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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Denver Broncos at Atlanta Falcons - September 28th, 1997
Denver Broncos 29 at Atlanta Falcons 21
Sunday, September 28, 1997
Denver Broncos 29, Atlanta Falcons 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (5-0-0) | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 29 |
| Atlanta Falcons (0-5-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Scoring
| DEN | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Shannon Sharpe 65 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 0 |
| DEN | Willie Green 10 yard pass from John Elway (Terrell Davis run) | 15 | 0 | |
| 2nd | DEN | Terrell Davis 13 yard rush (Terrell Davis run) | 23 | 0 |
| ATL | Ed West 1 yard pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen kick) | 23 | 7 | |
| 3rd | ATL | Bert Emanuel 3 yard pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen kick) | 23 | 14 |
| DEN | Detron Smith 17 yard pass from John Elway (pass failed) | 29 | 14 | |
| 4th | ATL | Jamal Anderson 47 yard pass from Billy Joe Tolliver (Morten Andersen kick) | 29 | 21 |
Team Stats
| DEN | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-101-1 | 21-112-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-33-243-3-1 | 18-31-222-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-15 | 4-26 |
| Net pass yards | 228 | 196 |
| Total yards | 329 | 308 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-76 | 5-27 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Elway | DEN | 18 | 33 | 243 | 3 | 1 | 65 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 23 | ||||
| Shannon Sharpe | DEN | 6 | 119 | 1 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Terrell Davis | DEN | 23 | 79 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Ed McCaffrey | DEN | 4 | 48 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Rod Smith | DEN | 3 | 28 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Willie Green | DEN | 3 | 26 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Detron Smith | DEN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 17 | ||||||
| Patrick Jeffers | DEN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jamal Anderson | ATL | 13 | 45 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 68 | 1 | 47 | ||||||
| Byron Hanspard | ATL | 8 | 67 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Chris Chandler | ATL | 12 | 22 | 137 | 2 | 1 | 49 | ||||||||
| Bert Emanuel | ATL | 8 | 58 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Terance Mathis | ATL | 1 | 49 | 0 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe Tolliver | ATL | 6 | 9 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 47 | ||||||||
| O.J. Santiago | ATL | 2 | 22 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Harold Green | ATL | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Bob Christian | ATL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Ed West | ATL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Darrien Gordon | DEN | 1.0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Vaughn Hebron | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bill Romanowski | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Detron Smith | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Alfred Williams | DEN | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Juran Bolden | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ronnie Bradford | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Travis Hall | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Byron Hanspard | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Todd Kinchen | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dan Owens | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chuck Smith | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||