DEN 10 @ KC 31 - 2026 NFL

2026 Week 1

Denver BroncosDEN

10-31

Kansas City ChiefsKC

Mon, September 14, 2026 · 8:15PM · Arrowhead Stadium

Attendance: 73,543Duration: 2:59Surface: grassWeather: 91 degrees, relative humidity 45%, wind 13 mphLine: Kansas City Chiefs -1.0O/U: 43.5 (under)

DEN: Sean Payton · KC: Andy Reid

DEN

Team Stats

1st Downs

15-61

Rushing

38-220

17-28-131

Passing

15-27-184

176

Scoring

1st Quarter

8:11

Patrick Mahomes 15 yard rush (Harrison Butker kick)

3:48

Evan Engram 19 yard pass from Bo Nix (Wil Lutz kick)

2nd Quarter

1:39

Rashee Rice 13 yard pass from Patrick Mahomes (Harrison Butker kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
DEN
Passing
Bo Nix	17/28	131	1	1	4	69.2
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Bo Nix	3	2	0	3	1
J.K. Dobbins	8	36	0	17	0
RJ Harvey	3	18	0	7	0
Troy Franklin	1	5	0	5	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
RJ Harvey	4	4	23	0	11
Troy Franklin	1	0	0	0	0
Evan Engram	5	4	43	1	19
Pat Bryant	6	4	42	0	13
Courtland Sutton	5	2	11	0	6
Adam Trautman	3	2	10	0	6
Jaylen Waddle	3	1	2	0	2
KC
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Patrick Mahomes	15/27	184	2	1	2	86.0
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Patrick Mahomes	7	23	1	15	0
Kenneth Walker III	23	173	1	60	0
Emmett Johnson	8	24	0	6	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Kenneth Walker III	6	3	18	1	11
Emmett Johnson	2	2	44	0	25
Travis Kelce	5	3	71	0	59
Rashee Rice	2	2	19	1	13
Xavier Worthy	6	3	18	0	9
Jake Briningstool	1	1	9	0	9
Noah Gray	1	1	5	0	5
Tyquan Thornton	1	0	0	0	0
Cyrus Allen	1	0	0	0	0

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
DEN
Brandon Jones	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Zach Allen	5	3	2	0	0	3	0	0
Alex Singleton	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Talanoa Hufanga	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Riley Moss	6	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
Dondrea Tillman	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jahdae Barron	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quandarrius Robinson	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Justin Strnad	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Patrick Surtain II	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eyioma Uwazurike	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nik Bonitto	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malcolm Roach	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Nate Adkins	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tycen Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonah Elliss	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mitchell Fraboni	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D.J. Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Devon Key	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ja'Quan McMillian	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Karene Reid	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
JL Skinner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Turner	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bo Nix	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
KC
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Mansoor Delane	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Nohl Williams	3	2	1	0	1	1	0	0
R Mason Thomas	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Felix Anudike-Uzomah	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
L'Jarius Sneed	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drue Tranquill	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Bolton	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jaden Hicks	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alohi Gilman	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Karlaftis III	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0
Jake Briningstool	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Xavier Nwankpa	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben VanSumeren	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peter Woods	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jeffrey Bassa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Cochrane	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kristian Fulton	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ashton Gillotte	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Emmett Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Cooper McDonald	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jalen Royals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Khyiris Tonga	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Patrick Mahomes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
DEN
Wil Lutz	1/1	1/1	0	0	-	0
Jeremy Crawshaw	-	-	6	314	52.3	68
KC
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Harrison Butker	4/4	1/1	0	0	-	0
Matt Araiza	-	-	4	218	54.5	63

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
DEN
Marvin Mims	0	0	0	2	36	0
RJ Harvey	4	111	0	0	0	0
Jonah Coleman	1	27	0	0	0	0
KC
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Nikko Remigio	3	78	0	2	7	0

Drive Summary

DEN

#	QTR	START	PLAYS	YDS	TOP	RESULT
1	1	DEN 35	3	-1	1:30	Interception
2	1	DEN 32	7	68	4:23	Touchdown
3	1	DEN 8	6	19	4:15	Punt

Snap Counts

Player	POS	OFF	OFF%	DEF	DEF%	ST	ST%
Ben Powers	G	51	100%	0	0%	2	7%
Quinn Meinerz	G	51	100%	0	0%	2	7%
Mike McGlinchey	T	51	100%	0	0%	2	7%
Luke Wattenberg	C	51	100%	0	0%	1	4%
Garett Bolles	T	51	100%	0	0%	1	4%
Bo Nix	QB	51	100%	0	0%	0	0%
Courtland Sutton	WR	39	76%	0	0%	0	0%
Jaylen Waddle	WR	38	75%	0	0%	0	0%
Evan Engram	TE	32	63%	0	0%	0	0%
Pat Bryant	WR	30	59%	0	0%	7	25%
RJ Harvey	RB	26	51%	0	0%	6	21%
J.K. Dobbins	RB	22	43%	0	0%	0	0%
Adam Trautman	TE	19	37%	0	0%	2	7%
Troy Franklin	WR	17	33%	0	0%	0	0%
Nate Adkins	TE	13	25%	0	0%	8	29%
Marvin Mims	WR	9	18%	0	0%	4	14%
Adam Prentice	FB	6	12%	0	0%	19	68%
Jonah Coleman	RB	3	6%	0	0%	6	21%
Patrick Surtain II	CB	1	2%	69	100%	5	18%
Talanoa Hufanga	S	0	0%	69	100%	5	18%
Riley Moss	CB	0	0%	69	100%	1	4%
Alex Singleton	LB	0	0%	68	99%	0	0%
Brandon Jones	S	0	0%	65	94%	0	0%
Justin Strnad	LB	0	0%	55	80%	0	0%
Ja'Quan McMillian	CB	0	0%	49	71%	0	0%
Zach Allen	DL	0	0%	42	61%	5	18%
Eyioma Uwazurike	DL	0	0%	41	59%	5	18%
Jonah Elliss	LB	0	0%	40	58%	9	32%
D.J. Jones	DT	0	0%	39	57%	0	0%
Nik Bonitto	LB	0	0%	36	52%	0	0%
Dondrea Tillman	LB	0	0%	32	46%	26	93%
Quandarrius Robinson	LB	0	0%	32	46%	25	89%
Malcolm Roach	DT	0	0%	32	46%	7	25%
Sai'vion Jones	DE	0	0%	15	22%	7	25%
Jahdae Barron	CB	0	0%	4	6%	8	29%
Jordan Turner	LB	0	0%	2	3%	26	93%
Devon Key	DB	0	0%	0	0%	26	93%
Tycen Anderson	S	0	0%	0	0%	21	75%
JL Skinner	S	0	0%	0	0%	18	64%
Kris Abrams-Draine	CB	0	0%	0	0%	13	46%
Karene Reid	LB	0	0%	0	0%	12	43%
Mitchell Fraboni	LS	0	0%	0	0%	9	32%
Jeremy Crawshaw	P	0	0%	0	0%	9	32%
Wil Lutz	K	0	0%	0	0%	5	18%
Alex Forsyth	C	0	0%	0	0%	2	7%
Alex Palczewski	T	0	0%	0	0%	2	7%
Matt Peart	T	0	0%	0	0%	2	7%

DEN

Expected Points Added

-21.0Total21.0

-19.8Off Total7.6

-14.8Off Pass-1.2

-4.0Off Rush8.8

-7.6Def Total19.8

1.2Def Pass14.8

-8.8Def Rush4.0

6.4

Starting Lineups

DEN

QBBo Nix

RBJ.K. Dobbins

WRJaylen Waddle

WRCourtland Sutton

WRMarvin Mims

TENate Adkins

OLQuinn Meinerz

TGarett Bolles

TMike McGlinchey

GBen Powers

CLuke Wattenberg

Officials

RefereeClay Martin

UmpireSteve Woods

Down JudgeJerod Phillips

Line JudgeBrian Perry

Back JudgeGreg Wilson

Side JudgeEugene Hall

Field JudgeAlonzo Ramsey

#	QTR	START	PLAYS	YDS	TOP	RESULT
1	1	DEN 46	10	46	5:19	Touchdown
2	1	KAN 34	3	3	1:05	Punt
3	2	KAN 29	6	18	2:24	Punt
4	2	KAN 25	6	8	2:59	Punt
5	2	KAN 20	10	80	3:02	Touchdown
6	2	KAN 9	2	7	0:51	End of Half
7	3	KAN 31	4	69	2:17	Touchdown
8	3	KAN 3	1	0	0:13	Interception
9	3	KAN 33	7	58	4:17	Field Goal
10	3	DEN 34	4	34	0:48	Touchdown
11	4	KAN 6	8	26	6:31	Punt
12	4	DEN 28	7	10	3:56	Downs

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