2021 · Week 1
Denver Broncos at New York Giants
Sep 12, 2021 · New Meadowlands Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
Denver Broncos beat New York Giants 27–13. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Broncos had just a 43% chance going in. Broncos improve to 1-0; Giants fall to 0-1. Teddy Bridgewater led the way with 264 passing yards and 2 TDs; 19 rushing yards.
Team stats
| DEN | NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | First downs | 16 |
| 429 | Total yards | 327 |
| 264 | Passing yards | 267 |
| 165 | Rushing yards | 60 |
| 28/36 | Comp / Att | 22/37 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
- Q2(13:21) 8-B.McManus 23 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-46-J.Bobenmoyer, Holder-6-S.Martin.
- Q2(9:07) (Shotgun) 8-D.Jones pass deep left to 3-S.Shepard for 37 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q25-G.Gano extra point is GOOD, Center-58-C.Kreiter, Holder-9-R.Dixon.
- Q2(:13) (Shotgun) 5-T.Bridgewater pass short left to 81-T.Patrick for 2 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q28-B.McManus extra point is GOOD, Center-46-J.Bobenmoyer, Holder-6-S.Martin.
- Q3(6:58) (Shotgun) 5-T.Bridgewater pass short right to 85-A.Okwuegbunam for 4 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q38-B.McManus extra point is GOOD, Center-46-J.Bobenmoyer, Holder-6-S.Martin.
- Q4(12:49) 8-B.McManus 36 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-46-J.Bobenmoyer, Holder-6-S.Martin.
- Q4(4:48) 25-M.Gordon up the middle for 70 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q48-B.McManus extra point is GOOD, Center-46-J.Bobenmoyer, Holder-6-S.Martin.
- Q4(:01) (Shotgun) 8-D.Jones up the middle for 4 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Box score
DEN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teddy Bridgewater | 28/36 | 264 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teddy Bridgewater | 3 | 19 | 0 |
| Melvin Gordon | 11 | 101 | 1 |
| Javonte Williams | 14 | 45 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melvin Gordon | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| Jerry Jeudy | 6 | 7 | 72 | 0 |
| Noah Fant | 6 | 8 | 62 | 0 |
| Javonte Williams | 1 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| KJ Hamler | 3 | 4 | 41 | 0 |
| Tim Patrick | 4 | 4 | 39 | 1 |
| Albert Okwuegbunam | 3 | 3 | 16 | 1 |
| Courtland Sutton | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| Eric Saubert | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
NYG
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Jones | 22/37 | 267 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Jones | 6 | 27 | 1 |
| Saquon Barkley | 10 | 26 | 0 |
| Devontae Booker | 4 | 7 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Shepard | 7 | 9 | 113 | 1 |
| Darius Slayton | 3 | 7 | 65 | 0 |
| Kenny Golladay | 4 | 6 | 64 | 0 |
| Saquon Barkley | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Rudolph | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Devontae Booker | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| C.J. Board | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Gary Brightwell | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Kadarius Toney | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Elijhaa Penny | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |