Week 16, 2031

played in Detroit, MI

68 degrees, fair, calm

Denver Broncos	0	0	7	3	-	10
Detroit Lions	0	0	6	0	-	6

Scoring Summary
3Q: 11:26 DET - Justin Branch 35 field goal
3Q: 06:47 DEN - Rob Benton 13 pass from Ryan Mallett (Wally Richardson extra point)
3Q: 01:46 DET - Justin Branch 24 field goal
4Q: 10:07 DEN - Wally Richardson 30 field goal

Scoring Summary
3Q: 11:26 DET - Justin Branch 35 field goal
3Q: 06:47 DEN - Rob Benton 13 pass from Ryan Mallett (Wally Richardson extra point)
3Q: 01:46 DET - Justin Branch 24 field goal
4Q: 10:07 DEN - Wally Richardson 30 field goal

Team Statistics DEN DET
Record 10-5 8-7
First Downs 11 18
- by Rushing 5 3
- by Passing 6 12
- by Penalty 0 3
Total Net Yards 228 284
- Offensive Plays 52 68
- Yards per Play 4.38 4.18
Net Rushing Yards 113 83
- Rushing Attempts 32 26
- Yards per Rush 3.53 3.19
Net Passing Yards 115 201
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 20 - 14 - 0 41 - 26 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 115 206
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 5.75 4.79
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 4/13 7/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.5 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 6/47 5/30
Punt Returns/Yards 1/10 4/4
Kick Returns/Yards 2/26 3/86
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 19
Time of Possession 27:12 32:48

Team Statistics	DEN	DET
Record	10-5	8-7
First Downs	11	18
- by Rushing	5	3
- by Passing	6	12
- by Penalty	0	3
Total Net Yards	228	284
- Offensive Plays	52	68
- Yards per Play	4.38	4.18
Net Rushing Yards	113	83
- Rushing Attempts	32	26
- Yards per Rush	3.53	3.19
Net Passing Yards	115	201
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	20 - 14 - 0	41 - 26 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	115	206
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	5.75	4.79
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	4/13	7/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.5	7.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	6/47	5/30
Punt Returns/Yards	1/10	4/4
Kick Returns/Yards	2/26	3/86
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 33	OWN 19
Time of Possession	27:12	32:48

Drive Charts

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:13	OWN 20	6	16	Punt
1	9:16	4:35	OWN 35	8	19	Punt
2	14:54	1:25	OWN 46	3	4	Punt
2	8:36	1:26	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
2	3:21	2:50	OWN 23	6	22	Punt
3	11:20	2:19	OWN 20	4	27	Punt
3	7:31	0:53	OPP 20	2	20	Touchdown
3	1:40	6:38	OWN 15	12	72	Field Goal
4	5:59	3:21	OWN 20	5	27	Punt
4	1:10	0:33	OPP 42	3	5	Punt

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:47	2:31	OWN 13	3	7	Punt
1	4:41	4:47	OWN 14	9	40	Fumble
2	13:29	4:53	OWN 20	10	41	Punt
2	7:10	3:49	OWN 6	7	34	Punt
2	0:31	0:31	OWN 20	1	5	Half
3	15:00	3:40	OWN 37	9	45	Field Goal
3	9:01	1:30	OWN 1	3	0	Punt
3	6:38	4:58	OWN 39	11	54	Field Goal
4	10:02	4:03	OWN 32	6	22	Punt
4	2:38	1:28	OWN 11	8	31	Downs
4	0:37	0:37	OWN 20	3	12	Game

Game MVP: Ryan Mallett, Denver Broncos

Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
David Wilson	19	80	4.21	19	3
Horace Wolfe	8	10	1.25	8	0
D.J. Quartucci	3	10	3.33	5	0
Ryan Mallett	2	13	6.50	8	0

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Travis Payton	15	66	4.40	11	1
Richmond Freitag	6	4	0.67	2	0
Dwayne George	4	9	2.25	5	0
J.J. Sutton	1	4	4.00	4	0

Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ryan Mallett	20	14	115	0/0	1	23	0	101.0

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
J.J. Sutton	41	26	206	1/5	0	18	0	75.8

Receiving Statistics

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB David Wilson	5	5	35	7.00	15	10	0
WR Frank Butler	2	2	35	17.50	3	23	0
TE Rob Benton	1	1	13	13.00	4	13	1
RB Horace Wolfe	1	1	6	6.00	1	6	0
WR Kris Carlisle	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
FB D.J. Quartucci	1	2	10	10.00	10	10	0
TE Melvin Wolff	1	2	2	2.00	0	2	0
WR Lenny Bensen	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
TE Casey Hitchcock	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
WR C.J. Clauss	0	4	0	0.00	0	0	0

