Broncos 29-21 Falcons (28 Sep, 1997) Box Score

Denver Broncos

5-0, 2-0 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN					29
ATL					21

Atlanta Falcons

0-5, 0-3 home

Denver Passing


John Elway
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
18/33	243	7.4	3	1	3-15	95.9
18/33	228	7.4	3	1	3-15	95.9

Atlanta Passing


Chris Chandler
Billy Joe Tolliver
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
12/22	137	6.2	2	1	2-12	84.8
6/9	85	9.4	1	0	2-14	134.0
18/31	196	7.2	3	1	4-26	99.1

Denver Rushing


Terrell Davis
John Elway
Detron Smith
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
23	79	3.4	1	13
3	21	7.0	0	23
1	1	1.0	0	1
27	101	3.7	1	23

Atlanta Rushing


Byron Hanspard
Jamal Anderson
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
8	67	8.4	57
13	45	3.5	16
21	112	5.3	57

Denver Receiving


Shannon Sharpe
Ed McCaffrey
Rod Smith
Willie Green
Detron Smith
Patrick Jeffers
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	119	19.8	1	65
4	48	12.0	0	16
3	28	9.3	0	11
3	26	8.7	1	10
1	17	17.0	1	17
1	5	5.0	0	5
18	243	13.5	3	65

Atlanta Receiving


Jamal Anderson
Bert Emanuel
Terance Mathis
O.J. Santiago
Harold Green
Byron Hanspard
Bob Christian
Ed West
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
3	68	22.7	1	47
8	58	7.3	1	21
1	49	49.0	0	49
2	22	11.0	0	15
1	15	15.0	0	15
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	4	4.0	0	4
1	1	1.0	1	1
18	222	12.3	3	49

Denver Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No Denver Fumbles

Atlanta Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No Atlanta Fumbles

Denver Defense



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

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	2	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	1	0	1	0	0
2	2	1	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	2	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	38	4	0	5	0	0

Atlanta Defense



William White
Cornelius Bennett
Ronnie Bradford
Travis Hall
Jessie Tuggle
Henri Crockett
Chuck Smith
Devin Bush
Dan Owens
John Burrough
Juran Bolden
Ray Buchanan
Lenny McGill
Gary Downs
Craig Sauer
Lester Archambeau
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	9	0	0	1	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	2	0	0
5	5	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	1	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
53	41	3	0	5	0	0

Denver Interceptions


Darrien Gordon
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	20	0
1	20	0

Atlanta Interceptions


Ronnie Bradford
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

Denver Kick Returns


Vaughn Hebron
Detron Smith
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	52	26.0	26
1	0	0.0	0
3	52	17.3	26

Atlanta Kick Returns


Byron Hanspard
Juran Bolden
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	46	15.3	29
1	15	15.0	15
4	61	15.3	29

Denver Punt Returns


Darrien Gordon
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	0	0.0	0	0
1	0	0.0	0	0

Atlanta Punt Returns


Todd Kinchen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	40	10.0	19	0
4	40	10.0	19	0

Denver Kicking


Jason Elam
team

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

Atlanta Kicking


Morten Andersen
team

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

Denver Punting


Tom Rouen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	277	46.2	0	2	54
6	277	46.2	0	2	54

Atlanta Punting


Dan Stryzinski
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	297	42.4	1	1	49
7	297	42.4	1	1	49

5:00 AM, 28 September 1997

Attendance: 48,211

Referees:
Dick Hantak

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Kansas City	9	1	.900	240	191
Los Angeles	7	3	.700	220	145
Denver	6	5	.545	235	183
Las Vegas	2	8	.200	187	285

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Arizona	6	4	.600	238	220
Los Angeles	5	5	.500	213	239
Seattle	5	5	.500	230	238
San Francisco	5	5	.500	250	222

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