2003 Week 14 · Sun, Dec 7, 2003 · Invesco Field at Mile High
Kansas City Chiefs
27
at
Denver BroncosWinner
45
DEN -3 ✓O 46.5 ✓
Denver Broncos 45–27 — 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
Kansas City Chiefs
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Green | 34/47 | 397 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12.1 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priest Holmes | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 2 | 3.4 |
| Dante Hall | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.7 |
| Derrick Blaylock | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | -4.5 |
| Trent Green | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 2.6 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn Barber | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerome Woods | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Wesley | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Hicks | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dexter McCleon | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Browning | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Scott Fujita | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Sims | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montique Sharpe | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Warfield | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Denver Broncos
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Plummer | 20/29 | 238 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Portis | 22 | 218 | 9.9 | 5 | 14.3 |
| Rod Smith | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 2.1 |
| Jake Plummer | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 2.8 |
| Quentin Griffin | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | -1.9 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenoy Kennedy | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Donnie Spragan | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelly Herndon | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lenny Walls | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Wilson | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Ferguson | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bertrand Berry | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Spencer | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Holland | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jashon Sykes | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- DEN -3
- Closing total
- 46.5
- KC moneyline
- —
- DEN moneyline
- —
Broncos closed -3 and covered, winning by 18.
Total closed 46.5; the game landed 72 — over by 25.5.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Invesco Field at Mile High
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · grass
- Kickoff weather
- 63°F, wind 8 mph
- Referee
- Tony Corrente
- Rest
- KC 7 days · DEN 7 days
- Coaches
- Dick Vermeil vs Mike Shanahan
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.