San Diego 37, Denver 34

09-04-94



 San Diego  6 21  3  7--37
 Denver    17  7  3  7--34

First Quarter

Den--Pritchard 50 pass from Elway (Elam kick), 2:39. Drive: 41 yards, 2 plays.
Key plays: Kidd 13 yard punt to the San Diego 41.
Denver 7, San Diego 0.

Den--Russell 22 run (Elam kick), 7:15. Drive: 80 yards, 6 plays.
Key plays: Elway 18 pass to Sharpe; Bernstine 17 run; Elway 13 pass to Bernstine.
Denver 14, San Diego 0.

Den--FG Elam 25, 10:34. Drive: 9 yards, 7 plays.
Key play: Rivers fumble recovery at San Diego's 16.
Denver 17, San Diego 0.

SD--Pupupnu 22 pass from Humphries (run failed), 14:35. Drive: 82 yards, 9 plays.
Key plays: Humphries 22 pass to Means; Humphries 19 pass to Harmon.
Denver 17, San Diego 6.

Second Quarter

Den--Milburn 8 pass from Elway (Elam kick), 3:35. Drive: 83 yards, 9 plays.
Key plays: Elway 38 pass to Sharpe; Bernstine 24 run.
Denver 24, San Diego 6.

SD--Jefferson 47 pass from Humphries (Carney kick), 5:47. Drive: 81 yards, 4 plays.
Key play: Humphries 25 pass to Bieniemy.
Denver 24, San Diego 13.

SD--Seay 29 pass from Humphries (pass failed), 7:32. Drive: 40 yards, 4 plays.
Key plays: Carrington interception at Denver 40; Means 11 run.
Denver 24, San Diego 19.

SD--Richard 99 interception return (Harmon run), 15:00.
San Diego 27, Denver 24.

Third Quarter

Den--FG Elam 42, 5:28. Drive: 51 yards, 12 plays.
Key play: Elway 16 pass to L.Russell.
San Diego 27, Denver 27.

SD--FG Carney 27, 8:59. Drive: 43 yards, 8 plays.
Key plays: Jefferson 14 run; Humphries 6 pass to Means and 13-yard roughing the passer penalty on Williams.
San Diego 30, Denver 27.

Fourth Quarter

Den--Sharpe 5 pass from Elway (Elam kick), :53. Drive: 67 yards, 11 plays.
Key plays: Elway 15 pass to Pritchard on 3rd-and-11; L.Russell 13 run; Bernstine 12 run.
Denver 34, San Diego 30.

SD--Means 1 run (Carney kick), 11:59. Drive 89 yards, 19 plays.
Key plays: Humphries 25 pass to Pupunu; Humphries 9 pass to Jefferson on 3rd-and-8.
San Diego 37, Denver 34.

A--74,032.
No-shows--1,491.

SD Den FIRST DOWNS 19 30 Rushing 8 8 Passing 10 18 Penalty 1 4 THIRD DOWN EFF 7-12 8-13 FOURTH DOWN EFF 0-0 1-1 TOTAL NET YARDS 370 470 Total Plays 56 68 Avg Gain 6.6 6.9 NET YARDS RUSHING 138 129 Rushes 34 18 Avg per rush 4.1 7.2 NET YARDS PASSING 232 341 Completed-Att. 12-22 36-46 Yards-Pass Play 10.5 6.8 Sacked-Yds lost 0-00 4-30 Had Intercepted 0 2 PUNTS-Avg. 3-38 1-59 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE 219 99 Punts Returns 1-8 0-00 Kickoffs Returns 5-102 5-99 Interceptions 2-99 0-00 PENALTIES-Yds 9-87 6-63 FUMBLES-Lost 1-1 1-1 TIME OF POSSESSION 27:30 32:30

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

San Diego--Means 22-96, Bieniemy 5-16, Jefferson 1-14, Harmon 2-13, Humphries 4-(minus 1).
Denver--L.Russell 8-70, Bernstine 8-55, Clark 1-3, Elway 1-1.

PASSING

San Diego, Humphries 12-22-0-232.
Denver, Elway 36-46-2-371.

RECEIVING

San Diego--Jefferson 3-79, Means 3-27, Pupunu 2-47, Harmon 2-25, Seay 1-29, Bieniemy 1-25.
Denver, Sharpe 9-97, Bernstine 8-67, Pritchard 5-119, Milburn 5-20, L.Russell 3-20, D.Russell 2-19, Clark 2-15, A.Miller 2-14.

TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS

San Diego--Seau 10-4-1 1/2, Gordon 9-0-0, Harper 6-1-0, Richard 5-2-0, Griggs 3-3-0, Carrington 3-0-0, O'Neal 2-2-0, Lee 2-1- 1/2, Davis 2-0-0, Gibson 2-0-0, Bush 2-0-0, Mims 1-0-1, Vanhorse 1-0-0, Castle 1-0-0, Harrison 1-0-0, D.Miller 1-0-0, Johnson 0-1-0, Team 0-0-1.

Denver--Burns 8-1-0, Alexander 7-3-0, Hall 3-1-0, Hasselbach 3-1-0, Crockett 3-1-0, Washington 3-0-0, Atwater 2-0-0, Smith 2-0-0, Aldridge 2-0-0, Swann 2-0-0, Dronett 1-1-0, Jones 1-1-0, Sanders 1-1-0, Bradford 1-1-0, Robinson 1-0-0, Harvey 1-0-0, Croel 0-1-0, Mecklenburg 0-1-0.

INTERCEPTIONS

San Diego--Richard, Carrington.
Denver--None.

MISSED FIELD GOALS

San Diego--None.
Denver--None.

OFFICIALS--Referee Ed Hochuli, Ump Neil Gereb, HL Geroge Hayward, LJ Vama Glass, BJ Jim Poole, SJ Mike Carey, FJ Ron Spitler.

Time: 3:11.