Week 17, 1993

played in Denver, CO

47 degrees, fair, 13 mph wind

San Diego Chargers	0	0	0	0	-	0
Denver Broncos	10	14	0	3	-	27

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:03 DEN - Doug Pelfrey 47 field goal
1Q: 11:57 DEN - Blaine Bishop 51 interception return (Doug Pelfrey extra point)
2Q: 15:00 DEN - Steve Smith 39 pass from John Elway (Doug Pelfrey extra point)
2Q: 07:54 DEN - Emmitt Smith 9 run (Doug Pelfrey extra point)
4Q: 02:33 DEN - Doug Pelfrey 19 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:03 DEN - Doug Pelfrey 47 field goal
1Q: 11:57 DEN - Blaine Bishop 51 interception return (Doug Pelfrey extra point)
2Q: 15:00 DEN - Steve Smith 39 pass from John Elway (Doug Pelfrey extra point)
2Q: 07:54 DEN - Emmitt Smith 9 run (Doug Pelfrey extra point)
4Q: 02:33 DEN - Doug Pelfrey 19 field goal

Team Statistics SDO DEN
Record 11-5 15-1
First Downs 16 16
- by Rushing 5 6
- by Passing 10 9
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 289 310
- Offensive Plays 65 67
- Yards per Play 4.45 4.63
Net Rushing Yards 126 125
- Rushing Attempts 19 38
- Yards per Rush 6.63 3.29
Net Passing Yards 163 185
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 44 - 21 - 4 29 - 14 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 172 185
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/9 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 3.54 6.38
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 2/12 6/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 11.1 7.0
4th Down Conversions 0/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/34 4/36
Punt Returns/Yards 3/15 3/35
Kick Returns/Yards 2/35 1/20
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 4/60
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 20 OWN 37
Time of Possession 27:32 32:28

Team Statistics	SDO	DEN
Record	11-5	15-1
First Downs	16	16
- by Rushing	5	6
- by Passing	10	9
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	289	310
- Offensive Plays	65	67
- Yards per Play	4.45	4.63
Net Rushing Yards	126	125
- Rushing Attempts	19	38
- Yards per Rush	6.63	3.29
Net Passing Yards	163	185
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	44 - 21 - 4	29 - 14 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	172	185
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/9	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	3.54	6.38
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	2/12	6/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	11.1	7.0
4th Down Conversions	0/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/34	4/36
Punt Returns/Yards	3/15	3/35
Kick Returns/Yards	2/35	1/20
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	4/60
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 20	OWN 37
Time of Possession	27:32	32:28

Drive Charts

San Diego Chargers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:26	OWN 20	3	-2	Interception
1	11:57	0:13	OWN 20	1	0	Interception
1	11:44	1:25	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
1	8:13	2:09	OWN 18	6	23	Punt
1	2:04	1:43	OWN 8	3	-1	Punt
2	14:45	3:47	OWN 20	6	32	Punt
2	7:45	0:57	OWN 25	2	11	Interception
2	6:20	1:59	OWN 20	8	60	Interception
2	0:44	0:44	OWN 20	2	15	Half
3	10:53	2:01	OWN 20	5	14	Punt
3	5:29	3:08	OWN 25	6	22	Punt
4	13:12	3:16	OWN 21	6	23	Punt
4	8:11	1:32	OWN 40	5	13	Downs
4	4:11	0:32	OWN 1	4	0	Downs
4	2:26	2:26	OWN 25	6	71	Game

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:34	1:37	OPP 35	3	5	Field Goal
1	10:19	2:06	OWN 42	3	7	Punt
1	6:04	4:00	OWN 18	8	16	Punt
1	0:21	0:36	OPP 40	2	40	Touchdown
2	10:58	3:13	OWN 20	11	80	Touchdown
2	6:48	0:28	OPP 44	3	0	Punt
2	4:21	3:37	OWN 20	9	33	Punt
3	15:00	4:07	OWN 28	6	32	Punt
3	8:52	3:23	OWN 5	6	15	Punt
3	2:21	4:09	OWN 20	7	66	Missed FG
4	9:56	1:45	OWN 4	3	8	Punt
4	6:39	2:28	OWN 47	3	2	Punt
4	3:39	1:13	OPP 1	3	-1	Field Goal

Game MVP: Blaine Bishop, Denver Broncos

Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Garrison Hearst	10	38	3.80	8	0
Barry Sanders	7	74	10.57	37	2
Danny Peebles	1	14	14.00	14	1
Reggie Cobb	1	0	0.00	0	0

