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"I had dreamed of scoring a touchdown in a Super Bowl all my life. I've watched it on tape, and sometimes it still seems like a fantasy. I don't know if I'll ever put it in the reality category. Maybe that's the great thing about it."
-Giants WR Phil McConkey, on his TD reception

Super Bowl XXI

January 25, 1987 - Rose Bowl - Pasadena, CA

Denver Broncos (13-5)		New York Giants (16-2)

	Denver -20 New York -39

Super Bowl XXI Quick Stats
Date:	January 25, 1987
Location:	Rose Bowl - Pasadena, CA
Surface:	Outdoors on grass
Game Weather:
Conditions:	Temp: 76 F
Attendance:	101,063
Kickoff Time:	3:00 P.M. Pacific
Commentary:	Pat Summerall and John Madden (CBS)
Officials:	Referee: Jerry Markbreit (9), Umpire: Bob Boylston (101), Line Judge: Bob Beeks (59), Side Judge: Gil Mace (90), Head Linesman: Terry Gierke (72), Back Judge: Jim Poole (92), Field Judge: Pat Mallette (82)
Pre-Game Show:	Salute to California Ftr: Beach Boys, TV Trivia, giant California postcard
National Anthem:	Neil Diamond
Coin Toss:	Willie Davis
Halftime Show:	Salute to Hollywood's 100th Anniversary Ftr: Southern California-area high school drill teams and dancers Producer: Disney
Winner Share:	$36,000
Loser Share:	$18,000
Ticket Price:	$75
Favorite:	New York by 9.5 pts.
TV Rating:	45.8, 66 share (CBS)
Most Valuable Player:	Giants QB Phil Simms (22/25, 268 yds, 3 TDs; 3 for 25 yds)

* Denotes Division Champion | † Denotes Overtime
1986 NFL Playoffs
AFC Wildcard		AFC Divisional		AFC Conference		NFC Conference		NFC Divisional		NFC Wildcard
Kansas City (10-6) at N.Y. Jets (10-6)	15 35	N.Y. Jets (11-6) at Cleveland* (12-4)	20 23†	Denver (12-5) at Cleveland (13-4)	23 20†	Washington (14-4) at N.Y. Giants (15-2)	0 17	Washington (13-4) at Chicago* (14-2)	27 13	L.A. Rams (10-6) at Washington (12-4)	7 19
		New England* (11-5) at Denver* (11-5)	17 22					San Francisco* (10-5-1) at N.Y. Giants* (14-2)	3 49

* Denotes Wildcard Team | Tiebreakers: Denver was second playoff seed ahead of New England based on head-to-head victory (1-0). N.Y. Jets were first wildcard based on better conference record (8-4) than Kansas City (9-5), Seattle (7-5), and Cincinnati (7-5). Kansas City was second wildcard based on better conference record (9-5) than Seattle (7-5) and Cincinnati (7-5). N.Y. Giants were top playoff seed based based on better conference record than Chicago (11-1 to Bear's 10-2). Washington did not play the N.Y. Giants in the divisional playoffs because, from 1970-1989, two teams from the same division could not meet prior to the conference championship game.
1986 NFL Standings
American Football Conference
Eastern			Central			Western
New England Patriots New York Jets* Miami Dolphins Buffalo Bills Indianapolis Colts	11-5-0 10-6-0 8-8-0 4-12-0 3-13-0	0.688 0.625 0.500 0.250 0.188	Cleveland Browns Cincinnati Bengals Pittsburgh Steelers Houston Oilers	12-4-0 10-6-0 6-10-0 5-11-0	0.750 0.625 0.375 0.313	Denver Broncos Kansas City Chiefs* Seattle Seahawks Los Angeles Raiders San Diego Chargers	11-5-0 10-6-0 10-6-0 8-8-0 4-12-0	0.688 0.625 0.625 0.500 0.250
National Football Conference
Eastern			Central			Western
New York Giants Washington Redskins* Dallas Cowboys Philadelphia Eagles St. Louis Cardinals	14-2-0 12-4-0 7-9-0 5-10-1 4-11-1	0.875 0.750 0.438 0.344 0.281	Chicago Bears Minnesota Vikings Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14-2-0 9-7-0 5-11-0 4-12-0 2-14-0	0.875 0.563 0.313 0.250 0.125	San Francisco 49ers Los Angeles Rams* Atlanta Falcons New Orleans Saints	10-5-1 10-6-0 7-8-1 7-9-0	0.656 0.625 0.469 0.438

* Denotes night game | † Denotes Overtime
Denver 1986 Schedule
Date		Opponent	Score
Regular Season (11-5)
Sun	9/7	L.A. Raiders	W	38-36
Mon*	9/15	at Pittsburgh	W	21-10
Sun	9/21	at Philadelphia	W	33-7
Sun	9/28	New England	W	27-20
Sun	10/5	Dallas	W	29-14
Sun	10/12	at San Diego	W	31-14
Mon*	10/20	at N.Y. Jets	L	10-22
Sun	10/26	Seattle	W	20-13
Sun	11/2	at L.A. Raiders	W	21-10
Sun	11/9	San Diego	L	3-9
Sun	11/16	Kansas City	W	38-17
Sun	11/23	at N.Y. Giants	L	16-19
Sun	11/30	Cincinnati	W	34-28
Sun	12/7	at Kansas City	L	10-37
Sat	12/13	Washington	W	31-30
Sat	12/20	at Seattle	L	16-41
Post Season
Sun	1/4	New England	W	22-17
Sun	1/11	at Cleveland	W	23-20†

* Denotes night game | † Denotes Overtime
New York 1986 Schedule
Date		Opponent	Score
Regular Season (14-2)
Mon*	9/8	at Dallas	L	28-31
Sun	9/14	San Diego	W	20-7
Sun	9/21	at L.A. Raiders	W	14-9
Sun	9/28	New Orleans	W	20-17
Sun	10/5	at St. Louis	W	13-6
Sun	10/12	Philadelphia	W	35-3
Sun	10/19	at Seattle	L	12-17
Mon*	10/27	Washington	W	27-20
Sun	11/2	Dallas	W	17-14
Sun	11/9	at Philadelphia	W	17-14
Sun	11/16	at Minnesota	W	22-20
Sun	11/23	Denver	W	19-16
Mon*	12/1	at San Francisco	W	21-17
Sun	12/7	at Washington	W	24-14
Sun	12/14	St. Louis	W	27-7
Sat	12/20	Green Bay	W	55-24
Post Season
Sun	1/4	San Francisco	W	49-3
Sun	1/11	Washington	W	17-0

Starting Lineups
DENVER				NEW YORK
OFFENSE		DEFENSE		OFFENSE		DEFENSE
V.Johnson	WR	A.Townsend	LE	L.Manuel	WR	G.Martin	LE
D.Studdard	LT	G.Kragen	NT	B.Benson	LT	J.Burt	NT
K.Bishop	LG	R.Jones	RE	B.Ard	LG	L.Marshall	RE
B.Bryan	C	J.Ryan	LOLB	B.Oates	C	C.Banks	LOLB
M.Cooper	RG	K.Mecklenburg	LILB	C.Godfrey	RG	G.Reasons	LILB
K.Lanier	RT	R.Hunley	RILB	K.Nelson	RT	H.Carson	RILB
C.Kay	TE	T.Jackson	ROLB	M.Bavaro	TE	L.Taylor	ROLB
S.Watson	WR	L.Wright	LCB	S.Robinson	WR	E.Patterson	LCB
J.Elway	QB	M.Harden	RCB	P.Simms	QB	P.Williams	RCB
S.Winder	RB	D.Smith	SS	J.Morris	RB	K.Hill	SS
G.Willhite	RB	S.Foley	FS	M.Carthon	RB	H.Welch	FS

Substitutions
DENVER		NEW YORK
OFFENSE	DEFENSE	OFFENSE	DEFENSE
G.Kubiak (QB)	S.Fletcher (DE)	J.Rutledge (QB)	E.Dorsey (DE)
K.Bell (RB)	F.Gilbert (DE)	O.Anderson (RB)	E.Howard (NT)
G.Lang (RB)	T.Colorito (NT)	T.Galbreath (RB)	J.Sally (NT)
S.Sewell (RB)	D.Comeaux (LB)	L.Rouson (RB)	A.Headen (LB)
J.Hackett (TE)	R.Dennison (LB)	Z.Mowatt (TE)	B.Hunt (LB)
B.Micho (TE)	K.Woodard (LB)	B.Johnson (WR)	T.Johnson (LB)
O.Mobley (TE)	M.Haynes (CB)	P.McConkey (WR)	R.Jones (LB)
M.Jackson (WR)	S.Wilson (CB)	S.Miller (WR)	M.Collins (CB)
C.Sampson (WR)	T.Lilly (S)	D.Johnson (G)	T.Flynn (S)
M.Freeman (G)	R.Robbins (S)	W.Roberts (T)	G.Lasker (S)
D.Remsberg (T)		B.Johnston (C)
KICKERS		KICKERS
R.Karlis (K)	M.Horan (P)	R.Allegre (K)	S.Landeta (P)
DID NOT PLAY		DID NOT PLAY

Team Statistics
	DEN	NYG
FIRST DOWNS-Total Rushing Passing Penalty	23 5 16 2	24 10 13 1
3rd DOWN EFF.	7/14-50%	6/12-50%
4th DOWN EFF.	0/0-0%	1/2-50%
TOTAL NET YARDS Total Offensive Plays Average Gain	372 64 5.8	399 64 6.2
NET RUSH YARDS Rushing Plays Average Gain	52 19 2.7	136 38 3.6
NET PASS YARDS Pass Att-Comp-INT Tackled-Yds Lost Gross Yards Passing	320 41-26-1 4-32 352	263 25-22-0 1-5 268
PUNTS-Yards Average Dist. Blocked	2-82 41.0 0	3-138 46.0 0
RETURN YARDS-Total Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interception Returns	93 1-9 5-84 0-0	71 1-25 4-53 1-(-7)
PENALTIES-yards	4-28	6-48
TOTAL TURNOVERS Fumbles-Lost Had Intercepted	1 2-0 1	0 0-0 0
TOUCHDOWNS-Total Rushing Passing Returns	2 1 1 0	5 2 3 0
EXTRA POINTS-Made Kicking-Made/Att Blocked	2 2/2 0	4 4/5 0
FIELD GOALS-Made/Att Blocked	2/4 0	1/1 0
SAFETIES	0	1
TOTAL POINTS	20	39
T.O.P.	25:21	34:39

Scoring Summary
Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
DENVER	10	0	0	10	20
NEW YORK	7	2	17	13	39

1st Quarter

DEN - R.Karlis, 48 yard FG. 7-45, TOP 4:09 (4:09)
NYG - Z.Mowatt, 6 yard pass from P.Simms. R.Allegre kick. 9-78, TOP 5:24 (9:33)
DEN - J.Elway, 4 yard rush. R.Karlis kick. 6-58, TOP 3:21 (12:54)

2nd Quarter

NYG - G.Martin sacked J.Elway in endzone, safety. (12:14)

3rd Quarter

NYG - M.Bavaro, 13 yard pass from P.Simms. R.Allegre kick. 9-63, TOP 4:52 (4:52)
NYG - R.Allegre, 21 yard FG. 8-32, TOP 5:07 (11:06)
NYG - J.Morris, 1 yard rush. R.Allegre kick. 5-68, TOP 2:14 (14:36)

4th Quarter

NYG - P.McConkey, 6 yard pass from P.Simms. R.Allegre kick. 6-52, TOP 3:50 (4:04)
DEN - R.Karlis, 28 yard FG. 12-73, TOP 4:55 (8:59)
NYG - O.Anderson, 2 yard rush. R.Allegre kick failed. 5-46, TOP 2:43 (10:42)
DEN - V.Johnson, 47 pass from J.Elway. R.Karlis kick. 5-69, TOP 1:12 (12:54)

Simms' near-perfect performance led to an MVP award. (Andy Hayt/SI)

Individual Statistics

DENVER BRONCOS

NEW YORK GIANTS

PASSING

	AT	CMP	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	YDS/CMP	SK/YD
J.Elway	37	22	59.5	304	1	1	13.8	3/26
G.Kubiak	4	4	100.0	48	0	0	12.0	1/6
TOTAL	41	28	63.4	352	1	1	13.5	4/32

PASSING

	AT	CMP	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	YDS/CMP	SK/YD
P.Simms	25	22	88.0	268	3	0	12.2	1/5

RUSHING

	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
J.Elway	6	27	4.5	10	1
G.Willhite	4	19	4.8	11	0
S.Winder	4	0	0.0	3	0
S.Sewell	3	4	1.3	12	0
G.Lang	2	2	1.0	4	0
TOTAL	19	52	2.7	12	1

