Week 3, 2015

played in Detroit, MI

40 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Denver Broncos	0	14	7	17	-	38
Detroit Lions	0	3	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
2Q: 13:49 DEN - Ronnie Hillman 3 run (Gilbert Brooks extra point)
2Q: 09:13 DEN - Ronnie Hillman 61 fumble return (Gilbert Brooks extra point)
2Q: 06:27 DET - Matt Prater 50 field goal
3Q: 12:56 DEN - Emmanuel Sanders 34 pass from Peyton Manning (Gilbert Brooks extra point)
4Q: 12:38 DEN - Gilbert Brooks 21 field goal
4Q: 07:27 DEN - Vance Walker 48 fumble return (Gilbert Brooks extra point)
4Q: 01:05 DEN - Von Miller 1 fumble return (Gilbert Brooks extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 13:49 DEN - Ronnie Hillman 3 run (Gilbert Brooks extra point)
2Q: 09:13 DEN - Ronnie Hillman 61 fumble return (Gilbert Brooks extra point)
2Q: 06:27 DET - Matt Prater 50 field goal
3Q: 12:56 DEN - Emmanuel Sanders 34 pass from Peyton Manning (Gilbert Brooks extra point)
4Q: 12:38 DEN - Gilbert Brooks 21 field goal
4Q: 07:27 DEN - Vance Walker 48 fumble return (Gilbert Brooks extra point)
4Q: 01:05 DEN - Von Miller 1 fumble return (Gilbert Brooks extra point)

Team Statistics DEN DET
Record 2-1 1-2
First Downs 15 14
- by Rushing 7 0
- by Passing 8 13
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 326 251
- Offensive Plays 62 67
- Yards per Play 5.26 3.75
Net Rushing Yards 98 16
- Rushing Attempts 31 12
- Yards per Rush 3.16 1.33
Net Passing Yards 228 235
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 31 - 19 - 1 47 - 30 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 228 275
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 8/40
- Yards per Pass Play 7.35 4.27
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 5/3
3rd Down Conversions 7/16 2/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.6 9.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 4/30 8/60
Punt Returns/Yards 3/12 3/18
Kick Returns/Yards 1/21 6/147
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 24
Time of Possession 30:35 29:25

Team Statistics	DEN	DET
Record	2-1	1-2
First Downs	15	14
- by Rushing	7	0
- by Passing	8	13
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	326	251
- Offensive Plays	62	67
- Yards per Play	5.26	3.75
Net Rushing Yards	98	16
- Rushing Attempts	31	12
- Yards per Rush	3.16	1.33
Net Passing Yards	228	235
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	31 - 19 - 1	47 - 30 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	228	275
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	8/40
- Yards per Pass Play	7.35	4.27
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	5/3
3rd Down Conversions	7/16	2/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.6	9.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	4/30	8/60
Punt Returns/Yards	3/12	3/18
Kick Returns/Yards	1/21	6/147
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 24
Time of Possession	30:35	29:25

Drive Charts

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:57	1:25	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
1	5:29	3:55	OWN 15	7	40	Punt
1	0:38	1:55	OPP 40	6	40	Touchdown
2	11:20	0:50	OWN 7	3	6	Punt
2	9:22	0:18	OWN 20	2	80	Touchdown
2	6:20	3:00	OWN 24	6	19	Punt
2	1:43	1:28	OWN 33	4	20	Interception
3	15:00	2:19	OWN 20	4	80	Touchdown
3	7:34	2:31	OWN 22	6	16	Punt
3	4:08	1:30	OPP 49	3	6	Punt
3	0:54	3:22	OWN 47	9	49	Field Goal
4	10:37	1:40	OWN 39	3	1	Punt
4	5:10	4:05	OWN 23	6	16	Punt

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:03	OWN 24	7	33	Punt
1	8:32	3:03	OWN 28	5	25	Punt
1	1:34	0:56	OWN 3	3	-1	Punt
2	13:43	2:23	OWN 20	5	22	Punt
2	10:30	1:08	OPP 46	3	5	Punt
2	9:04	2:44	OWN 32	6	35	Field Goal
2	3:20	1:37	OWN 25	3	1	Punt
2	0:15	0:15	OWN 32	2	14	Half
3	12:41	5:07	OWN 27	12	55	Fumble
3	5:03	0:55	OWN 16	3	1	Punt
3	2:38	1:44	OWN 2	3	4	Punt
4	12:32	1:55	OWN 31	3	-2	Punt
4	8:57	1:40	OWN 16	7	32	Fumble
4	7:17	2:07	OWN 33	3	5	Punt
4	1:05	0:15	OWN 8	1	-7	Fumble
4	0:50	0:50	OWN 40	2	-1	Game

Game MVP: Vance Walker, Denver Broncos

Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Ronnie Hillman	19	49	2.58	9	0	1
C.J. Anderson	9	42	4.67	12	2	0
Theo Riddick	2	2	1.00	2	0	0
Peyton Manning	1	5	5.00	5	0	0

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
George Winn	8	-4	-0.50	6	0
Zach Zenner	3	12	4.00	15	1
Matthew Stafford	1	8	8.00	8	0

Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Peyton Manning	31	19	228	0/0	1	39	1	81.1

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Matthew Stafford	46	29	272	6/29	0	27	0	79.2
Ricky Stanzi	1	1	3	2/11	0	3	0	79.2

Receiving Statistics

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Emmanuel Sanders	6	8	69	11.50	35	34	1
WR Demaryius Thomas	3	10	60	20.00	33	27	0
WR Bennie Fowler	3	4	51	17.00	0	39	0
RB C.J. Anderson	2	2	-2	-1.00	4	2	0
TE Owen Daniels	1	1	9	9.00	7	9	0
TE Vernon Davis	1	3	11	11.00	7	11	0
WR Andre Caldwell	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
WR Cody Latimer	1	1	6	6.00	5	6	0
FB Sammy Ostwald	1	1	19	19.00	19	19	0

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Corey Fuller	6	11	48	8.00	5	17
WR T.J. Jones	6	10	42	7.00	10	16
WR Brice Butler	5	6	37	7.40	14	19
TE Timothy Wright	4	7	54	13.50	27	21
RB Ameer Abdullah	3	6	8	2.67	6	6
TE Michael Burton	2	2	42	21.00	36	27
RB Zach Zenner	2	2	14	7.00	0	8
TE Brandon Pettigrew	1	2	10	10.00	0	10
RB Joique Bell	1	1	20	20.00	13	20

Interception Statistics

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Quandre Diggs	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Denver	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Sammy Ostwald	1	0	0	0
Von Miller	0	2	0	1
Vance Walker	0	1	2	1
Ronnie Hillman	0	1	0	1
DeMarcus Ware	0	0	2	0
T.J. Ward	0	0	1	0

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
Matthew Stafford	3	0	0
Rashean Mathis	1	0	0
Ricky Stanzi	1	0	0
Leonard Tucker	0	1	0
Albert Wright	0	1	0
C.J. Wilson	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Paul Booker	8	349	43.6	41.4	63	5

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Sam Martin	10	408	40.8	35.6	51	3

Kicking Statistics

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Gilbert Brooks	1/1	0/0	0/0	21	5/5

