2009 · Week 1
Denver Broncos at Cincinnati Bengals
Sep 13, 2009 · Paul Brown Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
Denver Broncos defeated Cincinnati Bengals 12–7. ScoutIndex's model didn't see it coming, giving Broncos only a 27% shot beforehand. Broncos improve to 1-0; Bengals fall to 0-1. Kyle Orton paced the offense with 243 passing yards and 1 TD; 3 rushing yards. Bengals turned it over 2 times to Broncos's 0.
Team stats
| DEN | CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | First downs | 16 |
| 318 | Total yards | 333 |
| 243 | Passing yards | 247 |
| 75 | Rushing yards | 86 |
| 17/28 | Comp / Att | 21/33 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 3 | Sacks taken | 3 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
DEN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Orton | 17/28 | 243 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Orton | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Correll Buckhalter | 8 | 46 | 0 |
| Knowshon Moreno | 8 | 19 | 0 |
| Peyton Hillis | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| LaMont Jordan | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Stokley | 1 | 4 | 87 | 1 |
| Correll Buckhalter | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Daniel Graham | 3 | 3 | 40 | 0 |
| Tony Scheffler | 1 | 2 | 29 | 0 |
| Brandon Marshall | 4 | 7 | 27 | 0 |
| Jabar Gaffney | 3 | 4 | 25 | 0 |
| Eddie Royal | 2 | 4 | 18 | 0 |
| Peyton Hillis | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
CIN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Palmer | 21/33 | 247 | 0 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Palmer | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Chad Johnson | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Cedric Benson | 21 | 76 | 1 |
| Brian Leonard | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Kevin Huber | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernard Scott | 1 | -6 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Johnson | 5 | 7 | 89 | 0 |
| Cedric Benson | 4 | 4 | 32 | 0 |
| Andre Caldwell | 6 | 8 | 54 | 0 |
| Brian Leonard | 2 | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Chris Henry | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Daniel Coats | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| Laveranues Coles | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| J.P. Foschi | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Jeremi Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |