Week 1, 2028

played in Los Angeles (A), CA

88 degrees, rain, 7 mph wind

Denver Broncos	0	3	0	10	-	13
Los Angeles (A) Chargers	3	0	14	3	-	20

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:42 LAC - Wade Benson 36 field goal
2Q: 00:03 DEN - Shaun Gomez 48 field goal
3Q: 11:07 LAC - J.T. Bernard 11 pass from Deion Strickland (Wade Benson extra point)
3Q: 03:31 LAC - Ian Grier 10 run (Wade Benson extra point)
4Q: 14:29 LAC - Wade Benson 43 field goal
4Q: 09:10 DEN - Shaun Gomez 46 field goal
4Q: 03:22 DEN - Alejandro Wilkerson 10 run (Shaun Gomez extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:42 LAC - Wade Benson 36 field goal
2Q: 00:03 DEN - Shaun Gomez 48 field goal
3Q: 11:07 LAC - J.T. Bernard 11 pass from Deion Strickland (Wade Benson extra point)
3Q: 03:31 LAC - Ian Grier 10 run (Wade Benson extra point)
4Q: 14:29 LAC - Wade Benson 43 field goal
4Q: 09:10 DEN - Shaun Gomez 46 field goal
4Q: 03:22 DEN - Alejandro Wilkerson 10 run (Shaun Gomez extra point)

Team Statistics DEN LAC
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 17 20
- by Rushing 3 4
- by Passing 13 14
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 300 376
- Offensive Plays 67 61
- Yards per Play 4.48 6.16
Net Rushing Yards 34 81
- Rushing Attempts 19 30
- Yards per Rush 1.79 2.70
Net Passing Yards 266 295
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 46 - 29 - 1 30 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 274 303
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/8 1/8
- Yards per Pass Play 5.54 9.52
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/16 2/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.4 12.3
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/40 8/70
Punt Returns/Yards 1/12 2/30
Kick Returns/Yards 3/61 1/32
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 1/13
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 32
Time of Possession 30:59 29:01

Team Statistics	DEN	LAC
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	17	20
- by Rushing	3	4
- by Passing	13	14
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	300	376
- Offensive Plays	67	61
- Yards per Play	4.48	6.16
Net Rushing Yards	34	81
- Rushing Attempts	19	30
- Yards per Rush	1.79	2.70
Net Passing Yards	266	295
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	46 - 29 - 1	30 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	274	303
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/8	1/8
- Yards per Pass Play	5.54	9.52
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/16	2/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.4	12.3
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/40	8/70
Punt Returns/Yards	1/12	2/30
Kick Returns/Yards	3/61	1/32
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	1/13
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 24	OWN 32
Time of Possession	30:59	29:01

Drive Charts

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:36	2:35	OWN 27	3	4	Punt
1	4:24	2:01	OWN 32	3	2	Punt
2	14:53	2:25	OWN 22	4	11	Punt
2	10:50	2:46	OWN 19	5	20	Punt
2	6:19	1:38	OWN 20	4	23	Punt
2	1:51	1:51	OWN 20	4	49	Field Goal
3	15:00	1:45	OWN 36	3	-5	Punt
3	11:19	0:12	OWN 12	1	0	Interception
3	10:56	4:43	OWN 25	9	34	Punt
3	3:20	1:42	OWN 25	3	9	Punt
4	14:23	5:21	OWN 28	9	43	Field Goal
4	5:54	2:43	OWN 34	11	66	Touchdown
4	1:34	1:34	OWN 20	8	34	Game

Los Angeles (A) Chargers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:24	OWN 37	7	44	Field Goal
1	8:01	3:37	OWN 23	8	60	Missed FG
1	2:23	2:30	OWN 19	5	9	Punt
2	12:28	1:38	OWN 35	3	-11	Punt
2	8:04	1:45	OWN 31	4	13	Punt
2	4:41	2:50	OWN 20	6	41	Punt
3	13:15	1:56	50	5	7	Interception
3	11:07	0:11	OPP 11	1	11	Touchdown
3	6:13	2:53	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
3	1:38	2:15	OWN 23	6	51	Field Goal
4	9:02	3:08	OWN 14	4	17	Punt
4	3:11	1:37	OWN 25	7	24	Punt

Game MVP: Deion Strickland, Los Angeles (A) Chargers

Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB John Heidorn	9	20	2.22	5	0	0
QB Todd Sandoval	5	1	0.20	4	0	0
WR Luke Brookshire	4	3	0.75	4	0	0
QB Alejandro Wilkerson	1	10	10.00	10	1	1

Los Angeles (A)	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Ian Grier	19	51	2.68	18	4	1
WR Deion Strickland	4	5	1.25	8	0	0
WR Samuel Atkins	3	1	0.33	4	0	0
RB Dustin Weinberg	2	6	3.00	3	0	0
RB Manuel Shehee	2	18	9.00	17	1	0

Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Todd Sandoval	25	18	162	2/8	0	32	1	72.4
Alejandro Wilkerson	21	11	112	0/0	0	27	0	67.9

Los Angeles (A)	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Deion Strickland	30	23	303	1/8	1	47	1	105.3

Receiving Statistics

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Wendell Tait	7	11	46	6.57	14	18
WR Jackie Kanu	6	9	57	9.50	23	17
TE Ken Walters	5	8	71	14.20	36	32
RB John Heidorn	3	4	33	11.00	7	16
FB Raul Austin	3	4	-2	-0.67	1	1
WR Kai Barnes	2	2	23	11.50	19	18
WR Luke Brookshire	2	4	34	17.00	29	27
TE Zachary Cates	1	1	12	12.00	0	12
WR Amari McAdams	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Los Angeles (A)	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Shaun Germany	4	8	67	16.75	37	35	0
RB Ian Grier	4	4	37	9.25	22	19	0
TE Earnest Garvey	4	6	78	19.50	49	47	0
WR Daniel Bauer	3	3	34	11.33	2	18	0
WR Larry Hoedemaker	2	2	41	20.50	28	31	0
RB Dustin Weinberg	2	2	8	4.00	0	4	0
TE J.T. Bernard	2	3	14	7.00	11	11	1
WR Samuel Atkins	2	2	24	12.00	0	13	0

Interception Statistics

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Moe Linquist	1	0	0.00	0

Los Angeles (A)	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Dale Reardon	1	13	13.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Denver	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
QB Todd Sandoval	1	0	0	0
C Dalton Strong	0	1	0	0

Los Angeles (A)	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
ILB Emmanuel Cote	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Kris Maxwell	8	345	43.1	34.4	57	1

Los Angeles (A)	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jeffrey Lochner	6	300	50.0	38.0	62	2

Kicking Statistics

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Shaun Gomez	2/2	2/2	0/0	48	1/1

Los Angeles (A)	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Wade Benson	2/3	1/1	0/0	43	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Amari McAdams	1	12	12.0	0

Los Angeles (A)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Daniel Bauer	2	30	15.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Luke Brookshire	2	33	16.5	0
Amari McAdams	1	28	28.0	0

Los Angeles (A)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Shaun Germany	1	32	32.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Marcos Phillips	7	1	1.0	22	29
ILB Gustavo Unruh	7	2	0.0	26	29
S Reginald Ioane	6	4	0.0	29	24
DT Sawyer Corzine	5	0	0.0	20	26
DE Percy Hoffman	4	2	0.0	25	28
S Troy Gallery	4	1	0.0	15	19
OLB J.B. Ketchum	3	1	0.0	28	22
OLB Marshall Johnston	3	0	0.0	5	9
S Lenny Hume	2	0	0.0	11	11
CB Moe Linquist	2	0	0.0	4	9
CB Jorge Beyer	2	0	0.0	29	28
DE Al Katzenmoyer	1	2	0.0	28	23
ILB Giovanni Harris	1	1	0.0	12	9
CB Edwin Harris	1	1	0.0	9	8
DT Derek McIntyre	1	0	0.0	10	5
RB John Heidorn	1	0	---	---	---
CB Drake Richard	1	0	0.0	27	22
DE Andres Bradford	1	0	0.0	9	12
S Grayson Marlotti	0	1	0.0	5	8

Los Angeles (A)	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Emmanuel Cote	7	1	1.0	16	41
DT Ian Wolf	5	2	1.0	14	39
ILB Mackenzie Barlow	5	1	0.0	19	48
CB Roberto Glaros	5	0	0.0	19	48
S Dale Reardon	4	3	0.0	15	32
CB Caden Joseph	4	1	0.0	16	44
DE Ross Brock	4	0	0.0	16	39
DT Lamont Burroughs	3	1	0.0	16	40
S Raul Mahoney	3	0	0.0	17	40
DE Colin Peterson	2	1	0.0	14	35
DT Karl Bolasina	2	0	0.0	5	9
DE Rex Moss	2	0	0.0	5	13
ILB Avery Satchel	1	2	0.0	9	19
CB Bryant Loiseau	1	1	0.0	12	27
WR Shaun Germany	1	0	---	---	---
CB Dalton Crites	1	0	0.0	3	13

Pass Rush Statistics

Denver	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Marcos Phillips	1.0	0	29
DE Al Katzenmoyer	0.0	1	23
DT Sawyer Corzine	0.0	1	26

Los Angeles (A)	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Emmanuel Cote	1.0	0	0	41
DT Ian Wolf	1.0	0	0	39
DE Ross Brock	0.0	3	2	39
CB Roberto Glaros	0.0	1	0	48
DE Robert Cobb	0.0	1	0	17
ILB Mackenzie Barlow	0.0	0	1	48

Pass Defense Statistics

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Marshall Johnston	3	1	0	9
ILB Gustavo Unruh	3	0	0	29
OLB Marcos Phillips	3	0	0	29
CB Moe Linquist	2	0	1	9
S Troy Gallery	2	0	0	19
ILB Giovanni Harris	2	0	0	9
S Reginald Ioane	2	0	0	24
S Lenny Hume	2	0	0	11
DE Percy Hoffman	1	0	0	28
DT Sawyer Corzine	1	0	0	26
OLB J.B. Ketchum	1	0	0	22
CB Jorge Beyer	1	0	0	28
CB Colby Hester	0	1	0	19

Los Angeles (A)	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Emmanuel Cote	5	1	0	41
CB Roberto Glaros	5	0	0	48
ILB Mackenzie Barlow	5	0	0	48
CB Caden Joseph	3	2	0	44
S Dale Reardon	2	1	1	32
S Raul Mahoney	2	0	0	40
DE Ross Brock	2	0	0	39
DE Colin Peterson	2	0	0	35
DE Rex Moss	1	0	0	13
DT Ian Wolf	1	0	0	39
CB Dalton Crites	1	0	0	13
S Salvador Downs	0	3	0	12

Blocking Statistics

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Ruben Goodwin	2	6	19	1	48
G Les Garner	1	4	19	1	48
G Andrew Haynesworth	0	3	19	0	48
C Dalton Strong	0	3	19	0	48
TE Zachary Cates	0	1	5	0	17
TE Ken Walters	0	1	19	0	46

Los Angeles (A)	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Craig George	2	6	30	0	31
T Alexis Howard	2	6	30	0	31
G Gino Huntley	2	3	30	0	31
G Reid Scioli	0	10	30	1	31
G Rico Jennings	0	3	23	0	26
TE Thomas Sawyer	0	1	3	0	0

Special Teams Tackles

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Gustavo Unruh	3	14

Los Angeles (A)	Tackles	STPlays
Thomas Sawyer	2	25
Roberto Glaros	1	22
Emmanuel Cote	1	13

