| St. Louis Rams at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: September 14, 1997 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74338 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 86 F Humidty: 25% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis RamsSTL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rod Smith 72 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | St. Louis RamsSTL | Lawrence Phillips 23 run (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Dwayne Carswell 24 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Darrien Gordon 94 punt return (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rod Smith 38 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Ed McCaffrey 23 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | St. Louis RamsSTL | Ron Moore 27 run (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 14 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Isaac Bruce |
| 88 | WR | Eddie Kennison |
| 80 | LOT | Wayne Gandy |
| 66 | LOG | John Gerak |
| 61 | C | Bern Brostek |
| 62 | ROG | Vernice Smith |
| 73 | ROT | Fred Miller |
| 84 | TE | Ernie Conwell |
| 12 | QB | Tony Banks |
| 29 | RB | Ron Moore |
| 34 | FB | Craig Heyward |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Kevin Carter |
| 75 | NT | D'Marco Farr |
| 79 | UT | Bill Johnson |
| 91 | RDE | Leslie O'Neal |
| 52 | LLB | Mike Jones |
| 55 | MLB | Robert Jones |
| 58 | RLB | Roman Phifer |
| 41 | LCB | Todd Lyght |
| 23 | SS | Gerald McBurrows |
| 35 | FS | Keith Lyle |
| 47 | RCB | Ryan McNeil |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Ed McCaffrey |
| 80 | WR | Rod Smith |
| 77 | LOT | Tony Jones |
| 76 | LOG | Mark Schlereth |
| 66 | C | Tom Nalen |
| 75 | ROG | Brian Habib |
| 65 | ROT | Gary Zimmerman |
| 84 | TE | Shannon Sharpe |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 30 | RB | Terrell Davis |
| 29 | FB | Howard Griffith |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Neil Smith |
| 94 | LDT | Keith Traylor |
| 95 | RDT | Michael Dean Perry |
| 91 | RDE | Alfred Williams |
| 53 | SLB | Bill Romanowski |
| 57 | MLB | Allen Aldridge |
| 51 | WLB | John Mobley |
| 39 | LCB | Ray Crockett |
| 34 | SS | Tyrone Braxton |
| 27 | FS | Steve Atwater |
| 23 | RCB | Darrien Gordon |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | |||||
| Lawrence Phillips | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 23t | 1 |
| Ron Moore | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 27t | 1 |
| Tony Banks | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Craig Heyward | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Amp Lee | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Terrell Davis | 21 | 103 | 4.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Vaughn Hebron | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Howard Griffith | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| John Elway | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Jeff Lewis | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | |||||||||||
| Tony Banks | 33 | 18 | 54.5 | 2 | 217 | 6.6 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 49.7 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 28 | 16 | 57.1 | 1 | 247 | 8.8 | 72t | 4 | 1 | 14 | 111.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | |||||
| Amp Lee | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Ron Moore | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Torrance Small | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Eddie Kennison | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ernie Conwell | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Keith Crawford | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jermaine Ross | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rod Smith | 4 | 126 | 31.5 | 72t | 2 |
| Dwayne Carswell | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 24t | 1 |
| Shannon Sharpe | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Byron Chamberlain | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ed McCaffrey | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23t | 1 |
| Willie Green | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Terrell Davis | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Howard Griffith | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | |||||
| Ryan McNeil | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Ray Crockett | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tim McKyer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | |||||
| Will Brice | 7 | 307 | 43.9 | 61 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tom Rouen | 4 | 189 | 47.3 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | ||||||
| Eddie Kennison | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Darrien Gordon | 4 | 0 | 109 | 27.3 | 94t | 1 |
| Rod Smith | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | ||||
| Jeff Wilkins | 3 | 170 | 56.7 | 1 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||
| Jason Elam | 6 | 444 | 74.0 | 3 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | ||||||
| Jermaine Ross | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 20 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Vaughn Hebron | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | |
| Leslie O'Neal | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Neil Smith | 2.0 |
| John Mobley | 1.0 |
| Keith Traylor | 1.0 |
| Mike Lodish | 0.5 |
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