Monday, September 7, 1998
New England Patriots 21, Denver Broncos 27| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (0-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Denver Broncos (1-0-0) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| NWE | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Jason Elam 53 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| DEN | Shannon Sharpe 12 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 0 | 10 | |
| 2nd | DEN | Terrell Davis 9 yard rush (Jason Elam kick) | 0 | 17 |
| NWE | Robert Edwards 1 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 17 | |
| 3rd | NWE | Troy Brown 24 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 14 | 17 |
| DEN | Jason Elam 42 yard field goal | 14 | 20 | |
| 4th | DEN | Terrell Davis 1 yard rush (Jason Elam kick) | 14 | 27 |
| NWE | Vincent Brisby 10 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 21 | 27 |
| NWE | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-81-1 | 30-91-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-32-289-2-0 | 22-34-257-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-31 | 1-9 |
| Net pass yards | 258 | 248 |
| Total yards | 339 | 339 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-49 | 5-30 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 20 | 32 | 289 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 5 | 97 | 1 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Terry Glenn | NWE | 5 | 71 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 2 | 64 | 0 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Robert Edwards | NWE | 13 | 50 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Tony Carter | NWE | 4 | 25 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Sedrick Shaw | NWE | 7 | 25 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Vincent Brisby | NWE | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Lovett Purnell | NWE | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Elway | DEN | 22 | 34 | 257 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Ed McCaffrey | DEN | 7 | 97 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Terrell Davis | DEN | 22 | 75 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Rod Smith | DEN | 6 | 57 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Shannon Sharpe | DEN | 5 | 51 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Justin Armour | DEN | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Howard Griffith | DEN | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Byron Chamberlain | DEN | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Derek Loville | 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 | |||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 170 | 34.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Brandon Mitchell | NWE | 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 | |||
| Darrien Gordon | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Derek Loville | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bill Romanowski | DEN | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Maa Tanuvasa | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||