| Denver Broncos at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: September 28, 1997 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Georgia Dome Attendance: 48211 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 29 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Shannon Sharpe 65 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Willie Green 10 pass from John Elway (Terrell Davis run) | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Terrell Davis 13 run (Terrell Davis run) | 23 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Ed West 1 pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen kick) | 23 | 7 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Bert Emanuel 3 pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen kick) | 23 | 14 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Detron Smith 17 pass from John Elway (Shannon Sharpe pass failed) | 29 | 14 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Jamal Anderson 47 pass from Billy Joe Tolliver (Morten Andersen kick) | 29 | 21 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Terrell Davis | 23 | 79 | 3.4 | 13t | 1 |
| DEN | John Elway | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 23 | 0 |
| DEN | Detron Smith | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| ATL | Byron Hanspard | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 57 | 0 |
| ATL | Jamal Anderson | 13 | 45 | 3.5 | 16 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DEN | John Elway | 33 | 18 | 54.5 | 1 | 243 | 7.4 | 65t | 3 | 3 | 15 | 95.9 |
| ATL | Chris Chandler | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 1 | 137 | 6.2 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 84.8 |
| ATL | Billy Joe Tolliver | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 85 | 9.4 | 47t | 1 | 2 | 14 | 134.0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Shannon Sharpe | 6 | 119 | 19.8 | 65t | 1 |
| DEN | Ed McCaffrey | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| DEN | Rod Smith | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 11 | 0 |
| DEN | Willie Green | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 10t | 1 |
| DEN | Detron Smith | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 |
| DEN | Patrick Jeffers | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| ATL | Bert Emanuel | 8 | 58 | 7.3 | 21 | 1 |
| ATL | Jamal Anderson | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 47t | 1 |
| ATL | O.J. Santiago | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| ATL | Terance Mathis | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 |
| ATL | Harold Green | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| ATL | Byron Hanspard | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| ATL | Bob Christian | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| ATL | Ed West | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Darrien Gordon | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| ATL | Ronnie Bradford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DEN | Tom Rouen | 6 | 277 | 46.2 | 54 | 0 |
| ATL | Dan Stryzinski | 7 | 297 | 42.4 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Darrien Gordon | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Todd Kinchen | 4 | 1 | 40 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
| DEN | Tom Rouen | 4 | 220 | 55.0 | 0 |
| DEN | Jason Elam | 1 | 70 | 70.0 | 1 |
| ATL | Morten Andersen | 4 | 200 | 50.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Vaughn Hebron | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| DEN | Detron Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Byron Hanspard | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 29 | 0 |
| ATL | Juran Bolden | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DEN | Alfred Williams | 2.0 |
| DEN | Darrien Gordon | 1.0 |
| DEN | Bill Romanowski | 1.0 |
| ATL | Travis Hall | 1.0 |
| ATL | Dan Owens | 1.0 |
| ATL | Chuck Smith | 1.0 |
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