Week 1, 2057

played in Kansas City, MO

69 degrees, fair, 4 mph wind

Denver Broncos	0	7	3	0	-	10
Kansas City Chiefs	7	7	0	3	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 00:17 KCY - Rusty Fleischmann 7 run (Broderick Corbett extra point)
2Q: 06:29 DEN - Stan Ballard 12 pass from Damien McElroy (K.C. Martinez extra point)
2Q: 02:19 KCY - Santiago Ellard 11 pass from Brock Dixon (Broderick Corbett extra point)
3Q: 06:24 DEN - K.C. Martinez 32 field goal
4Q: 01:48 KCY - Broderick Corbett 46 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 00:17 KCY - Rusty Fleischmann 7 run (Broderick Corbett extra point)
2Q: 06:29 DEN - Stan Ballard 12 pass from Damien McElroy (K.C. Martinez extra point)
2Q: 02:19 KCY - Santiago Ellard 11 pass from Brock Dixon (Broderick Corbett extra point)
3Q: 06:24 DEN - K.C. Martinez 32 field goal
4Q: 01:48 KCY - Broderick Corbett 46 field goal

Team Statistics DEN KCY
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 22 15
- by Rushing 6 8
- by Passing 14 7
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 369 303
- Offensive Plays 68 55
- Yards per Play 5.43 5.51
Net Rushing Yards 115 153
- Rushing Attempts 26 36
- Yards per Rush 4.42 4.25
Net Passing Yards 254 150
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 40 - 21 - 1 19 - 12 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 266 150
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/12 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 6.05 7.89
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/16 4/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.1 6.8
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/30 6/40
Punt Returns/Yards 3/5 2/27
Kick Returns/Yards 4/82 1/25
Interception Ret./Yards 1/16 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 19 OWN 31
Time of Possession 31:07 28:53

Team Statistics	DEN	KCY
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	22	15
- by Rushing	6	8
- by Passing	14	7
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	369	303
- Offensive Plays	68	55
- Yards per Play	5.43	5.51
Net Rushing Yards	115	153
- Rushing Attempts	26	36
- Yards per Rush	4.42	4.25
Net Passing Yards	254	150
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	40 - 21 - 1	19 - 12 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	266	150
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/12	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	6.05	7.89
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/16	4/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.1	6.8
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/30	6/40
Punt Returns/Yards	3/5	2/27
Kick Returns/Yards	4/82	1/25
Interception Ret./Yards	1/16	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 19	OWN 31
Time of Possession	31:07	28:53

Drive Charts

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:55	OWN 30	3	-11	Punt
1	9:50	5:14	OWN 4	9	69	Missed FG
1	0:08	1:26	OWN 25	3	-1	Punt
2	12:24	6:05	OWN 1	12	99	Touchdown
2	2:08	1:15	OWN 34	6	13	Punt
3	11:46	0:51	OWN 3	2	28	Interception
3	10:09	3:51	OWN 32	10	53	Field Goal
3	4:25	2:04	OWN 16	4	20	Punt
4	14:45	2:09	OWN 19	5	15	Punt
4	11:13	1:10	OWN 20	3	-8	Punt
4	8:27	3:55	OWN 20	6	44	Missed FG
4	1:40	1:40	OWN 28	6	58	Game

Kansas City Chiefs
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:05	3:15	OWN 37	6	23	Punt
1	4:36	4:28	OWN 34	8	66	Touchdown
2	13:42	1:18	OWN 36	3	7	Punt
2	6:19	4:11	OWN 28	7	72	Touchdown
2	0:53	0:53	OWN 20	2	39	Half
3	15:00	3:14	OWN 25	6	22	Punt
3	10:55	0:46	OPP 34	2	-4	Interception
3	6:18	1:53	OWN 25	3	8	Punt
3	2:21	2:36	OWN 1	6	17	Punt
4	12:36	1:23	OWN 26	3	6	Punt
4	10:03	1:36	OWN 35	3	9	Punt
4	4:32	2:52	OWN 43	6	28	Field Goal

Game MVP: Glenn Harper, Kansas City Chiefs

Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Dave Wigtil	19	68	3.58	28	3
RB Josiah Pederson	3	20	6.67	14	1
RB Irving Henson	2	4	2.00	2	0
QB Damien McElroy	2	23	11.50	18	1

Kansas City	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Terrance Ellison	12	41	3.42	10	2	0
RB Rusty Fleischmann	11	67	6.09	16	2	1
RB Frank McCalla	10	34	3.40	10	2	0
QB Brock Dixon	1	3	3.00	3	0	0
RB Donnell Flannery	1	3	3.00	3	0	0
WR Wendell Ramirez	1	5	5.00	5	0	0

Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Damien McElroy	40	21	266	2/12	1	52	1	71.5