Participation

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Andrew Haynesworth	19	48	---	---	10	77
G Les Garner	19	48	---	---	10	77
T Ruben Goodwin	19	48	---	---	10	77
T Daquan O'Neill	19	48	---	---	10	77
ILB Gustavo Unruh	---	---	26	29	14	69
C Dalton Strong	19	48	---	---	---	67
TE Ken Walters	19	46	---	---	---	65
WR Wendell Tait	19	45	---	---	---	64
CB Jorge Beyer	---	---	29	28	3	60
WR Jackie Kanu	16	41	---	---	1	58
DE Percy Hoffman	---	---	25	28	3	56
DT Sawyer Corzine	---	---	20	26	9	55
OLB Marcos Phillips	---	---	22	29	3	54
S Reginald Ioane	---	---	29	24	---	53
DE Al Katzenmoyer	---	---	28	23	---	51
CB Drake Richard	---	---	27	22	1	50
OLB J.B. Ketchum	---	---	28	22	---	50
WR Luke Brookshire	5	24	---	---	18	47
QB Todd Sandoval	17	27	---	---	2	46
OLB Marshall Johnston	---	---	5	9	25	39
CB Edwin Harris	---	---	9	8	22	39
S Troy Gallery	---	---	15	19	4	38
WR Kai Barnes	10	22	---	---	6	38
CB Colby Hester	---	---	15	19	3	37
RB John Heidorn	13	23	---	---	---	36
S Lenny Hume	---	---	11	11	13	35
FB Raul Austin	4	11	---	---	16	31
DE Andres Bradford	---	---	9	12	9	30
WR Amari McAdams	4	8	---	---	16	28
TE Teddy Scheckton	0	1	---	---	24	25
CB Moe Linquist	---	---	4	9	11	24
QB Alejandro Wilkerson	2	21	---	---	---	23
TE Zachary Cates	5	17	---	---	---	22
ILB Giovanni Harris	---	---	12	9	---	21
S Grayson Marlotti	---	---	5	8	3	16
DT Derek McIntyre	---	---	10	5	---	15
WR Tito Martin	0	2	---	---	12	14
ILB Ernie Borders	---	---	1	1	11	13
C Skip Schnebele	0	0	---	---	10	10
P Kris Maxwell	0	0	---	---	8	8
K Shaun Gomez	0	0	---	---	5	5
RB Aiden O'Neal	0	0	---	---	5	5
T Tim Gunn	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Abraham Stanton	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Dennis Diaz	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Rusty Riley	0	0	---	---	---	0

Los Angeles (A)	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Roberto Glaros	---	---	19	48	22	89
ILB Emmanuel Cote	---	---	16	41	13	70
G Reid Scioli	30	31	---	---	9	70
ILB Mackenzie Barlow	---	---	19	48	2	69
DT Lamont Burroughs	---	---	16	40	10	66
G Craig George	30	31	---	---	1	62
WR Shaun Germany	28	31	---	---	3	62
CB Caden Joseph	---	---	16	44	2	62
T Alexis Howard	30	31	---	---	---	61
WR Deion Strickland	30	31	---	---	---	61
G Gino Huntley	30	31	---	---	---	61
S Raul Mahoney	---	---	17	40	1	58
G Rico Jennings	23	26	---	---	6	55
TE Earnest Garvey	26	29	---	---	---	55
DE Ross Brock	---	---	16	39	---	55
WR Samuel Atkins	27	28	---	---	---	55
DT Ian Wolf	---	---	14	39	1	54
DE Colin Peterson	---	---	14	35	1	50
S Dale Reardon	---	---	15	32	1	48
RB Ian Grier	22	20	---	---	---	42
DE Rex Moss	---	---	5	13	23	41
CB Bryant Loiseau	---	---	12	27	2	41
TE J.T. Bernard	10	9	---	---	21	40
WR Larry Hoedemaker	19	17	---	---	3	39
CB Dalton Crites	---	---	3	13	16	32
S Darryl Branch	---	---	2	12	17	31
ILB Avery Satchel	---	---	9	19	---	28
TE Thomas Sawyer	3	0	---	---	25	28
WR Daniel Bauer	8	10	---	---	8	26
DE Robert Cobb	---	---	6	17	2	25
FB Earnest DeNeff	0	4	---	---	19	23
T Jeffery Bismonte	7	5	---	---	9	21
RB Manuel Shehee	2	0	---	---	17	19
S Salvador Downs	---	---	4	12	1	17
DT Karl Bolasina	---	---	5	9	1	15
ILB Jake Duran	---	---	1	0	10	11
C Reggie Shelton	0	0	---	---	9	9
RB Dustin Weinberg	2	7	---	---	---	9
G Devin Looman	0	0	---	---	9	9
DE Grady Coles	---	---	0	0	8	8
RB Leland Battle	0	0	---	---	8	8
K Wade Benson	0	0	---	---	8	8
P Jeffrey Lochner	0	0	---	---	6	6
WR Ross Harding	3	0	---	---	---	3
QB Don Reilly	0	0	---	---	3	3
ILB Floyd Reilly	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	9	1.3
Middle	9	20	2.2
Right	3	5	1.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	-3	-0.4
Middle	18	53	2.9
Right	4	31	7.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Todd Sandoval	25	18	2	2	0	3	1	2	1
Alejandro Wilkerson	21	11	1	1	0	4	4	1	0

