2016 · Week 8
Los Angeles Chargers at Denver Broncos
Oct 30, 2016 · Invesco Field at Mile High · outdoors · grass
Recap
Denver Broncos defeated Los Angeles Chargers 27–19. ScoutIndex had favored Broncos (76%) going in. Broncos improve to 6-2; Chargers fall to 3-5. Trevor Siemian paced the offense with 276 passing yards.
Team stats
| LAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | First downs | 15 |
| 390 | Total yards | 333 |
| 267 | Passing yards | 276 |
| 123 | Rushing yards | 57 |
| 20/47 | Comp / Att | 20/38 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 4 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
LAC
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Rivers | 20/47 | 267 | 2 | 3 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melvin Gordon | 23 | 111 | 0 |
| Kenneth Farrow | 3 | 12 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melvin Gordon | 4 | 7 | 44 | 0 |
| Dontrelle Inman | 4 | 7 | 72 | 0 |
| Derek Watt | 1 | 1 | 53 | 0 |
| Travis Benjamin | 3 | 9 | 44 | 1 |
| Antonio Gates | 4 | 9 | 33 | 1 |
| Hunter Henry | 2 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
| Tyrell Williams | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Dexter McCluster | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Griff Whalen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
DEN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Siemian | 20/38 | 276 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Siemian | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| Devontae Booker | 19 | 54 | 1 |
| Kapri Bibbs | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Juwan Thompson | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demaryius Thomas | 5 | 10 | 79 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Sanders | 4 | 10 | 68 | 0 |
| Virgil Green | 4 | 6 | 55 | 0 |
| Devontae Booker | 5 | 6 | 30 | 0 |
| Jordan Taylor | 1 | 1 | 35 | 0 |
| Jordan Norwood | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Bennie Fowler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |