National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Denver 39, San Diego 38
When: 4:15 PM ET, Sunday, September 14, 2008
Where: Invesco Field, Denver, Colorado
Temperature: 59°
Head Official: Ed Hochuli
Attendance: 75915
Final Scoring Summary
 
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San Diego 314101138
Denver 7240839
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:41
Denver TD Denver 7 - San Diego 0
Michael Pittman 1 yd. run (Matt Prater kick)
1st Quarter - 3:47
San Diego FG Denver 7 - San Diego 3
Nate Kaeding 34 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 13:48
Denver TD Denver 14 - San Diego 3
Tony Scheffler 3 yd. pass from Jay Cutler (Matt Prater kick)
2nd Quarter - 10:42
Denver TD Denver 21 - San Diego 3
Tony Scheffler 14 yd. pass from Jay Cutler (Matt Prater kick)
2nd Quarter - 10:28
San Diego TD Denver 21 - San Diego 10
Darren Sproles 103 yd. kickoff return (Nate Kaeding kick)
2nd Quarter - 5:53
Denver FG Denver 24 - San Diego 10
Matt Prater 52 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 2:25
San Diego TD Denver 24 - San Diego 17
Chris Chambers 48 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:02
Denver TD Denver 31 - San Diego 17
Brandon Marshall 6 yd. pass from Jay Cutler (Matt Prater kick)
3rd Quarter - 10:44
San Diego TD Denver 31 - San Diego 24
Chris Chambers 15 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:29
San Diego FG Denver 31 - San Diego 27
Nate Kaeding 21 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 14:08
San Diego FG Denver 31 - San Diego 30
Nate Kaeding 28 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 4:22
San Diego TD Denver 31 - San Diego 38
Darren Sproles 66 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Legedu Naanee pass from Philip Rivers)
4th Quarter - 0:24
Denver TD Denver 39 - San Diego 38
Eddie Royal 4 yd. pass from Jay Cutler (Eddie Royal pass from Jay Cutler)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  San Diego Denver
1st Downs 19 34
Rushing 2 9
Passing 14 20
Penalty 3 5
3rd Down Conversions 6-10 4-10
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-1
Punts-Average 1-52.0 3-53.7
Return Yards 237 54
Punts-Returns 2-15 1-6
Kickoffs-Returns 6-212 2-48
Int-Returns 1-10 1-0
Penalties-Yards 8-60 7-67
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-0
Time of Possession 26:00 34:00
Total Net Yards 456 486
Total Plays 52 75
Average Gain 8.8 6.5
Net Yards Rushing 80 145
Rushes 18 24
Average/Rush 4.4 6.0
Net Yards Passing 376 341
Comp-Att 21-33 36-50
Yards/Pass 11.1 6.7
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-1 1-9
Had Intercepted 1 1
Touchdowns 4 5
Rushing 0 1
Passing 3 4
Other 1 0
Extra Points 4-4 5-5
Field Goals 3-3 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 1-4-25% 5-6-83%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-1-0% 4-4-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Rivers 21/33 377 3 1
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Cutler 36/50 350 4 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Sproles 7 53 7.6 0 18
L. Tomlinson 10 26 2.6 0 6
M. Tolbert 1 1 1.0 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
S. Young 8 78 9.8 0 49
A. Hall 7 31 4.4 0 10
M. Pittman 7 30 4.3 1 13
J. Cutler 2 6 3.0 0 4
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
C. Chambers 4 83 20.8 2 48
V. Jackson 6 73 12.2 0 21
D. Sproles 2 72 36.0 1 66
M. Tolbert 2 68 34.0 0 67
A. Gates 4 61 15.2 0 25
L. Tomlinson 2 14 7.0 0 16
L. Naanee 1 6 6.0 0 6
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
B. Marshall 18 166 9.2 1 34
T. Scheffler 6 64 10.7 2 24
B. Stokley 3 47 15.7 0 20
E. Royal 5 37 7.4 1 13
D. Graham 2 22 11.0 0 13
S. Young 1 8 8.0 0 8
N. Jackson 1 6 6.0 0 6
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Cason 1 10 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
C. Bailey 1 0 0
Sks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sks
  NO. YDS
J. Engelberger 1.0 1.0
Tackles
  TK AST
Q. Jammer 10 1
S. Gregory 8 0
M. Wilhelm 6 1
T. Dobbins 3 0
A. Cromartie 3 0
E. Weddle 3 1
D. Smith 3 2
A. Cason 2 0
R. Bingham 2 1
S. Phillips 2 1
C. Hart 2 3
M. Tolbert 1 0
C. Gordon 1 0
M. Harris 1 0
J. Williams 1 0
J. Tucker 1 1
L. Castillo 1 1
Tackles
  TK AST
C. Bailey 6 0
B. Bailey 5 1
M. McCree 4 0
D. Williams 4 1
K. Paymah 3 0
N. Webster 3 0
D. Bly 3 2
M. Manuel 3 2
C. Lowry 1 0
J. Engelberger 1 0
E. Ekuban 1 0
Fumbles
  NO.
A. Cason 1
Fumbles
  NO.
B. Marshall 1
J. Cutler 1