1988 88 Denver (0-1) 3 0 3 10 16 1989 89 Cincinnati (1-0) 0 14 6 3 23 1 Den FG Karlis 32 (7--3-2:40) 10:36 3-0 2 Cin TD Esiason 16 pass to McGee (Breech) (10-80-5:56) 14:49 3-7 2 Cin TD Esiason 11 pass to Brooks (Breech) (11-75-7:12) 1:48 3-14 3 Cin TD Esiason 20 pass to McGee (no good) (3-30-1:37) 12:10 3-20 3 Den FG Karlis 36 (9-57-6:15) 5:46 6-20 4 Den FG Karlis 30 (9-47-5:08) 13:37 9-20 4 Cin FG Breech 25 (12-72-8:43) 4:50 9-23 4 Den TD Elway 29 pass to Kay (Karlis) (5-41-1:03) 0:39 16-23 Den Cin First Downs 16 18 Rushes 27-92 34-137 Passes 23-15-148 18-15-182 Sacked 2-17 1-7 Fumble 4 0 Penalties 3-30 4-35 Turnovers 1 0 Time 26:34 33:26 Third Down 2-11 5-10 Fourth Down 1-3 0-0 Net Offense 223 312 Injuries:Nattiel(Den-0), Walter(Cin-4) 1988 88 Denver Broncos Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Dorsett 16 53 3.3 0 1 7 0 Sewell 4 2 34 8.5 0 2 15 0 Jackson 1 15 15.0 1 1 15 0 Jackson 3 0 28 9.3 0 2 13 0 Elway 5 11 2.2 0 0 5 0 Johnson,V 3 0 30 10.0 0 2 13 0 Sewell 3 8 2.7 0 1 7 0 Kay 2 1 42 21.0 1 2 29 1 Willhite 2 5 2.5 0 1 4 0 Willhite 1 0 13 13.0 0 1 13 0 27 92 3.4 1 4 15 0 Dorsett 1 0 7 7.0 0 0 7 0 Mobley 1 0 -6 -6.0 0 0 0 0 15 3 148 9.9 1 9 29 1 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Elway 23 15 65.2 148 9.9 29 0 1 1 4.3 2 1 4.3 79.6 23 15 65.2 148 9.9 29 0 1 1 4.3 2 1 4.3 79.6 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Karlis 1 1 100.0 4 3 75.0 0.0 0.0 36 10 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Horan 1 60 60 1 0 0 0 0 40.0 60.0 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Bell 5 139 27.8 36 0 Clark 2 0 27 13.5 16 0 5 139 27.8 36 0 2 0 27 13.5 16 0 Fumbles Elway 1 Nattiel 1 Willhite 1 Clark 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Townsend 1 Fletcher 2 Smith,D 1 Sewell 1 Kragen 1 Klosterm 1 Willhite 1 Ryan,J 1 Kragen 1 Ryan,J 1 Tackles Fletcher 9 Haynes 5 Castille 3 Klosterm 3 Clark 1 Dennison 7 Smith,D 4 Kragen 3 Harden 1 Mecklenb 6 Townsend 3 Ryan,J 3 Guidry 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD 0 0 0.0 0 0 1989 89 Cincinnati Bengals Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Jennings 7 53 7.6 2 3 14 0 McGee 5 1 81 16.2 1 4 25 2 Brooks 13 49 3.8 1 3 12 0 Brooks 3 0 23 7.7 0 1 11 1 Ball 7 21 3.0 0 1 6 0 Ball 2 0 23 11.5 0 2 15 0 Taylor 3 10 3.3 0 0 4 0 Holman 2 0 21 10.5 0 1 13 0 Woods 2 5 2.5 0 0 5 0 Martin 1 0 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Wilhelm 2 -1 -0.5 0 0 0 0 Jennings 1 0 14 14.0 0 1 14 0 34 137 4.0 3 7 14 0 Brown,E 1 0 16 16.0 0 1 16 0 15 1 182 12.1 1 10 25 3 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Esiason 18 15 83.3 182 12.1 25 1 1 0 0.0 1 3 16.7 148.4 18 15 83.3 182 12.1 25 1 1 0 0.0 1 3 16.7 148.4 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Breech 3 2 66.7 1 1 100.0 0.0 0.0 25 5 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Johnson,L 2 75 40 0 2 0 2 27 24.0 37.5 