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San Diego Chargers 3 at Denver Broncos 38

Sunday, December 21, 1997

San Diego Chargers 3, Denver Broncos 38

1234Final
San Diego Chargers (4-12-0)30003
Denver Broncos (12-4-0)0247738

Scoring

SDGDEN
1stSDGGreg Davis 26 yard field goal30
2ndDENRod Smith 11 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick)37
DENRod Smith 15 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick)314
DENEd McCaffrey 1 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick)321
DENJason Elam 25 yard field goal324
3rdDENShannon Sharpe 68 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick)331
4thDENDerek Loville 6 yard rush (Jason Elam kick)338

Team Stats

SDGDEN
First downs924
Rush-yards-TDs23-70-033-130-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT15-28-147-0-123-35-321-4-1
Sacked-yards2-140-0
Net pass yards133321
Total yards203451
Fumbles-lost0-00-0
Turnovers11
Penalties-yards6-415-43

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Craig Whelihan SDG 15 28 147 0 1 27 3 5 0 5
Eric Metcalf SDG 3 52 0 27
Tony Martin SDG 4 46 0 16
Gary Brown SDG 8 27 0 6 2 16 0 8
Kenny Bynum SDG 10 34 0 7 2 4 0 3
Charlie Jones SDG 2 13 0 8
Bryan Still SDG 1 10 0 10
Aaron Craver SDG 2 4 0 4 1 6 0 6
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Shannon Sharpe DEN 8 162 1 68
John Elway DEN 17 26 273 4 1 68
Vaughn Hebron DEN 12 47 0 17 2 41 0 21
Derek Loville DEN 14 66 1 11 2 10 0 7
Rod Smith DEN 4 53 2 15
Ed McCaffrey DEN 4 32 1 12
Bubby Brister DEN 6 9 48 0 0 15 4 2 0 2
Detron Smith DEN 2 11 0 11 1 9 0 9
Willie Green DEN 1 12 0 12
Howard Griffith DEN 1 4 0 4
Dwayne Carswell DEN 1 2 0 2

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Kenny Bynum SDG 0 0 0 0 6 133 22.2 0 0
Aaron Craver SDG 0 0 0 0 1 26 26.0 0 0
Eric Metcalf SDG 0 0 0 0 1 3 3.0 0 0
Junior Seau SDG 1 7 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Steve Atwater DEN 1 20 0 0
Darrien Gordon DEN 0 0 0 0 2 40 20.0 0 0
Vaughn Hebron DEN 0 0 0 0 1 31 31.0 0 0
Derek Loville DEN 0 0 0 0 1 27 27.0 0 0
Trevor Pryce DEN 1.0 0 0 0 0
Alfred Williams DEN 1.0 0 0 0 0