Denver Broncos 27 - Cleveland Browns 6 Game Notes

by John Bena on Sep 21, 2009 6:30 AM MDT in 2009 Denver Broncos Game Recap

BRONCOS CONTINUE SUCCESS AGAINST BROWNS/IN HOME OPENERS

With the win, the Denver Broncos are now 18‐5 (.783) all‐time in regular‐season meetings against the Cleveland Browns.

Including postseason play, Denver is 21‐5 (.808) against Cleveland for its best winning percentage versus any opponent.

The Broncos improved to 23‐3 (.885) in home openers since 1984, and have now won 10 straight such contests. The streak, which is the longest current streak in the league, ties for the third longest all‐time.

DUMERVIL TIES FRANCHISE RECORD WITH CAREER‐HIGH FOUR SACKS

OLB/DE Elvis Dumervil registered a career‐best four sacks (15 yds.) while contributing seven solo tackles in the game. His four sacks ties a Broncos single‐game record that was last achieved by LB/DE Simon Fletcher (1985‐95) at San Diego (11/11/90) and marks the 19th time an NFL player has amassed four sacks since 2000. The performance represents Dumervil's eighth multi‐sack game since entering the league in 2006.

MOST SACKS IN A SINGLE GAME, BRONCOS HISTORY

PLAYER	OPPONENT	DATE	SACKS
Elvis Dumervil	Vs. Cleveland	9/20/09	4
Simon Fletcher	@ San Diego	11/11/90	4
Karl Mecklenburg	@ Pittsburgh	12/1/85	4
Karl Mecklenberg	Vs. New Orleans	9/15/85	4
Barney Chavous	@ Seattle	12/21/80	4
Dave Costa	@ Buffalo	9/7/70	4
Rich Jackson	@ Cincinnati	10/19/70	4

DENVER DEFENSE COMES UP BIG AGAIN

Denver's defense yielded just 42 yards in 22 plays inside its own territory while holding the Browns to four yards or less on 38‐of‐56 offensive plays (67.8 %).

The Broncos have now allowed just 13 points through their first two games, tying for the second lowest total in franchise history to start a season.

FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED IN FIRST TWO GAMES, BRONCOS HISTORY

GAME	GAME 1	GAME 2	TOTAL
vs. St. Louis(9/18/77) / vs. Buffalo(9/25/77)	0	6	6
@ Cincinnati (9/13/09) / vs. Cleveland(9/20/09)	7	6	13
vs. Cincinnati(9/2/79) / vs. Los Angeles(9/6/79)	0	13	13
vs. Kansas City(8/31/97) / @ Seattle(9/7/97)	3	14	17
vs. Oakland(9/3/78) / @ Minnesota(9/11/78)	6	12	18

ROYAL TOPS 1,000 CAREER RECEIVING YARDS

WR Eddie Royal (3 rec., 20 yds.) surpassed 1,000 career receiving yards today against Cleveland. The second‐year player, who recorded 91 catches in 2008 (second most by a rookie all‐time) for 980 yards, is the sixth player in franchise history to reach the 1,000‐yard receiving mark (1,018 yards) during his first two pro seasons.

BRONCOS IMPRESSIVE IN RUN DEFENSE

The Broncos, who held Cincinnati to 3.2 yards per rush (27‐86) in Week 1, held the Browns to 2.6 yards per carry (21‐54) today. RB Jamal Lewis was the Browns' leading rusher with 14 carries for 38 yards (2.7 avg.). Cleveland has never had a 100‐yard individual rusher against the Broncos in 26 games played against Denver (23 reg. season, 3 playoff).

NFL TEAMS WITHOUT A 100‐YARD INDIVIDUAL RUSHER VS. DENVER, REGULAR SEASON, ALL‐TIME

TEAM	GAMES PLAYED	100-yd. RUSHERS
Cleveland Browns	23	0
Miami Dolphins	15	0
Philadelphia Eagles	10	0
Arizona Cardinals	8	0
Carolina Panthers	3	0
Houston Texans	2	0

FORMER BROWN DAVIS LEADS CLUB IN TACKLES

ILB Andra Davis led all players with 10 tackles (8 solo) and finished second on the club with two tackles for a loss. Davis, who entered the game third on the club with nine tackles, equaled his Week 1 output and led all players with nine tackles in the first half (7 solo). Davis played his first eight professional seasons with the Browns and totaled at least 100 tackles in five of those years.

His nine tackles in the first half tied for his third‐highest half total in his NFL career.

