Sunday, September 21, 1997
Cincinnati Bengals 20, Denver Broncos 38| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals (1-2-0) | 7 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| Denver Broncos (4-0-0) | 0 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 38 |
| CIN | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CIN | Tony McGee 7 yard pass from Jeff Blake (Doug Pelfrey kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | DEN | Ed McCaffrey 32 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 7 |
| DEN | Rod Smith 1 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| 3rd | CIN | Ki-Jana Carter 79 yard rush (Doug Pelfrey kick) | 14 | 14 |
| CIN | Doug Pelfrey 38 yard field goal | 17 | 14 | |
| DEN | Rod Smith 18 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 17 | 21 | |
| 4th | CIN | Doug Pelfrey 42 yard field goal | 20 | 21 |
| DEN | Terrell Davis 50 yard rush (Jason Elam kick) | 20 | 28 | |
| DEN | Jason Elam 24 yard field goal | 20 | 31 | |
| DEN | Alfred Williams 51 yard fumble return (Jason Elam kick) | 20 | 38 |
| CIN | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 25-195-1 | 29-222-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-30-220-1-0 | 14-26-162-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-26 | 2-12 |
| Net pass yards | 194 | 150 |
| Total yards | 389 | 372 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 12-123 | 8-90 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jeff Blake | CIN | 20 | 30 | 220 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Carl Pickens | CIN | 8 | 125 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Ki-Jana Carter | CIN | 13 | 104 | 1 | 79 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | ||||||
| Corey Dillon | CIN | 5 | 58 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| David Dunn | CIN | 2 | 39 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Darnay Scott | CIN | 2 | 24 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Tony McGee | CIN | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Eric Bieniemy | CIN | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Marco Battaglia | CIN | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
| Brian Milne | CIN | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Terrell Davis | DEN | 27 | 215 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| John Elway | DEN | 14 | 26 | 162 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Rod Smith | DEN | 7 | 82 | 2 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Ed McCaffrey | DEN | 4 | 62 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Shannon Sharpe | DEN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Vaughn Hebron | DEN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Andre Collins | CIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Corey Dillon | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gerald Dixon | CIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| David Dunn | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| James Hundon | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tremain Mack | CIN | 1 | 29 | 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 | |||
| Keith Burns | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Vaughn Hebron | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Mobley | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bill Romanowski | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Neil Smith | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Maa Tanuvasa | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||