bill Monger	22	35	---	---	---	57
Brian Marvin	---	---	22	26	7	55
Terry Wright	---	---	17	25	8	50
Houston Hoover	17	30	---	---	3	50
Scott Burman	---	---	20	22	7	49
Dwight Stone	19	26	---	---	3	48
Glen Kozlowski	11	24	---	---	12	47
Reggie Sutton	---	---	23	23	1	47
Don Panos	14	25	---	---	5	44
Ferrell Edmunds	16	28	---	---	---	44
Kelvin Edwards	14	22	---	---	7	43
Steve Hamilton	---	---	23	13	6	42
Jamie Mueller	9	21	---	---	10	40
Curtis Maxie	---	---	17	20	2	39
Mickey Mestnik	---	---	18	20	---	38
Wesly Whitehead	15	22	---	---	---	37
Quintin Jones	---	---	17	18	1	36
Don Fielder	---	---	13	13	9	35
Ken Rose	---	---	7	10	17	34
Thurman Thomas	13	14	---	---	7	34
Bob Olderman	13	15	---	---	5	33
Rich Johnson	---	---	10	16	6	32
Reggie Rogers	---	---	8	20	1	29
Flip Johnson	9	12	---	---	8	29
Deangelo Hall	---	---	13	13	3	29
Hardy Nickerson	---	---	13	11	3	27
Ickey Woods	8	15	---	---	4	27
Alex Moyer	---	---	16	8	1	25
Don Graham	---	---	10	11	1	22
Gerald Bennett	7	13	---	---	2	22
Derek Tennell	5	6	---	---	9	20
Brian Kinchen	6	7	---	---	5	18
Thornton Chandler	0	0	---	---	10	10
Brock Turk	0	0	---	---	9	9
Tom Hughes	---	---	3	5	---	8
Sean Landeta	0	0	---	---	5	5
Steve De Line	0	0	---	---	2	2
Jeff Kemp	0	0	---	---	---	0
Sean Salisbury	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	26	3.3
Middle	2	5	2.5
Right	20	103	5.2
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	29	5.8
Middle	8	55	6.9
Right	9	22	2.4
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jim Harbaugh	33	20	1	2	4	4	3	0	0

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Chris Chandler	34	18	2	0	3	6	4	1	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	11	9	19	1.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	6	51	5.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	4	53	6.6
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	29	5.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	9	92	7.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	7	95	7.3
Long (19+ Yds)	7	2	44	6.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Kelvin Martin	8	7	1	56	1	23
RB Rod Bernstine	6	5	0	29	0	25
WR Ronnie Harmon	5	2	0	10	0	24
WR Hassan Jones	4	3	0	16	0	12
TE Ken Griffey	4	1	0	11	0	25
WR Eugene Goodlow	3	2	1	30	0	9
FB Tom Rathman	3	0	2	0	0	20

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Glen Kozlowski	8	4	1	46	0	24
WR Kelvin Edwards	6	2	1	38	1	22
TE Ferrell Edmunds	6	5	0	51	0	28
WR Dwight Stone	5	2	1	56	1	26
WR Flip Johnson	4	2	0	18	0	12
TE Brian Kinchen	2	1	0	3	0	7
RB Thurman Thomas	2	2	0	19	0	14
RB Jamie Mueller	1	0	0	0	0	21

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Rod Bernstine	2	0	0.00	3.45

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jim Harbaugh	4	2	21	5.25	4.61

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Chris Chandler	3	2	12	4.00	6.79

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Rod Bernstine	2	1	7	3.50	4.83
WR Kelvin Martin	1	1	14	14.00	7.00
TE Ken Griffey	1	0	0	0.00	2.75

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Glen Kozlowski	2	1	9	4.50	5.75
TE Brian Kinchen	1	1	3	3.00	1.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
George Wonsley	4	2
Rod Bernstine	4	3

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Jamie Mueller	2	1
Thurman Thomas	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jim Harbaugh	8	3	2

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Chris Chandler	9	5	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
FB Tom Rathman	3	0	0
WR Kelvin Martin	2	2	1
WR Eugene Goodlow	1	1	1
WR Hassan Jones	1	0	0
RB Rod Bernstine	1	0	0

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Glen Kozlowski	3	2	2
TE Brian Kinchen	2	1	1
WR Kelvin Edwards	1	0	0
WR Dwight Stone	1	0	0
TE Ferrell Edmunds	1	1	1
WR Flip Johnson	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 66,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,500 (17,100)
End Zone 12,000 (12,400)
Mezzanine 6,800 (7,100)
Sideline Seats 10,500 (10,900)
Club Seats 14,500 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes 6,500 (7,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	66,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,500 (17,100)
End Zone	12,000 (12,400)
Mezzanine	6,800 (7,100)
Sideline Seats	10,500 (10,900)
Club Seats	14,500 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes	6,500 (7,500)