Sunday, November 2, 1997
San Diego Chargers 31, Cincinnati Bengals 38| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers (4-5-0) | 7 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| Cincinnati Bengals (2-7-0) | 0 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| SDG | CIN | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| SDG | Gary Brown 1 yard rush (Greg Davis kick) | 7 | 0 |
| CIN | Doug Pelfrey 27 yard field goal | 7 | 3 |
| CIN | Carl Pickens 15 yard pass from Jeff Blake (Doug Pelfrey kick) | 7 | 10 |
| SDG | Eric Metcalf 85 yard punt return (Greg Davis kick) | 14 | 10 |
| CIN | Brian Milne 2 yard rush (Doug Pelfrey kick) | 14 | 17 |
| CIN | John Copeland 25 yard fumble return (Doug Pelfrey kick) | 14 | 24 |
| SDG | Greg Davis 45 yard field goal | 17 | 24 |
| CIN | Corey Dillon 75 yard rush (Doug Pelfrey kick) | 17 | 31 |
| SDG | Eric Metcalf 67 yard punt return (Greg Davis kick) | 24 | 31 |
| CIN | Jeff Blake 13 yard rush (Doug Pelfrey kick) | 24 | 38 |
| SDG | Charlie Jones 44 yard pass from Craig Whelihan (Greg Davis kick) | 31 | 38 |
| SDG | CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 21-67-1 | 37-174-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-41-205-1-1 | 19-33-172-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 6-37 | 3-10 |
| Net pass yards | 168 | 162 |
| Total yards | 235 | 336 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-58 | 6-54 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Tony Martin | SDG | 7 | 69 | 0 | ||||||||
| Stan Humphries | SDG | 12 | 25 | 115 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Craig Whelihan | SDG | 8 | 16 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Jones | SDG | 1 | 44 | 1 | ||||||||
| Terrell Fletcher | SDG | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 0 | |||||
| Freddie Jones | SDG | 5 | 37 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gary Brown | SDG | 14 | 34 | 1 | ||||||||
| Aaron Craver | SDG | 3 | 23 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bryan Still | SDG | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||
| Eric Metcalf | SDG | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Corey Dillon | CIN | 19 | 123 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Jeff Blake | CIN | 19 | 32 | 172 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 1 | |||
| Darnay Scott | CIN | 6 | 52 | 0 | ||||||||
| Carl Pickens | CIN | 4 | 45 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tony McGee | CIN | 4 | 44 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ki-Jana Carter | CIN | 9 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Eric Bieniemy | CIN | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Brian Milne | CIN | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Scottie Graham | CIN | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||