Coverage: ESPN
8:30 PM ET, October 15, 2012
Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
Top Performers
Passing: P. Manning (DEN) - 309 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: R. Mathews (SD) - 22 CAR, 74 YDS
Receiving: E. Decker (DEN) - 6 REC, 98 YDS, 1 TD
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | DEN | SD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | 08:59 | Nick Novak 32 Yd | 0 | 3 | |
| TD | 08:16 | Antonio Gates 15 Yd Pass From Philip Rivers (Nick Novak Kick) | 0 | 10 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | DEN | SD | |||
| TD | 06:00 | Quentin Jammer 80 Yd Interception Return (Nick Novak Kick) | 0 | 17 | |
| TD | 00:24 | Antonio Gates 11 Yd Pass From Philip Rivers (Nick Novak Kick) | 0 | 24 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | DEN | SD | |||
| TD | 10:56 | Demaryius Thomas 29 Yd Pass From Peyton Manning (Matt Prater Kick) | 7 | 24 | |
| TD | 04:41 | Tony Carter 65 Yd Fumble Return (Matt Prater Kick) | 14 | 24 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | DEN | SD | |||
| TD | 13:33 | Eric Decker 7 Yd Pass From Peyton Manning (Matt Prater Kick) | 21 | 24 | |
| TD | 09:03 | Brandon Stokley 21 Yd Pass From Peyton Manning (Matt Prater Kick) | 28 | 24 | |
| TD | 02:05 | Chris Harris 46 Yd Interception Return (Matt Prater Kick) | 35 | 24 | |
Team Stat Comparison
DEN | SD | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 18 | 23 |
Passing 1st downs | 13 | 16 |
Rushing 1st downs | 3 | 4 |
1st downs from Penalties | 2 | 3 |
3rd down efficiency | 2-8 | 6-15 |
4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Total Plays | 52 | 72 |
| Total Yards | 365 | 307 |
| Yards per play | 7.0 | 4.3 |
| Total Drives | 11 | 12 |
| Passing | 309 | 217 |
Comp - Att | 24-30 | 25-41 |
Yards per pass | 10.3 | 5.3 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 4 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 0-0 | 4-24 |
| Rushing | 56 | 90 |
Rushing Attempts | 22 | 27 |
Yards per rush | 2.5 | 3.3 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 1-1 | 2-3 |
| Penalties | 10-81 | 9-64 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 6 |
Fumbles lost | 2 | 2 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 4 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 2 | 1 |
| Possession | 26:25 | 33:35 |
| Denver Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| P. Manning | 24/30 | 309 | 10.3 | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 73.4 | 129.0 |
| Team | 24/30 | 309 | 10.3 | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | -- | -- |
| San Diego Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| P. Rivers | 25/41 | 241 | 5.9 | 2 | 4 | 4-24 | 2.6 | 54.1 |
| Team | 25/41 | 217 | 5.3 | 2 | 4 | 4-24 | -- | -- |
| Denver Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| W. McGahee | 17 | 56 | 3.3 | 0 | 9 | |
| R. Hillman | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| P. Manning | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 22 | 56 | 2.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| San Diego Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| R. Mathews | 22 | 74 | 3.4 | 0 | 13 | |
| R. Brown | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| J. Battle | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Team | 27 | 90 | 3.3 | 0 | 13 | |
| Denver Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| E. Decker | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 1 | 55 | 9 | |
| J. Dreessen | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 0 | 19 | 7 | |
| B. Stokley | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | |
| W. McGahee | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | 31 | 5 | |
| D. Thomas | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 1 | 29 | 2 | |
| J. Tamme | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 25 | 2 | |
| M. Willis | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 24 | 309 | 12.9 | 3 | 55 | 30 | |
| San Diego Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| A. Gates | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 2 | 23 | 10 | |
| M. Floyd | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | |
| R. Meachem | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | |
| R. Brown | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| E. Royal | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | |
| R. Mathews | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | 9 | 5 | |
| R. McMichael | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| R. Goodman | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| D. Rosario | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 25 | 241 | 9.6 | 2 | 25 | 41 | |
| Denver Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| T. Holliday | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| O. Bolden | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Adams | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| T. Carter | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| San Diego Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| P. Rivers | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| R. McMichael | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Weddle | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Rosario | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C. Lynch | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Denver Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| C. Harris | 2 | 46 | 1 |
| T. Carter | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| J. Leonhard | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | 61 | 1 |
| San Diego Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| Q. Jammer | 1 | 80 | 1 |
| Team | 1 | 80 | 1 |
| Denver Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| W. Woodyard | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Adams | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Bannan | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Dumervil | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Brooking | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Harris | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| C. Bailey | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Carter | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Trevathan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| O. Bolden | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Vickerson | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Wolfe | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Leonhard | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Moore | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Miller | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Irving | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Willis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Gronkowski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Bruton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Mays | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Unrein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Ayers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 80 | 66 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| San Diego Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| A. Bigby | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Cason | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Weddle | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Spikes | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Gilchrist | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Phillips | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Johnson | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Butler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Stuckey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Liuget | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Ingram | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Franklin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Rosario | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Q. Jammer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C. Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Royal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Barnes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Lynch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Meachem | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Gates | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Reyes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 66 | 49 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Denver Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| O. Bolden | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 24 | 0 |
| San Diego Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| R. Goodman | 4 | 115 | 28.8 | 39 | 0 |
| C. Brinkley | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team | 5 | 126 | 25.2 | 39 | 0 |
| Denver Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| T. Holliday | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Denver Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| M. Prater | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 5/5 | 5 |
| Team | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 5/5 | 5 |
| San Diego Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| N. Novak | 1/1 | 100.0 | 32 | 3/3 | 6 |
| Team | 1/1 | 100.0 | 32 | 3/3 | 6 |
| Denver Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| B. Colquitt | 5 | 223 | 44.6 | 0 | 2 | 56 |
| Team | 5 | 223 | 44.6 | 0 | 2 | 56 |
| San Diego Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| M. Scifres | 4 | 180 | 45.0 | 0 | 3 | 51 |
| Team | 4 | 180 | 45.0 | 0 | 3 | 51 |
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