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Timeout Saves Denver From Defeat

The Associated Press

Published: September 17, 2007

Updated: 09/16/2007 11:45 pm

DENVER - The Denver Broncos may never have called a smarter timeout.

Jason Elam's 23-yard field goal with 5:48 left in overtime gave the Broncos a 23-20 win just minutes after the Raiders had been celebrating what they thought was their own wild win.
Sebastian Janikowski nailed a 52-yard field goal at 11:13 of overtime. But as the Raiders rushed the field in celebration and the Broncos hung their heads in defeat, the officials ruled Denver called a timeout just before the snap.

On the retry, Janikowski's kick hit the left upright, giving the Broncos new life and the ball at their 42. They drove to the Oakland 6 and Elam nailed his kick on first down.

Elam's winner was his second in a row. He hit a 42-yarder as time expired to give Denver a 15-14 win at Buffalo in the opener.

The Broncos won their eighth straight home opener and handed the Raiders (0-2) their 11th straight loss overall.

Oakland	0	3	7	10	0	-	20
Denver	7	10	0	3	3	-	23

First Quarter

Den-Stokley 9 pass from Cutler (Elam kick), 5:02.

Second Quarter

Oak-FG Janikowski 38, 10:26.

Den-Sapp 4 run (Elam kick), 7:34.

Den-FG Elam 23, :18.

Third Quarter

Oak-Porter 46 pass from McCown (Janikowski kick), 5:19.

Fourth Quarter

Oak-Safety, Cutler sacked by Warren in end zone, 14:15.

Oak-Howard 44 interception return (Curry pass from McCown), 8:55.

Den-FG Elam 20, 2:18.

Overtime

Den-FG Elam 23, 5:48.

A-76,784.

	Oak	Den
First downs	11	26
Total Net Yards	253	441
Rushes-yards	35-200	38-181
Passing	53	260
Punt Returns	1-6	2-8
Kickoff Returns	3-61	0-0
Interceptions Ret.	2-57	3-(-2)
Comp-Att-Int	8-17-3	23-33-2
Sacked-Yards Lost	4-20	2-9
Punts	4-48.5	2-52.0
Fumbles-Lost	3-0	1-0
Penalties-Yards	10-70	6-34
Time of Possession	30:30	38:42

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING-Oakland, Jordan 25-159, McCown 2-28, Fargas 8-13. Denver, Henry 26-128, Young 3-43, M.Bell 4-7, C.Sapp 2-6, Walker 1-(minus 1), Cutler 2-(minus 2).

PASSING-Oakland, McCown 8-16-3-73, Curry 0-1-0-0. Denver, Cutler 23-33-2-269.

RECEIVING-Oakland, Miller 3-18, Curry 2-12, Griffith 2-(minus 3), Porter 1-46. Denver, Walker 8-101, Marshall 5-82, Stokley 3-43, C.Sapp 2-18, Henry 2-8, Graham 1-9, M.Bell 1-7, Young 1-1.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-Oakland, Janikowski 52 (WL). Denver, Elam 45 (WR).

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