The Fumble

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1987 AFC Championship Game

Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado, the site of the game.
Cleveland Browns (2) (AFC) (10–5) Denver Broncos (1) (AFC) (10–4–1) 33 38 Head coach: Marty Schottenheimer Head coach: Dan Reeves
1 2 3 4 Total CLE 0 3 21 9 33 DEN 14 7 10 7 38
Date	January 17, 1988
Stadium	Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado
Favorite	Broncos by 3
Referee	Jim Tunney
TV in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Dick Enberg (play-by-play) and Merlin Olsen (color commentator)

In American football, The Fumble is a play that occurred during the 1987 AFC Championship Game between the Cleveland Browns and Denver Broncos on January 17, 1988, at Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado. The fumble occurred late in the fourth quarter of the game and cost the Browns a chance to tie the contest; the Broncos went on to win the game and the AFC Championship, advancing to Super Bowl XXII.