Week 16, 2043

played in Detroit, MI

68 degrees, fair, calm

Denver Broncos	0	0	3	0	-	3
Detroit Lions	0	14	7	9	-	30

Scoring Summary
2Q: 13:56 DET - Salvador Glover 83 punt return (J.B. Marohl extra point)
2Q: 02:26 DET - Carlton Perkins 1 run (J.B. Marohl extra point)
3Q: 07:08 DET - B.J. Copeland 5 run (J.B. Marohl extra point)
3Q: 03:34 DEN - Tommy Walton 37 field goal
4Q: 14:16 DET - Nick Swafford 13 pass from Grady Novotny (J.B. Marohl extra point failed)
4Q: 12:02 DET - J.B. Marohl 48 field goal

Scoring Summary
2Q: 13:56 DET - Salvador Glover 83 punt return (J.B. Marohl extra point)
2Q: 02:26 DET - Carlton Perkins 1 run (J.B. Marohl extra point)
3Q: 07:08 DET - B.J. Copeland 5 run (J.B. Marohl extra point)
3Q: 03:34 DEN - Tommy Walton 37 field goal
4Q: 14:16 DET - Nick Swafford 13 pass from Grady Novotny (J.B. Marohl extra point failed)
4Q: 12:02 DET - J.B. Marohl 48 field goal

Team Statistics DEN DET
Record 10-5 9-6
First Downs 16 17
- by Rushing 7 7
- by Passing 7 8
- by Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 278 248
- Offensive Plays 58 59
- Yards per Play 4.79 4.20
Net Rushing Yards 147 115
- Rushing Attempts 24 38
- Yards per Rush 6.13 3.03
Net Passing Yards 131 133
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 32 - 16 - 1 21 - 14 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 137 133
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/6 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 3.85 6.33
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 3/13 9/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.9 5.9
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/55 5/27
Punt Returns/Yards 2/-7 3/115
Kick Returns/Yards 5/104 1/32
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 0 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 3/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 30
Time of Possession 26:33 33:27

Team Statistics	DEN	DET
Record	10-5	9-6
First Downs	16	17
- by Rushing	7	7
- by Passing	7	8
- by Penalty	2	2
Total Net Yards	278	248
- Offensive Plays	58	59
- Yards per Play	4.79	4.20
Net Rushing Yards	147	115
- Rushing Attempts	24	38
- Yards per Rush	6.13	3.03
Net Passing Yards	131	133
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	32 - 16 - 1	21 - 14 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	137	133
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/6	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	3.85	6.33
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	3/13	9/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.9	5.9
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/55	5/27
Punt Returns/Yards	2/-7	3/115
Kick Returns/Yards	5/104	1/32
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	0	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	3/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 30
Time of Possession	26:33	33:27

Drive Charts

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:11	OWN 16	6	9	Punt
1	11:49	1:29	OWN 43	4	8	Punt
1	7:02	3:25	OWN 14	7	40	Punt
2	14:50	1:04	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
2	13:46	6:19	OWN 16	13	57	Missed FG
2	2:16	2:16	OWN 14	5	52	Missed FG
3	13:44	1:30	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt
3	7:00	3:34	OWN 20	7	60	Field Goal
4	14:09	0:37	OWN 30	1	0	Interception
4	11:57	2:01	OWN 37	3	-3	Punt
4	4:53	1:24	OPP 49	3	-1	Punt
4	1:53	1:53	OWN 35	4	26	Game

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:20	3:18	OWN 7	6	17	Punt
1	3:37	3:47	OWN 20	8	31	Punt
2	7:27	5:11	OWN 34	10	66	Touchdown
3	15:00	1:16	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
3	12:14	5:14	OWN 42	10	58	Touchdown
3	3:26	4:17	OWN 46	8	54	Touchdown
4	13:32	1:35	OPP 38	3	7	Field Goal
4	9:56	5:03	OWN 29	8	17	Interception
4	3:29	1:36	OWN 15	3	-7	Punt

Game MVP: Carlton Perkins, Detroit Lions

Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Butch Snyder	13	106	8.15	38	5
Wade Blade	6	21	3.50	11	1
Terrance Cortez	2	8	4.00	10	1
Irving Solymos	2	9	4.50	6	0
Angel Cottle	1	3	3.00	3	0

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Carlton Perkins	15	73	4.87	17	2	1
B.J. Copeland	12	22	1.83	10	1	1
Raymond Vitale	8	6	0.75	2	0	0
Grady Novotny	2	11	5.50	6	0	0
Earnest Cox	1	3	3.00	3	0	0

Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Irving Solymos	32	16	137	2/6	0	19	1	48.6

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Grady Novotny	21	14	133	0/0	1	27	1	80.0