Kansas City	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Brock Dixon	19	12	150	0/0	1	31	1	83.2

Receiving Statistics

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Stan Ballard	11	14	128	11.64	37	20	1
TE Dean Heybach	4	4	78	19.50	31	52	0
WR Dana Marshall	3	6	31	10.33	0	13	0
RB Dave Wigtil	2	4	25	12.50	16	26	0
WR Drake Coffey	1	7	4	4.00	0	4	0
TE Kennedy Kramer	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Butch Hawkins	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Irving Henson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Frank Irwin	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Kansas City	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Ernie Workman	5	8	52	10.40	8	21	0
WR Wendell Ramirez	2	3	34	17.00	7	23	0
WR Juan Lake	2	2	39	19.50	1	31	0
TE Santiago Ellard	1	2	11	11.00	0	11	1
TE Kelvin Patton	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
FB Broderick Rodgers	1	3	3	3.00	0	3	0

Interception Statistics

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Gavin Rodriguez	1	16	16.00	0

Kansas City	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Riley Everett	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Denver	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Kansas City	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
C.J. Peterson	6	320	53.3	45.5	63	2

Kansas City	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Chance Hardy	7	358	51.1	47.6	56	5

Kicking Statistics

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
K.C. Martinez	1/3	0/2	0/1	32	1/1

Kansas City	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Broderick Corbett	1/1	1/1	0/0	46	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Troy Morris	3	5	1.7	0

Kansas City	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ernie Workman	2	27	13.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bill Gilmore	3	65	21.7	0
Troy Morris	1	17	17.0	0

Kansas City	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ernie Workman	1	25	25.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Braden Gonzalez	9	4	0.0	36	19
OLB Caleb Vance	5	2	0.0	15	12
CB Dashawn Tarplin	5	0	0.0	24	14
OLB Ronnie Hernandez	4	2	0.0	23	11
DE Gregory Hartman	4	1	0.0	33	18
S Gavin Rodriguez	3	3	0.0	36	19
OLB Emmett Ruggiero	3	0	0.0	19	9
DT Luther Ellard	3	0	0.0	22	9
CB Gabe Gansereit	2	1	0.0	36	19
DT Jameson Raag	2	1	0.0	29	18
DE Kendel Thomas	2	0	0.0	26	10
OLB Charles Walton	1	3	0.0	12	5
DT Carson Branch	1	2	0.0	21	11
ILB Leonardo Shaw	1	0	0.0	12	8
WR Frank Irwin	1	0	---	---	---
CB Ryan Ellard	1	0	0.0	3	7

Kansas City	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Brayden Foster	6	5	0.0	18	29
ILB Brayden Turnbull	6	2	0.0	23	28
S R.J. Bernard	5	0	0.0	26	42
ILB Giovanni Boyer	5	0	0.0	7	11
CB Erik Hoekstra	4	2	0.0	25	39
CB Robbie Whalen	4	0	0.0	17	25
S Ron Foster	3	1	0.0	9	13
DT Chuck Thomason	3	0	0.0	19	26
OLB Marty Kell	2	4	0.5	26	42
CB Riley Everett	2	0	0.0	20	39
DE Branden McGwire	1	0	1.0	3	18
DT Alfredo Talley	1	1	0.5	5	10
DT Lawrence Foreman	1	2	0.0	20	25
OLB Owen Smetana	1	1	0.0	11	25
TE Santiago Ellard	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Marlon Simmons	1	0	0.0	22	22
CB Gustavo Covington	1	0	0.0	24	40
CB Jared Jamison	1	0	0.0	1	2
DE Carter Fairchild	0	1	0.0	1	2

Pass Rush Statistics

Denver	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Emmett Ruggiero	1	1	9
DT Jameson Raag	1	1	18
DE Kendel Thomas	1	0	10
DE Dakota Kling	1	0	7
DE Gregory Hartman	0	1	18

Kansas City	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Branden McGwire	1.0	3	0	18
OLB Marty Kell	0.5	1	3	42
DT Alfredo Talley	0.5	1	0	10
OLB Marlon Simmons	0.0	1	2	22
DT Barry James	0.0	1	0	23
DT Chuck Thomason	0.0	0	1	26

Pass Defense Statistics

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Dashawn Tarplin	3	0	0	14
S Gavin Rodriguez	2	0	1	19
OLB Ronnie Hernandez	2	0	0	11
OLB Caleb Vance	2	0	0	12
CB Gabe Gansereit	1	0	0	19
S Braden Gonzalez	1	0	0	19
CB Ryan Ellard	1	0	0	7
CB Antonio Conaway	0	1	0	11

Kansas City	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Brayden Foster	4	1	0	29
ILB Giovanni Boyer	4	0	0	11
CB Robbie Whalen	4	0	0	25
CB Riley Everett	2	1	1	39
ILB Brayden Turnbull	2	0	0	28
CB Gustavo Covington	1	1	0	40
S R.J. Bernard	1	0	0	42
CB Erik Hoekstra	1	0	0	39
OLB Owen Smetana	1	0	0	25
CB Jared Jamison	1	0	0	2

Blocking Statistics

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G David Malinowski	4	8	26	2	42
T Cesar Barton	1	6	26	0	42
T Rufus Groh	1	4	26	0	42
C Evan McLemore	1	2	26	0	42
TE Kennedy Kramer	1	1	20	0	24
G Trenton Farrell	0	3	26	0	42

Kansas City	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
C Glenn Harper	5	10	0	36	19
G Dixon Akroyd	4	11	1	36	19
T Tony Malewitz	2	5	0	36	19
G Spencer Hardy	2	2	0	36	19
C Frederick McGregor	1	5	0	31	17
TE Kelvin Patton	1	1	0	15	9
FB Broderick Rodgers	1	1	0	7	7

Special Teams Tackles

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Ronnie Hernandez	1	20
Troy Morris	1	17
Stan Ballard	1	13

Kansas City	Tackles	STPlays
R.J. Bernard	2	16
Don Harden	1	20
Giovanni Boyer	1	20
Terrance Ellison	1	19
Harrison Jones	1	8
Corbin Borders	1	4

Participation

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
WR Stan Ballard	24	41	---	---	13	78
G David Malinowski	26	42	---	---	9	77
T Cesar Barton	26	42	---	---	9	77
T Rufus Groh	26	42	---	---	9	77
G Trenton Farrell	26	42	---	---	9	77
C Evan McLemore	26	42	---	---	---	68
QB Damien McElroy	26	42	---	---	---	68
WR Dana Marshall	24	41	---	---	---	65
CB Gabe Gansereit	---	---	36	19	9	64
RB Dave Wigtil	21	31	---	---	9	61
S Gavin Rodriguez	---	---	36	19	5	60
S Braden Gonzalez	---	---	36	19	1	56
DT Jameson Raag	---	---	29	18	8	55
OLB Ronnie Hernandez	---	---	23	11	20	54
TE Dean Heybach	7	22	---	---	23	52
DE Gregory Hartman	---	---	33	18	1	52
OLB Emmett Ruggiero	---	---	19	9	20	48
TE Kennedy Kramer	20	24	---	---	---	44
CB Antonio Conaway	---	---	32	11	---	43
CB Dashawn Tarplin	---	---	24	14	1	39
WR Drake Coffey	18	20	---	---	1	39
RB Irving Henson	5	10	---	---	23	38
DE Kendel Thomas	---	---	26	10	---	36
DT Luther Ellard	---	---	22	9	1	32
DT Carson Branch	---	---	21	11	---	32
OLB Caleb Vance	---	---	15	12	1	28
TE Butch Hawkins	7	19	---	---	---	26
CB Ryan Ellard	---	---	3	7	14	24
ILB Leonardo Shaw	---	---	12	8	1	21
WR Troy Morris	1	0	---	---	17	18
OLB Charles Walton	---	---	12	5	---	17
DE Dakota Kling	---	---	7	7	1	15
WR Frank Irwin	0	1	---	---	13	14
S Bill Gilmore	---	---	0	0	14	14
S Kody Yaw	---	---	10	2	---	12
C Jacob Fishman	0	0	---	---	9	9
P C.J. Peterson	0	0	---	---	9	9
DE Chad Wickman	---	---	0	0	7	7
K K.C. Martinez	0	0	---	---	6	6
RB Josiah Pederson	3	1	---	---	1	5
G Harry LaPierre	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Manuel Bauer	0	0	---	---	---	0
DE Elliot Kreuser	---	---	0	0	---	0
DT Tyrell Aschbacher	---	---	0	0	---	0
T Elliot Elliott	0	0	---	---	---	0
OLB Jamie Collier	---	---	0	0	---	0

Kansas City	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
S R.J. Bernard	---	---	26	42	16	84
OLB Marty Kell	---	---	26	42	3	71
CB Erik Hoekstra	---	---	25	39	3	67
CB Gustavo Covington	---	---	24	40	3	67
T Tony Malewitz	36	19	---	---	8	63
G Spencer Hardy	36	19	---	---	8	63
CB Riley Everett	---	---	20	39	3	62
WR Ernie Workman	35	18	---	---	9	62
QB Brock Dixon	36	19	---	---	1	56
WR Wendell Ramirez	29	13	---	---	14	56
C Glenn Harper	36	19	---	---	---	55
G Dixon Akroyd	36	19	---	---	---	55
ILB Brayden Turnbull	---	---	23	28	---	51
ILB Brayden Foster	---	---	18	29	3	50
C Frederick McGregor	31	17	---	---	---	48
DT Chuck Thomason	---	---	19	26	2	47
DT Lawrence Foreman	---	---	20	25	1	46
CB Robbie Whalen	---	---	17	25	3	45
TE Tommy Henry	12	11	---	---	21	44
OLB Marlon Simmons	---	---	22	22	---	44
RB Terrance Ellison	13	12	---	---	19	44
DE Branden McGwire	---	---	3	18	20	41
OLB Owen Smetana	---	---	11	25	3	39
ILB Giovanni Boyer	---	---	7	11	20	38
S Ron Foster	---	---	9	13	13	35
DT Barry James	---	---	8	23	3	34
WR Juan Lake	15	9	---	---	---	24
TE Kelvin Patton	15	9	---	---	---	24
RB Rusty Fleischmann	18	5	---	---	---	23
ILB Don Harden	---	---	1	1	20	22
DT Alfredo Talley	---	---	5	10	6	21
WR Calvin Shrawder	9	2	---	---	7	18
TE Santiago Ellard	9	5	---	---	---	14
RB Frank McCalla	11	3	---	---	---	14
FB Broderick Rodgers	7	7	---	---	---	14
RB Corbin Borders	6	1	---	---	4	11
RB Donnell Flannery	1	0	---	---	9	10
DE Carter Fairchild	---	---	1	2	6	9
TE Harrison Jones	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Frankie Wilson	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Lionel Galloway	0	0	---	---	8	8
P Chance Hardy	0	0	---	---	7	7
T Demetrius Poole	5	2	---	---	---	7
K Broderick Corbett	0	0	---	---	5	5
CB Jared Jamison	---	---	1	2	---	3
QB Marvin Browning	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	20	6.7
Middle	13	91	7.0
Right	10	4	0.4
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	38	4.8
Middle	15	63	4.2
Right	13	52	4.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Damien McElroy	40	21	3	3	4	3	7	6	1

Kansas City	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Brock Dixon	19	12	3	1	0	1	4	3	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	12	101	5.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	5	69	5.8
Long (19+ Yds)	7	4	96	13.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	6	50	6.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	3	25	4.2
Long (19+ Yds)	5	3	75	15.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Stan Ballard	14	11	1	128	1	41
WR Drake Coffey	7	1	1	4	0	20
WR Dana Marshall	6	3	0	31	0	41
TE Dean Heybach	4	4	0	78	1	22
RB Dave Wigtil	4	2	1	25	1	31
TE Kennedy Kramer	1	0	0	0	0	24
TE Butch Hawkins	1	0	0	0	0	19
RB Irving Henson	1	0	1	0	0	10
WR Frank Irwin	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ernie Workman	8	5	52	1	18
WR Wendell Ramirez	3	2	34	1	13
FB Broderick Rodgers	3	1	3	0	7
TE Santiago Ellard	2	1	11	0	5
WR Juan Lake	2	2	39	1	9
TE Kelvin Patton	1	1	11	0	9

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Kansas City	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Rusty Fleischmann	1	7	7.00	6.09

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Damien McElroy	4	2	16	4.00	6.65

Kansas City	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Brock Dixon	1	1	11	11.00	7.89

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Dana Marshall	1	0	0	0.00	5.17
RB Irving Henson	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Stan Ballard	1	1	12	12.00	9.14
WR Drake Coffey	1	1	4	4.00	0.57

Kansas City	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Santiago Ellard	1	1	11	11.00	5.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
RB Irving Henson	1	1
RB Dave Wigtil	1	0
QB Damien McElroy	1	1

Kansas City	Rushes	Conversions
RB Terrance Ellison	4	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Damien McElroy	12	5	4

Kansas City	Att	Comp	Conversions
Brock Dixon	8	5	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Dean Heybach	3	3	3
WR Dana Marshall	3	1	1
WR Stan Ballard	3	1	0
WR Drake Coffey	2	0	0
TE Butch Hawkins	1	0	0

Kansas City	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ernie Workman	4	3	1
FB Broderick Rodgers	2	0	0
WR Juan Lake	1	1	1
TE Kelvin Patton	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 79,200 (80,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 23,800 (24,300)
End Zone 17,600 (17,600)
Mezzanine 10,100 (10,100)
Sideline Seats 15,500 (15,500)
Club Seats 8,000 (8,000)
Luxury Boxes 4,200 (4,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	79,200 (80,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	23,800 (24,300)
End Zone	17,600 (17,600)
Mezzanine	10,100 (10,100)
Sideline Seats	15,500 (15,500)
Club Seats	8,000 (8,000)
Luxury Boxes	4,200 (4,500)