| Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 31, 2005 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: Qualcomm Stadium Attendance: 65513 |
| Weather: Haze Temp: 57 F Humidty: 93% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 23 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Tatum Bell 6 run (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Tatum Bell 1 run (Jason Elam kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | LaDainian Tomlinson 6 run (Nate Kaeding kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Safety, Shane Olivea tackled in end zone by Demetrin Veal | 16 | 7 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Tatum Bell 19 run (Jason Elam kick) | 23 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Jeb Putzier |
| 80 | WR | Rod Smith |
| 78 | LOT | Matt Lepsis |
| 50 | LOG | Ben Hamilton |
| 66 | C | Tom Nalen |
| 65 | ROG | Cooper Carlisle |
| 72 | ROT | George Foster |
| 82 | TE | Stephen Alexander |
| 16 | QB | Jake Plummer |
| 26 | RB | Tatum Bell |
| 39 | FB | Kyle Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Ebenezer Ekuban |
| 96 | LDT | Michael Myers |
| 61 | RDT | Gerard Warren |
| 93 | RDE | Trevor Pryce |
| 55 | SLB | D.J. Williams |
| 51 | MLB | Keith Burns |
| 52 | WLB | Ian Gold |
| 24 | LCB | Champ Bailey |
| 25 | SS | Nick Ferguson |
| 47 | FS | John Lynch |
| 22 | RCB | Domonique Foxworth |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Keenan McCardell |
| 75 | LOT | Leander Jordan |
| 68 | LOG | Kris Dielman |
| 61 | C | Nick Hardwick |
| 79 | ROG | Mike Goff |
| 70 | ROT | Shane Olivea |
| 85 | TE | Antonio Gates |
| 84 | TE | Justin Peelle |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 21 | RB | LaDainian Tomlinson |
| 41 | FB | Lorenzo Neal |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Luis Castillo |
| 76 | DT | Jamal Williams |
| 74 | RDE | Jacques Cesaire |
| 56 | LOLB | Shawne Merriman |
| 59 | LILB | Donnie Edwards |
| 58 | RILB | Randall Godfrey |
| 53 | ROLB | Steve Foley |
| 23 | LCB | Quentin Jammer |
| 42 | SS | Clinton Hart |
| 24 | FS | Jerry Wilson |
| 29 | RCB | Drayton Florence |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Ron Dayne | 13 | 64 | 4.9 | 16 | 0 |
| Tatum Bell | 17 | 52 | 3.1 | 19t | 3 |
| Bradlee Van Pelt | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 11 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 19 | 92 | 4.8 | 28 | 1 |
| Michael Turner | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Jake Plummer | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 0 | 91 | 6.5 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 76.8 |
| Bradlee Van Pelt | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 7 | 0.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Philip Rivers | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 1 | 115 | 5.2 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 50.4 |
| Drew Brees | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 0 | 68 | 4.9 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 69.9 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Kyle Johnson | 2 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Ashley Lelie | 5 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Charlie Adams | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Wesley Duke | 3 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Stephen Alexander | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Rod Smith | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jeb Putzier | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| David Terrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Eric Parker | 9 | 8 | 87 | 10.9 | 22 | 0 |
| Keenan McCardell | 10 | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Antonio Gates | 9 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Reche Caldwell | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Neal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Justin Peelle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Curome Cox | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Todd Sauerbrun | 7 | 319 | 45.6 | 57 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Mike Scifres | 7 | 311 | 44.4 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Charlie Adams | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Eric Parker | 5 | 1 | 42 | 8.4 | 13 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||
| Todd Sauerbrun | 4 | 260 | 65.0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||
| Nate Kaeding | 2 | 123 | 61.5 | 0 |
| Mike Scifres | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Roc Alexander | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Charlie Adams | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 28 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| John Lynch | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| Gerard Warren | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| Ebenezer Ekuban | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| Trevor Pryce | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Ian Gold | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Shaun Phillips | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| Shawne Merriman | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Champ Bailey | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Domonique Foxworth | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Williams | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Lynch | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nick Ferguson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Brandon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Gold | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Demetrin Veal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Pryce | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curome Cox | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Engelberger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ebenezer Ekuban | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Myers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karl Paymah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Coleman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Burns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roc Alexander | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerard Warren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Monsanto Pope | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Chukwurah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Devoe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cecil Sapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Donnie Edwards | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamal Williams | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Cesaire | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Wilson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randall Godfrey | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Foley | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clinton Hart | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Castillo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Drayton Florence | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Quentin Jammer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawne Merriman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Phillips | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Derreck Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryon Bingham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeQuincy Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marques Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vincent Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Wilhelm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Goff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philip Rivers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamar Fletcher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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