DENVER – Peyton Manning threw for an NFL record-tying seven touchdowns as the Denver Broncos rolled to a 49-27 season-opening victory over the Baltimore Ravens.
Manning became just the sixth quarterback to throw for seven touchdowns in a single game, and the first since Joe Kapp of the Minnesota Vikings accomplished the feat in 1969. Julius Thomas, Wes Welker and Demaryius Thomas each caught a pair of touchdowns from Manning, with Andre Caldwell hauling in the seventh.
Baltimore led 17-14 at halftime in a game that was delayed 33 minutes just before kickoff because of severe weather in the area around Sports Authority Field.
Kevin Harlan and Boomer Esiason called the action on WestwoodOne Sports.
(Joe Flacco’s short TD pass to Vonta Leach makes it 7-0 Ravens)
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(Peyton Manning finds Julius Thomas and it’s 7-7)
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(Ray Rice runs it in and Baltimore leads 14-7)
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(Manning and Thomas connect again to tie it at 14-14)
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(The Broncos take a 21-17 lead on a Manning pass to Andre Caldwell)
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(It’s 28-17 as Wes Welker catches his first TD as a Bronco)
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(Manning finds Welker again to make it 35-17)
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(Manning’s 26-yd TD pass to Demaryius Thomas makes it 42-17)
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(Denver’s Danny Trevathan intercepts a pass and is going to score before he drops the ball short of the goal line)
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(Marlon Brown hauls in a Joe Flacco pass to cut it to 42-24)
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(Manning’s 7th TD of the night goes to Demaryius Thomas and it’s 49-27)
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(Demaryius Thomas’s postgame interview with WestwoodOne sideline reporter Laura Okmin)
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(Postgame recap from Kevin Harlan and Boomer Esiason)
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