Week 16, 1995

played in Detroit, MI

33 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

Denver Broncos	7	6	0	13	-	26
Detroit Lions	7	0	7	0	-	14

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:34 DET - Brian Mitchell 3 run (Matt Stover extra point)
1Q: 02:24 DEN - Emmitt Smith 11 run (Doug Pelfrey extra point)
2Q: 09:15 DEN - Doug Pelfrey 28 field goal
2Q: 01:36 DEN - Doug Pelfrey 26 field goal
3Q: 07:38 DET - Ed McCaffrey 1 pass from Don Majkowski (Matt Stover extra point)
4Q: 14:33 DEN - Doug Pelfrey 23 field goal
4Q: 08:45 DEN - Stephen Baker 35 pass from Tony Eason (Doug Pelfrey extra point)
4Q: 01:34 DEN - Doug Pelfrey 22 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:34 DET - Brian Mitchell 3 run (Matt Stover extra point)
1Q: 02:24 DEN - Emmitt Smith 11 run (Doug Pelfrey extra point)
2Q: 09:15 DEN - Doug Pelfrey 28 field goal
2Q: 01:36 DEN - Doug Pelfrey 26 field goal
3Q: 07:38 DET - Ed McCaffrey 1 pass from Don Majkowski (Matt Stover extra point)
4Q: 14:33 DEN - Doug Pelfrey 23 field goal
4Q: 08:45 DEN - Stephen Baker 35 pass from Tony Eason (Doug Pelfrey extra point)
4Q: 01:34 DEN - Doug Pelfrey 22 field goal

Team Statistics DEN DET
Record 6-9 7-8
First Downs 17 16
- by Rushing 8 8
- by Passing 9 8
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 307 350
- Offensive Plays 60 64
- Yards per Play 5.12 5.47
Net Rushing Yards 133 150
- Rushing Attempts 31 28
- Yards per Rush 4.29 5.36
Net Passing Yards 174 200
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 26 - 20 - 0 35 - 17 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 196 206
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/22 1/6
- Yards per Pass Play 6.00 5.56
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/13 8/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.1 5.9
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/2
Penalties/Yards 3/15 5/38
Punt Returns/Yards 5/40 4/13
Kick Returns/Yards 2/50 5/98
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/4 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 40 OWN 21
Time of Possession 32:02 27:58

Team Statistics	DEN	DET
Record	6-9	7-8
First Downs	17	16
- by Rushing	8	8
- by Passing	9	8
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	307	350
- Offensive Plays	60	64
- Yards per Play	5.12	5.47
Net Rushing Yards	133	150
- Rushing Attempts	31	28
- Yards per Rush	4.29	5.36
Net Passing Yards	174	200
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	26 - 20 - 0	35 - 17 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	196	206
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/22	1/6
- Yards per Pass Play	6.00	5.56
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/13	8/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.1	5.9
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/2
Penalties/Yards	3/15	5/38
Punt Returns/Yards	5/40	4/13
Kick Returns/Yards	2/50	5/98
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/4	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 40	OWN 21
Time of Possession	32:02	27:58

Drive Charts

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:07	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
1	6:24	4:06	OWN 34	7	66	Touchdown
2	13:52	4:43	OWN 36	9	53	Field Goal
2	7:16	3:19	OWN 28	6	1	Punt
2	2:05	0:36	50	4	41	Field Goal
3	12:50	2:19	OWN 26	5	-2	Punt
3	7:30	3:53	OWN 34	7	25	Punt
3	2:16	2:48	OPP 46	6	40	Field Goal
4	12:45	4:11	OWN 32	7	68	Touchdown
4	5:20	2:19	OWN 34	3	5	Punt
4	2:00	0:31	OPP 8	3	3	Field Goal

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:53	6:29	OWN 25	12	75	Touchdown
1	2:18	3:26	OWN 9	6	20	Punt
2	9:09	1:53	OWN 22	3	8	Punt
2	3:57	1:52	OWN 15	4	46	Missed FG
2	1:29	1:29	OWN 20	4	23	Punt
3	15:00	2:10	OWN 20	5	14	Punt
3	10:31	3:01	OWN 28	7	72	Touchdown
3	3:37	1:21	OWN 5	3	-2	Punt
4	14:28	1:43	OWN 32	3	0	Punt
4	8:34	3:14	OWN 17	7	49	Missed FG
4	3:01	1:01	OWN 17	4	-9	Downs
4	1:23	1:23	OWN 45	7	29	Game