Receiving Statistics

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Rusty Boone	4	8	50	12.50	7	17
TE Rufus Ford	3	5	15	5.00	8	7
WR Cameron Tucker	2	4	4	2.00	3	3
WR Cristian Clements	2	4	7	3.50	3	4
RB Wade Blade	2	3	22	11.00	6	19
RB Butch Snyder	1	1	11	11.00	0	11
WR Casey Blackburn	1	3	13	13.00	1	13
WR Connor Worthy	1	2	15	15.00	3	15
FB Angel Cottle	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
TE Preston Cremeans	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Aaron de los Santos	4	4	46	11.50	8	27	0
FB Jameson Rose	3	3	18	6.00	9	9	0
TE Nick Swafford	3	5	24	8.00	13	13	1
WR Earnest Cox	2	5	29	14.50	17	22	0
RB B.J. Copeland	1	2	13	13.00	2	13	0
WR Salvador Glover	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	0

Interception Statistics

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Leon Brewer	1	0	0.00	0

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Don Dockett	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Denver	Fumb	Recov	Force
Wade Blade	1	0	0
Ryan Napiecek	0	1	0
Connor Worthy	0	1	0
Mason Donovan	0	0	1
Butch Snyder	0	0	1

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
Aaron de los Santos	1	0	0
Salvador Glover	1	0	0
Earnest Cox	0	1	0
Norbert Ross	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Richie Lira	7	311	44.4	28.1	62	3

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Peter Derosa	4	218	54.5	51.3	62	1

Kicking Statistics

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Tommy Walton	1/3	0/2	0/1	37	0/0

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
J.B. Marohl	1/1	1/1	0/0	48	3/4

Punt Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mason Donovan	2	-7	-3.5	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Salvador Glover	3	115	38.3	1

Kick Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Terry Sims	3	53	17.7	0
Casey Blackburn	2	51	25.5	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
B.J. Copeland	1	32	32.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Tony Greenlee	8	0	0.0	28	18
ILB Efrain Richmond	6	5	0.0	37	21
OLB Sedrick Zimmerman	5	1	0.0	35	19
CB Mason Donovan	5	0	0.0	35	19
CB Terry Sims	4	0	0.0	12	10
S Everett Fredrickson	3	5	0.0	37	20
OLB Brody Jamison	2	1	0.0	12	7
ILB Grayson Villareal	2	0	0.0	13	6
DT Raymond Hudson	2	0	0.0	23	12
OLB Kody Westbrook	2	0	0.0	22	12
OLB Dustin Dawson	2	0	0.0	9	4
S Reuben Webster	2	0	0.0	6	2
S Lewis James	1	2	0.0	19	9
DE Jared Madison	1	1	0.0	20	12
DT Paul Babcock	1	1	0.0	23	11
DE Winfred Fennell	1	1	0.0	21	15
DE Rufus Douglas	1	0	0.0	29	13
CB Isaiah Obenhoff	1	0	0.0	29	18
WR Connor Worthy	1	0	---	---	---

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Devante Shelton	6	2	0.0	19	29
S Richie Linquist	5	1	0.0	24	33
S Norbert Ross	5	1	0.0	24	32
ILB Gavin McNeil	4	2	0.5	20	31
CB Don Dockett	4	2	0.0	24	34
DT Emmett Bayer	3	1	0.0	12	18
DT Mario Chernetsky	2	0	1.0	12	16
OLB Gus Kramer	2	0	0.5	5	9
OLB Wally Dunn	2	3	0.0	23	32
ILB Everett Cloutier	2	1	0.0	9	12
OLB Ramon Hergett	2	1	0.0	17	13
DE Ruben Ellis	2	0	0.0	13	22
S Bennie Mosher	1	2	0.0	7	18
DE Bruce Scoggins	1	2	0.0	13	18
WR Salvador Glover	1	0	---	---	---
CB Aiden Dennis	1	0	0.0	15	22

Pass Rush Statistics

Denver	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jared Madison	0.0	0	1	0	12
OLB Kody Westbrook	0.0	0	0	1	12

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Mario Chernetsky	1.0	0	1	16
OLB Gus Kramer	0.5	0	1	9
ILB Gavin McNeil	0.5	0	0	31
DT Jose Miller	0.0	1	0	12
DE Ruben Ellis	0.0	1	0	22
S Richie Linquist	0.0	1	0	33
DE Bruce Scoggins	0.0	0	1	18

Pass Defense Statistics

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Sedrick Zimmerman	3	1	0	19
CB Mason Donovan	2	1	0	19
S Everett Fredrickson	2	0	0	20
S Tony Greenlee	2	0	0	18
S Lewis James	1	1	0	9
ILB Grayson Villareal	1	0	0	6
OLB Brody Jamison	1	0	0	7
OLB Dustin Dawson	1	0	0	4
CB Terry Sims	1	0	0	10
CB Isaiah Obenhoff	0	1	0	18
CB Leon Brewer	0	0	1	3

