Week 13, 1991

played in Buffalo, NY

29 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Denver Broncos	7	0	14	7	-	28
Buffalo Bills	0	3	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:40 DEN - Frank Thomas 68 pass from John Elway (Hank Ilesic extra point)
2Q: 05:21 BUF - Fuad Reveiz 19 field goal
3Q: 05:11 DEN - Steve Tasker 91 punt return (Hank Ilesic extra point)
3Q: 01:13 DEN - Emmitt Smith 41 run (Hank Ilesic extra point)
4Q: 03:50 DEN - Emmitt Smith 1 run (Hank Ilesic extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:40 DEN - Frank Thomas 68 pass from John Elway (Hank Ilesic extra point)
2Q: 05:21 BUF - Fuad Reveiz 19 field goal
3Q: 05:11 DEN - Steve Tasker 91 punt return (Hank Ilesic extra point)
3Q: 01:13 DEN - Emmitt Smith 41 run (Hank Ilesic extra point)
4Q: 03:50 DEN - Emmitt Smith 1 run (Hank Ilesic extra point)

Team Statistics DEN BUF
Record 10-2 3-9
First Downs 11 22
- by Rushing 6 5
- by Passing 5 15
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 280 316
- Offensive Plays 48 90
- Yards per Play 5.83 3.51
Net Rushing Yards 129 73
- Rushing Attempts 28 27
- Yards per Rush 4.61 2.70
Net Passing Yards 151 243
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 18 - 10 - 0 62 - 26 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 166 251
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/15 1/8
- Yards per Pass Play 7.55 3.86
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 1/10 7/21
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 10.1 7.8
4th Down Conversions 0/1 1/4
Penalties/Yards 2/30 5/42
Punt Returns/Yards 6/134 1/0
Kick Returns/Yards 1/16 5/92
Interception Ret./Yards 2/45 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 24
Time of Possession 23:50 36:10

Team Statistics	DEN	BUF
Record	10-2	3-9
First Downs	11	22
- by Rushing	6	5
- by Passing	5	15
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	280	316
- Offensive Plays	48	90
- Yards per Play	5.83	3.51
Net Rushing Yards	129	73
- Rushing Attempts	28	27
- Yards per Rush	4.61	2.70
Net Passing Yards	151	243
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	18 - 10 - 0	62 - 26 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	166	251
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/15	1/8
- Yards per Pass Play	7.55	3.86
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	1/10	7/21
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	10.1	7.8
4th Down Conversions	0/1	1/4
Penalties/Yards	2/30	5/42
Punt Returns/Yards	6/134	1/0
Kick Returns/Yards	1/16	5/92
Interception Ret./Yards	2/45	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 35	OWN 24
Time of Possession	23:50	36:10

Drive Charts

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:34	OWN 32	1	68	Touchdown
1	12:03	2:47	OWN 34	4	15	Punt
1	3:28	2:09	OWN 23	5	20	Punt
2	12:59	1:27	OWN 13	5	11	Punt
2	5:15	3:20	OWN 20	8	37	Punt
2	0:11	0:11	OWN 47	2	7	Half
3	13:42	2:11	OWN 16	4	14	Punt
3	8:28	1:00	OWN 3	3	0	Punt
3	2:43	1:46	OWN 26	3	74	Touchdown
4	10:37	2:39	OWN 48	5	13	Downs
4	6:50	2:15	OWN 43	3	8	Punt
4	3:59	0:18	OPP 5	2	5	Touchdown
4	2:33	1:26	OPP 43	3	8	Missed FG

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:26	2:23	OWN 23	3	7	Punt
1	9:16	5:48	OWN 3	14	56	Punt
1	1:19	3:20	OWN 7	7	23	Punt
2	11:32	6:17	OWN 38	12	60	Field Goal
2	1:55	1:44	OWN 20	5	23	Interception
3	15:00	1:18	OWN 37	3	2	Punt
3	11:31	3:03	OWN 14	8	32	Punt
3	7:28	2:25	OWN 36	6	12	Punt
3	5:03	2:20	OWN 27	3	7	Punt
3	0:57	5:20	OWN 28	11	56	Interception
4	7:58	1:08	OWN 39	9	18	Downs
4	4:35	0:36	OWN 5	4	0	Downs
4	3:41	1:08	OWN 17	3	2	Punt
4	1:07	1:07	OWN 42	4	23	Game

Game MVP: Emmitt Smith, Denver Broncos

Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Emmitt Smith	23	124	5.39	41	5	2
Kelvin Bryant	5	5	1.00	8	0	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Gary Anderson	12	41	3.42	11	2
Mike Pringle	11	24	2.18	9	0
Troy Aikman	3	8	2.67	3	0
Larry Moriarty	1	0	0.00	0	0

Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
John Elway	15	7	156	2/15	1	68	0	106.5
Dean Floyd	3	3	10	0/0	0	10	0	80.5

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Troy Aikman	62	26	251	1/8	0	22	2	40.4

Receiving Statistics

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Frank Thomas	3	4	94	31.33	64	68	1
WR Johnny Johnson	3	4	2	0.67	4	3	0
RB Kelvin Bryant	1	1	39	39.00	34	39	0
WR Ronnie Harmon	1	2	13	13.00	3	13	0
WR Jeff Query	1	3	10	10.00	0	10	0
RB Emmitt Smith	1	2	8	8.00	8	8	0
C Walter Reeves	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Anderson Cooper	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Troy Stradford	7	12	69	9.86	11	22
WR Michael Timpson	6	12	42	7.00	9	17
WR Mervyn Fernandez	5	16	42	8.40	2	17
RB Gary Anderson	2	2	20	10.00	4	12
FB Larry Moriarty	2	2	27	13.50	17	22
TE Andrew Glover	2	5	26	13.00	2	15
WR Mark Ingram	1	8	16	16.00	1	16
RB Mike Pringle	1	1	9	9.00	0	9
WR Dokie Williams	0	4	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Kevin McArthur	1	39	39.00	0
CB David Hollis	1	6	6.00	0

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Denver	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Steve Tasker	1	0	0	0
John McClane	0	1	0	0

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Rob Monaco	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Chris Gardocki	7	330	47.1	44.3	61	3

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rick Tuten	8	357	44.6	33.9	63	5

Kicking Statistics

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Hank Ilesic	0/1	0/1	0/1	0	4/4

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Fuad Reveiz	1/1	0/0	0/0	19	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Steve Tasker	5	119	23.8	1
Jeff Query	1	15	15.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mike Prior	1	0	0.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kelvin Bryant	1	16	16.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tory Smith	3	57	19.0	0
Mervyn Fernandez	2	35	17.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Alvin Walton	8	3	0.0	19	54
DE Glenn Jacobs	7	2	0.0	18	45
ILB Sam Mills	6	1	0.0	27	55
S Thomas Everett	4	1	0.0	23	56
DE Reggie White	3	3	1.0	23	52
OLB Johnny Meads	3	3	0.0	19	53
S Odie Harris	3	3	0.0	13	27
ILB Kevin McArthur	3	2	0.0	10	20
CB Don Odegard	3	0	0.0	12	34
DE Robert Young	3	0	0.0	16	43
CB Tim Taylor	2	1	0.0	23	42
OLB Winston Moss	2	0	0.0	15	28
OLB Bret Michaels	1	3	0.0	7	17
CB David Hollis	1	2	0.0	19	45
DT Kent Wells	1	1	0.0	16	32
DE Markus Koch	1	0	0.0	9	18
CB Darryl Henley	1	0	0.0	17	42
ILB David Bavaro	1	0	0.0	0	8

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Scott Radecic	6	1	0.0	26	13
S Mike Prior	5	1	0.0	20	16
DE Howie Long	4	1	0.5	22	16
CB Vito McKeever	3	2	0.0	20	13
DE Alonzo Mitz	3	0	0.0	18	9
OLB Anthony Bell	2	1	1.0	23	19
S Shaun Gayle	2	2	0.0	22	18
OLB Johnny Rembert	2	0	0.0	10	7
CB Lonnie Young	2	0	0.0	11	8
OLB Leonard Jackson	2	0	0.0	9	7
DE Mike Fox	1	4	0.5	21	12
CB Wendell Cason	1	1	0.0	12	7
DT Gary Hadd	1	1	0.0	13	8
ILB Jim Collins	1	0	0.0	2	7
WR Mervyn Fernandez	1	0	---	---	---
CB Tory Smith	1	0	0.0	18	13
WR Michael Timpson	1	0	---	---	---
DT Bill Goldberg	1	0	0.0	13	14
DE Ren Hoek	0	1	0.0	7	8

Pass Rush Statistics

Denver	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Reggie White	1.0	1	2	0	52
DE Robert Young	0.0	2	3	0	43
DE Glenn Jacobs	0.0	2	2	4	45
OLB Winston Moss	0.0	1	2	0	28
DT Kent Wells	0.0	1	0	0	32
DE Markus Koch	0.0	0	1	0	18

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Anthony Bell	1.0	0	0	19
DE Howie Long	0.5	1	1	16
DE Mike Fox	0.5	0	0	12

