League Championship: Denver vs. New Orleans

January 20, 2041
70°
Detroit Stadium (Detroit, MI) Attendance: 64,500 (100%)
Denver 10 14 6 7 - 37
New Orleans 7 6 7 0 - 20

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Denver: 1-10-DEN 21 (14:56) 18-Jonathan Montgomery pass complete to 11-Jeff Burnette for 79 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Stan Rhodes. NOS 0 DEN 7
(Qtr 1) New Orleans: 3-5-DEN 5 (8:24) 8-Daniel Curran pass complete to 82-Billy Haywood for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Gordon Olsen. NOS 7 DEN 7
(Qtr 1) Denver: 4-10-NOS 16 (2:46) 1-Stan Rhodes 34 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 7 DEN 10
(Qtr 2) New Orleans: 4-22-DEN 33 (14:23) 3-Gordon Olsen 50 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 10 DEN 10
(Qtr 2) Denver: 2-4-NOS 4 (6:50) 18-Jonathan Montgomery pass complete to 80-Jonathan Ramirez for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Stan Rhodes. NOS 10 DEN 17
(Qtr 2) New Orleans: 4-3-DEN 7 (0:57) 3-Gordon Olsen 24 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 13 DEN 17
(Qtr 2) Denver: (0:55) 3-Gordon Olsen kicks 71 yards from NOS 35 to DEN -6. 20-John Thompson for 106yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Stan Rhodes. DEN 72-Jose Hines was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. NOS 13 DEN 24
(Qtr 3) Denver: 4-4-NOS 4 (9:19) 1-Stan Rhodes 22 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 13 DEN 27
(Qtr 3) New Orleans: 3-11-DEN 34 (5:51) 8-Daniel Curran pass complete to 29-Donald Hutton for 34 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Gordon Olsen. NOS 20 DEN 27
(Qtr 3) Denver: 4-7-NOS 19 (3:01) 1-Stan Rhodes 37 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 20 DEN 30
(Qtr 4) Denver: 3-5-NOS 5 (12:16) 18-Jonathan Montgomery pass complete to 19-Wayne Hiatt for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Stan Rhodes. NOS 20 DEN 37

Team Statistics

New Orleans Denver
First Downs 19 15
- Rushing 0 2
- Passing 17 13
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 422 483
- Offensive Plays 71 66
- Yards Per Play 5.94 7.32
Net Rushing Yards 19 81
- Rushing Attempts 13 27
- Yards Per Rush 1.46 3.00
Net Passing Yards 403 402
- Att/Comp/Int 57 / 35 / 1 39 / 25 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 416 402
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 13 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.95 10.31
- Yards Per Completion 11.89 16.08
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 17 8 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.9 6.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 15 3 / 23
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 18 2 / 15
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 82 3 / 162
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 2 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 30
Time of Possession 25:37 34:10

Drive Charts

New Orleans

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:44 1:24 OWN 35 3 2 Punt
1 12:26 4:05 OWN 43 8 57 Touchdown
1 2:43 1:57 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
1 0:42 1:24 OPP 21 3 -15 Field Goal
2 6:47 2:24 OWN 14 4 26 Punt
2 2:14 1:20 OWN 20 10 73 Field Goal
3 15:00 2:43 OWN 25 6 24 Punt
3 9:17 3:33 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
3 2:58 1:40 OWN 11 4 14 Punt
3 0:30 0:34 OWN 6 3 8 Interception
4 12:14 1:08 OWN 25 5 11 Punt
4 9:06 0:37 OWN 38 3 0 Punt
4 4:43 0:58 OWN 4 3 7 Punt
4 1:50 1:50 OWN 0 6 94 Game

Denver

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:16 OWN 21 1 79 Touchdown
1 13:20 0:54 OWN 16 3 2 Punt
1 8:21 5:38 OWN 25 10 59 Field Goal
1 0:47 0:05 OWN 21 1 0 Fumble
2 14:18 7:31 OWN 25 13 75 Touchdown
2 4:23 2:09 OWN 16 4 17 Punt
2 0:40 0:40 OPP 25 2 -36 Half
3 12:17 3:00 OWN 7 8 89 Field Goal
3 5:43 2:46 OWN 25 4 56 Field Goal
3 1:18 0:48 OWN 33 4 27 Punt
4 14:56 2:42 OPP 27 6 27 Touchdown
4 11:06 2:00 OWN 19 3 0 Punt
4 8:29 3:46 OWN 15 6 27 Punt
4 3:45 1:55 OWN 43 3 9 Punt

Rushing Stats

New Orleans

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Michael Sammons 8 12 1.50 5 0 0
William Bain 4 7 1.75 8 0 0
Erik Harper 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Denver

