2011 Week 1 · Mon, Sep 12, 2011 · Sports Authority Field at Mile High
Final
Oakland Raiders 23 at Denver Broncos 20. Final.
Oakland Raiders 23–20 — decided on the final possessions.
The Game Day Roster
Who was out, who dressed and never took a snap, and who was on the field how much. Snap counts begin in 2013. For this season the feed gives the game-day list and who was inactive, but not how many snaps each man took.
Oakland Raiders
47 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
Denver Broncos
47 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Passing · DEN
24/46, 304 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
-2.4 expected points added · -7.5% completion over expected
No opportunity read for this era
Snap, route and expected-points data starts in 2021. This game is older than the usage record, so there is no opportunity read for it — the box score above is the complete picture we hold.
Full stat lines
Box score
Oakland Raiders
Denver Broncos
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Orton | 24/46 | 304 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −2.4 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowshon Moreno | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 0 | −7.5 |
| Kyle Orton | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | +1.9 |
| Willis McGahee | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | −0.7 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Lloyd | 6 | 10 | 89 | 0 | 22% | +2.1 |
| Eric Decker | 3 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 13% | +1.0 |
| Knowshon Moreno | 2 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 7% | +1.7 |
| Eddie Royal | 2 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 13% | +2.0 |
| Willis McGahee | 5 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 16% | −0.1 |
| Daniel Fells | 3 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 13% | −1.5 |
| Spencer Larsen | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2% | +1.8 |
| Lance Ball | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2% | +3.0 |
| Matt Willis | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4% | −0.3 |
| Julius Thomas | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7% | −1.6 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Dawkins | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Hunter | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wesley Woodyard | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Von Miller | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Champ Bailey | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Mays | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rahim Moore | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre' Goodman | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brodrick Bunkley | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Ayers | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- Broncos -3
- Closing total
- 42.5
- Raiders moneyline
- +153
- Broncos moneyline
- -170
Broncos closed -3 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 42.5; the game landed 43 — over by 0.5.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Sports Authority Field at Mile High
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · grass
- Kickoff weather
- Mild, 66°F at kickoff; still at 4 mph out of the west; partly cloudy.
- Referee
- Jerome Boger
- Rest
- Raiders 7 days · Broncos 7 days
- Coaches
- Hue Jackson vs John Fox
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.