09-19-2009 ALLTEL Stadium Temp:60 Wind:15-25 Rain Line:Even MVP:Carr 2009 Denver (0-4) 7 3 3 3 16 2009 Buffalo (3-1) 0 0 7 10 17 1 2:21 Denver TD Griese 5 pass to Stevens (Crosby) (5-61-3:06) 7-0 2 10:06 Denver FG Crosby 31 (12-65-5:58) 10-0 3 8:52 Denver FG Crosby 39 (10-46-6:08) 13-0 3 6:55 Buffalo TD Russell 25 pass to Bush (Gould) (3-62-1:53) 13-7 4 15:00 Buffalo FG Gould 36 (5-18-2:26) 13-10 4 8:56 Denver FG Crosby 40 (11-59-6:00) 16-10 4 0:47 Buffalo TD Russell 10 pass to Bess (Gould) (7-64-1:14) 16-17 Den Buf First Downs 20 15 Rushes 26-58 22-65 Passes 40-26-283 28-15-200 Sacked 4-23 1-4 Fumble 3 0 Penalties 4-30 10-67 Turnovers 3 1 Time 36:25 23:35 Third Down 9-17 3-10 Fourth Down 1-3 1-1 Net Offense 318 261 Injuries: Springs(Den-7) < Denver > < Buffalo > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Griese 40 26 283 4 2 3 1 62.8 Russell 28 15 200 1 1 1 2 85.4 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Williams 11 31 2.8 1 1 13 0 Bush 7 32 4.6 0 1 15 0 White 14 26 1.9 2 0 5 0 Russell 4 19 4.8 1 0 8 0 Griese 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 Benson 7 9 1.3 0 0 3 0 Hightower 3 3 1.0 1 0 2 0 Battle 1 2 2.0 0 0 2 0 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Bowe 10 0 138 13.8 6 1 32 0 Bess 5 0 59 11.8 4 0 17 1 Thomas 3 0 18 6.0 2 0 8 0 Miller 4 0 49 12.3 2 0 18 0 Williams 2 0 3 1.5 0 0 3 0 Battle 3 0 54 18.0 3 0 21 0 Washington 2 1 48 24.0 2 1 27 0 Bush 3 0 38 12.7 2 1 25 1 Walker 2 0 18 9.0 1 0 12 0 Benson 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Franks 2 0 18 9.0 1 0 13 0 Porter 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Santi 2 0 11 5.5 1 0 6 0 Zeigler 2 0 24 12.0 1 0 19 0 Stevens 1 0 5 5.0 1 0 5 1 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Griese 2 1 0 Walker 1 0 0 Thomas 0 1 0 Wahle 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Walker 3 64 21.3 24 0 Carr 5 134 26.8 40 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Zeigler 1 1 7 7.0 7 0 Bess 2 0 20 10.0 11 0 Craft 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Crosby 3-3 40 1-1 10 Gould 1-1 36 2-2 5 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Ryan 4 201 50.3 1 1 0 69 Lechler 6 317 52.8 1 2 0 58 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Sims 8 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Howard 11 0 2 0 0 1 1-0 Craft 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lewis 10 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 Witherspoon 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Goodman 10 0 1 0 0 0 1-0 Thomas 3 0 3 0 0 0 0-0 Johnson 7 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Brown 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Smith 4 0 1 0 2 0 0-0 Kehl 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Sopoaga 3 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 McCree 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Washington 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Bullocks 