Visitor:  Kansas City Chiefs

Home:  Denver Broncos

Date:  September 23, 1984

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3          4          Final

KC                  0          0          0          0             0

DEN                0          14        7          0            21

 

Visitor playmakers:

DE Art Still, S Lloyd Burruss, LB Ken McAlister, LB Scott Radecic

 

Home playmakers:

RB Sammy Winder, FB Rick Parros, CB Mike Harden, CB Steve Foley, LB Tom Jackson

 

Network:  NBC (KEVN Rapid City/KIVV Lead, Deadwood)

Announcers:  Jay Randolph, Gene Washington

 

Pregame:  No – starts at kickoff

Halftime:  No

Postgame:  No

Commercials:  No

 

Grade:  B-

 

Notes:    Denver moves the ball well on their opening drive, but CB Albert Lewis breaks up a pass in the end zone and K Rich Karlis misses a 46-yard field goal attempt and the game remains scoreless.

 

KC stays tough and puts up an impressive kicking game, pinning the Broncos inside their own 5 twice in the first quarter.  They also frustrate the Denver running game and sack Elway.  However, the ineffective Chiefs, under the leadership of QB Todd Blackledge, are unable to take advantage of some serious Denver mistakes.

 

Denver finally gets on the board when their second quarter drive, aided by several KC penalties, results in a 5-yard Sammy Winder run to the end zone.  Denver scores again after Gerald Wilhite’s 51-yard run sets up a 4-yard scoring run by FB Rick Parros.  On Kansas City’s next possession Blackledge is passing well, but a typical errant pass in the face of a blitz results in a Steve Foley interception.  On Elway’s next pass S Lloyd Burruss steps in front of the receiver and comes up with an interception.  WR Stephone Paige catches a pass one step too deep in the end zone for the second time, and K Nick Lowery misses a field goal attempt for the second time to keep the Chiefs trailing 14-0.

 

More of the same in the third quarter, with Denver harassing the hapless KC offense.  CB Mike Harden intercepts Blackledge’s tipped pass at the KC 45 and runs it in for a touchdown.  As Denver is going for the kill shot, LB Scott Radecic tips an Elway pass, catches it, and runs it out to the Denver 45 with just under 5 minutes to play.  KC’s last drive ends when Blackledge’s fourth down pass to WR Henry Marshall is knocked down in the end zone.

 

The game marks the first-ever Denver shutout of Kansas City.

 

Thanks Todd!

 

Running time:  2:23 (2 discs)