DEN 24 @ PIT 35 - 1997 NFL

1997 Week 15

Denver BroncosDEN

24-35

Pittsburgh SteelersPIT

Sun, December 7, 1997 · 1:00PM · Three Rivers Stadium

Attendance: 59,739Surface: astroturfLine: Pittsburgh Steelers -1.0O/U: 43.0 (over)

DEN: Mike Shanahan · PIT: Bill Cowher

DEN

Team Stats

PIT

1st Downs

24-89

Rushing

36-186

17-42-248

Passing

18-29-303

320

Scoring

1st Quarter

Rod Smith 37 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick)

Yancey Thigpen 33 yard pass from Kordell Stewart (Norm Johnson kick)

Terrell Davis 3 yard rush (Jason Elam kick)

14-

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
DEN
Passing
John Elway	17/42	248	2	1	2	66.4
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
John Elway	2	23	0	14	0
Terrell Davis	21	75	1	8	0
Rod Smith	1	-9	0	-9	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Terrell Davis	4	3	26	0	23
Willie Green	6	3	54	0	31
Patrick Jeffers	4	2	19	0	10
Howard Griffith	8	4	18	0	8
Shannon Sharpe	9	1	16	0	16
Rod Smith	10	4	115	2	41
PIT
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Kordell Stewart	18/29	303	3	1	1	117.5
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Kordell Stewart	10	49	2	19	0
Jerome Bettis	24	125	0	24	0
George Jones	2	12	0	8	1
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Jerome Bettis	1	0	0	0
George Jones	3	3	37	0	25
Yancey Thigpen	10	6	175	3	69
Courtney Hawkins	3	3	42	0	20
Charles Johnson	9	4	29	0	14
Will Blackwell	1	1	13	0	13
Mark Bruener	1	1	7	0	7
Jon Witman	1	0	0	0	0

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
DEN
Darrien Gordon	8	3	0	1			1	0
Tim McKyer	3	3	1	0			1	0
John Mobley	10	5	0					0
Ray Crockett	9	6	0					0
Steve Atwater	8	6	0					0
Tyrone Braxton	8	4	0					1
Allen Aldridge	6	6	0					0
Neil Smith	6	4	0					0
Trevor Pryce	3	1	0					0
Bill Romanowski	2	1	0					0
Alfred Williams	2	1	0					0
Darrius Johnson	1	0	0					0
Mike Lodish	1	1	0					0
Keith Traylor	1	1	0					0
PIT
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Myron Bell	3	3	0	1			0	0
Carnell Lake	7	3	2	0			0	0
Will Blackwell			0	0			0	1
Kordell Stewart			0	0			0	1
Levon Kirkland	8	6	0				1	0
Kevin Henry	5	4	0					0
Earl Holmes	5	4	0					0
Chad Scott	5	5	0					0
Joel Steed	4	4	0					0
Jason Gildon	3	2	0					0
Nolan Harrison	3	0	0					0
Darren Perry	3	2	0					0
Mike Vrabel	2	2	0					0
Randy Fuller	1	1	0					0
Donta Jones	1	1	0					0
Chris Oldham	1	1	0					0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
DEN
Jason Elam	3/3	1/2	0	0	-	-
Tom Rouen	-	-	4	174	43.5	57
PIT
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Norm Johnson	5/5	-	0	0	-	-
Josh Miller	-	-	3	136	45.3	54

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
DEN
Darrien Gordon	0	0	0	3	24	0
Vaughn Hebron	6	114	0	0	0	0
PIT
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Will Blackwell	3	41	0	1	15	0
Andre Coleman	2	34	0	0	0	0

DEN

Expected Points Added

PIT

-11.0Total11.0

2.6Off Total19.1

2.0Off Pass11.1

1.3Off Rush4.5

-19.1Def Total-2.6

-11.1Def Pass-2.0

-4.5Def Rush-1.3

1.6

Starting Lineups

DEN

QBJohn Elway

RBTerrell Davis

FBHoward Griffith

WRRod Smith

WRWillie Green

TEShannon Sharpe

LTGary Zimmerman

LGDavid Diaz-Infante

CTom Nalen

RGBrian Habib

DEN at PIT, 1997 NFL game