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Jennings 1 12 12.0 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 McGee 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 12 12.0 12 0 Fumbles Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Buck 1 Buck 2 Buck 1 Skow 1 Krumrie 2 Skow 1 Skow 1 Krumrie 1 Garrett 2 Krumrie 1 Thomas,E 1 Zander 1 Tackles Kelly 9 Williams 4 White,L 3 Dixon 2 Wells 1 Barber 1 Skow 5 Billups 4 Garrett 3 Zander 2 Fulcher 1 Martin 1 Buck 4 Thomas,E 4 Krumrie 3 Brady 2 Jackson, 1 Romer 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Dixon 1 28 28.0 28 0 1 28 28.0 28 0
1st Quarter KO 15:00 Cin kick downed -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 15:00 Cin Esiason-Brown X B1 M-Straight B1 Z Basic 2 10 own20 14:51 Cin Brooks 8 B1 Pitch-R B1 M Basic/Lr/A 3 2 own28 14:06 Cin Pen5(Montoya) B1 M-Out B1 dZ Dbl-Holman/Li/A 3 7 own23 14:06 Cin Brooks 2 B1 Trap-R Ni Mi Pass/Bz2/Lo/C 4 5 own25 13:20 Cin Punt blocked -- Pt-deep -- Block 1 10 opp12 13:16 Den Elway-Sewell X B3 M-Seam/RB B1 tM Basic 2 10 opp12 13:08 Den Elway 4 P1 Draw B1 Z Key-Dorsett 3 6 opp8 12:25 Den Elway-Johnson 7 P2 M-Seam/SG/RB Ni tZ Pass/C 1 1 opp1 12:21 Den Dorsett -2 B2 OffTkl-L R1 tM Goalline 2 3 opp3 11:36 Den Dorsett -2 B3 Trap-L/RB B1 tM Goalline 3 5 opp5 10:51 Den Pen10(Lanier)/ob P2 Pitch-R/RB B1 tZi Pass/C 3 15 opp15 10:44 Den Dorsett 0 P1 Draw Ni M Pass/C 4 15 opp15 10:36 Den FG Karlis 32 good -- FG -- Block 3-0 KO 10:32 Cin kick downed -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 10:32 Cin Esiason-Holman 8 B1 S-Slant B1 dM Key-Brooks/Bz2/Lo/A 2 2 own28 9:54 Cin Esiason-Ball 15 B1 S-Flat B2 dZ Pass/Bz1/Lo/A 1 10 own43 9:04 Cin Sk-Townsend -7 B1 M-Slant B2 Zi Basic/Li/C 2 17 own36 8:16 Cin Ball 4 B1 Draw Di dZi Key-Brooks/Lo/C 3 13 own40 7:33 Cin Esiason-Brooks 2 P1 Screen Di Z Pass/Lo/C 4 11 own42 6:55 Cin Johnson 35,Clark 16 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own39 6:50 Den Elway-Johnson X B2 B-Post B1 Z Run 2 10 own39 6:44 Den Elway-Mobley -6 B2 S-Flat B1 Z Basic 3 16 own33 6:39 Den Wins Challenge 3 16 own33 6:39 Den Dorsett 7 P1 Pitch-R Di Z Pass/C 4 9 own40 5:50 Den Horan 60,Smith 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 5:45 Cin Brooks -3 B2 Draw B2 Z Basic/Bz1/Ll 2 13 own17 5:38 Cin Esiason-Martin 4 B2 S-Slant B2 Mi Key-Brooks/Lo 3 9 own21 4:58 Cin Jennings 14 B2 Draw Di Zo Pass/Bz2/Lo/C 1 10 own35 4:08 Cin Esiason-Brooks 10 B2 S-Slant B2 M Key-Brooks/Ll/A 2 0 own45 3:25 Cin Esiason-McGee 14 B2 M-Straight/MP B2 Z Basic/C 1 10 opp41 2:45 Cin Ball 4 B1 OffTkl-R Ni tM Key-Brooks/A 2 6 opp37 2:02 Cin Brooks 6 B1 Sweep-R B2 sZi Basic/Lr/C 1 10 opp31 1:16 Cin Ball 6 B1 Trap-R B2 sZi Pass/Bz1/Li 2 4 opp25 0:31 Cin Jennings 9 B2 Trap-L B2 tM Dbl-Holman/Lo/A 2nd Quarter 1 10 opp16 15:00 Cin Esiason-McGee 16/TD B2 M-Slant B2 sZ Pass/Bz2/Li/A 3-7 KO 14:49 Den Bell ret of 30 