Broncos 35-14 Rams (14 Sep, 1997) Box Score

St. Louis Rams

1-2, 0-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
STL					14
DEN					35

Denver Broncos

3-0, 2-0 home

St. Louis Passing


Tony Banks
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
18/33	217	6.6	0	2	5-33	49.7
18/33	184	6.6	0	2	5-33	49.7

Denver Passing


John Elway
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
16/28	247	8.8	4	1	1-14	111.2
16/28	233	8.8	4	1	1-14	111.2

St. Louis Rushing


Lawrence Phillips
Ronald Moore
Tony Banks
Craig Heyward
Amp Lee
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
13	60	4.6	1	23
5	48	9.6	1	27
2	12	6.0	0	6
2	6	3.0	0	5
1	4	4.0	0	4
23	130	5.7	2	27

Denver Rushing


Terrell Davis
Vaughn Hebron
Howard Griffith
John Elway
Jeff Lewis
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
21	103	4.9	12
5	19	3.8	8
4	13	3.3	5
3	10	3.3	10
1	-1	-1.0	-1
34	144	4.2	12

St. Louis Receiving


Amp Lee
Ronald Moore
Eddie Kennison
Torrance Small
Ernie Conwell
Keith Crawford
Jermaine Ross
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
6	90	15.0	29
3	29	9.7	13
2	26	13.0	14
3	22	7.3	11
2	19	9.5	11
1	17	17.0	17
1	14	14.0	14
18	217	12.1	29

Denver Receiving


Rod Smith
Dwayne Carswell
Ed McCaffrey
Shannon Sharpe
Byron Chamberlain
Willie Green
Howard Griffith
Terrell Davis
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	126	31.5	2	72
4	47	11.8	1	24
1	23	23.0	1	23
2	20	10.0	0	14
2	18	9.0	0	9
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	4	4.0	0	4
1	4	4.0	0	4
16	247	15.4	4	72

St. Louis Fumbles


D'Marco Farr
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

Denver Fumbles


John Elway
Darrien Gordon
team

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

St. Louis Defense



Roman Phifer
Keith Lyle
Gerald McBurrows
Robert Jones
Leslie O'Neal
Todd Lyght
Jeff Zgonina
Ryan McNeil
D'Marco Farr
Mike A. Jones
Bill Johnson
Jeff Robinson
Marquis Walker
Bryan Robinson
Jay Williams
Dexter McCleon
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	6	0	0	1	0	0
8	4	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	1	0	0
6	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	1	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
52	38	1	0	5	0	0

Denver Defense



John Mobley
Bill Romanowski
Steve Atwater
Alfred Williams
Keith Traylor
Tyrone Braxton
Ray Crockett
Michael Dean Perry
Randy Hilliard
Neil Smith
Darrien Gordon
Allen Aldridge
Harald Hasselbach
Tim McKyer
Dedrick Dodge
Maa Tanuvasa
Mike Lodish
Darrius Johnson
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
6	5	1	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	2	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	5	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	2	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0.5	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	2	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	1	0	0
51	36	5	0	13	0	1

St. Louis Interceptions


Ryan McNeil
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

Denver Interceptions


Ray Crockett
Tim McKyer
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	4	0
1	0	0
2	4	0

St. Louis Kick Returns


Jermaine Ross
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	47	15.7	20	0
3	47	15.7	20	0

Denver Kick Returns


Vaughn Hebron
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	26	26.0	26	0
1	26	26.0	26	0

St. Louis Punt Returns


Eddie Kennison
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	5	2.5	4	0
2	5	2.5	4	0

Denver Punt Returns


Darrien Gordon
Rod Smith
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	109	27.3	94	1
1	12	12.0	12	0
5	121	24.2	94	1

St. Louis Kicking


Jeff Wilkins
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/1	0.0	0	2/2	2
0/1	0.0	0	2/2	2

Denver Kicking


Jason Elam
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/1	0.0	0	5/5	5
0/1	0.0	0	5/5	5

St. Louis Punting


Will Brice
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	307	43.9	1	0	61
7	307	43.9	1	0	61

Denver Punting


Tom Rouen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	189	47.3	0	1	52
4	189	47.3	0	1	52

5:00 AM, 14 September 1997

Attendance: 74,338

Referees:
Gary Lane

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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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