Monday, January 26,1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 3
Broncos, Elway rope rings after three failed attempts
The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO — The old dude finally did it.
Sure, he had help.
John Elway and the Denver Broncos won a Super Bowl by beating the Green Bay Packers 31-24 Sunday in one of the most exciting games ever. It gave the 37-year-old Elway his first win in four tries and the AFC its first in 14.
He got it from MVP Terrell Davis, who gained 157 yards in 30 carries and scored on three 1-yard runs, including the winner with 145 left in the game.
And he got it from the defending-champion Packers, who committed three critical penalties late in the game. They included a holding call and a false start on rookie left tackle Ross Verba and a face mask on Darius Holland that gave the Broncos 15 key yards on their game-winning 49-yard drive.
Still, the game wasn't decided until John Mobley knocked down Brett Favre's pass from the Denver 31 yard line with 28 seconds left.
Elway, the oldest quarterback to win a Super Bowl, did a few things right, too.
He scrambled 8 yards to set up a touchdown and scored on a 1 yard run — a lot like the young Elway. He finished 12-of-22 for 122 yards and threw one end zone interception.
If this wasn't the best Super Bowl
Elway: The Broncos were victorious in Super Bowl.
ever, it was close to it,
despite a lot of
shoppiness - 15
penalties and
five turnovers
by the two
teams. Elway's
mistake came
at the Green
Bay 22 yard line
when the Broncos
had a chance to go
ahead by more
than a touchdown late in the third quarter.
But otherwise, it was two heavyweights throw for punch for punk — Favre throw for three TDs, two to Antonio Freeman. Terrell Davis ran for three TDs for the Broncos.
Each team scored a touchdown on its first possession, the first time that's ever happened in a Super Bowl.
Then Denver jumped to a 17-7 lead before at 17-play, 95-yard drive by the Packers, the second longest in Super Bowl history. That cut it to 17-14 at halftime, and Green Bay seemed to have momentum.
But Elway engineered a 92 yard drive of his own to give the Broncos a 24-17 lead. Then, after Elway threw the interception, the Packers went 85 yards in just four plays to tie it.
The win meant vindication for the AFC, which hadn't won since the
Raiders, then in Los Angeles, beat Washington 38-9 in 1984, Elway's first season.
And finally, it was the first win for the quarterback class of 1983 that included Elway, Jim Kelly and Dan Marino.
"For all the Broncos fans who never had this feeling, we finally got it done." Elwav said.
"You wonder if you're going to win or
if you're going to run out of years."
Terrell Davis, who missed most of the second quarter with a migraine headache, fumbled on his first carry of the second half, and Brian Williams recovered at the Denver 26.
That led to Ryan Longwell's 27-yard field goal that tied it at 17. An offsides penalty on a successful 39-yard kick had given the Packers a second chance at a TD, but they couldn't take advantage.
Late in the third quarter, the Broncos drove 92 yards on 13 plays for a touchdown on Davis' 1-yard run.
Then came a bizarre sequence.
Freeman fumbled the kickoff, and Denver's Tim McKeyer recovered at the Green Bay 22. But on the next play, Elway's pass into the end zone was intercepted by Eugene Robinson and returned to his own 15.
The Packers then tied it two minutes later on Favre's 13-yard pass to Freeman at the end of another long drive — 85 yards on four plays, helped by a 25-yard pass interference call on Gordon.
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