Game MVP: Tony Eason, Denver Broncos

Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Emmitt Smith	26	126	4.85	24	6	1
Marvin Allen	5	7	1.40	6	0	0

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Brian Mitchell	17	53	3.12	15	2	1
Don Majkowski	5	41	8.20	15	2	0
Jerry Ellison	4	47	11.75	39	1	0
Frank Hartley	2	9	4.50	8	0	0

Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tony Eason	26	20	196	3/22	1	41	0	110.4

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Don Majkowski	35	17	206	1/6	1	51	0	76.6

Receiving Statistics

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Ronnie Harmon	5	5	75	15.00	16	41	0
WR Stephen Baker	5	5	63	12.60	34	35	1
TE Ron Hall	4	4	18	4.50	9	18	0
RB Emmitt Smith	4	4	19	4.75	7	15	0
WR Darnay Scott	2	5	21	10.50	1	15	0
TE Ken Griffey	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Anderson Cooper	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Isaac Bruce	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Michael Jackson	6	10	131	21.83	66	51	0
WR Willie Mays Hayes	4	9	48	12.00	25	25	0
WR Ed McCaffrey	3	6	15	5.00	0	7	1
RB Brian Mitchell	2	2	-1	-0.50	1	2	0
WR Don Beebe	1	2	8	8.00	0	8	0
TE Wesley Walls	1	3	5	5.00	0	5	0
FB Bob Christian	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Denver	Fumb	Recov	Force
Stephen Baker	1	0	0
Jess McClure	0	1	0
Joey Browner	0	0	1
Blaine Bishop	0	0	1

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
Jerry Ellison	2	0	0
Paul Jetton	0	1	0
Mike Compton	0	1	0
Frank Hartley	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Craig Hentrich	5	250	50.0	47.4	59	3

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Chris Gardocki	6	282	47.0	40.3	54	3

Kicking Statistics

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Doug Pelfrey	4/4	0/0	0/0	28	2/2

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Matt Stover	0/2	0/2	0/2	0	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jose Gonzalez	4	36	9.0	0
Stephen Baker	1	4	4.0	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
George Rogers	4	13	3.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jose Gonzalez	2	50	25.0	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Willie Mays Hayes	5	98	19.6	0

Defensive Statistics

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Joey Browner	10	1	0.0	28	36
ILB Josh Wooden	6	3	0.0	28	36
S Blaine Bishop	6	1	0.0	26	36
CB Tim Taylor	4	0	0.0	28	36
DT Kevin Smith	2	0	1.0	20	30
OLB Martin Bishop	2	3	0.0	25	30
ILB Mike Caldwell	2	3	0.0	10	10
CB Darryl Henley	2	1	0.0	27	35
DT Tony Dreschsler	2	1	0.0	18	25
OLB Fred Robinson	2	0	0.0	5	15
DE Glenn Jacobs	2	0	0.0	20	17
DE Gabe Wilkins	1	1	0.0	8	14
S Mark Montreuil	1	1	0.0	5	1
CB Carlos Yancy	1	1	0.0	18	27

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Vencie Glenn	7	2	0.0	21	16
OLB Bryan Cox	7	2	0.0	24	24
CB Terry McDaniel	6	2	0.0	28	29
S Zack de la Rocha	5	0	0.0	12	17
ILB Chris Spielman	4	4	0.0	25	27
DE Mack Swain	3	0	1.0	20	19
ILB Ken Norton Jr.	3	0	0.0	6	2
DT Don Davey	3	0	0.0	31	28
DE Bernard Whittington	2	3	1.0	27	20
OLB Kurt Cobain	2	1	0.0	15	6
CB James Williams	2	1	0.0	13	16
ILB Jamal Brooks	2	1	0.0	7	5
DT Tom Barndt	2	1	0.0	25	25
DE Sylvester Wright	1	0	1.0	20	17
CB Terrell Buckley	1	3	0.0	27	27
S George Rogers	1	2	0.0	27	27
CB Torey Hunter	1	0	0.0	2	3

Pass Rush Statistics

Denver	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Kevin Smith	1.0	1	1	0	30
DE Glenn Jacobs	0.0	0	2	1	17
OLB Shawn McFadden	0.0	0	2	1	15
DE Antonio Edwards	0.0	0	2	0	22
DT Tony Dreschsler	0.0	0	1	0	25
DE Gabe Wilkins	0.0	0	0	1	14

Detroit	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE Bernard Whittington	1.0	1	20
DE Sylvester Wright	1.0	0	17
DE Mack Swain	1.0	0	19
DT Don Davey	0.0	2	28

