Visitor:  Kansas City Chiefs

Home:  Denver Broncos

Date:  November 14, 2010

 

Scoring:

Team               1          2          3          4          Final

KC                  0          10        7          12          29

DEN                21        14        7          7            49

 

Visitor playmakers:

RB Jamaal Charles, WR Dwayne Bowe, WR Chris Chambers

 

Home playmakers:

RB Knowshon Moreno, WR Brandon Lloyd, WR Jabar Gaffney, QB Tim Tebow, LB Jason Hunter, LB Spencer Larsen, LB Mario Haggan,

 

Network:  CBS (KCTV Kansas City)

Announcers:  Kevin Harlan, Solomon Wilcots

 

Pregame:  Yes

Halftime:  Yes

Postgame:  No

Commercials:  No

 

Grade:  9.5/10

 

Notes:  Haggan, Knowshon Moreno and Kyle Orton all had career days as the Broncos steamrolled the Kansas City Chiefs 49-29 in their highest-scoring game in 47 years. The only time the Broncos scored more was in 1963, when they put up 50 on the San Diego Chargers, and they could have topped that but eschewed a makable field goal late in the game.

 

That didn't prevent Chiefs coach Todd Haley from refusing to shake Broncos boss Josh McDaniels' hand afterward.

 

Orton threw a career-high four touchdown passes and was hardly touched behind a refurbished line that opened up the holes for the Broncos to do their best imitation of the Chiefs' NFL-leading ground game in a rout of the AFC West leaders.

 

Moreno topped 100 yards for the first time in his 1 1/2 seasons in the NFL, gaining 106 yards on 22 carries and catching three passes for 50 yards and a TD as the Broncos (3-6) kept alive their thin hopes of getting back into the playoff race by handing the Chiefs (5-4) their second straight loss.

 

The Broncos stuffed the Chiefs' vaunted ground game by jumping out to a 35-0 lead behind a trio of touchdown passes from Orton, a 1-yard run by Tebow and a 75-yard fumble return for a TD by linebacker Jason Hunter.

 

Tebow also threw his first NFL pass, a 3-yard TD toss to fullback Spencer Larsen.

 

Running time:  2:43 (2 DVDs)