Box Score: Denver Broncos at San Francisco 49ers

Posted: Tues December 16, 1997 at 1:25 a.m EST

NFL     FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

DENVER 10 0 7 0 17 SAN FRANCISCO 0 14 10 10 34 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: DEN - TD, TERRELL DAVIS 4 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK), 6:46. Drive: 2 plays, 6 yards in 0:47. Key plays: Dodge recovery of Uwaezuoke fumble on a punt return at San Francisco 6. DENVER 7-0 DEN - FG, JASON ELAM 49 YD, 13:29. Drive: 10 plays, 27 yards in 4:26. Key plays: Davis 4-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 47; Elway 7-yard pass to Sharpe on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 33. DENVER 10-0 2ND QUARTER: SFO - TD, JERRY RICE 14 YD PASS FROM STEVE YOUNG (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 8:07. Drive: 12 plays, 92 yards in 7:05. Key plays: Young 16-yard pass to Owens to San Francisco 24; Young 22-yard pass to Jones on 3rd-and-7 to San Francisco 49; Young 10-yard pass to Rice on 3rd-and-8 to Denver 39; Young 12-yard pass to Floyd to Denver 28; Young 7-for-7 for 88 yards. DENVER 10-7 SFO - TD, TERRY KIRBY 1 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 14:38. Drive: 7 plays, 65 yards in 1:48. Key plays: Young 16-yard pass to Jones to Denver 49; Young 24-yard pass to Jones to Denver 25; Young 12-yard pass to Kirby to Denver 13; Young 7-yard run to Denver 6. SAN FRANCISCO 14-10 3RD QUARTER: DEN - TD, VAUGHN HEBRON 1 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK), 4:30. Drive: 9 plays, 71 yards in 4:30. Key plays: Elway 9-yard pass to R Smith to Denver 38; Elway 9-yard pass to Sharpe to San Francisco 48; Hebron 46-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to San Francisco 3. DENVER 17-14 SFO - FG, GARY ANDERSON 32 YD, 8:01. Drive: 10 plays, 53 yards in 3:31. Key plays: Young 6-yard run plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Romanowski to Denver 45; Young 13-yard pass to Stokes to Denver 31; Young 9-yard pass to Stokes plus 11-yard roughing- the-passer-penalty on A Williams to Denver 11. DENVER 17, SAN FRANCISCO 17 SFO - TD, MERTON HANKS 55 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 9:03. SAN FRANCISCO 24-17 4TH QUARTER: SFO - FG, GARY ANDERSON 20 YD, 5:55. Drive: 4 plays, 9 yards in 1:42. Key plays: Woodall 55-yard interception return to Denver 11. SAN FRANCISCO 27-17 SFO - TD, KEVIN GREENE 40 YD FUMBLE RETURN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 10:55. SAN FRANCISCO 34-17 TEAM STATISTICS DEN SFO
FIRST DOWNS 15 18 Rushing 5 4 Passing 7 12 Penalty 3 2 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-16 5-13 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2 0-0 TOTAL NET YARDS 237 323 Total plays 65 62 Average gain 3.6 5.2 NET YARDS RUSHING 96 58 Rushes 23 26 Average per rush 4.2 2.2 NET YARDS PASSING 141 265 Completed-attempted 16-41 22-34 Yards per pass 3.4 7.4 Sacked-yards lost 1-9 2-11 Had intercepted 2 0 PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-48.5 5-36.2 RETURN YARDAGE 152 215 Punts-returns 1-0 4-19 Kickoffs-returns 7-152 4-86 Interceptions-returns 0-0 2-110 PENALTIES-YARDS 5-46 11-95 FUMBLES-LOST 2-1 1-1 TIME OF POSSESSION 27:46 32:14 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: Denver (Jason Elam 44, 29); San Francisco (Gary Anderson 35). Denver rushing: Vaughn Hebron 12-64, Terrell Davis 10-28, Howard Griffith 1-4. San Francisco rushing: Terry Kirby 15-27, William Floyd 7-19, Steve Young 3-11, Chuck Levy 1-1. Denver passing: John Elway 16-41 for 150 yards, 2 INT, 0 TD. San Francisco passing: Steve Young 22-34 for 276 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD. Denver receiving: Rod Smith 5-73, Shannon Sharpe 5-60, Terrell Davis 2-0, Willie Green 1-17, Ed Mccaffrey 1-5, Dwayne Carswell 1-0, Vaughn Hebron 1-minus 5. San Francisco receiving: Terry Kirby 6-76, Brent Jones 4-68, JerryRice 3-40, Terrell Owens 3-39, Jj Stokes 3-32, William Floyd 3-21. Denver tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): John Mobley 8-3-0, Bill Romanowski 9-0-0, Trevor Pryce 5-2-0, Ray Crockett 6-0-0, Tyrone Braxton 5-1-0, Allen Aldridge 3-2-0, Steve Atwater 3-0-0, Darrien Gordon 2-0-0, Keith Traylor 2-0-0, Alfred Williams 2-0-2, Harald Hasselbach 1-0-0, Darrius Johnson 1-0-0, Neil Smith 1-0-0, Glenn Cadrez 1-0-0, Dwayne Carswell 1-1-0, Vaughn Hebron 0-1-0, Randy Hilliard 1-0-0, Anthony Lynn 1-0-0, Steve Russ 1-0-0, Shannon Sharpe 1-0-0, Tony Veland 1-0-0. San Francisco tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Ken Norton 4-2-0, Merton Hanks 3-3-0, Tim Mcdonald 4-1-0, Lee Woodall 4-1-0, Bryant Young 4-1-0, Dana Stubblefield 4-0-0, Zack Bronson 4-1-0, Marquez Pope 2-2-0, Gary Plummer 1-3-0, Chris Doleman 3-0-0, Rod Woodson 2-0-0, Roy Barker 1-1-0, Tyronne Drakeford 2-0-0, Kevin Greene 1-0-1, Junior Bryant 0-2-0, Curtis Buckley 1-0-0, Chad Fann 0-1-0, Kevin Mitchell 3-0-0, Darnell Walker 1-0-0, James Williams 1-0-0. Interceptions: San Francisco (Merton Hanks 1 for 55 yards, Lee Woodall 1 for 55 yards). Fumbles lost: Denver (John Elway); San Francisco (Iheanyi Uwaezuoke). Opponent's fumbles recovered: Denver (Dedrick Dodge); San Francisco (Kevin Greene). Officials: Referee-Phil Luckett, Umpire-Ron Botchan, Head linesman-Gary Slaughter, Line judge-Tom Barnes, Back judge-Tony Corrente, Side judge-Doug Toole, Field judge-Don Dorkowski. A: 68,461; T: 3:18.


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