Los Angeles (A)	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Deion Strickland	30	23	4	1	1	2	2	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	12	12	83	6.9
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	9	81	5.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	8	110	7.9
Long (19+ Yds)	4	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	65	21.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	13	129	8.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	7	109	13.6
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Wendell Tait	11	7	46	0	45
WR Jackie Kanu	9	6	57	0	41
TE Ken Walters	8	5	71	2	46
RB John Heidorn	4	3	33	0	23
WR Luke Brookshire	4	2	34	1	24
FB Raul Austin	4	3	-2	0	11
WR Amari McAdams	2	0	0	0	8
WR Kai Barnes	2	2	23	0	22
TE Zachary Cates	1	1	12	0	17

Los Angeles (A)	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Shaun Germany	8	4	1	67	1	31
TE Earnest Garvey	6	4	0	78	2	29
RB Ian Grier	4	4	0	37	0	20
WR Daniel Bauer	3	3	0	34	0	10
TE J.T. Bernard	3	2	0	14	0	9
WR Larry Hoedemaker	2	2	0	41	1	17
RB Dustin Weinberg	2	2	0	8	0	7
WR Samuel Atkins	2	2	0	24	0	28

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
QB Alejandro Wilkerson	1	10	10.00	10.00

Los Angeles (A)	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Ian Grier	2	5	2.50	2.68

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Alejandro Wilkerson	2	1	10	5.00	5.33

Los Angeles (A)	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Deion Strickland	4	2	14	3.50	10.10

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jackie Kanu	1	0	0	0.00	6.33
WR Wendell Tait	1	1	10	10.00	4.18

Los Angeles (A)	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Earnest Garvey	3	1	3	1.00	13.00
TE J.T. Bernard	1	1	11	11.00	4.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
QB Todd Sandoval	3	1
WR Luke Brookshire	1	0

Los Angeles (A)	Rushes	Conversions
RB Ian Grier	1	0
RB Dustin Weinberg	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Todd Sandoval	8	6	3
Alejandro Wilkerson	4	3	1

Los Angeles (A)	Att	Comp	Conversions
Deion Strickland	9	7	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Wendell Tait	3	3	1
TE Ken Walters	3	2	1
WR Luke Brookshire	2	1	0
WR Amari McAdams	1	0	0
WR Kai Barnes	1	1	1
WR Jackie Kanu	1	1	1
FB Raul Austin	1	1	0

Los Angeles (A)	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Daniel Bauer	2	2	1
RB Dustin Weinberg	2	2	0
TE J.T. Bernard	2	1	0
WR Shaun Germany	1	0	0
WR Larry Hoedemaker	1	1	1
TE Earnest Garvey	1	1	0

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

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