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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers - December 7th, 1997
Denver Broncos 24 at Pittsburgh Steelers 35
Sunday, December 7, 1997
Denver Broncos 24, Pittsburgh Steelers 35| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (11-3-0) | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (10-4-0) | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
Scoring
| DEN | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Rod Smith 37 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Yancey Thigpen 33 yard pass from Kordell Stewart (Norm Johnson kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| DEN | Terrell Davis 3 yard rush (Jason Elam kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| 2nd | DEN | Rod Smith 25 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 21 | 7 |
| PIT | Yancey Thigpen 69 yard pass from Kordell Stewart (Norm Johnson kick) | 21 | 14 | |
| PIT | Yancey Thigpen 21 yard pass from Kordell Stewart (Norm Johnson kick) | 21 | 21 | |
| 3rd | DEN | Jason Elam 35 yard field goal | 24 | 21 |
| PIT | Kordell Stewart 4 yard rush (Norm Johnson kick) | 24 | 28 | |
| 4th | PIT | Kordell Stewart 9 yard rush (Norm Johnson kick) | 24 | 35 |
Team Stats
| DEN | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-89-1 | 36-186-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-42-248-2-1 | 18-29-303-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-17 | 1-13 |
| Net pass yards | 231 | 290 |
| Total yards | 320 | 476 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-33 | 5-35 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Elway | DEN | 17 | 42 | 248 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Rod Smith | DEN | 1 | -9 | 0 | -9 | 4 | 115 | 2 | 41 | ||||||
| Terrell Davis | DEN | 21 | 75 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| Willie Green | DEN | 3 | 54 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Patrick Jeffers | DEN | 2 | 19 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Howard Griffith | DEN | 4 | 18 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Shannon Sharpe | DEN | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Kordell Stewart | PIT | 18 | 29 | 303 | 3 | 1 | 69 | 10 | 49 | 2 | 19 | ||||
| Yancey Thigpen | PIT | 6 | 175 | 3 | 69 | ||||||||||
| Jerome Bettis | PIT | 24 | 125 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| George Jones | PIT | 2 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| Courtney Hawkins | PIT | 3 | 42 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Charles Johnson | PIT | 4 | 29 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Will Blackwell | PIT | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Mark Bruener | PIT | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Vaughn Hebron | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 114 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tim McKyer | DEN | 1.0 | 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 | |||
| Myron Bell | PIT | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Will Blackwell | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Andre Coleman | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Carnell Lake | PIT | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||