National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Denver 28, New Orleans 19
When: 1:00 PM ET, Saturday, August 23, 2025
Where: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: John Hussey
Attendance: 70078
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Denver 3136628
New Orleans 6301019
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:54
New Orleans FG New Orleans 3 - Denver 0
Blake Grupe 56 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 6:18
Denver FG New Orleans 3 - Denver 3
Wil Lutz 32 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 2:39
New Orleans FG New Orleans 6 - Denver 3
Blake Grupe 49 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 13:34
Denver TD New Orleans 6 - Denver 10
Courtland Sutton 19 yd. pass from Bo Nix (Wil Lutz kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:35
Denver FG New Orleans 6 - Denver 13
Wil Lutz 29 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 1:56
New Orleans FG New Orleans 9 - Denver 13
Blake Grupe 48 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:13
Denver FG New Orleans 9 - Denver 16
Wil Lutz 25 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 3:00
Denver TD New Orleans 9 - Denver 22
Audric Estime 5 yd. run (pass failed)
4th Quarter - 13:19
New Orleans TD New Orleans 16 - Denver 22
Tyler Shough 11 yd. run (Charlie Smyth kick)
4th Quarter - 7:09
New Orleans FG New Orleans 19 - Denver 22
Charlie Smyth 52 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 2:14
Denver TD New Orleans 19 - Denver 28
Kyrese Rowan 5 yd. pass from Sam Ehlinger (pass failed)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Denver New Orleans
1st Downs 22 16
Rushing 5 4
Passing 16 11
Penalty 1 1
3rd Down Conversions 7-16 5-13
4th Down Conversions 3-4 0-2
Punts-Average 1-42.0 1-38.0
Return Yards 149 159
Punts-Returns 0-0 1-9
Kickoffs-Returns 6-149 6-146
Int - Returns 0-0 1-4
Penalties-Yards 6-35 3-40
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Time of Possession 36:51 23:09
Total Net Yards 396 236
Total Plays 75 58
Average Gain 5.3 4.1
Net Yards Rushing 103 76
Rushes 27 17
Average/Rush 3.8 4.5
Net Yards Passing 293 160
Comp-Att 32-45 22-37
Yards/Pass 6.1 3.9
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-15 4-22
Had Intercepted 1 0
Touchdowns 3 1
Rushing 1 1
Passing 2 0
Other 0 0
Extra Points 1-3 1-1
Field Goals 3-3 4-4
Red Zone Efficiency 3-6-50% 1-1-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-3-33% 0-0-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Denver Broncos (3-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
S. Ehlinger 22/31 198 1 1
B. Nix 10/14 110 1 0
New Orleans Saints (0-2-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Shough 12/20 102 0 0
S. Rattler 5/8 43 0 0
J. Haener 5/9 37 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Estime 8 45 5.6 1 9
S. Ehlinger 6 25 4.2 0 19
T. Badie 4 14 3.5 0 9
B. Watson 4 13 3.2 0 5
R. Harvey 3 4 1.3 0 3
A. Prentice 1 2 2.0 0 2
M. Mims Jr. 1 0 0.0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
T. Shough 2 20 10.0 1 11
D. Neal 5 20 4.0 0 6
K. Miller 3 15 5.0 0 8
J. Haener 1 10 10.0 0 10
C. Akers 2 5 2.5 0 3
C. Edwards-Helaire 2 4 2.0 0 4
V. Jones Jr. 1 2 2.0 0 2
S. Rattler 1 0 0.0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
C. Sutton 7 4 83 20.8 1 43
L. Krull 3 3 49 16.3 0 27
K. Rowan 4 4 33 8.2 1 16
T. Badie 5 4 31 7.8 0 17
C. Lohner 2 1 23 23.0 0 23
C. Jackson 1 1 20 20.0 0 20
J. Newton 3 3 19 6.3 0 13
P. Bryant 5 2 19 9.5 0 14
B. Watson 3 3 9 3.0 0 6
A. Estime 2 1 8 8.0 0 8
M. Bandy 2 2 6 3.0 0 4
T. Franklin 2 2 5 2.5 0 3
A. Trautman 1 1 2 2.0 0 2
R. Harvey 1 1 1 1.0 0 1
A. Perry 1 0 0 0 0 0
E. Engram 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
K. Austin Jr. 6 3 34 11.3 0 14
C. Olave 3 3 29 9.7 0 12
M. Matavao 4 3 23 7.7 0 10
T. Welch 2 1 21 21.0 0 21
R. Shaheed 3 2 14 7.0 0 9
M. Yarns 1 1 13 13.0 0 13
J. Stoll 1 1 12 12.0 0 12
D. Neal 2 2 10 5.0 0 9
C. Wilson Jr. 3 2 8 4.0 0 5
D. Pettis 4 1 5 5.0 0 5
S. Green 1 1 5 5.0 0 5
C. Akers 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
M. Tipton 2 1 4 4.0 0 4
B. Cooks 1 0 0 0 0 0
R. Daniels Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 0
K. Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
Q. Riley 1 4 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
E. Uwazurike 1.0 12.0
Q. Robinson 1.0 6.0
J. Cooper 1.0 4.0
S. Jones 1.0 0.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Davis 1.0 8.0
K. Boyd 1.0 6.0
J. Williams 1.0 1.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Pickett 4 0
T. Hufanga 3 0
K. Reid 3 0
P. Locke 2 0
J. Robinson 2 0
J. Turner 2 0
D. Turner-Yell 2 0
L. Bailey 2 2
E. Uwazurike 2 2
J. Miller 1 0
J. McMillian 1 0
D. Key 1 0
S. Jones 1 0
K. Abrams-Draine 1 0
D. Mathis 1 0
J. Barron 1 0
M. Dwumfour 1 0
J. Elliss 1 1
P. Surtain II 1 1
Q. Robinson 1 1
J. Cooper 1 1
S. Franklin Jr. 1 2
B. Jones 0 1
D. Tillman 0 1
J. Jackson 0 1
M. Roach 0 1
G. Nelson 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
R. Wright 7 2
J. Sanker 6 3
P. Werner 3 0
I. Yiadom 3 1
J. Ford 2 0
K. McKinstry 2 0
Q. Riley 2 2
J. Howden 2 3
C. Rumph II 1 0
C. Young 1 0
D. Davis 1 0
J. Blackmon 1 0
C. Granderson 1 0
D. Godchaux 1 0
J. Williams 1 0
E. Davison 1 0
K. Boyd 1 0
O. Thomas 1 0
J. Davis 1 1
I. Foskey 1 1
V. Broughton 1 1
T. Powell 1 1
J. Price 1 2
D. Jackson 1 2
N. Shepherd 0 1
F. Diggs 0 1
I. Stalbird 0 1
J. Bullard 0 2
J. Peevy 0 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
E. Uwazurike 1.0
Q. Robinson 1.0
J. Cooper 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Davis 1.0
J. Williams 1.0
K. Boyd 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Shough 1