4:15 PM ET, September 18, 2005
Top Performers
Passing: J. Plummer (DEN) - 248 YDS, 1 INT
Rushing: L. Tomlinson (SD) - 19 CAR, 52 YDS, 2 TD
Receiving: R. Smith (DEN) - 8 REC, 83 YDS
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | SD | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | 3:03 | Jason Elam 37 yd Field Goal Drive info: 7 plays, 28 yds, 3:03 | 0 | 3 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | SD | DEN | |||
| TD | 12:19 | LaDainian Tomlinson, 16 yd run (Nate Kaeding kick is good) Drive info: 12 plays, 80 yds, 9:21 | 7 | 3 | |
| TD | 4:59 | LaDainian Tomlinson, 4 yd run (Nate Kaeding kick is good) Drive info: 10 plays, 68 yds, 4:36 | 14 | 3 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | SD | DEN | |||
| TD | 14:56 | Champ Bailey, 25 yd interception return (Jason Elam kick is good) Drive info: 0 plays, 0 yds, 0:00 | 14 | 10 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | SD | DEN | |||
| TD | 8:53 | Kyle Johnson, 3 yd run (Jason Elam kick is good) Drive info: 2 plays, 29 yds, 0:48 | 14 | 17 | |
| FG | 5:25 | Nate Kaeding 34 yd Field Goal Drive info: 8 plays, 49 yds, 3:17 | 17 | 17 | |
| FG | 0:09 | Jason Elam 33 yd Field Goal Drive info: 14 plays, 57 yds, 5:12 | 17 | 20 | |
Team Stat Comparison
San Diego | Denver | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 15 | 21 |
Passing 1st downs | 10 | 13 |
Rushing 1st downs | 4 | 7 |
1st downs from penalties | 1 | 1 |
3rd down efficiency | 4-12 | 6-16 |
4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Total Plays | 0 | 0 |
| Total Yards | 254 | 346 |
| Yards per play | 0 | 0 |
| Total Drives | - | - |
| Passing | 175 | 248 |
Comp-Att | 15-23 | 23-37 |
Yards per pass | 7.6 | 6.7 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 1 |
Sacks-Yards Lost | 4-41 | 3-15 |
| Rushing | 79 | 98 |
Rushing Attempts | 24 | 26 |
Yards per rush | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties | 7-42 | 5-45 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
Fumbles lost | 1 | 1 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 1 |
| Possession | 26:55 | 33:05 |
| SD Passing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | RAT. | |
| D. Brees | 15/23 | 175 | 7.6 | 0 | 1 | 70.0 |
| Team | 15/23 | 134 | 7.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| DEN Passing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | RAT. | |
| J. Plummer | 23/37 | 248 | 6.7 | 0 | 1 | 70.6 |
| Team | 23/37 | 233 | 6.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| San Diego Rushing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| L. Tomlinson | 19 | 52 | 2.7 | 2 | 16 |
| D. Sproles | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| L. Neal | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| M. Turner | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Team | 24 | 79 | 3.3 | 2 | 16 |
| Denver Rushing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| M. Anderson | 15 | 49 | 3.3 | 0 | 8 |
| R. Dayne | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 0 | 13 |
| K. Johnson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 |
| J. Plummer | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 26 | 98 | 3.8 | 1 | 13 |
| San Diego Receiving | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | |
| A. Gates | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| K. McCardell | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| E. Parker | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| L. Neal | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| D. Sproles | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team | 15 | 175 | 11.7 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Denver Receiving | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | |
| R. Smith | 8 | 83 | 10.4 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| A. Lelie | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| M. Anderson | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| C. Adams | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| J. Putzier | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| D. Watts | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| S. Alexander | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team | 23 | 248 | 10.8 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| San Diego Fumbles | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | ||||
| D. Brees | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| J. Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Team | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Denver Fumbles | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | ||||
| J. Plummer | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| M. Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| D. Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| C. Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Team | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| San Diego Tackles | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| D. Edwards | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Kiel | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Leber | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Florence | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Godfrey | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Foley | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Jue | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Hart | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Scott | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Williams | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Q. Jammer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Davis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Phillips | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Castillo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Binn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Oben | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| H. Milligan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Cesaire | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Merriman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 57 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Tackles | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| A. Wilson | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Lynch | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Ferguson | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Bailey | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| I. Gold | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Williams | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Burns | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Ekuban | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Engelberger | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Walls | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Nalen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Pryce | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Brown | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Warren | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Brandon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Veal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 47 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| San Diego Interceptions | ||
|---|---|---|
| INT | TD | |
| B. Jue | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 0 |
| Denver Interceptions | ||
|---|---|---|
| INT | TD | |
| C. Bailey | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 1 | 1 |
| San Diego Kick Returns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | |
| D. Sproles | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 0 |
| Denver Kick Returns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | |
| D. Williams | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 0 |
| San Diego Punt Returns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | |
| D. Sproles | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Denver Punt Returns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | |
| D. Williams | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 |
| San Diego Kicking | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | XP | PTS | |
| N. Kaeding | 1/1 | 100.0 | 2/2 | 5 |
| Team | 1/1 | 100.0 | 2/2 | 5 |
| Denver Kicking | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | XP | PTS | |
| J. Elam | 2/4 | 50.0 | 2/2 | 8 |
| Team | 2/4 | 50.0 | 2/2 | 8 |
| San Diego Punting | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | |
| M. Scifres | 6 | 275 | 45.8 |
| Team | 6 | 275 | 45.8 |
| Denver Punting | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | |
| T. Sauerbrun | 3 | 132 | 44.0 |
| Team | 3 | 132 | 44.0 |
Attendance: 75,310


