1998 Broncos 31 - 1992 Cowboys 17

The Broncos exploded out of the chutes, with Vaughn Hebron taking the opening kickoff 97 yards for a TD. After a good Dallas drive sparked by a 41 yard dash by Emmitt Smith Lin Elliot had his FG attempt blocked. The Broncos went nowhere, but the Cowboys fumbled the bal away on a strip sack, handing the ball to Denver at the 11. A quick TD pass to Shannon Sharpe upped the lead to 14-0. The Cowboys responded with another good drive, but were forced to settle for three, and on the ensuing possession Terrell Davis broke around left end for a 63 yard run, setting up a 14 yard TD pass to Willie Green as the Quarter expired. Afer another Broncos hold, Derrick Loville gave the Cowboys some life by fumbling the ball away at the Denver 20, and Emmitt Smith tookit in a few plays later from 3 yards out. Denver retaliated 5 miutes later though as a long pass to Ed McCaffery set up a 5 yard TD run for Terrell Davis. Apart from a 3rd quarter FG by Elam, and a TD run late by Smith that was it for the scoring. I played exteremelt cautiously in the second half, running clock and playing 5 DB's - essentially conceding the run if Dallas wanted to do that and double teaming the blazes out of Michael Irvin. The object was to prevent big plays, and it worked. Aikman is good, not great, especially against a defense keyed to stopping him. With a 3 score lead I could mostly ignore the run. This game had me worried, as the 92 Cowboys are very formidable, but it sure helps to get staked to 14 early points on only 11 yards offense! The Broncos great vulnerability is a weak pass defense, so getting up early is a key to success, as is setting up Elway and the passing game with a strong running attack. Its a great offense to hold a lead with.

1992 Dallas 17, 1998 Denver 31
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1992 Dallas	3	7	0	7	0	17
1998 Denver	21	7	3	0	0	31

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	14:46	1998 Denver	V.Hebron 97 yd. return (J.Elam kick)	7-0 DNA
1	9:32	1998 Denver	S.Sharpe 10 yd. pass from J.Elway (J.Elam kick)	14-0 DNA
1	3:41	1992 Dallas	L.Elliott 44 yd. field goal	14-3 DNA
1	0:00	1998 Denver	W.Green 14 yd. pass from J.Elway (J.Elam kick)	21-3 DNA
2	10:16	1992 Dallas	E.Smith 3 yd. run (L.Elliott kick)	21-10 DNA
2	4:08	1998 Denver	T.Davis 5 yd. run (J.Elam kick)	28-10 DNA
3	6:30	1998 Denver	J.Elam 34 yd. field goal	31-10 DNA
4	2:43	1992 Dallas	E.Smith 3 yd. run (L.Elliott kick)	31-17 DNA

Team Statistics
	1992 Dallas	1998 Denver
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	8-7-1-16	7-12-0-19
Third Down Efficiency	3-12-25%	6-13-46%
Fourth Down Efficiency	1-1-100%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	14-21-67%	24-42-57%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	253-54-4.7	409-63-6.5
Total Net Yards Rushing	172	182
Total Rushes	30	36
Average Per Rush	5.7	5.1
Passes Completed/Attempted	11/21 (52.4%)	17/27 (63.0%)
Net Yards Passing	81	227
Avg Yards Per Pass	4.8	8.4
Sacked/Yards Lost	3/19	0/0
Punts/Average	6/50.3	3/45.7
Punts Received/Return Yardage	1/9	1/6
Kickoffs/Returns	4/79	2/121
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/20	6/66
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	2/1	3/1
Time of Possession	30 mins 29 secs	29 mins 31 secs
Average Drive Start	DAN 28	DNA 31

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1992 Dallas
Troy Aikman	21	11	100	52.4	4.8	0	0	0	0	16	3/19	65.6
1998 Denver
John Elway	27	17	227	63.0	8.4	2	7.4	0	0	32	0/0	114.3

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1992 Dallas
Emmitt Smith	25	158	6.3	41	2	0	1/0
Curvin Richards	4	14	3.5	7	0	0	0/0
Daryl Johnston	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0/0
1998 Denver
Terrell Davis	28	163	5.8	63	1	0	2/0
John Elway	4	3	0.8	6	0	0	0/0
Derek Loville	3	7	2.3	7	0	0	1/1
Howard Griffith	1	9	9.0	9	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1992 Dallas
Jay Novacek	3	32	10.7	16	0	0
Daryl Johnston	3	27	9.0	11	0	0
Alvin Harper	2	19	9.5	10	0	0
Emmitt Smith	2	17	8.5	13	0	0
Michael Irvin	1	5	5.0	5	0	0
1998 Denver
Rod Smith	7	64	9.1	17	0	0
Ed McCaffrey	5	104	20.8	32	0	0
Shannon Sharpe	4	45	11.3	16	1	0
Willie Green	1	14	14.0	14	1	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1992 Dallas
Lin Elliott	0/0	0/0	0/1	1/1	0/0	1/2	50.0
1998 Denver
Jason Elam	0/0	0/1	1/1	0/0	0/1	1/3	33.3

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1992 Dallas
Mike Saxon	6	50.3	39.3	3	1	68	0
1998 Denver
Tom Rouen	3	45.7	42.7	0	1	56	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1992 Dallas
Kelvin Martin	4	79	19.8	21	0
1998 Denver
Vaughn Hebron	2	121	60.5	97	1

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1992 Dallas
Kelvin Martin	1	1	9	9.0	9	0
1998 Denver
Darrien Gordon	1	0	6	6.0	6	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1992 Dallas
Robert Jones	11	0	0
Russell Maryland	7	0	0
Kevin Smith	6	0	0
Ken Norton	6	0	1
Larry Brown Jr.	5	0	0
Thomas Everett	4	0	0
James Washington	3	0	0
Charles Haley	2	0	0
Leon Lett	1	0	0
Tony Casillas	1	0	0
Vinson Smith	1	0	0
Nate Newton	0	0	1
1998 Denver
Glenn Cadrez	8	0	0
Ray Crockett	6	0	0
Trevor Pryce	6	2	0
John Mobley	6	0	0
Bill Romanowski	3	0	0
Eric Brown	3	0	0
Steve Atwater	2	0	0
Neil Smith	2	0	1
Darrien Gordon	2	0	0
Maa Tanuvasa	2	1	0
Keith Traylor	1	0	0
Tyrone Braxton	1	0	0
Tony E. Jones	0	0	1
John Elway	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1992 Dallas
1998 Denver

Game Story

Terrell Davis had a big game as Denver defeated Dallas by the score of 31 to 17. Davis pounded the Dallas defense for 163 yards and added a touchdown. John Elway passed 27 times for 227 yards and 2 touchdowns. Denver won the air battle out-passing Dallas 227 to 100 yards. The fans were thrilled by a run by Terrell Davis that covered 63 yards with 4:57 left in the 2nd quarter. Denver got ahead early outscoring Dallas 21 to 3 in the first quarter. They led at halftime 28 to 10.

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