Broncos 31-6 Jets (1 Sep, 1996) Box Score

New York Jets

0-1, 0-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NYJ					6
DEN					31

Denver Broncos

1-0, 1-0 home

New York Passing


Frank Reich
Neil O'Donnell
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
4/12	83	6.9	1	0	1-8	86.5
7/13	50	3.8	0	1	8-53	30.9
11/25	72	5.3	1	1	9-61	57.6

Denver Passing


John Elway
Bill Musgrave
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
16/33	183	5.5	2	2	2-16	60.5
0/1	0	0.0	0	0	0-0	39.6
16/34	167	5.4	2	2	2-16	58.8

New York Rushing


Adrian Murrell
Richie Anderson
Neil O'Donnell
Reggie Cobb
Frank Reich
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
17	94	5.5	18
3	9	3.0	9
3	7	2.3	5
1	6	6.0	6
1	0	0.0	0
25	116	4.6	18

Denver Rushing


Terrell Davis
Aaron Craver
Vaughn Hebron
Anthony Miller
Bill Musgrave
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
19	72	3.8	1	10
7	59	8.4	0	28
7	39	5.6	0	23
2	32	16.0	1	26
2	-2	-1.0	0	-1
37	200	5.4	2	28

New York Receiving


Keyshawn Johnson
Webster Slaughter
Jeff Graham
Wayne Chrebet
Alex Van Dyke
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
1	50	50.0	0	50
3	30	10.0	1	13
2	26	13.0	0	15
4	20	5.0	0	7
1	7	7.0	0	7
11	133	12.1	1	50

Denver Receiving


Ed McCaffrey
Shannon Sharpe
Mike Sherrard
Terrell Davis
Anthony Miller
Aaron Craver
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	61	15.3	1	39
4	55	13.8	1	21
3	29	9.7	0	15
3	23	7.7	0	10
1	8	8.0	0	8
1	7	7.0	0	7
16	183	11.4	2	39

New York Fumbles


Neil O'Donnell
Adrian Murrell
Frank Reich
Marc Spindler
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	2	0
1	1	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
4	3	1

Denver Fumbles


John Elway
Todd Kinchen
Dan Williams
Maa Tanuvasa
Michael Dean Perry
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
0	0	1
2	1	3

New York Defense



Ray Mickens
Marvin Jones
Victor Green
Gary Jones
Marc Spindler
Hugh Douglas
Mo Lewis
Matt Brock
Aaron Glenn
Bobby Houston
Marvin Washington
Erik Howard
Mike Chalenski
Richie Anderson
Kyle Clifton
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
13	9	0	0	1	0	0
10	7	0	0	0	0	0
9	6	0	0	1	0	0
6	6	0	0	1	0	0
4	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	2	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	3	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
60	44	2	0	9	0	0

Denver Defense



Randy Hilliard
Bill Romanowski
Ray Crockett
Michael Dean Perry
Dan Williams
Tyrone Braxton
Lionel Washington
Alfred Williams
Steve Atwater
Allen Aldridge
John Mobley
Darrius Johnson
Tim Hauck
Harald Hasselbach
Maa Tanuvasa
Jumpy Geathers
Mike Lodish
Glenn Cadrez
Tory James
Rondell Jones
Vaughn Hebron
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
5	3	0	0	3	0	0
5	2	1	0	2	0	0
4	4	1	0	1	0	0
4	3	1.5	0	0	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	3	0	0
3	2	1.5	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	35	9	0	10	0	0

New York Interceptions


Bobby Houston
Marc Spindler
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	3	0
1	-1	0
2	2	0

Denver Interceptions


Lionel Washington
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	-6	0
1	-6	0

New York Kick Returns


Ron Carpenter
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	54	18.0	20	0
3	54	18.0	20	0

Denver Kick Returns


Vaughn Hebron
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	12	12.0	12	0
1	12	12.0	12	0

New York Punt Returns


Wayne Chrebet
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	11	3.7	6	0
3	11	3.7	6	0

Denver Punt Returns


Todd Kinchen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
6	70	11.7	21	0
6	70	11.7	21	0

New York Kicking

	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
No New York Kicking

Denver Kicking


Jason Elam
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	28	4/4	7
1/1	100.0	28	4/4	7

New York Punting


Brian Hansen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
9	407	45.2	0	1	60
9	407	45.2	0	1	60

Denver Punting


Tom Rouen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	315	45.0	1	1	56
7	315	45.0	1	1	56

5:00 AM, 1 September 1996

Attendance: 70,595

Referees:
Bernie Kukar

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	12	3	.800	469	331
Miami	7	8	.467	305	329
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	12	.200	259	361

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Kansas City	14	1	.933	356	278
Los Angeles	9	6	.600	328	274
Denver	9	6	.600	363	281
Las Vegas	3	12	.200	264	390

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