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own39 14:41 Den Dorsett 5 B2 OffTkl-R Ni Z Dbl-Johnson,V 2 5 own44 13:54 Den Sewell 7 B3 EndAround/RB B1 tZ Dbl-Sewell 1 10 opp49 13:03 Den Elway-Sewell 11 B1 S-Out B1 M Basic 1 10 opp38 12:17 Den Elway-Willhite 13 P2 S-Slant/RB B1 M Key-Sewell 1 10 opp25 11:29 Den Sk-Skow -11 B2 L-Hitch B1 tZ Basic 2 21 opp36 10:43 Den Dorsett 7 P1 Pitch-L Ni Z Basic/C 3 14 opp29 9:55 Den Dorsett 4 B3 Sweep-L/RB Di Z Pass/C 4 10 opp25 9:05 Den FG Karlis 42 no good -- FG -- Block 1 10 own25 9:00 Cin Jennings 4 B2 Trap-L R1 Z Dbl-Holman 2 6 own29 8:14 Cin Brooks -2 B1 OffTkl-L B2 tMi Basic/Lo 3 8 own27 7:30 Cin Esiason-Jennings 14 B3 Screen Ni Mi Basic/Lo/C 1 10 own41 6:42 Cin Brooks 0 B2 Sweep-R R1 tM Basic 2 10 own41 5:53 Cin Esiason-Brown 16 B3 M-Slant B2 sZi Pass/Lo/A 1 10 opp43 5:11 Cin Esiason-McGee 6 B3 Screen B2 Z Basic 2 4 opp37 4:29 Cin Brooks 2 B3 Trap-L B2 Z Basic 3 2 opp35 3:46 Cin Jennings 12 B3 Dive B2 tMo Pass/Bz2/Li/A 1 10 opp23 2:55 Cin Ball 4 B1 Trap-L B2 M Basic 2 6 opp19 2:12 Cin Esiason-Ball 8 B1 S-Hitch B2 M Basic 1 10 opp11 2:00 Cin Esiason-Brooks 11/TD B2 S-Flat B2 tZ Goalline 3-14 KO 1:48 Den Bell ret of 29 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own35 1:40 Den Elway-Kay 13 B1 M-Slant Ni Zo Basic 1 10 own48 1:16 Den Dorsett 5 B1 Pitch-L/RB Ni Z Basic/C 2 5 opp47 1:07 Den Elway-Jackson 7 P2 S-Hitch/SG/RB Di M Pass/C 1 10 opp40 1:02 Den Elway 1 P2 Draw/SG/RB Di tZ Pass/C 2 9 opp39 0:41 Den Elway-Sewell X P2 S-Slant/SG/RB Di M Pass/C 3 9 opp39 0:38 Den Sewell 2 P2 Pitch-L/RB Di Z Pass/C 4 7 opp37 0:29 Den Elway-Sewell 5 P2 L-Straight/SG/RB/Dum Di Z Pass/C 1 10 own32 0:24 Cin Woods 5 B3 Dive Di vZ Prevent 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 Den Bell ret of 26 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own32 14:50 Den Dorsett 3 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Dbl-Johnson,V 2 7 own35 14:02 Den Elway-INT-Dixon B2 L-Slant B1 Z Dbl-Johnson,V 1 10 opp30 13:47 Cin Brooks 6 B1 Sweep-L B1 Z Basic 2 4 opp24 13:02 Cin Ball 4 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Basic 1 10 opp20 12:20 Cin Esiason-McGee 20/TD B1 M-Seam B1 Z Basic 3-20 KO 12:10 Den Bell ret of 18 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own24 12:01 Den Elway-Sewell 15 B1 S-Cross B1 M Basic 1 10 own39 11:17 Den Elway-Jackson 13 B2 S-Hitch B1 Mo Basic 1 10 opp48 10:28 Den Dorsett 5 P1 Pitch-R B1 M Key-Dorsett 2 5 opp43 9:41 Den Dorsett 5 B3 Trap-L/RB B1 tM Basic 1 10 opp38 8:54 Den Elway-Dorsett 7 B2 M-Seam/Dump B1 Z Pass 2 3 opp31 8:11 Den Willhite 4/F P2 Dive/RB B1 tZ Basic 1 10 opp27 7:23 Den Elway 4 B1 L-Slant/RB B1 Z Pass 2 6 opp23 6:34 Den Dorsett 4 B2 OffTkl-L B1 M Pass 3 2 opp19 5:50 Den Elway-Kay X R1 M-Straight B1 tZ Pass/C 4 2 opp19 5:46 Den FG Karlis 36 good -- FG -- Block 6-20 KO 5:40 Cin Jennings ret of 12 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own12 