Week 9, 2015

played in Cincinnati, OH

68 degrees, fair, 12 mph wind

Denver Broncos	7	3	0	7	-	17
Cincinnati Bengals	0	3	7	3	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 00:28 DEN - Eric Reid 10 interception return (Micah Posante extra point)
2Q: 10:25 CIN - Jeff Chandler 29 field goal
2Q: 05:57 DEN - Micah Posante 25 field goal
3Q: 09:16 CIN - Justin Leyva 3 run (Jeff Chandler extra point)
4Q: 08:02 CIN - Jeff Chandler 37 field goal
4Q: 01:41 DEN - Giovani Bernard 7 run (Micah Posante extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 00:28 DEN - Eric Reid 10 interception return (Micah Posante extra point)
2Q: 10:25 CIN - Jeff Chandler 29 field goal
2Q: 05:57 DEN - Micah Posante 25 field goal
3Q: 09:16 CIN - Justin Leyva 3 run (Jeff Chandler extra point)
4Q: 08:02 CIN - Jeff Chandler 37 field goal
4Q: 01:41 DEN - Giovani Bernard 7 run (Micah Posante extra point)

Team Statistics DEN CIN
Record 6-2 3-5
First Downs 16 23
- by Rushing 5 11
- by Passing 10 11
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 288 397
- Offensive Plays 61 74
- Yards per Play 4.72 5.36
Net Rushing Yards 55 200
- Rushing Attempts 24 36
- Yards per Rush 2.29 5.56
Net Passing Yards 233 197
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 36 - 24 - 1 35 - 16 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 237 217
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/4 3/20
- Yards per Pass Play 6.30 5.18
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 1/12 4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 10.6 8.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 8/50 6/52
Punt Returns/Yards 3/24 3/41
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 2/10 1/3
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 25
Time of Possession 26:22 33:38

Team Statistics	DEN	CIN
Record	6-2	3-5
First Downs	16	23
- by Rushing	5	11
- by Passing	10	11
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	288	397
- Offensive Plays	61	74
- Yards per Play	4.72	5.36
Net Rushing Yards	55	200
- Rushing Attempts	24	36
- Yards per Rush	2.29	5.56
Net Passing Yards	233	197
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	36 - 24 - 1	35 - 16 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	237	217
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/4	3/20
- Yards per Pass Play	6.30	5.18
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	1/12	4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	10.6	8.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	8/50	6/52
Punt Returns/Yards	3/24	3/41
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	2/10	1/3
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 25
Time of Possession	26:22	33:38

Drive Charts

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:48	2:26	OWN 1	5	35	Punt
1	3:03	1:53	OWN 48	3	-1	Punt
2	10:17	4:26	OWN 25	10	67	Field Goal
2	3:01	1:46	OWN 43	6	12	Punt
2	0:02	0:02	OWN 20	1	-2	Half
3	15:00	3:52	OWN 25	6	26	Punt
3	9:07	1:54	OWN 25	5	33	Punt
3	5:20	1:38	OWN 15	4	16	Punt
4	14:50	1:47	OWN 11	3	9	Punt
4	10:09	0:43	OWN 20	2	1	Interception
4	7:57	1:41	OWN 25	3	2	Punt
4	5:09	3:39	OWN 36	10	64	Touchdown
4	0:28	0:28	OPP 9	3	-4	Game

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:12	OWN 25	10	63	Interception
1	7:22	4:19	OWN 39	8	28	Missed FG
1	1:10	0:53	OWN 1	2	3	Interception
1	0:17	5:00	OWN 25	10	63	Field Goal
2	5:51	2:50	OWN 25	5	32	Fumble
2	1:15	1:13	OWN 20	5	34	Punt
3	11:08	2:01	OWN 26	5	74	Touchdown
3	7:13	1:53	OWN 20	4	13	Punt
3	3:42	3:52	OWN 27	8	30	Punt
4	13:03	2:54	OWN 25	6	21	Punt
4	9:26	1:29	OPP 29	3	9	Field Goal
4	6:16	1:07	OWN 23	3	0	Punt
4	1:30	1:02	OWN 7	5	2	Downs

Game MVP: Eric Reid, Denver Broncos

Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Giovani Bernard	15	56	3.73	14	3	1
QB Wayne Robinson	5	-1	-0.20	5	0	0
RB Bernard Pierce	4	0	0.00	4	0	0

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Mackenzie Ellard	17	113	6.65	37	3	0
RB Jonathan Dwyer	8	51	6.38	18	2	0
RB Jay Ajayi	6	18	3.00	6	0	0
QB Justin Leyva	3	9	3.00	4	0	1
WR Kennedy Bentsen	2	9	4.50	11	1	0

Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Wayne Robinson	36	24	237	1/4	0	36	1	73.5

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Justin Leyva	26	11	147	1/8	0	33	0	60.9
Carson Palmer	9	5	70	2/12	0	20	2	41.2

Receiving Statistics

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Samuel Gomez	9	14	96	10.67	27	30
WR Justin Blackmon	6	12	44	7.33	6	21
WR Julio Jones	5	6	74	14.80	54	36
RB Bernard Pierce	2	2	8	4.00	4	4
TE Jack Doyle	2	2	15	7.50	1	8

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Kennedy Bentsen	7	14	78	11.14	40	24
WR A.J. Jenkins	4	8	52	13.00	27	22
RB Mackenzie Ellard	2	3	54	27.00	55	33
TE Jimmy Graham	1	2	12	12.00	2	12
WR Mike Willams	1	5	3	3.00	0	3
TE Riddick Anderson	1	1	18	18.00	5	18
RB Jay Ajayi	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR Justin Hardy	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Eric Reid	1	10	10.00	1
CB Josh Shaw	1	0	0.00	0

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Nate Palmer	1	3	3.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Denver	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
DE Bruce Carter	0	1	0	0
CB Marcus Gilchrist	0	0	2	0

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov
QB Justin Leyva	1	0
RB Mackenzie Ellard	1	0
G Xavier Su'a-Filo	0	1

Punting Statistics

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brody Beasley	8	375	46.9	36.8	55	2

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bradley Pinion	5	229	45.8	37.0	59	3

Kicking Statistics

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Micah Posante	1/1	0/0	0/0	25	2/2

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jeff Chandler	2/3	0/1	0/1	37	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bernard Pierce	3	24	8.0	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
A.J. Jenkins	3	41	13.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Dontay Moch	8	3	0.0	35	22
DT Sedrick Ellis	6	0	0.0	36	25
S Eric Reid	5	2	0.0	36	38
DE Anthony Spencer	4	1	1.0	31	24
S D. J. Swearinger	4	4	0.0	15	15
S Marcus Maxey	4	2	0.0	28	30
CB Marcus Gilchrist	4	2	0.0	33	28
DT Fletcher Cox	4	1	0.0	36	29
ILB Harry Gruttadauria	4	1	0.0	36	34
OLB Eli Thomas	3	0	0.0	11	22
DE Bruce Carter	2	2	0.0	32	29
DE Tyson Alualu	1	0	1.0	7	18
DT Angel Blackson	1	0	1.0	0	14
OLB Stanley Arnoux	1	0	0.0	1	2
WR Julio Jones	1	0	---	---	---
CB Rico Banks	1	0	0.0	34	31
CB Josh Shaw	1	0	0.0	0	13

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Quintin Demps	8	2	0.0	24	37
S Devan Masucci	8	0	0.0	24	37
CB Marcus McCauley	6	0	0.0	13	32
S Scott Patton	5	1	0.0	24	37
DE Aldon Smith	4	1	1.0	24	35
ILB Bud Dupree	3	0	0.0	24	37
DT Byron Moore	2	1	0.0	13	24
CB Phillip Adams	2	0	0.0	24	37
DT Erick Evans	2	0	0.0	12	26
DE Whitney Mercilus	1	2	0.0	22	20
OLB Keith Rivers	1	1	0.0	22	23
TE Jimmy Graham	1	0	---	---	---
DT Sylvester Williams	1	0	0.0	11	4
CB Nevin Lawson	1	0	0.0	1	6
OLB Nate Palmer	0	1	0.0	11	5

Pass Rush Statistics

Denver	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Anthony Spencer	1.0	0	0	0	24
DE Tyson Alualu	1.0	0	0	0	18
DT Angel Blackson	1.0	0	0	0	14
DT Sedrick Ellis	0.0	1	0	0	25
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	0.0	1	0	0	12
DE Bruce Carter	0.0	0	2	1	29

Cincinnati	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Aldon Smith	1.0	0	0	0	35

Pass Defense Statistics

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Dontay Moch	3	2	0	22
S Eric Reid	3	1	1	38
ILB Harry Gruttadauria	2	1	0	34
OLB Eli Thomas	2	0	0	22
S D. J. Swearinger	2	0	0	15
CB Josh Shaw	1	1	1	13
S Marcus Maxey	1	1	0	30
DE Anthony Spencer	1	0	0	24
OLB Stanley Arnoux	1	0	0	2
OLB Brandon Spikes	0	1	0	5
CB Marcus Gilchrist	0	1	0	28

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Marcus McCauley	5	1	0	32
S Devan Masucci	4	0	0	37
CB Quintin Demps	3	3	0	37
ILB Bud Dupree	3	0	0	37
CB Phillip Adams	2	3	0	37
S Scott Patton	2	0	0	37
OLB Keith Rivers	1	1	0	23
DE Aldon Smith	1	0	0	35
DT Byron Moore	1	0	0	24
DT Sylvester Williams	1	0	0	4
CB Nevin Lawson	1	0	0	6
OLB Nate Palmer	0	0	1	5

Blocking Statistics

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Eric Winston	2	5	24	0	37
G Russell Bodine	2	4	24	0	37
G Zach Browning	1	5	24	0	37
T Orlando Franklin	1	4	24	0	37
G Anthony Hammond	0	1	24	1	37

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Owen Sampson	4	11	36	2	38
T Jack Mewhort	3	6	26	0	23
T John Greco	2	5	36	0	38
C Joe Hawley	1	6	36	1	38
G Xavier Su'a-Filo	1	3	36	0	38
T Lamar Flournoy	1	1	10	0	15
TE Marcos Rhodes	0	1	5	0	4

Special Teams Tackles

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Dontay Moch	3	21

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Riddick Anderson	3	23

Participation

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
DT Sedrick Ellis	---	---	36	25	19	80
OLB Dontay Moch	---	---	35	22	21	78
S Eric Reid	---	---	36	38	3	77
ILB Harry Gruttadauria	---	---	36	34	3	73
CB Rico Banks	---	---	34	31	7	72
DT Fletcher Cox	---	---	36	29	1	66
DE Bruce Carter	---	---	32	29	3	64
WR Justin Blackmon	15	34	---	---	14	63
QB Wayne Robinson	24	37	---	---	1	62
T Eric Winston	24	37	---	---	---	61
S Marcus Maxey	---	---	28	30	3	61
G Zach Browning	24	37	---	---	---	61
G Anthony Hammond	24	37	---	---	---	61
T Orlando Franklin	24	37	---	---	---	61
CB Marcus Gilchrist	---	---	33	28	---	61
WR Samuel Gomez	24	37	---	---	---	61
G Russell Bodine	24	37	---	---	---	61
TE Jack Doyle	23	28	---	---	9	60
OLB Eli Thomas	---	---	11	22	24	57
DE Anthony Spencer	---	---	31	24	---	55
WR Julio Jones	20	35	---	---	---	55
CB Justin Gilbert	---	---	25	26	3	54
RB Bernard Pierce	5	20	---	---	22	47
RB Giovani Bernard	18	17	---	---	8	43
S D. J. Swearinger	---	---	15	15	1	31
DE Tyson Alualu	---	---	7	18	3	28
TE DeAndre Goodson	0	0	---	---	22	22
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	---	---	0	12	7	19
OLB Brandon Spikes	---	---	0	5	13	18
DT Angel Blackson	---	---	0	14	1	15
CB Josh Shaw	---	---	0	13	2	15
FB Norman Manning	3	5	---	---	5	13
CB Brock Vereen	---	---	0	0	13	13
TE Nate Kleedtke	10	3	---	---	---	13
WR Shaq Evans	2	6	---	---	4	12
T Russell Okung	0	0	---	---	9	9
G Josh LeRibeus	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Harris Tirman	0	0	---	---	9	9
G Jamil Douglas	0	0	---	---	9	9
G Darius Hebron	0	0	---	---	9	9
P Brody Beasley	0	0	---	---	8	8
DE Da'Quan Bowers	---	---	0	1	5	6
K Micah Posante	0	0	---	---	5	5
OLB Stanley Arnoux	---	---	1	2	---	3
QB Matt Barkley	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
T John Greco	36	38	---	---	8	82
G Owen Sampson	36	38	---	---	8	82
WR A.J. Jenkins	33	37	---	---	12	82
G Xavier Su'a-Filo	36	38	---	---	8	82
S Devan Masucci	---	---	24	37	17	78
WR Kennedy Bentsen	33	38	---	---	5	76
C Joe Hawley	36	38	---	---	---	74
ILB Bud Dupree	---	---	24	37	13	74
CB Quintin Demps	---	---	24	37	11	72
RB Mackenzie Ellard	24	25	---	---	15	64
CB Marcus McCauley	---	---	13	32	17	62
CB Phillip Adams	---	---	24	37	1	62
S Scott Patton	---	---	24	37	1	62
WR Mike Willams	24	24	---	---	13	61
DE Aldon Smith	---	---	24	35	1	60
TE Jimmy Graham	27	28	---	---	1	56
QB Justin Leyva	26	27	---	---	3	56
T Jack Mewhort	26	23	---	---	4	53
OLB Keith Rivers	---	---	22	23	2	47
DT Byron Moore	---	---	13	24	8	45
DE Whitney Mercilus	---	---	22	20	---	42
TE Riddick Anderson	9	9	---	---	23	41
DT Erick Evans	---	---	12	26	1	39
DT Rob Ninkovich	---	---	11	20	1	32
TE Marcos Rhodes	5	4	---	---	19	28
WR Justin Hardy	3	6	---	---	18	27
T Lamar Flournoy	10	15	---	---	---	25
QB Carson Palmer	10	11	---	---	---	21
DE Shaun Bridges	---	---	2	11	8	21
OLB Jose May	---	---	0	0	20	20
CB Nevin Lawson	---	---	1	6	11	18
OLB Nate Palmer	---	---	11	5	---	16
RB Jonathan Dwyer	8	6	---	---	1	15
DT Sylvester Williams	---	---	11	4	---	15
TE Blake Bell	7	7	---	---	---	14
OLB Nick Perry	---	---	1	11	1	13
RB Jay Ajayi	7	6	---	---	---	13
C Matt Overton	0	0	---	---	8	8
K Jeff Chandler	0	0	---	---	7	7
DE Eduardo Connell	---	---	1	5	---	6
P Bradley Pinion	0	0	---	---	5	5
T Nick Kingsblood	0	0	---	---	4	4
S Mike Richardson	---	---	0	0	---	0
C T. J. Johnson	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Tanner Hawkinson	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	5	2.5
Middle	11	32	2.9
Right	7	24	3.4
None	4	-6	-1.5