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Wimbley 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Diggs 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Tapp 2 2 2 0 2 1 0-0 Clemons 2 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 Johnson 2 1 0 0 0 1 0-0 Bulman 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Richardson 2 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Allen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Adams 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Gholston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Carr 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 McCargo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Coleman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Barnes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Beisel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jennings 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Hoke 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 Gooden 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Huff 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Play-By-Play Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:55 Buf Carr ret of 20 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own28 14:16 Buf Hightower 0 2T2 Sweep-R 4-3 M Key-Hightower 2 10 own28 14:12 Buf Sk-Clemons -4 Bas S-Slant 4-3 Z Key-Benson 3 14 own24 14:12 Buf Delay Bas delay 4-3 Z 3 19 own19 13:32 Buf Russell 6 3W1 M-Hitch 3-2 dZ Basic 4 13 own25 13:24 Buf Lechler 56,Craft FC --- Pt-deep --- faircatch 1 10 own19 13:15 Den Buf Pen5(Smith) Bas L-Slant/A 4-2 M Basic/Lr 1 5 own24 13:15 Den Pen5(Cole) Bas S-Slant 4-3 M Key-White 1 10 own19 13:03 Den Buf Pen12(Howard) Bas M-Slant 4-2 Z Basic 1 10 own31 12:25 Den White 2 Bas Sweep-R 4-2 Z Basic/Lo 2 8 own33 11:46 Den White 2 Bas OffTkl-R 4-2 M Dbl-Bowe 3 6 own35 11:21 Den Griese-Bowe 6 2T1 S-Slant 4-2 MiPass 1 10 own41 10:38 Den Williams 1 2T1 OffTkl-L 4-3 M Pass 2 9 own42 9:55 Den Williams 13 2T1 Dive 4-3 dZ Key-Williams 1 10 opp45 9:14 Den Griese-Thomas 8 3W1 S-Out/A 4-2 Z Basic 2 2 opp37 8:43 Den White 2 2T1 Dive 4-3 tM Key-White 1 10 opp35 8:06 Den Sk-Johnson -4/F Bas S-Flat 4-3 M Pass-Bowe/Washingto 2 14 opp39 7:25 Den White 1 Bas Draw 4-2 MiBasic 3 13 opp38 6:48 Den Griese-Williams 0 3W1 Screen 4-2 M Dbl-Bowe 4 13 opp38 6:41 Den Ryan 30, OB --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own8 6:41 Buf Pen4(Gaines) 2T2 Sweep-L 4-3 M Key-Bush 1 14 own4 6:13 Buf Bush 3 2T2 Trap-L 4-3 tM Key-Bush 2 11 own7 6:13 Buf Pen4(Gaines) 2T2 M-Slant/RBw 4-3 Z Basic 2 15 own3 5:36 Buf Benson 0 Bas DelayDraw 4-3 Z Basic 3 15 own3 5:32 Buf Russell-Bess X Bas M-Hitch/RBw 4-1 Z Pass 4 15 own3 5:27 Buf Lechler 58,Craft FC --- Pt-deep --- faircatch 1 10 own39 4:42 Den Griese-Washingt 21 Bas L-Slant 4-2 M Basic/Ll 1 10 opp40 3:54 Den Griese-Bowe 32 Bas S-Out 4-3 M Dbl-Bowe/Ll 1 8 opp8 3:06 Den White 2 