| St. Louis Rams at Denver Broncos Game Statistics | 
| Date: September 14, 1997 Location: Denver, CO | 
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74338 | 
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 86 F Humidty: 25% Wind: 10 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis RamsSTL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | DEN | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rod Smith 72 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 0 | 7 | 
| 1 | St. Louis RamsSTL | Lawrence Phillips 23 run (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 7 | 7 | 
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Dwayne Carswell 24 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 14 | 
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Darrien Gordon 94 punt return (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 21 | 
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rod Smith 38 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 28 | 
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Ed McCaffrey 23 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 35 | 
| 4 | St. Louis RamsSTL | Ron Moore 27 run (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 14 | 35 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Isaac Bruce | 
| 88 | WR | Eddie Kennison | 
| 80 | LOT | Wayne Gandy | 
| 66 | LOG | John Gerak | 
| 61 | C | Bern Brostek | 
| 62 | ROG | Vernice Smith | 
| 73 | ROT | Fred Miller | 
| 84 | TE | Ernie Conwell | 
| 12 | QB | Tony Banks | 
| 29 | RB | Ron Moore | 
| 34 | FB | Craig Heyward | 
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Kevin Carter | 
| 75 | NT | D'Marco Farr | 
| 79 | UT | Bill Johnson | 
| 91 | RDE | Leslie O'Neal | 
| 52 | LLB | Mike Jones | 
| 55 | MLB | Robert Jones | 
| 58 | RLB | Roman Phifer | 
| 41 | LCB | Todd Lyght | 
| 23 | SS | Gerald McBurrows | 
| 35 | FS | Keith Lyle | 
| 47 | RCB | Ryan McNeil | 
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Ed McCaffrey | 
| 80 | WR | Rod Smith | 
| 77 | LOT | Tony Jones | 
| 76 | LOG | Mark Schlereth | 
| 66 | C | Tom Nalen | 
| 75 | ROG | Brian Habib | 
| 65 | ROT | Gary Zimmerman | 
| 84 | TE | Shannon Sharpe | 
| 7 | QB | John Elway | 
| 30 | RB | Terrell Davis | 
| 29 | FB | Howard Griffith | 
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Neil Smith | 
| 94 | LDT | Keith Traylor | 
| 95 | RDT | Michael Dean Perry | 
| 91 | RDE | Alfred Williams | 
| 53 | SLB | Bill Romanowski | 
| 57 | MLB | Allen Aldridge | 
| 51 | WLB | John Mobley | 
| 39 | LCB | Ray Crockett | 
| 34 | SS | Tyrone Braxton | 
| 27 | FS | Steve Atwater | 
| 23 | RCB | Darrien Gordon | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | |||||||||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | ||||||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | ||||
| Jeff Wilkins | 3 | 170 | 56.7 | 1 | 
| Denver Broncos | ||||
| Jason Elam | 6 | 444 | 74.0 | 3 | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | ||||||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| SACKS | NO | 
|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | |
| Denver Broncos | |
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