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Box Score: San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos
Posted: Sun December 21, 1997 at 8:09 p.m. EST |
NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
SAN DIEGO 3 0 0 0 3 DENVER 0 24 7 7 38 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: SDG - FG, GREG DAVIS 26 YD, 11:31. Drive: 14 plays, 46 yards in 7:55. Key plays: Whelihan 5-yard run on 3rd-and-5 to Denver 31; Whelihan 8-yard pass to Martin on 3rd-and-8 to Denver 1O; Brown 6 carries for 17 yards and 2 catches for 16 yards on drive. SAN DIEGO 3-0 2ND QUARTER: DEN - TD, ROD SMITH 11 YD PASS FROM JOHN ELWAY (JASON ELAM KICK), 1:22. Drive: 10 plays, 60 yards in 4:51. Key plays: Hebron 31-yard kickoff return to Denver 40; Hebron 17-yard run to San Diego 43; Elway 12-yard pass to Green on 3rd-and-4 to San Diego 25; Elway 10-yard pass to McCaffrey on 3rd-and-10 to San Diego 15. DENVER 7-3 DEN - TD, ROD SMITH 15 YD PASS FROM JOHN ELWAY (JASON ELAM KICK), 5:55. Drive: 3 plays, 29 yards in 1:19. Key plays: Atwater 20-yard interception return to San Diego 29; Elway 12-yard pass to R Smith to San Diego 15. DENVER 14-3 DEN - TD, ED MCCAFFREY 1 YD PASS FROM JOHN ELWAY (JASON ELAM KICK), 10:51. Drive: 5 plays, 56 yards in 2:18. Key plays: Elway 12-yard pass to Sharpe to San Diego 44; Elway 29-yard pass to Sharpe to San Diego 1. DENVER 21-3 DEN - FG, JASON ELAM 25 YD, 14:47. Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards in 2:50. Key plays: Elway 21-yard pass to Hebron to Denver 39; Elway 13-yard pass to Sharpe on 3rd-and-7 to San Diego 45; Elway 20-yard pass to Hebron to San Diego 25; Elway 23-yard pass to Sharpe on 3rd-and-11 to San Diego 3. DENVER 24-3 3RD QUARTER: DEN - TD, SHANNON SHARPE 68 YD PASS FROM JOHN ELWAY (JASON ELAM KICK), 0:23. Drive: 1 play, 68 yards in 0:23. DENVER 31-3 4TH QUARTER: DEN - TD, DEREK LOVILLE 6 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK), 10:25. Drive: 18 plays, 90 yards in 10:25. Key plays: Brister 15-yard pass on 3rd-and-7 to R Smith to Denver 28; D Smith 11-yard run to midfield; Brister 2-yard run on 4th-and-1 to San Diego 21. DENVER 38-3 TEAM STATISTICS SDG DEN
FIRST DOWNS 9 24 Rushing 1 8 Passing 8 15 Penalty 0 1 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-14 7-14 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-2 1-2 TOTAL NET YARDS 203 451 Total plays 53 68 Average gain 3.8 6.6 NET YARDS RUSHING 70 130 Rushes 23 33 Average per rush 3.0 3.9 NET YARDS PASSING 133 321 Completed-attempted 15-28 23-35 Yards per pass 4.4 9.2 Sacked-yards lost 2-14 0-0 Had intercepted 1 1 PUNTS-AVERAGE 6-45.7 2-53.0 RETURN YARDAGE 169 118 Punts-returns 1-3 2-40 Kickoffs-returns 7-159 2-58 Interceptions-returns 1-7 1-20 PENALTIES-YARDS 6-41
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