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Week 1: Denver at Indianapolis

September 05, 2021
78°
Indianapolis Stadium (Indianapolis, IN) Attendance: 52,361 (83%)
Denver 17 24 3 13 - 57
Indianapolis 14 7 3 7 - 31

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Denver: 4-3-IND 8 (12:09) 3-James Marr 25 yard field goal is GOOD. IND 0 DEN 3
(Qtr 1) Denver: 1-10-IND 27 (8:18) 5-Kelvin Parra pass complete to 81-Michael Charles for 27 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-James Marr. IND 0 DEN 10
(Qtr 1) Indianapolis: 1-10-IND 20 (8:11) 10-Mark Polanco pass complete to 86-Byron Thomas for 80 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-David Karnes. IND 7 DEN 10
(Qtr 1) Indianapolis: 1-9-DEN 9 (5:54) 10-Mark Polanco pass complete to 88-Ralph Dahl for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-David Karnes. IND 14 DEN 10
(Qtr 1) Denver: 4-18-IND 15 (2:54) 12-Roger McLaughlin punts 40 yards to DEN 45. 81-Michael Charles for 55 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-James Marr. IND 14 DEN 17
(Qtr 2) Denver: 2-10-IND 19 (14:20) 36-Patrick McMurry ran for 19 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-James Marr. DEN 73-Luis Spear was injured on the play. IND 14 DEN 24
(Qtr 2) Denver: 2-10-IND 47 (8:46) 5-Kelvin Parra pass complete to 88-Kim Mackie for 47 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-James Marr. IND 14 DEN 31
(Qtr 2) Indianapolis: 3-16-IND 26 (7:00) 10-Mark Polanco pass complete to 11-William Leary for 74 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-David Karnes. IND 21 DEN 31
(Qtr 2) Denver: 2-2-DEN 32 (6:03) 5-Kelvin Parra pass complete to 87-Paul Rodgers for 68 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-James Marr. IND 21 DEN 38
(Qtr 2) Denver: 4-3-IND 24 (1:19) 3-James Marr 41 yard field goal is GOOD. IND 21 DEN 41
(Qtr 3) Indianapolis: 4-5-DEN 36 (12:42) 9-David Karnes 54 yard field goal is GOOD. IND 24 DEN 41
(Qtr 3) Denver: 4-7-IND 20 (3:47) 3-James Marr 38 yard field goal is GOOD. IND 24 DEN 44
(Qtr 4) Denver: 3-1-IND 1 (11:25) 5-Kelvin Parra pass complete to 81-Michael Charles for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Denver: 4-10-IND 35 (4:23) 12-Roger McLaughlin punts 44 yards to DEN 21. 81-Michael Charles for 79 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-James Marr. IND 24 DEN 57
(Qtr 4) Indianapolis: 1-5-DEN 5 (1:39) 10-Mark Polanco ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-David Karnes. IND 31 DEN 57

Team Statistics

Indianapolis Denver
First Downs 11 24
- Rushing 2 12
- Passing 9 10
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 365 577
- Offensive Plays 59 69
- Yards Per Play 6.19 8.36
Net Rushing Yards 93 260
- Rushing Attempts 20 34
- Yards Per Rush 4.65 7.65
Net Passing Yards 272 317
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 16 / 1 33 / 21 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 311 334
- Sacks/Yards Lost 6 / 39 2 / 17
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.97 9.06
- Yards Per Completion 19.44 15.90
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 15 4 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.3 6.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 30 4 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 96 5 / 182
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 39 1 / 25
Int Returns/Yards 1 / -2 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 37
Time of Possession 19:55 40:08

