Exhibition Week 3, 2046

played in Minnesota, MN

68 degrees, fair, calm

Denver Broncos	6	7	14	3	-	30
Minnesota Vikings	0	10	0	7	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:03 DEN - Kaden Lane 27 field goal
1Q: 06:10 DEN - Kaden Lane 50 field goal
2Q: 15:00 DEN - Richard Hopper 3 pass from Evan Paton (Kaden Lane extra point)
2Q: 05:18 MIN - Mike Evans 6 pass from Walt Harris (Dixon Hawthorne extra point)
2Q: 00:45 MIN - Dixon Hawthorne 53 field goal
3Q: 11:12 DEN - Kaiden Fulton 7 run (Kaden Lane extra point)
3Q: 05:33 DEN - Kaiden Fulton 3 pass from Evan Paton (Kaden Lane extra point)
4Q: 12:49 MIN - Walt Lane 2 pass from Walt Harris (Dixon Hawthorne extra point)
4Q: 02:12 DEN - Kaden Lane 18 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:03 DEN - Kaden Lane 27 field goal
1Q: 06:10 DEN - Kaden Lane 50 field goal
2Q: 15:00 DEN - Richard Hopper 3 pass from Evan Paton (Kaden Lane extra point)
2Q: 05:18 MIN - Mike Evans 6 pass from Walt Harris (Dixon Hawthorne extra point)
2Q: 00:45 MIN - Dixon Hawthorne 53 field goal
3Q: 11:12 DEN - Kaiden Fulton 7 run (Kaden Lane extra point)
3Q: 05:33 DEN - Kaiden Fulton 3 pass from Evan Paton (Kaden Lane extra point)
4Q: 12:49 MIN - Walt Lane 2 pass from Walt Harris (Dixon Hawthorne extra point)
4Q: 02:12 DEN - Kaden Lane 18 field goal

Team Statistics DEN MIN
Record 2-0 0-2
First Downs 21 18
- by Rushing 8 3
- by Passing 12 13
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 332 231
- Offensive Plays 73 68
- Yards per Play 4.55 3.40
Net Rushing Yards 126 47
- Rushing Attempts 41 11
- Yards per Rush 3.07 4.27
Net Passing Yards 206 184
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 32 - 24 - 0 50 - 27 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 206 223
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 7/39
- Yards per Pass Play 6.44 3.23
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 9/17 5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.6 8.4
4th Down Conversions 0/2 1/2
Penalties/Yards 4/28 3/19
Punt Returns/Yards 3/46 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 1/22 3/59
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/2 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 42 OWN 24
Time of Possession 34:40 25:20

Team Statistics	DEN	MIN
Record	2-0	0-2
First Downs	21	18
- by Rushing	8	3
- by Passing	12	13
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	332	231
- Offensive Plays	73	68
- Yards per Play	4.55	3.40
Net Rushing Yards	126	47
- Rushing Attempts	41	11
- Yards per Rush	3.07	4.27
Net Passing Yards	206	184
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	32 - 24 - 0	50 - 27 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	206	223
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	7/39
- Yards per Pass Play	6.44	3.23
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	9/17	5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.6	8.4
4th Down Conversions	0/2	1/2
Penalties/Yards	4/28	3/19
Punt Returns/Yards	3/46	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	1/22	3/59
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/2	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 42	OWN 24
Time of Possession	34:40	25:20

Drive Charts

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	6:02	OWN 26	11	64	Field Goal
1	7:49	1:47	OPP 41	3	8	Field Goal
1	4:13	4:20	OPP 46	9	46	Touchdown
2	12:06	4:26	OWN 33	9	32	Downs
2	5:11	3:20	OWN 20	8	38	Downs
2	0:40	0:40	OWN 20	1	2	Half
3	13:32	2:28	OWN 36	6	64	Touchdown
3	9:28	4:01	OPP 48	11	48	Touchdown
3	3:12	1:33	OWN 34	3	1	Punt
4	12:39	2:46	OWN 20	6	13	Punt
4	5:02	1:42	OPP 39	3	0	Punt
4	2:38	0:34	OPP 7	3	6	Field Goal

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	8:58	1:09	OWN 29	3	1	Interception
1	6:02	1:49	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
2	14:53	2:47	OWN 28	5	11	Punt
2	7:40	2:29	OWN 35	5	65	Touchdown
2	1:51	1:11	OWN 42	5	22	Field Goal
3	15:00	1:28	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
3	11:04	1:36	OWN 10	3	-1	Punt
3	5:27	2:15	OWN 20	6	9	Punt
3	1:39	4:00	OWN 20	11	80	Touchdown
4	9:53	4:51	OWN 22	11	17	Downs
4	3:20	0:42	OWN 20	4	3	Fumble
4	2:04	2:04	OWN 25	9	19	Game

Game MVP: Connor Thornburg, Denver Broncos

Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Kaiden Fulton	33	101	3.06	14	4	1
Jeremy West	6	4	0.67	5	0	0
Evan Paton	2	21	10.50	13	1	0

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Walt Lane	5	31	6.20	12	2
Rick Silas	3	10	3.33	7	0
J.R. England	2	2	1.00	1	0
Walt Harris	1	4	4.00	4	0

Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Evan Paton	31	23	210	0/0	2	32	0	113.6
Xavier Everson	1	1	-4	0/0	0	-4	0	79.2

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Walt Harris	50	27	223	7/39	2	38	1	70.7

Receiving Statistics

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Perry Green	6	9	77	12.83	18	32	0
WR Richard Hopper	4	5	30	7.50	4	12	1
WR Norbert Mossberg	4	5	47	11.75	7	15	0
RB Kaiden Fulton	3	3	-2	-0.67	0	3	1
WR Ron Clark	3	4	23	7.67	2	12	0
TE Barry Miller	2	3	21	10.50	0	12	0
FB Kirk Curley	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
TE B.J. Donaldson	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0
WR Cris Ostrander	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Silas Fuller	7	11	54	7.71	11	18	0
WR Ruben Imlay	6	14	50	8.33	26	30	0
WR Julio Herndon	4	5	37	9.25	0	17	0
WR Mike Evans	3	8	49	16.33	29	38	1
TE Derrick Brechbill	2	2	17	8.50	5	10	0
RB J.R. England	2	2	4	2.00	0	5	0
RB Walt Lane	2	3	10	5.00	3	8	1
RB Malik Cox	1	2	2	2.00	1	2	0
TE Freddie Johnstone	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Bruce Barnes	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Cory Navarro	1	0	0.00	0

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Denver	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Connor Thornburg	0	1	1	0
Malcolm Allen	0	0	1	0

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov
Walt Harris	1	0
J.R. England	1	0
Bob Huntley	0	1

Punting Statistics

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bryan Anger	3	129	43.0	36.3	45	0

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Tucker Compton	5	207	41.4	32.2	53	0

Kicking Statistics

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Kaden Lane	3/3	1/1	1/1	50	3/3

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dixon Hawthorne	1/1	1/1	1/1	53	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Cris Ostrander	3	46	15.3	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dean Clough	1	22	22.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ruben Imlay	2	38	19.0	0
Silas Fuller	1	21	21.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DE Connor Thornburg	6	1	3.0	8	43
ILB Malcolm Allen	6	3	1.0	6	40
CB Dean Clough	6	0	0.0	9	36
CB Peyton Hardy	4	0	0.0	8	50
CB Cory Navarro	4	0	0.0	11	54
OLB Dave Gaudio	3	0	1.0	5	22
OLB Julian Cobb	3	1	0.5	7	41
S Courtney Lamm	2	1	0.0	6	45
S Bo Fiester	2	0	0.0	7	46
DT Sergio Freibergs	1	0	1.0	9	46
DE Lenny Hamernik	1	1	0.5	7	45
DT Arik Armstead	1	1	0.0	4	5
CB Skip MacMillan	1	0	0.0	2	16
S Clay Crackel	1	0	0.0	6	23
OLB Dalton Marsh	1	0	0.0	1	7
ILB Bert Gagnon	1	0	0.0	5	15
DE Shawn Covington	0	1	0.0	4	12
DT Jerry Raaen	0	1	0.0	3	25

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Benjamin Stone	7	1	0.0	30	27
CB Ezra Ellis	7	1	0.0	40	31
S Drake Fender	5	4	0.0	30	26
DT Cristian Brandon	5	3	0.0	28	21
S Braxton Summers	5	0	0.0	28	14
ILB Jimmy Wayne	4	2	0.0	24	19
DT K.C. Bryant	4	1	0.0	27	24
CB Dillon Shaeffer	4	1	0.0	29	27
OLB Moe Stewart	4	1	0.0	24	16
OLB Gus Pries	3	1	0.0	13	11
DT Trent Schroeder	3	0	0.0	24	16
DE Dave Sutter	3	0	0.0	22	19
DE Elias Batista	2	1	0.0	28	25
CB Kevin Johnson	2	0	0.0	29	23
DE Herman Shannon	1	1	0.0	19	13
ILB Alonzo O'Neal	1	1	0.0	24	17
T Reggie Higdon	1	0	---	---	---
DE Sedrick Matthews	1	0	0.0	13	7
CB Harrison Voinovich	1	0	0.0	0	1
WR Silas Fuller	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Keegan George	0	2	0.0	18	14

Pass Rush Statistics

Denver	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Connor Thornburg	3.0	0	1	43
ILB Malcolm Allen	1.0	0	0	40
OLB Dave Gaudio	1.0	0	0	22
DT Sergio Freibergs	1.0	0	0	46
DE Lenny Hamernik	0.5	1	2	45
OLB Julian Cobb	0.5	0	0	41
S Clay Crackel	0.0	1	0	23
DE Shawn Covington	0.0	0	2	12
DE Tony Buerfeind	0.0	0	1	14

Minnesota	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Sedrick Matthews	1	0	7
DE Elias Batista	1	0	25
OLB Keegan George	0	1	14
DE Dave Sutter	0	1	19
OLB Gus Pries	0	1	11

Pass Defense Statistics

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Dean Clough	5	0	0	36
ILB Malcolm Allen	4	2	0	40
CB Cory Navarro	3	0	1	54
S Bo Fiester	3	0	0	46
CB Peyton Hardy	2	2	0	50
S Courtney Lamm	2	1	0	45
OLB Dave Gaudio	2	0	0	22
OLB Julian Cobb	1	1	0	41
DE Connor Thornburg	1	0	0	43
S Clay Crackel	1	0	0	23
OLB Dalton Marsh	1	0	0	7
DE Lenny Hamernik	1	0	0	45
ILB Bert Gagnon	1	0	0	15
S Earnest Luen	0	1	0	31

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Dillon Shaeffer	5	0	27
CB Ezra Ellis	3	1	31
S Benjamin Stone	3	0	27
OLB Moe Stewart	2	0	16
CB Kevin Johnson	2	0	23
OLB Gus Pries	2	0	11
DT K.C. Bryant	1	0	24
DE Elias Batista	1	0	25
CB Harrison Voinovich	1	0	1
S Drake Fender	1	0	26
ILB Alonzo O'Neal	1	0	17
DT Cristian Brandon	1	0	21
S Braxton Summers	1	0	14
OLB Keegan George	0	1	14

Blocking Statistics

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Calvin Lucas	4	8	1	37	24
Doug Stark	1	7	0	40	27
Seth Lavoie	1	6	1	27	23
Blaine Flanders	1	6	0	24	21
Randal Randle	1	5	0	25	17
Bernard Hernandez	1	5	0	32	30
Efrain Slusher	1	2	0	20	17

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Brandon Scherff	3	3	1	10	2	48
Jerome West	1	2	0	5	2	40
Juan Prescott	1	2	0	7	1	31
Derrick Brechbill	1	1	0	6	0	40
Reggie Higdon	0	2	0	10	0	43
Earnest Hammontree	0	0	0	8	2	33

