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Box Score: New York Jets at Denver Broncos

Posted: Sun January 17, 1999 at 8:03 p.m. EST

NFL     PLAYOFFS 

        FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

NY JETS 0 3 7 0 10 DENVER 0 0 20 3 23 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: NONE 2ND QUARTER: NYJ - FG, JOHN HALL 32 YD, 15:00. Drive: 6 plays, 46 yards in 0:38. Key plays: Testaverde 20-yard pass to Chrebet to Denver 40; Testaverde 26-yard pass to Ward to Denver 14. NY JETS 3-0 3RD QUARTER: NYJ - TD, CURTIS MARTIN 1 YD RUN (JOHN HALL KICK), 3:04. Drive: 1 play, 1 yard in 0:04. Key plays: Baxter recovery of punt blocked by Spence at Denver 1. NY JETS 10-0 DEN - TD, HOWARD GRIFFITH 11 YD PASS FROM JOHN ELWAY (JASON ELAM KICK), 4:42. Drive: 3 plays, 64 yards in 1:38. Key plays: Hebron 28-yard kickoff return to Denver 36; Elway 47-yard pass to McCaffrey to New York 17. NY JETS 10-7 DEN - FG, JASON ELAM 44 YD, 6:37. Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards in 1:46. Key plays: Burns recovery of Farrior fumbled kickoff at New York 31. NY JETS 10, DENVER 10 DEN - FG, JASON ELAM 48 YD, 12:02. Drive: 8 plays, 27 yards in 3:14. Key plays: Elway 12-yard pass to R Smith to New York 44; Davis 20-yard run to New York 21. DENVER 13-10 DEN - TD, TERRELL DAVIS 31 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK), 14:42. Drive: 3 plays, 38 yards in 1:24. Key plays: Gordon 36-yard punt return to New York 38. DENVER 20-10 4TH QUARTER: DEN - FG, JASON ELAM 35 YD, 11:20. Drive: 4 plays, 1 yard in 1:00. Key plays: Gordon 18-yard interception return to New York 18. DENVER 23-10 TEAM STATISTICS NYJ DEN
FIRST DOWNS 18 14 Rushing 1 8 Passing 17 6 Penalty 0 0 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-12 4-19 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1 1-4 TOTAL NET YARDS 370 331 Total plays 65 75 Average gain 5.7 4.4 NET YARDS RUSHING 14 178 Rushes 13 38 Average per rush 1.1 4.7 NET YARDS PASSING 356 153 Completed-attempted 31-52 13-34 Yards per pass 6.8 4.1 Sacked-yards lost 0-0 3-20 Had intercepted 2 0 PUNTS-AVERAGE 7-47.9 8-39.6 RETURN YARDAGE 89 155 Punts-returns 3-43 5-79 Kickoffs-returns 5-46 1-28 Interceptions-returns 0-0 2-48 PENALTIES-YARDS 6-49 6-47 FUMBLES-LOST 4-4 2-0 TIME OF POSSESSION 27:00 33:00 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: NY Jets (John Hall 42). NY Jets rushing: Curtis Martin 13-14. Denver rushing: Terrell Davis 32-167, John Elway 3-13, Derek Loville 2-7, Tom Rouen 1-minus 9. NY Jets passing: Vinny Testaverde 31-52 for 356 yards, 2 INT, 0 TD. Denver passing: John Elway 13-34 for 173 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD. NY Jets receiving: Wayne Chrebet 8-121, Keyshawn Johnson 7-73, Dedric Ward 5-61, Curtis Martin 4-39, Keith Byars 3-33, Kyle Brady 2-11, Alex Van Dyke 1-16, David Meggett 1-2. Denver receiving: Ed Mccaffrey 3-66, Rod Smith 3-37, Byron Chamberlain 2-26, Shannon Sharpe 2-14, Terrell Davis 1-12, Howard Griffith 1-11, Dwayne Carswell 1-7. NY Jets tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Bryan Cox 8-1-0, Victor Green 6-0-0, Mo Lewis 3-3-0, Pepper Johnson 3-1-0, Anthony Pleasant 3-1-0, Corwin Brown 3-1-0, Rick Lyle 3-0-0, Otis Smith 3-0-0, Chad Cascadden 3-0-2, Dwayne Gordon 2-1-0, Bobby Hamilton 1-2-0, James Farrior 2-0-1, Aaron Glenn 2-0-0, Marcus Coleman 2-0-0, Ray Mickens 1-1-0, Ernie Logan 0-1-0. Denver tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Bill Romanowski 8-3-0, John Mobley 7-2-0, Ray Crockett 4-2-0, Steve Atwater 3-2-0, Alfred Williams 3-1-0, Glenn Cadrez 2-2-0, Darrius Johnson 2-2-0, Marvin Washington 2-0-0, Darrien Gordon 1-1-0, Harald Hasselbach 0-2-0, Tyrone Braxton 1-0-0, Trevor Pryce 1-0-0, Keith Traylor 0-1-0, Maa Tanuvasa 0-1-0. Interceptions: Denver (Darrien Gordon 2 for 48 yards). Fumbles lost: NY Jets (Curtis Martin, Keith Byars, James Farrior, Alex Van Dyke). Opponent's fumbles recovered: Denver (John Mobley, Bill Romanowski, Keith Burns, Tyrone Braxton). Officials: Referee-Ed Hochuli, Umpire-Chad Brown, Head linesman-George Hayward, Line judge-Tom Barnes, Back judge-Richard Reels, Side judge-Doug Toole, Field judge-Tom Sifferman. A: 75,482; T: 3:16.

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