Week 8, 2021

played in San Diego, CA

63 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Denver Broncos	7	14	7	0	-	28
San Diego Chargers	10	3	0	0	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:30 DEN - Denzel Adams 13 run (Grant Buchanon extra point)
1Q: 04:52 SDO - Edwin Beltran 23 field goal
1Q: 04:08 SDO - Ray Schuster 46 interception return (Edwin Beltran extra point)
2Q: 14:26 DEN - Denzel Adams 12 pass from Ricardo Kerr (Grant Buchanon extra point)
2Q: 10:09 SDO - Edwin Beltran 44 field goal
2Q: 00:36 DEN - Levi Anthony 4 pass from Ricardo Kerr (Grant Buchanon extra point)
3Q: 07:15 DEN - Johnnie Buckley 6 pass from Ricardo Kerr (Grant Buchanon extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:30 DEN - Denzel Adams 13 run (Grant Buchanon extra point)
1Q: 04:52 SDO - Edwin Beltran 23 field goal
1Q: 04:08 SDO - Ray Schuster 46 interception return (Edwin Beltran extra point)
2Q: 14:26 DEN - Denzel Adams 12 pass from Ricardo Kerr (Grant Buchanon extra point)
2Q: 10:09 SDO - Edwin Beltran 44 field goal
2Q: 00:36 DEN - Levi Anthony 4 pass from Ricardo Kerr (Grant Buchanon extra point)
3Q: 07:15 DEN - Johnnie Buckley 6 pass from Ricardo Kerr (Grant Buchanon extra point)

Team Statistics DEN SDO
Record 6-1 3-4
First Downs 23 14
- by Rushing 4 7
- by Passing 15 7
- by Penalty 4 0
Total Net Yards 415 305
- Offensive Plays 68 60
- Yards per Play 6.10 5.08
Net Rushing Yards 120 133
- Rushing Attempts 32 32
- Yards per Rush 3.75 4.16
Net Passing Yards 295 172
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 24 - 2 28 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 311 172
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/16 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 8.19 6.14
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 10/16 6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.0 8.0
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/2
Penalties/Yards 3/25 10/91
Punt Returns/Yards 1/9 1/11
Kick Returns/Yards 3/76 2/50
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 2/46
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4/0 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 26
Time of Possession 30:58 29:02

Team Statistics	DEN	SDO
Record	6-1	3-4
First Downs	23	14
- by Rushing	4	7
- by Passing	15	7
- by Penalty	4	0
Total Net Yards	415	305
- Offensive Plays	68	60
- Yards per Play	6.10	5.08
Net Rushing Yards	120	133
- Rushing Attempts	32	32
- Yards per Rush	3.75	4.16
Net Passing Yards	295	172
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 24 - 2	28 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	311	172
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/16	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	8.19	6.14
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	10/16	6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.0	8.0
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/2
Penalties/Yards	3/25	10/91
Punt Returns/Yards	1/9	1/11
Kick Returns/Yards	3/76	2/50
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	2/46
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	4/0	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 23	OWN 26
Time of Possession	30:58	29:02

Drive Charts

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:38	OWN 36	8	64	Touchdown
1	4:46	0:46	OWN 41	3	0	Interception
1	4:00	4:45	OWN 25	12	75	Touchdown
2	10:02	2:07	OWN 23	3	9	Punt
2	6:43	1:58	OWN 23	3	5	Punt
2	3:22	2:53	OWN 12	9	88	Touchdown
3	11:07	4:03	OWN 3	10	97	Touchdown
3	5:11	3:34	OWN 20	7	37	Punt
4	14:52	4:46	OWN 29	10	55	Interception
4	5:07	2:34	OWN 28	3	5	Punt
4	0:32	0:32	OWN 21	2	-4	Game

San Diego Chargers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:22	6:36	OWN 23	12	71	Field Goal
2	14:15	4:13	OWN 28	7	45	Field Goal
2	7:55	1:12	OWN 26	3	1	Punt
2	4:45	1:23	OWN 42	3	2	Punt
2	0:29	0:29	OWN 25	2	5	Half
3	15:00	3:53	OWN 25	6	24	Punt
3	7:04	1:53	OWN 25	5	18	Punt
3	1:37	1:45	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
4	10:06	4:59	OWN 20	11	52	Downs
4	2:33	2:01	OWN 35	8	44	Downs

Game MVP: Ricardo Kerr, Denver Broncos

Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Denzel Adams	13	66	5.08	13	5	1
Lonnie Horie	7	20	2.86	7	0	0
Ashton Edwards	6	14	2.33	7	0	0
Ricardo Kerr	4	12	3.00	10	1	0
Leslie Donovan	2	8	4.00	6	0	0