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Emmitt Smith	31	109	3.52	18	3	1
Keith Jones	4	-2	-0.50	0	0	0
John Elway	3	18	6.00	13	1	0

Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Hugh Millen	33	17	139	2/9	0	19	4	23.0
Cody Carlson	11	4	33	0/0	0	14	0	44.9

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
John Elway	29	14	185	0/0	1	43	0	80.3

Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Reggie Langhorne	5	10	51	10.20	8	13
WR Anthony Miller	5	15	37	7.40	7	15
RB Garrison Hearst	3	3	4	1.33	2	3
WR Mike Young	2	3	21	10.50	3	14
RB Barry Sanders	2	2	25	12.50	9	19
TE Tony McGee	2	2	31	15.50	3	18
FB Reggie Cobb	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1
WR Robert Brooks	1	3	4	4.00	0	4
TE Robert Tyler	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
WR Danny Peebles	0	3	0	0.00	0	0

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
FB Steve Smith	4	5	72	18.00	62	39	1
RB Emmitt Smith	3	5	3	1.00	1	4	0
WR Ronnie Harmon	2	8	18	9.00	0	10	0
WR Stephen Baker	2	2	27	13.50	23	16	0
TE Frank Thomas	2	2	50	25.00	43	43	0
TE Gary Wilkins	1	3	15	15.00	0	15	0
WR Jose Gonzalez	0	4	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

San Diego	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Blaine Bishop	2	60	30.00	1
S Thomas Everett	1	0	0.00	0
CB Darryl Henley	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

San Diego	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Denver	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

San Diego	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Joe Prokop	7	358	51.1	40.4	61	3

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Harry Newsome	8	390	48.8	39.4	60	3

Kicking Statistics

San Diego	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Doug Pelfrey	2/3	1/1	0/0	47	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mark Jerue	3	15	5.0	0

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jeff Query	3	35	11.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tony Smith	1	14	14.0	0
Robert Brooks	1	21	21.0	0

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jose Gonzalez	1	20	20.0	0

Defensive Statistics

San Diego	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Rick Vaughn	6	2	0.0	33	28
OLB Marvcus Patton	6	1	0.0	23	21
DT Marc Boutte	5	3	0.0	20	17
S Devon Mitchell	5	2	0.0	37	26
DE Colin Powell	5	2	0.0	34	22
DE Chris Mims	5	1	0.0	28	26
CB Kirby Jackson	5	0	0.0	17	15
S Chuck Cecil	4	2	0.0	32	26
CB Reggie Sutton	3	0	0.0	37	28
OLB Vinson Smith	2	1	0.0	23	18
WR Anthony Miller	2	0	---	---	---
OLB Ron George	1	2	0.0	13	4
CB Willie Williams	1	2	0.0	33	26
QB Hugh Millen	1	0	---	---	---
CB Maurice Hurst	1	0	0.0	6	5
DE Tony Bennett	1	0	0.0	5	7
S Mark Jerue	0	1	0.0	8	9

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Blaine Bishop	7	0	0.0	19	46
S Thomas Everett	6	0	0.0	18	43
OLB Martin Bishop	5	0	1.0	14	34
CB Tim Taylor	5	1	0.0	18	40
OLB John McClane	4	2	1.0	12	36
ILB Sam Mills	4	1	0.0	17	40
CB Stanley Richard	3	0	0.0	14	33
DE Glenn Jacobs	2	1	0.0	17	34
CB Rod Smith	2	0	0.0	3	9
CB Darryl Henley	1	2	0.0	16	39
DE Eric Dorsey	1	0	0.0	11	25
OLB Jackie Walker	1	0	0.0	4	9
OLB Lamont Hollinquest	1	0	0.0	2	8
DT Jon Hand	0	1	0.0	12	23
DT Brad Culpepper	0	1	0.0	10	26

Pass Rush Statistics

San Diego	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Chris Mims	2	0	26
DT Greg Kragen	1	0	10
S Devon Mitchell	1	0	26
DE Colin Powell	1	0	22
OLB Marvcus Patton	0	1	21

Denver	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB John McClane	1.0	0	2	2	36
OLB Martin Bishop	1.0	0	0	0	34
DE Ray Seals	0.0	2	1	0	30
DE Glenn Jacobs	0.0	1	3	1	34
OLB Jackie Walker	0.0	0	1	1	9
DT Jon Hand	0.0	0	1	0	23
DT Brad Culpepper	0.0	0	1	0	26

Pass Defense Statistics

San Diego	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Rick Vaughn	3	1	28
S Chuck Cecil	2	3	26
OLB Vinson Smith	2	0	18
OLB Marvcus Patton	2	0	21
S Devon Mitchell	1	0	26
CB Kirby Jackson	1	0	15
CB Reggie Sutton	1	0	28
DE Colin Powell	1	0	22
CB Maurice Hurst	1	0	5
S Mark Jerue	0	1	9

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Tim Taylor	4	0	0	40
OLB Martin Bishop	4	0	0	34
S Thomas Everett	3	0	1	43
ILB Sam Mills	2	1	0	40
S Blaine Bishop	2	0	2	46
CB Rod Smith	2	0	0	9
CB Darryl Henley	1	1	1	39
OLB John McClane	1	0	0	36
CB Stanley Richard	1	0	0	33
OLB Lamont Hollinquest	1	0	0	8

Blocking Statistics

San Diego	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Ed King	5	7	1	19	0	46
Kani Kauahi	2	3	0	18	0	43
Jeff Walker	1	3	0	18	1	44
Tony McGee	1	2	0	13	0	21
Bruce Armstrong	0	3	1	15	1	40
Barney Gumble	0	1	0	19	0	46

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Ken Ruettgers	2	9	0	38	29
Doug Riesenberg	1	8	0	36	29
Ellison Onizuka	1	6	1	35	29
Joe Milinchik	1	5	0	38	29
Ron Stone	1	2	0	38	29
Frank Thomas	0	1	1	38	28
Gary Wilkins	0	1	0	21	14
Tim Manoa	0	1	0	9	0
Steve Smith	0	1	0	30	24
Fred Mobley	0	1	0	3	0

Special Teams Tackles

San Diego	Tackles	STPlays
Reggie Langhorne	1	20
Mark Jerue	1	17
Tony Smith	1	12
James Fitzpatrick	1	7

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Anderson Cooper	3	19
Jeff Query	1	18
Frank Thomas	1	15

Participation

San Diego	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Devon Mitchell	---	---	37	26	11	74
Barney Gumble	19	46	---	---	7	72
Jeff Walker	18	44	---	---	7	69
Reggie Sutton	---	---	37	28	4	69
Rick Vaughn	---	---	33	28	4	65
Ed King	19	46	---	---	---	65
Vinson Smith	---	---	23	18	23	64
Willie Williams	---	---	33	26	3	62
Kani Kauahi	18	43	---	---	---	61
Chuck Cecil	---	---	32	26	2	60
Colin Powell	---	---	34	22	3	59
Reggie Langhorne	7	31	---	---	20	58
Chris Mims	---	---	28	26	3	57
Bruce Armstrong	15	40	---	---	---	55
Robert Brooks	15	33	---	---	6	54
Hugh Millen	15	35	---	---	---	50
Marvcus Patton	---	---	23	21	3	47
Anthony Miller	14	31	---	---	1	46
Barry Sanders	7	24	---	---	14	45
John Parrella	---	---	25	14	6	45
Dan Ralph	---	---	21	13	8	42
Tony McGee	13	21	---	---	8	42
Marc Boutte	---	---	20	17	2	39
Reggie Cobb	9	16	---	---	12	37
Mark Jerue	---	---	8	9	17	34
Garrison Hearst	12	22	---	---	---	34
Kirby Jackson	---	---	17	15	1	33
Maurice Hurst	---	---	6	5	22	33
Anthony Toney	7	14	---	---	10	31
Robert Tyler	4	8	---	---	14	26
Greg Kragen	---	---	8	10	5	23
Ron George	---	---	13	4	6	23
Danny Peebles	4	18	---	---	---	22
James Fitzpatrick	4	6	---	---	7	17
Ronnie Harris	2	5	---	---	9	16
Cody Carlson	4	11	---	---	---	15
Howie Long	---	---	10	3	1	14
Brett Miller	2	5	---	---	7	14
Tony Bennett	---	---	5	7	2	14
Tony Smith	0	0	---	---	12	12
Mike Young	1	7	---	---	---	8
Joe Prokop	0	0	---	---	7	7
Butch Rolle	0	0	---	---	7	7
Pat Swilling	---	---	5	1	---	6
Tommy Pickles	0	0	---	---	1	1
Lance Cofield	0	0	---	---	---	0

