GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: KANSAS CITY (4-8) at DENVER (5-7)

NFL: KANSAS CITY at DENVER

<div class="pre">NFL
KANSAS CITY 7
DENVER 41 5:24 LEFT, 4TH QTR

KAN BALL ON KAN 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: KANSAS CITY at DENVER

<div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 2ND HALF

KANSAS CITY 7
DENVER 41

DEN BALL ON DEN 41 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: KANSAS CITY at DENVER

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
KANSAS CITY 0 7 0 0 7
DENVER 14 10 17 0 41 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: DEN - TD, BRANDON STOKLEY 21 YD PASS FROM JAY
CUTLER (JASON ELAM KICK), 1:40.
Drive: 4 plays, 77 yards in 1:40.
Key plays: Young 50-yard run to
Kansas City 21. DENVER 7-0
DEN - TD, TRAVIS HENRY 1 YD RUN (JASON ELAM
KICK), 7:47. Drive: 7 plays, 84
yards in 3:51. Key plays: Cutler
28-yard pass to Graham to Denver
49; Young 17-yard run to Kansas
City 34; Cutler 22-yard pass to
Marshall to Kansas City 6. DENVER
14-0
2ND QUARTER: KAN - TD, TONY GONZALEZ 15 YD PASS FROM
BRODIE CROYLE (JOHN CARNEY KICK),
8:51. Drive: 15 plays, 63 yards in
8:51. Key plays: 5-yard offside
penalty on Broncos' Dumervil on
3rd-and-4 to Kansas City 48; Harris
3-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Denver
40; Croyle 13-yard pass to Gonzalez
to Denver 32; Smith 2-yard run on
4th-and-2 to Denver 30; Croyle
22-yard pass to Bowe on 4th-and-12
to Denver 10. DENVER 14-7
DEN - TD, BRANDON MARSHALL 8 YD PASS FROM JAY
CUTLER (JASON ELAM KICK), 13:05.
Drive: 7 plays, 71 yards in 4:14.
Key plays: Cutler 25-yard pass to
Graham to Kansas City 46; Cutler
13-yard pass to Scheffler to Kansas
City 11. DENVER 21-7
DEN - FG, JASON ELAM 37 YD, 15:00. Drive: 6
plays, 66 yards in 1:09. Key plays:
Young 31-yard run to Denver 46;
Marshall 10-yard run to Kansas City
44; Cutler 10-yard pass to Marshall
to Kansas City 19. DENVER 24-7
3RD QUARTER: DEN - FG, JASON ELAM 37 YD, 8:02. Drive: 11
plays, 47 yards in 6:31. Key plays:
Cutler 16-yard pass to Marshall to
Kansas City 41; Cutler 13-yard pass
to Martinez to Kansas City 19.
DENVER 27-7
DEN - TD, DANIEL GRAHAM 2 YD PASS FROM JAY
CUTLER (JASON ELAM KICK), 12:46.
Drive: 7 plays, 48 yards in 4:24.
Key plays: Bailey interception at
Kansas City 48; Cutler 12-yard pass
to Marshall to Kansas City 34;
Cutler 21-yard run to Kansas City
11. DENVER 34-7
DEN - TD, BRANDON MARSHALL 13 YD PASS FROM
JAY CUTLER (JASON ELAM KICK),
14:20. Drive: 3 plays, 17 yards in
0:42. Key plays: Crowder recovery
of Croyle fumble at Kansas City 17.
DENVER 41-7
4TH QUARTER: NONE

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NFL: KANSAS CITY at DENVER

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
KANSAS CITY 7
DENVER 41 FINAL</div>

 

NFL: KANSAS CITY at DENVER

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
KANSAS CITY 0 7 0 0 7
DENVER 14 10 17 0 41 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

1:40 DEN - TD, BRANDON STOKLEY 21 YD PASS FROM JAY CUTLER (JASON ELAM KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 77 yards in 1:40.
Key plays: Young 50-yard run to Kansas City 21. DENVER 7-0.
7:47 DEN - TD, TRAVIS HENRY 1 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 84 yards in 3:51.
Key plays: Cutler 28-yard pass to Graham to Denver 49; Young 17-yard
run to Kansas City 34; Cutler 22-yard pass to Marshall to Kansas City 6.
DENVER 14-0.

