1992 Regular Season - Week 1 Games
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Los Angeles Rams(0-0)
vs.
Denver Broncos (0-0)
Game Weather
Forecast: Fair
Wind: 5 mph
Temp: 67 Degrees
Team Injuries
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Los Angeles Rams
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C - Bern Brostek (70) - Dislocated Elbow - Will Not Play (8 Wks)
Denver Broncos
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No Injuries
(Italics = Turnover, Bold = Score)
Drive Summary
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1st Quarter
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Drive 1-
Broncos - Mike Horan - Punt - (9:03)
Drive 2-
Rams - Keith English - Punt - (7:52)
Drive 3-
Broncos - Mike Horan - Punt - (6:34)
Drive 4-
Rams - Keith English - Punt - (2:11)
Drive 5-Broncos - J.Elway to S.Sharpe - 2 Yd TD Rec - Score: 7-0 Den - (0:00)
2nd Quarter
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Drive 1-
Rams - Keith English - Punt - (3:06)
Drive 2-
Broncos - Mike Horan - Punt - (1:33)
Drive 3-
Rams - Keith English - Punt - (0:56)
Drive 4-
Broncos - Mike Horan - Punt - (0:43)
Drive 5-Rams - Mike Lansford - 48 Yd FG Att - Good - Score: 7-3 Den - (0:00)
3rd Quarter
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Drive 1-
Rams - Keith English - Punt - (9:09)
Drive 2-
Broncos - Mike Horan - Punt - (6:56)
Drive 3-Rams - Michael Bates - FUMBLE (FF: S.Jackson, FR: B.McGee, 0yd rtrn) - Lar 12yd ln - (6:47)
Drive 4-Broncos - J.Elway to E.Pegram - 10 Yd TD Rec - Score: 14-3 Den - (6:12)
Drive 5-
Rams - Keith English - Punt - (2:52)
Drive 6-
Broncos - Mike Horan - Punt - (0:00)
4th Quarter
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Drive 1-
Rams - Keith English - Punt - (9:59)
Drive 2-
Broncos - Mike Horan - Punt - (8:47)
Drive 3-Rams - J.Everett to A.Cox - 12 Yd TD Rec - Score: 14-11 Den - (4:27) - 2PT Conv: Good
Drive 4-
Broncos - Mike Horan - Punt - (0:45)
Drive 5-
Rams - End Game - Den 49 Yd Ln - (0:00)
Game Summary: The players that got the biggest work out in this game were the punters as they combined for 15 total punts on the night, leading to a defensive battle with only a few offensive highlights.
The first quarter was uneventful as the Rams defense stepped up making it impossible for the Broncos to run, and the Broncos defense was making it tough for Jim Everett to pass, putting constant pressure on him. However on the final drive of the quarter the Broncos did manage to break up the monotony of punting with a 2 yard touchdown pass from John Elway, to newly converted from WR to TE, Shannon Sharpe in the back of the end zone.
The second quarter was more of the same, nothing but defense and punts from Keith English and Mike Horan. It wasn't, once again, until the final drive of the quarter that something happened offensively. The Rams managed to just get enough yardage on offense to get within Mike Lansford's kicking range, allowing him to knock in a 48 yard field goal as time expired off the clock to make it 7 to 3, Broncos.
The third quarter was beginning with more of the same but things finally changed on the 3rd drive of the quarter when Rams rookie kick returner, MIchael Bates ended up taking a rough hit from Broncos corner, Steve Jackson. Jackson's hit forced the football out of his hands and newly acquired Bronco fullback, Buford McGee scooped up the football giving the Broncos the ball deep in Rams territory at their 12 yard line. The following drive was a no brainer as John Elway ended up hitting Eric Pegram in the flats for a 10 yard touchdown catch that would pull the Broncos ahead 10 to 3. A couple of punts back and forth followed these drives, ending the third quarter.
The final quarter of play began with multiple punts before the Rams offense finally showed signs of life on the 3rd drive of the quarter. Finally, Jim Everett managed to hit Aaron Cox for a 12 yard touchdown catch to make it 14-9, Rams. Making a quick decision with only 4:27 left in the game the Rams decided to go for the 2 point conversion. Luckily for them the hand-off to Ricky Watters let him walk into the end zone and make it 14 to 11, down by only 3. The Rams kicked it away to the Broncos who did their best to eat up as much clock as possible. The Broncos accomplished their mission as there were only 45 seconds left in the game by the time Mike Horan was forced to punt it back to the Rams. However Jim Everett did his best to attempt a comeback, to at least get the Rams in field goal range to go into over time. Everett managed to get the ball into Denver territory at the 49 but couldn't get the last handful of yards to bring it inside Lansford's kicking range.