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Devante Shelton	4	1	0	29
CB Don Dockett	3	1	1	34
ILB Gavin McNeil	3	0	0	31
S Norbert Ross	2	1	0	32
S Richie Linquist	1	2	0	33
DE Ruben Ellis	1	0	0	22
DE Bruce Scoggins	1	0	0	18
CB Aiden Dennis	1	0	0	22

Blocking Statistics

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Pete Winters	2	4	19	0	29
Lester O'Brien	2	3	24	1	34
Thomas Blake	1	5	24	0	33
Antonio Mullaney	1	3	21	0	31
Philip Ebeling	1	2	19	1	32
Les Arndt	1	1	5	0	3
Rufus Ford	0	2	16	0	21
Darrell Godsey	0	1	3	0	3
Angel Cottle	0	1	12	0	12

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Chuck Gandy	2	5	0	32	19
O.J. Kersey	2	5	0	33	19
Leonardo Ebbitt	1	8	2	33	19
Kenneth Williams	1	6	0	33	18
Tucker Karp	1	4	0	34	18
Jameson Rose	1	3	1	22	17
Aaron de los Santos	1	2	0	38	21
Winston Gregg	0	2	0	4	3
J.C. Blades	0	1	0	8	3
Tyler Ballard	0	1	0	5	3

Special Teams Tackles

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Butch Snyder	1	22
Everett Fredrickson	1	11
Lester O'Brien	1	9

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Aaron de los Santos	2	13
Carlton Perkins	2	11
Aiden Dennis	1	24
Salvador Glover	1	17
Richie Linquist	1	4

Participation

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Everett Fredrickson	---	---	37	20	11	68
Lester O'Brien	24	34	---	---	9	67
Thomas Blake	24	33	---	---	2	59
Mason Donovan	---	---	35	19	5	59
Efrain Richmond	---	---	37	21	1	59
Irving Solymos	24	34	---	---	---	58
Sedrick Zimmerman	---	---	35	19	1	55
Rufus Ford	16	21	---	---	15	52
Antonio Mullaney	21	31	---	---	---	52
Philip Ebeling	19	32	---	---	---	51
Butch Snyder	14	15	---	---	22	51
Isaiah Obenhoff	---	---	29	18	1	48
Pete Winters	19	29	---	---	---	48
Tony Greenlee	---	---	28	18	1	47
Rufus Douglas	---	---	29	13	1	43
Lewis James	---	---	19	9	13	41
Rusty Boone	17	23	---	---	---	40
Kody Westbrook	---	---	22	12	6	40
Raymond Hudson	---	---	23	12	4	39
Casey Blackburn	16	17	---	---	6	39
Cameron Tucker	10	18	---	---	10	38
Jared Madison	---	---	20	12	5	37
Winfred Fennell	---	---	21	15	---	36
Gerald Hamilton	8	9	---	---	18	35
Paul Babcock	---	---	23	11	1	35
Terry Sims	---	---	12	10	12	34
Brody Jamison	---	---	12	7	9	28
Angel Cottle	12	12	---	---	4	28
Cristian Clements	7	16	---	---	4	27
Connor Worthy	5	8	---	---	11	24
Grayson Villareal	---	---	13	6	3	22
Wade Blade	8	13	---	---	---	21
Preston Cremeans	2	11	---	---	8	21
Dustin Dawson	---	---	9	4	8	21
Nathaniel Garboushian	5	5	---	---	9	19
Les Arndt	5	3	---	---	10	18
Darrell Godsey	3	3	---	---	10	16
Reuben Webster	---	---	6	2	7	15
Leon Brewer	---	---	8	3	---	11
Ryan Napiecek	0	0	---	---	10	10
Terrance Cortez	2	6	---	---	---	8
Richie Lira	0	0	---	---	7	7
Tommy Walton	0	0	---	---	5	5
Martin Lyon	3	1	---	---	1	5
Aaron Abrams	0	0	---	---	3	3
Bruce Torelli	0	0	---	---	---	0