2ND QUARTER:

8:51 KAN - TD, TONY GONZALEZ 15 YD PASS FROM BRODIE CROYLE (JOHN CARNEY KICK).
Drive: 15 plays, 63 yards in 8:51.
Key plays: 5-yard offside penalty on Broncos' Dumervil on 3rd-and-4
to Kansas City 48; Harris 3-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Denver 40; Croyle
13-yard pass to Gonzalez to Denver 32; Smith 2-yard run on 4th-and-2 to
Denver 30; Croyle 22-yard pass to Bowe on 4th-and-12 to Denver 10. DENVER
14-7.
13:05 DEN - TD, BRANDON MARSHALL 8 YD PASS FROM JAY CUTLER (JASON ELAM KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 71 yards in 4:14.
Key plays: Cutler 25-yard pass to Graham to Kansas City 46; Cutler
13-yard pass to Scheffler to Kansas City 11. DENVER 21-7.
15:00 DEN - FG, JASON ELAM 37 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 66 yards in 1:09.
Key plays: Young 31-yard run to Denver 46; Marshall 10-yard run to
Kansas City 44; Cutler 10-yard pass to Marshall to Kansas City 19. DENVER
24-7.

3RD QUARTER:

8:02 DEN - FG, JASON ELAM 37 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 47 yards in 6:31.
Key plays: Cutler 16-yard pass to Marshall to Kansas City 41; Cutler
13-yard pass to Martinez to Kansas City 19. DENVER 27-7.
12:46 DEN - TD, DANIEL GRAHAM 2 YD PASS FROM JAY CUTLER (JASON ELAM KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 48 yards in 4:24.
Key plays: Bailey interception at Kansas City 48; Cutler 12-yard
pass to Marshall to Kansas City 34; Cutler 21-yard run to Kansas City 11.
DENVER 34-7.
14:20 DEN - TD, BRANDON MARSHALL 13 YD PASS FROM JAY CUTLER (JASON ELAM KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 17 yards in 0:42.
Key plays: Crowder recovery of Croyle fumble at Kansas City 17.
DENVER 41-7.

4TH QUARTER:

NONE

KANSAS CITY - DENVER Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS KANSAS CITY DENVER

FIRST DOWNS 7 23
Rushing 2 8
Passing 4 14
Penalty 1 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-13-8% 2-9-22%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-3-100% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 129 453
Total offensive plays 51 62
Average gain per play 2.5 7.3
NET YARDS RUSHING 16 215
Rushing attempts 17 34
Average gain per rush 0.9 6.3
Tackles for loss-yards 4-6 2-3
NET YARDS PASSING 113 238
Times sacked: Number-Yards 5-19 1-6
Gross passing yards 132 244
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 29-15-1 27-20-0
Avg gain per pass play 3.3 8.5
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 2-0-0 7-1-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 8-46.3 5-46.4
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 42.9 43.6
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 27 14
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-27 4-14
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 7-111 2-42
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 1-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 7-34 4-35
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-2 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 5
Rushing 0 1
Passing 1 4
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 5-5
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 5-5
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-0 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 4-6-67%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 25:33 34:27


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

KANSAS CITY DENVER

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K SMITH 13 12 0.9 7 0 S YOUNG 17 156 9.2 50 0
G HARRIS 4 4 1.0 3 0 T HENRY 10 24 2.4 6 1
J CUTLER 5 22 4.4 21 0
B MARSHALL 1 10 10.0 10 0
C SAPP 1 3 3.0 3 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B CROYLE 15-29-132 1 1 22 J CUTLER 20-27-244 0 4 28

