DENVER BRONCOS WEEKLY RELEASE 3 World Championships • 8 Super Bowls • 10 AFC Title Games 15 AFC West Titles • 22 Playoff Berths • 29 Winning Seasons Denver Broncos Football Media Relations Staff: Patrick Smyth, Exec. V.P. of Public & Community Relations Erich Schubert, Director of Media Relations REGULAR SEASON Seth Medvin, Strategic Communications Manager WEEK ON THE AIRWAVES: #4 TELEVISION (ESPN/KDVR-TV) Play-by-Play: Joe Tessitore Analyst: Jason Witten Sideline: Lisa Salters Denver Broncos (2-1) NATIONAL RADIO (Westwood One Sports) vs. Play-by-Play: Kevin Harlan Analyst: Kurt Warner Sideline: John Clayton LOCAL ENGLISH RADIO (KOA - 850 AM/94.1 FM & The Fox - 103.5 FM) Kansas City Chiefs (3-0) Play-by-Play: Dave Logan Analyst: Rick Lewis Sideline: Tyler Polumbus Monday, Oct. 1, 2018 • 6:15 p.m. MDT LOCAL SPANISH RADIO (KNRV - 1150 AM) Broncos Stadium at Mile High (76,125) • Denver Play-by-Play: Carlos Valdez Analyst: Salvador Hernandez Sideline: Hector Salazar FIRST PLACE IN AFC WEST AT STAKE AS BRONCOS QUICK HITS HOST CHIEFS ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL The Broncos own a 54-61 (.470) all-time regular-season record against the The Denver Broncos (2-1) look Chiefs, including a 35-23 (.603) mark at home. See Page 4 to improve to 2-0 in AFC West play Denver is appearing on Monday Night Football for the 27th consecutive when they host the unbeaten Kansas season—the NFL's longest active streak and the second longest streak City Chiefs (3-0) in a divisional all-time. See Page 4 matchup on Monday Night Football. The Broncos own a 32-38-1 all-time record in games played on Monday Kickoff at Broncos Stadium at Mile Night Football, including a 24-11-1 mark at home. See Page 4 High is set for 6:15 p.m. MDT. Broncos Owner Pat Bowlen in August was named a finalist for the Pro 2018 DENVER BRONCOS SCHEDULE/RESULTS Football Hall of Fame Class of 2019 as a contributor nominee. See Page 5 PRESEASON Broncos own the third-best win percentage (.603) in all of professional Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Result Rec. sports during Pat Bowlen's tenure (1984-present). See Page 6 1 Sat. Aug. 11 MINNESOTA Broncos Stadium at Mile High L, 42-28 0-1 Pat Bowlen has served a combined 91 seasons on 15 different NFL com- 2 Sat. Aug. 18 CHICAGO Broncos Stadium at Mile High L, 24-23 0-2 mittees during his ownership with only Pro Football Hall of Fame owners 3 Fri. Aug. 24 at Washington FedExField W, 29-17 1-2 Dan Rooney (18) and Lamar Hunt (16) serving on more. See Page 8 4 Thu. Aug. 30 at Arizona University of Phoenix Stadium W, 21-10 2-2 Since President of Football Operations/GM John Elway was hired in 2011, REGULAR SEASON the Broncos rank among the NFL leaders in total wins (80), regular-sea- Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time/Result TV/Rec. son wins (74) division titles (5), Super Bowl appearances (2) and World 1 Sun. Sept. 9 SEATTLE Broncos Stadium at Mile High W, 27-24 1-0 Championships (1) during that span. See Page 9 2 Sun. Sept. 16 OAKLAND Broncos Stadium at Mile High W, 20-19 2-0 During Elway’s seven seasons as an executive (2011-pres.), he has signed 3 Sun. Sept. 23 at Baltimore M&T Bank Stadium L, 27-14 2-1 or extended the contracts of 16 