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Aaron de los Santos	38	21	---	---	13	72
Gavin McNeil	---	---	20	31	17	68
Nick Swafford	38	21	---	---	6	65
Don Dockett	---	---	24	34	3	61
Richie Linquist	---	---	24	33	4	61
Aiden Dennis	---	---	15	22	24	61
Wally Dunn	---	---	23	32	5	60
Norbert Ross	---	---	24	32	3	59
Grady Novotny	35	21	---	---	---	56
Chuck Gandy	32	19	---	---	4	55
Devante Shelton	---	---	19	29	4	52
Leonardo Ebbitt	33	19	---	---	---	52
Tucker Karp	34	18	---	---	---	52
O.J. Kersey	33	19	---	---	---	52
Kenneth Williams	33	18	---	---	---	51
Earnest Cox	23	13	---	---	10	46
Jameson Rose	22	17	---	---	4	43
B.J. Copeland	17	10	---	---	13	40
Carlton Perkins	18	11	---	---	11	40
Ramon Hergett	---	---	17	13	8	38
Ruben Ellis	---	---	13	22	2	37
Bruce Scoggins	---	---	13	18	5	36
Bennie Mosher	---	---	7	18	10	35
Emmett Bayer	---	---	12	18	4	34
Keegan Matthew	---	---	11	16	7	34
Mario Chernetsky	---	---	12	16	4	32
Salvador Glover	11	2	---	---	17	30
Raymond Vitale	8	3	---	---	15	26
Jose Miller	---	---	11	12	1	24
Everett Cloutier	---	---	9	12	---	21
Riddick Lang	---	---	5	6	8	19
Cornell Lucas	11	6	---	---	2	19
J.C. Blades	8	3	---	---	5	16
Sherman Browning	2	0	---	---	12	14
Gus Kramer	---	---	5	9	---	14
Tyler Ballard	5	3	---	---	5	13
Winston Gregg	4	3	---	---	5	12
Bill Kent	8	3	---	---	1	12
J.B. Marohl	0	0	---	---	7	7
Curtis Copeland	0	0	---	---	5	5
Robbie Schurman	2	1	---	---	2	5
Axel Wilczewski	3	0	---	---	1	4
Peter Derosa	0	0	---	---	4	4
Vinny Clemons	0	0	---	---	2	2
Harvey Bell	---	---	0	1	---	1
Jamie Quillen	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	56	6.2
Middle	12	65	5.4
Right	3	26	8.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	18	69	3.8
Middle	7	23	3.3
Right	13	23	1.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Irving Solymos	32	16	0	1	3	5	3	0	1

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Grady Novotny	21	14	2	1	0	4	1	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	4	13	1.9
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	6	42	6.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	6	82	5.5
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	4	26	5.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	9	80	5.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	0	0	0	0.0
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	27	27.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Rusty Boone	8	4	1	50	23
TE Rufus Ford	5	3	1	15	21
WR Cameron Tucker	4	2	0	4	18
WR Cristian Clements	4	2	0	7	16
RB Wade Blade	3	2	0	22	13
WR Casey Blackburn	3	1	0	13	17
WR Connor Worthy	2	1	0	15	8
FB Angel Cottle	1	0	1	0	12
RB Butch Snyder	1	1	0	11	15
TE Preston Cremeans	1	0	0	0	11

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Earnest Cox	5	2	29	1	13
TE Nick Swafford	5	3	24	0	21
TE Aaron de los Santos	4	4	46	1	21
FB Jameson Rose	3	3	18	0	17
RB B.J. Copeland	2	1	13	0	10
WR Salvador Glover	2	1	3	0	2

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Carlton Perkins	5	14	2.80	4.87
B.J. Copeland	4	9	2.25	1.83

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Irving Solymos	1	0	0	0.00	4.28

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Grady Novotny	5	3	25	5.00	6.33

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Cameron Tucker	1	0	0	0.00	1.00

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Nick Swafford	2	1	13	6.50	4.80
WR Earnest Cox	1	0	0	0.00	5.80
TE Aaron de los Santos	1	1	3	3.00	11.50
FB Jameson Rose	1	1	9	9.00	6.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
Terrance Cortez	2	0
Wade Blade	2	1

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Carlton Perkins	3	3
Raymond Vitale	1	0
Grady Novotny	1	1
B.J. Copeland	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Irving Solymos	9	4	2

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Grady Novotny	9	5	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Cameron Tucker	2	1	1
WR Cristian Clements	2	1	0
WR Rusty Boone	2	1	0
RB Wade Blade	1	1	1
TE Preston Cremeans	1	0	0
WR Casey Blackburn	1	0	0

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Earnest Cox	3	1	1
TE Nick Swafford	3	2	2
TE Aaron de los Santos	1	1	1
WR Salvador Glover	1	0	0
FB Jameson Rose	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 19,700 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 5,000 (19,600)
End Zone 3,800 (14,200)
Mezzanine 2,600 (8,200)
Sideline Seats 3,300 (12,500)
Club Seats 2,000 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (3,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	19,700 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	5,000 (19,600)
End Zone	3,800 (14,200)
Mezzanine	2,600 (8,200)
Sideline Seats	3,300 (12,500)
Club Seats	2,000 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (3,500)