|  | RECAP
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BOX SCORE 
 
 
 
| 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
 
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 PLAYER STATISTICSMissed 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.
 
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