STOKLEY RACKS UP THE RECEIVING YARDS

WR Brandon Stokley (5 rec., 70 yds.) has recorded the fifth‐most receiving yards in consecutive games in his career. The 11th‐year player had an 87‐yard touchdown reception with 11 seconds remaining in Week 1 (at Cin., 9/13) to propel Denver to a 12‐7 victory over the Bengals.

MOST RECEIVING YARDS IN CONSECUTIVE GAMES, BRANDON STOKLEY, CAREER

GAMES	REC.	YDS.	REC.	YDS.	TOTAL
at Det. (11/25/04) / vs. Ten. (12/5/04)	5	57	8	153	210
vs. Ten. (12/5/04) / at Hou. (12/12/04)	8	153	3	54	207
vs. G.B. (9/26/04) / at Jac. 10/3/04)	8	110	8	97	207
vs. Min. (11/8/04) / 11/14/04)	2	34	5	132	166
at Cin. (9/13/09) / vs. Cle. (9/20/09)	1	87	5	70	157

MISCELLANEOUS GAME NOTES

Head Coach Josh McDaniels became the fifth coach in franchise history to win his first two games to open the regular season with the club...
OLB/DE Darrell Reid recorded his third career fumble recovery in the first quarter off a Cleveland botched

snap. The play marked Denver's first takeaway inside the red zone since OLB/DE Elvis Dumervil recovered a fumble in the 2007 season finale vs. Min. (12/30/07)...
With his 2‐yard touchdown pass to TE Tony Scheffler in the first quarter, QB Kyle Orton improved his career touchdown‐interception ratio inside the red zone to 23:2...
S Brian Dawkins' fumble recovery in the third quarter was the 55th takeaway of his career (38 INT, 17 FR)...
OL Russ Hochstein lined up at fullback and was the lead blocker on FB Peyton Hillis' 2‐yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter...
The end zones at INVESCO Field at Mile High were painted with diagonal lines to represent the design of Denver's filed during the 1960s...
WR Jabar Gaffney's 49‐yard reception in the fourth quarter was the third longest reception of his career...
The end zones at INVESCO Field at Mile high featured diagonal painted lines to represent the end zone design from the 1960s. According to Senior Vice President of Business Development Mac Freeman, the Broncos' home field will feature several end zone designs this season from the first 50 years of the club's existence...
The Broncos, who recorded three takeaways against just one turnover today, improved to +4 on the season in turnover ratio (5 takeaways, 1 giveaway)...
Denver opponents now have just three scores (1 TD, 2 FG) on 23 possessions and have only reached the red zone three times.

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Great stuff John!

"Really, I'm a high-motor guy. Tough, hard-nosed, a hard runner, can make you miss at times. And just competitive. I love to play the game and I bring that energy to my team. So, we'll see how that goes." - Knowshon Moreno

Knowshon Moreno=ROY

by stedtfeld on Sep 21, 2009 6:55 AM MDT reply actions

Love

Have nothing but love for the Turnover differential right now. Very excited because Denver is getting a feel of how to play their brand of football while the defense is simply executing their style. Here’s hoping for good times ahead!

Say hello to my fast...

by dcrespo7 on Sep 21, 2009 7:37 AM MDT reply actions

Thanks!!!

Awesome feature.

by PredominantlyOrange on Sep 21, 2009 8:02 AM MDT reply actions

Thank you John

by bchiper on Sep 21, 2009 8:23 AM MDT reply actions

Thanks NYC

Does anyone know if you can buy a Nunnely or Martindale jersey?

When you can do the common things in life in a uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
- George Washington Carver

by Kfustud on Sep 21, 2009 8:50 AM MDT reply actions

haha

by dr.mort on Sep 21, 2009 11:13 AM MDT up reply actions

Dumerville

It’s great to see Dumerville’s name side-by-side with names such as Mecklenberg, Fletcher, Chavous and Jackson. here’s hoping there’s more to come!

Belief is accepting something because you’ve been convinced to do so, whether you like it or not. Faith is accepting something because you want to accept it.

by Hercules Rockefeller on Sep 21, 2009 9:35 AM MDT reply actions

Very nice!

•With his 2‐yard touchdown pass to TE Tony Scheffler in the first quarter, QB Kyle Orton improved his career touchdown‐interception ratio inside the red zone to 23:2…

A proud prognostication of 10-6 in 2009!!!

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
John Adams

by Broncotodd on Sep 21, 2009 9:50 AM MDT reply actions

That's impressive.

Orton’s PR guys should be pushing those numbers at every opportunity!

by powderaddict on Sep 21, 2009 12:08 PM MDT up reply actions

Feeling Good

This season is feeling good, im not getting my hopes up because our schedule after the Raiders is a possible soul crusher but i have a lot of faith in this team if we get going. When we got Marshall involved was when we really took off. And that gives me a lot of faith.

