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Postgame Coverage - Boxscore - Watch Game ArenaBowl I Arenabowl: Denver 45 at Pittsburgh 16     1   2   3   4 Final  Denver Dynamite 12 6 14 13 45  Pittsburgh Gladiators 0 0 0 16 16 Date: Saturday August 1, 1987, Game Time: 12:00 pm ET Arena: Pittsburgh Civic Arena Attendance: 13,232 MVP: Gary Mullen (Den) Ironman of the Game: Steve Trimble (Den) × ... Scoring Summary 1st Quarter 06:33 TD Forte fumble return (Morales kick failed) 6-0 05:23 TD Prather 2 yd run (Taylor pass failed) 12-0 2nd Quarter 10:22 TD Mullen 26 yd pass from Taylor (Taylor run failed) 18-0 3rd Quarter 05:12 TD Rodgers 32 yd pass from Taylor (Morales kick) 25-0 00:00 TD Trimble 47 yd interception return (Morales kick) 32-0 4th Quarter 11:17 TD Hairston 11 yd pass from Hohensee (Hohensee pass to Rafferty) 32-8 08:47 TD Mullen 5 yd pass from Taylor (Morales kick) 39-8 03:11 TD Mullen 19 yd pass from Taylor (Morales kick failed) 45-8 00:32 TD Richmond 14 yd pass from Folmar (Folmar pass to Hairston) 45-16 Note: scores in red indicate lead of more than one possession. Team Statistics   Denver Pittsburgh First Downs 14 17 Rushing Yards 22 12 Passing Yards 205 243 Fumbles/Lost 1/1 4/2 Fumble Return Yards 0 0 Penalties/Yards 5/24 5/20 Time of Possession 22:16 37:44 3rd Down Conv. 2/7 4/14 4th Down Conv. 0/0 2/6 Individual Statistics Denver Passing   Comp Att Yds TD Int Whit Taylor 14 26 205 4 1 Pittsburgh Passing   Comp Att Yds TD Int Mike Hohensee 18 36 188 1 3 Brendan Folmar 7 18 55 1 1 Denver Receiving   Rec Yds TD Gary Mullen 9 123 3 Durell Taylor 2 19 0 Richard Rodgers 1 31 1 Chris Brewer 1 22 0 Richard Prather 1 10 0 Pittsburgh Receiving   Rec Yds TD Russell Hairston 8 85 1 Rock Richmond 6 53 1 Jim Rafferty 5 35 0 John McClennon 3 39 0 Mike Powell 2 20 0 Mike Stoops 1 11 0 Denver Rushing   Rush Yds TD Richard Prather 4 24 1 Whit Taylor 3 -3 0 Chris Brewer 2 1 0 Pittsburgh Rushing   Rush Yds TD Mike Hohensee 6 14 0 John McClennon 1 -2 0 Denver Kicking   1pt 3pt 2pt 4pt Marco Morales 3/5 0/4 0/0 0/0 Pittsburgh Kicking   1pt 3pt 2pt 4pt Lee Larsen 0/0 0/3 0/0 0/0 Denver Returns   KORet MFGRet Gary Mullen 1/18/0 0/0/0 Durell Taylor 0/0/0 2/31/0 Pittsburgh Returns   KORet MFGRet Ricky Mitchell 4/57/0 1/10/0 John McClennon 0/0/0 1/0/0 Denver Defense   T/A PD Sacks F/R Clyde Skipper 10/0 3 0.0/0 0/0 Keith Smith 5/0 0 2.0/15 0/0 Gary Mullen 4/0 2 0.0/0 0/0 Kelly Kirchbaum 3/1 0 0.5/3 0/1 Chuck Harris 3/0 0 2.0/15 0/0 Chris Brewer 3/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Phil Forte 2/1 1 1.5/12 0/1 Steve Trimble 2/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Richard Rodgers 2/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Jon Norris 2/0 0 1.0/4 0/0 Patrick Cain 1/0 0 1.0/3 0/0 Durell Taylor 1/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Pittsburgh Defense   T/A PD Sacks F/R Rock Richmond 4/0 0 0.0/0 0/1 Scott Dmitrenko 3/1 1 2.5/6 0/0 Mike Stoops 3/0 2 0.0/0 0/0 Creig Federico 3/0 1 0.0/0 1/0 Willis Yates 2/0 1 0.0/0 0/0 Craig Walls 1/1 0 1.5/11 0/0 Mike Powell 1/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Jim Rafferty 1/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Ricky Mitchell 1/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 John McClennon 1/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Thomas Weaver 1/0 1 0.0/0 0/0 Russell Hairston 0/0 1 0.0/0 0/0 Denver Interceptions   Ints Yds TD Steve Trimble 3 60 1 Gary Mullen 1 0 0 Pittsburgh Interceptions   Ints Yds TD Rock Richmond 1 0 0