{"id":87514,"date":"2024-12-19T16:11:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T23:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=87514"},"modified":"2024-12-20T06:14:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T13:14:37","slug":"chargers-vs-denver-broncos-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=87514","title":{"rendered":"Chargers Rally to Beat Broncos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Justin Herbert threw two touchdown passes to lead the Chargers back. (Photo by Duane Barker). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By Tim Peterson <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Inglewood) – The Chargers rallied from an 11-point deficit in the third quarter to beat Denver 34-27 on Thursday Night Football before 70, 240 fans at SoFi Stadium. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Down 24-19 Justin Herbert connected on touchdown passes to Derius Davis and Hassan Haskins for the Chargers’ last two scores of the game. Before that, down 24-13 Gus Edwards scored on a five-yard run to cut the Bronco lead to five. Herbert then did his thing, the LA defense did enough and the Chargers held on to draw even with the Broncos for second place in the AFC West. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Broncos were off and running as they drove 72 yards on 10 plays on their first possession with Audric Estime capping it with a 3-yard touchdown run for a 7-0 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chargers answered with an 8-play, 70-yard drive. Edwards scored from a yard out to tie it. The touchdown was set up by a 24-yard pass from Herbert to Joshua Palmer down to the three-yard line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early in the second quarter Denver put together a 12-play, 70-yard drive with Bo Nix hitting Michael Burton on a one- yard pass to give the Broncos a 14-7 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gus Edwards scored twice on the ground for the Chargers. (Photo by Duane Barker). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After Cameron Dicker kicked a 37-yard field goal later in the quarter, the Broncos responded with another 70-yard march. This time Nix found Devaughn Vele on a 6-yard touchdown strike to put Denver up 21-10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dicker “The Kicker” earned his moniker at the end of the first half booting a 57-yard field goal on a free kick with no time remaining to cut the Denver lead to 21-13 at the half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Late in the third quarter Edwards picked up his second rushing touchdown of the night on the five-yard burst to finish a 70-yard drive. A two-point conversion failed leaving the score at 24-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chargers grabbed their first lead of the game early in the fourth quarter. LA moved the ball down the field 78 yards in just 7 plays. Hebert connected with Davis on a 19-yard touchdown strike for the lead. Palmer then caught a pass for the two-point conversion in the back of the endzone for a three-point lead at 27-24. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chargers got the ball at their own 10-yard line with just 4:28 left in the fourth quarter. But they struck quickly moving the ball down to the Denver 34. Herbert then found Hassan Haskins on a 34-yard touchdown on a shovel pass and suddenly it was 34-24 LA with just 2:27 left. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cameron Dicker kicked two field goals including a 57-yarder to end the first half. (Photo by Duane Barker) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lutz split the uprights from 55 yards out with 57 ticks left on the clock to make it 34-27 but an onside kick was recovered by the Chargers’ Nick Niemann and the Chargers were able to run out the clock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the Broncos Nix completed 29 of 40 for 263 yards and two touchdowns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Herbert was 23 of 31 for 284 yards and two scores for the Chargers. He also threw a pick. The Chargers did manage 117 yards on the ground as Edwards ran for 68 yards and the two touchdowns and Kimani Vidal rushed for 24. Herbert had 28 yards on 8 carries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chargers and the Broncos are now dead even the AFC West with records of 9-6 and in second place in the AFC West with two games remaining. The Chargers swept the two games with Denver this year. The Kansas City Chiefs (13-1) have clinched the AFC West. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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