Sacked-Yards Lost: B CROYLE 5-19. Sacked-Yards Lost: B MARSHALL 1-6.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T GONZALEZ 7 76 10.9 15 1 B MARSHALL 10 115 11.5 22 2
D BOWE 2 35 17.5 22 0 T SCHEFFLE 4 31 7.8 13 0
B GRIGSBY 1 9 9.0 9 0 D GRAHAM 3 55 18.3 28 1
J WEBB 1 8 8.0 8 0 G MARTINEZ 2 22 11.0 13 0
G HARRIS 1 5 5.0 5 0 B STOKLEY 1 21 21.0 21 1
E KENNISON 1 2 2.0 2 0
K WILSON 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
K SMITH 1 -2 -2.0 0 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C BAILEY 1 0 0.0 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D COLQUITT 8 370 46.3 0 3 58 T SAUERBRU 5 232 46.4 1 1 55

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
E KENNISON 3 27 9.0 13 0 G MARTINEZ 4 14 3.5 9 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B SAPP 5 84 16.8 32 0 G MARTINEZ 1 23 23.0 23 0
J WEBB 1 21 21.0 21 0 A HALL 1 19 19.0 19 0
T MCBRIDE 1 6 6.0 6 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J CARNEY 1/1 0/0 J ELAM 5/5 2/2
Dist.: 37 37

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B CROYLE 2 2 0 0-0 E DUMERVIL 0 0 1 0-0
J WEBB 1 0 0 1-0 J MALLARD 0 0 1 0-0
T CROWDER 0 0 0 0-1
S HARRIS 0 0 0 0-1
G MARTINEZ 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B POLLARD 9 8 1 0-0 N WEBSTER 6 6 0 0-0
N HARRIS 9 7 2 0-0 E DUMERVIL 5 4 1 3-15
D EDWARDS 6 5 1 0-0 C BAILEY 4 4 0 0-0
J ALLEN 5 5 0 0-0 I GOLD 3 3 0 1-4
P SURTAIN 4 4 0 0-0 J WINBORN 3 3 0 0-0
B SAPP 4 3 1 0-0 D WILLIAMS 3 2 1 0-0
T HALI 3 3 0 1-6 J LYNCH 2 2 0 0-0
J PAGE 3 1 2 0-0 K PAYMAH 2 2 0 0-0
T LAW 2 2 0 0-0 D BLY 2 2 0 0-0
K FOX 2 2 0 0-0 J MALLARD 2 1 1 1-0
R EDWARDS 1 1 0 0-0 M THOMAS 2 1 1 0-0
D JOHNSON 1 1 0 0-0 A MCKINLEY 1 1 0 0-0
T BRACKENRIDGE 1 1 0 0-0 D FOXWORTH 1 1 0 0-0
P THOMAS 1 1 0 0-0 T CROWDER 1 1 0 0-0
G WESLEY 1 1 0 0-0 H ABDULLAH 1 1 0 0-0
J ENGELBERGER 1 0 1 0-0
S HARRIS 1 0 1 0-0

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By Tony Desiere
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


DENVER (Ticker) -- The Denver Broncos took advantage of thestruggling Kansas City Chiefs to put together their strongestperformance of the season.


Jay Cutler threw four touchdown passes and running back SelvinYoung ran for 156 yards as the Broncos routed the Chiefs, 41-7,on Sunday.


Denver (6-7) snapped a two-game losing streak and remained twogames behind San Diego in the AFC West.


The Broncos wasted no time getting on the scoreboard on theiropening possession. Using a 50-yard run by Young, they drove 77yards in four plays, finishing with a 21-yard touchdown passfrom Cutler to Brandon Stokley.


Denver added another touchdown on its next possession, whenTravis Henry drove into the end zone from 1 yard out to make it14-0.


With the Chiefs (4-9) down two touchdowns at the start of thesecond quarter, Kansas City started to gamble.


The Chiefs drove 63 yards in 15 plays, scoring on BrodieCroyle's a 15-yard pass to tight Tony Gonzalez. On the drive,the Chiefs had three fourth-down conversions.