Special Teams Tackles

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Kaiden Fulton	2	22
Courtney Lamm	1	14

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Bob Huntley	2	9
Walt Lane	1	19
Brandon Scherff	1	2

Participation

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Kaiden Fulton	34	25	---	---	22	81
Peyton Hardy	---	---	8	50	22	80
B.J. Donaldson	34	28	---	---	16	78
Norbert Mossberg	35	25	---	---	14	74
Evan Paton	41	31	---	---	---	72
Bernard Hernandez	32	30	---	---	6	68
Doug Stark	40	27	---	---	---	67
Cory Navarro	---	---	11	54	1	66
Courtney Lamm	---	---	6	45	14	65
Calvin Lucas	37	24	---	---	3	64
Sergio Freibergs	---	---	9	46	1	56
Bo Fiester	---	---	7	46	1	54
Seth Lavoie	27	23	---	---	3	53
Connor Thornburg	---	---	8	43	1	52
Lenny Hamernik	---	---	7	45	---	52
Perry Green	20	16	---	---	15	51
Julian Cobb	---	---	7	41	3	51
Malcolm Allen	---	---	6	40	4	50
Blaine Flanders	24	21	---	---	5	50
Barry Miller	21	15	---	---	14	50
Dean Clough	---	---	9	36	5	50
Dave Gaudio	---	---	5	22	19	46
Randal Randle	25	17	---	---	3	45
Ron Clark	25	17	---	---	1	43
Earnest Luen	---	---	8	31	2	41
Efrain Slusher	20	17	---	---	4	41
Cris Ostrander	7	6	---	---	18	31
Clay Crackel	---	---	6	23	---	29
Jerry Raaen	---	---	3	25	1	29
Kirk Curley	11	7	---	---	9	27
Richard Hopper	11	14	---	---	1	26
Tony Buerfeind	---	---	3	14	4	21
Bert Gagnon	---	---	5	15	1	21
Skip MacMillan	---	---	2	16	1	19
Shawn Covington	---	---	4	12	2	18
Harry Roberson	---	---	2	11	4	17
Jeremy West	7	6	---	---	---	13
Kaden Lane	0	1	---	---	10	11
Dalton Marsh	---	---	1	7	3	11
Arik Armstead	---	---	4	5	1	10
Raymond Bednarik	0	1	---	---	6	7
Rufus Hawkes	0	0	---	---	7	7
Xavier Everson	0	1	---	---	3	4
Bryan Anger	0	0	---	---	3	3
Angel McTermid	0	0	---	---	---	0
Earl Leyes	0	0	---	---	---	0

