The Denver Post

Denver 14 6 0 6 — 26 Tampa Bay 0 7 0 0 — 7

First quarter

DEN — Nix 3 run (Lutz kick), 11:05. Drive: 7 plays, 70 yards, 3:55. Key Plays: Nix 22 pass to Sutton; Nix 31 pass to Reynolds; Nix 11 pass to J.Williams. Denver 7, Tampa Bay 0.

DEN — J.McLaughlin 1 run (Lutz kick), 2:56. Drive: 4 plays, 9 yards, 2:14. Key Play: B.Jones 37 interception return to Tampa Bay 9. Denver 14, Tampa Bay 0.

Second quarter

DEN — FG Lutz 43, 9:25. Drive: 13 plays, 41 yards, 6:52. Key Plays: Nix 2 pass to Humphrey on 3rd-and-3; Nix 3 run on 4th-and-1; Nix 17 pass to Sutton; Nix 5 pass to Franklin on 3rd-and-20. Denver 17, Tampa Bay 0.

TB — Godwin 5 pass from Mayfield (C.McLaughlin kick), 1:50. Drive: 6 plays, 67 yards, 2:45. Key Plays: Irving 32 run; Mayfield 12 pass to Otton; Irving 13 run. Denver 17, Tampa Bay 7.

DEN — FG Lutz 38, :02. Drive: 10 plays, 50 yards, 1:48. Key Plays: Nix 10 pass to Sutton; Nix 13 pass to Trautman. Denver 20, Tampa Bay 7.

Fourth quarter

DEN — FG Lutz 33, 14:52. Drive: 15 plays, 79 yards, 7:57. Key Plays: Nix 17 pass to Humphrey on 3rd-and-9; Nix 2 run on 3rd-and-1; Nix 22 run. Denver 23, Tampa Bay 7.

DEN — FG Lutz 43, 7:30. Drive: 5 plays, 50 yards, 2:22. Key Play: Badie 43 run. Denver 26, Tampa Bay 7.

DEN TB

First downs 18 17

Rushing 10 4

Passing 8 11

Penalty 0 2

Third down eff 4-13 3-11

Fourth down eff 2-3 0-2

Total net yards 352 223

Total plays 64 56

Avg gain 5.5 4.0

Net yards rushing 136 91

Rushes 28 16

Avg per rush 4.857 5.688

Net yards passing 216 132

Sacked yds lost 0-0 7-31

Gross yds passing 216 163

Completed att 25-36 25-33

Had intercepted 0 1

Yds pass play 6.0 3.3

Kickoffs e z TB 7-7-5 2-2-2

Punts avg 2-48.0 4-47.25

Punts blocked 0 0

FGs-PATs blocked 0-0 0-0

Total ret yardage 64 54

Punt returns 1-27 0-0

Kickoff returns 0-0 2-54

Interceptions 1-37 0-0

penalties yds 5-51 5-19

Fumbles lost 1-1 1-1

Time of poss 32:08 27:52

INDIVIDUAL Stats

Rushing — Denver, Badie 9-70, Nix 9-47, Williams 5-12, McLaughlin 5-7. Tampa Bay, Irving 9-70, White 6-17, Tucker 1-4.

Passing — Denver, Nix 25-36-0-216. Tampa Bay, Mayfield 25-33-1-163.

Receiving — Denver, Sutton 7-68, Humphrey 6-37, Williams 4-29, Reynolds 2-36, Franklin 2-11, Trautman 1-13, Mims 1-9, McLaughlin 1-7, Adkins 1-6. Tampa Bay, Otton 7-47, Godwin 6-53, White 5-18, Irving 3-14, Evans 2-17, Durham 1-8, McMillan 1-6.

Punt returns — Denver, Mims 1-27. Tampa Bay, None.

Kickoff returns — Denver, None. Tampa Bay, Irving 1-27, Tucker 1-27.

Tackles-assists-sacks — Denver, McMillian 8-0-0, Locke 5-0-0, Singleton 4-6-0, B.Jones 4-2-0, Moss 4-2-0, Tillman 3-0-2, Allen 2-1-1, Cooper 2-1-1, Bonitto 2-0-1, Franklin-Myers 1-1-1, Jackson 1-1-0, Key 1-0-1, Elliss 1-0-0, Barton 0-4-0, Surtain 0-2-0, D.Jones 0-1-0. Tampa Bay, Dean 9-4-0, Izien 6-2-0, Britt 5-2-0, David 3-5-0, McCollum 3-3-0, Smith 3-3-0, Whitehead 3-3-0, Dennis 3-1-0, Diaby 1-1-0, Brewer 1-0-0, Gaines 0-2-0, Braswell 0-1-0, L.Hall 0-1-0, Tryon-Shoyinka 0-1-0.