Week 1, 2022

played in San Diego, CA

77 degrees, fair, calm

Denver Broncos	7	0	7	0	-	14
San Diego Chargers	14	10	0	7	-	31

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:06 DEN - Denzel Adams 2 run (Grant Buchanon extra point)
1Q: 10:59 SDO - Deion Grimsley 99 kickoff return (Ashton Forbes extra point)
1Q: 05:45 SDO - Everett Looney 18 pass from Richie Bensen (Ashton Forbes extra point)
2Q: 07:03 SDO - Ashton Forbes 23 field goal
2Q: 01:52 SDO - Everett Looney 4 pass from Richie Bensen (Ashton Forbes extra point)
3Q: 07:05 DEN - Denzel Adams 4 run (Grant Buchanon extra point)
4Q: 11:39 SDO - Louis Ward 9 pass from Richie Bensen (Ashton Forbes extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:06 DEN - Denzel Adams 2 run (Grant Buchanon extra point)
1Q: 10:59 SDO - Deion Grimsley 99 kickoff return (Ashton Forbes extra point)
1Q: 05:45 SDO - Everett Looney 18 pass from Richie Bensen (Ashton Forbes extra point)
2Q: 07:03 SDO - Ashton Forbes 23 field goal
2Q: 01:52 SDO - Everett Looney 4 pass from Richie Bensen (Ashton Forbes extra point)
3Q: 07:05 DEN - Denzel Adams 4 run (Grant Buchanon extra point)
4Q: 11:39 SDO - Louis Ward 9 pass from Richie Bensen (Ashton Forbes extra point)

Team Statistics DEN SDO
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 19 30
- by Rushing 4 15
- by Passing 14 13
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 308 438
- Offensive Plays 57 77
- Yards per Play 5.40 5.69
Net Rushing Yards 74 204
- Rushing Attempts 20 47
- Yards per Rush 3.70 4.34
Net Passing Yards 234 234
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 37 - 21 - 2 29 - 17 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 234 241
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 1/7
- Yards per Pass Play 6.32 7.80
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/11 6/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.6 6.6
4th Down Conversions 0/1 1/1
Penalties/Yards 7/42 7/39
Punt Returns/Yards 1/-3 1/4
Kick Returns/Yards 2/49 1/99
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 2/7
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 3/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 25
Time of Possession 23:48 36:12

Team Statistics	DEN	SDO
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	19	30
- by Rushing	4	15
- by Passing	14	13
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	308	438
- Offensive Plays	57	77
- Yards per Play	5.40	5.69
Net Rushing Yards	74	204
- Rushing Attempts	20	47
- Yards per Rush	3.70	4.34
Net Passing Yards	234	234
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	37 - 21 - 2	29 - 17 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	234	241
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	1/7
- Yards per Pass Play	6.32	7.80
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/11	6/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.6	6.6
4th Down Conversions	0/1	1/1
Penalties/Yards	7/42	7/39
Punt Returns/Yards	1/-3	1/4
Kick Returns/Yards	2/49	1/99
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	2/7
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	3/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 23	OWN 25
Time of Possession	23:48	36:12

Drive Charts

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:01	OWN 25	9	75	Touchdown
1	10:44	1:03	OWN 25	3	8	Punt
1	5:36	1:16	OWN 48	2	5	Interception
1	0:44	3:13	OWN 20	6	36	Punt
2	6:57	1:17	OWN 25	3	2	Punt
2	1:41	1:10	OWN 25	5	11	Punt
3	13:44	6:49	OWN 18	13	82	Touchdown
3	2:46	1:41	OWN 4	3	8	Punt
4	11:29	1:40	OWN 23	3	4	Interception
4	6:32	2:23	OWN 20	10	67	Downs

San Diego Chargers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:41	4:05	OWN 20	10	80	Touchdown
1	4:20	3:36	OWN 45	7	13	Punt
2	12:31	5:34	OWN 2	12	92	Field Goal
2	5:40	3:59	OWN 28	12	72	Touchdown
2	0:31	0:31	OWN 5	1	21	Half
3	15:00	1:16	OWN 25	3	5	Punt
3	6:55	4:09	OWN 25	7	34	Punt
3	1:05	4:36	OWN 47	10	53	Touchdown
4	9:49	3:17	OWN 42	7	17	Punt
4	4:09	4:09	OWN 13	9	48	Game

Game MVP: Richie Bensen, San Diego Chargers

Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Ashton Edwards	11	42	3.82	8	0	0
Denzel Adams	6	23	3.83	10	1	2
Ricardo Kerr	1	7	7.00	7	0	0
Leslie Donovan	1	2	2.00	2	0	0
Cedric Rodriguez	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Roberto Downs	23	88	3.83	21	3
Graham Bensen	15	83	5.53	13	4
Richie Bensen	8	33	4.13	11	1
Liam Buie	1	0	0.00	0	0

Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ricardo Kerr	37	21	234	0/0	0	28	2	53.2

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Richie Bensen	29	17	241	1/7	3	47	0	120.0

Receiving Statistics

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Levi Anthony	5	5	32	6.40	16	10
WR Cedric Rodriguez	4	12	83	20.75	5	28
WR Nickolas Tipton	3	5	13	4.33	1	14
RB Ashton Edwards	3	3	23	7.67	5	12
WR Johnnie Buckley	2	4	27	13.50	6	20
RB Denzel Adams	1	2	-1	-1.00	0	-1
TE Elliot Duran	1	1	17	17.00	12	17
TE Edward Alston	1	2	14	14.00	4	14
TE Ron Kennedy	1	2	26	26.00	17	26
FB Leslie Donovan	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

San Diego	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Deion Grimsley	7	11	106	15.14	51	47	0
WR Louis Ward	3	3	37	12.33	7	14	1
TE Everett Looney	3	4	42	14.00	28	20	2
WR Liam Buie	2	5	41	20.50	36	22	0
WR Levon Lindsay	1	2	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
WR Byron Norton	1	1	16	16.00	5	16	0
RB Roberto Downs	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Graham Bensen	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Terry Jobe	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

San Diego	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Amari Alstott	1	7	7.00	0
DT Cody Nuston	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
Devonte Giba	5	235	47.0	46.2	56	3

San Diego	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brant Stokes	4	169	42.3	33.0	49	1

Kicking Statistics

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Grant Buchanon	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

San Diego	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ashton Forbes	1/1	0/0	0/0	23	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Donovan Griffin	1	-3	-3.0	0

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Liam Buie	1	4	4.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Nickolas Tipton	1	19	19.0	0
Johnnie Buckley	1	30	30.0	0

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Deion Grimsley	1	99	99.0	1

Defensive Statistics

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Marcus Giles	13	0	0.0	47	30
CB Gus Harding	10	3	0.0	45	30
ILB Raymond Padgett	9	2	0.0	40	22
S Earl Gaylor	4	4	0.0	47	30
CB Dana Torres	4	0	0.0	46	28
CB Harvey Quinn	4	0	0.0	24	21
DE Corey Grant	3	0	1.0	34	25
DT Toby Douglas	3	2	0.0	36	20
DE Skip Rahn	2	3	0.0	21	8
DT Bill Witt	2	2	0.0	20	13
DE Silas Franz	2	1	0.0	44	28
S C.J. Thompson	1	3	0.0	38	22
S Donovan Griffin	1	1	0.0	8	10
WR Nickolas Tipton	1	0	---	---	---
WR Johnnie Buckley	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Amari Roussel	1	0	0.0	26	15
DT Ellis Baker	1	0	0.0	11	10
OLB Mercury Schultz	1	0	0.0	4	1
OLB Archie Walton	0	1	0.0	2	0

San Diego	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Drew Marshall	9	1	20	36
ILB Joel Ours	8	1	20	34
DT Miles Hutchins	4	1	20	35
CB Amari Alstott	3	2	20	37
CB Tre Westbrook	2	0	7	14
OLB Jeremy Dawson	2	0	14	19
S Corey Katz	2	0	18	36
CB Roderick Grenda	2	0	17	35
S Ashton Wynn	1	1	12	16
DE Brendan Blank	1	1	20	33
DT Travis Norris	1	1	5	15
DE Shaun Grant	1	0	5	9
DE Alfred Gilmore	1	0	6	19
DT Cody Nuston	1	0	12	13
ILB Tom Kebsch	1	0	0	3
S Burt Batista	0	1	11	24
DE Hector Mahnken	0	1	9	16

Pass Rush Statistics

Denver	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Corey Grant	1.0	2	2	25
DE Silas Franz	0.0	2	0	28
DT Bill Witt	0.0	1	0	13
OLB Marcus Giles	0.0	1	0	30
ILB Raymond Padgett	0.0	1	0	22

San Diego	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Miles Hutchins	1	1	35
DT Travis Norris	1	0	15
DE Hector Mahnken	1	0	16
DE Brendan Blank	0	2	33
OLB Jeremy Dawson	0	1	19
DE Alfred Gilmore	0	1	19

Pass Defense Statistics

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Harvey Quinn	4	0	21
OLB Marcus Giles	3	0	30
OLB Amari Roussel	2	1	15
S Earl Gaylor	2	1	30
CB Gus Harding	2	0	30
S C.J. Thompson	2	0	22
CB Dana Torres	1	0	28
ILB Raymond Padgett	1	0	22

San Diego	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Joel Ours	6	0	0	34
OLB Drew Marshall	5	0	0	36
S Corey Katz	2	1	0	36
CB Amari Alstott	2	0	1	37
OLB Jeremy Dawson	1	1	0	19
CB Tre Westbrook	1	0	0	14
DE Alfred Gilmore	1	0	0	19
DT Travis Norris	1	0	0	15
ILB Tom Kebsch	1	0	0	3
CB Roderick Grenda	1	0	0	35
DT Cody Nuston	0	0	1	13

Blocking Statistics

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Keith Epstein	3	7	20	37
Brandon McConnell	2	3	20	37
Mickey Dotson	1	5	20	37
Angel Lukes	1	3	20	37
Elliot Duran	1	1	7	11

San Diego	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jack Williams	6	10	0	47	0	30
Harold Ault	4	12	3	47	0	30
Luis Tilly	3	7	0	47	0	30
Darnell Brownell	3	5	1	47	0	30
Preston Diamond	1	2	0	47	1	30
Ron Page	0	3	0	17	0	3

Special Teams Tackles

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Harvey Quinn	1	17

San Diego	Tackles	STPlays
Terry Jobe	1	19
Graham Bensen	1	18
Deion Grimsley	1	10

Participation

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Marcus Giles	---	---	47	30	5	82
Dana Torres	---	---	46	28	4	78
Earl Gaylor	---	---	47	30	1	78
Gus Harding	---	---	45	30	1	76
Silas Franz	---	---	44	28	1	73
Raymond Padgett	---	---	40	22	10	72
Ron Kennedy	20	37	---	---	8	65
Corey Grant	---	---	34	25	5	64
Angel Lukes	20	37	---	---	5	62
Harvey Quinn	---	---	24	21	17	62
Keith Epstein	20	37	---	---	5	62
Michael Hancock	20	37	---	---	5	62
Mickey Dotson	20	37	---	---	5	62
C.J. Thompson	---	---	38	22	---	60
Brandon McConnell	20	37	---	---	---	57
Ricardo Kerr	20	37	---	---	---	57
Toby Douglas	---	---	36	20	---	56
Cedric Rodriguez	19	35	---	---	1	55
Amari Roussel	---	---	26	15	1	42
Denzel Adams	7	18	---	---	14	39
Johnnie Buckley	11	20	---	---	6	37
Nickolas Tipton	11	19	---	---	6	36
Elliot Duran	7	11	---	---	18	36
Levi Anthony	7	15	---	---	13	35
Bill Witt	---	---	20	13	1	34
Carl McKenzie	---	---	18	14	1	33
Donovan Griffin	---	---	8	10	14	32
Skip Rahn	---	---	21	8	---	29
Leslie Donovan	4	11	---	---	13	28
Ashton Edwards	13	15	---	---	---	28
Ellis Baker	---	---	11	10	---	21
Archie Walton	---	---	2	0	14	16
Sam Barber	---	---	4	1	6	11
Nate Lewis	---	---	2	2	4	8
Desmond Coleman	0	0	---	---	8	8
Devonte Giba	0	0	---	---	5	5
Scott Jennings	0	0	---	---	5	5
Edward Alston	1	4	---	---	---	5
Mercury Schultz	---	---	4	1	---	5
Randall Farley	---	---	0	0	4	4
Grant Buchanon	0	0	---	---	3	3
Claude Peachey	0	0	---	---	---	0
Lonnie Horie	0	0	---	---	---	0
Marty Lee	0	0	---	---	---	0
Marcos Varona	---	---	0	0	---	0
Kurt Ricker	0	0	---	---	---	0

