Sunday, September 14, 1997
St. Louis Rams 14, Denver Broncos 35| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams (1-2-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Denver Broncos (3-0-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| STL | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Rod Smith 72 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 0 | 7 |
| STL | Lawrence Phillips 23 yard rush (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | DEN | Dwayne Carswell 24 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3rd | DEN | Darrien Gordon 94 yard punt return (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4th | DEN | Rod Smith 38 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 28 |
| DEN | Ed McCaffrey 23 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 35 | |
| STL | Ronald Moore 27 yard rush (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 14 | 35 |
| STL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 23-130-2 | 34-144-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-33-217-0-2 | 16-28-247-4-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-33 | 1-14 |
| Net pass yards | 184 | 233 |
| Total yards | 314 | 377 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-45 | 10-100 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Banks | STL | 18 | 33 | 217 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Amp Lee | STL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 90 | 0 | 29 | ||||||
| Ronald Moore | STL | 5 | 48 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Lawrence Phillips | STL | 13 | 60 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Kennison | STL | 2 | 26 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Torrance Small | STL | 3 | 22 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Ernie Conwell | STL | 2 | 19 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Keith Crawford | STL | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Jermaine Ross | STL | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Craig Heyward | STL | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Elway | DEN | 16 | 28 | 247 | 4 | 1 | 72 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Rod Smith | DEN | 4 | 126 | 2 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Terrell Davis | DEN | 21 | 103 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Dwayne Carswell | DEN | 4 | 47 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Ed McCaffrey | DEN | 1 | 23 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Shannon Sharpe | DEN | 2 | 20 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Vaughn Hebron | DEN | 5 | 19 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Byron Chamberlain | DEN | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Howard Griffith | DEN | 4 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Willie Green | DEN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Lewis | DEN | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Eddie Kennison | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ryan McNeil | STL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Leslie O'Neal | STL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jermaine Ross | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Ray Crockett | DEN | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Darrien Gordon | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 109 | 27.3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Harald Hasselbach | DEN | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Vaughn Hebron | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Lodish | DEN | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tim McKyer | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Mobley | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Neil Smith | DEN | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rod Smith | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Keith Traylor | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||