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Thompson 11 40 3.64 17 2 0
Steven Cline 12 31 2.58 10 1 0
Perry Kopp 4 10 2.50 6 0 0

Passing Stats

New Orleans

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Daniel Curran 57 35 416 1 / 13 2 58 1 88.05

Denver

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jonathan Montgomery 39 25 402 0 / 0 3 79 0 124.09

Receiving Stats

New Orleans

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Donald Schultz 4 137 34.25 58 0
Donald Hutton 4 70 17.50 34 1
Michael Sammons 7 49 7.00 17 0
William Bain 5 48 9.60 17 0
Mark Hayes 2 36 18.00 25 0
Billy Haywood 4 33 8.25 12 1
William Langer 5 21 4.20 11 0
Erik Harper 3 17 5.67 10 0
Ellis Carter 1 5 5.00 5 0

Denver

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jeff Burnette 5 164 32.80 79 1
John Spurling 1 63 63.00 63 0
John Thompson 4 60 15.00 21 0
Jonathan Ramirez 6 46 7.67 14 1
Robert Ingram 3 27 9.00 19 0
Wayne Hiatt 2 20 10.00 15 1
Perry Kopp 1 12 12.00 12 0
George Benn 2 5 2.50 3 0
Charles Griffis 1 5 5.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

New Orleans

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Joshua Booker 50 20 1 2
David Phillips 7 3 0 1
Donald Schultz 0 7 0 1
Richard Beal 19 6 0 0
William Young 18 9 0 0
John Tollefson 16 2 0 0
Erik Harper 8 4 0 0
William Lineberry 12 10 0 0
Michael Paynter 3 7 0 1
Jeremy Giron 16 1 0 0
Ellis Carter 0 4 0 0
William Bain 0 2 0 1
Vernon Graham 0 1 0 0
Michael McCombs 0 1 0 0
John Sollars 0 1 0 0
Terry Dugger 0 1 0 0
Chance Borrego 0 1 0 0
Donald Hutton 32 18 0 2
Mark Hayes 0 11 0 0
Billy Haywood 20 13 0 0
Matthew Colley 0 5 0 1
Charles Payne 0 3 0 0
Alvin Gaither 0 4 0 0
Roger Ryan 0 5 0 0
Marvin Henry 0 3 0 0
Rex Pugh 0 3 0 0
Jordan Akins 0 1 0 0
Felix Hill 0 4 0 0
Jacob Rigdon 0 1 0 0
Herman Widmer 63 19 0 0
Michael Sammons 8 4 0 0
Preston Burton 53 23 0 0
David Wright 53 14 0 1
Eugene Weeks 51 20 0 0
William Langer 0 8 0 0
William Wright 0 12 0 0
Frank Cisneros 5 1 0 1

Denver

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Michael Lange 0 5 0 0
Fletcher Berndt 49 34 0 1
Edward Souza 0 1 0 0
John Thompson 4 3 0 0
Emory Bridges 0 8 0 0
Wayne Hiatt 0 9 0 0
Jeff Burnette 0 20 0 1
Robert Ingram 0 3 0 0
Jose Hines 15 2 0 0
Jonathan Ramirez 13 25 0 0
Charles Griffis 2 12 0 1
William Maddox 5 0 0 0
Randall Howard 38 31 0 3
John Spurling 0 21 0 0
Steven Cline 4 2 0 0
Lawrence Walls 0 3 0 0
James Peterson 44 30 0 1
Robert Jones 50 41 0 1
George Benn 20 25 0 3
Jerry Miller 48 40 0 3
Luis Harmon 0 3 0 0
Steve Lopez 0 4 0 0
Kenneth Jones 0 4 0 0
Joel Smith 1 6 0 3
Jordan Gross 0 3 0 0
Stanley Snider 3 5 0 0
Tyler Flores 0 3 0 0
Duane Grimes 0 4 0 0
Perry Kopp 2 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Orleans

Denver

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Steve Lopez 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Orleans

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Erik Harper 1 0 0 0
Ernesto Scott 0 0 1 0
Marvin Henry 0 1 0 0
Billy Haywood 0 1 0 0

Denver

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jonathan Montgomery 1 0 0 0
George Benn 1 0 0 0
Jordan Gross 0 0 1 0

Punting

New Orleans

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Reginald Campbell 8 375 46.88 45.13 52 5

Denver

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Donald Bates 6 281 46.83 44.33 54 4

Kicking

New Orleans

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gordon Olsen 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 50 2 / 2

Denver

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Stan Rhodes 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 37 4 / 4

Punt Return

New Orleans

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ellis Carter 3 18 6.0 10 0

Denver

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Brandon Douglas 2 15 7.5 8 0

Kick Return

New Orleans

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Ellis Carter 3 82 27.3 0

Denver

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Thompson 3 162 54.0 1

Defensive Stats