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Toby Apple	10	20	2.00	6	0
Graham Bensen	9	48	5.33	15	3
Richie Bensen	9	46	5.11	12	1
Floyd Bradley	2	0	0.00	0	0
Walter Prescott	1	4	4.00	4	0
Louis Ward	1	15	15.00	15	1

Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ricardo Kerr	33	24	311	3/16	3	48	2	107.0

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Richie Bensen	28	19	172	0/0	0	27	0	84.2

Receiving Statistics

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Levi Anthony	7	7	59	8.43	6	29	1
WR Nickolas Tipton	4	10	80	20.00	2	31	0
WR Cedric Rodriguez	4	7	94	23.50	6	48	0
TE Ron Kennedy	3	3	24	8.00	18	22	0
RB Denzel Adams	2	2	18	9.00	13	12	1
WR Johnnie Buckley	2	2	20	10.00	9	14	1
FB Leslie Donovan	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
RB Lonnie Horie	1	1	10	10.00	1	10	0

San Diego	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Louis Ward	5	9	12	2.40	7	9
TE Mercury Feret	4	4	37	9.25	10	16
WR Deion Grimsley	4	5	44	11.00	20	21
RB Toby Apple	1	1	9	9.00	5	9
RB Graham Bensen	1	2	1	1.00	3	1
TE Jerome Rzentkowski	1	1	27	27.00	3	27
FB Walter Prescott	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1
WR Dean Cole	1	3	17	17.00	12	17
WR Byron Norton	1	1	26	26.00	18	26
TE Everett Looney	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

San Diego	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Ray Schuster	1	46	46.00	1
OLB Drew Marshall	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Denver	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

San Diego	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Dakota Monroe	4	167	41.8	34.0	51	1

San Diego	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brant Stokes	5	256	51.2	45.4	57	2

Kicking Statistics

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Grant Buchanon	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	4/4

San Diego	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Edwin Beltran	2/2	1/1	0/0	44	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jay Burnett	1	9	9.0	0

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Herman Vos	1	11	11.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Johnnie Buckley	3	76	25.3	0

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Deion Grimsley	2	50	25.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Dana Torres	8	2	0.0	32	28
DT Toby Douglas	7	1	0.0	32	24
CB Gus Harding	7	1	0.0	32	28
S Donovan Griffin	5	3	0.0	32	28
ILB Raymond Padgett	4	4	0.0	28	18
DE Silas Franz	4	1	0.0	30	25
OLB Amari Roussel	4	1	0.0	18	11
CB Jay Burnett	3	2	0.0	13	10
OLB Marcus Giles	3	1	0.0	31	25
ILB Larry Sampson	2	1	0.0	2	10
CB Harvey Quinn	2	0	0.0	14	19
DE Brent Rubin	1	1	0.0	25	15
S Anthony Dahnke	1	1	0.0	14	17
QB Ricardo Kerr	1	0	---	---	---
DT Ellis Baker	0	2	0.0	10	10
DE Corey Grant	0	1	0.0	16	16

San Diego	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Amari Alstott	7	0	1.0	20	24
OLB Drew Marshall	7	3	0.0	32	36
DE Weston Menard	5	0	1.0	29	23
S Ray Schuster	5	2	0.0	22	30
ILB Tyler Ketteridge	4	2	0.0	32	25
DT Miles Hutchins	4	2	0.0	30	25
ILB Joel Ours	4	0	0.0	12	21
OLB Jumbo Durham	3	1	0.0	20	24
ILB Jeremy Dawson	2	0	1.0	20	15
S Ashton Wynn	2	2	0.0	12	13
S Doug Cooley	2	1	0.0	19	23
CB Dan Bowyer	2	0	0.0	11	8
DE Malachi Farrell	2	0	0.0	31	22
S Dominic Cortez	1	1	0.0	12	13
CB Jeremiah Rodriguez	1	0	0.0	20	24
DE Nicky Ihler	1	0	0.0	5	19
OLB Kris Thompson	0	2	0.0	12	12

Pass Rush Statistics

Denver	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Silas Franz	1	2	0	25
OLB Marcus Giles	1	0	0	25
DE Corey Grant	0	1	0	16
DT Bill Witt	0	0	1	12

San Diego	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Jeremy Dawson	1.0	0	0	1	15
DE Weston Menard	1.0	0	0	0	23
CB Amari Alstott	1.0	0	0	0	24
DT Miles Hutchins	0.0	1	0	0	25
DE Malachi Farrell	0.0	0	1	0	22