Pass Defense Statistics

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Joey Browner	4	0	36
S Blaine Bishop	3	2	36
OLB Fred Robinson	2	0	15
CB Tim Taylor	2	0	36
ILB Josh Wooden	2	0	36
CB Darryl Henley	1	0	35
ILB Mike Caldwell	1	0	10
DE Gabe Wilkins	1	0	14
CB Carlos Yancy	1	0	27

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Bryan Cox	4	0	24
S Vencie Glenn	3	0	16
CB Terry McDaniel	3	0	29
S Zack de la Rocha	3	0	17
ILB Jamal Brooks	2	0	5
CB James Williams	1	1	16
ILB Ken Norton Jr.	1	0	2
S George Rogers	1	0	27
DT Tom Barndt	1	0	25
CB Torey Hunter	1	0	3
ILB Chris Spielman	0	1	27

Blocking Statistics

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tony Semple	4	5	0	31	0	29
Jerry Ostroski	3	7	0	31	1	29
Ron Stone	2	7	1	31	0	29
Ken Ruettgers	1	5	0	31	0	29
Richard Cooper	1	4	0	31	2	29
Ron Hall	1	3	1	27	0	24

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Mike Compton	4	7	28	0	36
Derek Cook	2	5	28	0	36
Paul Jetton	2	4	28	0	36
Keith Miller	0	3	28	0	36
Kirk Scrafford	0	2	28	1	36
Bob Christian	0	1	11	0	10
Frank Hartley	0	1	14	0	13

Special Teams Tackles

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Jose Gonzalez	3	24
Marvin Allen	2	25
Brett Carolan	2	12
Carlos Yancy	1	11
Isaac Bruce	1	10

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Frank Hartley	2	18
Jerry Ellison	1	22
Don Beebe	1	18
Brian Mitchell	1	14
Randy Grimes	1	8
Michael Jackson	1	1

Participation

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Joey Browner	---	---	28	36	14	78
Darryl Henley	---	---	27	35	8	70
Ron Stone	31	29	---	---	9	69
Tony Semple	31	29	---	---	9	69
Blaine Bishop	---	---	26	36	6	68
Josh Wooden	---	---	28	36	3	67
Tim Taylor	---	---	28	36	2	66
Stephen Baker	26	22	---	---	16	64
Tony Eason	31	29	---	---	---	60
Ken Ruettgers	31	29	---	---	---	60
Richard Cooper	31	29	---	---	---	60
Jerry Ostroski	31	29	---	---	---	60
Martin Bishop	---	---	25	30	2	57
Carlos Yancy	---	---	18	27	11	56
Kevin Smith	---	---	20	30	2	52
Ron Hall	27	24	---	---	---	51
Emmitt Smith	26	25	---	---	---	51
Tony Dreschsler	---	---	18	25	8	51
Jess McClure	17	13	---	---	14	44
Ronnie Harmon	23	20	---	---	---	43
Antonio Edwards	---	---	20	22	---	42
Glenn Jacobs	---	---	20	17	---	37
Shawn McFadden	---	---	18	15	1	34
Darnay Scott	14	16	---	---	4	34
Marvin Allen	5	3	---	---	25	33
Fred Robinson	---	---	5	15	12	32
Gabe Wilkins	---	---	8	14	8	30
Ken Griffey	7	3	---	---	19	29
Brett Carolan	6	10	---	---	12	28
Cedric Figaro	---	---	4	11	11	26
Jose Gonzalez	0	0	---	---	24	24
Mike Caldwell	---	---	10	10	1	21
Mark Montreuil	---	---	5	1	10	16
Isaac Bruce	0	2	---	---	10	12
Anderson Cooper	4	7	---	---	---	11
Doug Pelfrey	0	0	---	---	11	11
Walter Reeves	0	0	---	---	9	9
John Gerak	0	0	---	---	9	9
Craig Hentrich	0	0	---	---	9	9
Trezelle Jenkins	0	0	---	---	9	9
Ronald Humphrey	0	0	---	---	7	7
Andre Royal	---	---	0	0	2	2
Ed Luther	0	0	---	---	---	0
Patrick Salonen	0	0	---	---	---	0
David Green	0	0	---	---	---	0
Don Silvestri	0	0	---	---	---	0

