2016 · Week 1
Carolina Panthers at Denver Broncos
Sep 8, 2016 · Invesco Field at Mile High · outdoors · grass
Recap
Denver Broncos held off Carolina Panthers 21–20. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Broncos (60%). Broncos improve to 1-0; Panthers fall to 0-1. C.J. Anderson paced the offense with 92 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD; 4 catches for 47 yards and 1 TD.
Team stats
| CAR | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | First downs | 20 |
| 351 | Total yards | 326 |
| 194 | Passing yards | 178 |
| 157 | Rushing yards | 148 |
| 18/33 | Comp / Att | 18/26 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 3 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
CAR
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Newton | 18/33 | 194 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Newton | 11 | 54 | 1 |
| Jonathan Stewart | 15 | 64 | 0 |
| Ted Ginn | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| Fozzy Whittaker | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Tolbert | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelvin Benjamin | 6 | 12 | 91 | 1 |
| Greg Olsen | 7 | 9 | 73 | 0 |
| Jonathan Stewart | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Ginn | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Fozzy Whittaker | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Corey Brown | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Devin Funchess | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Tolbert | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
DEN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Siemian | 18/26 | 178 | 1 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Siemian | 5 | 20 | 0 |
| C.J. Anderson | 20 | 92 | 1 |
| Andy Janovich | 1 | 28 | 1 |
| Devontae Booker | 3 | 8 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.J. Anderson | 4 | 5 | 47 | 1 |
| Emmanuel Sanders | 5 | 8 | 49 | 0 |
| Demaryius Thomas | 4 | 6 | 48 | 0 |
| Virgil Green | 4 | 5 | 28 | 0 |
| Kapri Bibbs | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Jordan Norwood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |