Dreadnoughttourney: 2013

The Broncos were staked to a decisive lead early by their special teams. Vaughn Hebron took the opening kickoff 90 yards for a TD, and later in the quarter darrien Gordon took a punt back 67 yards to the 5 yard line to set up a second Denver TD. This was a case of a pair of great return men upagainst one of the worst kick coverage teams ever, and it proved decisive. It had zero to do with clever strategy on my part, but I was happy for the gift points regardless.

I had worried some about generating points against this Giants team, and rightly so, as the Broncos were held under 300 yards in offense and Terrell Davis was bottled up pretty much as completely as 98 Davis can be bottled up, to the tune of only 3.5 yards per carry and under 90 yards total. Elway did hit one big pass to McCaffery for a 62 yard score in the second quarter, beating a Giants team jammed on the LOS to stop Davis.

Charley Conerly played pretty well, but was done in by weak pass blocking and a pokey running attack. Essentially, unless Frank Gifford was lined up as a RB I was happy to ignore the other Giants backs, especially given the lead I had gotten thankis to the return game. Bob Schnelker beat Eric Brown for a 37 yard catch, but apart from that he returned to human form.

1959 New York 16, 1998 Denver 37
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1959 New York	0	10	0	6	0	16
1998 Denver	17	10	7	3	0	37

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	14:45	1998 Denver	V.Hebron 90 yd. return (J.Elam kick)	7-0 DNA
1	6:50	1998 Denver	J.Elam 37 yd. field goal	10-0 DNA
1	5:07	1998 Denver	T.Davis 2 yd. run (J.Elam kick)	17-0 DNA
2	7:56	1959 New York	K.Rote 10 yd. pass from C.Conerly (P.Summerall kick)	17-7 DNA
2	6:53	1998 Denver	E.McCaffrey 62 yd. pass from J.Elway (J.Elam kick)	24-7 DNA
2	3:00	1959 New York	P.Summerall 38 yd. field goal	24-10 DNA
2	0:01	1998 Denver	J.Elam 49 yd. field goal	27-10 DNA
3	6:05	1998 Denver	R.Smith 6 yd. pass from J.Elway (J.Elam kick)	34-10 DNA
4	14:39	1959 New York	F.Gifford 14 yd. pass from C.Conerly (Pass failed)	34-16 DNA
4	10:43	1998 Denver	J.Elam 49 yd. field goal	37-16 DNA

Team Statistics
	1959 New York	1998 Denver
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	5-10-0-15	9-8-1-18
Third Down Efficiency	8-18-44%	3-9-33%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-1-0%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	14-21-67%	14-14-100%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	247-65-3.8	291-54-5.4
Total Net Yards Rushing	89	108
Total Rushes	36	33
Average Per Rush	2.5	3.3
Passes Completed/Attempted	13/25 (52.0%)	12/20 (60.0%)
Net Yards Passing	158	183
Avg Yards Per Pass	7.3	9.3
Sacked/Yards Lost	4/24	1/2
Punts/Average	8/48.3	4/54.8
Punts Received/Return Yardage	1/-1	3/71
Kickoffs/Returns	8/158	3/141
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/60	2/18
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	2/0	1/1
Time of Possession	32 mins 51 secs	27 mins 9 secs
Average Drive Start	NYN 28	DNA 31

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1959 New York
Charlie Conerly	25	13	182	52.0	7.3	2	8.0	0	0	37	4/24	102.4
1998 Denver
John Elway	19	11	174	57.9	9.2	2	10.5	0	0	62	1/2	123.6
Bubby Brister	1	1	11	100.0	11.0	0	0	0	0	11	0/0	112.5

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1959 New York
Frank Gifford	9	29	3.2	9	0	0	1/0
Mel Triplett	8	30	3.8	7	0	0	0/0
Phil King	7	5	0.7	8	0	0	0/0
Alex Webster	7	14	2.0	5	0	0	0/0
Joe Morrison	4	6	1.5	8	0	0	0/0
Charlie Conerly	1	5	5.0	5	0	0	0/0
1998 Denver
Terrell Davis	24	84	3.5	8	1	0	0/0
Derek Loville	4	5	1.3	5	0	0	0/0
Vaughn Hebron	3	3	1.0	4	0	0	0/0
John Elway	2	16	8.0	13	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1959 New York
Alex Webster	4	26	6.5	12	0	0
Phil King	3	35	11.7	23	0	0
Bob Schnelker	2	49	24.5	37	0	0
Frank Gifford	2	47	23.5	33	1	0
Kyle Rote	2	25	12.5	15	1	0
1998 Denver
Rod Smith	3	34	11.3	15	1	0
Ed McCaffrey	3	86	28.7	62	1	0
Terrell Davis	2	21	10.5	13	0	0
Shannon Sharpe	1	15	15.0	15	0	0
Howard Griffith	1	9	9.0	9	0	0
Marcus Nash	1	11	11.0	11	0	0
Willie Green	1	9	9.0	9	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1959 New York
Pat Summerall	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/1	100
1998 Denver
Jason Elam	0/0	0/0	1/1	2/2	0/0	3/3	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1959 New York
Don Chandler	8	48.3	36.9	1	2	55	0
1998 Denver
Tom Rouen	4	54.8	50.0	1	0	65	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1959 New York
Joe Morrison	4	89	22.3	24	0
George Scott	3	66	22.0	24	0
Mel Triplett	1	3	3.0	3	0
1998 Denver
Vaughn Hebron	3	141	47.0	90	1

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1959 New York
Joe Morrison	1	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
1998 Denver
Darrien Gordon	3	1	71	23.7	67	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1959 New York
Sam Huff	12	0	0
Cliff Livingston	6	0	0
Harland Svare	6	0	0
Jim Katcavage	5	0	0
Dick Nolan	3	0	0
Lindon Crow	3	0	0
Joe Morrison	2	0	0
Rosey Grier	2	0	0
Dick Modzelewski	2	1	0
Andy Robustelli	1	0	0
Jimmy Patton	1	0	0
Phil King	0	0	1
Bill Stits	0	0	1
Al Barry	0	0	1
1998 Denver
Bill Romanowski	13	1	0
Darrius Johnson	5	0	0
Glenn Cadrez	5	0	0
John Mobley	5	0	0
Steve Atwater	4	1	0
Maa Tanuvasa	4	0	0
Harald Hasselbach	3	1	0
Ray Crockett	3	0	0
Eric Brown	3	0	0
Keith Traylor	2	0	0
Neil Smith	2	1	0
Trevor Pryce	1	0	0
Tyrone Braxton	1	0	0

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1959 New York
1998 Denver

Game Story
In an explosive game Denver defeated New York by the score of 37 to 16. Terrell Davis led all rushers, carrying the ball 24 times for 84 yards and added a touchdown. The fans were brought to their feet by a touchdown pass to Ed McCaffrey that gained 62 yards with 6:53 left in the 2nd quarter. Denver had a good start outscoring New York 17 to 0 in the first quarter. They were ahead at halftime 27 to 10.

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The Broncos win the Whippersnapper Bracket, with a solid and hard fought 30 - 17 victory over a very tough Niners squad. John Elway was effective, and a good thing too, as the Niners came as close as anyone has to containing Terrell Davis, holding him to under 4 yards per carry.

Denver opened with two good drives to take a 10 - 0 lead. The Niners were stopped cold on their first two possessions, and when Denver got the ball for the third time it looked a little like a blowout was brewing. Nuh uh. Elway threw and interception, setting up a San Francisco TD, They were able to tack on another FG, but the Niners came back with a drive that was almost too easy, taking a 14 - 13 lead. The Broncos were able to add another TD before the half, and stopped the 49ers on downs right before the gun to hold a 20 - 14 lead.

Denver tallied another TD on their first 2nd half possession on a 9 yard Davis run, while the 49ers added a Cofer FG. After an exchange of punts the Broncs scored the final points of the game on an Elam FG. The 49ers drove to the Bronco 24 with 5 minutes left, but Ray Crockett snuffed out the rally with an interception in the end zone, and that pretty much settled the game

1992 San Francisco vs 1998 Denver

Ball Possession And Drive Chart

1992 San Francisco

Time

How Ball

Drive

Yds

Net

1st

Last

Drive

Recd

Lost

Poss

Obtained

Began

Play

Gain

Pen

Yds

Down

Scrm

Result

10:15

8:08

2:07

Kickoff

SFN 20

SFN 22

Punt

7:05

4:43

2:22

Kickoff

SFN 31

DNA 42

Punt

2:47

0:38

2:09

Interception

DNA 29

*DNA 6

Touchdown

10:22

6:25

3:57

Kickoff

SFN 31

*DNA 5

Touchdown

1:15

0:01

1:14

Kickoff

SFN 36

DNA 48

Downs

15:00

11:33

3:27

Kickoff

SFN 31

-10

SFN 49

Punt

8:46

3:39

5:07

Kickoff

SFN 20

DNA 20

Field Goal

1:52

0:24

1:28

Punt

SFN 20

SFN 25

Punt

11:29

8:23

3:06

Kickoff

SFN 24

DNA 44

Punt

5:26

2:41

2:45

Punt

SFN 5

DNA 24

Interception

1:30

0:00

1:30

Punt

SFN 21

DNA 43

End of Game

(365) Average SFN 28

1998 Denver

Time

How Ball

Drive

Yds

Net

1st

Last

Drive

Recd

Lost

Poss

Obtained

Began

Play

Gain

Pen

Yds

Down

Scrm

Result

15:00

10:15

4:45

Kickoff

DNA 41

*SFN 17

Field Goal

8:08

7:05

1:03

Punt

DNA 45

SFN 28

Touchdown

4:43

2:47

1:56

Punt

DNA 20

DNA 29

Interception

0:38

10:22

5:16

Kickoff

DNA 20

SFN 32

Field Goal

6:25

1:15

5:10

Kickoff

DNA 32

*SFN 9

Touchdown

0:01

0:00

0:01

Downs

DNA 48

-1

DNA 47

End of Half

11:33

8:46

2:47

Punt

DNA 49

*SFN 9

Touchdown

3:39

1:52

1:47

Kickoff

DNA 20

Punt

0:24

11:29

3:55

Punt

DNA 28

SFN 29

Field Goal

8:23

5:26

2:57

Punt

DNA 13

DNA 34

Punt

2:41

1:30

1:11

Interception

DNA 20

-5

DNA 41

Punt

(357) Average DNA 30

* inside opponent's 20

Time of Possession by Quarter

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Total

Visitor 1992 San Francisco

6:38

5:11

10:02

7:21

0:00

29:12

Home 1998 Denver

8:22

9:49

4:58

7:39

0:00

30:48

Kickoff Drive No. - Start Average

San Francisco: 7 - SFN 27

Denver: 4 - DNA 28

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