FINAL
Denver 42, Atlanta 14
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Atlanta 0 7 7 0 14
Denver 13 21 8 0 42

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
DEN   TD   MIKE ANDERSON 2 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK), 6:35. Drive: 10 plays, 48 yards in 4:22. Key plays: Stryzinski 27-yard punt to Atlanta 48; Griese 14-yard pass to Carswell on 3rd-and-11 to Atlanta 35; Griese 20-yard pass to R Smith to Atlanta 15; Anderson 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Atlanta 4. DENVER 7-0
DEN   FG   JASON ELAM 29 YD, 7:46. Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards in 1:00. Key plays: Gold recovery of Dwight fumble on kickoff at Atlanta 16. DENVER 10-0
DEN   FG   JASON ELAM 51 YD, 13:18. Drive: 8 plays, 40 yards in 3:48. Key plays: Griese 12-yard pass to Smith to Denver 39; 5-yard pass interference penalty on Atlanta's Carter on 3rd-and-2 to Atlanta's 48; Griese 15-yard pass to Carswell Atlanta 33. DENVER 13-0
2ND QUARTER
DEN   TD   HOWARD GRIFFITH 6 YD PASS FROM BRIAN GRIESE (JASON ELAM KICK), 2:46. Drive: 7 plays, 74 yards in 3:19. Key plays: Griese 11-yard pass to R Smith to Denver 37; Griese 21-yard pass to Brooks to Atlanta 42; Griese 14-yard pass to Smith plus 5-yard face mask penalty on Falcons' Ambrose to Atlanta 24. DENVER 20-0
DEN   TD   MIKE ANDERSON 20 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK), 6:33. Drive: 6 plays, 61 yards in 2:38. Key plays: Anderson 9-yard run to Atlanta 47; Anderson 17-yard run to Atlanta 30; Anderson 4 carries for 51 yards. DENVER 27-0
DEN   TD   ROD SMITH 11 YD PASS FROM BRIAN GRIESE (JASON ELAM KICK), 14:04. Drive: 7 plays, 63 yards in 2:08. Key plays: Anderson 15-yard run to Atlanta 48; Griese 25-yard pass to Brooks to Atlanta 21; Griese 18-yard pass to Anderson to Atlanta 11. DENVER 34-0
ATL   TD   DARRICK VAUGHN 100 YD KICKOFF RETURN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 14:17. DENVER 34-7
3RD QUARTER
DEN   TD   ROD SMITH 37 YD PASS FROM BRIAN GRIESE (MIKE ANDERSON RUN FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 4:07. Drive: 8 plays, 83 yards in 4:07. Key plays: Griese 10-yard pass to Carswell to Denver 44; Anderson 16-yard run to Atlanta 40. DENVER 42-7
ATL   TD   TIM DWIGHT 35 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 11:56. Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards in 3:12. Key plays: Chandler 21-yard pass to Mathis on 3rd-and-5 to Atlanta 46; Chandler 10-yard pass to Finneran to Denver 35. DENVER 42-14

TEAM STATISTICS
  ATL DEN
FIRST DOWNS
Rushing
Passing
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
12
1
8
2-11
0-2
186
48
3.9
47
13
3.6
139
12-29
4.0
6-32
7-38.9
307
3-50
8-257
0-0
10-71
5-3
22:57
29
11
16
5-13
1-1
407
74
5.5
152
39
3.9
255
20-33
7.3
2-13
5-43.4
71
3-33
2-38
0-0
7-54
0-0
37:03

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
Atlanta rushing
Jamal Anderson 7-38, Tim Dwight 2-5, Ron Rivers 3-4, Chris Chandler 1-0.
Denver rushing
Mike Anderson 31-131, Karon Coleman 7-21, Brian Griese 1-0.
Atlanta passing
Chris Chandler 9-22 for 128 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD, Doug Johnson 3-7 for 43 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Denver passing
Brian Griese 20-33 for 268 yards, 0 INT, 3 TD.
Atlanta receiving
Bob Christian 3-16, Tim Dwight 2-60, Terance Mathis 2-42, Shawn Jefferson 2-37, Brian Finneran 1-10, Brian Kozlowski 1-6, Jamal Anderson 1-0.
Denver receiving
Rod Smith 7-117, Dwayne Carswell 5-54, Robert Brooks 2-46, Desmond Clark 2-17, Howard Griffith 2-11, Mike Anderson 1-18, Ed Mccaffrey 1-5.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Marty Carter 8-0-0, Ed Jasper 6-1-0, Chuck Wiley 4-2-0, Ashley Ambrose 5-0-0, Keith Brooking 4-1-1, Ray Buchanan 4-1-0, Travis Hall 4-0-1, Shawn Swayda 3-1-0, Shane Dronett 3-0-0, Ronnie Bradford 2-1-0, Patrick Kerney 2-1-0, Henri Crockett 2-0-0, Jessie Tuggle 2-0-0, Brady Smith 1-1-0, Gerald Mcburrows 1-0-0, Elijah Williams 1-0-0.
Denver tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
John Mobley 3-5-0, Billy Jenkins Jr 5-2-0, Terrell Buckley 4-1-0, Trevor Pryce 2-1-2, Maa Tanuvasa 2-1-1, Ray Crockett 2-0-0, Eric Brown 1-1-1, Bill Romanowski 1-1-0, Lester Archambeau 1-0-0, Glenn Cadrez 1-0-0, Harald Hasselbach 1-0-1, Montae Reagor 1-0-1, Jimmy Spencer 1-0-0, Mike Lodish 0-1-0.
Interceptions
None.
Fumbles lost
Atlanta (Tim Dwight, Chris Chandler, Doug Johnson).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Denver (Ian Gold, Bill Romanowski, Maa Tanuvasa).
Officials
Referee-Tony Corrente, Umpire-Ron Botchan, Head linesman-Aaron Pointer, Line judge-Tom Barnes, Field judge-Peter Morelli, Side judge-Don Carlsen, Back judge-Buddy Horton.
A: 73,214; T: 3:12.

 


ALSO SEE
NFL Scoreboard

Atlanta Clubhouse

Denver Clubhouse