Game Box Score
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Code:
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL
Rams 0 3 0 8 0 11
Broncos 0 7 7 0 0 14
Individual Player Statistics
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Los Angeles Rams
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Code:
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Jim Everett 24 43 200 55 4.6 1 1 0 13 75.7
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Ricky Watters 21 81 3.8 15 0 0
John L. Williams 1 1 1.0 1 0 0
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Willie Anderson 7 66 9.4 13 0 2 14
Henry Ellard 5 49 9.7 13 0 1 1
Andrew Glover 4 26 6.5 12 0 2 -1
John L. Williams 3 23 7.6 12 0 0 12
Keenan McCardell 3 22 7.3 11 0 1 0
Aaron Cox 1 12 12.0 12 1 0 0
Ricky Watters 1 2 2.0 2 0 0 3
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Mike Lansford 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Keith English 7 282 40.2 51 0 3 2
KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Michael Bates 2 30 15.0 0 17
PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Michael Bates 2 0 0.0 0 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Paul Butcher 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Kevin Greene 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Dino Hackett 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Anthony Newman 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Jay Taylor 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0
Darryl Henley 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Cris Dishman 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
David Grant 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mike Piel 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Alvin Wright 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Bobby Humphrey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Larry Kelm 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Stanley Richard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Joel Patten 5 0
Trevor Matich 4 0
John Rienstra 3 0
Andrew Glover 2 0
Tom Newberry 2 0
Willie Anderson 1 0
Doug Smith 1 1
John L. Williams 1 0
Ricky Watters 1 0
Keenan McCardell 1
Denver Broncos
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Code:
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
John Elway 16 30 151 53 5.0 1 2 0 18 89.7
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Eric Pegram 22 42 1.9 9 0 0
Leroy Thompson 1 10 10.0 10 0 0
Buford McGee 3 9 3.0 5 0 0
John Elway 2 -9 -4.5 0 0 1
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Shannon Sharpe 4 33 8.2 13 1 1 7
Mark Jackson 4 32 8.0 14 0 3 3
Eric Pegram 2 28 14.0 18 1 1 3
Michael Young 2 26 13.0 17 0 0 2
Vance Johnson 2 21 10.5 17 0 2 0
Johnny Mitchell 1 11 11.0 11 0 0 0
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Mike Horan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
David Treadwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 100 0 0 0
PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Mike Horan 8 356 44.5 57 0 2 2
KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Tyrone Braxton 2 40 20.0 0 21
PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Tyrone Braxton 1 7 7.0 7 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Steve Atwater 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Tyrone Braxton 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0
Simon Fletcher 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 0
Karl Mecklenburg 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Wymon Henderson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0
Steve Jackson 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Ron Holmes 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Greg Kragen 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Chester McGlockton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Le-Lo Lang 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Jacob Green 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Tim Lucas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Kurt Schulz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Harry Colon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Michael Young 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Michael Brooks 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Buford McGee 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Dave Widell 4 0
Ken Lanier 4 0
Doug Widell 2 0
Buford McGee 2 0
Jim Juriga 2 1
Mike Baab 1 0
Player of the Game
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Broncos - QB - John Elway - 16 of 30 Att - 53% - 151 Yds - 2 TD - 0 Int - 89.7 Rat
Game Pictures
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Left: John Elway was able to have posture in the pocket all night long as the Rams were unable to get significant pressure on him thanks the play of the Broncos offensive linemen.
Right: Here tight end Shannon Sharpe reaches up and snags this touchdown catch near the back of the endzone for the first score of the game.
Left: Until the final 5 minutes of the game Mike Lansford was the only Ram to score any points as he hits this 48 yard field goal.
Right: Steve Jackson comes flying from the side to bat the ball out of Rams kick returner, Michael Bates hands. The Broncos would recover as fullback Buford McGee fell ontop of the football giving the Broncos the ball at the Rams 12 yard line.
Left: Eric Pegram takes the catch on the outside from John Elway, shakes off a tackler, and manages to jog into the end zone on this 10 yard touchdown. The score would make it 14 to 3 Broncos.
Right: This was an all-too common site for Jim Everett all day as he gets sacked here by Greg Kragan and company.
Left: Jim Everett finally got the plays and protection he needed in the 4th quarter of the game as the Rams offense finally showed life. Everett tossed this ball out to Aaron Cox.
Right: Aaron Cox managed to snag this ball for the touchdown with only 4:27 left in the game. The 2 point conversion by Ricky Watters would help make the score 14 to 11 Broncos, but it was too little too late as the Rams couldn't hit a field goal to tie it up before the game ended.
Game Notes
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-Good defensive battle up until the end.
-Eric Pegram struggled with only a 1.9 yard per carry average, however Ricky Watters did just fine with 3.8.
-The quarterbacks did well considering neither of them threw an interception.
