| Cincinnati Bengals at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: September 21, 1997 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 73871 |
| Weather: Mist Temp: 50 F Humidty: 93% Wind: 0 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 7 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CIN | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Tony McGee 7 pass from Jeff Blake (Doug Pelfrey kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Ed McCaffrey 32 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rod Smith 1 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Ki-Jana Carter 79 run (Doug Pelfrey kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Doug Pelfrey 38 FG | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rod Smith 18 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Doug Pelfrey 42 FG | 20 | 21 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Terrell Davis 50 run (Jason Elam kick) | 20 | 28 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jason Elam 24 FG | 20 | 31 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Alfred Williams 51 opponents fumble recovery (Jason Elam kick) | 20 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Carl Pickens |
| 86 | WR | Darnay Scott |
| 60 | LOT | Rod Jones |
| 74 | LOG | Rich Braham |
| 65 | C | Darrick Brilz |
| 66 | ROG | Ken Blackman |
| 71 | ROT | Willie Anderson |
| 82 | TE | Tony McGee |
| 8 | QB | Jeff Blake |
| 32 | HB | Ki-Jana Carter |
| 44 | FB | Brian Milne |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | John Copeland |
| 67 | NT | Kimo Von Oelhoffen |
| 99 | RDE | Dan Wilkinson |
| 50 | LOLB | James Francis |
| 53 | LILB | Tom Tumulty |
| 56 | RILB | Ricardo McDonald |
| 51 | ROLB | Gerald Dixon |
| 33 | LCB | Ashley Ambrose |
| 34 | SS | Tremain Mack |
| 31 | FS | Greg Myers |
| 22 | RCB | Jimmy Spencer |
| 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 |
| 33 | FS | Dedrick Dodge |
| 23 | RCB | Darrien Gordon |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Ki-Jana Carter | 13 | 104 | 8.0 | 79t | 1 |
| Corey Dillon | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 28 | 0 |
| Jeff Blake | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Eric Bieniemy | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Terrell Davis | 27 | 215 | 8.0 | 50t | 1 |
| John Elway | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Vaughn Hebron | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Jeff Blake | 30 | 20 | 66.7 | 0 | 220 | 7.3 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 99.3 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 1 | 162 | 6.2 | 32t | 3 | 2 | 12 | 95.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Carl Pickens | 8 | 125 | 15.6 | 48 | 0 |
| Corey Dillon | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| David Dunn | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Darnay Scott | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tony McGee | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Marco Battaglia | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Brian Milne | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Ki-Jana Carter | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rod Smith | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 26 | 2 |
| Ed McCaffrey | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 32t | 1 |
| Terrell Davis | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Shannon Sharpe | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Tremain Mack | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Lee Johnson | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tom Rouen | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Greg Myers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||
| Doug Pelfrey | 5 | 298 | 59.6 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||
| Jason Elam | 7 | 450 | 64.3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| David Dunn | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Corey Dillon | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | 0 | |
| James Hundon | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Vaughn Hebron | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Keith Burns | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |
| Andre Collins | 1.0 |
| Gerald Dixon | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| John Mobley | 1.0 |
| Bill Romanowski | 1.0 |
| Neil Smith | 1.0 |
| Maa Tanuvasa | 1.0 |
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