周日晚上，丹佛野马让这座城市的球迷们在短短几个小时之内把心思从科罗拉多洛基队身上挪开，即使后者即将参加MLB的总决赛。杰森·埃兰（Jason Elam）又一次成为野马的救世主，他在终场前最后时刻命中49码点球，帮助野马以31-28险胜钢人。

　　新秀蒂姆·克劳德（Tim Crowder）抢夺丢球后回攻50码达阵，杰伊·卡特勒（Jay Cutler）有3次传球达阵，野马走出了失利阴影，将战绩改写为3胜3负。第5周他们经历了41年来最惨痛的主场失利，以3-41不敌圣迭戈闪电，第6周他们轮空，而到了这一周，他们看起来不再像一支饱受困扰的球队，即使两个边路都有关键球员很可能无法在冬季之前出场。

　　尽管角卫查普·贝利（Champ Bailey）大腿拉伤，职业生涯第三次错过比赛，全明星角卫德里·布莱（Dre' Bly）也在上半场的一次截球中弄伤了右肩，野马仍然3次抢得球权，并且4次擒杀钢人四分卫本·罗斯里斯博格（Ben Roethlisberger）。受伤的布莱坚持比赛，并且多次阻止了本的传球。

　　钢人的战绩被改写成了4胜2负，之前的5场比赛中他们只让对手拿到了5次达阵，而今天一场比赛中就让野马4次达阵，其中包括卡特勒送给布兰登·斯托克利（Brandon Stokley）的15码传球达阵和分别送给托尼·沙夫勒（Tony Scheffler）和塞西尔·萨普（Cecil Sapp）的1码传球达阵。

　　在本赛季野马获胜的3场比赛中，埃兰都踢中了致胜点球。在本场比赛还胜1分10秒的时候，钢人已经借着两次达阵连得14分，将比分扳平。随后在一次7档进攻中，野马推进49码，埃兰获得了最后一击必杀的机会并射门中的。

　　中卫约翰·林奇（John Lynch ）对自己的这位队友赞不绝口：“他真是一个了不起的终结者，完全胜任他的位置。在他踢球的时候，你不会为他担心，他非常擅长他的工作。”

　　钢人队以14-28进入第四节，然后在一轮推进94码的进攻中，马特·斯贝思（Matt Spaeth）接13码传球达阵，在另一轮进攻中，罗斯里斯博格8次传球全部成功，推进80码，其中包括一次给近端锋希尔斯·米勒（Health Miller）的12码传球达阵，这是米勒在本场比赛中的第二次达阵。

　　钢人追平了比分，不过接下来就是卡特勒的表演时间了。最后一轮进攻开始于沙夫勒接传球16码，随后布兰登·马歇尔（Brandon Marshall）接传球9码，格伦·马丁内兹（Glenn Martinez）接传球11码，近端锋丹尼尔·格雷厄姆（Daniel Graham）接传球9码。塞尔文·扬（Selvin Young）丢失了1码，不过在终场前，埃兰射中了点球。

　　本场比赛对于野马来说有另外的纪念意义，这是自2004年11月28日埃利斯·约翰逊（）在对阵奥克兰突袭者的比赛中截球回攻达阵以来，球队第一次有防守前锋在比赛中达阵。

　　在联盟的冲球防守排行中野马垫底，而钢人则在冲球进攻榜中排名第二。不过，钢人跑卫威利·帕克（21次带球，冲球93码）在第一节只冲球10码，野马据此建立起了自信心。

原文 

DENVER —— The Denver Broncos took the city's minds off the Colorado Rockies for a few hours Sunday night.

"However we can take it," Jason Elam said after his 49-yard field goal as time expired beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-28. "We want to do this whole Rockies thing, 21 out of 22, that works for us."

It's a start.

Rookie Tim Crowder had a 50-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown, Jay Cutler threw three TD passes and the Broncos (3-3), coming off their worst home loss in 41 years, looked nothing like the troubled team that had lost playmakers on both sides of the ball and whose season was threatening to unravel before the leaves had finished falling.

Suddenly able to get to the passer despite Champ Bailey (thigh) missing a game for just the third time in his career and fellow Pro Bowl cornerback Dre' Bly injuring his right shoulder on a first-half interception, the Broncos forced three turnovers and sacked Ben Roethlisberger four times.

Bly stayed in the game and broke up several of Big Ben's passes.

The Steelers (4-2), who had allowed just five touchdowns all season, surrendered four, including Cutler's throws of 15 yards to Brandon Stokley and 1 yard each to Tony Scheffler and Cecil Sapp.

Elam, who has the game-winner in all three of the Broncos' wins so far, nailed his kick to cap a seven-play, 49-yard drive that covered the final 1:10 after Pittsburgh had rallied from a 14-point second-half deficit to tie it.

"He's a darn good closer," safety John Lynch said. "You wouldn't want anyone else in that position. You have a sense of calm when he's booting it. He's very good at what he does. No question, right down the middle.

"This is the first step in turning this thing around."

The Broncos, who lost running back Travis Henry for the night with bruised ribs in the third quarter, snapped a three-game skid.

Pittsburgh rallied from a 28-14 second-half deficit with a 94-yard drive capped by Matt Spaeth's 13-yard TD grab and another long drive in which Roethlisberger completed all eight of his passes for 80 yards, including a 12-yard strike to tight end Health Miller, his second touchdown of the night.

Then, it was Cutler's turn.

"That's where you make your money," Cutler said. "That's where the fun is."

The drive started with Scheffler catching a 16-yard pass and then hopping off the field with an apparent right foot injury. He broke that foot in the summer and only recently returned to full strength.

Brandon Marshall caught a 9-yard pass and an offside call put the ball on the 50. Glenn Martinez caught an 11-yard pass and tight end Daniel Graham caught another 9-yarder with 20 seconds to go on a play that was initially ruled an incompletion before a booth-ordered replay overturned the call.

Selvin Young lost a yard and, after a timeout, Elam split the uprights.

The Broncos seized the momentum with their first touchdown by a defensive lineman since Ellis Johnson's interception return against Oakland on Nov. 28, 2004.

Elvis Dumervil split blockers Marvel Smith and Alan Faneca and dumped Roethlisberger for a 12-yard loss, while stripping the ball from the quarterback's grasp.

"The play clock was running down," Roethlisberger said. "Looking back, I probably should have called timeout, but I didn't. When I bent down to pick it up I looked up and there were guys all around me."

All of them were thinking the same thing.

"We were all trying to get it," said Crowder, who scooped it up and raced half the length of the field for a 21-7 lead just 90 seconds after Sapp's 1-yard touchdown grab had given Denver its first lead.

"Elvis saw me and he just kicked it out to me and I picked it up and took off. I have to remind people that I can run, too."

"At times it looked like they had nine or 10 guys at the line of scrimmage," Roethlisberger said.