players who have combined for 34 Pro 4 Mon. Oct. 1 KANSAS CITY Broncos Stadium at Mile High 6:15 p.m. MDT ESPN Bowl selections with the Broncos. See Page 9 5 Sun. Oct. 7 at N.Y. Jets MetLife Stadium 1 p.m. EDT CBS* Vance Joseph enters his second season with the Broncos after being 6 Sun. Oct. 14 L.A. RAMS Broncos Stadium at Mile High 2:05 p.m. MDT FOX* named to that position on Jan. 11, 2017. See Page 9 7 Thu. Oct. 18 at Arizona University of Phoenix Stadium 5:20 p.m. MST FOX/NFLN Denver has won a franchise-record 32 consecutive games when winning 8 Sun. Oct. 28 at Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium 12 p.m. CDT CBS* the turnover battle (dating to 2012) to represent the longest active streak 9 Sun. Nov. 4 HOUSTON Broncos Stadium at Mile High 2:05 p.m. MST CBS* in the NFL. See Page 10 10 Sun. Nov. 11 BYE The Broncos have sold out every home game since the 1970 merger with 11 Sun. Nov. 18 at L.A. Chargers StubHub Center 1:05 p.m. PST CBS* their 397-game sellout streak representing the longest in NFL history in a 12 Sun. Nov. 25 PITTSBURGH Broncos Stadium at Mile High 2:25 p.m. MST CBS* single city. See Page 11 13 Sun. Dec. 2 at Cincinnati Paul Brown Stadium 1 p.m. EST CBS* Denver ranks second in the NFL with 18 big plays (20+yards) through three 14 Sun. Dec. 9 at San Francisco Levi’s Stadium 1:05 p.m. PST CBS* weeks with six different players contributing in that category. See Page 13 15 Sat. Dec. 15 CLEVELAND Broncos Stadium at Mile High TBD^ NFLN Case Keenum has a 13-4 regular-season record as a starting quarterback 16 Mon. Dec. 24 at Oakland Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 5:15 p.m. PST ESPN during the last two seasons with his .765 win percentage ranking third in 17 Sun. Dec. 30 L.A. CHARGERS Broncos Stadium at Mile High 2:25 p.m. MST CBS* the NFL during that span (min. 10 GS). See Page 13 * - All NFL games scheduled Sundays from Weeks 5-17 are eligible to be moved due to the Linebacker Von Miller leads the league with 87.5 sacks since entering the league’s flexible scheduling format. ^ - Kickoff time for Week 15 (either 2:30 p.m. or 6:20 p.m. NFL in 2011, and his career average of 0.82 sacks per game ranks second MST) will be determined by the NFL after Week 8. in NFL history. See Page 17 BRONCOS/CHIEFS TEAM COMPARISON BRONCOS/CHIEFS INDIVIDUAL COMPARISON (2018) NFL Top 10 BRONCOS CHIEFS NFL Bottom 10 PASSING YARDS 2-1 3-0 Keenum ............. 743 Mahomes .......... 896 GENERAL -2 (T-24th) Turnover Margin (Rk) +1 (T-8th) RUSHING YARDS Lindsay ............. .198 Hunt .............. 168 30:39 (15th) Time of Possession Avg. (Rk) 27:48 (25th) Freeman ............. 152 Watkins ............ .51 OFFENSE Sanders .............. 35 Mahomes ........... 46 382.7 (T-11th) Net Yards Per Game (Rk) 398.3 (7th) 5.8 (13th) Yards Per Play (Rk) 6.8 (3rd) RECEIVING YARDS 20.3 (19th) Points Per Game (Rk) 39.3 (1st) Sanders ............. 269 Hill ............... .310 144.7 (3rd) Net Rushing YPG (Rk) 103.3 (15th) De. Thomas .......... 144 Kelce ............. .229 238.0 (16th) Net Passing YPG (Rk) 295.0 (7th) Sutton ............... .91 Watkins ........... .176 5 (T-27th) Had Intercepted (Rk) 0 (T-1st) POINTS SCORED 0 (T-1st) Fumbles Lost (Rk) 1 (T-7th) McManus ............. 