Week 6, 1989

played in Denver, CO

73 degrees, fair, 5 mph wind

Houston Titans	10	7	10	3	-	30
Denver Broncos	0	14	3	0	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:32 HOU - Norm Johnson 34 field goal
1Q: 05:06 HOU - Henry Ellard 9 pass from Neil Lomax (Norm Johnson extra point)
2Q: 12:08 DEN - Tom Rathman 1 pass from Jim Harbaugh (Paul McFadden extra point)
2Q: 07:31 DEN - Rod Bernstine 5 run (Paul McFadden extra point)
2Q: 03:43 HOU - Louis Lipps 12 pass from Neil Lomax (Norm Johnson extra point)
3Q: 10:10 DEN - Paul McFadden 46 field goal
3Q: 05:38 HOU - Herschel Walker 2 run (Norm Johnson extra point)
3Q: 00:01 HOU - Norm Johnson 47 field goal
4Q: 08:39 HOU - Norm Johnson 23 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:32 HOU - Norm Johnson 34 field goal
1Q: 05:06 HOU - Henry Ellard 9 pass from Neil Lomax (Norm Johnson extra point)
2Q: 12:08 DEN - Tom Rathman 1 pass from Jim Harbaugh (Paul McFadden extra point)
2Q: 07:31 DEN - Rod Bernstine 5 run (Paul McFadden extra point)
2Q: 03:43 HOU - Louis Lipps 12 pass from Neil Lomax (Norm Johnson extra point)
3Q: 10:10 DEN - Paul McFadden 46 field goal
3Q: 05:38 HOU - Herschel Walker 2 run (Norm Johnson extra point)
3Q: 00:01 HOU - Norm Johnson 47 field goal
4Q: 08:39 HOU - Norm Johnson 23 field goal

Team Statistics HOU DEN
Record 4-1 0-5
First Downs 22 18
- by Rushing 4 3
- by Passing 17 13
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 419 330
- Offensive Plays 70 61
- Yards per Play 5.99 5.41
Net Rushing Yards 96 49
- Rushing Attempts 29 15
- Yards per Rush 3.31 3.27
Net Passing Yards 323 281
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 39 - 25 - 0 43 - 23 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 335 300
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/12 3/19
- Yards per Pass Play 7.88 6.11
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 7/15 4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.7 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/3
Penalties/Yards 4/20 3/25
Punt Returns/Yards 4/38 2/5
Kick Returns/Yards 4/69 7/153
Interception Ret./Yards 2/9 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/2 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 25
Time of Possession 34:46 25:14

Team Statistics	HOU	DEN
Record	4-1	0-5
First Downs	22	18
- by Rushing	4	3
- by Passing	17	13
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	419	330
- Offensive Plays	70	61
- Yards per Play	5.99	5.41
Net Rushing Yards	96	49
- Rushing Attempts	29	15
- Yards per Rush	3.31	3.27
Net Passing Yards	323	281
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	39 - 25 - 0	43 - 23 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	335	300
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/12	3/19
- Yards per Pass Play	7.88	6.11
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	7/15	4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.7	7.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/3
Penalties/Yards	4/20	3/25
Punt Returns/Yards	4/38	2/5
Kick Returns/Yards	4/69	7/153
Interception Ret./Yards	2/9	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/2	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 25
Time of Possession	34:46	25:14

Drive Charts

Houston Titans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:35	OWN 25	7	58	Field Goal
1	9:39	4:40	OWN 29	9	71	Touchdown
1	2:15	2:15	OWN 23	4	22	Punt
2	12:00	2:46	OWN 19	3	6	Punt
2	7:23	3:48	OWN 26	9	74	Touchdown
2	2:03	1:16	OWN 1	5	40	Punt
2	0:12	0:12	OWN 35	2	5	Half
3	9:42	2:14	OWN 31	3	5	Punt
3	7:17	1:49	OPP 20	4	20	Touchdown
3	2:16	2:16	OWN 22	7	48	Field Goal
4	12:38	4:06	OPP 47	9	41	Field Goal
4	6:14	3:59	OWN 11	8	35	Punt
4	0:04	0:04	OWN 41	1	-1	Game

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:25	1:46	OWN 27	3	9	Punt
1	4:59	2:44	OWN 33	3	0	Punt
2	15:00	3:00	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
2	9:14	1:51	OWN 34	4	66	Touchdown
2	3:35	1:32	OWN 31	3	9	Punt
2	0:47	0:35	OWN 26	3	1	Punt
3	15:00	4:55	OWN 44	10	27	Field Goal
3	7:28	0:11	OWN 19	1	0	Interception
3	5:28	3:12	OWN 16	4	17	Punt
4	15:00	2:22	OWN 19	4	18	Interception
4	8:32	2:18	OWN 29	8	60	Downs
4	2:15	2:11	OWN 11	11	48	Downs

Game MVP: Neil Lomax, Houston Titans

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Herschel Walker	19	76	4.00	12	2	1
Marc Logan	5	19	3.80	5	0	0
Neil Lomax	2	1	0.50	2	0	0
Jewerl Thomas	1	-3	-3.00	-3	0	0
Jessie Clark	1	1	1.00	1	0	0
Henry Ellard	1	2	2.00	2	0	0

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Rod Bernstine	9	31	3.44	6	0	1
George Wonsley	5	16	3.20	11	1	0
Jim Harbaugh	1	2	2.00	2	0	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Neil Lomax	39	25	335	2/12	2	35	0	108.3

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jim Harbaugh	43	23	300	3/19	1	43	2	64.0

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Henry Ellard	10	13	144	14.40	65	34	1
WR Louis Lipps	7	10	88	12.57	27	35	1
TE Pat Beach	3	4	33	11.00	7	15	0
WR Haywood Jeffires	3	6	56	18.67	6	24	0
WR Brian Brennan	1	4	3	3.00	0	3	0
TE Keith McKeller	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
FB Jewerl Thomas	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Hassan Jones	6	11	140	23.33	50	43	0
WR Kelvin Martin	6	10	85	14.17	16	29	0
WR Ronnie Harmon	3	8	44	14.67	11	16	0
WR Anderson Cooper	3	6	13	4.33	5	5	0
RB Rod Bernstine	2	3	9	4.50	0	6	0
RB George Wonsley	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
FB Tom Rathman	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	1
RB Jamie Morris	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Pepper Johnson	1	4	4.00	0
CB James Hasty	1	5	5.00	0

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Neil Lomax	1	1	0	0

Denver	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Jon Hand	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brian Hansen	5	202	40.4	39.4	45	3

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Harry Newsome	5	259	51.8	44.2	59	4

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Norm Johnson	3/3	1/1	0/0	47	3/3

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Paul McFadden	1/1	1/1	0/0	46	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mike Friede	4	38	9.5	0

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jeff Query	2	5	2.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mike Friede	3	49	16.3	0
Darryl Clack	1	20	20.0	0

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
George Wonsley	5	119	23.8	0
Ronnie Harmon	2	34	17.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Pepper Johnson	6	1	1.0	13	41
S David Greenwood	5	1	0.0	12	40
OLB Simon Fletcher	3	1	1.0	14	39
DE Jim Jeffcoat	3	0	1.0	9	33
DE Dexter Manley	3	3	0.0	10	29
CB James Hasty	3	1	0.0	10	34
ILB Riki Ellison	3	0	0.0	6	22
S Lloyd Burrus	2	1	0.0	14	30
CB Mickey Sutton	2	1	0.0	8	33
OLB Rich Dixon	2	0	0.0	3	12
CB Mike Richardson	2	0	0.0	13	39
DT Mike Golic	1	1	0.0	12	41
S Mike Lush	1	1	0.0	5	10
S Kirk Springs	1	0	0.0	8	28
CB Don Anderson	1	0	0.0	9	20
ILB Eric Hill	1	0	0.0	2	6
DT San Sileo	0	1	0.0	2	7

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Larry McGrew	7	1	0.0	15	19
S Alvin Walton	6	0	0.0	22	35
DT Jon Hand	4	2	1.0	24	32
OLB Johnny Meads	4	1	1.0	21	34
S Thomas Everett	4	2	0.0	25	40
ILB Sam Mills	4	1	0.0	21	32
CB Tim McKyer	3	1	0.0	24	36
ILB Mark Brown	3	0	0.0	8	9
OLB Winston Moss	3	0	0.0	18	24
DE Glenn Jacobs	3	0	0.0	19	21
CB Reuben Hendeson	2	2	0.0	21	28
DT Scott Kellar	2	1	0.0	5	9
S Myron Guyton	2	1	0.0	19	24
WR Anderson Cooper	2	0	---	---	---
OLB Bret Michaels	1	3	0.0	21	20
DE Aaron Jones	1	1	0.0	17	27
CB Darryl Henley	1	1	0.0	16	26
DE Markus Koch	1	0	0.0	10	20

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Simon Fletcher	1.0	2	39
DE Jim Jeffcoat	1.0	0	33
ILB Pepper Johnson	1.0	0	41
DT Mike Golic	0.0	1	41
DT San Sileo	0.0	1	7

Denver	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Jon Hand	1.0	0	1	32
OLB Johnny Meads	1.0	0	0	34
CB Tim McKyer	0.0	1	0	36
OLB Bret Michaels	0.0	1	0	20

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Pepper Johnson	4	0	1	41
CB James Hasty	3	3	1	34
S David Greenwood	3	0	0	40
CB Mike Richardson	2	1	0	39
OLB Rich Dixon	2	0	0	12
ILB Riki Ellison	1	1	0	22
CB Don Anderson	1	1	0	20
S Lloyd Burrus	1	0	0	30
DE Dexter Manley	1	0	0	29
S Kirk Springs	1	0	0	28
OLB Simon Fletcher	1	0	0	39
S Mike Lush	1	0	0	10
CB Mickey Sutton	1	0	0	33
ILB Eric Hill	1	0	0	6

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Alvin Walton	7	1	35
ILB Larry McGrew	4	0	19
CB Tim McKyer	3	1	36
ILB Sam Mills	3	0	32
S Thomas Everett	3	0	40
S Myron Guyton	1	1	24
CB Reuben Hendeson	1	0	28
ILB Mark Brown	1	0	9
OLB Johnny Meads	1	0	34
OLB Winston Moss	1	0	24
OLB Bret Michaels	0	1	20

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
John Alt	2	4	24	0	37
Jeff Bostic	1	6	23	0	36
Dennis McKnight	1	5	28	0	38
Ralph Williams	1	3	17	1	14
Rob Taylor	1	1	21	1	36
Dave Studdard	0	3	12	0	9
George Lilja	0	3	20	0	35
Jewerl Thomas	0	1	12	0	13
Pat Beach	0	1	18	0	20
Keith McKeller	0	1	8	0	14

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Ken Ruettgers	1	3	1	14	0	42
Dan Rosado	1	3	0	8	1	22
Ken Dallafior	1	2	0	10	1	37
Ellison Onizuka	1	2	0	15	0	42
Brad Edelman	0	2	0	12	0	37
Doug Riesenberg	0	1	0	15	1	43
Tom Rathman	0	1	0	9	0	24

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Don Anderson	3	15
KD Dunn	2	19
Pat Beach	1	19
Darryl Clack	1	19
Kirk Springs	1	13
Jessie Clark	1	3

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Jeff Query	2	22
George Wonsley	2	21
Myron Guyton	1	18
Larry McGrew	1	14
Ronnie Lee	1	6
Ellison Onizuka	1	6

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dennis McKnight	28	38	---	---	8	74
Neil Lomax	29	41	---	---	---	70
Jeff Bostic	23	36	---	---	8	67
George Lilja	20	35	---	---	8	63
Henry Ellard	26	37	---	---	---	63
John Alt	24	37	---	---	---	61
Louis Lipps	23	37	---	---	---	60
Pat Beach	18	20	---	---	19	57
Rob Taylor	21	36	---	---	---	57
Pepper Johnson	---	---	13	41	2	56
Mike Richardson	---	---	13	39	2	54
Simon Fletcher	---	---	14	39	1	54
Mike Golic	---	---	12	41	1	54
David Greenwood	---	---	12	40	---	52
Herschel Walker	20	30	---	---	1	51
Kirk Springs	---	---	8	28	13	49
Lloyd Burrus	---	---	14	30	3	47
James Hasty	---	---	10	34	1	45
Don Anderson	---	---	9	20	15	44
Mickey Sutton	---	---	8	33	2	43
Jim Jeffcoat	---	---	9	33	---	42
Jewerl Thomas	12	13	---	---	16	41
Dexter Manley	---	---	10	29	1	40
Haywood Jeffires	12	19	---	---	9	40
Ralph Williams	17	14	---	---	8	39
Robert Smith	---	---	9	23	6	38
Riki Ellison	---	---	6	22	4	32
Dave Studdard	12	9	---	---	8	29
Keith McKeller	8	14	---	---	5	27
Brian Brennan	6	8	---	---	11	25
Jessie Clark	7	14	---	---	3	24
Mike Lush	---	---	5	10	9	24
KD Dunn	3	1	---	---	19	23
Eric Hill	---	---	2	6	14	22
Mike Friede	1	1	---	---	19	21
Marc Logan	9	11	---	---	1	21
Rich Dixon	---	---	3	12	4	19
Darryl Clack	0	0	---	---	19	19
Jamie Kimmel	---	---	3	11	1	15
Bill Acker	---	---	3	6	5	14
Randy McClanahan	---	---	0	2	11	13
Norm Johnson	0	0	---	---	10	10
San Sileo	---	---	2	7	---	9
Brian Hansen	0	0	---	---	8	8
John Witkowski	0	0	---	---	---	0
Mike Elkins	0	0	---	---	---	0

