DENVER BRONCOS vs. HOUSTON TEXANS Sportss Authority Field at Mile High ● Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014 FINAL SCORE: TEXANS 18, BRONCOS 17 ● ATTENDANCE: 75,093
BRONCOS WR EMMANUEL SANDERS HAS HUGE FIRST HALFF AGAINST TEXANS
Broncos WR Emmanuel Sanders led the Broncos with five receptions for 128 yards (25.6 avg.) with two touchdowns—all in first‐half action against the Texans. Sanders’ 128 receiving yards were the most by a Bronco in the preseason since WR Vance Johnson posted 195 yards on 11 catches (17.7 avg.) with one touchdown against the St. Louis Rams on Aug. 29, 1986.
MOST RECEIVING YARDS BY A BRONCO IN THE PRESEASON, SINCE 2000 Player Opp. (Date) Rec. Yds. Avg. TD 1. Emmanuel Sanders vs. Hou. (8/23/14) 5 128 25.6 2 2. David Kircus at Ari. (8/29/08) 5 122 24.4 1 3. Brian Clark at Dal. (8/18/07) 4 117 29.3 1 4. Eric Decker at Min. (9/2/10) 10 114 11.4 0 5. Ed McCaffrey vs. N.O. (8/25/01) 4 107 26.8 2
BRONCOS STARTERS SEND DENVER INTO HALFTIME UP BY 10
Two touchdowns by the Denver Broncos late in the second quarter gave them a 17‐7 halftimme lead against the Houston Texans. QB Peyton Manning completed 21‐ofo ‐27 passes (77.8%) for 243 yards with two touchdowns and one interception (113.4 rtg.) in the first half with both of his scores going to WR Emmanuel Sanders (5‐128, 25.6 avg., 2 TDs). Denver’s first‐team offense has scored on 6‐of‐10 possessions this ppreseason as Manning has combined too complete 43‐ of‐54 passes (79.6%) for 423 yards with three touchdowns and one interception (110.1 rtg.).
PRESEASON DRIVES FOR DENVER’S STARTING OFFENSE Opp. (Date) Plays Yds. Time Pts. Manning Stats vs.. Seattle (8/7) 5 17 2:41 0 1‐of‐2, 15 yds. 14 61 9:09 7 9‐of‐11, 63 yds. at San Francisco (8/17) 10 47 4:43 3 4‐of‐6, 41 yds. 12 80 5:24 7 8‐of‐8, 61 yds., TD vs.. Houston (8/23) 13 66 7:36 3 5‐of‐5, 36 yds. 4 16 1:29 0 3‐of‐5, 29 yds. 7 23 2:31 0 1‐of‐3, 8 yds., INT 13 50 6:18 0 7‐of‐9, 46 yds. 2 93 0:34 7 2‐of‐2, 75 yds., TD 3 49 0:23 7 3‐of‐3, 49 yds., TD Totals 83 502 4:04 34 43‐of‐54 (79.6%), 423 yds., 3 TD, 1 INT, 110.1 rtg. Average 8.3 50.2 4:04 3.4
PAT BOWLEN WINS FOURTH MAJOR SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP WITH DENVER OUTLAWS MLL TITLE
While the Broncos and Texans were squaring off in the first quarter of tonight’s preseason game, the Denver Outlaws won their first‐ever Major League Lacrosse title, beating the Rochester Rattlers by a score of 12‐11. Pat Bowlen, who owns the Outlaws franchise that plays its home games at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, now has four major sports championships as an owner.
PAT BOWLEN’S MAJOR SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS AS AN OWNER Year Team League 1997 Denver Broncos National Football League 1998 Denver Broncos National Football League 2005 Colorado Crush Arena Football League 2014 Denver Outlaws Major League Lacrosse
MISCELLANEOUS GAME NOTES
Denver’s game captains were WR Wes Welker, G Louis Vasquez, DT Terrance Knighton, LS Aaron Brewer, LB Von Miller and S Rahim Moore… RB Montee Ball (appendectomy) made his preseason debut and rushed for 13 yards on four carries (3.2 avg.)—all in the first half… QB Peyton Manning was called for a taunting penalty late in the first half which is believed to be the first such penalty of his career (Manning's 60 career regular season/playoff penalties: 34 delay of game, 14 false start, 8 int. grounding, 2 illegal motion, 1 holding, 1 facemask)… A total of 19 players have caught a pass for Denver this preseason.