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Run-White,L 2 6 opp6 2:24 Den Griese 1 Bas S-Slant/SG 4-3 ZoPass/Li 3 5 opp5 2:21 Den Griese-Stevens 5/TD Bas M-Hitch/RBw/sec 4-3 Z Pass/Lr 7-0 KO 2:09 Buf Carr ret of 23 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own23 1:27 Buf Benson 3 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Key-Benson 2 7 own26 1:20 Buf Russell-Bess X Bas L-Cross 4-3 ZiPass/A 3 7 own26 1:11 Buf Russell-Battle X Bas L-Hitch/PBK/RBw 4-1 M Pass-Bush 4 7 own26 1:04 Buf Lechler 53,Zeigler F --- Pt-deep --- faircatch 1 10 own21 1:01 Den Griese-Santi X Bas S-Flat 4-2 M Basic 2 10 own21 0:18 Den Griese-Bowe 17 Bas M-Slant 4-2 M Basic 1 10 own38 0:00 Den White 0 Bas Pitch-R 4-2 M Dbl-Washington 2nd Quarter 2 10 own38 14:19 Den Sk-Tapp -5/F Bas L-Slant 4-2 M Dbl-Washington 3 15 own33 13:39 Den Griese-Bowe 18 3W1 S-Slant/sec 4-2 ZoPass 1 10 opp49 13:02 Den Griese-Bowe 10 2T1 M-Slant 4-3 ZoBasic 1 10 opp39 13:02 Buf Buf Loses Challenge 1 10 opp39 12:22 Den Griese-Franks 5 2T1 L-Slant/sec 4-3 Z Basic 2 5 opp34 11:39 Den Griese-Franks 13 2T1 S-Hitch/sec 4-3 Z Key-Williams 1 10 opp21 11:34 Den Griese-Washingt X 2T1 L-Slant 4-3 Z Run 2 10 opp21 11:25 Den Den Pen15(Cole) 2T1 S-Flat/A 4-2 tM Basic 2 25 opp36 10:44 Den Griese-Bowe 19 2T1 L-Slant 4-2 M Basic/Li 3 6 opp17 10:06 Den Griese-Williams 3 2T1 Screen/A 4-2 M Basic 4 3 opp14 10:03 Den FG Crosby 31/G --- FG --- Block 10-0 KO 9:52 Buf Carr ret of 25 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own25 9:44 Buf Buf Pen10(Gallery) Bas S-Flat 4-3 Z Basic 1 20 own15 9:07 Buf Russell-Miller 8 Bas S-Out/SG 4-3 Z Pass 2 12 own23 8:27 Buf Russell-Bess 17 Bas M-Fly/A/RBw 4-3 tM Pass-Bush 1 10 own40 7:45 Buf Benson 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 8 own42 7:03 Buf Bush 6 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Dbl-Bush 3 2 own48 6:23 Buf Hightower 1 2T2 OffTkl-L 4-3 M Run-Hightower 4 1 own49 5:42 Buf Russell 1 2T2 QbSneak 4-3 tM Run-Bush,R 1 10 50 4:59 Buf Benson 0 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 50 4:25 Buf Russell-Bush 3 Bas S-Out/PBK/RBw 4-3 tM Dbl-Bush 3 7 opp47 4:21 Buf Russell-Battle X 3W1 M-Hitch/RBw 3-3 Z Pass 4 7 opp47 4:14 Buf Lechler 47, Tb --- Pt-side --- LetRoll 1 10 own20 3:34 Den Williams 2 Bas Sweep-R/A 4-2 M Basic 2 8 own22 2:55 Den Williams 2 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 M Dbl-Washington 3 6 own24 2:44 Den White 5 3W1 Draw 4-3 Z Pass/Li 4 1 own29 2:36 Den Ryan 56,Bess 9 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own24 2:27 Buf Russell-Battle X 3W1 L-Fly/A 4-3 tM Dbl-Bush 2 10 own24 2:21 Buf Russell-Miller X 3W1 M-Hitch/A 4-3 M Pass/Bz1 3 10 own24 2:00 Buf Russell-Bush 10 3W1 M-Out/sec 4-1 Z Pass/Bz1 1 10 own34 1:52 Buf Russell-Battle X 3W1 M-Fly 3-2 M Basic 2 10 own34 1:41 Buf Buf Pen10(Steinbach) 3W1 M-Hitch/RBw/sec 3-2 M Pass 2 20 own24 1:35 Buf Russell-Porter X 3W1 M-Fly/sec 3-2 M Pass 3 20 own24 1:28 Buf