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Denver Brronccoss

POSTGAME Nottes

2 World Championships • 6 Super Bowls • 8 AFC Title Games • 12 AFC West Titles • 19 Playoff Berths • 26 Winning Seasons

at • Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013 • 3:35 p.m. CST • • Kansas City, Mo. FINAL SCORE: BRONCOS 35, CHIEFS 28 BRONCOS EARN 10th CONSECUTIVE AFC WEST WIN

The (10‐2) earned their 10th consecutive divisionnal victory witth their 35‐28 win against the Kansas City Chiefs (9‐3) on Sunday. Their current streak of 10 straight wins in AFC West play represents the second‐longest such streak in team history and the longest active streak in the NFL. Denver, which captured a franchise‐record 11 consecutive wins against the AFC West from 1997‐98, plays two of its final four games this season against divisional opponents.

LONGEST WIN STREAKS AGAINST LONGEST ACTIVE DIVISIONAL AFC WEST TEAMS, BRONCOS HISTORY WIN STREAKS, NFL (ENTERING SUNDAY) Year(s) No. Team No. 1. 1997‐98 11 1. Denver 10 2. 2012‐pres. 10 2. Seattle 6 3. 1977‐78 7 3. Carolina 5 4. 2003‐04 6 Indianapolis 5 1989 6 5. 4 1985‐86 6 1976‐77 6 DECKER SETS TEAM RECORD WITH FOUR RECEIVING SCORES

Broncos WR posted eight catches for a career‐high 174 yards (21.8 avg.) and a team‐record four . His performance marked just the 13th time in NFL history a player has totaled at least 170 receiving yards and four touchdowns in a single game.

PLAYERS WITH 170 RECEIVING YARDS AND FOUR TDs, SINGLE GAME, NFL HISTORY Player Opp. (Date) Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Art Powell, Oak. vs. Hou. (12/22/63) 10 247 24.7 4 Roy Jefferson, Pit. vs. Atl. (11/3/68) 11 199 18.1 4 Lance Alworth, S.D. vs. Den. (12/1/68) 9 171 19.0 4 Bob Hayes, Dal. vs. Hou. (12/20/70) 6 187 31.2 4 Harold Jackson, LAN vs. Dal. (10/14/73) 7 238 34.0 4 Jerry Butler, Buf. vs. NYJ (9/23/79) 10 255 25.5 4 Earnest Gray, NYG vs. Stl. (9/7/80) 9 174 19.3 4 Wesley Walker, NYJ vs. Mia. (9/21/86) 6 194 32.3 4 Jerry Rice, S.F. vs. Atl. (10/14/90) 13 225 17.3 5 Jerry Rice, S.F. vs. T.B. (11/14/93) 8 172 21.5 4 Terrell Owens, Dal. vs. Was. (11/18/07) 8 173 21.6 4 Eric Decker, Den. vs. K.C. (12/1/13) 8 174 21.8 4

MANNING SETS BRONCOS SINGLE‐SEASON RECORD

Broncos QB , who completed 22‐of‐35 passes (62.9%) for 403 yards with five touchdowns and two (118.2 rtg.) broke his own single‐season franchise touchdown record and moved into a tie for eighth place in NFL history with 41 passing touchdowns in a season. With four games remaining this year, Manning needs nine touchdowns to tie the all‐time single season mark of 50 passing touchdowns set by QB in 2007.

MOST PASSING TDs, SINGLE SEASON, MOST PASSING TOUCHDOWNS, BRONCOS HISTORY SINGLE SEASON, NFL HISTORY Player Year TD Player Season TD 1. Peyton Manning 2013 41 1. Tom Brady, N.E. 2007 50 Peyton Manning 2012 37 2. Peyton Manning, Ind. 2004 49 3. Jake Plummer 2004 27 3. , Mia. 1984 48 1997 27 4. , N.O. 2011 46 5. John Elway 1996 26 5. , G.B. 2011 45 John Elway 1995 26 6. Dan Marino, Mia. 1986 44 7. Drew Brees, N.O. 2012 43 8. Peyton Manning, Den. 2013 41 , Det. 2011 41 , Stl. 1999 41

MISCELLANEOUS GAME NOTES

The game marked the first time since the 2000 season that the Broncos had a 300‐yard passer, two 100‐yard receivers and a 100‐yard rusher… RB Montee Ball (13‐117) recorded his first career 100‐yard rushing performance… CB Jr. tied for the team lead with six solo tackles and added a game‐high three passes defensed… DE Malik Jackson started his first NFL game in place of DE Derek Wolfe (illness)… The Broncos won their eighth game of the season with an even or negative turnover differential (fourth victory with a negative differential)… K Matt Prater (5‐of‐5 PATs) has now scored 104 points on the season to represent the fourth 100‐point season of his career and the 32nd 100‐point season in team history.