1998 Broncos 45 - 2009 Saints 24

There were a ton of fireworks in this game, as 98 Denver claims another victim. After 4 minutes of play Denver had scored TD's on 2 runs from Terrell Davis and a 90 yard KO return for Courtney Roby of the Saints (who had two in his last game.) new Orleans was able to knot the score at 14 later in the first, but quickly surrendered another 21 in the first half as Davis ran absolutely crazy, with nearly 150 yards on the ground by half time. The Saints did a better job slowing down Denver in the second half (it was almost impossible not to) but Drew Brees went stone cold, as he was forced to throw into constant dime coverage, was sacked four times, and was twice flagged for intentional grounding. Denver mostly ran clock, though TD added a 34 yard touchdown run in the Third Quarter to remove all remaining doubt about the outcome. The Saints had a good run. Their defense mostly needs to stop people by turnover, and they are good at it. They even turned over Denver three times, and Denver is extremely good at ball security. What they could not overcome was a terrible game from Brees, as they kept giving the lethal Bronco offense possessions. In game terms there are a very very few better RB's than Terrell Davis, and none of those are complemented by as good a passing attack as 98 Denver.

2009 New Orleans 24, 1998 Denver 45
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
2009 New Orleans	14	3	0	7	0	24
1998 Denver	21	14	10	0	0	45

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	12:21	1998 Denver	T.Davis 6 yd. run (J.Elam kick)	7-0 DNA
1	11:50	1998 Denver	T.Davis 20 yd. run (J.Elam kick)	14-0 DNA
1	11:35	2009 New Orleans	C.Roby 90 yd. return (G.Hartley kick)	14-7 DNA
1	5:22	2009 New Orleans	D.Thomas 16 yd. pass from D.Brees (G.Hartley kick)	14-14 DNA
1	1:01	1998 Denver	H.Griffith 1 yd. run (J.Elam kick)	21-14 DNA
2	12:49	1998 Denver	T.Davis 2 yd. run (J.Elam kick)	28-14 DNA
2	5:44	1998 Denver	S.Sharpe 2 yd. pass from J.Elway (J.Elam kick)	35-14 DNA
2	0:00	2009 New Orleans	G.Hartley 46 yd. field goal	35-17 DNA
3	9:58	1998 Denver	J.Elam 33 yd. field goal	38-17 DNA
3	1:37	1998 Denver	T.Davis 34 yd. run (J.Elam kick)	45-17 DNA
4	12:01	2009 New Orleans	M.Colston 9 yd. pass from D.Brees (G.Hartley kick)	45-24 DNA

Team Statistics
	2009 New Orleans	1998 Denver
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	6-6-1-13	14-10-2-26
Third Down Efficiency	6-15-40%	5-12-42%
Fourth Down Efficiency	1-1-100%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	14-14-100%	31-42-74%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	186-56-3.3	468-69-6.8
Total Net Yards Rushing	106	301
Total Rushes	22	42
Average Per Rush	4.8	7.2
Passes Completed/Attempted	13/30 (43.3%)	15/25 (60.0%)
Net Yards Passing	80	167
Avg Yards Per Pass	3.7	7.2
Sacked/Yards Lost	4/31	2/13
Punts/Average	7/48.1	3/51.7
Punts Received/Return Yardage	1/-2	5/44
Kickoffs/Returns	5/192	3/78
Interceptions/Returns	1/15	2/65
Penalties/Yards	9/71	6/51
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	2/1	2/2
Time of Possession	27 mins 6 secs	32 mins 54 secs
Average Drive Start	NON 27	DNA 35

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
2009 New Orleans
Drew Brees	30	13	111	43.3	3.7	2	6.7	2	6.7	16	4/31	48.1
1998 Denver
John Elway	25	15	180	60.0	7.2	1	4.0	1	4.0	34	2/13	78.8

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
2009 New Orleans
Reggie Bush	9	26	2.9	7	0	0	0/0
Pierre Thomas	7	61	8.7	16	0	0	2/1
Mike Bell	4	5	1.3	5	0	0	0/0
Lynell Hamilton	1	6	6.0	6	0	0	0/0
Drew Brees	1	8	8.0	8	0	0	0/0
1998 Denver
Terrell Davis	32	262	8.2	57	4	0	2/2
Derek Loville	4	15	3.8	6	0	0	0/0
Vaughn Hebron	2	12	6.0	8	0	0	0/0
John Elway	2	11	5.5	6	0	0	0/0
Howard Griffith	1	1	1.0	1	1	0	0/0
Detron Smith	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
2009 New Orleans
David Thomas	3	37	12.3	16	1	0
Reggie Bush	3	10	3.3	6	0	0
Robert Meachem	3	16	5.3	12	0	0
Jeremy Shockey	1	10	10.0	10	0	0
Pierre Thomas	1	13	13.0	13	0	0
Devery Henderson	1	16	16.0	16	0	0
Marques Colston	1	9	9.0	9	1	0
1998 Denver
Rod Smith	5	44	8.8	16	0	0
Ed McCaffrey	4	76	19.0	34	0	0
Shannon Sharpe	3	12	4.0	5	1	0
Willie Green	2	18	9.0	10	0	0
Terrell Davis	1	30	30.0	30	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
2009 New Orleans
Garrett Hartley	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	1/1	100
1998 Denver
Jason Elam	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/1	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
2009 New Orleans
Thomas Morstead	7	48.1	41.9	0	3	57	0
1998 Denver
Tom Rouen	3	51.7	52.3	0	1	63	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2009 New Orleans
Courtney Roby	5	192	38.4	90	1
1998 Denver
Vaughn Hebron	3	78	26.0	27	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2009 New Orleans
Reggie Bush	1	0	-2	-2.0	-2	0
1998 Denver
Darrien Gordon	5	2	44	8.8	18	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
2009 New Orleans
Jonathan Vilma	11	0	1
Scott Shanle	7	0	0
Darren Sharper	7	0	0
Roman Harper	6	0	0
Jabari Greer	5	0	0
Scott Fujita	5	0	1
Tracy Porter	5	0	0
Charles Grant	2	0	0
Sedrick Ellis	2	0	0
Will Smith	1	1	0
Remi Ayodele	1	0	0
Bobby McCray	1	1	0
Jon Stinchcomb	0	0	1
1998 Denver
John Mobley	7	0	1
Bill Romanowski	6	2	0
Steve Atwater	5	0	0
Glenn Cadrez	4	0	0
Darrien Gordon	3	0	0
Ray Crockett	3	0	0
Eric Brown	2	0	0
Neil Smith	2	1	0
Keith Traylor	2	0	0
Darrius Johnson	1	0	0
Maa Tanuvasa	1	1	0
Trevor Pryce	1	0	0

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2009 New Orleans
Jabari Greer	1	15	15.0	15	0
1998 Denver
Steve Atwater	1	20	20.0	20	0
Eric Brown	1	45	45.0	45	0

Game Story

Terrell Davis completely dominated the action as Denver beat New Orleans by the score of 45 to 24. Davis ran over the New Orleans defense for 262 yards and scored a stagering 4 touchdowns. John Elway passed 25 times for 180 yards adding a touchdown. Denver controlled the action both on the ground and in the air. They out-ran New Orleans 301 to 106 yards, and out-passed them 180 to 111 yards. The crowd was treated to a run by Terrell Davis that covered 57 yards with 6:02 left in the 2nd quarter. Denver got ahead early outscoring New Orleans 21 to 14 in the first quarter. They took the lead into the locker room at the half 35 to 17.

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