Denver Broncos at St. Louis Rams

September 4, 2000

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Denver Broncos	7	10	10	9	36
St. Louis Rams	7	14	14	6	41

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
4:57	Den	TD	Brian Griese 8 run (Jason Elam Kick)	Den 7, Stl 0
12:55	Stl	TD	Az-Zahir Hakim 86 punt return (Jeff Wilkins Kick)	Stl 7, Den 7
2nd Quarter
1:18	Den	FG	FG Jason Elam 32	Den 10, Stl 7
6:07	Stl	TD	Marshall Faulk 5 run (Jeff Wilkins Kick)	Stl 14, Den 10
11:10	Den	TD	Rod Smith 25 pass from Brian Griese (Jason Elam Kick)	Den 17, Stl 14
14:22	Stl	TD	Ricky Proehl 7 pass from Kurt Warner (Jeff Wilkins Kick)	Stl 21, Den 17
3rd Quarter
5:41	Den	FG	FG Jason Elam 38	Stl 21, Den 20
6:51	Stl	TD	Marshall Faulk 72 pass from Kurt Warner (Jeff Wilkins Kick)	Stl 28, Den 20
10:58	Stl	TD	Az-Zahir Hakim 80 pass from Kurt Warner (Jeff Wilkins Kick)	Stl 35, Den 20
14:09	Den	TD	Desmond Clark 7 pass from Brian Griese (Jason Elam Kick)	Stl 35, Den 27
4th Quarter
7:28	Den	FG	FG Jason Elam 36	Stl 35, Den 30
8:25	Den	TD	Terrell Buckley 32 interception return (Run failed)	Den 36, Stl 35
12:02	Stl	TD	Robert Holcombe 1 run (Pass failed)	Stl 41, Den 36

Missed Field Goals: None

Attendance: 65,595

Team Statistics

Denver Broncos St. Louis Rams

First downs 25 23

Rushes - yards 28 - 150 18 - 80

Passing 274 433

Punt returns 0 - 0 1 - 86

Kickoff returns 5 - 98 8 - 145

Interception returns 3 - 33 0 - 0

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 19 - 29 - 0 25 - 35 - 3

Sacked - yards lost 4 - 33 2 - 8

Punts 2 - 44.5 1 - 34.0

Fumbles - lost 1 - 0 0 - 0

Penalties - yards 5 - 27 5 - 56

Time of possession 32:13 27:47

Passing

Denver Broncos Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Brian Griese 29 19 307 10.59 2 0 47 4 33 123.8

St. Louis Rams Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Kurt Warner 35 25 441 12.60 3 3 80t 2 8 106.5

Rushing

Denver Broncos Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Olandis Gary 13 80 6.2 25 0

Terrell Davis 9 34 3.8 12 0

Brian Griese 4 28 7.0 18 1

Rod Smith 1 8 8.0 8 0

Howard Griffith 1 0 0.0 0 0

St. Louis Rams Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Marshall Faulk 14 78 5.6 30 1

Robert Holcombe 1 1 1.0 1t 1

Kurt Warner 3 1 0.3 3 0

Receiving

Denver Broncos Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Ed McCaffrey 7 115 16.4 35 0

Rod Smith 3 88 29.3 47 1

Olandis Gary 3 10 3.3 7 0

Dwayne Carswell 2 27 13.5 18 0

Howard Griffith 2 22 11.0 13 0

Byron Chamberlain 1 38 38.0 38 0

Desmond Clark 1 7 7.0 7t 1

St. Louis Rams Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Torry Holt 6 103 17.2 27 0

Az-Zahir Hakim 5 116 23.2 80t 1

Marshall Faulk 4 100 25.0 72t 1

Isaac Bruce 4 60 15.0 25 0

Ricky Proehl 3 40 13.3 22 1

Robert Holcombe 2 19 9.5 15 0

Jeff Robinson 1 3 3.0 3 0

Kickoff Returns

Denver Broncos Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Deltha O'Neal 5 98 19.6 0 26 0

St. Louis Rams Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Tony Horne 8 145 18.1 0 46 0

Punt Returns

Denver Broncos Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Deltha O'Neal 0 0 0.0 1 0 0

St. Louis Rams Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Az-Zahir Hakim 1 86 86.0 0 86t 1

Punting

Denver Broncos Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Tom Rouen 2 89 44.5 58 0 1 0 1.5 1 86

St. Louis Rams Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

John Baker 1 34 34.0 34 0 0 0 34.0 0 0

Defense

Denver Broncos Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Al Wilson 2 1 0.5 1 0 0.0 0.0

Terrell Buckley 1 32 32.0 32t 1 0.0 0.0

Bill Romanowski 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 6.0

Kavika Pittman 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 2.0

St. Louis Rams Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

London Fletcher 0 0 0.0 0 2.0 10.0

Kevin Carter 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 12.0

D'Marco Farr 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 11.0

2000 NFL Scoreboard
Week 1

Sun, Sep 3, 2000

Detroit
New Orleans 14
10 Final

Carolina
Washington 17
20 Final

San Francisco
Atlanta 28
36 Final

Indianapolis
Kansas City 27
14 Final

Baltimore
Pittsburgh 16
0 Final

Tampa Bay
New England 21
16 Final

Jacksonville
Cleveland 27
7 Final

Chicago
Minnesota 27
30 Final

Arizona
NY Giants 16
21 Final

San Diego
Oakland 6
9 Final

Philadelphia
Dallas 41
14 Final

Seattle
Miami 0
23 Final

NY Jets
Green Bay 20
16 Final

Tennessee
Buffalo 13
16 Final

Mon, Sep 4, 2000

Denver
St. Louis 36
41 Final

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