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
George Rogers	---	---	27	27	19	73
Derek Cook	28	36	---	---	8	72
Mike Compton	28	36	---	---	8	72
Brian Mitchell	22	31	---	---	14	67
Don Majkowski	28	36	---	---	---	64
Paul Jetton	28	36	---	---	---	64
Kirk Scrafford	28	36	---	---	---	64
Keith Miller	28	36	---	---	---	64
Don Davey	---	---	31	28	4	63
Terry McDaniel	---	---	28	29	4	61
Willie Mays Hayes	19	28	---	---	12	59
Chris Spielman	---	---	25	27	5	57
Terrell Buckley	---	---	27	27	3	57
Michael Jackson	24	31	---	---	1	56
Tom Barndt	---	---	25	25	4	54
Bryan Cox	---	---	24	24	3	51
Bernard Whittington	---	---	27	20	4	51
Frank Hartley	14	13	---	---	18	45
Sylvester Wright	---	---	20	17	7	44
Vencie Glenn	---	---	21	16	6	43
Jerry Ellison	6	15	---	---	22	43
Tomur Barnes	23	12	---	---	7	42
Mack Swain	---	---	20	19	3	42
Bob Christian	11	10	---	---	18	39
Ed McCaffrey	5	24	---	---	8	37
Zack de la Rocha	---	---	12	17	4	33
James Williams	---	---	13	16	3	32
Don Beebe	5	8	---	---	18	31
Jamal Brooks	---	---	7	5	18	30
Kurt Cobain	---	---	15	6	4	25
Wesley Walls	11	8	---	---	5	24
Ken Norton Jr.	---	---	6	2	9	17
Donta Jones	---	---	5	6	5	16
Torey Hunter	---	---	2	3	10	15
Randy Grimes	0	0	---	---	8	8
Anthony Parker	---	---	3	0	5	8
Buddy Ferguson	0	0	---	---	8	8
Jesse James	0	0	---	---	8	8
Chris Gardocki	0	0	---	---	6	6
George Teague	---	---	3	2	1	6
Matt Stover	0	0	---	---	5	5
Darius Holland	---	---	0	3	---	3
Johnny Utah	0	0	---	---	2	2
Henry Ford	---	---	0	0	---	0
Stoney Case	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	32	3.2
Middle	11	63	5.7
Right	10	38	3.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	46	9.2
Middle	15	71	4.7
Right	8	33	4.1
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tony Eason	26	20	3	0	1	2	3	0	0

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Don Majkowski	35	17	4	1	5	2	8	3	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	5	1.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	11	79	7.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	4	71	7.9
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	41	20.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	4	30	6.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	9	90	6.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	3	35	2.9
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	51	12.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ronnie Harmon	5	5	0	75	2	20
WR Stephen Baker	5	5	0	63	1	22
WR Darnay Scott	5	2	0	21	0	16
TE Ron Hall	4	4	0	18	0	24
RB Emmitt Smith	4	4	0	19	0	25
TE Ken Griffey	1	0	0	0	0	3
WR Anderson Cooper	1	0	0	0	0	7
WR Isaac Bruce	1	0	1	0	0	2

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Michael Jackson	10	6	1	131	3	31
WR Willie Mays Hayes	9	4	1	48	1	28
WR Ed McCaffrey	6	3	1	15	0	24
TE Wesley Walls	3	1	0	5	0	8
WR Don Beebe	2	1	0	8	0	8
RB Brian Mitchell	2	2	0	-1	0	31
FB Bob Christian	2	0	2	0	0	10

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Emmitt Smith	9	33	3.67	4.85
Marvin Allen	1	-2	-2.00	1.40

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Brian Mitchell	2	10	5.00	3.12
Jerry Ellison	2	7	3.50	11.75

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tony Eason	5	1	-1	-0.20	7.54

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Don Majkowski	3	1	1	0.33	5.89

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Darnay Scott	2	0	0	0.00	4.20
WR Ronnie Harmon	1	1	-1	-1.00	15.00
TE Ken Griffey	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Isaac Bruce	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Don Beebe	1	0	0	0.00	4.00
FB Bob Christian	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Ed McCaffrey	1	1	1	1.00	2.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
Marvin Allen	3	2
Emmitt Smith	3	1

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Brian Mitchell	3	1
Don Majkowski	1	1
Jerry Ellison	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tony Eason	5	2	1

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Don Majkowski	13	6	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Darnay Scott	2	0	0
WR Stephen Baker	1	1	1
TE Ron Hall	1	1	0
WR Isaac Bruce	1	0	0

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Willie Mays Hayes	5	2	2
WR Ed McCaffrey	3	1	1
WR Don Beebe	1	1	1
TE Wesley Walls	1	0	0
RB Brian Mitchell	1	1	0
FB Bob Christian	1	0	0
WR Michael Jackson	1	1	1

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

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