Pass Defense Statistics

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Alvin Walton	6	1	0	54
DE Glenn Jacobs	4	0	0	45
S Thomas Everett	3	1	0	56
OLB Johnny Meads	2	2	0	53
ILB Sam Mills	2	2	0	55
CB Don Odegard	2	0	0	34
S Odie Harris	1	1	0	27
CB Tim Taylor	1	1	0	42
ILB Kevin McArthur	1	0	1	20
CB David Hollis	1	0	1	45
OLB Winston Moss	1	0	0	28
CB Darryl Henley	1	0	0	42
ILB David Bavaro	1	0	0	8

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Shaun Gayle	2	0	18
CB Vito McKeever	2	0	13
ILB Jim Collins	1	0	7
DE Howie Long	1	0	16
OLB Johnny Rembert	1	0	7
ILB Scott Radecic	1	0	13
S Mike Prior	1	0	16
CB Lonnie Young	1	0	8
OLB Anthony Bell	0	2	19

Blocking Statistics

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Bill Fralic	3	9	1	26	0	19
Ken Ruettgers	2	6	0	27	0	16
Ellison Onizuka	1	6	0	22	1	16
Doug Riesenberg	1	5	0	27	1	19
Steve Smith	1	1	0	15	0	13
Ellis Gardner	0	1	0	23	0	17

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Rob Monaco	3	11	1	24	0	57
Wayne Radloff	3	5	0	12	0	30
Jeff Bregel	0	3	0	23	1	54
Oliver North	0	3	0	27	0	61
Brian Habib	0	2	0	27	0	63

Special Teams Tackles

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Jeff Query	2	10
Junior Tautalatasi	1	22
Kelvin Bryant	1	15
Steve Smith	1	11
Alvin Walton	1	3

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Wendell Cason	3	15
Cap Boso	2	15
Rob Monaco	1	9

Participation

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Sam Mills	---	---	27	55	1	83
Thomas Everett	---	---	23	56	1	80
Reggie White	---	---	23	52	1	76
Alvin Walton	---	---	19	54	3	76
Johnny Meads	---	---	19	53	2	74
Robert Young	---	---	16	43	9	68
David Hollis	---	---	19	45	2	66
Tim Taylor	---	---	23	42	1	66
Glenn Jacobs	---	---	18	45	---	63
Darryl Henley	---	---	17	42	1	60
Don Odegard	---	---	12	34	13	59
Frank Thomas	22	17	---	---	13	52
Ellis Gardner	23	17	---	---	8	48
Kent Wells	---	---	16	32	---	48
Winston Moss	---	---	15	28	4	47
Doug Riesenberg	27	19	---	---	---	46
Bill Fralic	26	19	---	---	---	45
Jeff Query	23	12	---	---	10	45
Odie Harris	---	---	13	27	4	44
Ken Ruettgers	27	16	---	---	---	43
Ellison Onizuka	22	16	---	---	5	43
Steve Smith	15	13	---	---	11	39
Kevin McArthur	---	---	10	20	8	38
Emmitt Smith	23	13	---	---	1	37
John Elway	18	17	---	---	---	35
John McClane	---	---	5	4	23	32
Joe Poole	---	---	6	18	8	32
Markus Koch	---	---	9	18	1	28
Walter Reeves	10	4	---	---	14	28
Anderson Cooper	13	8	---	---	7	28
Kelvin Bryant	5	7	---	---	15	27
Junior Tautalatasi	2	3	---	---	22	27
Bret Michaels	---	---	7	17	2	26
Dan Rosado	11	7	---	---	7	25
Johnny Johnson	14	11	---	---	---	25
Steve Tasker	4	2	---	---	18	24
Ronnie Harmon	9	10	---	---	1	20
Kelly Thomas	2	5	---	---	8	15
David Bavaro	---	---	0	8	7	15
Dean Floyd	10	3	---	---	---	13
Jeff Pahukoa	2	1	---	---	8	11
Tim Barnett	0	0	---	---	9	9
Chris Gardocki	0	0	---	---	8	8
Hank Ilesic	0	0	---	---	6	6
Mickey Sutton	---	---	0	0	2	2
Cary Conklin	0	0	---	---	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Oliver North	27	61	---	---	8	96
Brian Habib	27	63	---	---	1	91
Rob Monaco	24	57	---	---	9	90
Troy Aikman	27	63	---	---	---	90
Jeff Bregel	23	54	---	---	9	86
John Giesler	22	50	---	---	8	80
Mervyn Fernandez	17	36	---	---	13	66
Michael Timpson	19	38	---	---	7	64
Andrew Glover	20	28	---	---	14	62
Mike Pringle	14	37	---	---	10	61
Mark Ingram	13	34	---	---	8	55
Troy Stradford	13	38	---	---	---	51
Cap Boso	8	26	---	---	15	49
Larry Moriarty	7	25	---	---	13	45
Wayne Radloff	12	30	---	---	2	44
Anthony Bell	---	---	23	19	2	44
Shaun Gayle	---	---	22	18	3	43
Mike Prior	---	---	20	16	7	43
Scott Radecic	---	---	26	13	2	41
Howie Long	---	---	22	16	2	40
Gary Anderson	13	26	---	---	---	39
Lonnie Young	---	---	11	8	20	39
Ronnie Lippett	---	---	20	15	1	36
Vito McKeever	---	---	20	13	2	35
Tory Smith	---	---	18	13	4	35
Wendell Cason	---	---	12	7	15	34
Alonzo Mitz	---	---	18	9	7	34
Mike Fox	---	---	21	12	1	34
Reggie Rivers	7	13	---	---	14	34
Bill Goldberg	---	---	13	14	5	32
Gary Hadd	---	---	13	8	2	23
Tyrone Stowe	---	---	5	1	16	22
Dennis Owens	---	---	13	8	---	21
Leonard Jackson	---	---	9	7	5	21
Johnny Rembert	---	---	10	7	2	19
Dokie Williams	4	13	---	---	---	17
Ren Hoek	---	---	7	8	2	17
Jim Collins	---	---	2	7	7	16
Jeff Kubala	---	---	3	1	6	10
Rick Tuten	0	0	---	---	9	9
Steve Wallace	0	0	---	---	8	8
Derek Tennell	0	1	---	---	2	3
Paul McFadden	0	0	---	---	2	2
Fuad Reveiz	0	0	---	---	1	1
Jay Schroeder	0	0	---	---	---	0
Steve Bono	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	16	40	2.5
Middle	2	51	25.5
Right	10	38	3.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	14	2.8
Middle	17	46	2.7
Right	5	13	2.6
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
John Elway	15	7	2	2	2	2	1	0	0
Dean Floyd	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Troy Aikman	62	26	2	1	8	8	10	4	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	49	8.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	6	3	94	15.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	2	23	5.8
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	25	6.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	11	82	5.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	36	11	125	3.5
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	19	3.2

