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Broncos vs. Chargers: Score and Twitter Reaction for Thursday Night Football

October 14, 2016   ·     ·   Jump to comments

The San Diego Chargers built an early lead and held on for a 21-13 victory over the Denver Broncos at Qualcomm Stadium, but they made their fans sweat Thursday.
San Diego was ahead 21-3 in the final quarter but allowed a touchdown and a field goal to make it 21-13. Denver recovered an onside kick and marched to the Chargers' 45-yard line before San Diego batted down a last-second Hail Mary attempt.
Chris Chase of Fox Sports noted the Chargers entered Thursday's game with three blown fourth-quarter leads on the season, two of which were by 13 or more points.
They could have added to that tally if they hadn't been bailed out by a crucial holding penalty after C.J. Anderson made it to the end zone with Denver trailing 21-10 with less than five minutes left in the game.
It was called back, and the Broncos turned it over two plays later.
It was the first road loss of the season for the defending Super Bowl champions, who dropped to 4-2.
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