Broncos Win Thursday Thriller 37-33
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- With game tied at 30-30 and less than 2 minutes to play the Denver Broncos defense held the New England Patriots to a field goal.
Trailing by 3, Kyler Murray and the Broncos offense had 1:39 to get at least a field goal and force overtime.
Murray hit Courtland Sutton on back to back completions of 16 and 36 yards that had Denver with ball on the New England 14 yard line. From there it was all Royce Freeman.
Freeman caught a 10 yard pass and finished off the drive with a four yard touchdown run with 18 seconds left giving the Broncos a 37-33 win.
Murray passed for 361 yards, two touchdowns and rushed for 33 yards and a touchdown.
Courtland Sutton had a game high 125 receiving yards and scored 2 touchdowns for the 2nd straight week.
Freeman struggled rushing for most of the game gaining just 29 yards but had the go ahead TD. Phillip Lindsay carried 13 times for 58.
Von Miller keyed the Denver defense with 3 sacks, Aqib Talib and Josey Jewell tie for the team high tackles with 12.
Denver will finally play in front of their home fans as they host the rival Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.
| Denver Broncos at New England Patriots |
| Sep 17, 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | | DEN (3-0) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 37 | | NWE (1-2) | 6 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 33 |
| Top Performers | | PASS: Tyrod Taylor (NE) - 30/44, 431 yds, 3 TD | | RUSH: James White (NE) - 18 car, 131 yds | | REC: Courtland Sutton (DEN) - 8 rec, 125 yds, 2 TD |
| | Team Stats Comparison | | DEN | NWE | | First Downs | 22 | 24 | | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4-9(44%) | 6-14(42%) | | 4th Down Efficiency | 0-0(0%) | 0-0(0%) | | Total Yards | 569 | 653 | | Passing Yards | 355 | 401 | | Rushing Yards | 120 | 160 | | Penalties-Penalty Yards | 4-40 | 1-15 | | Turnovers | 2(-2) | 0(+2) | | Time of Possession | 29:43 | 30:15 |
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| Scoring Summary | | FIRST QUARTER SCORING | DEN | NWE | | 10:54 | (NWE) J. Myers, 30 yd FG | 0 | 3 | | 6:32 | (DEN) K. Murray, 9 yd run(B. McManus kick) | 7 | 3 | | 4:19 | (NWE) J. Myers, 41 yd FG | 7 | 6 | | 0:19 | (DEN) B. McManus, 57 yd FG | 10 | 6 | | SECOND QUARTER SCORING | DEN | NWE | | 14:48 | (NWE) J. Gordon 49 yd pass from T. Taylor(J. Myers kick) | 10 | 13 | | 4:19 | (NWE) J. Myers, 43 yd FG | 10 | 16 | | 1:27 | (DEN) C. Sutton 12 yd pass from K. Murray(B. McManus kick) | 17 | 16 | | 0:00 | (DEN) B. McManus, 33 yd FG | 20 | 16 | | THIRD QUARTER SCORING | DEN | NWE | | 12:12 | (NWE) J. Gordon 11 yd pass from T. Taylor(J. Myers kick) | 20 | 23 | | 8:47 | (DEN) B. McManus, 45 yd FG | 23 | 23 | | 0:40 | (DEN) C. Sutton 16 yd pass from K. Murray(B. McManus kick) | 30 | 23 | | FOURTH QUARTER SCORING | DEN | NWE | | 10:26 | (NWE) R. Grant 2 yd pass from T. Taylor(J. Myers kick) | 30 | 30 | | 1:35 | (NWE) J. Myers, 17 yd FG | 30 | 33 | | 0:18 | (DEN) R. Freeman, 4 yd run(B. McManus kick) | 37 | 33 |
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| Denver Broncos | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | K. Murray | 24/34 | 361 | 2 | 1 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | P. Lindsay | 13 | 58 | 4.4 | 0 | | R. Freeman | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 1 | | K. Murray | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 1 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | C. Sutton | 8 | 125 | 15.6 | 2 | | E. Sanders | 4 | 85 | 21.2 | 0 | | J. Butt | 4 | 47 | 11.7 | 0 | | P. Dorsett | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | | P. Lindsay | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | | D. Hamilton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | | M. LaCosse | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | | R. Freeman | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | | T. Kroft | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | J. Jewell | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | A. Talib | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | C. Harris Jr. | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | V. Miller | 7 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | | S. Barrett | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | B. Roby | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | R. Nkemdiche | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | T. Davis | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | J. Simmons | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | S. Cravens | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | B. Chubb | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | A. Hooker | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | D. Wolfe | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | A. Gotsis | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LG | | B. McManus | 3/3 | 4/4 | 13 | 58 | | PUNTING | TOT | YDS | AVG | -20 | | M. Wile | 3 | 150 | 50.0 | 0 | | KICK RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | D. Samuel | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | | P. Dorsett | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | T. Taylor | 30/44 | 431 | 3 | 0 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | J. White | 18 | 131 | 7.2 | 0 | | S. Michel | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | | T. Taylor | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | R. Gronkowski | 9 | 114 | 12.6 | 0 | | J. White | 9 | 92 | 10.2 | 0 | | R. Grant | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 1 | | J. Gordon | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 2 | | K. Rogers | 2 | 72 | 35.5 | 0 | | R. Izzo | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | | S. Michel | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | J. Bentley | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | D. Harmon | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | S. Gilmore | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | J. Smith | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | T. Flowers | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | D. Dawson Jr. | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | J. Jones | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | | E. Roberts | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | | D. Hightower | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | | C. Hansen | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | D. Wise Jr. | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | D. Onyemata | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | K. Van Noy | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | M. Killebrew | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | T. Hanks | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LG | | J. Myers | 4/6 | 3/3 | 15 | 43 | | PUNTING | TOT | YDS | AVG | -20 | | P. O'Donnell | 2 | 95 | 47.5 | 0 | | KICK RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | A. Johnson | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 0 | | PUNT RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | A. Johnson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 |
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