NE 21 @ DEN 27 - 1998 NFL

1998 Week 1

New England PatriotsNE

21-27

Denver BroncosDEN

Mon, September 7, 1998 · 8:20PM · Mile High Stadium

Attendance: 74,745Surface: grassLine: Denver Broncos -7.0O/U: 45.5 (over)

NE: Pete Carroll · DEN: Mike Shanahan

Team Stats

DEN

1st Downs

24-81

Rushing

30-91

20-32-289

Passing

22-34-257

339

Scoring

1st Quarter

Jason Elam 53 yard field goal

Shannon Sharpe 12 yard pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick)

2nd Quarter

Terrell Davis 9 yard rush (Jason Elam kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
NE
Passing
Drew Bledsoe	20/32	289	2	0	3	112.6
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Drew Bledsoe	3	3	0	2	0
Robert Edwards	13	50	1	15	0
Sedrick Shaw	7	25	0	12	0
Derrick Cullors	1	3	0	3	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Robert Edwards	1	0	0	0
Derrick Cullors	1	1	9	0	9
Troy Brown	6	5	97	1	52
Terry Glenn	11	5	71	0	24
Shawn Jefferson	3	2	64	0	55
Tony Carter	4	4	25	0	11
Vincent Brisby	2	1	10	1	10
Ben Coates	2	1	9	0	9
Lovett Purnell	2	1	4	0	4
DEN
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
John Elway	22/34	257	1	0	1	97.3
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
John Elway	5	12	0	13	0
Terrell Davis	22	75	2	9	0
Howard Griffith	2	2	0	2	0
Derek Loville	1	2	0	2	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Terrell Davis	1	1	7	0	7
Howard Griffith	2	1	15	0	15
Ed McCaffrey	10	7	97	0	44
Rod Smith	10	6	57	0	18
Shannon Sharpe	8	5	51	1	20
Justin Armour	2	1	23	0	23
Byron Chamberlain	1	1	7	0	7

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
NE
Brandon Mitchell	1	1	1	0			0	0
Drew Bledsoe			0	0			0	1
Chris Slade	7	4	0					0
Chris Canty	6	6	0					0
Ted Johnson	6	3	0					0
Willie McGinest	4	3	0					0
Lawyer Milloy	4	3	0					0
Ty Law	3	3	0					0
Chad Eaton	2	2	0					0
Henry Thomas	2	1	0					0
Mark Wheeler	2	1	0					0
Steve Lofton	1	1	0					0
Chris Sullivan	1	1	0					0
Larry Whigham	1	1	0					0
Bruce Armstrong			0					1
Willie Clay	7	7	0					0
Todd Collins	7	4	0					0
Chris Carter	1	1	0
Ferric Collons	1	1	0					0
DEN
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Bill Romanowski	8	5	2	0			0	0
Maa Tanuvasa	3	3	1	0			0	0
Darrien Gordon	3	3	0	0			0	0
Eric Brown	6	3	0				1	0
Glenn Cadrez	6	3	0					0
John Mobley	5	5	0					0
Tyrone Braxton	4	3	0					0
Trevor Pryce	3	0	0					0
Keith Burns	2	1	0					0
Darrius Johnson	2	2	0					0
Neil Smith	2	2	0					0
Keith Traylor	2	0	0					0
Steve Atwater	1	1	0					0
Marvin Washington	1	1	0					0
Ray Crockett	1	0	0					0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
NE
Adam Vinatieri	3/3	-	0	0	-	-
Tom Tupa	-	-	5	255	51.0	58
DEN
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Jason Elam	3/3	2/2	0	0	-	-
Tom Rouen	-	-	4	182	45.5	53

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
NE
Troy Brown	0	0	0	2	8	0
Derrick Cullors	5	170	0	0	0	0
DEN
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Darrien Gordon	0	0	0	3	53	0
Derek Loville	3	52	0	0	0	0

Drive Summary

#	QTR	START	PLAYS	YDS	TOP	RESULT
1	1	DEN 32	7	10	3:09	Missed FG
2	1	NWE 19	3	-12	2:28	Punt
4	1	NWE 20	7	80	4:11	Touchdown

Expected Points Added

DEN

-3.1Total3.1

10.3Off Total7.3

8.4Off Pass6.8

2.6Off Rush-3.5

-7.3Def Total-10.3

-6.8Def Pass-8.4

3.5Def Rush-2.6

-6.7

Starting Lineups

QBDrew Bledsoe

RBSedrick Shaw

WRShawn Jefferson

WRTerry Glenn

TELovett Purnell

TEBen Coates

LTBruce Armstrong

LGMax Lane

CDave Wohlabaugh

RGTodd Rucci

#	QTR	START	PLAYS	YDS	TOP	RESULT
1	1	DEN 18	5	48	2:29	Field Goal
2	1	DEN 30	3	6	1:25	Punt
3	1	NWE 49	7	49	3:49	Touchdown
5	1	DEN 6	9	28	3:49	Punt
6	2	DEN 20	1	-1	0:20	End of Half
7	2	DEN 13	11	63	4:37	Field Goal
8	2	DEN 36	6	13	3:34	Punt
9	3	NWE 43	8	43	3:38	Touchdown
10	3	DEN 26	6	15	3:36	Punt
11	3	NWE 40	3	5	1:59	End of Game

NE at DEN, 1998 NFL game