Cutler responded to the Chiefs' score by marching Denver 71yards for another touchdown. His 8-yard TD strike to BrandonMarshall made it 21-7.


Following a Kansas City punt, the Broncos increased their marginto 24-7 on Jason Elam's 37-yard field goal as time expired inthe first half.


After another field goal by Elam, the Broncos defense got theirfirst turnover of the game, when Champ Bailey interceptedCroyle's pass.


That set up Cutler's 48-yard TD pass Daniel Graham that pushedthe lead to 34-7.


The Broncos' defense caused another turnover on the nextpossession when Elvis Dumervil sacked Croyle, causing him tofumble. Broncos defensive end Tim Crowder fell on it and theBroncos took over at the Kansas City 17-yard line.

Three plays later, it was a 41-7 game when Cutler threw hisfourth touchdown pass of the day - a 13-yard toss to Marshall

Croyle struggled throughout, completing only 15-of 29 for 132yards with an interception and a fumble.


Chiefs rookie running back Kolby Smith, starting in the place ofan injured Larry Johnson, ran for only 12 yards on 13 carries.

 

NFL: KANSAS CITY at DENVER

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
KANSAS CITY 0 7 0 0 7
DENVER 14 10 17 0 41 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

1:40 DEN - TD, BRANDON STOKLEY 21 YD PASS FROM JAY CUTLER (JASON ELAM KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 77 yards in 1:40.
Key plays: Young 50-yard run to Kansas City 21. DENVER 7-0.
7:47 DEN - TD, TRAVIS HENRY 1 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 84 yards in 3:51.
Key plays: Cutler 28-yard pass to Graham to Denver 49; Young 17-yard
run to Kansas City 34; Cutler 22-yard pass to Marshall to Kansas City 6.
DENVER 14-0.

2ND QUARTER:

8:51 KAN - TD, TONY GONZALEZ 15 YD PASS FROM BRODIE CROYLE (JOHN CARNEY KICK).
Drive: 15 plays, 63 yards in 8:51.
Key plays: 5-yard offside penalty on Broncos' Dumervil on 3rd-and-4
to Kansas City 48; Harris 3-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Denver 40; Croyle
13-yard pass to Gonzalez to Denver 32; Smith 2-yard run on 4th-and-2 to
Denver 30; Croyle 22-yard pass to Bowe on 4th-and-12 to Denver 10. DENVER
14-7.
13:05 DEN - TD, BRANDON MARSHALL 8 YD PASS FROM JAY CUTLER (JASON ELAM KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 71 yards in 4:14.
Key plays: Cutler 25-yard pass to Graham to Kansas City 46; Cutler
13-yard pass to Scheffler to Kansas City 11. DENVER 21-7.
15:00 DEN - FG, JASON ELAM 37 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards in 1:11.
Key plays: Young 30-yard run to Denver 46; Marshall 10-yard run to
Kansas City 44; Cutler 10-yard pass to Marshall to Kansas City 19. DENVER
24-7.

3RD QUARTER:

8:02 DEN - FG, JASON ELAM 37 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 47 yards in 6:31.
Key plays: Cutler 16-yard pass to Marshall to Kansas City 41; Cutler
13-yard pass to Martinez to Kansas City 19. DENVER 27-7.
12:46 DEN - TD, DANIEL GRAHAM 2 YD PASS FROM JAY CUTLER (JASON ELAM KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 48 yards in 4:24.
Key plays: Bailey interception at Kansas City 48; Cutler 12-yard
pass to Marshall to Kansas City 34; Cutler 21-yard run to Kansas City 11.
DENVER 34-7.
14:20 DEN - TD, BRANDON MARSHALL 13 YD PASS FROM JAY CUTLER (JASON ELAM KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 17 yards in 0:42.
Key plays: Crowder recovery of Croyle fumble at Kansas City 17.
DENVER 41-7.