Pass Defense Statistics

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Dana Torres	5	1	28
S Donovan Griffin	3	0	28
CB Harvey Quinn	2	1	19
OLB Amari Roussel	2	0	11
ILB Raymond Padgett	2	0	18
ILB Larry Sampson	2	0	10
CB Gus Harding	1	1	28
OLB Marcus Giles	1	0	25
CB Jay Burnett	1	0	10

San Diego	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Drew Marshall	5	0	1	36
S Ray Schuster	4	1	1	30
CB Amari Alstott	4	1	0	24
S Doug Cooley	2	1	0	23
CB Dan Bowyer	2	0	0	8
S Dominic Cortez	2	0	0	13
CB Jeremiah Rodriguez	1	0	0	24
ILB Tyler Ketteridge	1	0	0	25
ILB Jeremy Dawson	1	0	0	15
DE Weston Menard	1	0	0	23
S Ashton Wynn	1	0	0	13

Blocking Statistics

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Angel Lukes	2	6	32	1	36
Michael Hancock	2	6	32	0	36
Seth Sheldon	2	4	32	1	36
Wendell Sweeney	2	4	32	1	36
Keith Epstein	0	5	32	0	36
Leslie Donovan	0	2	7	0	10
Ron Kennedy	0	1	31	0	35

San Diego	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Salvador Woodard	3	6	32	28
Preston Diamond	2	9	32	28
Jonah Ingram	2	7	32	28
Harold Ault	1	1	6	2
Walter Prescott	1	1	15	6
Jack Williams	0	5	32	28

Special Teams Tackles

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Harvey Quinn	2	10
Ron Kennedy	1	10

San Diego	Tackles	STPlays
Dean Cole	2	9
Graham Bensen	1	20
Andres Havens	1	20

Participation

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Donovan Griffin	---	---	32	28	16	76
Ron Kennedy	31	35	---	---	10	76
Seth Sheldon	32	36	---	---	4	72
Angel Lukes	32	36	---	---	4	72
Keith Epstein	32	36	---	---	4	72
Michael Hancock	32	36	---	---	4	72
Dana Torres	---	---	32	28	9	69
Wendell Sweeney	32	36	---	---	---	68
Ricardo Kerr	32	36	---	---	---	68
Gus Harding	---	---	32	28	7	67
Cedric Rodriguez	31	33	---	---	3	67
Nickolas Tipton	29	30	---	---	4	63
Marcus Giles	---	---	31	25	4	60
Silas Franz	---	---	30	25	2	57
Toby Douglas	---	---	32	24	1	57
Denzel Adams	16	26	---	---	13	55
Raymond Padgett	---	---	28	18	2	48
Brent Rubin	---	---	25	15	6	46
Amari Roussel	---	---	18	11	17	46
Levi Anthony	17	19	---	---	9	45
Harvey Quinn	---	---	14	19	10	43
Jay Burnett	---	---	13	10	13	36
Corey Grant	---	---	16	16	1	33
Anthony Dahnke	---	---	14	17	1	32
Leslie Donovan	7	10	---	---	14	31
Johnnie Buckley	5	9	---	---	14	28
Bill Witt	---	---	8	12	1	21
Ellis Baker	---	---	10	10	1	21
Larry Sampson	---	---	2	10	9	21
Howie Battle	1	2	---	---	17	20
Nate Lewis	---	---	1	9	6	16
Mercury Schultz	---	---	13	3	---	16
Darnell MacPhee	8	6	---	---	---	14
Lonnie Horie	8	5	---	---	---	13
Ashton Edwards	7	3	---	---	---	10
Grant Buchanon	0	0	---	---	5	5
Dakota Monroe	0	0	---	---	4	4
Everett Randle	0	0	---	---	4	4
Desmond Coleman	0	2	---	---	1	3
Archie Walton	---	---	1	0	---	1
Jermaine Berry	0	0	---	---	---	0
Brandon Endres	0	0	---	---	---	0
Claude Peachey	0	0	---	---	---	0
Marty Lee	0	0	---	---	---	0

San Diego	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Drew Marshall	---	---	32	36	18	86
Deion Grimsley	24	25	---	---	20	69
Jonah Ingram	32	28	---	---	7	67
Salvador Woodard	32	28	---	---	7	67
Preston Diamond	32	28	---	---	7	67
Jack Williams	32	28	---	---	---	60
Louis Ward	24	27	---	---	9	60
Richie Bensen	32	28	---	---	---	60
Kyle McConnell	26	26	---	---	7	59
Tyler Ketteridge	---	---	32	25	---	57
Graham Bensen	16	21	---	---	20	57
Amari Alstott	---	---	20	24	13	57
Miles Hutchins	---	---	30	25	---	55
Malachi Farrell	---	---	31	22	---	53
Ray Schuster	---	---	22	30	---	52
Weston Menard	---	---	29	23	---	52
Mercury Feret	23	24	---	---	1	48
Jeremiah Rodriguez	---	---	20	24	---	44
Jeremy Dawson	---	---	20	15	9	44
Jumbo Durham	---	---	20	24	---	44
Joel Ours	---	---	12	21	9	42
Doug Cooley	---	---	19	23	---	42
Herman Vos	---	---	12	13	13	38
Dean Cole	10	13	---	---	9	32
Jerome Rzentkowski	15	11	---	---	4	30
Andres Havens	8	1	---	---	20	29
Nicky Ihler	---	---	5	19	4	28
Walter Prescott	15	6	---	---	6	27
Shaun Elliott	---	---	1	11	13	25
Ashton Wynn	---	---	12	13	---	25
Dominic Cortez	---	---	12	13	---	25
Kris Thompson	---	---	12	12	---	24
Dan Bowyer	---	---	11	8	---	19
Toby Apple	11	5	---	---	---	16
Bobby Fuller	---	---	0	8	4	12
Everett Looney	8	3	---	---	---	11
Harold Ault	6	2	---	---	---	8
Ray Curtis	0	0	---	---	7	7
Bennett Stegman	---	---	0	7	---	7
Byron Norton	2	4	---	---	---	6
Edwin Beltran	0	0	---	---	6	6
Brant Stokes	0	0	---	---	5	5
Floyd Bradley	4	0	---	---	---	4
Xavier Marcuson	0	0	---	---	2	2
A.J. McWilliams	0	0	---	---	---	0
Darnell Brownell	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	9	1.0
Middle	16	85	5.3
Right	5	30	6.0
None	2	-4	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	55	9.2
Middle	16	60	3.8
Right	10	18	1.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ricardo Kerr	33	24	7	1	1	3	1	1	2

San Diego	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Richie Bensen	28	19	3	0	1	3	3	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	1	2	0.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	12	90	6.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	5	39	5.6
Long (19+ Yds)	10	6	180	18.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	7	20	2.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	7	90	8.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	4	35	4.4
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	27	27.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Nickolas Tipton	10	4	1	80	3	30
WR Cedric Rodriguez	7	4	0	94	2	33
WR Levi Anthony	7	7	0	59	1	19
TE Ron Kennedy	3	3	0	24	1	35
RB Denzel Adams	2	2	0	18	0	26
WR Johnnie Buckley	2	2	0	20	0	9
FB Leslie Donovan	1	1	0	6	0	10
RB Lonnie Horie	1	1	0	10	0	5

San Diego	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Louis Ward	9	5	0	12	0	27
WR Deion Grimsley	5	4	0	44	1	25
TE Mercury Feret	4	4	0	37	0	24
WR Dean Cole	3	1	0	17	0	13
RB Graham Bensen	2	1	1	1	0	21
RB Toby Apple	1	1	0	9	0	5
TE Jerome Rzentkowski	1	1	0	27	1	11
FB Walter Prescott	1	1	0	-1	0	6
WR Byron Norton	1	1	0	26	1	4
TE Everett Looney	1	0	0	0	0	3

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Denzel Adams	2	9	4.50	5.08
Ricardo Kerr	1	6	6.00	3.00
Ashton Edwards	1	7	7.00	2.33
Lonnie Horie	1	3	3.00	2.86

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Toby Apple	2	3	1.50	2.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ricardo Kerr	6	4	29	4.83	9.42

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Richie Bensen	1	0	0	0.00	6.14

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Cedric Rodriguez	3	1	7	2.33	13.43
RB Denzel Adams	1	1	12	12.00	9.00
WR Johnnie Buckley	1	1	6	6.00	10.00
WR Levi Anthony	1	1	4	4.00	8.43

San Diego	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Dean Cole	1	0	0	0.00	5.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
Denzel Adams	1	0
Lonnie Horie	1	0

San Diego	Rushes	Conversions
Richie Bensen	2	0
Graham Bensen	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ricardo Kerr	14	12	10

San Diego	Att	Comp	Conversions
Richie Bensen	12	7	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Levi Anthony	5	5	4
WR Nickolas Tipton	3	2	2
WR Cedric Rodriguez	3	2	2
RB Denzel Adams	2	2	1
TE Ron Kennedy	1	1	1

San Diego	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Louis Ward	4	2	0
TE Mercury Feret	2	2	2
WR Deion Grimsley	2	2	2
RB Graham Bensen	1	0	0
TE Jerome Rzentkowski	1	1	1
WR Dean Cole	1	0	0
TE Everett Looney	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 69,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,900 (21,400)
End Zone 15,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,800 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	69,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,900 (21,400)
End Zone	15,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,800 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)