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Frank Thomas	4	3	0	94	1	17
WR Johnny Johnson	4	3	1	2	0	11
WR Jeff Query	3	1	0	10	0	12
WR Ronnie Harmon	2	1	0	13	0	10
RB Emmitt Smith	2	1	0	8	0	13
RB Kelvin Bryant	1	1	0	39	1	7
C Walter Reeves	1	0	0	0	0	4
WR Anderson Cooper	1	0	1	0	0	8

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Mervyn Fernandez	16	5	1	42	0	36
WR Troy Stradford	12	7	2	69	1	38
WR Michael Timpson	12	6	2	42	0	38
WR Mark Ingram	8	1	1	16	0	34
TE Andrew Glover	5	2	1	26	0	28
WR Dokie Williams	4	0	1	0	0	13
RB Gary Anderson	2	2	0	20	0	26
FB Larry Moriarty	2	2	0	27	1	25
RB Mike Pringle	1	1	0	9	0	37

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Emmitt Smith	2	5	2.50	5.39

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Mike Pringle	3	9	3.00	2.18
Gary Anderson	2	2	1.00	3.42

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Troy Aikman	4	0	0	0.00	4.05

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Buffalo	Target	Overall Avg
WR Troy Stradford	2	5.75
WR Dokie Williams	1	0.00
WR Michael Timpson	1	3.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
Emmitt Smith	6	1
Kelvin Bryant	1	0

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Troy Aikman	2	1
Gary Anderson	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
John Elway	3	1	0

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Troy Aikman	18	8	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targ	Catch
WR Ronnie Harmon	1	0
WR Johnny Johnson	1	1
RB Emmitt Smith	1	0

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Mervyn Fernandez	5	3	2
WR Mark Ingram	4	0	0
WR Troy Stradford	4	2	2
WR Michael Timpson	2	1	0
TE Andrew Glover	2	1	1
FB Larry Moriarty	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 43,400 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 13,900 (21,400)
End Zone 10,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 5,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 8,800 (13,600)
Club Seats 3,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 1,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	43,400 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	13,900 (21,400)
End Zone	10,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	5,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	8,800 (13,600)
Club Seats	3,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	1,200 (3,300)