AFC Conference Semi Finals 01-07-2010 Qualcomm Stadium Temp:81 Wind:Calm None Line:San Diego by 5 MVP:Rivers 2008 Denver (12-6) 14 7 0 0 21 2008 San Diego (15-2) 0 10 12 3 25 1 7:24 Denver TD Warner 4 pass to Wayne (Elam,J) (1-4-0:04) 7-0 1 6:30 Denver TD Williams 35 yd fumble recovery (Elam,J) (0-0-0:00) 14-0 2 12:06 San Diego TD Rivers 30 pass to Gates (Kaeding) (8-69-4:47) 14-7 2 1:38 Denver TD Warner 3 pass to Wayne (Elam,J) (12-67-4:14) 21-7 2 0:10 San Diego FG Kaeding 48 (6-48-1:28) 21-10 3 7:43 San Diego FG Kaeding 21 (12-58-7:17) 21-13 3 4:17 San Diego TD Tomlinson 1 run (2 - failed) (5-26-2:21) 21-19 3 0:03 San Diego FG Kaeding 23 (8-33-4:14) 21-22 4 5:59 San Diego FG Kaeding 33 (6-12-4:40) 21-25 Den SD First Downs 8 25 Rushes 17-93 43-175 Passes 17-8-90 37-22-293 Sacked 1-7 0-0 Fumble 3 1 Penalties 4-26 8-59 Turnovers 4 2 Time 16:46 43:14 Third Down 2-9 7-15 Fourth Down 0-1 1-1 Red Att/Td/Fg 6/2/0 5/1/3 Net Offense 176 468 Injuries: Merriman(SD-6) < Denver > < San Diego > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Warner 17 8 90 1 1 1 2 78.1 Rivers 37 22 293 0 3 1 1 82.4 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Johnson 15 76 5.1 3 3 16 0 Turner 26 125 4.8 8 4 18 0 Jackson 1 13 13.0 0 1 13 0 Sproles 5 28 5.6 0 0 7 0 Dunn 1 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Tomlinson 7 16 2.3 3 0 7 1 Rivers 4 7 1.8 0 0 5 0 O'Connell 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Wayne 3 0 17 5.7 2 0 10 2 Tomlinson 7 0 91 13.0 4 1 32 0 Jackson 3 0 58 19.3 1 1 47 0 Jennings 6 0 87 14.5 4 1 29 0 Dunn 1 0 8 8.0 0 0 8 0 Fitzgerald 4 0 47 11.8 2 0 14 0 Camarillo 1 0 7 7.0 0 0 7 0 Gates 4 0 59 14.8 3 1 30 1 Neal 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Sproles 1 0 9 9.0 1 0 9 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Miller 1 0 0 Sproles 1 0 0 Johnson 1 0 0 Jammer 0 2 0 Davis 1 0 0 Howard 0 1 0 Williams 0 1 1 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Miller 4 121 30.3 35 0 Sproles 3 51 17.0 26 0 Davis 2 41 20.5 21 0 Jackson 1 9 9.0 9 0 Griffin 1 22 22.0 22 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Forsett 1 0 10 10.0 10 0 Sproles 1 2 7 7.0 7 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Elam 0-1 0 3-3 3 Kaeding 4-5 48 1-1 13 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Lee 3 137 45.7 0 1 0 47 Scifres 2 102 51.0 1 0 0 57 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Vilma 15 0 1 2 0 0 0-0 Smith 4 0 0 1 1 0 0-0 Williams 12 0 1 1 0 1 0-0 Mikell 3 1 0 0 0 0 1-0 Bell 9 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Thornton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lucas 8 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Cromartie 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Clements 5 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Posluszny 2 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 Spikes 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Adibi 2 0 0 0 0 2 0-0 Griffin 3 0 0 0 0 0 1-69 Jammer 2 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Ekejiuba 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Flowers 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Dockett 1 0 1 1 1 0 0-0 Ellis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 McFadden 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Howard 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Grant 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lowery 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Ivy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Freeney 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Ford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Rhodes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 McGinest 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Timmons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Pryce 1 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Moss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jordan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Robinson 1 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Weddle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Ferguson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Robinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Howard 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Robbins 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Play-By-Play Play-By-Play Play-By-Play KO 14:45 Den Griffin ret of 22 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own26 13:58 Den Johnson 16 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 M Basic 1 10 own42 13:58 Den Pen5(Wayne) Bas L-Cross/PBK 3-3 M Pass 1 15 own37 13:58 Den Pen5(Hamilton) Bas Sweep-R 3-3 tM Pass-Wayne/Jackson 1 20 own32 13:23 Den Warner-Camarill 7 3W1 S-Slant/PBK 4-1 M Pass-Jackson/Camar 2 13 own39 12:44 Den Dunn 4 3W1 OffTkl-R 4-1 sZ iPass 3 9 own43 12:33 Den Warner-Camarill X 3W1 M-Hitch/SG/PBK/sec 4-1 Z Pass 4 9 own43 12:28 Den Lee 44,Sproles FC --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own13 11:48 SD Turner 3 Bas OffTkl-R/RBw 4-3 tM Basic 2 7 own16 11:08 SD Turner 3 Bas Draw/RBw 4-3 M Basic 3 4 own19 10:27 SD Turner 14 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 sZ Basic 1 10 own33 9:42 SD Sproles 7 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Pass 2 3 own40 9:01 SD Rivers-Sproles 9 Blo S-Flat 4-3 M Pass 1 10 own49 8:20 SD Rivers-Tomlinso 12 Bas M-Hitch/RBw 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp39 7:38 SD Turner 4 Bas OffTkl-R Blo M Basic 2 6 opp35 7:28 SD Rivers-INT-Griffin Bas M-Hitch/PBK Blo M Pass 1 4 opp4 7:24 Den Warner-Wayne 4/TD Bas S-Hitch/sec 6-2 tM Goalline 7-0 KO 7:16 SD Sproles ret of 12 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own12 6:37 SD Rivers-Jennings 15 Bas M-Out/PBK 4-3 M Basic 1 10 own27 6:30 SD Sproles 7/TD/F Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 14-0 KO 6:25 SD Jackson ret of 9 --- KO-angle --- Return 1 10 own18 5:43 SD Turner 2 Bas Dive 4-3 M Basic 2 8 own20 5:01 SD Turner 2 Bas Draw 4-3 M Basic 3 6 own22 4:18 SD Rivers-Tomlinso 14 Bas M-Out/RBw 3-4 M Pass 1 10 own36 4:18 SD Pen5(Turner) Bas M-Out 4-3 Z Pass 1 15 own31 3:37 SD Sproles 6 Blo Draw 4-3 M Pass 2 9 own37 3:37 SD Pen5(Diehl) Bas Pitch-R/RBw Blo M Basic 2 14 own32 3:34 SD Rivers-Jennings X Bas M-Cross/PBK 5-1 M Pass 3 14 own32 3:27 SD Rivers-Fitzgera X Blo L-Slant/PBK 4-2 Z Pass 4 14 own32 3:21 SD Scifres 45,Forsett 1 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own33 3:13 Den Warner-Wayne X Bas L-Fly/PBK 3-3 M Pass-Wayne/Jackson 2 10 own33 2:34 Den Johnson -3 Bas Pitch-L 3-3 tMoPass 3 13 own30 1:58 Den Sk-Mikell -7 3W1 M-Slant/PBK 3-1 M Pass-Camarillo/Bz3 4 20 own23 1:53 Den Lee 46,Sproles FC --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own31 1:14 SD Tomlinson 3 Bas Pitch-R Blo M Basic 2 7 own34 0:29 SD Turner 17 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp49 0:00 SD Rivers-Jennings 6 Bas S-Slant 4-3 M Pass 2nd Quarter 2 4 opp43 14:17 SD Turner 2 2T2 Dive 4-3 M Basic 3 2 opp41 13:39 SD Turner -1 Bas OffTkl-R Blo M Basic 4 3 opp42 