2017 · Week 1
Los Angeles Chargers at Denver Broncos
Sep 11, 2017 · Invesco Field at Mile High · outdoors · grass
Recap
Denver Broncos held off Los Angeles Chargers 24–21. ScoutIndex had favored Broncos (71%) going in. Broncos improve to 1-0; Chargers fall to 0-1. Trevor Siemian paced the offense with 219 passing yards and 2 TDs; 19 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD.
Team stats
| LAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | First downs | 21 |
| 256 | Total yards | 359 |
| 192 | Passing yards | 219 |
| 64 | Rushing yards | 140 |
| 22/33 | Comp / Att | 17/28 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 4 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
LAC
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Rivers | 22/33 | 192 | 3 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melvin Gordon | 18 | 54 | 0 |
| Branden Oliver | 4 | 10 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrell Williams | 5 | 7 | 54 | 0 |
| Melvin Gordon | 5 | 6 | 25 | 1 |
| Travis Benjamin | 3 | 4 | 43 | 1 |
| Keenan Allen | 5 | 10 | 35 | 1 |
| Austin Ekeler | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Antonio Gates | 2 | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| Branden Oliver | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
DEN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Siemian | 17/28 | 219 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Siemian | 6 | 19 | 1 |
| C.J. Anderson | 20 | 81 | 0 |
| Jamaal Charles | 10 | 40 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.J. Anderson | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Demaryius Thomas | 5 | 8 | 67 | 0 |
| Virgil Green | 1 | 1 | 44 | 0 |
| Jamaal Charles | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Derby | 3 | 3 | 34 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Sanders | 3 | 6 | 26 | 0 |
| Bennie Fowler | 3 | 4 | 21 | 2 |
| Jeff Heuerman | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 |