RUSHING

	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
J.Morris	20	67	3.4	11	0
T.Galbreath	4	17	4.3	7	0
P.Simms	3	25	8.3	22	0
L.Rouson	3	22	7.3	18	0
M.Carthon	3	4	1.3	2	0
J.Rutledge	3	0	0.0	2	0
O.Anderson	2	1	0.5	2t	1
TOTAL	38	136	3.6	22	1

RECEIVING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
V.Johnson	5	121	24.2	54	1
G.Willhite	5	39	7.8	11	0
S.Winder	4	34	8.5	14	0
M.Jackson	3	51	17.0	24	0
S.Watson	2	54	27.0	31	0
C.Sampson	2	20	10.0	11	0
O.Mobley	2	17	8.5	11	0
S.Sewell	2	12	6.0	7	0
G.Lang	1	4	4.0	4	0
TOTAL	26	252	9.7	54	1

RECEIVING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
M.Bavaro	4	51	12.8	17	1
J.Morris	4	20	5.0	12	0
M.Carthon	4	13	3.3	7	0
S.Robinson	3	62	20.7	36	0
L.Manuel	3	43	14.3	17	0
P.McConkey	2	50	25.0	44	1
L.Rouson	1	23	23.0	23	0
Z.Mowatt	1	6	6.0	6t	1
TOTAL	22	268	12.2	44	3

PUNTING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	IN20	TB
M.Horan	2	82	41.0	42	0	0

PUNTING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	IN20	TB
S.Landeta	3	138	46.0	59	1	1

PUNT RETURNS

	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
G.Willhite	1	1	9	9.0	9	0

PUNT RETURNS

	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
P.McConkey	1	1	25	25.0	25	0

KICKOFF RETURNS

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
K.Bell	3	48	16.0	28
G.Lang	2	36	18.0	23
TOTAL	5	84	16.8	28

KICKOFF RETURNS

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
L.Rouson	3	56	18.7	22
T.Flynn	1	-3	-3.0	-3
TOTAL	4	53	13.3	22

INTERCEPTIONS BY

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
TOTAL	0	0	0.0	0	0

INTERCEPTIONS BY

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
E.Patterson	1	-7	-7.0	-7	0

FUMBLES

DENVER	FUM	OWN-REC	YDS	TD	FRCD	OPP-REC	YDS	TD	OOB
J.Elway	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
K.Bell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
J.Hackett	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NEW YORK	FUM	OWN-REC	YDS	TD	FRCD	OPP-REC	YDS	TD	OOB
L.Marshall	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Defensive Statistics

(Tackles are not an official stat, hence some variation from source to source)

DENVER BRONCOS

REGULAR DEFENSIVE PLAYS

SPECIAL TEAMS

MISC

TKL

AST

COM

SCK/

YDS

INT

TKL

AST

TKL

AST

R.Hunley

0.0

K.Woodard

0.5

2.5

J.Ryan

0.0

L.Wright

0.0

D.Smith

0.0

R.Jones

0.0

S.Foley

0.0

K.Mecklenburg

0.0

M.Haynes

0.0

S.Wilson

0.0

A.Townsend

0.0

F.Gilbert

0.5

2.5

T.Lilly

0.0

R.Robbins

0.0

S.Fletcher

0.0

G.Kragen

0.0

R.Dennison

0.0

B.Micho

0.0

M.Harden

0.0

K.Bell

0.0

J.Hackett

0.0

J.Elway

0.0

TOTAL

1.0

5.0

TKL = Tackle
PD = Pass Defense

AST = Assist
FF = Forced Fumble

COM = Combined
FR = Fumble Recovery

INT = Interception
BL = Blocked

NEW YORK GIANTS

REGULAR DEFENSIVE PLAYS

SPECIAL TEAMS

MISC

TKL

AST

COM

SCK/

YDS

INT

TKL

AST

TKL

AST

C.Banks

0.0

H.Carson

0.0

L.Marshall

2.0

13.0

E.Patterson

0.0

L.Taylor

0.0

H.Welch

0.0

M.Collins

0.0

G.Reasons

0.0

T.Johnson

0.0

G.Martin

1.0

13.0

G.Lasker

0.0

K.Hill

0.0

R.Jones

0.0

E.Dorsey

1.0

6.0

T.Flynn

0.0

L.Rouson

0.0

B.Hunt

0.0

A.Headen

0.0

TOTAL

4.0

32.0

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