Conference Semifinals, 2068

played in Denver, CO

20 degrees, fair, 17 mph wind

Buffalo Bills	0	3	0	0	-	3
Denver Broncos	0	10	0	13	-	23

Scoring Summary
2Q: 11:17 BUF - Gustavo Dzwonczyk 28 field goal
2Q: 02:51 DEN - Brenden Benton 15 pass from Cedric Sweeney (Hayden Coles extra point)
2Q: 01:01 DEN - Hayden Coles 49 field goal
4Q: 15:00 DEN - Tyrus Lyon 18 pass from Cedric Sweeney (Hayden Coles extra point)
4Q: 02:41 DEN - Hayden Coles 25 field goal
4Q: 00:49 DEN - Hayden Coles 28 field goal

Scoring Summary
2Q: 11:17 BUF - Gustavo Dzwonczyk 28 field goal
2Q: 02:51 DEN - Brenden Benton 15 pass from Cedric Sweeney (Hayden Coles extra point)
2Q: 01:01 DEN - Hayden Coles 49 field goal
4Q: 15:00 DEN - Tyrus Lyon 18 pass from Cedric Sweeney (Hayden Coles extra point)
4Q: 02:41 DEN - Hayden Coles 25 field goal
4Q: 00:49 DEN - Hayden Coles 28 field goal

Team Statistics BUF DEN
Record 10-8 12-5
First Downs 16 18
- by Rushing 4 8
- by Passing 9 9
- by Penalty 3 1
Total Net Yards 253 314
- Offensive Plays 64 56
- Yards per Play 3.95 5.61
Net Rushing Yards 79 155
- Rushing Attempts 21 32
- Yards per Rush 3.76 4.84
Net Passing Yards 174 159
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 35 - 21 - 0 23 - 14 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 214 165
- Sacks/Yards Lost 8/40 1/6
- Yards per Pass Play 4.05 6.63
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/15 2/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.3 7.3
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 13/90 5/35
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 3/41
Kick Returns/Yards 2/37 2/66
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 2/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 33
Time of Possession 30:43 29:17

Team Statistics	BUF	DEN
Record	10-8	12-5
First Downs	16	18
- by Rushing	4	8
- by Passing	9	9
- by Penalty	3	1
Total Net Yards	253	314
- Offensive Plays	64	56
- Yards per Play	3.95	5.61
Net Rushing Yards	79	155
- Rushing Attempts	21	32
- Yards per Rush	3.76	4.84
Net Passing Yards	174	159
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	35 - 21 - 0	23 - 14 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	214	165
- Sacks/Yards Lost	8/40	1/6
- Yards per Pass Play	4.05	6.63
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/15	2/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.3	7.3
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	13/90	5/35
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	3/41
Kick Returns/Yards	2/37	2/66
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	2/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 22	OWN 33
Time of Possession	30:43	29:17

Drive Charts

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:14	OWN 25	8	27	Punt
1	6:48	2:09	OWN 35	5	25	Punt
1	2:40	6:28	OWN 20	14	69	Field Goal
2	9:32	3:34	OWN 16	6	31	Punt
2	2:45	1:00	OWN 25	3	13	Fumble
2	0:53	0:53	OWN 28	3	0	Punt
3	10:54	3:57	OWN 7	8	34	Punt
3	4:34	1:47	OWN 18	5	18	Punt
4	14:50	3:43	OWN 25	6	26	Punt
4	2:34	1:18	OWN 25	4	-13	Downs
4	0:42	0:42	OWN 28	3	8	Game

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:46	3:58	OWN 7	7	46	Interception
1	4:39	1:59	OWN 20	5	17	Punt
2	11:12	1:40	OWN 38	3	5	Punt
2	5:58	3:13	OWN 27	6	73	Touchdown
2	1:45	0:52	OPP 38	3	6	Field Goal
3	15:00	4:06	OWN 27	5	19	Punt
3	6:57	2:23	OWN 16	5	31	Punt
3	2:47	2:57	OWN 26	6	74	Touchdown
4	11:07	8:33	OWN 20	14	72	Field Goal
4	1:16	0:34	OPP 12	3	1	Field Goal

Game MVP: Rickey Solley, Denver Broncos

Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Marvin Howard	16	58	3.63	15	4
RB Chester Turner	3	13	4.33	8	0
WR Nick Hartwig	1	6	6.00	6	0
FB Kai Finch	1	2	2.00	2	0

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Harrison Norton	21	94	4.48	19	2
RB Alfred Perkins	8	38	4.75	18	3
QB Cedric Sweeney	2	19	9.50	12	1
WR Buddy Corbett	1	4	4.00	4	0

Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Josue Lindsay	35	21	214	8/40	0	29	0	77.5

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Cedric Sweeney	23	14	165	1/6	2	29	1	93.6

Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Winston Orbik	6	9	52	8.67	26	26
WR Nick Hartwig	4	6	37	9.25	17	22
WR Randy Owen	3	4	31	10.33	0	20
WR Devin Liles	3	5	18	6.00	10	8
TE Gene Jennings	2	3	27	13.50	9	19
RB Marvin Howard	2	6	20	10.00	19	19
FB Kai Finch	1	1	29	29.00	27	29
WR Nicholas McIntyre	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Tyrus Lyon	5	6	86	17.20	49	29	1
WR Nolan Lester	3	4	14	4.67	2	12	0
RB Alfred Perkins	2	2	11	5.50	5	10	0
TE Brenden Benton	2	7	30	15.00	12	15	1
WR Buddy Corbett	1	1	18	18.00	17	18	0
RB Harrison Norton	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
WR Bryce Farr	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Raul Finley	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Devan Bish	1	0	0.00	0

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
QB Josue Lindsay	1	0	0	0

Denver	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
DE Jamal Moore	0	1	0	0
DT Rickey Solley	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Everett Sampson	7	325	46.4	34.9	62	4

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Earl Tenneson	4	161	40.3	40.3	47	2

Kicking Statistics

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Gustavo Dzwonczyk	1/1	0/0	0/0	28	0/0

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Hayden Coles	3/3	1/1	0/0	49	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tyrus Lyon	3	41	13.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Marvin Howard	2	37	18.5	0

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tyrus Lyon	2	66	33.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Kristopher Moore	5	2	0.0	21	8
ILB Tracy Reynolds	5	1	0.0	30	24
CB Hugh Curtis	5	0	0.0	30	23
OLB Johnnie Manning	4	3	0.0	29	18
S Tony Berry	4	1	0.0	10	11
OLB Isaac Dunn	4	1	0.0	22	13
DT B.J. Brookes	3	1	0.0	30	22
CB Sky Dog Nixon	3	1	0.0	27	17
S Trevor Oliver	3	0	0.0	14	17
OLB Erick Davison	2	1	0.5	13	17
DE J.J. Brewer	2	1	0.5	24	17
DE Kai Hitchcock	1	1	0.0	25	14
CB Jesse Ibanez	1	1	0.0	25	15
OLB Leo Keck	1	1	0.0	13	17
S Bart Snead	1	0	0.0	23	13
CB Devan Bish	1	0	0.0	4	5
ILB Earnest McCarthy	0	2	0.0	8	11

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT Rickey Solley	8	0	2.0	21	36
OLB Stan Boyington	6	0	0.0	21	43
OLB Dillon Gunn	5	0	1.0	11	28
CB Dan Gerken	5	1	0.0	21	40
CB Omar Reynolds	5	1	0.0	15	33
ILB Bradley Gonzales	4	1	0.0	21	25
DE Brayden Hopkins	3	1	2.0	19	40
S Russell Jordan	3	0	0.0	18	26
DT Casey Schulz	2	0	2.0	13	23
DE Gage Allen	2	3	1.0	9	30
S Jalen Freeman	2	3	0.0	20	33
DE Jamal Moore	2	1	0.0	12	22
CB Connor Ellison	2	0	0.0	0	12
OLB Erik Willis	1	0	0.0	4	3
TE Brenden Benton	1	0	---	---	---
S Roy Schulz	0	1	0.0	5	18
CB Cooper Boyer	0	1	0.0	20	26
DE Edwin Foland	0	1	0.0	1	12

Pass Rush Statistics

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE J.J. Brewer	0.5	1	0	17
OLB Erick Davison	0.5	0	0	17
OLB Isaac Dunn	0.0	0	1	13

Denver	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Rickey Solley	2.0	2	0	36
DE Brayden Hopkins	2.0	1	1	40
DT Casey Schulz	2.0	0	1	23
OLB Dillon Gunn	1.0	0	0	28
DE Gage Allen	1.0	0	0	30

Pass Defense Statistics

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Tracy Reynolds	2	1	0	24
S Tony Berry	2	0	0	11
OLB Isaac Dunn	2	0	0	13
CB Hugh Curtis	2	0	0	23
ILB Earnest McCarthy	1	2	0	11
S Bart Snead	1	1	0	13
CB Sky Dog Nixon	1	1	0	17
CB Devan Bish	1	0	1	5
S Trevor Oliver	1	0	0	17
S Kristopher Moore	1	0	0	8
OLB Leo Keck	0	1	0	17

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Dan Gerken	5	2	40
CB Omar Reynolds	4	2	33
OLB Dillon Gunn	3	0	28
ILB Bradley Gonzales	2	1	25
OLB Stan Boyington	2	0	43
CB Connor Ellison	2	0	12
DE Brayden Hopkins	1	0	40
DT Rickey Solley	1	0	36
OLB Erik Willis	1	0	3
S Jalen Freeman	0	1	33
S Russell Jordan	0	1	26
ILB Nathan Bronson	0	1	18

Blocking Statistics

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
C David Erickson	3	8	21	3	43
G Artie Hernandez	2	4	21	1	43
T Edward Foley	1	1	21	2	43
G Philip Foley	0	5	21	1	43
T Kent Fulton	0	3	21	1	43

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Kenneth Justice	4	8	0	32	0	24
G Bryant Nachman	3	7	2	32	0	24
T Ty Nicoloro	3	6	0	32	1	24
G Graham Tubbs	2	4	0	32	0	24
C Nicholas Petitgout	0	5	0	32	0	24

Special Teams Tackles

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Gene Jennings	2	19
Isaac Dunn	1	20
Sky Dog Nixon	1	9
Tre Richmond	1	9

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Jamal Moore	1	9
Lorenzo Bensen	1	7

Participation

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Philip Foley	21	43	---	---	8	72
T Kent Fulton	21	43	---	---	8	72
T Edward Foley	21	43	---	---	8	72
G Artie Hernandez	21	43	---	---	8	72
WR Nick Hartwig	20	43	---	---	6	69
QB Josue Lindsay	21	43	---	---	---	64
C David Erickson	21	43	---	---	---	64
TE Winston Orbik	20	42	---	---	1	63
ILB Tracy Reynolds	---	---	30	24	3	57
RB Marvin Howard	17	33	---	---	6	56
CB Hugh Curtis	---	---	30	23	3	56
OLB Isaac Dunn	---	---	22	13	20	55
CB Jesse Ibanez	---	---	25	15	15	55
DT B.J. Brookes	---	---	30	22	2	54
CB Sky Dog Nixon	---	---	27	17	9	53
WR Randy Owen	15	27	---	---	8	50
OLB Johnnie Manning	---	---	29	18	---	47
DE Kai Hitchcock	---	---	25	14	7	46
WR Nicholas McIntyre	17	26	---	---	1	44
DE J.J. Brewer	---	---	24	17	---	41
S Kristopher Moore	---	---	21	8	11	40
S Bart Snead	---	---	23	13	3	39
OLB Erick Davison	---	---	13	17	5	35
TE Gene Jennings	3	13	---	---	19	35
S Trevor Oliver	---	---	14	17	3	34
OLB Leo Keck	---	---	13	17	3	33
WR Devin Liles	4	16	---	---	12	32
S Tony Berry	---	---	10	11	5	26
FB Kai Finch	4	6	---	---	13	23
ILB Earnest McCarthy	---	---	8	11	1	20
RB Drew Alvarez	0	0	---	---	16	16
CB Devan Bish	---	---	4	5	7	16
RB Chester Turner	3	9	---	---	---	12
DT Brayden Rzentkowski	---	---	4	2	5	11
TE Tre Richmond	1	0	---	---	9	10
C Roosevelt Alcott	0	0	---	---	8	8
P Everett Sampson	0	0	---	---	7	7
ILB Dale Rodriguez	---	---	0	0	5	5
ILB Robbie Dillon	---	---	0	0	4	4
K Gustavo Dzwonczyk	0	0	---	---	3	3
QB Hardy Tatum	0	0	---	---	1	1
RB Isaac Martin	1	0	---	---	---	1
C Skip Hill	0	0	---	---	---	0
DT Wayne Twisp	---	---	0	0	---	0
G William Hutchins	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Kendrick Webster	0	0	---	---	---	0

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
OLB Stan Boyington	---	---	21	43	9	73
TE Brenden Benton	27	21	---	---	22	70
S Jalen Freeman	---	---	20	33	15	68
DE Brayden Hopkins	---	---	19	40	8	67
DT Rickey Solley	---	---	21	36	8	65
G Bryant Nachman	32	24	---	---	7	63
G Graham Tubbs	32	24	---	---	7	63
T Kenneth Justice	32	24	---	---	7	63
CB Dan Gerken	---	---	21	40	1	62
WR Tyrus Lyon	31	19	---	---	10	60
WR Nolan Lester	29	22	---	---	7	58
QB Cedric Sweeney	32	24	---	---	---	56
T Ty Nicoloro	32	24	---	---	---	56
C Nicholas Petitgout	32	24	---	---	---	56
RB Harrison Norton	21	17	---	---	12	50
CB Omar Reynolds	---	---	15	33	1	49
CB Cooper Boyer	---	---	20	26	---	46
ILB Bradley Gonzales	---	---	21	25	---	46
S Russell Jordan	---	---	18	26	---	44
DE Jamal Moore	---	---	12	22	9	43
OLB Dillon Gunn	---	---	11	28	1	40
DE Gage Allen	---	---	9	30	1	40
S Roy Schulz	---	---	5	18	16	39
DT Casey Schulz	---	---	13	23	---	36
WR Bryce Farr	5	4	---	---	22	31
WR Buddy Corbett	20	11	---	---	---	31
ILB Nathan Bronson	---	---	0	18	10	28
OLB Erik Willis	---	---	4	3	18	25
RB Maxwell Scott	0	0	---	---	20	20
FB Marty Camarillo	6	11	---	---	1	18
RB Alfred Perkins	11	6	---	---	---	17
TE Raul Finley	8	6	---	---	---	14
DE Edwin Foland	---	---	1	12	1	14
CB Connor Ellison	---	---	0	12	1	13
P Earl Tenneson	0	0	---	---	9	9
K Hayden Coles	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Kenneth Gibson	0	0	---	---	7	7
T Jay Caldwell	0	0	---	---	7	7
WR Lorenzo Bensen	0	0	---	---	7	7
OLB Joey Mazurek	---	---	0	5	---	5
WR Owen Blackburn	2	1	---	---	---	3
TE Dillon Clark	0	2	---	---	---	2
C Alec Rawls	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Malachi Camilleri	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Tommy Wicker	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	29	4.8
Middle	11	37	3.4
Right	4	13	3.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	50	6.3
Middle	14	58	4.1
Right	10	47	4.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Josue Lindsay	35	21	4	1	2	8	3	2	0

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Cedric Sweeney	23	14	1	0	0	6	1	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	4	29	4.1
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	15	159	9.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	1	6	0.8
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	20	6.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	42	14.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	7	70	6.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	4	53	7.6
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Winston Orbik	9	6	0	52	1	42
WR Nick Hartwig	6	4	0	37	1	43
RB Marvin Howard	6	2	2	20	0	33
WR Devin Liles	5	3	0	18	0	16
WR Randy Owen	4	3	0	31	1	27
TE Gene Jennings	3	2	0	27	0	13
WR Nicholas McIntyre	1	0	0	0	0	26
FB Kai Finch	1	1	0	29	1	6

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Brenden Benton	7	2	30	0	21
WR Tyrus Lyon	6	5	86	1	19
WR Nolan Lester	4	3	14	0	22
RB Alfred Perkins	2	2	11	0	6
WR Bryce Farr	1	0	0	0	4
WR Buddy Corbett	1	1	18	0	11
RB Harrison Norton	1	1	6	0	17
TE Raul Finley	1	0	0	0	6

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Chester Turner	1	8	8.00	4.33
RB Marvin Howard	1	4	4.00	3.63

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Harrison Norton	5	8	1.60	4.48
RB Alfred Perkins	1	-1	-1.00	4.75

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Josue Lindsay	2	0	0	0.00	6.11

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Cedric Sweeney	2	2	33	16.50	7.17

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Winston Orbik	1	0	0	0.00	5.78
WR Devin Liles	1	0	0	0.00	3.60

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Tyrus Lyon	1	1	18	18.00	14.33
TE Brenden Benton	1	1	15	15.00	4.29

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
RB Marvin Howard	1	1

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
RB Harrison Norton	4	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Josue Lindsay	13	8	4

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Cedric Sweeney	6	3	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Winston Orbik	5	3	1
WR Randy Owen	2	2	1
WR Devin Liles	2	1	0
TE Gene Jennings	1	1	1
WR Nick Hartwig	1	0	0
FB Kai Finch	1	1	1
RB Marvin Howard	1	0	0

Denver	Targ	Catch
TE Brenden Benton	3	0
WR Tyrus Lyon	1	1
WR Nolan Lester	1	1
RB Harrison Norton	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 80,000 (80,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,800 (20,800)
End Zone 15,000 (15,000)
Mezzanine 8,600 (8,600)
Sideline Seats 13,200 (13,200)
Club Seats 12,500 (12,500)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	80,000 (80,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,800 (20,800)
End Zone	15,000 (15,000)
Mezzanine	8,600 (8,600)
Sideline Seats	13,200 (13,200)
Club Seats	12,500 (12,500)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)