Sunday, December 21, 1997
San Diego Chargers 3, Denver Broncos 38| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers (4-12-0) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Denver Broncos (12-4-0) | 0 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| SDG | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SDG | Greg Davis 26 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | DEN | Rod Smith 11 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 3 | 7 |
| DEN | Rod Smith 15 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 3 | 14 | |
| DEN | Ed McCaffrey 1 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 3 | 21 | |
| DEN | Jason Elam 25 yard field goal | 3 | 24 | |
| 3rd | DEN | Shannon Sharpe 68 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 3 | 31 |
| 4th | DEN | Derek Loville 6 yard rush (Jason Elam kick) | 3 | 38 |
| SDG | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 9 | 24 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 23-70-0 | 33-130-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-28-147-0-1 | 23-35-321-4-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-14 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 133 | 321 |
| Total yards | 203 | 451 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-41 | 5-43 |
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | |||||||||||||