Sunday, November 30, 1997
| DEN | SDG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Broncos | Ed McCaffrey 4 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | Broncos | Rod Smith 5 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 14 | 0 |
| Chargers | Tony Martin 4 yard pass from Craig Whelihan (Greg Davis kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| Broncos | Terrell Davis 5 yard rush (Jason Elam kick) | 21 | 7 | |
| Broncos | Steve Atwater 22 yard interception return (Jason Elam kick) | 28 | 7 | |
| 3rd | Chargers | Eric Metcalf 83 yard punt return (Greg Davis kick) | 28 | 14 |
| Broncos | Ed McCaffrey 21 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 35 | 14 | |
| 4th | Chargers | Gary Brown 1 yard rush (Greg Davis kick) | 35 | 21 |
| Broncos | Jason Elam 32 yard field goal | 38 | 21 | |
| Chargers | Eric Metcalf 11 yard pass from Craig Whelihan (Greg Davis kick) | 38 | 28 |
| DEN | SDG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 28 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-198-1 | 21-47-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-33-240-3-0 | 23-51-222-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Net pass yards | 240 | 222 |
| Total yards | 438 | 269 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 12-92 | 10-71 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Terrell Davis | DEN | 26 | 178 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| John Elway | DEN | 20 | 33 | 240 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Ed McCaffrey | DEN | 7 | 111 | 2 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Rod Smith | DEN | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 40 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
| Shannon Sharpe | DEN | 4 | 46 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Dwayne Carswell | DEN | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Howard Griffith | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Craig Whelihan | SDG | 23 | 51 | 222 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Tony Martin | SDG | 8 | 78 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Terrell Fletcher | SDG | 6 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| Bryan Still | SDG | 4 | 44 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Eric Metcalf | SDG | 4 | 38 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Gary Brown | SDG | 12 | 21 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Frank Hartley | SDG | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Jones | SDG | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Freddie Jones | SDG | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Aaron Craver | SDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Steve Atwater | DEN | 0.0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tyrone Braxton | DEN | 0.0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Darrien Gordon | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Vaughn Hebron | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Neil Smith | DEN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Kenny Bynum | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 158 | 22.6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Eric Metcalf | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 83.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Jason Elam | DEN | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Rouen | DEN | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 0 | ||||
| Darren Bennett | SDG | 4 | 175 | 43.8 | 0 | ||||