| Carolina Panthers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: November 9, 1997 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 71408 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 30 F Humidty: 80% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | 14 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CAR | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Darrien Gordon 82 punt return (Jason Elam kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Darrien Gordon 75 punt return (Jason Elam kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Jason Elam 25 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Jason Elam 50 FG | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Rod Smith 20 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 0 | 27 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Tyrone Braxton 27 interception return (Jason Elam kick) | 0 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Mark Carrier |
| 83 | WR | Rae Carruth |
| 78 | LOT | Blake Brockermeyer |
| 66 | LOG | Matt Campbell |
| 65 | C | Frank Garcia |
| 75 | ROG | Greg Skrepenak |
| 76 | ROT | Norberto Davidds-Garrido |
| 85 | TE | Wesley Walls |
| 12 | QB | Kerry Collins |
| 32 | RB | Fred Lane |
| 43 | FB | Scott Greene |
| Defense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Les Miller |
| 71 | NT | Greg Kragen |
| 99 | RDE | Ray Seals |
| 56 | LOLB | Micheal Barrow |
| 51 | LILB | Sam Mills |
| 58 | RILB | Andre Royal |
| 57 | ROLB | Lamar Lathon |
| 25 | LCB | Eric Davis |
| 37 | SS | Chad Cota |
| 30 | FS | Mike Minter |
| 38 | RCB | Tyrone Poole |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Ed McCaffrey |
| 80 | WR | Rod Smith |
| 65 | LOT | Gary Zimmerman |
| 76 | LOG | Mark Schlereth |
| 66 | C | Tom Nalen |
| 63 | ROG | David Diaz-Infante |
| 77 | ROT | Tony Jones |
| 84 | TE | Shannon Sharpe |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 30 | RB | Terrell Davis |
| 29 | FB | Howard Griffith |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Harald Hasselbach |
| 94 | LDT | Keith Traylor |
| 98 | RDT | Maa Tanuvasa |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |||||
| Fred Lane | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Rae Carruth | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Anthony Johnson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Scott Greene | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kerry Collins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Terrell Davis | 21 | 104 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Vaughn Hebron | 9 | 42 | 4.7 | 12 | 0 |
| John Elway | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Jeff Lewis | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |||||||||||
| Kerry Collins | 29 | 13 | 44.8 | 3 | 141 | 4.9 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 20.1 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 23 | 14 | 60.9 | 0 | 227 | 9.9 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 108.4 |
| Jeff Lewis | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |||||
| Mark Carrier | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Wesley Walls | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Rocket Ismail | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Scott Greene | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Fred Lane | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Shannon Sharpe | 8 | 174 | 21.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Rod Smith | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Anthony Lynn | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Terrell Davis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Howard Griffith | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Ray Crockett | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tyrone Braxton | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |||||
| Ken Walter | 9 | 424 | 47.1 | 55 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tom Rouen | 3 | 110 | 36.7 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Winslow Oliver | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Darrien Gordon | 5 | 2 | 168 | 33.6 | 82t | 2 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||
| John Kasay | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||
| Jason Elam | 7 | 438 | 62.6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Michael Bates | 6 | 166 | 27.7 | 32 | 0 | |
| Walter Rasby | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Vaughn Hebron | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |
| Micheal Barrow | 1.0 |
| Greg Kragen | 1.0 |
| Les Miller | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| John Mobley | 1.0 |
| Maa Tanuvasa | 1.0 |
| Mike Lodish | 0.5 |
| Trevor Pryce | 0.5 |
| David Richie | 0.5 |
| Alfred Williams | 0.5 |
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