NFL               FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

NEW ENGLAND 0 13 0 0 13 DENVER 14 0 17 3 34 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: DEN - TD, TERRELL DAVIS 2 YD RUN (SCOTT BENTLEY KICK), 9:32. Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards in 6:36. Key plays: Atwater recovery of Glenn fumble at Denver 25; Davis 13-yard run to Denver 38; Elway 6-yard pass to Smith on 3rd-and-3 to New England 49; Elway 19-yard pass to Sharpe to New England 16; Davis 7 carries 35 yards. DENVER 7-0 DEN - TD, JOHN MOBLEY 13 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (SCOTT BENTLEY KICK), 11:09. DENVER 14-0 2ND QUARTER: NWE - TD, KEITH BYARS 44 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 0:22. Drive: 1 play, 44 yards in 0:07. Key plays: Clay 27-yard interception return to Denver 44. DENVER 14-7 NWE - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 26 YD, 11:48. Drive: 14 plays, 43 yards in 5:13. Key plays: Bledsoe 19-yard pass to Jefferson on 3rd-and-10 to Denver 32; Martin 12-yard run on 3rd-and-12 to Denver 22; Bledsoe 3-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Denver 10. DENVER 14-10 NWE - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 49 YD, 15:00. Drive: 7 plays, 12 yards in 1:34. Key plays: Clay 3-yard interception return to Denver 44; Bledsoe 16-yard pass to Jefferson on 3rd-and-10 to Denver 28. DENVER 14-13 3RD QUARTER: DEN - TD, JOHN ELWAY 1 YD RUN (SCOTT BENTLEY KICK), 5:23. Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 5:23. Key plays: Elway 30-yards pass to Smith on 3rd-and-10 to New England 38; Davis 11-yard run to New England 24; Davis 6 carries 31 yards. DENVER 21-13 DEN - FG, SCOTT BENTLEY 21 YD, 11:23. Drive: 9 plays, 69 yards in 3:55. Key plays: Hitchcock 39-yard pass interference penalty to New England 21; Davis 6-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to New England 8; Davis 5 carries 22 yards. DENVER 24-13 DEN - TD, TERRELL DAVIS 1 YD RUN (SCOTT BENTLEY KICK), 13:01. Drive: 3 plays, 48 yards in 0:59. Key plays: Elway 47-yard pass to Smith to New England 1. DENVER 31-13 4TH QUARTER: DEN - FG, SCOTT BENTLEY 33 YD, 9:36. Drive: 8 plays, 65 yards in 3:59. Key plays: Davis 15-yard run to Denver 38; Elway 40-yard pass to Smith to New England 21. DENVER 34-13 TEAM STATISTICS NWE DEN
FIRST DOWNS 13 25 Rushing 4 15 Passing 8 6 Penalty 1 4 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-15 4-11 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2 0-0 TOTAL NET YARDS 262 380 Total plays 63 66 Average gain 4.2 5.8 NET YARDS RUSHING 51 192 Rushes 19 38 Average per rush 2.7 5.1 NET YARDS PASSING 211 188 Completed-attempted 20-41 13-27 Yards per pass 4.8 6.7 Sacked-yards lost 3-23 1-8 Had intercepted 1 2 PUNTS-AVERAGE 7-51.9 3-50.3 RETURN YARDAGE 169 92 Punts-returns 1-20 3-20 Kickoffs-returns 6-119 2-59 Interceptions-returns 2-30 1-13 PENALTIES-YARDS 10-117 4-20 FUMBLES-LOST 2-1 3-0 TIME OF POSSESSION 27:02 32:58 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: Denver (Scott Bentley 48). New England rushing: Curtis Martin 15-66, Drew Bledsoe 2-3, Keith Byars 1-0, Troy Brown 1-minus 18. Denver rushing: Terrell Davis 32-171, Vaughn Hebron 3-22, John Elway 3-minus 1. New England passing: Drew Bledsoe 20-41 for 234 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD. Denver passing: John Elway 13-27 for 196 yards, 2 INT, 0 TD. New England receiving: Ben Coates 5-65, Keith Byars 4-66, Shawn Jefferson 3-45, Curtis Martin 3-10, Terry Glenn 2-27, Troy Brown 1-10, Lovett Purnell 1-6, Vincent Brisby 1-5. Denver receiving: Rod Smith 5-130, Ed Mccaffrey 3-26, Willie Green 2-14, Terrell Davis 2-7, Shannon Sharpe 1-19. New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Lawyer Milloy 6-4-0, Willie Clay 6-2-0, Todd Collins 4-3-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 4-3-0, Henry Thomas 2-3-1, Ferric Collons 3-1-0, Mike Jones 3-1-0, Ted Johnson 2-2-0, Chris Canty 3-0-0, Ty Law 3-0-0, Chris Sullivan 2-1-0, Chad Eaton 1-1-0, Chris Slade 1-0-0, Mark Wheeler 1-0-0, Devin Wyman 1-0-0, Tedy Bruschi 1-0-0, Ben Coates 1-0-0, Derick Cullors 2-0-0, Mario Grier 1-0-0, Dietrich Jells 1-0-0. Denver tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): John Mobley 10-4-0, Steve Atwater 5-1-0, Tyrone Braxton 5-0-0, Allen Aldridge 4-1-0, Darrien Gordon 3-1-0, Maa Tanuvasa 3-0-3, Neil Smith 2-1-0, Mike Lodish 2-0-0, Bill Romanowski 1-1-0, Keith Traylor 1-1-0, Alfred Williams 0-2-0, Ray Crockett 1-0-0, Tim Mckyer 1-0-0, Harald Hasselbach 0-1-0, Dedrick Dodge 1-0-0, Patrick Jeffers 1-0-0, Darrius Johnson 1-1-0, Ed Mccaffrey 1-0-0, Tom Nalen 1-0-0, Steve Russ 1-0-0, Detron Smith 1-0-0. Interceptions: New England (Willie Clay 2 for 30 yards); Denver (John Mobley 1 for 13 yards). Fumbles lost: New England (Terry Glenn). Opponent's fumbles recovered: Denver (Steve Atwater). Officials: Referee-Jerry Markbreit, Umpire-Chad Brown, Head linesman-Terry Gierke, Line judge-Gary Arthur, Back judge-Walt Coleman, Side judge-Laird Hayes, Field judge-Don Hakes. A: 75,821; T: 3:08.

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