2014 · Week 1
Indianapolis Colts at Denver Broncos
Sep 7, 2014 · Invesco Field at Mile High · outdoors · grass
Recap
Denver Broncos topped Indianapolis Colts 31–24. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Broncos (68%). Broncos improve to 1-0; Colts fall to 0-1. Peyton Manning was the story of the game with 269 passing yards and 3 TDs. Colts turned it over 2 times to Broncos's 0.
Team stats
| IND | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | First downs | 21 |
| 424 | Total yards | 371 |
| 370 | Passing yards | 269 |
| 54 | Rushing yards | 102 |
| 35/53 | Comp / Att | 22/36 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 3 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
IND
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Luck | 35/53 | 370 | 2 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Luck | 5 | 19 | 1 |
| Ahmad Bradshaw | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Trent Richardson | 6 | 20 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Wayne | 9 | 13 | 98 | 0 |
| Ahmad Bradshaw | 5 | 6 | 70 | 0 |
| Dwayne Allen | 4 | 5 | 64 | 1 |
| T.Y. Hilton | 5 | 11 | 41 | 0 |
| Hakeem Nicks | 5 | 5 | 36 | 1 |
| Trent Richardson | 3 | 4 | 31 | 0 |
| Coby Fleener | 3 | 8 | 21 | 0 |
| Donte Moncrief | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
DEN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Manning | 22/36 | 269 | 3 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Manning | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Sanders | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Montee Ball | 23 | 67 | 1 |
| C.J. Anderson | 4 | 27 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julius Thomas | 7 | 8 | 104 | 3 |
| Emmanuel Sanders | 6 | 9 | 77 | 0 |
| Montee Ball | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| Demaryius Thomas | 4 | 11 | 48 | 0 |
| Andre Caldwell | 2 | 5 | 16 | 0 |
| Virgil Green | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |