FINAL
Denver 44, Cleveland 10
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Cleveland 3 0 7 0 10
Denver 3 17 14 10 44

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
DEN   FG   JASON ELAM 22 YD, 1:39. Drive: 6 plays, 64 yards in 1:39. Key plays: Griese 61-yard pass to McCaffrey to Cleveland 7. DENVER 3-0
CLE   FG   PHIL DAWSON 45 YD, 13:42. Drive: 5 plays, 37 yards in 2:32. Key plays: Couch 37-yard pass to Shea to Denver 28; Couch 14-yard pass to Johnson to Denver 24. CLEVELAND 3, DENVER 3
2ND QUARTER
DEN   TD   ROD SMITH 22 YD PASS FROM BRIAN GRIESE (JASON ELAM KICK), 6:13. Drive: 7 plays, 82 yards in 3:27. Key plays: Gould recovery of Miller fumble at Denver 18; Griese 36-yard pass to McCaffrey to Cleveland 46; Griese 9-yard pass to Carswell on 3rd-and-6 to Cleveland 33. DENVER 10-3
DEN   TD   ROD SMITH 17 YD PASS FROM BRIAN GRIESE (JASON ELAM KICK), 10:31. Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards in 2:28. Key plays: Griese 19-yard pass to Clark to Cleveland 39; Griese 12-yard pass to Clark to Cleveland 27; Griese 10-yard pass to Clark to Cleveland 17. DENVER 17-3
DEN   FG   JASON ELAM 45 YD, 14:49. Drive: 9 plays, 53 yards in 1:34. Key plays: Griese 17-yard pass to R Smith to Denver 38; Griese 10-yard pass to M Anderson to Denver 48; Griese 12-yard pass to McCaffery on 3rd-and-5 to Cleveland 35; Griese 9-yard pass to Chamberlain to Cleveland 26. DENVER 20-3
3RD QUARTER
CLE   TD   TRAVIS PRENTICE 3 YD PASS FROM TIM COUCH (PHIL DAWSON KICK), 4:06. Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards in 4:06. Key plays: Couch 18-yard pass to Patten on 3rd-and-5 to Cleveland 43; Couch 11-yard pass to Shea to Denver 46; Couch 17-yard pass to Patten to Denver 40; Couch 37-yard pass to Northcutt on 3rd-and-4 to Denver 3. DENVER 20-10
DEN   TD   MIKE ANDERSON 26 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK), 5:45. Drive: 3 plays, 33 yards in 1:39. Key plays: O'Neal 62-yard kickoff return to Cleveland 33. DENVER 27-10
DEN   TD   ROD SMITH 32 YD PASS FROM BRIAN GRIESE (JASON ELAM KICK), 10:12. Drive: 4 plays, 78 yards in 2:19. Key plays: 37-yard pass interference on Browns' Little to Cleveland 41. DENVER 34-10
4TH QUARTER
DEN   TD   BILLY JENKINS JR 36 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (JASON ELAM KICK), 1:38. DENVER 41-10
DEN   FG   JASON ELAM 46 YD, 6:05. Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards in 1:27. Key plays: Crockett 5-yard interception return to Cleveland 30. Cleveland 30. DENVER 44-10

TEAM STATISTICS
  CLE 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
12
11
4-16
0-0
278
59
4.7
38
9
4.2
240
26-45
4.8
5-47
8-46.3
201
1-22
9-179
0-0
9-116
0-0
31:51
24
17
6-14
1-1
499
71
7.0
146
31
4.7
353
22-40
8.8
0-0
4-39.8
194
3-31
3-114
3-49
2-14
3-0
28:09

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Denver (Jason Elam 45).
Cleveland rushing
Travis Prentice 6-27, Spergon Wynn 2-12, Tim Couch 1-minus 1.
Denver rushing
Mike Anderson 20-103, Raymont Harris 8-22, Brian Griese 1-14, Rod Smith 1-8, Gus Frerotte 1-minus 1.
Cleveland passing
Tim Couch 24-40 for 266 yards, 3 INT, 1 TD, Spergon Wynn 2-5 for 21 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Denver passing
Brian Griese 19-34 for 336 yards, 0 INT, 3 TD, Gus Frerotte 3-6 for 17 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Cleveland receiving
Kevin Johnson 8-60, Aaron Shea 6-76, Dennis Northcutt 5-80, David Patten 4-54, Travis Prentice 3-17.
Denver receiving
Ed Mccaffrey 5-129, Rod Smith 5-111, Dwayne Carswell 5-30, Desmond Clark 4-46, Mike Anderson 2-28, Byron Chamberlain 1-9.
Cleveland tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Courtney Brown 8-0-0, Marty Moore 7-0-0, Orpheus Roye 3-2-0, Marquis Smith 3-2-0, Anthony Malbrough 4-0-0, Wali Rainer 3-1-0, Daylon Mccutcheon 3-0-0, Darius Holland 2-1-0, Stalin Colinet 2-0-0, Earl Little 2-0-0, Keith Mckenzie 2-0-0, Rashidi Barnes 1-1-0, Arnold Miller 1-1-0, Marcus Spriggs 1-0-0, Jamir Miller 0-1-0, Tyrone Rogers 0-1-0, Lewis Sanders 0-1-0, Brian Taylor 1-0-0.
Denver tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Bill Romanowski 6-0-0, Eric Brown 4-1-0, Billy Jenkins Jr 3-1-0, Ray Crockett 3-0-0, John Mobley 3-0-0, Trevor Pryce 3-0-2, Al Wilson 1-2-1, Glenn Cadrez 2-0-0, Kavika Pittman 2-0-2, Jimmy Spencer 2-0-0, Keith Traylor 2-0-0, Terrell Buckley 1-0-0, Ian Gold 1-0-0, Montae Reagor 1-0-0, Maa Tanuvasa 0-1-0.
Interceptions
Denver (Billy Jenkins Jr 2 for 44 yards, Ray Crockett 1 for 5 yards).
Fumbles lost
None.
Opponent's fumbles recovered
None.
Officials
Referee-Walt Coleman, Umpire-Undrey Wash, Head linesman-John Schleyer, Line judge-Dave Anderson, Field judge-Scott Steenson, Side judge-Bill Spyksma, Back judge-Ron Spitler.
A: 72,791; T: 3:04.

 


ALSO SEE
NFL Scoreboard

Cleveland Clubhouse

Denver Clubhouse