December 28, 2015 – Broncos clinch playoffs with overtime win against Bengals
On a frigid Monday night in December, the Denver Broncos faced the Cincinnati Bengals and a crossroads for their season. The losers of two straight games and facing a possible, although improbable, drop all the way out of the playoffs, Denver needed a win to secure a fifth-consecutive playoff berth and leapfrog the Bengals into the No. 2 seed in the AFC. Denver trailed by 11 at the half before C.J. Anderson electrified the Sports Authority Field crowd with a 39-yard, go-ahead touchdown run in the fourth quarter. The game would eventually go to overtime, where the Broncos won 20-17 and punched their ticket to the NFL playoffs for the 22nd time in franchise history.