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Inside the Numbers

November 14th, 2011 - 12:48pm by Stuart ZaasOther posts by

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The Broncos posted their league-best third game with at least 195 rushing yards. The club has topped the 200-yard rushing mark in back-to-back games and have run for 195 or more in their last three.

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Quarterback Tim Tebow posted his sixth career game with both a rushing and passing touchdown. Those six games rank second in the NFL (behind Michael Vick’s 7) since Tebow entered the league in 2010. With his 7-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, he passed Jake Plummer for the second-most rushing touchdowns (8) by a quarterback in franchise history. John Elway leads that category with 33 rushing touchdowns.

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Eric Decker caught his seventh touchdown pass of the season to help put the game out of reach in the fourth quarter against the Chiefs. His seven receiving touchdowns rank second in the AFC and third in the NFL.

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Inside the Numbers

November 8th, 2011 - 12:21pm by Stuart ZaasOther posts by

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Wide receiver Eddie Royal became the first player in the NFL this season to return a punt for a touchdown and catch a touchdown pass in the same game. He is the second Bronco to accomplish that feat, joining Rick Upchurch, who did so in 1982.

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Wide receiver Eric Decker moved into a tie for second in the league with his sixth touchdown reception of the season on Sunday. The second-year wideout is also tied for the second-most multiple-touchdown games (2) this season.

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Running back Willis McGahee finished with 163 yards on 20 carries, averaged 8.2 yards per carry — the third-highest single-game average in the NFL this season (min. 20 carries). His 163 yards were the second-most in his career. With his two scores Sunday, the ninth-year running back now ranks third since he entered the league in 2004, with 58 career rushing touchdowns.

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Inside the Numbers

October 31st, 2011 - 11:10am by Stuart ZaasOther posts by

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Punter Britton Colquitt is one of just two players in the league to rank in the top three in gross punting average (Colquitt’s 50.1 ranks third) and net punting average (Colquitt’s 43.6 ranks second).

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Wide receiver Eric Decker caught his fifth touchdown pass of the season on Sunday. He is now tied for fourth in the NFL in that category this season.

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Cornerback Chris Harris became the sixth different Bronco to lead (or share the lead) in tackles for a game this season. He joins linebacker Wesley Woodyard (three times), cornerback Jonathan Wilhite, linebacker D.J. Williams, linebacker Joe Mays and safety Brian Dawkins.

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Inside the Numbers

October 24th, 2011 - 11:22am by Stuart ZaasOther posts by

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Von Miller recorded his sixth consecutive game with a sack to mark the longest such streak by a Denver rookie since LB Mike Croel had a sack in six straight contests in 1991. Miller, who became just the 10th rookie in NFL history to record six sacks in his team’s first six games, leads all NFL rookies in quarterback takedowns this season.

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Quarterback Tim Tebow, who wears No. 15, helped lead the Broncos to a historic come-from-behind victory at Miami. Denver became the first team since the 1970 NFL merger to win a game when trailing by 15 or more points with less than three minutes remaining in regulation.

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Against the Dolphins, safety Brian Dawkins recorded his 24th and 25th career sacks to tie for the third-most sacks by a defensive back since the statistic was tracked beginning in 1982. Sunday marked his second career multi-sack game, with the first one being on Nov. 9, 2000 vs. Arizona.

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Inside the Numbers

October 20th, 2011 - 9:12am by Stuart ZaasOther posts by

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Punter Britton Colquitt is one of just two NFL players to rank in the Top 3 in both gross (50.7, 2nd) and net (43.7, 3rd) punting average.

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Running back Willis McGahee is tied for second in the NFL with three 100-yard games this season.

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Linebacker Von Miller ranks second among league rookies and is tied for sixth in the NFL with five sacks (38 yds.) this season.

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Inside the Numbers

October 10th, 2011 - 11:20am by Stuart ZaasOther posts by

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The Chargers were not called for a single penalty, marking just the third time in Broncos history that the opponent was not whistled for any fouls.

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With his 55-yard interception return for a touchdown in the first quarter vs. San Diego, CB Cassius Vaughn became just the second undrafted player in NFL history (since the inception of the modern-era draft) to return both a kick and an interception for a touchdown in their careers.

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Inside the Numbers

October 4th, 2011 - 9:10am by Stuart ZaasOther posts by

Each week, DenverBroncos.com will go inside the boxscore from the team’s most recent game to give you interesting stats and notes that may have gone unnoticed.

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P Britton Colquitt ranks second in the NFL with a 43.9-yard net punting average (min. 15 punts). His 49.6-yard gross punting average is fifth among players with at least 15 punts. Colquitt’s six punts downed inside the 20-yard line rank second among players averaging at least 48 yards per punt.

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With his two touchdown receptions at Green Bay, WR Eric Decker brought his season receiving TD total to four, becoming the first Bronco since Rod Smith in 2001 to catch four touchdown passes in the team’s first four games.

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Inside the Numbers

September 27th, 2011 - 8:54am by Stuart ZaasOther posts by

Each week, DenverBroncos.com will go inside the boxscore from the team’s most recent game to give you interesting stats and notes that may have gone unnoticed.

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Opponents have yet to score on the Broncos in the first quarter this season. Denver has scored 17 points in the opening period and has led after the first quarter in each of its three games thus far.

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The Broncos defense held Tennessee running backs Chris Johnson and Javon Ringer to a total of 15 yards on 19 carries on Sunday. That 0.8 yards-per-carry mark ranks as the third-best in club history.

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Cornerback Jonathan Wilhite registered a sack for the second consecutive week. His two sacks in 2011 lead all NFL cornerbacks.

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Inside the Numbers

September 20th, 2011 - 3:22pm by Stuart ZaasOther posts by

Each week, DenverBroncos.com will go inside the boxscore from the team’s most recent game to give you interesting stats and notes that may have gone unnoticed.

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After two games, Denver is tied with San Diego and Oakland for first place in the AFC West with a 1-1 record. Since realignment in 2002, 62 of the 108 teams (57.4 percent) to make the playoffs at the end of the season began the year at either 1-1 or 0-2.
Denver joins 18 NFL teams at 1-1 after two weeks of play. Seven teams have a perfect 2-0 record at the end of Week 2 and seven teams are 0-2.

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Denver held Cincinnati to 1-of-11 on third downs, including three stops on third-and-1 during the team’s 24-22 victory. The Broncos rank third in the NFL through two games, allowing opponents to convert just 6-of-25 third downs (24.0%).

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Willis McGahee became the 35th player in team history to post a 100-yard rushing game after carrying the ball 28 times for 101 yards vs. the Bengals. It was his 24th career 100-yard rushing game, which ties for sixth most among active NFL players in that category.

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