The Denver Broncos scored 15 points in the fourth quarter to beat the Kansas City Chiefs 28-24 on Sunday at Empower Field at Mile High, capping a rally that erased an 11-point deficit. Running back Jonah Coleman’s 5-yard touchdown run with 1:56 left gave Denver the lead for good, and the Broncos improved to 6-2.
Kansas City led 24-13 after Kansas City’s third-quarter touchdown pass from Patrick Mahomes to Noah Gray, but the Broncos answered with two scoring drives in the final period. Quarterback Bo Nix threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Nate Adkins with 8:55 left, then connected with Waddle for a two-point conversion to cut the gap to 24-21 before Coleman’s go-ahead run sealed the final margin. The Chiefs fell to 5-2.
Key Moments In The Broncos Vs Chiefs Score
Denver trailed for most of the game after Kansas City built its lead through the air. Mahomes connected with Rashee Rice for an 11-yard touchdown in the first quarter, then hit Emmett Johnson for a 73-yard score in the second quarter that put the Chiefs up 14-6. A Harrison Butker 45-yard field goal as time expired in the first half made it 17-13 at the break.
Denver trimmed the deficit with a 1-yard touchdown pass from Nix to Waddle late in the second quarter, but Kansas City pushed the margin back to 11 points on Mahomes’ third touchdown pass of the day early in the third quarter. The Broncos’ defense held Kansas City scoreless over the final 28 minutes of the game while Nix led the offense on the two scoring drives that decided the outcome.
Top Performers From Kansas City And Denver
Mahomes finished 30 of 41 for 321 yards and three touchdowns without an interception, posting a 120.1 passer rating in the loss. Johnson caught five passes for 128 yards and a touchdown, and Rice added seven catches for 53 yards and a score. Kenneth Walker III ran 21 times for 69 yards but did not find the end zone after his 173-yard performance in Kansas City’s Week 6 win over Denver.
Nix completed 20 of 32 passes for 222 yards and two touchdowns for Denver. Coleman led the Broncos’ ground game with 41 yards and the decisive rushing touchdown on 11 carries, and he also paced Denver’s receivers with four catches for 63 yards. Linebacker Alex Singleton anchored the defense with 14 tackles and a sack.
What The Comeback Means
The win completed a season sweep swing for Denver after Kansas City won the first meeting 31-10 on Monday Night Football in Week 6, a game in which Walker ran for 173 yards. Denver had entered Sunday in second place in the AFC West at 5-2, having won five of its previous six games, a stretch that included an overtime victory over Seattle in Week 6.
Kansas City’s only loss before Sunday came against that same Seattle team, a 20-3 defeat in which the Chiefs struggled to generate offense. The Chiefs bounced back offensively against Denver, totaling 399 yards, but the defense allowed 15 fourth-quarter points and could not close out the win. Denver now sits at 6-2, ahead of Kansas City’s 5-2 mark in the AFC West standings.
What’s Next For Both Teams
Rice played his first game back from the hamstring injury he suffered in Week 4, catching seven passes for 53 yards and a touchdown. Denver’s defense held Kansas City scoreless in the fourth quarter while Nix orchestrated the comeback.
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