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
FB Dwayne George	6	6	45	7.50	12	13
WR Lenny Castillo	6	12	56	9.33	0	13
WR Cory Christakes	3	4	27	9.00	5	18
RB Travis Payton	3	5	24	8.00	0	15
WR Donny Epperson	3	4	11	3.67	0	8
WR Antonio Brown	2	5	20	10.00	0	14
TE Lester Hillson	1	1	7	7.00	0	7
RB Richmond Freitag	1	2	9	9.00	0	9
TE Greg Rosenstiel	1	2	7	7.00	0	7

Interception Statistics

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Denver	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Vinny Lawler	0	1	0	0
Omar Bolden	0	0	1	0

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Dwayne George	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Les Johnson	8	371	46.4	40.9	62	6

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
R.J. Lyons	5	196	39.2	29.2	46	0

Kicking Statistics

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Wally Richardson	1/1	0/0	0/0	30	1/1

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Justin Branch	2/2	0/0	0/0	35	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Frank Butler	1	10	10.0	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lenny Castillo	3	1	0.3	0
Damon Sim	1	3	3.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Omar Bolden	2	26	13.0	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Antonio Brown	3	86	28.7	0

Defensive Statistics

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Paul Lawless	10	2	0.0	24	38
S Les Young	7	3	0.0	24	37
CB Amari Spievey	7	1	0.0	19	35
ILB Patrick Angerer	6	4	0.0	22	31
S Mercury Dotson	5	2	0.0	18	30
DT Ethan Losman	4	2	0.0	20	30
DT Chris Zlotnik	3	2	0.0	11	18
OLB Bruce Carter	3	1	0.0	13	10
ILB Devin Holko	2	0	0.0	4	10
DE Bruce Pardee	1	3	1.0	18	25
CB Darryl Grant	1	3	0.0	12	21
DT Larry Meadows	1	0	0.0	12	14
DE Sean Washington	1	0	0.0	16	28
CB Omar Bolden	1	0	0.0	19	33
DE Jared Odrick	0	1	0.0	16	26
S Darrell Stuckey	0	1	0.0	6	21

Detroit	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
S Robert Blanton	6	2	25	15
CB Harris Friday	6	0	20	15
OLB Renaldo Sims	5	2	18	10
ILB Ross Donohue	5	0	23	11
ILB Kurt Walsh	4	1	17	14
CB Kelvin Vance	3	2	15	8
CB Bryant McNeil	3	0	26	18
ILB Sean Spence	3	0	9	7
OLB Lavonte David	2	1	29	14
CB Lonnie Denyer	2	0	21	14
DE Austin Tomei	1	3	23	16
DT Percy Press	1	1	24	15
S Kevin Delgado	1	1	32	20
DT Antoine Sellers	1	0	9	4
OLB Chester Buckley	1	0	2	2
OLB William Backstrom	1	0	19	12
DT Linval Joseph	0	1	8	5
DE Norm Spencer	0	1	16	9

Pass Rush Statistics

Denver	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Bruce Pardee	1.0	0	1	2	25
ILB Patrick Angerer	0.0	1	0	0	31
DE Sean Washington	0.0	0	3	1	28
DT Ethan Losman	0.0	0	1	0	30
OLB Paul Lawless	0.0	0	1	0	38

Detroit	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Austin Tomei	1	1	0	16
DT Percy Press	0	1	0	15
OLB Lavonte David	0	0	1	14

Pass Defense Statistics

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Amari Spievey	7	0	35
OLB Paul Lawless	6	0	38
S Mercury Dotson	4	0	30
S Les Young	3	1	37
OLB Bruce Carter	2	0	10
CB Darryl Grant	1	1	21
ILB Patrick Angerer	1	0	31
DT Chris Zlotnik	1	0	18
ILB Devin Holko	1	0	10

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Harris Friday	3	1	15
CB Bryant McNeil	2	0	18
OLB Lavonte David	2	0	14
S Robert Blanton	2	0	15
ILB Kurt Walsh	1	0	14
ILB Ross Donohue	1	0	11
CB Lonnie Denyer	1	0	14
OLB Renaldo Sims	1	0	10
ILB Sean Spence	1	0	7

Blocking Statistics

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Bryan Bulaga	2	6	0	25	17
Artie Spivey	2	6	0	15	9
David Arkin	2	5	1	27	16
Terry Finley	1	2	0	13	5
D.J. Quartucci	1	1	0	20	13
J.R. Clemons	0	5	0	17	11
Danny Briscoe	0	3	1	26	18
Jah Reid	0	2	0	28	15

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Shannon Weinke	4	8	20	0	34
Sedrick Blake	1	5	25	0	37
Mike Iupati	1	3	22	0	33
Zachary Williams	1	1	7	0	8
Dwayne George	0	4	24	0	28
Johnnie Troutman	0	1	19	1	39
T.J. Barnes	0	1	6	0	8
Travis Corbett	0	1	20	0	36
Greg Rosenstiel	0	1	15	0	21

Special Teams Tackles

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Casey Hitchcock	2	15
Rob Benton	2	11
Horace Wolfe	1	20
Darrell Stuckey	1	16
Lenny Bensen	1	5

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Travis Payton	1	21
Kevin Delgado	1	9
Kelvin Vance	1	7

Participation

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Les Young	---	---	24	37	3	64
Paul Lawless	---	---	24	38	2	64
Omar Bolden	---	---	19	33	10	62
Patrick Angerer	---	---	22	31	3	56
Amari Spievey	---	---	19	35	2	56
Ethan Losman	---	---	20	30	2	52
Ryan Mallett	32	20	---	---	---	52
Bryan Bulaga	25	17	---	---	9	51
Mercury Dotson	---	---	18	30	3	51
David Arkin	27	16	---	---	7	50
Bruce Pardee	---	---	18	25	5	48
Sean Washington	---	---	16	28	3	47
Jared Odrick	---	---	16	26	4	46
Danny Briscoe	26	18	---	---	2	46
D.J. Quartucci	20	13	---	---	13	46
C.J. Clauss	25	19	---	---	1	45
Darrell Stuckey	---	---	6	21	16	43
Jah Reid	28	15	---	---	---	43
Vinny Lawler	---	---	12	21	7	40
Darryl Grant	---	---	12	21	4	37
Horace Wolfe	10	6	---	---	20	36
David Wilson	22	14	---	---	---	36
Rob Benton	14	10	---	---	11	35
Artie Spivey	15	9	---	---	9	33
Lenny Bensen	19	9	---	---	5	33
Howard Biccum	---	---	9	18	4	31
Larry Meadows	---	---	12	14	3	29
Chris Zlotnik	---	---	11	18	---	29
J.R. Clemons	17	11	---	---	---	28
Melvin Wolff	15	8	---	---	5	28
Kris Carlisle	17	9	---	---	1	27
Terry Finley	13	5	---	---	9	27
Bruce Carter	---	---	13	10	2	25
Casey Hitchcock	4	5	---	---	15	24
Frank Butler	5	3	---	---	12	20
Gene Dotson	---	---	2	4	14	20
Freddie Hoover	5	4	---	---	9	18
Alshon Jeffery	9	4	---	---	5	18
Devin Holko	---	---	4	10	3	17
Mike Martin	---	---	7	9	---	16
Rick Burks	---	---	2	3	6	11
Preston Pickens	4	5	---	---	---	9
Les Johnson	0	0	---	---	8	8
Wally Richardson	0	0	---	---	4	4
Tyrod Taylor	0	0	---	---	1	1
Ryan Tannehill	0	0	---	---	---	0