San Diego	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Deion Grimsley	47	30	---	---	10	87
Harold Ault	47	30	---	---	5	82
Jack Williams	47	30	---	---	5	82
Preston Diamond	47	30	---	---	5	82
Luis Tilly	47	30	---	---	5	82
Darnell Brownell	47	30	---	---	---	77
Richie Bensen	47	30	---	---	---	77
Corey Katz	---	---	18	36	14	68
Graham Bensen	23	22	---	---	18	63
Amari Alstott	---	---	20	37	6	63
Joel Ours	---	---	20	34	8	62
Louis Ward	23	24	---	---	14	61
Brendan Blank	---	---	20	33	5	58
Everett Looney	32	26	---	---	---	58
Drew Marshall	---	---	20	36	---	56
Miles Hutchins	---	---	20	35	---	55
Roderick Grenda	---	---	17	35	---	52
Jeremy Dawson	---	---	14	19	18	51
Liam Buie	18	21	---	---	8	47
Roberto Downs	25	7	---	---	14	46
Terry Jobe	18	6	---	---	19	43
Burt Batista	---	---	11	24	---	35
Ashton Wynn	---	---	12	16	---	28
Ron Page	17	3	---	---	6	26
Alfred Gilmore	---	---	6	19	---	25
Cody Nuston	---	---	12	13	---	25
Travis Norris	---	---	5	15	5	25
Hector Mahnken	---	---	9	16	---	25
Tre Westbrook	---	---	7	14	---	21
Jessie McDaniel	---	---	3	5	13	21
Byron Norton	14	6	---	---	---	20
Shaun Grant	---	---	5	9	---	14
Emmitt Reilly	12	2	---	---	---	14
Trey Van Winkle	0	0	---	---	14	14
Levon Lindsay	6	3	---	---	---	9
Ashton Forbes	0	0	---	---	7	7
Ray Curtis	0	0	---	---	5	5
Brant Stokes	0	0	---	---	4	4
Jumbo Durham	---	---	1	2	---	3
Duane Emerson	---	---	0	3	---	3
Tom Kebsch	---	---	0	3	---	3
Efrain Belanger	---	---	0	3	---	3
Emmett Chasser	0	0	---	---	1	1
Reginald Maass	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jace Hutton	0	0	---	---	---	0
Doug Cooley	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	15	3.0
Middle	9	33	3.7
Right	6	26	4.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	77	7.7
Middle	28	91	3.3
Right	8	38	4.8
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ricardo Kerr	37	21	5	1	3	2	5	0	2

San Diego	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Richie Bensen	29	17	4	1	2	2	7	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	4	16	2.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	10	94	7.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	4	56	6.2
Long (19+ Yds)	9	3	68	7.6

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	3	59	11.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	7	54	3.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	6	81	11.6
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	47	23.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Cedric Rodriguez	12	4	2	83	3	35
WR Nickolas Tipton	5	3	0	13	0	19
WR Levi Anthony	5	5	0	32	0	15
WR Johnnie Buckley	4	2	0	27	1	20
RB Ashton Edwards	3	3	0	23	0	15
RB Denzel Adams	2	1	0	-1	0	18
TE Edward Alston	2	1	1	14	0	4
TE Ron Kennedy	2	1	0	26	1	37
FB Leslie Donovan	1	0	0	0	0	11
TE Elliot Duran	1	1	0	17	0	11

San Diego	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Deion Grimsley	11	7	1	106	2	30
WR Liam Buie	5	2	1	41	1	21
TE Everett Looney	4	3	0	42	1	26
WR Louis Ward	3	3	0	37	0	24
WR Levon Lindsay	2	1	0	-1	0	3
RB Roberto Downs	1	0	0	0	0	7
RB Graham Bensen	1	0	0	0	0	22
TE Terry Jobe	1	0	0	0	0	6
WR Byron Norton	1	1	0	16	0	6

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Denzel Adams	3	10	3.33	3.83
Ashton Edwards	1	0	0.00	3.82
Cedric Rodriguez	1	0	0.00	0.00

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Graham Bensen	2	3	1.50	5.53
Richie Bensen	1	7	7.00	4.13

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ricardo Kerr	6	2	21	3.50	6.32

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Richie Bensen	8	4	47	5.88	8.31

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Nickolas Tipton	2	1	14	7.00	2.60
WR Cedric Rodriguez	2	0	0	0.00	6.92
RB Denzel Adams	1	0	0	0.00	-0.50
WR Johnnie Buckley	1	1	7	7.00	6.75

San Diego	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Everett Looney	2	2	22	11.00	10.50
WR Deion Grimsley	1	0	0	0.00	9.64
TE Terry Jobe	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Liam Buie	1	0	0	0.00	8.20
WR Levon Lindsay	1	0	0	0.00	-0.50
WR Byron Norton	1	1	16	16.00	16.00
WR Louis Ward	1	1	9	9.00	12.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
Denzel Adams	3	2

San Diego	Rushes	Conversions
Richie Bensen	3	3
Roberto Downs	1	0
Graham Bensen	1	1
Liam Buie	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ricardo Kerr	8	3	2

San Diego	Att	Comp	Conversions
Richie Bensen	6	3	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Cedric Rodriguez	3	0	0
RB Denzel Adams	1	1	0
WR Johnnie Buckley	1	0	0
TE Edward Alston	1	1	1
TE Ron Kennedy	1	0	0
WR Levi Anthony	1	1	1

San Diego	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Deion Grimsley	2	1	0
WR Liam Buie	2	0	0
WR Louis Ward	2	2	2

Section Attendance
Stadium 63,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,000 (21,400)
End Zone 13,800 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,500 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	63,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,000 (21,400)
End Zone	13,800 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,500 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)