Russell-Bush X 3W1 M-Out/SG 3-2 dZ Pass 4 20 own24 1:21 Buf Lechler 52,Zeigler 7 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own31 0:39 Den White 1 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 9 own32 0:30 Den White 3 Bas Sweep-R 4-2 M Basic 3 6 own35 0:03 Den White 0 Bas Draw 4-2 M Basic 4 6 own35 0:00 Den Griese-INT-Carr 4WR B-Post/A/PBK 4-2 M Pass/Bz2 3rd Quarter KO 14:48 Den Walker ret of 24 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own32 14:10 Den Griese-Santi 5 Bas Screen 4-3 M Basic/Lr 2 5 own37 14:06 Den Griese-Walker X Bas S-Flat 4-3 M Dbl-Bowe 3 5 own37 13:31 Den Griese-Thomas 5 3W1 S-Hitch/A 4-3 M Pass-Bowe 1 10 own42 12:51 Den White 3 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Pass-Bowe 2 7 own45 12:12 Den White 2 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Run 3 5 own47 11:33 Den Griese-Walker 12/F Bas S-Flat 4-2 M Dbl-Bowe 1 10 opp41 10:50 Den Griese-Bowe 13 Bas L-Slant/sec 4-3 sZ Pass 1 10 opp28 10:10 Den White 2 Bas Draw 4-3 Z Basic 2 8 opp26 9:31 Den Williams 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Key-Williams 3 6 opp24 8:52 Den Williams 2 Bas Dive 4-3 sZoPass 4 4 opp22 8:48 Den FG Crosby 39/G --- FG --- Block 13-0 KO 8:33 Buf Carr ret of 40 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own38 7:49 Buf Russell-Battle 19 Bas S-Out 4-3 M Pass 1 10 opp43 7:08 Buf Russell-Miller 18 Bas S-Slant/sec 4-3 tM Pass 1 10 opp25 6:55 Buf Russell-Bush 25/TD Bas S-Flat 4-3 Z Basic 13-7 KO 6:41 Den Walker ret of 22 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own28 6:36 Den Griese-Bowe X Bas S-Slant 4-3 MiBasic 2 10 own28 5:54 Den Williams 3 Bas Trap-L 4-3 tM Basic 3 7 own31 5:42 Den Griese-Washingt X 3W1 L-Slant/sec 4-3 sZ Basic 4 7 own31 5:36 Den Ryan 69, Tb --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 5:23 Buf Bush 15 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Pass-Bush 1 10 own35 4:40 Buf Benson 1 2T2 OffTkl-L 4-3 M Run-Benson 2 9 own36 4:01 Buf Russell-Bess 13 2T2 M-Fly/A 4-3 tM Run-Benson 1 10 own49 3:52 Buf Den Pen5(Hoke) 2T2 OffTkl-R/A 4-3 M Pass 1 5 opp46 3:16 Buf Benson 3 2T2 OffTkl-L 4-3 M Key-Benson 2 2 opp43 2:39 Buf Russell-Bess 10 2T2 M-Hitch/A/sec 4-3 sZ Basic 1 10 opp33 2:32 Buf Russell-INT-Hoke Bas S-Out/sec 4-3 Z Key-Bush 1 10 own22 2:26 Den Griese-INT-Howard 3W1 M-Fly/sec 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp37 1:47 Buf Bush 2 Bas Stretch-R 4-3 Z Run-Bush,R 2 8 opp35 1:11 Buf Russell-Miller 10 Bas S-Slant 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp25 1:07 Buf Russell-Benson X 2T2 S-Flat 4-3 M Run-Benson 2 10 opp25 0:25 Buf Russell 4 Bas M-Fly/A 4-3 sZ Basic 3 6 opp21 0:00 Buf Battle 2 Bas EndAround/RBw 3-2 tM Pass 4th Quarter 4 4 opp19 14:56 Buf FG Gould 36/G --- FG --- Block 13-10 KO 14:49 Den Walker ret of 18 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own18 14:13 Den Griese-Bowe 8 Bas M-Hitch/sec 4-3 tM Basic 2 2 own26 13:31 Den Williams 