19 Hill ................ .24 5 (T-19th) Giveaways (Rk) 1 (1st) Two Players ........... 12 Butker ............. .22 5 (7th) Sacks Allowed (Rk) 4 (5th) Three Players ........... 6 Hunt ............... 18 42.9% (9th) Third Down Pct. (Rk) 50.0% (2nd) INTERCEPTIONS 50.0% (T-19th) Red Zone Pct. (Rk) 91.7% (2nd) Two Players ............ 1 Parker .............. .1 DEFENSE SACKS 340.3 (14th) Net Yards Per Game (Rk) 474.0 (32nd) Miller ................ 4.0 Three Players ........ 2.0 5.5 (16th) Yards Per Play (Rk) 6.7 (30th) Chubb ............... 1.5 23.3 (16th) Points Per Game (Rk) 30.7 (30th) Three Players .......... 1.0 77.7 (4th) Net Rushing YPG (Rk) 111.3 (T-18th) 262.7 (22nd) Net Passing YPG (Rk) 362.7 (T-31st) DEFENSIVE TACKLES (PRESS BOX TOTALS) 2 (T-16th) Interceptions (Rk) 1 (T-24th) Davis ................ .21 Hitchens ............ 32 1 (T-17th) Fumble Recoveries (Rk) 1 (T-17th) Simmons ............. 18 Murray ............. 20 3 (T-19th) Takeaways (Rk) 2 (T-28th) Miller ................ 14 Two Players ......... .19 9 (T-7th) Sacks (Rk) 6 (T-24th) Stewart .............. .13 Fuller .............. .18 34.2% (9th) Third Down Pct. (Rk) 25.8% (1st) Marshall .............. 12 Nelson ............. .15 71.4% (T-22nd) Red Zone Pct. (Rk) 88.9% (T-29th) KICKOFF RETURNS (AVG.) SPECIAL TEAMS Booker ........... 1 (23.0) D. Thomas ...... 2 (16.5) 44.6 (20th) Gross Punting Avg. (Rk) 49.2 (5th) Lindsay .......... 1 (18.0) Nelson ......... 1 (25.0) 41.6 (15th) Net Punting Avg. (Rk) 49.0 (1st) PUNT RETURNS (AVG.) 6.8 (15th) Punt Return Avg. (Rk) 29.6 (1st) Hamilton ......... 3 (10.3) Hill ............ 4 (25.0) 4.3 (T-6th) Punt Return Avg. Against (Rk) 0.5 (1st) A. Jones .......... 3 (3.3) D. Thomas ...... 1 (48.0) 20.5 (20th) Kickoff Return Avg. (Rk) 19.3 (T-25th) 23.4 (17th) Kickoff Return Avg. Against (Rk) 18.0 (6th) FIELD GOALS (PCT.) 100.0% (T-1st) Field Goal Pct. (Rk) 100.0% (T-1st) McManus ...... 4/4 (1.000) Butker ...... .2/2 (1.000) PENALTIES PUNTS (GROSS/NET AVG.) 26 (T-26th) Penalties Committed 24 (T-22nd) King ........ 17 (44.6/41.6) Colquitt .... 9 (49.2/49.0) 18 (T-25th) Opponent Penalties Committed 33 (1st) 2 BRONCOS/CHIEFS ALL-TIME RESULTS 1989 (11/12) W Denver 16, @Kansas City 13 Arrowhead Stadium 1990 (9/17) W @Denver 24, Kansas City 23 Mile High Stadium Season (Date) W/L Result Site 1990 (12/9) L @Kansas City 31, Denver 20 Arrowhead Stadium 1960 (10/30) L Dallas 17, @Denver 14 Bears Stadium 1991 (10/20) W @Denver 19, Kansas City 16 Mile High Stadium 1960 (11/13) L @Dallas 34, Denver 7 Cotton Bowl 1991 (11/17) W Denver 24, @Kansas City 20 Arrowhead Stadium 1961 (10/8) L Dallas 19, @Denver 12 Bears Stadium 1992 (10/4) W @Denver 20, Kansas City 19 Mile High Stadium 1961 (12/10) L @Dallas 49, Denver 21 Cotton Bowl 1962 (11/18) L Dallas 24, @Denver 3 Bears Stadium 1992 (12/27) L @Kansas City 42, Denver 20 Arrowhead Stadium 1962 (12/9) L @Dallas 17, Denver 10 Cotton Bowl 1993 (9/20) L @Kansas City 15, Denver 7 Arrowhead Stadium 1963 (9/7) L Kansas City 59, @Denver 7 University of Denver Stadium 1993 (12/12) W @Denver 27, Kansas City 21 Mile High Stadium 1963 (12/8) L @Kansas City 52, Denver 21 Municipal Stadium 1994 (10/17) L Kansas City 31, @Denver 28 Mile High Stadium 1964 (10/11)