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Silas Fuller	10	54	---	---	16	80
Drake Fender	---	---	30	26	19	75
Ezra Ellis	---	---	40	31	4	75
Dillon Shaeffer	---	---	29	27	18	74
Walt Harris	11	57	---	---	---	68
Ruben Imlay	9	46	---	---	12	67
Walt Lane	6	41	---	---	19	66
Derrick Brechbill	6	40	---	---	17	63
Brandon Scherff	10	48	---	---	2	60
Benjamin Stone	---	---	30	27	1	58
Kevin Johnson	---	---	29	23	3	55
Elias Batista	---	---	28	25	1	54
Reggie Higdon	10	43	---	---	---	53
K.C. Bryant	---	---	27	24	2	53
Alonzo O'Neal	---	---	24	17	11	52
Jerome West	5	40	---	---	6	51
Cristian Brandon	---	---	28	21	1	50
Horace Dillon	5	35	---	---	6	46
Dave Sutter	---	---	22	19	5	46
Jimmy Wayne	---	---	24	19	2	45
Braxton Summers	---	---	28	14	3	45
Trent Schroeder	---	---	24	16	3	43
Earnest Hammontree	8	33	---	---	2	43
Dan Ogden	7	31	---	---	4	42
Moe Stewart	---	---	24	16	1	41
Juan Prescott	7	31	---	---	---	38
Keegan George	---	---	18	14	5	37
Malik Cox	5	27	---	---	5	37
Herman Shannon	---	---	19	13	4	36
Gus Pries	---	---	13	11	12	36
Bruce Barnes	5	14	---	---	16	35
John Raymond	3	24	---	---	4	31
Mike Evans	3	15	---	---	6	24
Julio Herndon	4	19	---	---	1	24
Sedrick Matthews	---	---	13	7	2	22
Bob Huntley	1	8	---	---	9	18
Rick Silas	4	12	---	---	---	16
Freddie Johnstone	0	2	---	---	11	13
J.R. England	2	7	---	---	2	11
Joshua Hampton	0	0	---	---	6	6
Tucker Compton	0	0	---	---	6	6
Dixon Hawthorne	0	0	---	---	5	5
Ivan Chandler	---	---	1	1	1	3
Harrison Voinovich	---	---	0	1	---	1
Colton Novak	0	0	---	---	---	0
Byron Rhodes	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	10	1.0
Middle	16	88	5.5
Right	15	28	1.9
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	5	1.3
Middle	3	8	2.7
Right	4	34	8.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Evan Paton	31	23	1	0	1	2	3	0	0
Xavier Everson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Walt Harris	50	27	2	2	4	7	6	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	-4	-4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	14	81	4.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	9	129	9.2
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	5	13	1.9
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	14	137	9.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	21	8	73	3.5
Long (19+ Yds)	6	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Perry Green	9	6	1	77	1	16
WR Richard Hopper	5	4	0	30	0	14
WR Norbert Mossberg	5	4	0	47	0	25
WR Ron Clark	4	3	0	23	0	17
RB Kaiden Fulton	3	3	0	-2	0	25
TE Barry Miller	3	2	0	21	0	15
FB Kirk Curley	1	1	0	6	0	7
TE B.J. Donaldson	1	1	0	4	0	28
WR Cris Ostrander	1	0	0	0	0	6

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ruben Imlay	14	6	2	50	1	46
WR Silas Fuller	11	7	1	54	0	54
WR Mike Evans	8	3	1	49	1	15
WR Julio Herndon	5	4	0	37	0	19
RB Walt Lane	3	2	0	10	0	41
TE Derrick Brechbill	2	2	0	17	0	40
RB J.R. England	2	2	0	4	0	7
RB Malik Cox	2	1	0	2	0	27
TE Freddie Johnstone	1	0	0	0	0	2
TE Bruce Barnes	1	0	0	0	0	14

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Kaiden Fulton	11	31	2.82	3.06
Jeremy West	1	2	2.00	0.67

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Evan Paton	3	3	9	3.00	6.77

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Walt Harris	4	3	7	1.75	4.46

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Richard Hopper	1	1	3	3.00	6.00
RB Kaiden Fulton	1	1	3	3.00	-0.67
WR Perry Green	1	1	3	3.00	8.56

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Mike Evans	2	1	6	3.00	6.13
RB J.R. England	1	1	-1	-1.00	2.00
RB Walt Lane	1	1	2	2.00	3.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
Kaiden Fulton	10	4

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Walt Lane	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Evan Paton	7	7	5

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Walt Harris	11	6	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Perry Green	3	3	1
WR Richard Hopper	1	1	1
RB Kaiden Fulton	1	1	1
WR Norbert Mossberg	1	1	1
TE Barry Miller	1	1	1

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ruben Imlay	5	3	2
WR Mike Evans	2	1	0
WR Silas Fuller	2	1	1
TE Derrick Brechbill	1	1	1
TE Freddie Johnstone	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 75,800 (86,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 23,500 (26,800)
End Zone 17,100 (19,300)
Mezzanine 9,900 (11,100)
Sideline Seats 15,100 (17,000)
Club Seats 1,700 (1,900)
Luxury Boxes 8,500 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	75,800 (86,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	23,500 (26,800)
End Zone	17,100 (19,300)
Mezzanine	9,900 (11,100)
Sideline Seats	15,100 (17,000)
Club Seats	1,700 (1,900)
Luxury Boxes	8,500 (9,900)