5:32 Den Pen10(Haynes) B1 M-Seam B1 M Basic/A 1 10 own22 5:25 Cin Ball 0 B1 Draw B1 M Basic/A 2 10 own22 4:37 Cin Brooks 4 B1 Pitch-L B2 Zi Basic/C 3 6 own26 3:58 Cin Brooks 5 B1 Sweep-L Ni sZ Pass 4 1 own31 3:50 Cin Johnson 40,Clark 11 -- Pt-deep -- Block 1 10 own40 3:45 Den Dorsett 3 B1 Draw B1 Z Pass 2 7 own43 3:01 Cin Pen15(Skow) B1 L-Out B1 tM Basic 1 10 opp42 2:55 Den Dorsett 1 B3 Trap-L/RB B1 Z Basic/C 2 9 opp41 2:08 Cin Pen5(Thomas) B3 S-Hitch/RB Ni Zo Basic/C 1 10 opp36 2:02 Den Elway-Kay X P1 S-Hitch Ni tZ Basic 2 10 opp36 1:59 Den Dorsett 3 P1 Draw Ni M Dbl-Dorsett 3 7 opp33 1:15 Den Jackson 15 P2 EndAround/RB Ni Z Pass/C 1 10 opp18 0:22 Den Willhite 1 P2 Trap-R B1 M Pass 4th Quarter 2 9 opp17 15:00 Den Sewell -1 P2 Draw/SG/RB B1 tZ Basic/C 3 10 opp18 14:21 Den Dorsett 5 P1 Pitch-L Ni M Basic/C 4 5 opp13 13:37 Den FG Karlis 30 good -- FG -- Block 9-20 KO 13:33 Cin kick downed -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 13:33 Cin Esiason-McGee X B1 M-Slant B1 Z Basic 2 10 own20 13:24 Cin Jennings 2 B2 Trap-L B2 tM Basic/Lo 3 8 own22 12:31 Cin Esiason-Holman 13 P2 S-Slant B2 Z Key-Brooks/Bz2/Lo/C 1 10 own35 11:34 Cin Jennings 5 B2 Trap-R B2 sZ Basic 2 5 own40 10:37 Cin Brooks 9 B2 Sweep-R B2 Z Run 1 10 own49 9:45 Cin Esiason-McGee 25 B2 M-Hitch R1 Z Basic 1 10 opp26 8:51 Cin Jennings 7 B2 OffTkl-L R1 tM Basic/A 2 3 opp19 8:43 Cin Woods 0 B3 Trap-L B2 sZi Basic/Lo/C 3 3 opp19 7:45 Cin Brooks 12 B3 Sweep-L B1 tMo Dbl-Holman/Lo/C 1 7 opp7 6:45 Cin Esiason-Jennings X B2 S-Flat R1 tM Goalline 2 7 opp7 6:40 Cin Ball -1 B1 OffTkl-L R1 tZi Goalline/Li/C 3 8 opp8 5:45 Cin Brooks 0 B1 Sweep-L R1 tZ Goalline 4 8 opp8 4:50 Cin FG Breech 25 good -- FG -- Block 9-23 KO 4:44 Den Bell ret of 36 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own45 4:32 Den Elway-Johnson 13 P2 M-Out/SG/RB Di Zo Pass/C 1 10 opp42 4:25 Den Pen10(Kartz) P2 M-Hitch/Dump Ni tZ Pass 1 20 own48 4:19 Den Elway 5 P2 M-Isolate/SG/RB Di M Pass/C 2 15 opp47 3:34 Den Elway-Sewell 3 P2 S-Slant Ni Z Basic/C 3 12 opp44 3:18 Den Elway -3/F P2 M-Slant/SG/RB Ni Z Pass/C 4 15 opp47 2:58 Den Elway-Willhite X P2 L-Straight/RB Ni M Pass/C 1 10 own47 2:52 Cin Taylor 3 B1 Dive B2 M Basic 2 7 50 2:11 Cin Pen10(Jones) B1 Dive B2 sM Basic 2 17 own40 2:02 Cin Taylor 3 B1 Dive B2 M Basic 3 14 own43 1:53 Cin Taylor 4 B1 Dive B2 sM Basic/Lo/C 4 10 own47 1:46 Cin Punt blocked -- Pt-deep -- Block 1 10 opp41 1:42 Den Elway-Dorsett X P1 M-Straight/Dump Ni M Pass 2 10 opp41 1:34 Den Sk-Buck -6 P1 M-Seam Ni Z Pass/C 3 16 opp47 1:16 Den Elway-Johnson 10 P1 M-Slant Ni dZ Pass/C 4 6 opp37 0:54 Den Elway-Jackson 8 P1 M-Out Ni M Pass/C 1 10 opp29 0:50 Den Elway-Kay 29/TD P1 L-Slant Ni Z Pass/C 16-23 KO 0:39 Cin McGee ret of 0 -- KO-onside -- Watch Onside 1 10 own49 0:33 Cin Wilhelm -1 B1 QbKneel B1 tM Basic/A 2 11 own48 0:26 Cin Wilhelm 0 B1 QbKneel B1 M Basic GAME