Broncos 23-20 Bills (26 Oct, 1997) Box Score

Denver Broncos

7-1, 3-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN					23
BUF					20

Buffalo Bills

4-4, 2-2 home

Denver Passing


John Elway
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
16/30	133	4.4	0	2	5-17	37.2
16/30	116	4.4	0	2	5-17	37.2

Buffalo Passing


Alex Van Pelt
Todd Collins
Andre Reed
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
12/24	177	7.4	2	1	1-12	84.9
7/18	35	1.9	0	2	3-20	7.4
0/0	0	0.0	0	0	1-20	0.0
19/42	160	5.0	2	3	5-52	46.9

Denver Rushing


Terrell Davis
John Elway
Vaughn Hebron
Detron Smith
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
42	207	4.9	1	29
2	14	7.0	0	12
1	6	6.0	0	6
1	-2	-2.0	0	-2
46	225	4.9	1	29

Buffalo Rushing


Antowain Smith
Thurman Thomas
Eric Moulds
Alex Van Pelt
Andre Reed
Todd Collins
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
16	92	5.8	26
9	47	5.2	17
1	9	9.0	9
1	4	4.0	4
1	2	2.0	2
1	1	1.0	1
29	155	5.3	26

Denver Receiving


Rod Smith
Shannon Sharpe
Terrell Davis
Ed McCaffrey
Dwayne Carswell
Detron Smith
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	35	11.7	15
4	35	8.8	12
5	29	5.8	25
1	17	17.0	17
2	9	4.5	9
1	8	8.0	8
16	133	8.3	25

Buffalo Receiving


Quinn Early
Andre Reed
Eric Moulds
Lonnie Johnson
Jay Riemersma
Antowain Smith
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	91	15.2	1	31
4	70	17.5	1	27
3	30	10.0	0	19
4	17	4.3	0	8
1	4	4.0	0	4
1	0	0.0	0	0
19	212	11.2	2	31

Denver Fumbles


Rod Smith
Ed McCaffrey
Dwayne Carswell
Steve Atwater
team

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

Buffalo Fumbles


Thomas Smith
Alex Van Pelt
Eric Moulds
Andre Reed
team

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

Denver Defense



Bill Romanowski
Tyrone Braxton
Ray Crockett
John Mobley
Alfred Williams
Darrien Gordon
Tim McKyer
Keith Traylor
Steve Atwater
Neil Smith
Mike Lodish
Glenn Cadrez
Randy Hilliard
Anthony Lynn
Maa Tanuvasa
Steve Russ
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	7	0	0	0	0	0
8	5	0	0	1	0	0
6	5	0	0	2	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	1	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	1	0	2	0	1
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	2	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	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
60	43	4	0	6	0	2

Buffalo Defense



Damien Covington
Chris Spielman
Henry Jones
Phil Hansen
Bruce Smith
Kurt Schulz
Bryce Paup
Thomas Smith
Ted Washington
Jeff Burris
Marcellus Wiley
Sean Moran
Gabe Northern
Marlo Perry
Manny Martin
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
22	16	0.5	0	0	0	0
10	8	0	0	1	0	0
9	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	2	0	2	0	0
5	4	1	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	1	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	0.5	0	2	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
82	57	5	0	8	0	0

Denver Interceptions


Keith Traylor
Tyrone Braxton
Ray Crockett
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	62	1
1	23	0
1	10	0
3	95	1

Buffalo Interceptions


Manny Martin
Kurt Schulz
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	12	0
1	2	0
2	14	0

Denver Kick Returns


Vaughn Hebron
Keith Burns
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	53	17.7	23
1	11	11.0	11
4	64	16.0	23

Buffalo Kick Returns


Darick Holmes
Eric Moulds
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	71	23.7	31
3	54	18.0	24
6	125	20.8	31

Denver Punt Returns


Darrien Gordon
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	31	6.2	10	0
5	31	6.2	10	0

Buffalo Punt Returns


Jeff Burris
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	19	9.5	17	0
2	19	9.5	17	0

Denver Kicking


Jason Elam
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/4	75.0	33	2/2	11
3/4	75.0	33	2/2	11

Buffalo Kicking


Steve Christie
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	55	2/2	8
2/2	100.0	55	2/2	8

Denver Punting


Tom Rouen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
8	316	39.5	1	2	49
8	316	39.5	1	2	49

Buffalo Punting


Chris Mohr
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
8	329	41.1	0	1	45
8	329	41.1	0	1	45

4:00 AM, 26 October 1997

Attendance: 78,458

Referees:
Ron Blum

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Kansas City	10	1	.909	270	218
Los Angeles	7	3	.700	220	145
Denver	7	5	.583	264	202
Las Vegas	2	9	.182	206	314

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	9	2	.818	320	214
Miami	5	6	.455	215	236
New York	3	8	.273	204	242
New England	3	9	.250	197	282

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