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Matt Prater	1/1	1/1	1/1	50	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bradley Roby	3	12	4.0	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rashean Mathis	2	3	1.5	0
Leonard Tucker	1	15	15.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Chris Harris	1	21	21.0	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rashean Mathis	6	147	24.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Von Miller	8	1	0.0	12	48
S David Bruton	5	1	0.0	12	51
ILB Brandon Marshall	5	0	0.0	12	50
ILB Marlon Kriewaldt	5	0	0.0	3	14
DE Vance Walker	4	0	3.0	8	39
OLB DeMarcus Ware	4	0	2.0	7	35
S T.J. Ward	4	2	0.0	12	54
CB Aqib Talib	4	0	0.0	12	55
CB Chris Harris	3	0	0.0	12	55
DE Malik Jackson	2	0	2.0	4	16
DT Brandon Armendariz	2	0	1.0	9	25
CB Bradley Roby	2	0	0.0	9	40
WR Emmanuel Sanders	1	0	---	---	---
DE Derek Wolfe	1	0	0.0	9	32
S Ryan Murphy	1	0	0.0	5	19

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Travis Lewis	7	4	0.0	25	26
OLB Tahir Whitehead	6	1	0.0	19	18
OLB Brandon Copeland	5	0	0.0	19	17
DT Khyri Thornton	4	2	0.0	26	24
OLB Josh Bynes	3	2	0.0	16	11
CB Quandre Diggs	3	2	0.0	31	29
S Isa Abdul-Quddus	3	1	0.0	20	28
DT C.J. Wilson	3	0	0.0	23	27
CB Alex Carter	3	0	0.0	23	27
DE Darryl Tapp	2	2	0.0	14	6
S James Ihedigbo	2	2	0.0	26	30
CB Josh Wilson	2	0	0.0	1	3
DE Devin Taylor	2	0	0.0	25	26
DT Caraun Reid	2	0	0.0	19	13
DE Ezekiel Ansah	1	1	0.0	19	26
T Riley Reiff	1	0	---	---	---
CB Darius Slay	0	1	0.0	17	24

Pass Rush Statistics

Denver	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Vance Walker	3.0	0	1	3	39
OLB DeMarcus Ware	2.0	1	5	1	35
DE Malik Jackson	2.0	0	0	1	16
DT Brandon Armendariz	1.0	0	0	0	25
DE Derek Wolfe	0.0	1	0	0	32
DT Sylvester Williams	0.0	0	1	0	30
OLB Von Miller	0.0	0	0	1	48

Detroit	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT C.J. Wilson	1	1	27
DT Khyri Thornton	1	0	24
DE Ezekiel Ansah	0	2	26
DE Devin Taylor	0	2	26

Pass Defense Statistics

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Von Miller	6	1	48
CB Aqib Talib	4	0	55
ILB Marlon Kriewaldt	4	0	14
S David Bruton	3	1	51
S T.J. Ward	3	0	54
ILB Brandon Marshall	3	0	50
CB Chris Harris	2	2	55
OLB DeMarcus Ware	2	0	35
CB Bradley Roby	2	0	40
DE Vance Walker	1	1	39

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Quandre Diggs	4	1	1	29
OLB Josh Bynes	3	0	0	11
ILB Travis Lewis	3	0	0	26
S Isa Abdul-Quddus	2	0	0	28
CB Alex Carter	2	0	0	27
OLB Brandon Copeland	2	0	0	17
CB Josh Wilson	1	0	0	3
DT C.J. Wilson	1	0	0	27
OLB Tahir Whitehead	1	0	0	18
S James Ihedigbo	0	1	0	30

Blocking Statistics

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Louis Vasquez	2	6	29	30
Tyler Polumbus	2	5	28	31
Ryan Clady	1	8	29	31
Matt Paradis	1	4	29	30
Evan Mathis	1	2	30	31
Vernon Davis	1	1	25	21
Ryan Harris	0	2	5	1
Michael Schofield	0	2	3	0

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Riley Reiff	1	3	12	3	55
Michael Burton	1	1	5	0	16
Laken Tomlinson	0	2	12	2	54
Larry Warford	0	2	12	0	52
Daryl Williams	0	1	12	1	52
Albert Wright	0	1	12	1	53
Timothy Wright	0	1	8	0	34
Tyrus Thompson	0	0	0	1	4

Special Teams Tackles

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Cody Latimer	3	25
Owen Daniels	1	17
Jordan Norwood	1	16
T.J. Ward	1	11
Aqib Talib	1	10
Louis Vasquez	1	9
Brenden Kournikova	1	9

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Don Muhlbach	2	11
Don Carey	1	13
Zach Zenner	1	2

Participation

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Aqib Talib	---	---	12	55	10	77
T.J. Ward	---	---	12	54	11	77
Chris Harris	---	---	12	55	5	72
Louis Vasquez	29	30	---	---	9	68
David Bruton	---	---	12	51	1	64
Emmanuel Sanders	25	29	---	---	9	63
Brandon Marshall	---	---	12	50	1	63
Peyton Manning	31	31	---	---	---	62
Evan Mathis	30	31	---	---	1	62
Von Miller	---	---	12	48	1	61
Ryan Clady	29	31	---	---	---	60
Tyler Polumbus	28	31	---	---	---	59
Bradley Roby	---	---	9	40	10	59
Matt Paradis	29	30	---	---	---	59
Vernon Davis	25	21	---	---	12	58
Demaryius Thomas	25	29	---	---	---	54
Sammy Ostwald	22	13	---	---	16	51
Vance Walker	---	---	8	39	2	49
DeMarcus Ware	---	---	7	35	4	46
Ronnie Hillman	20	16	---	---	10	46
Derek Wolfe	---	---	9	32	3	44
Sylvester Williams	---	---	3	30	5	38
Brandon Armendariz	---	---	9	25	3	37
Theo Riddick	7	2	---	---	27	36
Artie Lawniczak	---	---	3	23	10	36
Cody Latimer	5	5	---	---	25	35
Bennie Fowler	10	18	---	---	2	30
Owen Daniels	5	5	---	---	17	27
Lorenzo Doss	---	---	0	6	20	26
Marlon Kriewaldt	---	---	3	14	9	26
Shaquil Barrett	---	---	0	5	20	25
Ryan Murphy	---	---	5	19	---	24
C.J. Anderson	9	12	---	---	---	21
Malik Jackson	---	---	4	16	---	20
Jordan Norwood	1	1	---	---	16	18
Ryan Harris	5	1	---	---	9	15
Michael Schofield	3	0	---	---	9	12
Shane Ray	---	---	0	4	8	12
James Ferentz	2	1	---	---	8	11
Brenden Kournikova	0	0	---	---	9	9
Gilbert Brooks	0	0	---	---	8	8
Paul Booker	0	0	---	---	8	8
Andre Caldwell	1	4	---	---	---	5
Ramik Wilson	---	---	0	4	---	4
Brock Osweiler	0	0	---	---	1	1
Trevor Siemian	0	0	---	---	---	0

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Quandre Diggs	---	---	31	29	21	81
Larry Warford	12	52	---	---	10	74
Riley Reiff	12	55	---	---	1	68
Laken Tomlinson	12	54	---	---	1	67
Albert Wright	12	53	---	---	---	65
Matthew Stafford	12	52	---	---	---	64
Daryl Williams	12	52	---	---	---	64
Travis Lewis	---	---	25	26	10	61
James Ihedigbo	---	---	26	30	2	58
C.J. Wilson	---	---	23	27	8	58
Ameer Abdullah	6	32	---	---	17	55
Devin Taylor	---	---	25	26	2	53
T.J. Jones	10	42	---	---	1	53
Corey Fuller	11	41	---	---	---	52
Brandon Copeland	---	---	19	17	16	52
Khyri Thornton	---	---	26	24	1	51
Alex Carter	---	---	23	27	1	51
Isa Abdul-Quddus	---	---	20	28	1	49
Timothy Wright	8	34	---	---	7	49
Rashean Mathis	---	---	10	4	32	46
Ezekiel Ansah	---	---	19	26	1	46
George Winn	9	37	---	---	---	46
Darius Slay	---	---	17	24	1	42
Brice Butler	8	33	---	---	---	41
Caraun Reid	---	---	19	13	8	40
Tahir Whitehead	---	---	19	18	1	38
Michael Burton	5	16	---	---	16	37
Josh Bynes	---	---	16	11	7	34
Joique Bell	0	5	---	---	28	33
Brandon Pettigrew	0	12	---	---	20	32
Don Carey	---	---	8	2	13	23
Zach Zenner	3	16	---	---	2	21
Darryl Tapp	---	---	14	6	---	20
Leonard Tucker	0	1	---	---	17	18
Deonte Thompson	0	6	---	---	10	16
LaAdrian Waddle	0	5	---	---	11	16
Don Muhlbach	0	0	---	---	11	11
Josh Wilson	---	---	1	3	7	11
Sam Martin	0	0	---	---	11	11
Manny Ramirez	0	0	---	---	10	10
Travis Swanson	0	0	---	---	10	10
Tyrus Thompson	0	4	---	---	1	5
Matt Prater	0	0	---	---	3	3
Ricky Stanzi	0	3	---	---	---	3
Dan Orlovsky	0	0	---	---	---	0
Nevin Lawson	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	43	3.6
Middle	10	23	2.3
Right	9	32	3.6
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	16	2.7
Middle	5	0	0.0
Right	1	0	0.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Peyton Manning	31	19	4	0	2	2	5	0	1

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Matthew Stafford	46	29	3	1	2	5	7	5	0
Ricky Stanzi	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	38	6.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	7	72	6.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	5	79	8.8
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	39	7.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	10	9	53	5.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	12	122	6.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	8	83	5.2
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	17	8.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Demaryius Thomas	10	3	2	60	1	29
WR Emmanuel Sanders	8	6	0	69	2	29
WR Bennie Fowler	4	3	0	51	1	18
TE Vernon Davis	3	1	0	11	0	21
RB C.J. Anderson	2	2	0	-2	0	12
TE Owen Daniels	1	1	0	9	0	5
WR Andre Caldwell	1	1	0	5	0	4
WR Cody Latimer	1	1	0	6	0	5
FB Sammy Ostwald	1	1	0	19	0	13

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Corey Fuller	11	6	0	48	0	41
WR T.J. Jones	10	6	2	42	0	42
TE Timothy Wright	7	4	0	54	1	34
WR Brice Butler	6	5	0	37	0	33
RB Ameer Abdullah	6	3	0	8	0	32
TE Brandon Pettigrew	2	1	0	10	0	12
TE Michael Burton	2	2	0	42	1	16
RB Zach Zenner	2	2	0	14	0	16
RB Joique Bell	1	1	0	20	1	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ronnie Hillman	2	5	2.50	2.58
C.J. Anderson	1	4	4.00	4.67

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
George Winn	1	-3	-3.00	-0.50

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Peyton Manning	2	0	0	0.00	7.35

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Demaryius Thomas	2	0	0	0.00	6.00

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
C.J. Anderson	3	3
Peyton Manning	1	0
Ronnie Hillman	1	1
Theo Riddick	1	0

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Peyton Manning	10	6	3

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Matthew Stafford	14	7	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Demaryius Thomas	4	2	2
WR Emmanuel Sanders	2	1	0
TE Owen Daniels	1	1	0
TE Vernon Davis	1	1	1
WR Andre Caldwell	1	1	0
WR Bennie Fowler	1	0	0

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Corey Fuller	4	2	1
TE Timothy Wright	3	1	0
WR Brice Butler	2	2	0
RB Ameer Abdullah	2	0	0
TE Brandon Pettigrew	1	0	0
RB Joique Bell	1	1	0
WR T.J. Jones	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 63,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,200 (21,400)
End Zone 13,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,300 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,000 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	63,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,200 (21,400)
End Zone	13,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,300 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,000 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,200 (3,300)