Broncos 38-3 Chargers (21 Dec, 1997) Box Score

San Diego Chargers

4-12, 2-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
SD					3
DEN					38

Denver Broncos

12-4, 8-0 home

San Diego Passing


Craig Whelihan
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
15/28	147	5.3	0	1	2-14	53.7
15/28	133	5.3	0	1	2-14	53.7

Denver Passing


John Elway
Bubby Brister
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
17/26	273	10.5	4	1	0-0	123.9
6/9	48	5.3	0	0	0-0	79.9
23/35	321	9.2	4	1	0-0	121.3

San Diego Rushing


Kenny Bynum
Gary Brown
Craig Whelihan
Aaron Craver
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
10	34	3.4	7
8	27	3.4	6
3	5	1.7	5
2	4	2.0	4
23	70	3.0	7

Denver Rushing


Derek Loville
Vaughn Hebron
Detron Smith
Howard Griffith
Bubby Brister
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
14	66	4.7	1	11
12	47	3.9	0	17
2	11	5.5	0	11
1	4	4.0	0	4
4	2	0.5	0	2
33	130	3.9	1	17

San Diego Receiving


Eric Metcalf
Tony Martin
Gary Brown
Charlie Jones
Bryan Still
Aaron Craver
Kenny Bynum
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	52	17.3	27
4	46	11.5	16
2	16	8.0	8
2	13	6.5	8
1	10	10.0	10
1	6	6.0	6
2	4	2.0	3
15	147	9.8	27

Denver Receiving


Shannon Sharpe
Rod Smith
Vaughn Hebron
Ed McCaffrey
Willie Green
Derek Loville
Detron Smith
Dwayne Carswell
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
8	162	20.3	1	68
4	53	13.3	2	15
2	41	20.5	0	21
4	32	8.0	1	12
1	12	12.0	0	12
2	10	5.0	0	7
1	9	9.0	0	9
1	2	2.0	0	2
23	321	14.0	4	68

San Diego Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No San Diego Fumbles

Denver Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No Denver Fumbles

San Diego Defense



Lewis Bush
Mike Dumas
Patrick Sapp
Terrance Shaw
Rodney Harrison
John Parrella
Junior Seau
Marco Coleman
Shawn Lee
Toran James
Raylee Johnson
Michael Swift
Mike Mohring
William Fuller
Paul Bradford
Van Tuinei
Dorian Brew
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	8	0	0	0	0	0
8	5	0	0	0	0	0
8	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	1	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	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	1	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
57	40	0	0	3	0	0

Denver Defense



John Mobley
Tyrone Braxton
Neil Smith
Allen Aldridge
Bill Romanowski
Randy Hilliard
Trevor Pryce
Ray Crockett
Steve Atwater
Darrien Gordon
Darrius Johnson
Alfred Williams
Keith Traylor
Keith Burns
Steve Russ
Tim McKyer
Glenn Cadrez
Harald Hasselbach
Tony Veland
Anthony Lynn
Detron Smith
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
12	8	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	3	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	1	1	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	35	2	0	10	0	0

San Diego Interceptions


Junior Seau
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	7	0
1	7	0

Denver Interceptions


Steve Atwater
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	20	0
1	20	0

San Diego Kick Returns


Kenny Bynum
Aaron Craver
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
6	133	22.2	31
1	26	26.0	26
7	159	22.7	31

Denver Kick Returns


Vaughn Hebron
Derek Loville
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	31	31.0	31
1	27	27.0	27
2	58	29.0	31

San Diego Punt Returns


Eric Metcalf
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	3	3.0	3	0
1	3	3.0	3	0

Denver Punt Returns


Darrien Gordon
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	40	20.0	30	0
2	40	20.0	30	0

San Diego Kicking


Greg Davis
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	26	0/0	3
1/1	100.0	26	0/0	3

Denver Kicking


Jason Elam
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	25	5/5	8
1/1	100.0	25	5/5	8

San Diego Punting


Darren Bennett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	274	45.7	0	3	53
6	274	45.7	0	3	53

Denver Punting


Tom Rouen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	106	53.0	0	1	56
2	106	53.0	0	1	56

5:00 AM, 21 December 1997

Attendance: 69,632

Referees:
Jerry Markbreit

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Los Angeles	7	3	.700	220	145
Denver	6	5	.545	235	183
Las Vegas	2	8	.200	187	285

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