Box Score

	1	2	3	4	Final
Denver	14	15	17	7	53
New England	10	7	10	14	41

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

NWE - TD, Terry Glenn 44 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 13:03. Drive: 5 plays, 44 yards. NWE 7-0

DEN - TD, Terrell Davis 2 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK), Drive: 11 Plays 75 yards Key plays:Elway 30-yards pass to Smith on 3rd-and-10 to New England 38; Davis 11-yard run to New England 24; Davis 6 carries 31 yards.

TIED 7-7

TEAM STATISTICS	NWE	DEN
FIRST DOWNS	13	25
Rushing	2	18
Passing	10	3
Penalty	1	4
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY	3-15	4-11
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY	1-2	4-8
TOTAL NET YARDS	425	466
Total Plays	63	66
Average gain	8.2	12.4
NET YARDS RUSHING	56	22
Rushes	12	9
Average per rush	4.7	2.5
NET YARDS PASSING	367	444
Completed-attempted	41-58	36-51
Yards per pass	4.8	6.7
Sacked-yards lost	3-23	1-8
Had intercepted	2	2
PUNTS-AVERAGE	7-51.9	3-50.3
RETURN YARDAGE	169	92
Punts-returns	1-20	3-20
Kickoffs-returns	6-119	4-89
Interceptions-returns	2-30	2-13
PENALTIES-YARDS	4-20	10-117
TIME OF POSSESSION	27:02	32:58

PLAYER STATISTICS

Missed field goals

 Denver (Scott Bentley 48).

New England rushing

Curtis Martin 15-66, Drew Bledsoe 2-3, Sam Gash 1-0,

Denver rushing

Terrell Davis 9-57, John Elway 3-minus 1.

New England passing

Drew Bledsoe 41-58 for 367 yards, 2 INT, 6TD.

Denver passing

John Elway 20-30 for 230 yards, 2 INT, 1 TD.

Jeff Lewis 16-21 for 214, 1 INT, 2 TD.

New England receiving

Ben Coates 8-65, Sam Gash 6-66, ShawnJefferson 6-45, Curtis Martin 7-85, Terry Glenn 8-127, Vincent Brisby 6-75.

Denver receiving

Ed Mccaffrey 4-46, Willie Green 4-14, Terrell Davis 9-157,Shannon Sharpe 10-139, P. Jeffries 5-62.

New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)

Lawyer Milloy 6-4-0,Willie Clay 6-2-0, Todd Collins 4-3-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 4-3-0, HenryThomas 2-3-1, Ferric Collons 3-1-0, Mike Jones 3-1-0, Ted Johnson2-2-0, Chris Canty 3-0-0, Ty Law 3-0-0, Chris Sullivan 2-1-0, ChadEaton 1-1-0, Chris Slade 1-0-0, Mark Wheeler 1-0-0, Devin Wyman1-0-0, Tedy Bruschi

Denver tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)

John Mobley 10-4-1, SteveAtwater 5-1-0, Tyrone Braxton 5-0-1, Allen Aldridge 4-1-0, Darrien Gordon 3-1-0, Maa Tanuvasa 3-0-3, Neil Smith 2-1-0, Mike Lodish2-0-0, Bill Romanowski 1-1-0, Keith Traylor 1-1-0, Alfred Williams0-2-0,Ray Crockett 1-0-0, Tim Mckyer 1-0-0, Harald Hasselbach 0-1-0,Dedrick Dodge 1-0-0, Patrick Jeffers 1-0-0, Darrius Johnson 1-1-0, EdMccaffrey 1-0-0, Tom Nalen 1-0-0, Steve Russ 1-0-0, Detron Smith1-0-0.

Interceptions

New England (Willie Clay 2 for 30 yards); Denver (JohnMobley 1 for 11 yards, M.D. Perry 1 for 2 yards).

Game Time 3:08

DEN - TD, JOHN ELWAY 38 YD PASS TO SHANNON SHARPE (JASON ELAM KICK), 1:09. DENVER 14-7

NWE - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 26 YD, 11:48. Drive: 14 plays, 43 yards in 5:13. Key plays: Willie Clay interception, Bledsoe 19-yard pass to Jefferson on 3rd-and-10 to Denver 32; Martin 12-yard run on 3rd-and-12 to Denver 22; Bledsoe 3-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Denver 10.

DENVER 14-10

Second Quarter

DEN - TD, JOHN ELWAY 1 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK), 5:23. Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 5:23.

DENVER 21-10

DEN - TD, TERRELL DAVIS 1 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK), 13:01. Drive:3 plays, 48 yards in 0:59. Key plays: Elway 47-yard pass to Smith to New England 1. Elway to McCafferty for the two point conversion

DENVER 29-10

NWE - TD, DREW BLEDSOE 49 YD, TO TY LAW :29. Drive: 3 plays, 56 yards in :26. Key plays: Denver failed fourth down attempt;

DENVER 29-17

Third Quarter

DEN - FG, JASON ELAM 21 YD, 11:23. Drive: 9 plays, 69 yards in 3:55. Key plays: Hitchcock 39-yard pass interference penalty to New England 21; Davis 6-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to New England 8; Davis 5 carries 22 yards.

DENVER 32-17

DEN - TD, JEFF LEWIS TO W. GREEN, 9:36. Drive: 8 plays, 65 yards in 3:59. Key plays: Davis 15-yard run to Denver 38; Lewis 40-yard pass to Smith to New England 21.

DENVER 40-17

NWE - TD, SAM GASH 3 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 6:13. Drive: 10 plays, 44 yards in 4:46. Key plays: Bledsoe 10-yard pass to Brisbie to Denver 34; Bledsoe 8-yard pass to Brisby on 3rd-and-7 to Denver 23; Bledsoe 6-yard pass to Coates on 3rd-and-4 to Denver 11.

DENVER 40-24

NWE - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 32 YD, 4:16. Drive: 12 plays, 47 yards in 2:48. Key plays: Bledsoe 17-yard pass to Coates on 3rd-and-15 to midfield; Bledsoe 17-yard pass to Jefferson on 3rd-and-10 to Denver 22.

DENVER 40-27

ED MCCAFFREY 21 YD PASS FROM JEFF LEWIS (TWO POINT FAILED), :54. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards in 3:22. Key plays: Lewis 17-yard pass to McCaffrey to Denver 42; Lewis16-yard pass to Davis to New England 36; Lewis 9-yard pass to Sharpe to New England 27.

DENVER 46-27

Fourth Quarter

NWE TD, BEN COATES 4 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 9:59. Drive: 10 plays, 73 yards in 5:01. Key plays: Bledsoe 40-yard pass to Glenn to Denver 15; Bledsoe 9-yard pass to Coates to Denver 5. DENVER 46-34

NWE,TD TERRY GLENN 25 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 7:16. Drive: 4 plays, 67 yards in 2:01. Key plays: Bledsoe 14-yard pass to Jefferson to New England 47; Bledsoe 19-yard pass to Gash to Denver 25.

DENVER 46-41

DEN,TD TERRELL DAVIS 10 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK), 2:05. Drive: 6 plays, 49 yards in 3:29. Key plays: Michael Dean Perry interception; Lewis 20-yard pass to McCaffrey to New England 27.

DENVER 53-41 F