2012 · Week 6
Denver Broncos at Los Angeles Chargers
Oct 15, 2012 · Qualcomm Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Denver Broncos topped Los Angeles Chargers 35–24. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Broncos had just a 35% chance going in. Broncos improve to 3-3; Chargers fall to 3-3. Peyton Manning was the story of the game with 309 passing yards and 3 TDs. Chargers turned it over 4 times to Broncos's 1.
Team stats
| DEN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | First downs | 20 |
| 365 | Total yards | 331 |
| 309 | Passing yards | 241 |
| 56 | Rushing yards | 90 |
| 24/30 | Comp / Att | 25/41 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 4 |
| 0 | Sacks taken | 4 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
DEN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Manning | 24/30 | 309 | 3 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Manning | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Willis McGahee | 17 | 56 | 0 |
| Ronnie Hillman | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Decker | 6 | 9 | 98 | 1 |
| Joel Dreessen | 6 | 7 | 57 | 0 |
| Willis McGahee | 4 | 5 | 42 | 0 |
| Brandon Stokley | 4 | 4 | 48 | 1 |
| Demaryius Thomas | 2 | 2 | 37 | 1 |
| Jacob Tamme | 2 | 2 | 27 | 0 |
| Matt Willis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
LAC
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Rivers | 25/41 | 241 | 2 | 4 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Mathews | 22 | 74 | 0 |
| Ronnie Brown | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| Jackie Battle | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Gates | 6 | 10 | 81 | 2 |
| Ryan Mathews | 4 | 5 | 19 | 0 |
| Malcom Floyd | 5 | 5 | 60 | 0 |
| Robert Meachem | 3 | 7 | 30 | 0 |
| Ronnie Brown | 3 | 4 | 23 | 0 |
| Eddie Royal | 2 | 5 | 22 | 0 |
| Randy McMichael | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Richard Goodman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dante Rosario | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |