2000 Week 7 · Sun, Oct 15, 2000 · Mile High Stadium
Cleveland Browns
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Denver BroncosWinner
44
DEN -12.5 ✓O 44 ✓
Denver Broncos 44–10 — never really in doubt late.
Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Full stat lines
Box score
Cleveland Browns
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Couch | 24/40 | 266 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -10.0 |
| Spergon Wynn | 2/5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.2 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Prentice | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | -1.1 |
| Spergon Wynn | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Tim Couch | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Northcutt | 5 | 9 | 80 | 0 | 22% | -2.2 |
| Aaron Shea | 6 | 6 | 76 | 0 | 15% | 3.9 |
| Kevin Johnson | 8 | 12 | 60 | 0 | 29% | -0.1 |
| David Patten | 4 | 8 | 54 | 0 | 20% | 1.5 |
| Travis Prentice | 3 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 10% | 0.2 |
| Darrin Chiaverini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5% | -2.2 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courtney Brown | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty Moore | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orpheus Roye | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marquis Smith | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Malbrough | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wali Rainer | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daylon McCutcheon | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Holland | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Prentice | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Little | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Denver Broncos
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Griese | 19/34 | 336 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18.9 |
| Gus Frerotte | 3/6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3.0 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Anderson | 20 | 103 | 5.2 | 1 | 3.3 |
| Raymont Harris | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 0 | -2.3 |
| Brian Griese | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Rod Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Gus Frerotte | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -2.2 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed McCaffrey | 5 | 11 | 129 | 0 | 29% | 4.8 |
| Rod Smith | 5 | 10 | 111 | 3 | 26% | 10.0 |
| Desmond Clark | 4 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 13% | 1.1 |
| Dwayne Carswell | 5 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 13% | 1.1 |
| Mike Anderson | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 5% | 2.8 |
| Byron Chamberlain | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 11% | -3.1 |
| Billy Miller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | -0.6 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Romanowski | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Eric Brown | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Crockett | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Al Wilson | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Mobley | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Burns | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Jenkins | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jimmy Spencer | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maa Tanuvasa | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Keith Traylor | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- DEN -12.5
- Closing total
- 44
- CLE moneyline
- —
- DEN moneyline
- —
Broncos closed -12.5 and covered, winning by 34.
Total closed 44; the game landed 54 — over by 10.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Mile High Stadium
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · grass
- Kickoff weather
- 59°F, wind 7 mph
- Referee
- Walt Coleman
- Rest
- CLE 7 days · DEN 7 days
- Coaches
- Chris Palmer vs Mike Shanahan