The Denver Broncos beat the Detroit Lions 38-10 on Dec 12, 2021 at Empower Field at Mile High.
Final · Empower Field at Mile High
Top performers
- Jared Goff threw for 215 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception for the Lions.
- Craig Reynolds ran for 83 yards on 11 carries.
- Melvin Gordon III ran for 111 yards on 24 carries.
Detroit Lions box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Reynolds | 11 | 83 | 0 | 35 |
| Jared Goff | 2 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| Team | 13 | 93 | 0 | 35 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amon-Ra St. Brown | 8 | 12 | 73 | 0 | 19 |
| Kalif Raymond | 4 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 9 |
| Brock Wright | 3 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 11 |
| Shane Zylstra | 2 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 14 |
| Craig Reynolds | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 14 |
| Tom Kennedy | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| KhaDarel Hodge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 20 | 32 | 165 | 1 | 19 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Woods | 13 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Brockers | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Barnes | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nickell Robey-Coleman | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alim McNeill | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Levi Onwuzurike | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amani Oruwariye | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 20 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Denver Broncos box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melvin Gordon III | 24 | 111 | 2 | 16 |
| Javonte Williams | 15 | 73 | 1 | 9 |
| Team | 39 | 184 | 3 | 16 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Fant | 4 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 32 |
| Jerry Jeudy | 5 | 6 | 47 | 0 | 21 |
| Tim Patrick | 2 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 13 |
| Javonte Williams | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Courtland Sutton | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Diontae Spencer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 13 | 20 | 138 | 1 | 32 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Simmons | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kareem Jackson | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonathon Cooper | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Surtain II | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronald Darby | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Purcell | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Fuller | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bradley Chubb | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dre'Mont Jones | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Baron Browning | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shelby Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Ford Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Strnad | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 44 | 33 | 2.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Before and after
- Lions · 2021 season · Previous Dec 5, 2021: MIN 27, DET 29 · Next Dec 19, 2021: ARI 12, DET 30
- Broncos · 2021 season · Previous Dec 5, 2021: DEN 9, KC 22 · Next Dec 19, 2021: CIN 15, DEN 10