Monday Night Football Results: Broncos Win, Chargers Blow 24-Point Lead

Oct 15, 2012 11:54 PM EDT

The Denver Broncos defeated the San Diego Chargers in dramatic fashion as they came back from a 24-point deficit at the half.

The Broncos intercepted Philip Rivers four times and Harris brought back the last interception to seal the deal with a 45-yard pick-six.

It all started in the second half for the Broncos when Peyton Manning quickly got the Broncos down field and scored a touchdown in less than five minutes as they received the ball in the second half. He completed a 29-yard pass to Demaryius Thomas for the TD.

Following this score, Tony Carter picked up a fumble and ran it back 65 yards for the score making it a 24-14 score.

It went from a four possession game to a two possession game in a snap.

Manning then followed in the ensuing Broncos possession with a 7-yard touchdown pass to Eric Decker. He then followed and hooked up with Brandon Stokley for a 21-yard touchdown.

This is Manning's biggest comeback of his career and only the second time a team returned to win from a 24-point hole. The Lions came back on the Dallas Cowboys after being down 24 and won the game 34-30.

Manning finished the game 24-30 with 309 passing yards, 3 TDs and 1 INT.

The Broncos specials team put the Broncos in a hole early as the Broncos had turned over back-to-back returns.

The Chargers did not take complete advantage of their field positioning.

The Broncos and Chargers are now tied for first place in the AFC West and both have a Week 7 Bye.

This was the biggest comeback by a road team in the history of Monday Night Football.

Here are the stats from the game.

(Source: NFL.com)

Denver Broncos  
Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT
P. Manning 24/30 309 3 1
Rushing ATT YDS TD LG
W. McGahee 17 56 0 9
R. Hillman 2 3 0 3
P. Manning 3 -2 0 0

Receiving

REC YDS TD LG
E. Decker 6 98 1 55
J. Dreessen 6 57 0 19
B. Stokley 4 48 1 21T
W. McGahee 4 42 0 31
D. Thomas 2 37 1 29T
J. Tamme 2 27 0 25

Fumbles

FUM LOST REC YDS
O. Bolden 1 1 0 0
T. Holliday 1 1 0 0
M. Adams 0 0 1 0
T. Carter 0 0 1 65
E. Dumervil 0 0 0 0

Kicking

FG LG XP PTS
M. Prater 0/0 0 5/5 5

San Diego Chargers

Passing

CP/AT YDS TD INT
P. Rivers 25/41 242 2 4

Rushing

ATT YDS TD LG
R. Mathews 22 74 0 13
R. Brown 3 13 0 6
J. Battle 2 3 0 2

Receiving

REC YDS TD LG
A. Gates 6 81 2 23
M. Floyd 5 60 0 25
R. Meachem 3 30 0 12
R. Brown 3 23 0 12
E. Royal 2 22 0 12
R. Mathews 4 19 0 9
R. McMichael 2 7 0 5

Fumbles

FUM LOST REC YDS
P. Rivers 2 2 0 0
R. McMichael 1 0 0 0
E. Weddle 1 0 1 0
R. Brown 0 0 1 0
C. Lynch 0 0 1 0
D. Rosario 0 0 1
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