2020 Game Recaps

Staff/Coaches Players Roster Breakdown DENVER BRONCOS 2020 Season 2020 GAME RECAPS History/Results Year-by-Year Stats Postseason Records Honors 231 Miscellaneous DENVER BRONCOS 1 Titans 16, Broncos 14 Monday, Sept. 14, 2020 • 8:20 p.m. MDT • Empower Field at Mile High • Denver Miscellaneous WEATHER: Mostly Clear, 79º, Wind SE 10 mph • TIME: 3:06 • ATTENDANCE: 0 The Denver Broncos dropped their Monday Night Football regu- lar-season opener at Empower Field at Mile High to the Tennessee DENVER BRONCOS Titans 16-14. The game was played in front of only 500 friends and family due OFFENSE DEFENSE to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Broncos offensive performance was highlighted by sec- LT 72 G. Bolles DE 96 S. Harris ond-year tight end Noah Fant who recorded a then career-high five LG 66 D. Risner NT 98 M. Purcell receptions totaling 81 yards with one touchdown. Quarterback Drew C 79 L. Cushenberry DE 99 J. Casey Lock threw for 216 yards with one touchdown, completing 22 of his 33 pass attempts (95.0 rtg.). RG 61 G. Glasgow SLB 97 J. Attaochu Denver got on the board first with 26 seconds left in the first RT 68 E. Wilkinson WLB 55 B. Chubb quarter after Lock found Fant for a nine-yard score that capped off a 10-play, 63-yard drive. The drive was jump-started by a missed TE 87 N. Fant ILB 47 J. Jewell 47-yard field goal by Titans kicker Stephen Gostkowski. WR 81 T. Patrick ILB 45 A. Johnson The Titans went on to respond in the second quarter when tight RB 25 M. Gordon LCB 21 A. Bouye end MyCole Pruitt caught a one-yard touchdown from quarterback Ryan Tanehill at the 9:21 mark. QB 3 D. Lock RCB 29 B. Callahan Denver and Tennessee traded possessions for the remainder of WR 17 D. Hamilton SS 22 K. Jackson the second quarter until the Titans led a drive down to the 26-yard RB 30 P. Lindsay FS 31 J. Simmons line. Defensive end Shelby Harris blocked the Titans field goal attempt with 12 seconds remaining in the half to keep the score 7-7. BRONCOS SUBSTITUTIONS: P 6 S.Martin, K 8 B.McManus, WR 10 Gostkowski would go on to miss another field goal in the third J.Jeudy, WR 11 D.Spencer, WR 16 T.Cleveland, CB 20 D.Dawson, quarter at the 7:32 mark, but the Broncos were unable to capitalize CB 23 M.Ojemudia, CB 27 D.Harris, RB 28 R.Freeman, CB 34 on the miss. Tennessee wasted no time finding the end zone in the E.Bassey, S 36 T.Marshall, S 37 P.Locke, ILB 43 J.Jones, LS 46 beginning of the fourth quarter when tight end Jonnu Smith caught J.Bobenmoyer, OLB 48 D.Tuszka, ILB 53 A.Calitro, DE 57 D.Walker, a one-yard pass from Tanehill to finish off a 15-play, 82-yard drive. OLB 59 M.Reed, G/C 71 A.Schlottmann, T 76 C.Anderson, TE 80 A missed extra point from Gostkowski gave the Titans a 13-7 lead J.Butt, FB/TE 83 A.Beck, TE 88 N.Vannett, DT 93 D.Jones DID NOT with 13:53 remaining in the game. PLAY: QB 9 J.Driskel, T 78 D.Dotson INACTIVE: WR 13 K. Hamler, The Broncos responded quickly, taking just nine plays to march WR 14 C. Sutton, ILB 42 M.Barron, G 52 N.muti, OLB 58 V.Miller, TE 75 yards down the field as running back Melvin Gordon III punched 85 A.Okwuegbunam, DT 95 M.Agim in a one-yard touchdown run. Gordon III, who was making his Denver debut, highlighted the drive with a 25-yard run to get the Broncos across midfield. Kicker Brandon McManus’ extra point TENNESSEE TITANS gave Denver a one point lead with 9:08 remaining in the game. Following a series of back-to-back three-and-outs by both teams, OFFENSE DEFENSE Tanehill led a scoring drive that began at the Titans 10-yard line. WR 84 C. Davis DB 35 C. Jackson The drive was capped off by a 25-yard go-ahead field goal from Gostkowski with 20 seconds remaining in the game to put the TE 81 J. Smith NT 90 D. Jones Titans up 16-14. LT 77 T. Lewan DT 98 J. Simmons Denver’s desperation attempt was able to get the ball to their LG 76 R. Saffold OLB 99 J. Clowney 43-yard line, but their comeback came up short. Inside linebacker Alexander Johnson led all players with 12 tack- C 60 B. Jones ILB 54 R. Evans les on the night (eight solo), followed