Broncos 34-8 Patriots (17 Nov, 1996) Box Score

Denver Broncos

10-1, 4-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN					34
NE					8

New England Patriots

7-4, 4-2 home

Denver Passing


John Elway
Bill Musgrave
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
14/23	175	7.6	1	1	1-6	80.9
2/4	55	13.8	0	0	0-0	95.8
16/27	224	8.5	1	1	1-6	83.9

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
Tom Tupa
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	SACKS	RTG
22/41	212	5.2	1	2-11	58.2
0/1	0	0.0	0	0-0	39.6
22/42	201	5.0	1	2-11	56.8

Denver Rushing


Terrell Davis
Vaughn Hebron
John Elway
Aaron Craver
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
32	154	4.8	2	15
11	43	3.9	0	13
1	1	1.0	1	1
1	0	0.0	0	0
45	198	4.4	3	15

New England Rushing


Curtis Martin
Drew Bledsoe
David Meggett
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
7	13	1.9	1	7
1	3	3.0	0	3
1	1	1.0	0	1
9	17	1.9	1	7

Denver Receiving


Anthony Miller
Terrell Davis
Shannon Sharpe
Ed McCaffrey
Aaron Craver
Dwayne Carswell
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	78	19.5	0	46
4	56	14.0	1	23
3	37	12.3	0	15
2	24	12.0	0	19
2	24	12.0	0	15
1	11	11.0	0	11
16	230	14.4	1	46

New England Receiving


Shawn Jefferson
Ben Coates
Keith Byars
Curtis Martin
Terry Glenn
Troy Brown
David Meggett
Sam Gash
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	56	28.0	39
5	48	9.6	13
1	27	27.0	27
7	23	3.3	9
2	22	11.0	12
2	14	7.0	10
2	13	6.5	8
1	9	9.0	9
22	212	9.6	39

Denver Fumbles


Steve Atwater
Terrell Davis
team

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

New England Fumbles


David Meggett
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0

Denver Defense



John Mobley
Ray Crockett
Alfred Williams
Darrius Johnson
Bill Romanowski
Allen Aldridge
Tory James
Maa Tanuvasa
Tyrone Braxton
Steve Atwater
Glenn Cadrez
Dan Williams
Michael Dean Perry
Mike Lodish
Harald Hasselbach
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	1	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	2	0	0
3	1	1	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	1	0	0
3	1	0	0	2	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
46	31	2	0	8	0	0

New England Defense



Todd Collins
Lawyer Milloy
Chris Slade
Willie Clay
Ted Johnson
Mike D. Jones
Otis Smith
Jimmy Hitchcock
Monty Brown
Willie McGinest
Ricky Reynolds
Mark Wheeler
Pio Sagapolutele
Larry Whigham
Terry Ray
Corwin Brown
Ferric Collons
Chris Sullivan
Mike McGruder
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
12	9	0	0	0	0	0
12	7	0	0	2	0	0
9	5	1	0	0	0	0
9	3	0	0	1	0	0
8	7	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	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	0	0	0
94	57	1	0	3	0	0

Denver Interceptions


Steve Atwater
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	11	0
1	11	0

New England Interceptions


Lawyer Milloy
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	14	0
1	14	0

Denver Kick Returns


Vaughn Hebron
Byron Chamberlain
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	27	27.0	27
1	15	15.0	15
2	42	21.0	27

New England Kick Returns


Troy Brown
David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	83	20.8	29
3	69	23.0	24
7	152	21.7	29

Denver Punt Returns


Rod Smith
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	45	15.0	25	0
3	45	15.0	25	0

New England Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No New England Punt Returns

Denver Kicking


Jason Elam
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/3	66.7	47	4/4	10
2/3	66.7	47	4/4	10

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/1	0.0	0	0/0	0
0/1	0.0	0	0/0	0

Denver Punting


Tom Rouen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	134	44.7	1	1	50
3	134	44.7	1	1	50

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	225	45.0	0	0	53
5	225	45.0	0	0	53

5:00 AM, 17 November 1996

Attendance: 59,452

Referees:
Johnny Grier

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Kansas City	7	0	1.000	173	123
Los Angeles	5	3	.625	159	101
Denver	5	4	.556	183	161
Las Vegas	2	7	.222	168	251

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	7	2	.778	260	173
New York	3	6	.333	171	183
Miami	2	6	.250	124	187
New England	2	7	.222	141	217

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