2005 · Week 5
Washington Commanders at Denver Broncos
Oct 9, 2005 · Invesco Field at Mile High · outdoors · grass
Recap
Denver Broncos held off Washington Commanders 21–19. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Broncos (70%). Broncos improve to 4-1; Commanders fall to 3-1. Tatum Bell paced the offense with 127 rushing yards and 2 rushing TDs; 1 catch for 5 yards. Commanders out-gained the opponent 447–257 in total yards.
Team stats
| WAS | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | First downs | 10 |
| 447 | Total yards | 257 |
| 322 | Passing yards | 92 |
| 125 | Rushing yards | 165 |
| 30/53 | Comp / Att | 10/26 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Sacks taken | 0 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
WAS
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Brunell | 30/53 | 322 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Brunell | 4 | 17 | 0 |
| Clinton Portis | 20 | 103 | 0 |
| Ladell Betts | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Portis | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Ladell Betts | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
DEN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Plummer | 10/25 | 92 | 1 | 0 |
| Rod Smith | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tatum Bell | 12 | 127 | 2 |
| Jake Plummer | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Anderson | 11 | 34 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tatum Bell | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Anderson | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Rod Smith | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 |