Pre-Season Week 1: Detroit Lions at Denver Broncos
August 13, 2016 67° Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 55,901 (75%)
Detroit Lions 3 14 0 7 - 24
Denver Broncos 3 14 3 6 - 26
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Denver Broncos: 4-14-DET 24 (7:49) 17-James Martin 43 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 3 DET 0
(Qtr 1) Detroit Lions: 4-4-DEN 4 (2:31) 7-Gerald Tackett 22 yard field goal is GOOD. PENALTY - Offsides (DEN 93-Steven Freitas) (Declined) DEN 3 DET 3
(Qtr 2) Detroit Lions: 4-2-DEN 5 (11:32) 37-Don Moore ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gerald Tackett. DEN 3 DET 10
(Qtr 2) Denver Broncos: 1-20-DET 40 (6:48) 7-Wayne Roberts pass complete to 8-Robert Mueller for 40 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-James Martin. DEN 10 DET 10
(Qtr 2) Detroit Lions: 1-7-DEN 7 (1:17) 1-Young Kanter pass complete to 84-James Richards for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gerald Tackett. DEN 10 DET 17
(Qtr 2) Denver Broncos: 1-10-DEN 25 (1:14) 39-Corey Kuntz ran for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-James Martin. DEN 17 DET 17
(Qtr 3) Denver Broncos: 4-4-DET 38 (11:21) 17-James Martin 55 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 20 DET 17
(Qtr 4) Denver Broncos: 2-10-DET 35 (10:43) 25-Nathaniel Hazeltine ran for 35 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Detroit Lions: 3-3-DEN 4 (8:53) 88-Frank Neal ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gerald Tackett. DEN 26 DET 24
Team Statistics
Denver Broncos Detroit Lions
First Downs 18 17
- Rushing 7 9
- Passing 11 6
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 393 273
- Offensive Plays 58 68
- Yards Per Play 6.78 4.01
Net Rushing Yards 183 170
- Rushing Attempts 24 34
- Yards Per Rush 7.63 5.00
Net Passing Yards 210 103
- Att/Comp/Int 32 / 25 / 1 33 / 17 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 230 114
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 20 1 / 11
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.18 3.03
- Yards Per Completion 9.20 6.71
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 2 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 11 7 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.5 6.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 3 / 4
Penalties/Yards 3 / 40 1 / 5
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 14 1 / 4
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 60
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 1 / 23
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 3 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 34
Time of Possession 29:43 30:18
Drive Charts
Denver Broncos
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 7:15 OWN 25 11 51 Field Goal
1 2:28 2:11 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
2 11:28 4:49 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
2 5:54 0:04 OWN 43 1 0 Fumble
2 1:14 0:13 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
3 13:39 2:23 OWN 47 5 16 Field Goal
3 2:17 4:31 OWN 13 9 31 Punt
4 10:45 0:09 OPP 35 2 35 Touchdown
4 10:16 0:05 OWN 24 1 0 Fumble
4 8:50 4:00 OWN 25 7 43 Interception
4 4:03 4:03 OWN 21 10 53 Game
Detroit Lions
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 7:45 5:17 OWN 25 10 71 Field Goal
