All-Time Series History
Regular Season: DEN leads series, 15-12 (IND won 2 of past 3)
Postseason: IND leads series, 3-0
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 12/15/24: IND 13 at DEN 31
Postseason: AFC-D 1/11/15: IND 24 at DEN 13
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BRONCOS NOTES:
BRONCOS can begin 2-0 for 1st time since 2021. Led NFL with 6 sacks last week. • QB BO NIX passed for 176 yards & TD last week. Finished 2024 season with 2+ TD passes & 90+ rating in each of his final 4 reg. season starts on road. Passed for 3 TDs in last meeting. • RB J.K. DOBBINS rushed for 63 yards & TD last week in Den. debut. Aims for his 15th in row with 50+ scrimmage yards. • RB RJ HARVEY (rookie) led team with 70 rush yards last week in NFL debut, 2nd-most rush yards by any rookie in Week 1. • WR COURTLAND SUTTON led team with 6 catches for 61 yards & TD last week. Aims for his 4th in row in reg. season with rec. TD. Had TD catch in last meeting & has 70+ rec. yards in 2 of 3 career games vs. Ind. • WR TROY FRANKLIN had 4 catches for 44 yards in Week 1. • TE EVAN ENGRAM had 3 catches last week in Den. debut. Has 5+ catches in each of his 5 career games vs. Ind. Since entering NFL in 2017, ranks 4th among TEs with 499 catches. • TE ADAM TRAUTMAN had TD catch in last meeting. • LB NIK BONITTO had 2 TFL & sack last week. Had 5 tackles, half sack, FF & 50-yard FR-TD in last meeting. Had 5 sacks in 9 road games last season. • LB JONATHON COOPER had sack in Week 1. Aims for 4th in row in reg. season with sack. Had TFL in last meeting. • LB JUSTIN STRNAD had 5 tackles & sack last week. Had 9 tackles & TFL in last meeting. • DE ZACH ALLEN had sack in Week 1. Aims for his 4th in row on road with TFL. • CB PAT SURTAIN II had PD last week. Had 2 PD & INT in last meeting. • CB JA’QUAN MCMILLIAN had sack & FF in Week 1. Had PD in last meeting. • CB RILEY MOSS had 7 tackles & 2 PD last week. • S TALANOA HUFANGA led team with 10 tackles & had 3rd-career FF in Den. debut last week, 3rd-career game with 10+ tackles.
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COLTS NOTES:
COLTS won season-opening game for 1st time since 2013. Became 1st team in at least 47 years (1978) to score on every offensive possession of a game. Can begin season 2-0 for 1st time since 2009. • QB DANIEL JONES completed 22 of 29 atts. (75.9 pct.) for 272 yards & TD vs. 0 INTs with 115.9 rating & rushed for 26 yards & TD last week in Ind. debut. Became 1st QB with 2+ rush TDs, TD pass & 0 INTs in 1st start with team since Jones did so in his 1st start with NYG in 2019. Totaled 294 yards (267 pass, 27 rush) & 2 TDs (1 pass, 1 rush) vs. 0 INTs in only career start vs. Den. (9/12/21 w/ NYG). • RB JONATHAN TAYLOR led team with 98 scrimmage yards (71 rush, 27 rec.) last week, his 6th-straight game with 95+ scrimmage yards. Rushed for 107 yards in last meeting. • RB DJ GIDDENS (rookie) rushed for 41 yards in Week 1 in NFL debut. • WR MICHAEL PITTMAN had 6 catches for team-high 80 rec. yards & TD last week. Has 5+ catches in 7 of his past 8. Has 5+ catches & 55+ rec. yards in each of his 2 career games vs. Den. • TE TYLER WARREN (rookie) had 7 catches for 76 yards last week in NFL debut, tied-3rd most catches by TE in 1st-career game in NFL history. • DE KWITY PAYE had TFL in Week 1, 4th-straight game with TFL. • DE LAIATU LATU had 1st-career INT last week, only INT by DL in NFL in Week 1. • DE SAMSON EBUKAM had sack last week in 1st game since 2023 season. • DT DEFOREST BUCKNER aims for his 3rd in row vs. Den. with sack. • CB KENNY MOORE had sack, FF & PD last week. • S XAVIEN HOWARD had 6th-career FR last week in Ind. debut. Has 7 PD & 3 INTs in 3 career games vs. Den. • S CAM BYNUM had 2 PD & 9th-career INT last week in Ind. debut. Had 8 tackles in only career game vs. Den. (11/19/23 w/ Min.). • S NICK CROSS had 6 tackles & 2nd-career sack in Week 1. Had INT in last meeting.