by cornerback Bryce Callahan RG 64 N. Davis ILB 55 J. Brown and inside linebacker Josey Jewell, who both recorded eight tackles History/Results Year-by-Year Stats Postseason Records Honors RT 71 D. Kelly OLB 58 H. Landry in the contest (six solo and five solo, respectively). First round draft pick Jerry Jeudy made his NFL debut recording TE 85 M. Pruitt CB 33 J. Joseph four catches for 56 yards, with a longest play of 25 yards. WR 11 A. Brown CB 21 M. Butler Nine Broncos, including seven rookies, made their NFL debuts in the game (T Calvin Anderson, CB Essang Bassey (R), LS Jacob QB 17 R. Tannehill FS 31 K. Byard Bobenmoyer (R), WR Tyrie Cleveland (R), C Lloyd Cushenberry III RB 22 D. Henry SS 24 K. Vaccaro (R), WR Jerry Jeudy (R), S P.J. Locke (R), CB Michael Ojemudia (R) and OLB Derek Tuszka (R)). TITANS SUBSTITUTIONS: K 3 S.Gostkowksi, P 6 B.Kern, WR 10 A.Humphries, WR 14 K.Raymond, WR 16 C.Hollister, RB 20 S.Perry, DB 23 2020 Season T.Smith, DB 26 K.Fulton, RB 28 J.McNichols, CB 30 C.Milton, DB 37 A.Hooker, OFFICIALS: LB 40 K.Correa, RB 41 K.Blasingame, DB 46 J.Kalu, LS 48 B.Brinkley, LB 49 Referee — Scott Novak (1); Umpire — Steven Woods (54); Down N.Dzubnar, LB 51 D.Long, C 52 D.Munyer, LB 53 W.Compton, C 62 A.Brewer, Judge — Kent Payne (79); Line Judge — David Olvier (24); Field T 70 T.Sambrailo, TE 86 A.Firsker, DT 92 M.Dickerson, DE 94 J.Crawford, DT Judge — John Jenkins (117); Side Judge — Scott Edwards (3); Back 97 I.Mack DID NOT PLAY: QB 5 L.Woodside INACTIVE: WR 15 N.Westbrook, Judge — Terrence Miles (111); Replay — Jimmy Oldham RB 32 D.Evans, DE 44 V.Beasley, DE 50 D.Roberson, G 75 J.Douglas, TE 87 G.Swaim, DT 91 L.Murchison 1 2 3 4 OT TOTAL FIELD GOALS (made ( ) & missed) VISITOR Tennessee Titans 0 7 0 9 0 16 HOME Denver Broncos 7 0 0 7 0 14 S. Gostkowski 47WR 44B 42WL (25) Clock SCORE Team Qtr PLAY DESCRIPTION (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Time Visitor Home Broncos 1 0:26 N.Fant 9 yd. pass from D.Lock (B.McManus kick) (10-63, 4:57) 0 7 Titans 2 9:21 M.Pruitt 1 yd. pass from R.Tannehill (S.Gostkowski kick) (5-23, 2:23) 7 7 Titans 4 13:49 J.Smith 1 yd. pass from R.Tannehill (kick failed, wl) (15-82, 7:02) 13 7 Broncos 4 9:08 M.Gordon 1 yd. run (B.McManus kick) (9-75, 4:41) 13 14 Titans 4 0:17 S.Gostkowski 25 yd. Field Goal (12-83, 2:48) 16 14 232 Staff/Coaches Players Roster Breakdown Staff/Coaches Players Roster Breakdown DENVER BRONCOS FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Denver Broncos Tennessee Titans RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD M.Gordon 15 78 5.2 25 1 D.Henry 31 116 3.7 13 0 P. Lindsay 7 24 3.4 10 0 R.Tannehill 3 14 4.7 11 0 D.Lock 3 5 1.7 3 0 R.Freeman 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTAL 26 107 4.1 25 1 TOTAL 34 130 3.8 13 0 TKD/ TKD/ PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. D.Lock 33 22 216 0/0 1 31 0 95.0 R.Tannehill 43 29 249 1/2 2 23 0 97.9 TOTAL 33 22 216 0/0 1 31 0 95.0 TOTAL 43 29 249 1/2 2 23 0 97.9 PASS RECEIVING TAR NO YDS AVG LG TD PASS RECEIVING TAR NO YDS AVG LG TD N. Fant 6 5 81 16.2 31 1 C.Davis 8 7 101 14.4 23 0 J.Jeudy 8 4 56 14.0 25 0 A.Humphries 7 6 47 7.8 10 0 T.Patrick 5 4 29 7.3 15 0 A.Brown 8 5 39 7.8 12 0 M.Gordon 3 3 8 2.7 8 0 J.Smith 7 4 36 9.0 22 1 D.Hamilton 3 1 18 18.0 18 0 D.Henry 3 3 15 5.0 6 0 R.Freeman 1 1 12 12.0 12 0 A.Firkser 2 2 5 2.5 6 0 P.Lindsay 1 1 11 11.0 11 0 K.Blasingame 1 1 5 5.0 5 0 T.Cleveland 1 1 7 7.0 7 0 M.Pruitt 1 1 1 1.0 1 1 J.Butt 2 1 0 0.0 0 0 K.Raymond 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 N.Vannett 2 1 -6 -6.0 -6 0 J.McNichols 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 TOTAL 32 22 216 9.8 31 1 TOTAL 40 29 249 8.6 23 2 2020 Season INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD TOTAL 0 0 0.0 0 0 TOTAL 0 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG S.Martin 5 244 48.8 45.0 0 3 56 B.Kern 4 204 51.0 47.0 0 2 66 TOTAL 5 244 48.8 45.0 0 3 56 TOTAL 4 204 51.0 47.0 0 2 66 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD D.

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