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	80	8.0
Middle	19	91	4.8
Right	7	29	4.1
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Wayne Robinson	36	24	5	0	3	8	0	0	1

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Justin Leyva	26	11	4	0	4	7	2	1	0
Carson Palmer	9	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	15	3.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	16	150	6.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	3	2	21	7.0
Long (19+ Yds)	7	2	51	7.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	3	60	10.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	23	11	124	5.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	2	33	8.3
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Samuel Gomez	14	9	0	96	2	37
WR Justin Blackmon	12	6	3	44	1	34
WR Julio Jones	6	5	0	74	2	35
RB Bernard Pierce	2	2	0	8	0	20
TE Jack Doyle	2	2	0	15	0	28

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Kennedy Bentsen	14	7	2	78	2	38
WR A.J. Jenkins	8	4	0	52	1	37
WR Mike Willams	5	1	2	3	0	24
RB Mackenzie Ellard	3	2	0	54	2	25
TE Jimmy Graham	2	1	0	12	0	28
TE Riddick Anderson	1	1	0	18	0	9
RB Jay Ajayi	1	0	0	0	0	6
WR Justin Hardy	1	0	0	0	0	6

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
QB Wayne Robinson	3	-4	-1.33	-0.20
RB Bernard Pierce	1	0	0.00	0.00
RB Giovani Bernard	1	7	7.00	3.73

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Jonathan Dwyer	1	6	6.00	6.38
QB Justin Leyva	1	3	3.00	3.00
RB Mackenzie Ellard	1	1	1.00	6.65

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Wayne Robinson	4	3	18	4.50	6.58

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Justin Leyva	3	1	3	1.00	5.65
Carson Palmer	2	0	0	0.00	7.78

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Justin Blackmon	2	1	4	2.00	3.67
WR Samuel Gomez	2	2	14	7.00	6.86

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Mike Willams	2	1	3	1.50	0.60
TE Jimmy Graham	1	0	0	0.00	6.00
RB Mackenzie Ellard	1	0	0	0.00	18.00
RB Jay Ajayi	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
QB Wayne Robinson	1	0

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
RB Jonathan Dwyer	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Wayne Robinson	11	8	1

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Justin Leyva	11	5	3
Carson Palmer	1	0	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Samuel Gomez	6	4	1
WR Julio Jones	2	2	0
RB Bernard Pierce	2	2	0
WR Justin Blackmon	1	0	0

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Kennedy Bentsen	6	3	1
TE Jimmy Graham	2	1	1
WR Mike Willams	2	0	0
WR A.J. Jenkins	2	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 99,000 (99,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 24,900 (24,900)
End Zone 18,000 (18,000)
Mezzanine 10,400 (10,400)
Sideline Seats 15,900 (15,900)
Club Seats 19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	99,000 (99,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	24,900 (24,900)
End Zone	18,000 (18,000)
Mezzanine	10,400 (10,400)
Sideline Seats	15,900 (15,900)
Club Seats	19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)