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Frank Thomas	38	28	---	---	15	81
Ron Stone	38	29	---	---	10	77
Ken Ruettgers	38	29	---	---	9	76
Blaine Bishop	---	---	19	46	10	75
Steve Smith	30	24	---	---	16	70
Joe Milinchik	38	29	---	---	2	69
John Elway	38	29	---	---	---	67
Doug Riesenberg	36	29	---	---	---	65
Ellison Onizuka	35	29	---	---	1	65
Thomas Everett	---	---	18	43	---	61
Sam Mills	---	---	17	40	2	59
Emmitt Smith	34	25	---	---	---	59
Tim Taylor	---	---	18	40	---	58
Darryl Henley	---	---	16	39	1	56
Stanley Richard	---	---	14	33	7	54
Glenn Jacobs	---	---	17	34	---	51
Martin Bishop	---	---	14	34	1	49
John McClane	---	---	12	36	---	48
Ronnie Harmon	21	23	---	---	---	44
Brad Culpepper	---	---	10	26	7	43
Gary Wilkins	21	14	---	---	7	42
Jose Gonzalez	13	10	---	---	14	37
Stephen Baker	14	16	---	---	7	37
Ray Seals	---	---	7	30	---	37
Eric Dorsey	---	---	11	25	---	36
Jon Hand	---	---	12	23	---	35
Lamont Hollinquest	---	---	2	8	20	30
Keith Jones	4	4	---	---	18	26
Anderson Cooper	5	1	---	---	19	25
Tim Manoa	9	0	---	---	12	21
Jackie Walker	---	---	4	9	6	19
Jeff Query	1	0	---	---	18	19
Rod Smith	---	---	3	9	6	18
Josh Wooden	---	---	5	12	---	17
Jamal Brooks	---	---	2	6	7	15
Joe Poole	---	---	6	8	---	14
Fred Mobley	3	0	---	---	11	14
Chris Hinton	2	0	---	---	11	13
Harry Newsome	0	0	---	---	11	11
Walter Reeves	0	0	---	---	11	11
Doug Pelfrey	0	0	---	---	9	9
Odie Harris	---	---	2	5	---	7
Mike Caldwell	---	---	0	0	7	7
Bernie Kosar	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jo Jo Townsell	0	0	---	---	---	0
Matt Blundin	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	68	7.6
Middle	5	27	5.4
Right	5	31	6.2
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	13	56	4.3
Middle	4	19	4.8
Right	21	50	2.4
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Hugh Millen	33	17	0	2	1	1	6	2	4
Cody Carlson	11	4	0	1	1	1	3	2	0

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
John Elway	29	14	3	0	5	5	5	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	6	1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	8	50	5.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	21	8	116	5.5
Long (19+ Yds)	7	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	8	133	14.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	4	2	9	2.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	4	43	3.3
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Anthony Miller	15	5	1	37	31
WR Reggie Langhorne	10	5	0	51	31
WR Mike Young	3	2	1	21	7
WR Danny Peebles	3	0	0	0	18
WR Robert Brooks	3	1	0	4	33
RB Garrison Hearst	3	3	0	4	22
TE Robert Tyler	2	0	0	0	8
RB Barry Sanders	2	2	0	25	24
TE Tony McGee	2	2	0	31	21
FB Reggie Cobb	1	1	0	-1	16

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ronnie Harmon	8	2	1	18	0	23
FB Steve Smith	5	4	0	72	2	24
RB Emmitt Smith	5	3	1	3	0	25
WR Jose Gonzalez	4	0	2	0	0	10
TE Gary Wilkins	3	1	1	15	0	14
WR Stephen Baker	2	2	0	27	0	16
TE Frank Thomas	2	2	0	50	1	28

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Emmitt Smith	4	14	3.50	3.52
Keith Jones	3	-1	-0.33	-0.50
John Elway	1	3	3.00	6.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Hugh Millen	2	0	0	0.00	4.21
Cody Carlson	1	1	13	13.00	3.00

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
John Elway	1	0	0	0.00	6.38

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Reggie Langhorne	1	1	13	13.00	5.10
WR Anthony Miller	1	0	0	0.00	2.47
WR Danny Peebles	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Ronnie Harmon	1	0	0	0.00	2.25

Third Down Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Rushes	Conversions
Barry Sanders	1	0
Garrison Hearst	1	0

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
Emmitt Smith	10	4
Keith Jones	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Conversions
Hugh Millen	7	3	1
Cody Carlson	3	2	1

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
John Elway	6	2	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Anthony Miller	3	0	0
WR Reggie Langhorne	2	1	1
WR Mike Young	1	1	1
WR Danny Peebles	1	0	0
FB Reggie Cobb	1	1	0
RB Garrison Hearst	1	1	0
TE Tony McGee	1	1	0

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Emmitt Smith	3	1	1
WR Ronnie Harmon	1	0	0
WR Jose Gonzalez	1	0	0
WR Stephen Baker	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 70,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,400 (21,400)
End Zone 15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	70,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,400 (21,400)
End Zone	15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)