Williams Delivers a Super Bowl Triumph
By William Gildea and Leonard Shapiro
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, Feb. 1, 1988; Page C1

SAN DIEGO, JAN. 31 — It was athletic drama at its best: an injured quarterback returning to the lineup to make history, a team about to be blown away rallying like none ever had before in National Football League postseason play. It was wacky and wild and, for the Washington Redskins, perfectly wonderful.
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Redskin Starters
Offense		Defense
Pos.	Player	Pos.	Player
WR	Clark	LE	Mann
LT	Jacoby	DLT	Butz
LG	McKenzie	DRT	Grant
C	Bostic	DRE	Manley
RG	Thielemann	LOLB	Kaufman
RT	May	MLB	Olkewicz
TE	Warren	ROLB	Coleman
WR	Sanders	LCB	Green
QB	Williams	RCB	Wilburn
TE	Didier	FS	Bowles
RB	Smith	SS	Walton

Bronco Starters
Offense		Defense
Pos.	Player	Pos.	Player
WR	Jackson	LE	Townsend
LT	Studdard	NT	Kragen
LG	Bishop	DRE	Jones
C	Freeman	LOLB	Fletcher
RG	Humphries	LILB	Mecklenburg
RT	Lanier	RILB	Hunley
TE	Kay	ROLB	Ryan
WR	Nattiel	LCB	Haynes
QB	Elway	RCB	Wilson
RB	Winder	FS	Lilly
RB	Lang	SS	Smith

Scoring

	1	2	3	4	Tot.
Washington	0	35	0	7	42
Denver	10	0	0	0	10

First Quarter:
Denver: Nattiel, 56 yard pass from Elway (Karlis kick)
Denver: Karlis, 24 yard field goal

Second Quarter:
Washington: Sanders, 80 yard pass from Williams (Haji-Shiekh kick)
Washington: Clark, 27 yard pass from Williams (Haji-Shiekh kick)
Washington: Smith, 58 yard run (Haji-Shiekh kick)
Washington: Sanders, 50 yard pass from Williams (Haji-Shiekh kick)
Washington: Didier, 8 yard pass from Williams (Haji-Shiekh kick)

Fourth Quarter:
Washington: Smith, 4 yard run (Haji-Shiekh kick)

Team Statistics

	Was.	Den.
First Downs (Tot.)	25	18
First Downs (Rush)	13	6
First Downs (Pass)	11	10
First Downs (Penalty)	1	2
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/65	5/26
Total Off. Plays	72	61
Total Net Yards	602	327
Avg. Yards Per Play	8.4	5.4
Missed Field Goals	0	0
Giveaways	1	3

Individual Statistics

Passing:
Washington: Williams, 18-29, 340 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT, 62.0%; Schroeder, 0-1, 0 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT, 00.0%
Denver: Elway, 14-38, 257 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT, 37.0%; Sewell, 1-1, 23 yards, 0 TD, O INT, 100.0%

Rushing:
Washington: Smith, 22-204, 2 TD; Bryant, 8-38; Clark, 1-25; Rogers, 5-17; Griffin, 1-2; Sanders, 1- (-4); Williams, 2- (-2)
Denver: Lang, 5-38; Elway, 3-32; Winder, 8-30; Sewell, 1- (-3)

Receiving:
Washington: Sanders, 9-193, 2 TD; Clark, 3-65, TD; Warren, 2-15; Monk, 1-40; Bryant, 1-20; Smith, 1-9; Didier, 1-8, TD
Denver: Jackson, 4-76; Sewell, 4-41; Nattiel, 2-69, TD; Kay, 2-38; Winder, 1-26; Elway, 1-23; Lang, 1-7

Punting:
Washington: Cox, 4, avg. 37.5
Denver: Horan, 7, avg. 36.1

Punt Returns:
Washington: Green, 1-0
Denver: Clark, 2-18

Kickoff Returns:
Washington: Sanders, 3-46
Denver: Bell, 5-88

Interception Returns:
Washington: Wilburn, 2-11; Davis, 1-0
Denver: Castille, 1-0

How They Got There: 1987

Denver: 10-4-1
Opponent	Res.	Score
Seattle	W	40-17
at Green Bay	T	17-17
Houston	L	40-10
L.A. Raiders	W	30-14
at Kansas City	W	26-17
at Minnesota	L	34-27
Detroit	W	34-0
at Buffalo	L	21-14
Chicago	W	31-29
at L.A. Raiders	W	23-17
at San Diego	W	31-17
New England	L	31-20
at Seattle	L	28-21
Kansas City	W	20-17
San Diego	W	24-0
Houston*	W	34-10
Cleveland*	W	38-33
* AFC Playoffs

Washington: 11-4
Opponent	Res.	Score
Philadelphia	W	34-24
at Atlanta	L	21-20
St. Louis	W	28-21
at N.Y. Giants	W	38-12
at Dallas	W	13-7
N.Y. Jets	W	17-16
at Buffalo	W	27-7
at Philadelphia	L	31-27
Detroit	W	20-13
L.A. Rams	L	30-26
N.Y. Giants	W	23-19
at St. Louis	W	34-17
Dallas	W	24-20
at Miami	L	23-21
at Minnesota	W	27-24
at Chicago*	W	21-17
Minnesota*	W	17-10
* NFC Playoffs