Titans vs Broncos: Why was match delayed? Latest weather update

The weather delay was announced after the two teams entered the locker room for halftime.

Updated on: Sep 8, 2025, 04:05:35 IST

By Shuvrajit Das Biswas

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The Tennessee Titans and the Denver Broncos NFL game on Sunday was delayed due to lightning in the Denver area.

The Broncos currently lead 10-9 after two quarters of play. (Reuters)

The weather delay was announced after the two teams had entered the locker room for halftime. “Severe lighting activity is present in the area. The game has been delayed. Seek shelter in the concourse area,” the message in the Empower Field at Mile High stadium said.

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Under NFL rules, play cannot resume until 30 minutes after the last lightning strike within a 10-mile radius, with the clock resetting per detection. The game, however, resumed shortly after the delay was announced. Denver got the opening possession of the second-half kickoff at 6:53 pm ET.

The Broncos were lead 10-9 after two quarters of play.

Weather update for Denver

As per the National Weather Service there is a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in Denver, where the game is being played, for Sunday afternoon and night.

Fans share pictures from stadium

Fans shared pictures from Empower Field at Mile High where the game is taking place. One image showed white clouds in a blue sky, and the person on X wrote “Weather delay at halftime in the broncos game. Gosu just sent me this photo from the stands.”

A meteorologist with 9News shared a photo of an overcast sky.

However, he has also shared that a thundershower with lightning was headed in the direction.

Yet another person commented that it was ‘weird’ because they were on lightning delay, and it was raining a little, but was also sunny.

The delay ended just as the halftime was coming to an end, and while there was some rain during and right after halftime, the threat of the storm passed quickly.

The 2025 NFL season saw the Philadelphia Eagles vs Dallas Cowboys game at Lincoln Financial Field also suspended after delays due to rain and lightning.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shuvrajit Das Biswas
Shuvrajit has over seven years of experience covering US, India, and world news. An English Literature postgraduate from Jadavpur University, Shuvrajit started off covering entertainment, gaming and all things pop culture. There were brief periods away from the media industry, with short stints in content marketing, ed-tech and academic editing. However, the newsroom beckoned and over the last few jobs, Shuvrajit has exceedingly focused on team functioning as well, including tracking news and assigning tasks, working on everyday breaking news, framing detailed coverage plans, and creating immersive and data-driven stories. In his time as a digital journalist, he has covered a Lok Sabha election, multiple state elections, Union Budgets and award ceremonies. He has also helped in planning content for company event panels in the past. For work, Shuvrajit enjoys dabbling with data visualization, editing tools, and AI chatbots and attempts to incorporate AI workflows in everyday tasks. He is deeply interested in geopolitics, sports, films and music. Prompting is a new fascination for Shuvrajit now. Apart from that, he can be found doom-scrolling, sharing memes, or cheering on his favorite football team.Read More

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