| Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 28, 2008 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: Qualcomm Stadium Attendance: 69131 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 57 F Humidty: 53% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 6 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 52 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Nate Kaeding 28 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Tatum Bell 26 run (Matt Prater kick failed) | 6 | 3 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | LaDainian Tomlinson 1 run (Nate Kaeding kick) | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Brandon Manumaleuna 12 pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick) | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | LaDainian Tomlinson 4 run (Nate Kaeding kick) | 6 | 24 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Tatum Bell 37 run (Matt Prater kick) | 13 | 24 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Darren Sproles 13 pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick) | 13 | 31 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | LaDainian Tomlinson 14 run (Nate Kaeding kick) | 13 | 38 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Tony Scheffler 25 pass from Jay Cutler (Jay Cutler run) | 21 | 38 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Darren Sproles 2 run (Nate Kaeding kick) | 21 | 45 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Jacob Hester 4 run (Nate Kaeding kick) | 21 | 52 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 15 | WR | Brandon Marshall |
| 19 | WR | Eddie Royal |
| 78 | LOT | Ryan Clady |
| 50 | LOG | Ben Hamilton |
| 62 | C | Casey Wiegmann |
| 73 | ROG | Chris Kuper |
| 74 | ROT | Ryan Harris |
| 89 | TE | Daniel Graham |
| 88 | TE | Tony Scheffler |
| 6 | QB | Jay Cutler |
| 21 | RB | Tatum Bell |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Ebenezer Ekuban |
| 63 | LDT | Dewayne Robertson |
| 79 | RDT | Marcus Thomas |
| 92 | RDE | Elvis Dumervil |
| 51 | SLB | Jamie Winborn |
| 58 | MLB | Nate Webster |
| 55 | WLB | D.J. Williams |
| 24 | LCB | Champ Bailey |
| 39 | SS | Vernon Fox |
| 36 | FS | Josh Barrett |
| 32 | RCB | Dre' Bly |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Vincent Jackson |
| 73 | LOT | Marcus McNeill |
| 68 | LOG | Kris Dielman |
| 61 | C | Nick Hardwick |
| 79 | ROG | Mike Goff |
| 66 | ROT | Jeromey Clary |
| 85 | TE | Antonio Gates |
| 86 | TE | Brandon Manumaleuna |
| 17 | QB | Philip Rivers |
| 21 | RB | LaDainian Tomlinson |
| 22 | FB | Jacob Hester |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Igor Olshansky |
| 76 | DT | Jamal Williams |
| 93 | RDE | Luis Castillo |
| 95 | LOLB | Shaun Phillips |
| 54 | LILB | Stephen Cooper |
| 51 | RILB | Tim Dobbins |
| 94 | ROLB | Jyles Tucker |
| 23 | LCB | Quentin Jammer |
| 42 | SS | Clinton Hart |
| 32 | FS | Eric Weddle |
| 31 | RCB | Antonio Cromartie |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tatum Bell | 8 | 86 | 10.8 | 37t | 2 |
| Jay Cutler | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Darren Sproles | 14 | 115 | 8.2 | 37 | 1 |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 14 | 96 | 6.9 | 45 | 3 |
| Jacob Hester | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 17 | 1 |
| Vincent Jackson | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Philip Rivers | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Jay Cutler | 49 | 33 | 67.3 | 2 | 316 | 6.4 | 25t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74.9 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Philip Rivers | 20 | 15 | 75.0 | 0 | 207 | 10.4 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 141.0 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Eddie Royal | 17 | 11 | 76 | 6.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Brandon Marshall | 11 | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Tony Scheffler | 7 | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Brandon Stokley | 6 | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Tatum Bell | 5 | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Daniel Graham | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Darrell Jackson | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Chris Chambers | 5 | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Antonio Gates | 3 | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Vincent Jackson | 2 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Jacob Hester | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Brandon Manumaleuna | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12t | 1 |
| Darren Sproles | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 13t | 1 |
| Legedu Naanee | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Luis Castillo | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Paul Oliver | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Brett Kern | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 46 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Mike Scifres | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||
| Matt Prater | 4 | 254 | 63.5 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||
| Nate Kaeding | 9 | 563 | 62.6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Chad Jackson | 8 | 162 | 20.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| John Engelberger | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Ebenezer Ekuban | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Dewayne Robertson | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Jamie Winborn | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Williams | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Champ Bailey | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Barrett | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Webster | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ebenezer Ekuban | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vernon Fox | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marquand Manuel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Bell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Clemons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Engelberger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dre' Bly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karl Paymah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wesley Woodyard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewayne Robertson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Crowder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elvis Dumervil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Haggan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Wiegmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Eric Weddle | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Cason | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Cooper | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Cromartie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Dobbins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Phillips | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Antwan Applewhite | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cletis Gordon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Oliver | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Quentin Jammer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Legedu Naanee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clinton Hart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Igor Olshansky | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Gregory | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryon Bingham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jyles Tucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamal Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kassim Osgood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Waters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Castillo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Wilhelm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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