1998 Broncos 26 - 1999 Rams 20

A good battle, with both defenses doing a fine job of slowing down their opponent. The Broncs capitalized on an Isaac Bruce fumble in taking a 13 - 3 first quarter lead, before Kurt Warner beat the suspect Bronco pass defense with a 60 yard TD strike to Torry Holt to close the gap. Jason Elam drilled a 33 yard FG to make for a tight 16 - 10 game at halftime. The Broncos took the opening possession of the 2nd half to the Rams 27. On first and ten John Elway handed the ball to Terrell Davis, who ripped off his best run of the day for a TD and a 23 - 10 lead - but Elway was injured for the rest of the game on that play, leaving matters in the hands of Bubby Brister for the duration. the two teams exchanged FG's, and then the Rams offense swung into action, with a 30 yard run from Marshall Faulk the key play on a TD drive, capped by a 12 yard Faulk run with 6:36 remaining. The Broncos moved to midfield, but Brister missed Willie Green on a 3rd and 8, forcing a punt. The Rams were able to move to around midfield with 2:00 left, but were forced into a 4th and 2. Warner went for all the marbles, but Steve Atwater got his mitts on the ball and swatted it away, essentially ending things. The game was pretty error free, with Bruce's 2nd quarter fumble the only turnover of the day. but the Broncos did a respectable job of slowing down Kurt Warner and company - good enough to eke out a win even with a crippled offense.

1999 St. Louis 20, 1998 Denver 26
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1999 St. Louis	3	7	3	7	0	20
1998 Denver	10	6	7	3	0	26

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	12:54	1999 St. Louis	J.Wilkins 45 yd. field goal	3-0 SLN
1	7:27	1998 Denver	D.Loville 1 yd. run (J.Elam kick)	7-3 DNA
1	1:19	1998 Denver	J.Elam 46 yd. field goal	10-3 DNA
2	6:18	1998 Denver	J.Elam 43 yd. field goal	13-3 DNA
2	5:42	1999 St. Louis	T.Holt 60 yd. pass from K.Warner (J.Wilkins kick)	13-10 DNA
2	0:08	1998 Denver	J.Elam 33 yd. field goal	16-10 DNA
3	12:36	1998 Denver	T.Davis 27 yd. run (J.Elam kick)	23-10 DNA
3	7:03	1999 St. Louis	J.Wilkins 44 yd. field goal	23-13 DNA
4	13:14	1998 Denver	J.Elam 24 yd. field goal	26-13 DNA
4	8:24	1999 St. Louis	M.Faulk 13 yd. run (J.Wilkins kick)	26-20 DNA

Team Statistics
	1999 St. Louis	1998 Denver
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	3-12-0-15	6-12-3-21
Third Down Efficiency	6-12-50%	7-17-41%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-1-0%	1-1-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	10-14-71%	13-21-62%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	351-52-6.8	325-68-4.8
Total Net Yards Rushing	100	147
Total Rushes	16	39
Average Per Rush	6.3	3.8
Passes Completed/Attempted	22/33 (66.7%)	16/26 (61.5%)
Net Yards Passing	251	178
Avg Yards Per Pass	8.3	7.6
Sacked/Yards Lost	3/24	3/20
Punts/Average	3/41.7	3/47.7
Punts Received/Return Yardage	1/0	2/44
Kickoffs/Returns	7/150	4/116
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	8/65	2/14
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	1/1	1/0
Time of Possession	25 mins 42 secs	34 mins 18 secs
Average Drive Start	SLN 27	DNA 35

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1999 St. Louis
Kurt Warner	33	22	275	66.7	8.3	1	3.0	0	0	60	3/24	102.5
1998 Denver
John Elway	16	11	126	68.8	7.9	0	0	0	0	18	2/14	92.2
Bubby Brister	10	5	72	50.0	7.2	0	0	0	0	17	1/6	73.8

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1999 St. Louis
Marshall Faulk	12	84	7.0	30	1	0	0/0
Justin Watson	2	3	1.5	3	0	0	0/0
Kurt Warner	1	1	1.0	1	0	0	0/0
Robert Holcombe	1	12	12.0	12	0	0	0/0
1998 Denver
Terrell Davis	30	127	4.2	27	1	0	0/0
Bubby Brister	3	-3	-1.0	-1	0	0	0/0
John Elway	3	19	6.3	7	0	0	0/0
Derek Loville	3	4	1.3	2	1	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1999 St. Louis
Isaac Bruce	6	91	15.2	30	0	0
Marshall Faulk	5	41	8.2	13	0	0
Torry Holt	4	84	21.0	60	1	0
Ricky Proehl	3	37	12.3	15	0	0
Az-Zahir Hakim	2	22	11.0	15	0	0
Robert Holcombe	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0
Roland Williams	1	1	1.0	1	0	0
1998 Denver
Shannon Sharpe	7	73	10.4	15	0	0
Ed McCaffrey	4	64	16.0	18	0	0
Rod Smith	3	41	13.7	15	0	0
Willie Green	2	20	10.0	13	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1999 St. Louis
Jeff Wilkins	0/0	0/0	0/0	2/2	0/0	2/2	100
1998 Denver
Jason Elam	0/0	1/1	1/1	2/2	0/0	4/4	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1999 St. Louis
Mike Horan	3	41.7	27.0	0	1	44	0
1998 Denver
Tom Rouen	3	47.7	41.0	1	1	53	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1999 St. Louis
Tony Horne	4	107	26.8	32	0
Ron Carpenter	2	42	21.0	24	0
James Hodgins	1	1	1.0	1	0
1998 Denver
Vaughn Hebron	4	116	29.0	34	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1999 St. Louis
Az-Zahir Hakim	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
1998 Denver
Darrien Gordon	2	1	44	22.0	44	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1999 St. Louis
London Fletcher-Baker	9	1	0
D'Marco Farr	8	2	0
Billy Jenkins	8	0	0
Todd Collins	6	0	0
Grant Wistrom	4	0	0
Mike A. Jones	4	0	0
Ron Carpenter	3	0	0
Devin Bush	3	0	0
Ray Agnew	3	0	0
Todd Lyght	3	0	0
Dexter McCleon	2	0	0
1998 Denver
Bill Romanowski	6	0	0
Steve Atwater	6	0	0
Ray Crockett	6	0	0
Darrien Gordon	5	0	1
Eric Brown	4	0	0
Glenn Cadrez	3	0	0
Keith Traylor	3	0	0
Trevor Pryce	2	1	0
Maa Tanuvasa	1	1	0
John Mobley	1	0	0
Darrius Johnson	1	0	0
Neil Smith	1	1	0
Vaughn Hebron	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1999 St. Louis
1998 Denver

Game Story

Terrell Davis was fantastic as Denver beat St. Louis by the score of 26 to 20. Davis rushed for 127 yards and added a touchdown. Denver controlled the ball for 34:18. Denver had a good start outscoring St. Louis 10 to 3 in the first quarter. They took the lead into the locker room at the half 16 to 10. Denver led after three quarters 23 to 13. Kurt Warner passed 33 times for 275 yards adding a touchdown for St. Louis.

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