1 0:17 3:49 OWN 21 10 79 Touchdown
2 6:39 0:46 OWN 25 3 -11 Punt
2 5:49 4:35 OPP 48 9 48 Touchdown
2 1:01 1:01 OWN 33 4 10 Half
3 15:00 1:21 OWN 25 3 20 Interception
3 11:16 9:00 OWN 25 16 67 Downs
4 12:45 2:01 OWN 18 4 13 Interception
4 10:36 0:20 OWN 21 3 0 Punt
4 10:11 1:21 OPP 11 3 11 Touchdown
4 4:50 0:47 OWN 38 3 0 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Denver Broncos
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#25 Nathaniel Hazeltine 9 83 9.22 35 4 1
#39 Corey Kuntz 8 74 9.25 75 2 1
#86 Steve Kerr 4 26 6.50 12 1 0
#9 Michael Paredes 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
Detroit Lions
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#22 Thomas Burgess 18 93 5.17 13 4 0
#37 Don Moore 7 40 5.71 13 1 1
#48 John Cooper 6 23 3.83 6 0 0
#86 Guy Wilkerson 1 9 9.00 9 0 0
#88 Frank Neal 2 5 2.50 4 0 1
Passing Stats
Denver Broncos
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#7 Wayne Roberts 15 15 141 0 / 0 1 40 0 128.06
#9 Michael Paredes 17 10 89 2 / 20 0 14 1 48.41
Detroit Lions
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#1 Young Kanter 16 11 86 1 / 11 1 18 0 102.60
#10 Robert Sanders 17 6 28 0 / 0 0 10 2 4.41
Receiving Stats
Denver Broncos
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#8 Robert Mueller 3 61 20.33 40 1
#81 Kevin Rodriguez 4 36 9.00 10 0
#10 Wilbur Span 4 26 6.50 9 0
#88 James Kerr 2 21 10.50 11 0
#20 Frank Brown 4 18 4.50 7 0
#81 Travis Aronson 2 16 8.00 11 0
#86 Steve Kerr 2 13 6.50 7 0
#16 Jeffery Noble 1 11 11.00 11 0
#25 Nathaniel Hazeltine 1 11 11.00 11 0
#83 Wendell Lewis 1 11 11.00 11 0
#39 Corey Kuntz 1 6 6.00 6 0
Detroit Lions
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#22 Thomas Burgess 5 35 7.00 13 0
#84 James Richards 2 25 12.50 18 1
#48 John Cooper 3 15 5.00 16 0
#82 George Velarde 2 12 6.00 6 0
#37 Don Moore 1 11 11.00 11 0
#85 Scott Gonzalez 1 8 8.00 8 0
#83 Andrew Thomas 2 4 2.00 2 0
#14 Luis Johnson 1 4 4.00 4 0
Blocking Stats
Denver Broncos
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#79 Richard Leming 26 15 1 0
#70 Matthew Brown 22 14 1 2
#78 Scott Short 14 10 0 1
#53 Norman Koller 18 12 0 0
#39 Corey Kuntz 4 2 0 1
#81 Kevin Rodriguez 0 9 0 1
#63 Kenneth Belcher 19 10 0 0
#72 Juan Wiggins 19 10 0 2
#59 Jared Thomas 18 11 0 0
#20 Frank Brown 23 17 0 3
#81 Travis Aronson 0 8 0 0
#16 Jeffery Noble 0 5 0 1
#88 James Kerr 0 14 0 0
#25 Nathaniel Hazeltine 10 5 0 0
#10 Wilbur Span 0 13 0 0
#68 Harold Woods 6 3 0 1
#57 Francisco Sipple 30 19 0 0
#59 Manuel Pasquale 26 18 0 0
#8 Robert Mueller 1 15 0 1
#86 Steve Kerr 5 6 0 1
#73 Robert Stahr 22 18 0 0
#54 Alex Singleton 0 1 0 0
#56 Scott Gleason 0 1 0 0
#94 Roy Santiago 0 2 0 1
#24 Carroll Whitehead 0 1 0 0
#97 Leon Nelson 0 1 0 0
#43 David Grajeda 0 2 0 1
#83 Wendell Lewis 1 11 0 0
#22 Leon Hibbard 3 2 0 0
#21 James Kuykendall 1 1 0 0
#99 John Wallace 0 1 0 0
#52 Eduardo Kim 0 2 0 0
#93 Steven Freitas 0 1 0 0
#91 Matthew Smith 1 0 0 0
#11 Andy Isaacson 0 2 0 0
#13 Donald Faust 0 1 0 0
Detroit Lions
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#66 William Dickerson 22 23 1 1
#78 Andrew Pearson 22 22 0 0
#60 Timothy McNeil 22 23 0 2
#82 George Velarde 1 14 0 0
#64 Dale Jewell 12 14 0 3
#77 Oscar Wimberly 18 17 0 2
#14 Luis Johnson 0 23 0 0
#83 Andrew Thomas 0 21 0 0