13:01 SD Rivers-Jennings 9 Bas S-Flat/RBw Blo sZ Basic 1 10 opp33 12:19 SD Turner 3 2T2 Sweep-L 5-2 Z Basic 2 7 opp30 12:06 SD Rivers-Gates 30/TD 2T2 M-Cross 5-2 tM Pass 14-7 KO 11:54 Den Miller ret of 30 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own32 11:44 Den Warner-Wayne X Bas L-Slant/PBK 4-3 M Basic 2 10 own32 11:06 Den Warner-Dunn 8 3W1 Screen/SG 3-3 M Pass-Jackson 3 2 own40 10:59 Den Warner-Jackson X Bas M-Fly/PBK 4-3 M Run-Johnson,C/Li 4 2 own40 10:50 Den Lee 47,Sproles 7 --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own20 10:06 SD Rivers-Fitzgera 14 Bas S-Slant/sec 4-3 M Basic 1 10 own34 9:20 SD Turner 18 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp48 8:40 SD Turner 5 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Pass 2 5 opp43 8:12 SD Sproles 5 Bas Draw 4-3 M Basic 3 0 opp38 7:35 SD Rivers-Gates 5 2T2 M-Out/PBK/sec 5-2 M Dbl-Fitzgerald 1 10 opp33 7:24 SD Rivers-Jennings X Bas M-Fly/PBK/sec 5-2 M Basic 2 10 opp33 6:45 SD Turner 8 Bas Sweep-R/RBw 5-1 M Pass 3 2 opp25 6:04 SD Turner -1 Bas OffTkl-R 5-2 sZ Basic 4 3 opp26 5:57 SD FG Kaeding 43/M --- FG --- Block 1 10 own33 5:16 Den Johnson 3 Bas Trap-R 3-4 M Pass 2 7 own36 5:13 Den Warner-Neal X Bas S-Flat 3-3 tM Pass-Wayne 3 7 own36 5:01 Den Warner-Wayne 10/Pen1 3W1 M-Hitch/sec 3-1 M Pass-Camarillo/Dav 1 10 opp39 4:23 Den Warner-Jackson 4 Bas S-Slant 3-3 M Pass 2 6 opp35 3:49 Den Johnson 6 Bas Draw 3-4 tM Pass-Wayne 3 0 opp29 3:01 Den Johnson 13 3RB Dive 3-3 tM Pass 1 10 opp16 2:14 Den Johnson 6 Bas Trap-R 4-3 tM Basic 2 4 opp10 2:00 Den Johnson 3 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 M Key-Johnson 3 1 opp7 1:53 Den SD Pen4(Freeney) Bas Dive 6-3 tM Goalline 1 3 opp3 1:44 Den Johnson 0 Bas OffTkl-L 6-3 tM Goalline 2 3 opp3 1:38 Den Warner-Wayne 3/TD Bas S-Flat/sec 6-2 tM Goalline 21-7 KO 1:32 SD Sproles ret of 13 --- KO-angle --- Return 1 10 own21 1:22 SD Rivers-Jennings 8 Bas M-Out/PBK/RBw/sec 5-1 M Pass 2 2 own29 1:22 SD Delay Bas delay/RBw 5-1 M 2 7 own24 0:49 SD Rivers-Fitzgera 14 Bas M-Fly/PBK/RBw/sec 3-3 M Pass 1 10 own38 0:42 SD Rivers-Fitzgera X Bas L-Slant/PBK/RBw 3-3 dZ Prevent 2 10 own38 0:33 SD Rivers-Jennings 29 Bas L-Out/RBw 3-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp33 0:33 SD Rivers 2 Bas M-Fly 3-3 ZoPass 2 8 opp33 0:16 SD Spiked Ball Bas Spiked Ball 3-3 Zo 3 8 opp31 0:10 SD Rivers-Gates X Bas M-Out 4-1 Z Pass 4 8 opp31 0:04 SD FG Kaeding 48/G --- FG --- Block 21-10 KO 0:00 SD Davis ret of 21 FMB --- KO-squib --- Return 3rd Quarter KO 14:46 SD Sproles ret of 26 --- KO-angle --- Return 1 10 own38 14:15 SD Rivers-Fitzgera 10 Bas S-Flat/sec 4-3 M Pass 2 0 own48 14:05 SD Rivers-Fitzgera X Bas L-Slant/PBK/sec 4-3 Z Pass 3 0 own48 13:26 SD Turner 6 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Run-Turner,M 1 10 opp46 12:46 SD Rivers-Tomlinso 9 Bas M-Out/RBw 4-3 Z Pass 2 1 opp37 12:04 SD Turner 5 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Pass 1 10 opp32 11:25 SD Sproles 3 Bas Trap-R Blo M Basic/Ll 2 7 opp29 10:44 SD Rivers-Gates 11 Bas M-Cross Blo M Dbl-Gates 1 10 opp18 10:44 SD Pen5(Diehl) Bas M-Hitch/PBK/RBw 3-4 M Pass 1 15 opp23 9:55 SD Turner 11 Bas Pitch-L 5-1 Z Pass 2 4 opp12 9:12 SD Tomlinson 7 Bas Draw 5-1 Z Pass 1 5 opp5 8:30 SD Rivers 1 Bas S-Out 5-2 Z Run-Turner,M 2 4 opp4 7:46 SD Turner 0 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 sZ Key-Turner 3 4 opp4 7:43 SD Rivers-Fitzgera X Bas S-Out 4-3 M Pass-Fitzgerald/Ga 4 4 opp4 7:38 SD FG Kaeding 21/G --- FG --- Block 21-13 KO 7:30 Den Davis ret of 20 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 6:48 Den Johnson 4 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 tM Key-Johnson 2 6 own24 6:45 Den Warner-Wayne X Bas M-Hitch/PBK 3-4 tM Key-Johnson/Lr 3 6 own24 6:38 Den Warner-INT-Mikell 3W1 S-Hitch/SG/PBK 3-1 tM Pass-Camarillo/Way 1 10 opp26 5:58 SD Rivers-Jennings 20 Bas S-Slant Blo M Basic 1 6 opp6 5:50 SD SD Pen10(Goff) 2T2 OffTkl-L 5-2 tM Dbl-Gates 1 16 opp16 5:06 SD Turner 2 Bas Draw/RBw 4-3 M Key-Turner 2 14 opp14 4:26 SD Rivers-Gates 13 Bas S-Quick/sec 3-4 M Pass-Tomlinson 3 1 opp1 4:17 SD Tomlinson 1/TD Bas Dive 5-2 tM Goalline 21-19 KO 4:05 SD Miller ret of 28 FMB --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 opp39 3:31 SD Rivers-Tomlinso 8 Bas S-Hitch Blo M Pass 2 2 opp31 2:52 SD Rivers-Tomlinso 7 Bas S-Flat Blo M Pass 1 10 opp24 2:43 SD Rivers-Fitzgera X Bas M-Fly 4-3 M Basic 2 10 opp24 2:05 SD Rivers-Fitzgera 9 Bas M-Cross/PBK/sec 4-2 M Pass/Li 3 1 opp15 1:26 SD Tomlinson 4 Bas Dive 4-2 M Pass-Fitzgerald/Ga 1 10 opp11 0:47 SD Tomlinson 0 Bas Trap-R 3-4 M Basic 2 10 opp11 0:06 SD Rivers 5 Bas M-Fly/RBw 3-4 tM Pass 3 5 opp6 0:03 SD Rivers-Jennings X Bas S-Quick 3-4 M Pass-Fitzgerald/Ga 4 5 opp6 0:00 SD FG Kaeding 23/G --- FG --- Block 21-22 4th Quarter KO 14:47 Den Miller ret of 35 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own39 14:06 Den Johnson 5 Bas Dive 3-3 M Basic 2 5 own44 13:19 Den Johnson 13 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 tM Key-Johnson 1 10 opp43 12:39 Den Warner-Jackson 7 Bas S-Flat 4-3 tM Basic 2 3 opp36 11:58 Den Johnson 0 Bas Pitch-R 3-4 tM Key-Johnson 3 3 opp36 11:15 Den Johnson 0 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 tM Key-Johnson 4 3 opp36 11:08 Den FG Elam 53/M --- FG --- Block 1 10 own43 11:03 SD Rivers-Gates X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Key-Turner 2 10 own43 10:59 SD Rivers-Tomlinso X Bas S-Hitch/RBw 3-3 M Pass/Li 3 10 own43 10:55 SD Rivers-Fitzgera X Bas M-Hitch/PBK/RBw/se 3-2 Z Pass 4 10 own43 10:48 SD Scifres 57, Tb --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 10:39 Den Johnson 8/F Bas Pitch-R 3-4 tM Key-Johnson 1 10 opp28 9:47 SD Turner 3 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Basic 2 7 opp25 8:54 SD Turner 5 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Pass 3 2 opp20 7:57 SD Turner 3 Bas OffTkl-R 5-2 M Dbl-Gates 1 10 opp17 7:01 SD Tomlinson 2 Bas Dive 5-2 M Basic 2 8 opp15 6:07 SD Turner -1 Bas Draw/RBw 3-4 sZ Basic 3 9 opp16 5:59 SD Rivers-Jennings X Bas M-Hitch/PBK 3-4 tM Pass 4 9 opp16 5:54 SD FG Kaeding 33/G --- FG --- Block 21-25 KO 5:41 Den Miller ret of 28 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own33 4:55 Den Warner-Jackson 47 Bas M-Slant/sec 3-4 tM Pass 1 10 opp20 4:49 Den Den Pen10(Brown) Bas S-Out/sec 3-4 M Run-Johnson,C 1 20 opp30 4:08 Den Johnson 2 3W1 Draw/SG 3-3 M Pass 2 18 opp28 4:05 Den Warner-Wayne X 3W1 Screen 3-1 Z Pass 3 18 opp28 3:49 Den Jackson 13 4WR Reverse/SG 3-1 Z Pass 4 5 opp15 3:45 Den Warner-Camarill X 3W1 M-Slant/PBK 3-3 tMiPass-Wayne 1 10 own15 2:55 SD Rivers-Tomlinso 9 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 tM Key-Turner 2 1 own24 2:48 SD Turner 1 2T2 Dive 5-2 tM Dbl-Fitzgerald/Lo 1 10 own25 2:39 SD Turner 9 Bas OffTkl-L 5-2 sZ Basic 2 1 own34 2:00 SD Turner 2 2T2 Dive 6-3 Z Run-Turner,M 1 10 own36 1:52 SD Tomlinson -1 Bas Trap-R 6-3 Z Run-Turner,M 2 11 own35 1:07 SD Rivers-Tomlinso 32 Bas S-Hitch 6-3 Z Run 1 10 opp33 0:31 SD Rivers -1 2T2 QbKneel 6-3 tM Goalline 2 11 opp34 0:00 SD O'Connell -1 2T2 QbKneel 6-3 tM Goalline