| Passing | Att | Cmp | Pct. | Yds | TD | Rate |
|---|
| John Elway | 96 | 56 | 58.3 | 726 | 3 | 83.9 |
Interceptions: Elway 2.
| Receiving | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|
| Ed McCaffrey | 12 | 171 | 14.3 | 43 | 1 |
| Shannon Sharpe | 12 | 149 | 12.4 | 23 | 0 |
| Rod Smith | 11 | 205 | 18.6 | 43-td | 1 |
| Terrell Davis | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Howard Griffith | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 23 | 1 |
| Willie Green | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Dwayne Carswell | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Vaughn Hebron | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Derek Loville | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 56 | 726 | 12.3 | 43 | 3 |
| Rushing | Car | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|
| Terrell Davis | 112 | 581 | 5.2 | 59 | 8 |
| Derek Loville | 13 | 103 | 7.9 | 44 | 2 |
| Vaughn Hebron | 11 | 28 | 2.5 | 6-td | 1 |
| John Elway | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 10 | 1 |
| Howard Griffith | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 4 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 150 | 748 | 4.1 | 59 | 12 |
| Touchdowns | TD | Run | Rec | Ret | Pts |
|---|
| Terrell Davis | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Derek Loville | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| John Elway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Howard Griffith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Vaughn Hebron | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ed McCaffrey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Rod Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| TOTAL | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 90 |
| Kicking | PAT/Att | FG/Att | Lg | Pts |
|---|
| Jason Elam | 15/15 | 2/2 | 51 | 21 |
| Punts | No | Yds | Long | Avg | In20 |
|---|
| Tom Rouen | 17 | 619 | 53 | 36.4 | 6 |
| Most Interceptions |
|---|
| Tyrone Braxton | 2 |
| Most Sacks |
|---|
| Neil Smith | 3 |
| Alfred Williams | 2 |
Broncos' 1997 Schedule
| Date | Regular Season (12-4) | Results | W-L |
|---|
| Aug. 31 | Kansas City (0-0) | W, 19-3 | 1-0 |
| Sept. 7 | at Seattle (0-1) | W, 35-14 | 2-0 |
| Sept. 14 | St. Louis (1-1) | W, 35-14 | 3-0 |
| Sept. 21 | Cincinnati (1-1) | W, 38-20 | 4-0 |
| Sept. 28 | at Atlanta (0-4) | W, 29-21 | 5-0 |
| Oct. 6* | New England (4-0) | W, 34-13 | 6-0 |
| Oct. 12 | OPEN DATE | — | — |
| Oct. 19 | at Oakland (2-4) | L, 25-28 | 6-1 |
| Oct. 26 | at Buffalo (4-3) | W, 23-20 | 7-1 |
| Nov. 2 | Seattle (5-3) | W, 30-27 | 8-1 |
| Nov. 9 | Carolina (5-4) | W, 34-0 | 9-1 |
| Nov. 16 | at Kansas City (7-3) | L, 22-24 | 9-2 |
| Nov. 24* | Oakland (4-7) | W, 31-3 | 10-2 |
| Nov. 30 | at San Diego (4-8) | W, 38-28 | 11-2 |
| Dec. 7 | at Pittsburgh (9-4) | L, 24-35 | 11-3 |
| Dec. 15* | at San Francisco (12-2) | L, 17-34 | 11-4 |
| Dec. 21 | San Diego (4-11) | W, 38-3 | 12-4 |
| | | | |
| Date | Playoffs (4-0) | Result | W-L |
| Dec. 27† | Jacksonville (11-5) | W, 42-17 | 13-4 |
| Jan. 4 | at Kansas City (13-3) | W, 14-10 | 14-4 |
| Jan. 11 | at Pittsburgh (12-5) | W, 24-21 | 15-4 |
| Jan. 25 | Green Bay (15-3) | W, 31-24 | 16-4 |
*Monday; †Saturday.
