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The Denver Broncos<\/a> throttled the the San Francisco 49ers<\/a> by a score of 30-9 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California in Week 1 of NFL preseason on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

Broncos<\/a> starting quarterback Bo Nix had an underwhelming performance, going 6-of-11 passing for 31 yards and one safety (he was penalized for intentional grounding<\/a> from his own end zone). After a punt on Denver’s opening drive and a safety on the second drive, the first-team offense got a third series following a Ja’Quan McMillian interception<\/a>. The Broncos then went 26 yards on nine plays before settling for a 42-yard Wil Lutz field goal.<\/p>\n

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Denver rookie RJ Harvey started the game at running back and rushed seven times for 25 yards while adding one catch for four yards. J.K. Dobbins also had a four-yard reception. After the first-team offense got three drives, Harvey and Dobbins exited and Jaleel McLaughlin and Tyler Badie took over at running back in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

Broncos second-string quarterback Jarrett Stidham took over in the second quarter and led a field goal drive on his first possession. Stidham then led two touchdown drives, first throwing an eight-yard touchdown pass<\/a> to tight end to Lucas Krull before later connecting with wide receiver Trent Sherfield on a 36-yard score<\/a>. Following those two touchdowns, Denver led 20-9 going into halftime.<\/p>\n

The Broncos defense continued to pour it on In the third quarter, when cornerback Kris Abrams-Draine intercepted a pass from quarterback Carter Bradley; unfortunately, it was nullified by a penalty on Eyioma Uwazurike. Later in the same drive, second-year safety J.L. Skinner forced a fumble that was recovered by rookie defensive lineman Sai’vion Jones. Denver’s offense capitalized on the turnover with a 45-yard Lutz field goal, making it 23 unanswered points since the first quarter. Stidham finished the game 14-of-15 for 136 yards for two touchdowns, adding 36 yards on the ground.<\/p>\n

Quarterback Sam Elhinger entered the game in the fourth quarter, where he led the offense into the red zone before turning the ball over on downs. The Broncos forced a fourth turnover, a turnover on downs, against San Francisco quarterback Tanner Mordecai. The defense forced yet another turnover, an interception from undrafted free agent Joshua Pickett.<\/p>\n

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After Pickett’s interception, Ehlinger finished the drive with a seven-yard touchdown pass to rookie tight end Kaden Prieskorn to make the lead 30-9 with 2:15 left in the game.<\/p>\n

The Broncos remained virtually unscathed by injury, with offensive lineman Calvin Throckmorton limping off the field in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

Up next for the Broncos is a home game against the Arizona Cardinals<\/a> next week (full preseason schedule<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared on Broncos Wire: Broncos vs. 49ers final score: Jarrett Stidham shines in 30-9 win<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Denver Broncos throttled the the San Francisco 49ers by a score of 30-9 at Levi’s Stadium in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[390,925,232,1443,3895,35284,231,258,2426,3888,7,5820,601,1273,3872,3894,3891,6,1032,1161,252,7910,5216,3881,1276,3906],"class_list":{"0":"post-275969","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-broncos","8":"tag-arizona-cardinals","9":"tag-bo-nix","10":"tag-broncos","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-calvin-throckmorton","13":"tag-carter-bradley","14":"tag-denver","15":"tag-denver-broncos","16":"tag-denverbroncos","17":"tag-eyioma-uwazurike","18":"tag-football","19":"tag-interception","20":"tag-j-k-dobbins","21":"tag-jaleel-mclaughlin","22":"tag-jarrett-stidham","23":"tag-kris-abrams-draine","24":"tag-lucas-krull","25":"tag-nfl","26":"tag-rj-harvey","27":"tag-san-francisco","28":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","29":"tag-santa-clara","30":"tag-tanner-mordecai","31":"tag-trent-sherfield","32":"tag-tyler-badie","33":"tag-wil-lutz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115002483930274354","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}