| AFC Championship - Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: January 11, 1998 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 61382 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 37 F Humidty: 38% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Terrell Davis 8 run (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Kordell Stewart 33 run (Norm Johnson kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Jerome Bettis 1 run (Norm Johnson kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Jason Elam 43 FG | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Howard Griffith 16 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Ed McCaffrey 1 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Charles Johnson 15 pass from Kordell Stewart (Norm Johnson kick) | 24 | 21 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Terrell Davis | 26 | 139 | 5.3 | 43 | 1 |
| John Elway | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Vaughn Hebron | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jerome Bettis | 23 | 105 | 4.6 | 16 | 1 |
| Kordell Stewart | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 33t | 1 |
| Fred McAfee | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 31 | 18 | 58.1 | 1 | 210 | 6.8 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 86.8 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Kordell Stewart | 36 | 18 | 50.0 | 3 | 201 | 5.6 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 41.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rod Smith | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Ed McCaffrey | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 11 | 1 |
| Shannon Sharpe | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Howard Griffith | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Vaughn Hebron | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Terrell Davis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Yancey Thigpen | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Courtney Hawkins | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Charles Johnson | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 14t | 1 |
| Will Blackwell | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Mark Bruener | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tim Lester | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jerome Bettis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tyrone Braxton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Allen Aldridge | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Crockett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Levon Kirkland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tom Rouen | 5 | 157 | 31.4 | 48 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Josh Miller | 4 | 168 | 42.0 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Darrien Gordon | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Will Blackwell | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Courtney Hawkins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||
| Jason Elam | 5 | 284 | 56.8 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||
| Norm Johnson | 4 | 254 | 63.5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Vaughn Hebron | 4 | 0 | 69 | 17.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Will Blackwell | 3 | 0 | 52 | 17.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Jon Witman | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Neil Smith | 1.0 |
| Ray Crockett | 1.0 |
| Keith Traylor | 1.0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Myron Bell | 1.0 |
| Levon Kirkland | 1.0 |
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