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Alvin Walton	---	---	22	35	13	70
Thomas Everett	---	---	25	40	2	67
Ellison Onizuka	15	42	---	---	6	63
Tim McKyer	---	---	24	36	2	62
Jim Harbaugh	15	46	---	---	---	61
Myron Guyton	---	---	19	24	18	61
Jon Hand	---	---	24	32	3	59
Doug Riesenberg	15	43	---	---	---	58
Johnny Meads	---	---	21	34	2	57
Ken Ruettgers	14	42	---	---	---	56
Sam Mills	---	---	21	32	3	56
Darryl Henley	---	---	16	26	12	54
Ken Dallafior	10	37	---	---	6	53
Reuben Hendeson	---	---	21	28	3	52
Brad Edelman	12	37	---	---	3	52
Ronnie Harmon	9	25	---	---	15	49
Larry McGrew	---	---	15	19	14	48
Ken Griffey	10	32	---	---	6	48
Aaron Jones	---	---	17	27	4	48
George Wonsley	5	20	---	---	21	46
Winston Moss	---	---	18	24	4	46
Tom Rathman	9	24	---	---	11	44
Glenn Jacobs	---	---	19	21	3	43
Bret Michaels	---	---	21	20	2	43
Rod Bernstine	10	26	---	---	6	42
Frank Thomas	5	21	---	---	16	42
Kelvin Martin	8	26	---	---	3	37
Hassan Jones	8	28	---	---	---	36
Markus Koch	---	---	10	20	4	34
Anderson Cooper	7	17	---	---	10	34
Dan Rosado	8	22	---	---	3	33
Earl Wilson	---	---	12	14	5	31
Jeff Query	2	2	---	---	22	26
Jamie Morris	2	9	---	---	14	25
Mark Brown	---	---	8	9	7	24
Scott Kellar	---	---	5	9	2	16
Ronnie Lee	1	4	---	---	6	11
Kelly Thomas	0	3	---	---	6	9
Harry Newsome	0	0	---	---	6	6
Alvin Wright	---	---	1	1	4	6
Paul McFadden	0	0	---	---	5	5
Leonard Griffin	---	---	0	0	3	3
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0
Hank Ilesic	0	0	---	---	---	0
Dean Floyd	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	41	3.4
Middle	6	28	4.7
Right	10	28	2.8
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	16	4.0
Middle	1	2	2.0
Right	10	31	3.1
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Neil Lomax	39	25	5	4	3	4	1	0	0

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jim Harbaugh	43	23	5	5	1	6	4	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	23	15	168	7.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	9	143	11.0
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	24	8.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	12	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	9	95	6.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	8	103	6.4
Long (19+ Yds)	8	3	90	11.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Henry Ellard	13	10	1	144	3	37
WR Louis Lipps	10	7	0	88	1	37
WR Haywood Jeffires	6	3	0	56	1	19
TE Pat Beach	4	3	0	33	0	20
WR Brian Brennan	4	1	2	3	0	8
FB Jewerl Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	13
TE Keith McKeller	1	1	0	11	0	14

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Hassan Jones	11	6	1	140	4	28
WR Kelvin Martin	10	6	0	85	1	26
WR Ronnie Harmon	8	3	0	44	0	25
WR Anderson Cooper	6	3	0	13	0	17
RB Rod Bernstine	3	2	0	9	0	26
RB George Wonsley	1	1	0	6	0	20
FB Tom Rathman	1	1	0	1	0	24
RB Jamie Morris	1	1	0	2	0	9

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Herschel Walker	5	9	1.80	4.00
Jewerl Thomas	1	-3	-3.00	-3.00

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
George Wonsley	1	3	3.00	3.20
Rod Bernstine	1	5	5.00	3.44

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Neil Lomax	12	5	50	4.17	8.59

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jim Harbaugh	6	2	16	2.67	6.98

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Henry Ellard	4	1	9	2.25	11.08
WR Louis Lipps	4	2	15	3.75	8.80
TE Pat Beach	2	1	15	7.50	8.25
WR Haywood Jeffires	1	0	0	0.00	9.33
TE Keith McKeller	1	1	11	11.00	11.00

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Ronnie Harmon	2	1	15	7.50	5.50
WR Hassan Jones	1	0	0	0.00	12.73
FB Tom Rathman	1	1	1	1.00	1.00
RB Rod Bernstine	1	0	0	0.00	3.00
WR Kelvin Martin	1	0	0	0.00	8.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Herschel Walker	4	1
Marc Logan	2	0
Jewerl Thomas	1	0

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
Rod Bernstine	2	1
George Wonsley	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Neil Lomax	8	6	6

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jim Harbaugh	10	5	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Louis Lipps	5	4	4
WR Henry Ellard	2	2	2
TE Pat Beach	1	0	0

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Hassan Jones	4	2	2
WR Ronnie Harmon	1	0	0
FB Tom Rathman	1	1	1
RB Rod Bernstine	1	1	0
WR Kelvin Martin	1	0	0
RB Jamie Morris	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 47,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,700 (21,400)
End Zone 10,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 9,100 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 1,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	47,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,700 (21,400)
End Zone	10,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	9,100 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	1,200 (3,300)