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Travis Payton	21	32	---	---	21	74
J.J. Sutton	26	42	---	---	---	68
Lenny Castillo	20	32	---	---	15	67
Johnnie Troutman	19	39	---	---	7	65
Dwayne George	24	28	---	---	12	64
Sedrick Blake	25	37	---	---	---	62
Kevin Delgado	---	---	32	20	9	61
Shannon Weinke	20	34	---	---	4	58
Lester Hillson	20	25	---	---	13	58
Travis Corbett	20	36	---	---	---	56
Mike Iupati	22	33	---	---	---	55
Greg Rosenstiel	15	21	---	---	16	52
Bryant McNeil	---	---	26	18	7	51
Lonnie Denyer	---	---	21	14	16	51
Lavonte David	---	---	29	14	1	44
Robert Blanton	---	---	25	15	2	42
Austin Tomei	---	---	23	16	2	41
Percy Press	---	---	24	15	1	40
Ross Donohue	---	---	23	11	3	37
Harris Friday	---	---	20	15	1	36
Cory Christakes	10	24	---	---	1	35
Sean Spence	---	---	9	7	19	35
Kurt Walsh	---	---	17	14	2	33
Ricky Carpenter	11	15	---	---	7	33
Norm Spencer	---	---	16	9	8	33
William Backstrom	---	---	19	12	1	32
Bruce Delgado	---	---	16	11	4	31
Kelvin Vance	---	---	15	8	7	30
Antonio Brown	5	18	---	---	6	29
Renaldo Sims	---	---	18	10	---	28
Donny Epperson	7	16	---	---	3	26
T.J. Barnes	6	8	---	---	7	21
Zachary Williams	7	8	---	---	6	21
Richmond Freitag	7	13	---	---	---	20
Antoine Sellers	---	---	9	4	3	16
Linval Joseph	---	---	8	5	1	14
AJ Green	0	0	---	---	10	10
Chester Buckley	---	---	2	2	6	10
Omar McCrory	---	---	0	0	5	5
R.J. Lyons	0	0	---	---	5	5
Justin Branch	0	0	---	---	5	5
Damon Sim	1	1	---	---	2	4
Archie Griffin	0	0	---	---	2	2
Trent Carlisle	0	0	---	---	2	2
Dwayne Hogenmiller	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jason Slowey	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	44	6.3
Middle	10	47	4.7
Right	15	22	1.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	26	2.9
Middle	17	57	3.4
Right	0	0	0.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ryan Mallett	20	14	1	0	2	1	2	1	0

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
J.J. Sutton	41	26	0	2	4	2	6	3	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	5	33	4.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	8	59	5.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	1	0	0	0.0
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	23	11.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	-1	-0.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	13	75	4.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	19	12	132	6.9
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB David Wilson	5	5	0	35	0	14
WR C.J. Clauss	4	0	0	0	0	19
FB D.J. Quartucci	2	1	1	10	0	13
TE Melvin Wolff	2	1	1	2	0	8
WR Frank Butler	2	2	0	35	1	3
TE Rob Benton	1	1	0	13	0	10
RB Horace Wolfe	1	1	0	6	0	6
WR Kris Carlisle	1	1	0	6	0	9
WR Lenny Bensen	1	1	0	3	0	9
TE Casey Hitchcock	1	1	0	5	0	5

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Lenny Castillo	12	6	1	56	32
FB Dwayne George	6	6	0	45	28
WR Antonio Brown	5	2	0	20	18
RB Travis Payton	5	3	2	24	32
WR Cory Christakes	4	3	0	27	24
WR Donny Epperson	4	3	0	11	16
RB Richmond Freitag	2	1	1	9	13
TE Greg Rosenstiel	2	1	0	7	21
TE Lester Hillson	1	1	0	7	25

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
David Wilson	2	6	3.00	4.21
Horace Wolfe	1	3	3.00	1.25

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Travis Payton	1	6	6.00	4.40
Richmond Freitag	1	2	2.00	0.67

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ryan Mallett	2	1	13	6.50	5.75

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
J.J. Sutton	4	1	-1	-0.25	5.02

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Rob Benton	1	1	13	13.00	13.00
FB D.J. Quartucci	1	0	0	0.00	5.00

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Lenny Castillo	2	0	0	0.00	4.67
WR Cory Christakes	1	0	0	0.00	6.75
WR Donny Epperson	1	1	-1	-1.00	2.75

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
David Wilson	5	2
Horace Wolfe	3	0
D.J. Quartucci	1	1

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Richmond Freitag	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ryan Mallett	4	2	1

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
J.J. Sutton	13	11	7

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR C.J. Clauss	2	0	0
FB D.J. Quartucci	1	1	1
RB David Wilson	1	1	0

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Lenny Castillo	4	3	3
WR Antonio Brown	2	2	1
RB Travis Payton	2	2	2
RB Richmond Freitag	2	1	0
WR Cory Christakes	1	1	0
FB Dwayne George	1	1	1
WR Donny Epperson	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 44,300 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,500 (19,600)
End Zone 9,600 (14,200)
Mezzanine 5,400 (8,200)
Sideline Seats 8,500 (12,500)
Club Seats 4,100 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 2,200 (3,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	44,300 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,500 (19,600)
End Zone	9,600 (14,200)
Mezzanine	5,400 (8,200)
Sideline Seats	8,500 (12,500)
Club Seats	4,100 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	2,200 (3,500)