Drive Charts

Indianapolis

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:08 OWN 20 1 0 Fumble
1 12:06 1:40 OWN 20 3 -2 Punt
1 8:10 0:15 OWN 20 1 80 Touchdown
1 5:54 0:05 OPP 9 1 9 Touchdown
1 4:09 1:30 OWN 22 3 -8 Punt
2 14:14 2:56 OWN 20 4 23 Punt
2 8:37 1:51 OWN 20 6 80 Touchdown
2 5:52 2:11 OWN 20 3 8 Punt
2 1:15 1:15 OWN 20 3 16 Half
3 14:09 1:32 OPP 41 3 5 Field Goal
3 6:41 1:28 OWN 1 3 4 Interception
3 3:43 1:59 OWN 29 3 2 Punt
4 11:21 2:05 OWN 20 8 31 Punt
4 5:05 1:00 OWN 20 4 15 Punt

Denver

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:52 2:47 OPP 41 4 33 Field Goal
1 10:26 2:16 OWN 46 4 54 Touchdown
1 7:56 2:02 OWN 20 6 23 Punt
1 5:49 1:40 OWN 20 4 12 Punt
1 2:39 1:37 OPP 20 3 -5 Punt
1 1:02 1:49 OWN 31 5 69 Touchdown
2 11:18 2:41 OWN 20 5 80 Touchdown
2 6:46 0:55 OWN 24 2 76 Touchdown
2 3:41 2:26 OPP 48 4 24 Field Goal
3 15:00 0:51 OWN 20 2 9 Interception
3 12:37 5:56 OWN 20 10 37 Punt
3 5:13 1:30 OPP 24 3 3 Field Goal
3 1:44 5:23 OWN 20 11 80 Touchdown
4 9:16 4:10 OWN 12 6 43 Punt
4 4:05 2:33 OPP 20 10 -80 Touchdown
4 1:32 1:32 OWN 20 3 39 Game

Rushing Stats

Indianapolis

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jean Ware 16 84 5.25 25 4 0
Mark Polanco 1 5 5.00 5 0 1
Robert Reyer 3 4 1.33 3 0 0

Denver

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Patrick McMurry 21 171 8.14 26 8 1
Michael Coffman 9 67 7.44 26 3 0
Jason Cline 4 22 5.50 10 2 0

Passing Stats

Indianapolis

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mark Polanco 33 16 311 6 / 39 3 80 1 99.43

Denver

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Kelvin Parra 33 21 334 2 / 17 4 68 1 124.24

Receiving Stats

Indianapolis

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Byron Thomas 3 91 30.33 80 1
William Leary 2 81 40.50 74 1
Donald Garcia 4 45 11.25 23 0
William Santiago 2 23 11.50 13 0
Raymond Chase 1 22 22.00 22 0
Ralph Dahl 2 21 10.50 12 1
Jean Ware 1 15 15.00 15 0
John Long 1 13 13.00 13 0

Denver

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kim Mackie 10 138 13.80 47 1
Paul Rodgers 2 85 42.50 68 1
Michael Charles 6 81 13.50 27 2
Gregory Hancock 1 18 18.00 18 0
Michael Coffman 1 11 11.00 11 0
Warren McDougal 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Indianapolis

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Lincoln Clough 0 0 2 0
Richard Davis 0 0 1 0

Denver

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Robert Huff 0 0 1 0
Floyd Hughes 0 0 1 0

Interception Stats

Indianapolis

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Jeffery Kunkel 1 -2 -2.00 0

Denver

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Jim Castaneda 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Indianapolis

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jean Ware 1 0 0 0

Denver

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Trevor Bernstein 0 1 1 0

Punting

Indianapolis

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Roger McLaughlin 8 403 50.38 21.50 79 1

Denver

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Sol Woodson 4 198 49.50 19.75 59 1

Kicking

Indianapolis

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
David Karnes 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 54 4 / 4

Denver

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Marr 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 41 6 / 7

Punt Return

Indianapolis

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jean Ware 2 96 48.0 82 0

Denver

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Michael Charles 5 182 36.4 79 2

Kick Return

Indianapolis

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jean Ware 1 39 39.0 0

Denver

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jason Cline 1 25 25.0 0

Defensive Stats