FINAL
Denver 38, New Orleans 23
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Denver 7 21 3 7 38
New Orleans 7 6 3 7 23

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
DEN   TD   MIKE ANDERSON 13 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK), 11:37. Drive: 8 plays, 67 yards in 4:02. Key plays: Frerotte 20-yard pass to McCaffrey to New Orleans 47; Frerotte 14-yard pass to Smith to New Orleans 23; Anderson 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 13. DENVER 7-0
NOR   TD   ANDREW GLOVER 19 YD PASS FROM AARON BROOKS (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 14:25. Drive: 5 plays, 95 yards in 2:48. Key plays: Brooks 49-yard pass to Horn to Denver 19. DENVER 7, NEW ORLEANS 7
2ND QUARTER
DEN   TD   MIKE ANDERSON 5 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK), 5:15. Drive: 5 plays, 57 yards in 2:05. Key plays: Anderson 47-yard run to New Orleans 7. DENVER 14-7
NOR   FG   DOUG BRIEN 30 YD, 8:16. Drive: 8 plays, 61 yards in 3:01. Key plays: Brooks 39-yard pass to Glover on 3rd-and-9 to Denver 33; Brooks 18-yard pass to Jackson to Denver 15. DENVER 14-10
DEN   TD   DWAYNE CARSWELL 43 YD PASS FROM GUS FREROTTE (JASON ELAM KICK), 9:06. Drive: 2 plays, 69 yards in 0:50. Key plays: Anderson 26-yard run to New Orleans 43. DENVER 21-10
DEN   TD   MIKE ANDERSON 7 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK), 12:31. Drive: 6 plays, 35 yards in 3:13. Key plays: Spencer recovery of Mathis fumble on kickoff at New Orleans 35; Frerotte 9-yard pass to Griffith to New Orleans 14. DENVER 28-10
NOR   FG   DOUG BRIEN 19 YD, 15:00. Drive: 9 plays, 73 yards in 2:29. Key plays: Brooks 9-yard run to New Orleans 40; Brooks 16-yard pass to Turley to midfield; Brooks 18-yard pass to Wilson to Denver 33; Brooks 30-yard pass to Wilson to Denver 2. DENVER 28-13
3RD QUARTER
DEN   FG   JASON ELAM 22 YD, 4:56. Drive: 9 plays, 61 yards in 4:56. Key plays: Frerotte 5-yard pass to Anderson on 3rd-and-5 to Denver 45; Frerotte 44-yard pass to Clark to New Orleans 10. Frerotte 44-yard pass to Clark to New Orleans 10. DENVER 31-13
NOR   FG   DOUG BRIEN 42 YD, 10:01. Drive: 14 plays, 47 yards in 5:05. Key plays: Brooks 12-yard pass to Horn to New Orleans 31; Brooks 9-yard pass to Wilson on 3rd-and-8 to New Orleans 40; Brooks 22-yard pass to Horn to Denver 38; Brooks 23-yard pass to Wilson on 4th-and-12 to Denver 17. DENVER 31-16
4TH QUARTER
DEN   TD   MIKE ANDERSON 2 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK), 6:41. Drive: 9 plays, 78 yards in 4:56. Key plays: Frerotte 26-yard pass to McCaffrey on 3rd-and-8 to midfield;; Anderson 35-yard run to New Orleans 12; Anderson 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 2. DENVER 38-16
NOR   TD   WILLIE JACKSON 28 YD PASS FROM AARON BROOKS (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 14:15. Drive: 8 plays, 97 yards in 1:06. Key plays: Brooks 16-yard pass to Horn to New Orleans 19; Brooks 15-yard pass to Wilson to New Orleans 34; Brooks 18-yard pass to Horn to Denver 48; Brooks 13-yard pass to Wilson to Denver 36. DENVER 38-23

TEAM STATISTICS
  DEN NOR
FIRST DOWNS
Passing
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
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
24
9
7-13
0-1
483
66
7.3
283
5.8
200
11-16
11.8
1-1
4-36.0
100
3-29
3-69
2-2
4-21
1-0
35:03
19
18
5-12
1-1
446
60
7.4
21
2.3
425
30-48
8.3
3-16
3-45.7
140
0-0
7-140
0-0
6-45
2-1
24:57

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
New Orleans (Doug Brien 43).
Denver rushing
Mike Anderson 37-251, Karon Coleman 8-31, Howard Griffith 2-1, Gus Frerotte 2-0.
New Orleans rushing
Aaron Brooks 3-13, Jerald Moore 1-6, Chad Morton 3-5, Terrelle Smith 1-minus 3, Terry Allen 1-0.
Denver passing
Gus Frerotte 11-16 for 201 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
New Orleans passing
Aaron Brooks 30-48 for 441 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD.
Denver receiving
Dwayne Carswell 3-62, Ed Mccaffrey 3-56, Rod Smith 2-25, Desmond Clark 1-44, Howard Griffith 1-9, Mike Anderson 1-5.
New Orleans receiving
Joe Horn 10-170, Chad Morton 7-29, Andrew Glover 2-58, Willie Jackson 2-46, Kyle Turley 1-16, Robert Wilson 8-122.
Denver tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Jimmy Spencer 9-1-0, Ian Gold 6-0-1, Bill Romanowski 4-1-0, John Mobley 4-0-0, Terrell Buckley 4-0-0, Eric Brown 2-2-0, Billy Jenkins Jr 3-0-0, Trevor Pryce 2-1-2, Jason Suttle 2-0-0, Al Wilson 2-0-0, Deltha Oneal 1-0-0, Glenn Cadrez 1-0-0, Keith Traylor 0-1-0.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Mark Fields 9-4-0, La'roi Glover 9-2-0, Darren Perry 7-2-0, Sammy Knight 6-3-0, Darrin Smith 2-6-0, Joe Johnson 4-2-0, Kevin Mathis 3-3-0, William Whitehead 4-1-0, Alex Molden 3-2-0, Darren Howard 3-1-1, Keith Mitchell 2-1-0, Norman Hand 1-1-0, Fred Thomas 1-0-0, Martin Chase 1-0-0.
Interceptions
Denver (Jimmy Spencer 1 for 2 yards, Eric Brown 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost
New Orleans (Kevin Mathis).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Denver (Jimmy Spencer).
Officials
Referee-Jeff Triplette, Umpire-Scott Dawson, Head linesman-Earnie Frantz, Line judge-Bruce Maurer, Field judge-Steve Zimmer, Side judge-Larry Rose, Back judge-Richard Reels.
A: 64,900; T: 3:23.

 


ALSO SEE
NFL Scoreboard

Denver Clubhouse

New Orleans Clubhouse