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Box Score: Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers
Posted: Sun December 7, 1997 at 5:05 p.m. EST |
NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
DENVER 14 7 3 0 24 PITTSBURGH 7 14 7 7 35 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: DEN - TD, ROD SMITH 37 YD PASS FROM JOHN ELWAY (JASON ELAM KICK), 5:22. Drive: 3 plays, 37 yards in 0:19. Key plays: Braxton 13-yard fumble return to Pittsburgh 37. DENVER 7-0 PIT - TD, YANCEY THIGPEN 33 YD PASS FROM KORDELL STEWART (NORM JOHNSON KICK), 9:34. Drive: 7 plays, 81 yards in 4:12. Key plays: Bettis 20-yard run to Pittsburgh 43; Stewart 16-yard pass to Hawkins on 3rd-and-6 to Denver 37. DENVER 7, PITTSBURGH 7 DEN - TD, TERRELL DAVIS 3 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK), 13:42. Drive: 8 plays, 72 yards in 4:08. Key plays: Elway 31-yard pass to Green to Pittsburgh 29; Elway 23-yard pass to Davis on 3rd-and-12 to Pittsburgh 8. DENVER 14-7 2ND QUARTER: DEN - TD, ROD SMITH 25 YD PASS FROM JOHN ELWAY (JASON ELAM KICK), 4:14. Drive: 11 plays, 61 yards in 4:05. Key plays: Davis 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Pittsburgh 49; Elway 12-yard pass to R Smith on 3rd-and-3 to Pittsburgh 30. DENVER 21-7 PIT - TD, YANCEY THIGPEN 69 YD PASS FROM KORDELL STEWART (NORM JOHNSON KICK), 8:25. Drive: 3 plays, 80 yards in 1:24. Key plays: Bettis 8-yard run to Pittsburgh 28. DENVER 21-14 PIT - TD, YANCEY THIGPEN 21 YD PASS FROM KORDELL STEWART (NORM JOHNSON KICK), 13:55. Drive: 8 plays, 50 yards in 4:23. Key plays: Bettis 7-yard run to Denver 43; Stewart 14-yard pass to Johnson to Denver 23; Stewart 6-yard pass to Hawkins on 3rd-and-4 to Denver 11. DENVER 21, PITTSBURGH 21 3RD QUARTER: DEN - FG, JASON ELAM 35 YD, 6:06. Drive: 14 plays, 53 yards in 6:06. Key plays: Elway 16-yard pass to Sharpe on 3rd-and-10 to Denver 46; Elway 10-yard pass to Green to Pittsburgh 43; Elway 8-yard pass to Griffith to Pittsburgh 33; Davis 5-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Pittsburgh 20. DENVER 24-21 PIT - TD, KORDELL STEWART 4 YD RUN (NORM JOHNSON KICK), 12:44. Drive: 11 plays, 78 yards in 6:38. Key plays: Stewart 15-yard pass to Thigpen to Pittsburgh 44; Stewart 13-yard pass to Blackwell on 3rd-and-7 to Denver 40; Bettis 19-yard run to Denver 14. PITTSBURGH 28-24 4TH QUARTER: PIT - TD, KORDELL STEWART 9 YD RUN (NORM JOHNSON KICK), 13:03. Drive: 9 plays, 57 yards in 2:55. Key plays: G Jones 8-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Denver 42; Stewart 19-yard run on 4th-and-2 to Denver 15. PITTSBURGH 35-24 TEAM STATISTICS DEN PIT
FIRST DOWNS 18 22 Rushing 6 10 Passing 11 11 Penalty 1 1 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 9-17 5-11 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1 2-2 TOTAL NET YARDS 320 476 Total plays 68 66 Average gain 4.7 7.2 NET YARDS RUSHING 89 186 Rushes 24 36 Average per rush 3.7 5.2 NET YARDS PASSING 231 290 Completed-attempted 17-42 18-29 Yards per pass 5.3 9.7 Sacked-yards lost 2-17 1-13 Had intercepted 1 1 PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-43.5 3-45.3 RETURN YARDAGE 138 93 Punts-returns 3-24 1-15 Kickoffs-returns 6-114 5-75 Interceptions-returns 1-0 1-3 PENALTIES-YARDS 4-33 5-35 FUMBLES-LOST 1-0 3-1 TIME OF POSSESSION 27:31 32:29 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: Denver (Jason Elam 53); Pittsburgh (Norm Johnson 52). Denver rushing: Terrell Davis 21-75, John Elway 2-23, Rod Smith 1-minus 9. Pittsburgh rushing: Jerome Bettis 24-125, Kordell Stewart 10-49, George Jones 2-12. Denver passing: John Elway 17-42 for 248 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD. Pittsburgh passing: Kordell Stewart 18-29 for 303 yards, 1 INT, 3 TD. Denver receiving: Rod Smith 4-115, Howard Griffith 4-18, Willie Green 3-54, Terrell Davis 3-26, Patrick Jeffers 2-19, Shannon Sharpe 1-16. Pittsburgh receiving: Yancey Thigpen 6-175, Charles Johnson 4-29, Courtney Hawkins 3-42, George Jones 3-37, Will Blackwell 1-13, Mark Bruener 1-7. Denver tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Tim Mckyer 4-0-1, John Mobley 5-5-0, Ray Crockett 6-3-0, Steve Atwater 6-2-0, Tyrone Braxton 4-4-0, Darrien Gordon 3-5-0, Allen Aldridge 6-1-0, Neil Smith 4-2-0, Trevor Pryce 1-2-0, Bill Romanowski 1-1-0, Alfred Williams 1-1-0, Mike Lodish 1-0-0, Keith Traylor 1-0-0, Darrius Johnson 0-2-0, Keith Burns 1-1-0, Terrell Davis 1-0-0, Dedrick Dodge 1-0-0, Randy Hilliard 1-0-0, Detron Smith 1-0-0. Pittsburgh tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Carnell Lake 3-4-2, Levon Kirkland 6-2-0, Chad Scott 5-0-0, Kevin Henry 4-1-0, Earl Holmes 4-1-0, Joel Steed 4-0-0, Myron Bell 3-0-0, Jason Gildon 2-1-0, Darren Perry 2-1-0, Nolan Harrison 0-3-0, Mike Vrabel 2-0-0, Randy Fuller 1-0-0, Donta Jones 1-0-0, Chris Oldham 2-0-0, J.b. Brown 1-0-0, Steven Conley 0-1-0, Carlos Emmons 0-1-0, Lethon Flowers 2-1-0, John Jackson 1-0-0, Fred Mcafee 1-1-0, Jerry Olsavsky 1-0-0, Orpheus Roye 1-1-0. Interceptions: Denver (Darrien Gordon 1 for 0 yards); Pittsburgh (Myron Bell 1 for 3 yards). Fumbles lost: Pittsburgh (George Jones). Opponent's fumbles recovered: Denver (Tyrone Braxton). Officials: Referee-Walt Coleman, Umpire-Rex Stuart, Head linesman-Tom Stabile, Line judge-Dave Anderson, Back judge-Dick Creed, Side judge-Neely Dunn, Field judge-Bob Lawing. A: 59,739; T: 3:09.
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