| San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: December 21, 1997 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 69632 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 45 F Humidty: 38% Wind: 2 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Denver Broncos | 0 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Chargers | Greg Davis 26 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Detron Smith 11 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Detron Smith 15 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Ed McCaffrey 1 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Jason Elam 25 FG | 3 | 24 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Shannon Sharpe 68 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 3 | 31 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Derek Loville 6 run (Jason Elam kick) | 3 | 38 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Kenny Bynum | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 7 | 0 |
| SD | Gary Brown | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 6 | 0 |
| SD | Craig Whelihan | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| SD | Aaron Craver | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| DEN | Derek Loville | 14 | 66 | 4.7 | 11 | 1 |
| DEN | Vaughn Hebron | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 17 | 0 |
| DEN | Detron Smith | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| DEN | Howard Griffith | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| DEN | Bubby Brister | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| SD | Craig Whelihan | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 1 | 147 | 5.3 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 53.7 |
| DEN | John Elway | 26 | 17 | 65.4 | 1 | 273 | 10.5 | 68t | 4 | 0 | 0 | 123.9 |
| DEN | Bubby Brister | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 48 | 5.3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.9 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Tony Martin | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
| SD | Eric Metcalf | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 27 | 0 |
| SD | Gary Brown | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| SD | Charlie Jones | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| SD | Kenny Bynum | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| SD | Bryan Still | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| SD | Aaron Craver | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| DEN | Shannon Sharpe | 8 | 162 | 20.3 | 68t | 1 |
| DEN | Rod Smith | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 15t | 2 |
| DEN | Ed McCaffrey | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 12 | 1 |
| DEN | Vaughn Hebron | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 |
| DEN | Derek Loville | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| DEN | Willie Green | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| DEN | Detron Smith | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| DEN | Howard Griffith | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| DEN | Dwayne Carswell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Junior Seau | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| DEN | Steve Atwater | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| SD | Darren Bennett | 6 | 274 | 45.7 | 53 | 0 |
| DEN | Tom Rouen | 2 | 106 | 53.0 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Eric Metcalf | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| DEN | Darrien Gordon | 2 | 3 | 40 | 20.0 | 30 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
| SD | Greg Davis | 2 | 126 | 63.0 | 0 |
| DEN | Jason Elam | 7 | 477 | 68.1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Kenny Bynum | 6 | 133 | 22.2 | 31 | 0 |
| SD | Aaron Craver | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| DEN | Vaughn Hebron | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| DEN | Derek Loville | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DEN | Trevor Pryce | 1.0 |
| DEN | Alfred Williams | 1.0 |
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