Broncos 21-17 Vikings (24 Nov, 1996) Box Score

Denver Broncos

11-1, 5-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN					21
MIN					17

Minnesota Vikings

6-6, 3-3 home

Denver Passing


John Elway
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
27/36	334	9.3	2	1	3-25	110.2
27/36	309	9.3	2	1	3-25	110.2

Minnesota Passing


Brad Johnson
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
24/35	266	7.6	2	2	2-20	86.1
24/35	246	7.6	2	2	2-20	86.1

Denver Rushing


Terrell Davis
John Elway
Aaron Craver
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
19	68	3.6	1	13
2	8	4.0	0	8
2	3	1.5	0	3
23	79	3.4	1	13

Minnesota Rushing


Scottie Graham
Chuck Evans
Leroy Hoard
Amp Lee
Brad Johnson
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
6	19	3.2	4
4	11	2.8	9
13	10	0.8	6
2	5	2.5	4
3	5	1.7	2
28	50	1.8	9

Denver Receiving


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

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	90	22.5	0	31
6	83	13.8	1	29
5	81	16.2	0	39
6	37	6.2	1	9
5	32	6.4	0	15
1	11	11.0	0	11
27	334	12.4	2	39

Minnesota Receiving


Cris Carter
Jake Reed
Amp Lee
Scottie Graham
Dave Frisch
Qadry Ismail
Chuck Evans
Chris Walsh
Leroy Hoard
Greg DeLong
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
8	74	9.3	1	18
3	62	20.7	0	28
4	55	13.8	0	18
2	23	11.5	0	18
1	21	21.0	0	21
1	9	9.0	0	9
1	8	8.0	0	8
1	7	7.0	1	7
1	4	4.0	0	4
2	3	1.5	0	3
24	266	11.1	2	28

Denver Fumbles


Shannon Sharpe
Terrell Davis
John Elway
team

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

Minnesota Fumbles


Jason Fisk
Dave Garnett
team

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

Denver Defense



Steve Atwater
Bill Romanowski
Alfred Williams
John Mobley
Tyrone Braxton
Allen Aldridge
Tory James
Ray Crockett
Michael Dean Perry
Lionel Washington
Mike Lodish
Glenn Cadrez
Maa Tanuvasa
Detron Smith
Jumpy Geathers
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
12	10	0	0	0	0	0
10	6	0	0	0	0	0
9	6	2	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	1	0	0
7	4	0	0	1	0	0
7	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	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	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	50	2	0	3	0	0

Minnesota Defense



Jeff Brady
Orlando Thomas
Fernando Smith
Darryl Talley
Dave Garnett
Harlon T Barnett
Ben Hanks
Dewayne Washington
Jason Fisk
Alfred Jackson
Martin Harrison
Corey Fuller
Pete Bercich
Dixon Edwards
Chris Johnson
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	8	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	2	0	0
6	5	2	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	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
59	48	3	0	3	0	0

Denver Interceptions


Tyrone Braxton
John Mobley
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	21	0
1	8	0
2	29	0

Minnesota Interceptions


Orlando Thomas
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	34	0
1	34	0

Denver Kick Returns


Vaughn Hebron
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	91	22.8	33	0
4	91	22.8	33	0

Minnesota Kick Returns


Qadry Ismail
Harold Morrow
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	54	18.0	23
1	17	17.0	17
4	71	17.8	23

Denver Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Denver Punt Returns

Minnesota Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Minnesota Punt Returns

Denver Kicking


Jason Elam
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/1	0.0	0	3/3	3
0/1	0.0	0	3/3	3

Minnesota Kicking


Scott Sisson
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	27	2/2	5
1/1	100.0	27	2/2	5

Denver Punting


Tom Rouen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	159	39.8	0	1	42
4	159	39.8	0	1	42

Minnesota Punting


Mitch Berger
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	163	32.6	0	4	36
5	163	32.6	0	4	36

5:00 AM, 24 November 1996

Attendance: 59,142

Referees:
Dale Hamer

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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