Denver second-year quarterback Bo Nix threw four touchdown passes, two of them to Troy Franklin as the Broncos bucked off Dallas in Mile High Stadium, 44-24.
The Oregon Heisman finalist riddled the Cowboy defense with 19-29 passing for 247 yards as Denver reached 6-2, alone in first place in the AFC West, a game ahead of Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers.
Nix hit Franklin, his old favorite target in Eugene, for a 25-yard score in the first quarter, jumping out to a 14-3 lead. He found rookie Pat Bryant with a 24-yard strike just before half to lead 27-10 at the break.
In the second half he went to Franklin again for a 7-yard score, then completed his superb day with a 5-yard TD pass to running back RJ Harvey.
The win made a nice followup to last week's 33-point fourth quarter comeback against the Giants. It makes five in a row for Sean Payton's squad after a 1-2 start.
Bo Nix throws a DIME to the rookie Pat Bryant pic.twitter.com/ZJ13mKR11I
— Austin 🦆 (@deviousduck_) October 26, 2025
Franklin caught six passes for 89 yards and the two touchdowns in his best day as a pro. Another former Duck, Dallas rookie cornerback Trikweze Bridges, nabbed Nix's only interception of the day.
Bo Nix to Troy Franklin TDs never get old. #ProDucks 🦆pic.twitter.com/w0sb4szJAf
— Eric Hovland (@EricJHovland) October 26, 2025
The gunslinger from Pinson, Alabama has tallied 11 touchdown passes this season after throwing 29 as an NFL rookie. He's thrown for four TDs in a game twice before as a pro, against Atlanta and Kansas City in 2024.
In 2023 in his final season as a Duck, Nix threw for 4,508 yards and 45 touchdowns, finishing third in the Heisman Trophy balloting while leading Oregon to a 12-2 record and a win in the Fiesta Bowl.