| 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. |
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 | |
| Charlie Conerly | 25 | 13 | 182 | 52.0 | 7.3 | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 4/24 | 102.4 |
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| Pat Summerall | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 100 | ||||
| Jason Elam | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 100 | ||||
Punting | |||||||||||
| No | Avg | Net | Tb | Inside 20 | Long | Blocked | |||||
| Don Chandler | 8 | 48.3 | 36.9 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Rouen | 4 | 54.8 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 0 | ||||
Kickoff Returns | |||||||||||
| No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | |||||||
| Joe Morrison | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 24 | 0 | ||||||
| George Scott | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 24 | 0 | ||||||
| Mel Triplett | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Vaughn Hebron | 3 | 141 | 47.0 | 90 | 1 | ||||||
Punt Returns | |||||||||||
| Ret | FC | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | ||||||
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | |||||
| Darrien Gordon | 3 | 1 | 71 | 23.7 | 67 | 0 | |||||
Individual Defense | |||||||||||
| Tackles | Sacks | Fum Rec | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||
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. | |||||
