FINAL
Kansas City 23, Denver 22
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Kansas City 7 0 7 9 23
Denver 3 9 10 0 22

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
KAN   TD   TONY RICHARDSON 1 YD RUN (PETE STOYANOVICH KICK), 5:50. Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards in 5:50. Key plays: Grbac 15-yard pass to Gonzalez to Kansas City 35. Grbac 14-yard pass to Gonzalez to Kansas City 49. Grbac 17-yard pass to Gonzalez to Denver 34. Grbac 13-yard pass to Richardson to Denver 25. KANSAS CITY 7-0
DEN   FG   JOE NEDNEY 22 YD, 12:58. Drive: 14 plays, 79 yards in 7:08. Key plays: Frerotte 23-yard pass to Smith on 3rd-and-6 to Denver 44; Anderson 13-yard run to Kansas City 35; Frerotte 11-yard run to Kansas City 23; Frerotte 15-yard pass to Carswell on 3rd-and-8 to K.C. 6. KANSAS CITY 7-3
2ND QUARTER
DEN   FG   JOE NEDNEY 20 YD, 6:07. Drive: 9 plays, 60 yards in 4:33. Key plays: Frerotte 14-yard pass to Smith to Kansas City 48; Davis 24-yard run to Kansas City 24. KANSAS CITY 7-6
DEN   TD   RAY CROCKETT 26 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 8:20. DENVER 12-7
3RD QUARTER
DEN   TD   MIKE ANDERSON 16 YD RUN (JOE NEDNEY KICK), 3:34. Drive: 7 plays, 77 yards in 3:34. Key plays: Frerotte 15-yard pass to R Smith to Denver 38; Frerotte 22-yard pass to R Smith to Kansas City 24. DENVER 19-7
KAN   TD   TONY GONZALEZ 15 YD PASS FROM ELVIS GRBAC (PETE STOYANOVICH KICK), 7:37. Drive: 7 plays, 74 yards in 4:03. Key plays: 23-yard pass interference penalty on Broncos' Spencer on 3rd-and-8 to Denver 49; Grbac 10-yard pass to Morris on 3rd-and-8 to Denver 37; Grbac 22-yard pass to Richardson to Denver 15. DENVER 19-14
DEN   FG   JOE NEDNEY 43 YD, 11:04. Drive: 6 plays, 47 yards in 3:27. Key plays: Frerotte 15-yard pass to McCaffrey to Denver 43; Frerotte 25-yard pass to R Smith to Kansas City 32. DENVER 22-14
4TH QUARTER
KAN   FG   PETE STOYANOVICH 42 YD, 6:41. Drive: 4 plays, 1 yard in 0:50. Key plays: Hicks recovery of R Smith fumble at Denver 26. DENVER 22-17
KAN   TD   DERRICK ALEXANDER 22 YD PASS FROM ELVIS GRBAC (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 12:39. Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards in 3:24. Key plays: Grbac 8-yard pass to Lockett on 3rd-and-7 to Kansas City 31; 12-yard pass interference penalty on Broncos' Buckley to Kansas City 42; Grbac 13-yard pass to Gonzalez on 3rd-and-2 to Denver 37; Richardson 15-yard run to Denver 22. KANSAS CITY 23-22

TEAM STATISTICS
  KAN 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
21
14
6-12
0-0
294
61
4.8
49
27
1.8
245
21-33
7.2
1-5
4-49.8
123
0-0
5-108
1-15
8-48
1-1
30:19
21
10
3-9
0-0
342
62
5.5
145
30
4.8
197
18-31
6.2
1-11
2-46.5
185
3-37
5-122
2-26
6-71
2-2
29:41

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Denver (Joe Nedney 50).
Kansas City rushing
Tony Richardson 14-35, Frank Moreau 6-8, Mike Cloud 4-5, Elvis Grbac 3-1.
Denver rushing
Mike Anderson 22-85, Terrell Davis 6-41, Gus Frerotte 2-19.
Kansas City passing
Elvis Grbac 21-33 for 250 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD.
Denver passing
Gus Frerotte 18-31 for 208 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD.
Kansas City receiving
Tony Gonzalez 10-127, Derrick Alexander 3-35, Tony Richardson 2-35, Kevin Lockett 2-16, Sylvester Morris 2-13, Mike Cloud 1-13, Troy Drayton 1-11.
Denver receiving
Rod Smith 8-134, Dwayne Carswell 3-27, Mike Anderson 3-19, Ed Mccaffrey 2-20, Howard Griffith 2-8.
Kansas City tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Pat Dennis 6-1-0, Dan Williams 5-2-0, Donnie Edwards 6-0-0, Marvcus Patton 4-2-0, Lewis Bush 4-0-0, James Hasty 4-0-0, Jerome Woods 4-0-0, Eric Hicks 3-1-0, John Browning 2-2-0, Greg Wesley 3-0-1, Chester Mcglockton 2-0-0, Steve Martin 1-0-0, Mike Maslowski 0-1-0.
Denver tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Eric Brown 8-1-0, John Mobley 8-1-0, Billy Jenkins Jr 6-1-0, Ray Crockett 4-0-0, Trevor Pryce 3-1-0, Kavika Pittman 3-0-1, Al Wilson 3-0-0, Maa Tanuvasa 1-2-0, Bill Romanowski 2-0-0, Jimmy Spencer 2-0-0, Keith Traylor 2-0-0, Terrell Buckley 1-0-0, Mike Lodish 1-0-0, Harald Hasselbach 0-1-0.
Interceptions
Kansas City (Marvcus Patton 1 for 15 yards); Denver (Ray Crockett 2 for 26 yards).
Fumbles lost
Kansas City (Tony Richardson); Denver (Gus Frerotte, Rod Smith).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Kansas City (Gary Stills, Eric Hicks); Denver (Maa Tanuvasa).
Officials
Referee-Tom White, Umpire-Jim Quirk, Head linesman-Ed Camp, Line judge-Gary Arthur, Field judge-Boris Cheek, Side judge-Tommy Moore, Back judge-Bob Waggoner.
A: 74,596; T: 2:56.

 


ALSO SEE
NFL Scoreboard

Kansas City Clubhouse

Denver Clubhouse