2 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 M Dbl-Bowe 3 0 own28 13:31 Den Buf Wins Challenge 3 0 own28 12:51 Den White 1 Bas Dive 4-3 M Key-White 1 10 own29 12:10 Den Griese-Walker 6 Bas S-Out/sec 4-2 tM Dbl-Bowe 2 4 own35 12:00 Den Griese-Bowe X Bas L-Slant/A 4-3 M Run/Bz1 3 4 own35 11:16 Den Griese-Thomas 5 3W1 S-Flat/sec 4-3 tM Pass/Bz1/Li 1 10 own40 10:36 Den Griese-Washingt 27 2T1 L-Slant/sec 4-3 Z Key-Williams 1 10 opp33 10:24 Den Buf Pen5(Francisco) Bas L-Fly 4-3 Z Key-Williams 1 10 opp28 10:18 Den Griese-Bowe X Bas M-Slant/A 4-2 M Basic 2 10 opp28 9:35 Den Williams 0 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 sZ Basic 3 10 opp28 8:56 Den Griese-Zeigler 5 3W1 S-Slant 4-3 M Pass/Bz1 4 5 opp23 8:50 Den FG Crosby 40/G --- FG --- Block 16-10 KO 8:38 Buf Carr ret of 26 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own32 7:56 Buf Benson 0 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Run-Benson 2 10 own32 7:18 Buf Russell-Bess 9 Bas S-Slant/PBK 4-3 M Key-Bush 3 1 own41 6:39 Buf Hightower 2 2T2 OffTkl-L 4-3 M Key-Hightower 1 10 own43 5:59 Buf Bush 0 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Key-Bush 2 10 own43 5:19 Buf Bush 3 3W1 Pitch-R 3-2 tM Pass 3 7 own46 5:16 Buf Russell-Miller X 3W1 S-Cross 3-2 M Pass-Battle 4 7 own46 5:12 Buf Lechler 51, OB --- Pt-side --- faircatch 1 10 own3 4:35 Den Griese-Bowe 8 Bas S-Out 4-3 M Dbl-Bowe/Ll 2 2 own11 3:56 Den Griese-Zeigler 19 3W1 S-Slant/A 4-3 M Run 1 10 own30 3:51 Den Den Pen5(Satele) 3W1 Screen 4-3 M Run 1 15 own25 3:39 Den Griese-Zeigler X 3W1 M-Cross/sec 4-3 sZ Pass 2 15 own25 3:03 Den Williams 1 3W1 OffTkl-L 4-2 tMiPass/Bz1 3 14 own26 2:09 Den Williams 3 Bas OffTkl-R 4-2 M Pass 4 11 own29 2:01 Den Ryan 46,Bess 11 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own36 1:52 Buf Bush 3 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Key-Bush 2 7 own39 1:44 Buf Russell-Battle 21 Bas M-Hitch/RBw 3-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp40 1:20 Buf Russell 8 3W1 M-Hitch 4-2 M Pass 2 2 opp32 1:20 Buf Pen5(Steinbach) 3W1 S-Out 4-2 M Pass/Bz1 2 7 opp37 1:10 Buf Russell-Miller 13 3W1 M-Fly 4-2 M Pass 1 10 opp24 1:01 Buf Russell-Battle 14 3W1 M-Fly 3-2 tM Pass 1 10 opp10 0:56 Buf Russell-Bess X Bas M-Slant/PBK 4-1 M Basic/Bz1 2 10 opp10 0:47 Buf Russell-Bess 10/TD Bas M-Fly/SG/PBK 4-3 M Run-Bush,R 16-17 KO 0:47 Den kick downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 0:39 Den Griese-Zeigler X 3W1 S-Slant 4-2 lM Pass/Bz2 2 10 own20 0:35 Den Griese-Bowe X 3W1 S-Out 4-2 Z Pass 3 10 own20 0:29 Den Griese-Bowe 7 3W1 L-Hitch/sec 4-2 M Pass-Bowe/Washingto 4 3 own27 0:26 Den Griese-Santi 6 3W1 S-Out 4-2 M Pass-Bowe/Washingto 1 10 own33 0:16 Den Sk-Lewis -9 3W1 M-Slant/HO 4-2 M Pass/Bz2 2 19 own24 0:11 Den Griese-Zeigler X 3W1 S-Slant/HO 4-2 lM Pass-Bowe/Washingto 3 19 own24 0:03 Den Sk-Tapp -5 3W1 M-Out/HO 4-2 dZ Pass 4 24 own19 0:00 Den Griese-INT-Goodman 4WR Hail/HO 4-2 dZoPass