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  FINAL
Denver 38, San Diego 37
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
San Diego 3 21 10 3 37
Denver 0 10 7 21 38

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
SDG   FG   JOHN CARNEY 41 YD, 10:09. Drive: 9 plays, 19 yards in 3:16. Key plays: Rouen 32-yard punt to Denver 42; Leaf 4-yard pass to Fletcher on 4th-and-2 to Denver 30; 12-yard pass interference penalty on Broncos' Crockett to Denver 23. SAN DIEGO 3-0
2ND QUARTER
DEN   TD   ED MCCAFFREY 1 YD PASS FROM GUS FREROTTE (JASON ELAM KICK), 0:13. Drive: 9 plays, 60 yards in 4:54. Key plays: Frerotte 12-yard pass to McCaffrey to San Diego 48; Frerotte 16-yard pass to McCaffrey on 3rd-and-16 to San Diego 38; 17-yard pass interference penalty on Chargers' Jenkins to San Diego 1. DENVER 7-3
SDG   TD   CURTIS CONWAY 68 YD PASS FROM RYAN LEAF (JOHN CARNEY KICK), 1:54. Drive: 3 plays, 80 yards in 1:41. Key plays: Fazande 9-yard run to San Diego 29. SAN DIEGO 10-7
SDG   TD   JEFF GRAHAM 45 YD PASS FROM RYAN LEAF (JOHN CARNEY KICK), 11:45. Drive: 5 plays, 78 yards in 2:40. Key plays: Leaf 20-yard pass to F Jones to San Diego 42; Leaf 11-yard run to Denver 46. SAN DIEGO 17-7
SDG   TD   SCOTT TURNER 75 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (JOHN CARNEY KICK), 13:35. SAN DIEGO 24-7
DEN   FG   JASON ELAM 26 YD, 14:36. Drive: 10 plays, 63 yards in 1:01. Key plays: Frerotte 40-yard pass to McCaffery to San Diego 31; Frerotte 10-yard pass to Chamberlin to San Diego 21; Frerotte 13-yard pass to Anderson on 3rd-and-10 to San Diego 8. SAN DIEGO 24-10
3RD QUARTER
SDG   FG   JOHN CARNEY 31 YD, 3:35. Drive: 4 plays, 7 yards in 1:18. Key plays: Dixon recovery of Frerotte fumble at Denver 20. SAN DIEGO 27-10
DEN   TD   DWAYNE CARSWELL 5 YD PASS FROM GUS FREROTTE (JASON ELAM KICK), 9:52. Drive: 4 plays, 26 yards in 2:07. Key plays: Traylor recovery of Fazande fumble at San Diego 26; Anderson 3 carries for 21 yards. SAN DIEGO 27-17
SDG   TD   JEFF GRAHAM 83 YD PASS FROM RYAN LEAF (JOHN CARNEY KICK), 14:52. Drive: 2 plays, 80 yards in 0:51. SAN DIEGO 34-17
4TH QUARTER
DEN   TD   ROD SMITH 26 YD PASS FROM GUS FREROTTE (JASON ELAM KICK), 2:00. Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards in 2:08. Key plays: Frerotte 17-yard pass to Smith to San Diego 48; Anderson 12-yard run to San Diego 36. SAN DIEGO 34-24
SDG   FG   JOHN CARNEY 33 YD, 7:47. Drive: 7 plays, 27 yards in 3:28. Key plays: Jenkins 16-yard interception return to Denver 42; Leaf 31-yard pass to Conway on 3rd-and-7 to Denver 8. Leaf 31-yard pass to Conway on 3-rd-and-7 to Denver 8. SAN DIEGO 37-24
DEN   TD   DESMOND CLARK 10 YD PASS FROM GUS FREROTTE (JASON ELAM KICK), 10:01. Drive: 5 plays, 66 yards in 2:14. Key plays: Frerotte 39-yard pass to Smith to San Diego 27; Frerotte 16-yard pass to Smith to San Diego 11. SAN DIEGO 37-31
DEN   TD   ED MCCAFFREY 5 YD PASS FROM GUS FREROTTE (JASON ELAM KICK), 13:27. Drive: 6 plays, 45 yards in 2:11. Key plays: O'Neal 25-yard punt return to San Diego 45; Frerotte 21-yard pass to Chamberlain to San Diego 15; Frerotte 7-yard pass to Anderson on 3rd-and-7 to San Diego 5. DENVER 38-37

TEAM STATISTICS
  SDG DEN
FIRST DOWNS
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
14
9
3-12
1-2
385
57
6.8
86
27
3.2
299
13-27
10.0
3-12
3-44.0
233
1-10
6-127
4-96
9-62
5-2
26:34
34
24
7-14
0-0
536
83
6.5
93
22
4.2
443
36-58
7.3
3-19
2-38.0
200
2-24
7-173
1-3
7-63
1-1
33:26

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Denver (Jason Elam 42).
San Diego rushing
Jermaine Fazande 14-49, Ryan Leaf 7-19, Terrell Fletcher 6-18.
Denver rushing
Mike Anderson 19-97, Gus Frerotte 3-minus 4.
San Diego passing
Ryan Leaf 13-27 for 311 yards, 1 INT, 3 TD.
Denver passing
Gus Frerotte 36-58 for 462 yards, 4 INT, 5 TD.
San Diego receiving
Jeff Graham 4-144, Curtis Conway 4-118, Freddie Jones 3-35, Steve Heiden 1-10, Terrell Fletcher 1-4.
Denver receiving
Rod Smith 11-187, Ed Mccaffrey 10-148, Mike Anderson 6-41, Byron Chamberlain 3-36, Dwayne Carswell 3-27, Desmond Clark 2-15, Howard Griffith 1-8.
San Diego tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Deron Jenkins 8-0-0, Michael Dumas 7-1-0, Greg Jackson 4-2-0, Junior Seau 4-1-0, John Parrella 4-0-0, Jamal Williams 4-0-1, Fakhir Brown 2-2-0, Gerald Dixon 2-2-0, Albert Fontenot 3-0-1, Darryll Lewis 2-0-1, Darren Mickell 2-0-0, Orlando Ruff 0-2-0, Adrian Dingle 1-0-0, Rodney Harrison 1-0-0, Ronney Jenkins 1-0-0.
Denver tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Bill Romanowski 7-0-1, Billy Jenkins Jr 1-5-0, Kavika Pittman 5-0-0, Al Wilson 2-2-1, Ray Crockett 3-0-0, Terrell Buckley 2-1-0, Keith Traylor 2-1-0, Trevor Pryce 2-1-1, Kenoy Kennedy 2-0-0, Mike Lodish 2-0-0, John Mobley 1-1-0, Ian Gold 1-0-0, Eric Brown 1-0-0, Jimmy Spencer 0-1-0, Maa Tanuvasa 0-1-0.
Interceptions
San Diego (Deron Jenkins 1 for 16 yards, Fakhir Brown 1 for minus 2 yards, Scott Turner 1 for 75 yards, Rogers Beckett 1 for 7 yards); Denver (Bill Romanowski 1 for 3 yards).
Fumbles lost
San Diego (Ryan Leaf, Jermaine Fazande); Denver (Gus Frerotte).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
San Diego (Gerald Dixon); Denver (Bill Romanowski, Keith Traylor).
Officials
Referee-Johnny Grier, Umpire-Brian Balliet, Head linesman-James Wilson, Line judge-Jerry Bergman, Field judge-Mark Carroll, Side judge-Dean Look, Back judge-Bill Schmitz.
A: 70,126; T: 3:34.

 


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