National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Diego 52, Denver 21
When: 8:15 PM ET, Sunday, December 28, 2008
Where: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California
Temperature: 58°
Head Official: John Parry
Attendance: 69131
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Denver 607821
San Diego 1014141452
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:41
San Diego FG San Diego 3 - Denver 0
Nate Kaeding 28 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 7:36
Denver TD San Diego 3 - Denver 6
Tatum Bell 26 yd. run (kick failed)
1st Quarter - 2:52
San Diego TD San Diego 10 - Denver 6
LaDainian Tomlinson 1 yd. run (Nate Kaeding kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:30
San Diego TD San Diego 17 - Denver 6
Brandon Manumaleuna 12 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick)
2nd Quarter - 3:32
San Diego TD San Diego 24 - Denver 6
LaDainian Tomlinson 4 yd. run (Nate Kaeding kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:47
Denver TD San Diego 24 - Denver 13
Tatum Bell 37 yd. run (Matt Prater kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:59
San Diego TD San Diego 31 - Denver 13
Darren Sproles 13 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:41
San Diego TD San Diego 38 - Denver 13
LaDainian Tomlinson 14 yd. run (Nate Kaeding kick)
4th Quarter - 13:01
Denver TD San Diego 38 - Denver 21
Tony Scheffler 25 yd. pass from Jay Cutler (Jay Cutler run)
4th Quarter - 9:47
San Diego TD San Diego 45 - Denver 21
Darren Sproles 2 yd. run (Nate Kaeding kick)
4th Quarter - 1:15
San Diego TD San Diego 52 - Denver 21
Jacob Hester 4 yd. run (Nate Kaeding kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Denver San Diego
1st Downs 25 28
Rushing 3 17
Passing 20 9
Penalty 2 2
3rd Down Conversions 3-8 7-11
4th Down Conversions 1-3 2-2
Punts-Average 2-42.0 1-43.0
Return Yards 171 116
Punts-Returns 0-0 2-16
Kickoffs-Returns 9-171 4-96
Int-Returns 0-0 2-4
Penalties-Yards 4-79 6-67
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Time of Possession 23:53 36:07
Total Net Yards 406 491
Total Plays 59 64
Average Gain 6.9 7.7
Net Yards Rushing 90 289
Rushes 10 42
Average/Rush 9.0 6.9
Net Yards Passing 316 202
Comp-Att 33-49 15-20
Yards/Pass 6.4 9.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 2-5
Had Intercepted 2 0
Touchdowns 3 7
Rushing 2 5
Passing 1 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-3 7-7
Field Goals 0-0 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 0-2-0% 7-8-88%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-0-0% 3-3-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Denver Broncos (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Cutler 33/49 316 1 2
San Diego Chargers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Rivers 15/20 207 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
T. Bell 8 86 10.8 2 37
J. Cutler 2 4 2.0 0 6
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Sproles 14 115 8.2 1 37
L. Tomlinson 14 96 6.9 3 45
J. Hester 8 37 4.6 1 17
V. Jackson 2 30 15.0 0 17
P. Rivers 4 11 2.8 0 4
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
E. Royal 11 76 6.9 0 12
T. Scheffler 5 75 15.0 1 25
B. Marshall 6 55 9.2 0 17
B. Stokley 4 47 11.8 0 17
T. Bell 4 31 7.8 0 12
D. Graham 2 19 9.5 0 10
D. Jackson 1 13 13.0 0 13
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
C. Chambers 3 50 16.7 0 18
A. Gates 3 49 16.3 0 34
V. Jackson 2 47 23.5 0 37
J. Hester 2 19 9.5 0 16
B. Manumaleuna 2 17 8.5 1 12
D. Sproles 2 17 8.5 1 13
L. Naanee 1 8 8.0 0 8
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
L. Castillo 1 4 0
P. Oliver 1 0 0
Sks
  NO. YDS
E. Ekuban 1.0 5.0
D. Robertson 1.0 0.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  TK AST
C. Bailey 7 0
J. Winborn 7 2
D. Williams 6 3
M. Thomas 4 0
N. Webster 4 1
J. Bell 3 0
M. Manuel 3 0
E. Ekuban 3 2
V. Fox 3 2
D. Bly 2 0
J. Engelberger 2 1
N. Clemons 2 1
J. Barrett 2 2
E. Dumervil 1 0
M. Haggan 1 0
T. Crowder 1 0
D. Robertson 1 0
Tackles
  TK AST
E. Weddle 10 1
S. Cooper 5 1
A. Cason 5 1
A. Cromartie 4 0
S. Phillips 3 0
Q. Jammer 2 0
P. Oliver 2 0
J. Tucker 1 0
I. Olshansky 1 0
J. Williams 1 0
R. Bingham 1 0
S. Gregory 1 0
A. Applewhite 1 0
C. Hart 1 1
C. Gordon 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
C. Jackson 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles