Denver Broncos (1‐4) at Los Angeles Chargers (2‐3) Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019 • 1:05 p.m. PDT • ROKiT Field at Dignity Health Sports Park FINAL SCORE: BRONCOS 20, CHARGERS 13 • ATTENDANCE: 25,357 BRONCOS WIN 500TH GAME IN FRANCHISE HISTORY The Denver Broncos earned their 500th overall win in franchise history with a 20‐13 victory against their division‐rival Los Angeles Chargers. DENVER BRONCOS MILESTONE VICTORIES (INCLUDING POSTSEASON WINS) Year (Date) Milestone Total Games Result 1972 (10/22) 50 174 Denver 30, @Oakland 23 1978 (10/1) 100 260 @Denver 28, Seattle 7 1984 (10/7) 150 353 Denver 28, @Detroit 7 1988 (11/13) 200 428 @Denver 30, Cleveland 7 1993 (12/18) 250 516 Denver 13, @Chicago 3 1998 (10/11) 300 594 Denver 21, @ Seattle 16 2003 (10/12) 350 678 @Denver 17, Pittsburgh 14 2008 (11/6) 400 765 Denver 34, @Cleveland 30 2013 (12/29) 450 855 Denver 34, @Oakland 14 2019 (10/6) 500 947 Denver 20, @L.A. Chargers 13 SUTTON SCORES FROM LONG DISTANCE Broncos WR Courtland Sutton’s 70‐yard touchdown reception in the first quarter represented Denver’s longest scoring play from scrimmage since WR Bennie Fowler’s 76‐yard touchdown catch vs. Kansas City on Nov. 27, 2016. The play was also just the seventh scoring pass of 70+ yards in the NFL this season. Sutton finished the game with a team‐high 92 receiving yards on four catches (23.0 avg.) and now ranks eighth in the NFL with 401 receiving yards through Week 5. This is the first time since 2015 (WRs Emmanuel Sanders & Demaryius Thomas) a Broncos wide receiver has had 400+yards in their first five games of a season. LONGEST RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS, NFL, 2019 Player Opp. (Date) Length 1. Odell Beckham, Cle. N.Y. Jets (9/16) 89 2. Marquise Brown, Bal. Miami (9/8) 83 3. Mecole Hardman, K.C. Baltimore (9/22) 83 4. JuJu Smith‐Schuster, Pit. San Francisco (9/22) 76 5. Evan Engram, NYG Tampa Bay (9/22) 75 6. Derrick Henry, Ten. Cleveland (9/8) 75 7. Courtland Sutton, Den. L.A. Chargers (10/6) 70 LINDSAY TOPS 100 YARDS RUSHING Broncos RB Phillip Lindsay recorded his fourth career 100‐yard rushing effort by totaling the second most yards (114) in a single game in his career. PHILLIP LINDSAY’S CAREER 100‐YARD RUSHING GAMES Date Opponent No. Yds. Avg. LG TD 9/16/2018 vs. Oakland 14 107 7.6 53 0 11/25/2018 vs. Pittsburgh 14 110 7.9 32 1 12/2/2018 at Cincinnati 19 157 8.3 65t 2 10/6/2019 at L.A. Chargers 15 114 7.6 32 1 MISCELLANEOUS GAME NOTES * ‐ Before Denver’s 7‐play, 75‐yard touchdown drive to start the game, the Broncos had gone 13 consecutive games without a touchdown on their initial possession. * ‐ Denver, which entered today’s game without a takeaway through its first four games, got three takeaways against the Chargers: an interception by S Justin Simmons in the first quarter; a forced fumble by S Kareem Jackson that resulted in a touchback on the last play of the half; and an interception in the end zone by ILB Alexander Johnson in the third quarter. * ‐ Broncos rookie DE Dre’Mont Jones was credited with a blocked field goal in the second quarter—the first blocked field goal by Denver since S Justin Simmons vs. Pittsburgh on Nov. 25, 2018. * ‐ The Broncos held the Chargers to just 3.8 yards per play (64‐246) to represent the lowest figure allowed since Week 7 last season (3.4 at Arizona, 10/18/18). * ‐ The Broncos outgained the Chargers 191‐35 on the ground with their +156 rushing differential representing the highest such figure since 2014 (+173, 214‐71, at Kansas City, 11/30/14). * ‐ This represented just the fourth time in 29 career games against the Broncos that QB Philip Rivers did not throw a touchdown pass. * ‐ ILB Alexander Johnson, who made his first career start, played his first defensive snaps of the season and finished second on the team with nine tackles (6 solo) to go along with two passes defensed and his interception in the end zone. .