#86 Guy Wilkerson 8 14 0 0
#85 Scott Gonzalez 0 11 0 1
#48 John Cooper 4 4 0 0
#75 Robert Epstein 22 21 0 2
#22 Thomas Burgess 7 6 0 1
#84 James Richards 0 23 0 0
#71 Jose Grover 9 5 0 0
#88 Frank Neal 8 7 0 0
#61 Darren Garcia 23 22 0 0
#72 Oscar Smith 22 19 0 2
#50 Gary Velez 9 10 0 1
#37 Don Moore 3 4 0 0
#63 Jimmie Hyde 0 1 0 0
#32 Joseph Horn 0 1 0 0
#73 Tobias Kim 0 2 0 0
#97 Steve Piscitelli 0 1 0 0
#38 Justin Aubry 0 3 0 0
#98 Arthur Griggs 0 1 0 0
#95 Mark Dobbins 0 1 0 0
#93 Ivan Edelman 0 1 0 0
#28 Kirk Lemoine 0 1 0 0
#72 Paul Smith 0 2 0 0
#46 Freddie McMann 0 3 0 0
#65 Thomas Smith 18 18 0 1
#74 James Macdonald 7 11 0 1
#56 Juan Bogdan 7 6 0 1
#58 Daniel Partin 0 2 0 0
#76 Eric Curtis 0 1 0 0
#92 Thomas Tuthill 0 1 0 0
#36 Danny Lopez 0 1 0 0
#52 Samuel Warfield 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Denver Broncos
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#13 Donald Faust 1 0 0.00 0
#21 James Kuykendall 1 0 0.00 0
Detroit Lions
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#14 Luis Johnson 1 23 23.00 0
Fumble Stats
Denver Broncos
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#20 Frank Brown 1 0 0 0
#9 Michael Paredes 1 0 0 0
#95 Erik Ward 0 0 1 0
Detroit Lions
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#22 Thomas Burgess 1 0 0 0
#92 Thomas Tuthill 0 1 0 0
#36 Danny Lopez 0 0 1 0
#50 Gary Velez 0 1 0 0
#73 Tobias Kim 0 1 1 0
Punting
Denver Broncos
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#3 Joel Connolly 2 87 43.50 42.00 45 1
Detroit Lions
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#11 John Dube 3 151 50.33 46.00 55 0
Kicking
Denver Broncos
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#17 James Martin 2 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 55 2 / 3
Detroit Lions
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Gerald Tackett 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 22 3 / 3
Punt Return
Denver Broncos
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#88 James Kerr 2 14 7.0 8 0
Detroit Lions
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#83 Andrew Thomas 1 4 4.0 4 0
Kick Return
Denver Broncos
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Detroit Lions
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#85 Scott Gonzalez 1 37 37.0 0
#84 James Richards 1 23 23.0 0
Defensive Stats
Denver Broncos
Name Tackles Sacks
#24 Carroll Whitehead 6 0
#68 Harold Woods 6 0
#41 Anthony Williamson 5 0
#29 William Smothers 5 0
#43 David Grajeda 3 0
#54 Alex Singleton 3 0
#52 Eduardo Kim 3 0
#56 Scott Gleason 2 0
#64 Issac Barrow 2 0
#21 James Kuykendall 2 0
#91 Matthew Smith 2 0
#95 Erik Ward 2 0
#13 Donald Faust 1 0
#42 Ronnie Nilsson 1 0
#28 John Shirley 1 0
#71 James Morgan 1 1
#63 Kenneth Belcher 1 0
#58 Donald Wolf 1 0
#17 James Martin 1 0
#97 Leon Nelson 1 0
#67 Brian Compton 1 0
#57 Francisco Sipple 1 0
Detroit Lions
Name Tackles Sacks
#38 Justin Aubry 6 0
#36 Danny Lopez 6 0
#93 Ivan Edelman 5 0
#46 Freddie McMann 5 0
#52 Samuel Warfield 5 0
#92 Thomas Tuthill 4 0
#97 Steve Piscitelli 3 0
#68 Winston Billings 2 0
#98 Arthur Griggs 2 0
#63 Jimmie Hyde 2 0
#90 Roger Landers 1 0
#95 Mark Dobbins 1 0
#32 Joseph Horn 1 0
#84 James Richards 1 0
#76 Eric Curtis 1 0
#58 Daniel Partin 1 1
#86 Guy Wilkerson 1 0
#73 Tobias Kim 0 1