4TH QUARTER:

NONE

KANSAS CITY - DENVER Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS KANSAS CITY DENVER

FIRST DOWNS 7 23
Rushing 2 8
Passing 4 14
Penalty 1 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-13-8% 2-9-22%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-3-100% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 129 453
Total offensive plays 51 62
Average gain per play 2.5 7.3
NET YARDS RUSHING 16 215
Rushing attempts 17 34
Average gain per rush 0.9 6.3
Tackles for loss-yards 4-6 2-3
NET YARDS PASSING 113 238
Times sacked: Number-Yards 5-19 1-6
Gross passing yards 132 244
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 29-15-1 27-20-0
Avg gain per pass play 3.3 8.5
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 2-0-0 7-1-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 8-46.3 5-46.4
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 42.9 43.6
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 27 14
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-27 4-14
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 7-111 2-42
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 1-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 7-34 4-35
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-2 1-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 5
Rushing 0 1
Passing 1 4
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 5-5
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 5-5
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-0 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 4-6-67%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 25:33 34:27


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

KANSAS CITY DENVER

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K SMITH 13 12 0.9 7 0 S YOUNG 17 156 9.2 50 0
G HARRIS 4 4 1.0 3 0 T HENRY 10 24 2.4 6 1
J CUTLER 5 22 4.4 21 0
B MARSHALL 1 10 10.0 10 0
C SAPP 1 3 3.0 3 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B CROYLE 15-29-132 1 1 22 J CUTLER 20-27-244 0 4 28

Sacked-Yards Lost: B CROYLE 5-19. Sacked-Yards Lost: B MARSHALL 1-6.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T GONZALEZ 7 76 10.9 15 1 B MARSHALL 10 115 11.5 22 2
D BOWE 2 35 17.5 22 0 T SCHEFFLE 4 31 7.8 13 0
B GRIGSBY 1 9 9.0 9 0 D GRAHAM 3 55 18.3 28 1
J WEBB 1 8 8.0 8 0 G MARTINEZ 2 22 11.0 13 0
G HARRIS 1 5 5.0 5 0 B STOKLEY 1 21 21.0 21 1
E KENNISON 1 2 2.0 2 0
K WILSON 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
K SMITH 1 -2 -2.0 0 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C BAILEY 1 0 0.0 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D COLQUITT 8 370 46.3 0 3 58 T SAUERBRU 5 232 46.4 1 1 55

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
E KENNISON 3 27 9.0 13 0 G MARTINEZ 4 14 3.5 9 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B SAPP 5 84 16.8 32 0 G MARTINEZ 1 23 23.0 23 0
J WEBB 1 21 21.0 21 0 A HALL 1 19 19.0 19 0
T MCBRIDE 1 6 6.0 6 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J CARNEY 1/1 0/0 J ELAM 5/5 2/2
Dist.: 37 37

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B CROYLE 2 2 0 0-0 G MARTINEZ 1 0 0 1-0
J WEBB 1 0 0 1-0 E DUMERVIL 0 0 1 0-0
J MALLARD 0 0 1 0-0
T CROWDER 0 0 0 0-1
S HARRIS 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B POLLARD 9 8 1 0-0 N WEBSTER 6 6 0 0-0
N HARRIS 9 7 2 0-0 E DUMERVIL 5 4 1 3-15
D EDWARDS 6 5 1 0-0 C BAILEY 4 4 0 0-0
J ALLEN 5 5 0 0-0 I GOLD 3 3 0 1-4
P SURTAIN 4 4 0 0-0 J WINBORN 3 3 0 0-0
B SAPP 4 3 1 0-0 D WILLIAMS 3 2 1 0-0
T HALI 3 3 0 1-6 J LYNCH 2 2 0 0-0
J PAGE 3 1 2 0-0 K PAYMAH 2 2 0 0-0
T LAW 2 2 0 0-0 D BLY 2 2 0 0-0
K FOX 2 2 0 0-0 J MALLARD 2 1 1 1-0
R EDWARDS 1 1 0 0-0 M THOMAS 2 1 1 0-0
D JOHNSON 1 1 0 0-0 A MCKINLEY 1 1 0 0-0
T BRACKENRIDGE 1 1 0 0-0 D FOXWORTH 1 1 0 0-0
P THOMAS 1 1 0 0-0 T CROWDER 1 1 0 0-0
G WESLEY 1 1 0 0-0 H ABDULLAH 1 1 0 0-0
J ENGELBERGER 1 0 1 0-0
S HARRIS 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Jeff Triplette, Umpire-Jim Quirk, Head
Linesman-Steve Stelljes, Line Judge-Jeff Seeman, Field Judge-Duke
Carroll, Side Judge-Greg Meyer, Back Judge-Greg Steed.

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By Tony Desiere
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


DENVER (Ticker) - The Denver Broncos' offense finally broke out.It might still be too late to get them into the playoffs.

Jay Cutler threw a career-high four touchdown passes and runningback Selvin Young rushed for 156 yards as the Broncos routedthe Kansas City Chiefs, 41-7, on Sunday.


Denver (6-7) snapped a two-game losing streak but remained twogames behind San Diego in the AFC West.


The Chargers stayed in control of the division by rallying for a23-17 overtime victory over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.

"Coming into the game, I was hoping for a complete game,"Broncos coach Mike Shanahan said. "I thought we did that todayon offense, defense and special teams. It was a total teameffort out there today."


The Broncos wasted no time getting on the scoreboard, driving 77yards on four plays to grab a 7-0 lead on Cutler's 21-yardtouchdown to Brandon Stokley just 1:40 into the contest.

Cutler was sharp throughout, completing 20-of-27 passes for 244yards with no interceptions.


"He made some great plays against the defense," Shanahan added."From a stat standpoint, definitely his best game this year."

Cutler was surprised how easily the Broncos dominated theChiefs, who suffered their sixth straight loss. Denveroutgained Kansas City by more than a three-to-one margin.

"You don't get many of these in the NFL," Cutler said. "Teamsare just so tough that it is hard to get victories like this."

On its second possession, Denver marched 84 yards on seven playsto take a 14-0 lead on Travis Henry's 1-yard run.


It was Henry's first game since winning a successful appeal of adrug test on Tuesday that would have resulted in a one-yearsuspension.


"Our defense put our offense in a bad way," Kansas City coachHerm Edwards said. "We tried to blitz them but didn't getthere. We can't fall behind like we did because we cannot justdrop back and pass."


Down two touchdowns at the start of the second quarter, theChiefs started to gamble. They converted three fourth downsbefore Brodie Croyle tossed a 15-yard TD pass to tight end TonyGonzalez 6:09 left in the half.


But that was the lone bright spot for the Chiefs as Croylestruggled throughout, completing only 15-of 29 for 132 yardswith an interception and two fumbles.


"I'm frustrated," Croyle said. "We only had that one drive. Iput our defense in a bad situation."


Instead of only trailing by seven at the intermission, theChiefs gave up 10 points in the final two minutes of the half.

Cutler tossed an 8-yard TD strike to Brandon Marshall with 1:55left and Jason Elam kicked a 37-yard field as time expired madeit 24-7 at the intermission.


In the second half, the Broncos' defense got into the act,converting a pair of turnovers into two touchdowns.

While harassing Croyle, Denver held the Chiefs to just 16 yardsrushing on 17 carries.


"We haven't played this well since maybe the first two weeks ofthe year," Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey said. "We know whatwe are capable of and we have to do it."


Lineman Elvis Dumervil keyed the Broncos' defensive effort withthree sacks of Croyle and a forced fumble that led to atouchdown.


"It's a good feeling," Dumervil said. "We had moreopportunities than we did last week (against Oakland) to get tothe quarterback. We were getting good push up front."

"He's got quickness, he's tough and he knocked out two defensiveends," Shanahan said of Dumervil. "He has a lot of confidenceand that will just keep on growing."