The Denver Broncos were on the road this past Sunday in sunny Tampa Bay, in hopes of tuning things around after losing two straight to the Seattle Seahawks and the Pittsburgh Steelers in last weekend’s home opener.
Denver came out and made an immediate statement by moving the ball 70 yards on their first possession with rookie quarterback Bo Nix scoring a 3-yard trot into the end-zone giving the Broncos a 7-0 lead.
On Tampa’s ensuing possession the Buccaneers failed to get a first down and went three and out, punt- ing back to the visiting team. Denver was unable to move the ball on their second drive, which stalled of gaining only five yards. Buccaneers quarterback; Baker Mayfield tossed the first interception of the game to Brandon Jones a pass intended for Mike Evans.
The Broncos took advantage of Mayfield’s mistake by adding a 1-yard TD run by Jaleel McLaughlin to put Denver up 14-0. Denver added a field goal before Tampa was able to get on the board after Mayfield connected with Chris Goodwin for a 5-yard TD. Denver would add another field goal before the half, leading 20-7 heading into the locker room.
In the second half Denver added six more points on field goals from Will Lutz who accounted for 12 of Denver’s 26 points.
The Broncos came out on Sunday and dominated in all aspects of the game, defeating an undefeated team whose offense has been a force early in the season. Next week the Broncos will face the New York Jets in New York, hoping to ride the wave of confidence gained in their win in Tampa, 26-7.
In other sports the Colorado Buffaloes won their game at Folsom on Saturday against the Baylor Bears. Baylor came into Saturday night’s game with the same record as CU with wins over Air Force and Tarleton State. Baylor’s one loss came at the expense of the Utes at the start of September.
CU was outplayed in the first half, trailing 24-17, before coming out in the second half scoring a touchdown in the third and another at the end of regulation when Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders rolled out to his left and tossed up a 48-yard Hail Mary to LaJohntay Wester which sent the game into OT.
CU got the ball first and scored the only touchdown in extra time when running back Micah Welch scored from 1-yard out. Baylor was able to get the ball down to the goal-line but ironman player, Travis Hunter and Heisman favorite jarred the ball loose after putting a hit on Baylor running back Dominic Richardson ending the game. CU beat Baylor 38-31.
CU is on the road to face the University of Central Florida this Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