Go Broncos!

by dbroncos78087 on Sep 21, 2009 10:11 AM MDT reply actions

have you watched the Cowboys?

I’m more worried about the raiders at this point than the cowboys. Call me crazy but the cowboys just haven’t impressed me this year. The offense has been productive but sloppy and their defense reminds me of my favorite team’s defense last year…

by trumanj on Sep 21, 2009 2:40 PM MDT up reply actions

The Pats, Steelers, and Ravens all look beatable as well

You truely can’t judge teams based off of last year’s records.

People can use statistics to prove anything, 87% of all people know that.

by c_style on Sep 21, 2009 4:57 PM MDT up reply actions

lets go!!!

im excited the broncos are domintating on defense lol beacuse no matter how mediocre kyle orton is, it doesnt matter cuz defense wins Championshipss!!!

by Moneeb C on Sep 21, 2009 11:50 AM MDT reply actions

Except the defense is better

when the offense controls the ball. And Orton and co. did that.

Nothing mediocre about putting up 27 (that should have been 33 or more).

by JeffG on Sep 21, 2009 2:43 PM MDT up reply actions

So why doesn't Meck

Get any consideration for the Hall? Because he played here? I must say that I’m surprised by how much the D has improved. And yesterday it finally really showed and spilled over to the O. I know Cleveland isn’t good, but the dominant 2nd half performance was certainly encouraging. I think I just tasted a few drops of the koolaid.

Where will you be on October 1st, 2009 at 6:45 PM Mountain Time?

by Bob in Boulder on Sep 21, 2009 12:21 PM MDT reply actions

Welcome aboard Bob

by papasteven on Sep 21, 2009 5:30 PM MDT up reply actions

over the last few years

lok at all the teams we managed to lsoe ot that we should have beaten, It was good to see nothing taken for grantedin dominating an inferior team and putting them away instad ofletting them hang around and the get their way back int a game late.

Im loving what Im seeing develope.

"My team's on the floor"
Gene Hackman - Hoosiers

by AlanC11 on Sep 21, 2009 12:25 PM MDT reply actions

This is Important

I have always hated losing to teams that you should beat easily.

When you can do the common things in life in a uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
- George Washington Carver

by Kfustud on Sep 21, 2009 4:21 PM MDT up reply actions

Hochstein lining up at FB!

Somebaody hollowed 71 right away and I was surprised Cleveland didn’t call a timeout to counter the play. Great job all around, even Marshall when he decides to get his head out of his own butt.

by bfree2bronc on Sep 21, 2009 1:33 PM MDT reply actions

BTW

Our defense is #1 with points given at 6.5 per game. Great job defense considering we allowed 7 points to a potent offense (Bengals) and the Packers couldn’t hold them. So much for not kicking it to Cribbs he got nowhere this week.

by bfree2bronc on Sep 21, 2009 1:37 PM MDT reply actions

Thanks John

"You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough, in the second half you give what's left." – Yogi Berra
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing." -- George Bernard Shaw
Breaking jaws or the NFL in Oakland who cares? Fall on your pirate’s sword - Ponderosa

by KaptainKirk on Sep 21, 2009 2:14 PM MDT reply actions

Thanks John, and great post.

I am really excited about this year’s defense AND offense AND special teams. I’m just excited about the whole team.

"When you put on that jersey, the name on the front is more important than the name on the back." - "Miracle".

"Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else." - Vince Lombardi.

by broncoholic on Sep 21, 2009 4:21 PM MDT reply actions

"Reevaluating Denver's Crapulence"

On the Seahawks blog, linked without comment. But feel free to post your own thoughts (nicely) there.

The commenter formerly known as "Dashiell".

by underdog on Sep 21, 2009 4:37 PM MDT reply actions

Thanks, man.

Good game. I’m looking forward to the Faders.

"I always believe there's a reason why you go through everything." -John Elway

by LACK on Sep 21, 2009 5:08 PM MDT reply actions

Concerning Dooms sacks

I noticed on your stat chart that Meck did it twice in one year. It seems that Doom is being used much as Meck was back in the 70’s and 80’s. Elvis, if continued to be used this way, could be a sack-machine-phenom.

Just a thought.

Guardian of the Gate to La La Land!
Gonsoulin, Taylor, Little, Wright, Gradishar, Atwater, Davis, and Sharpe...
Why are they not in the Hall...I just don't understand.

by Mike Clark on Sep 21, 2009 5:58 PM MDT reply actions