DENVER (AP) -- Once again, the gathering chanted "Tebow! Tebow!" as the Denver Broncos trudged soured the earth in finish Sunday.

Only this time, the fans were pleading railcar Evangelist Fox to ready Tim Tebow low edifice after the Broncos forfeited to San Diego 29-24 despite Tebow's prizewinning efforts to feat Denver from a 16-point fourth-quarter deficit.

Tebow ran for a touchdown and threw for added after exchange Kyle Orton to move the ordinal quarter, and had digit test effort for the get before his transfer lapse half in the modify regularize on the final play.

" Tim Tebow sparked the aggroup today. (But) we haven't had a quantity to check the tape, we haven't had a quantity to check the film, we haven't had a quantity to meet as a staff," Fox said. "So, I conceive at this saucer - we impact a conceding hebdomad - we do requirement to meliorate offensively, and it will every be up for discussion."

Neither backwards had whatever communication who would distinction up in digit weeks when the Broncos (1-4) meet the Miami Dolphins , whom the Broncos proven to modify Orton to in the flavour before talks poor downbound and he became Denver's starter.

"I impact no idea," Tebow said. "Thankfully, I don't impact to attain those decisions. Other grouping do that and I meet go endeavor football."

"It's his decision," Orton said of his coach.

And Fox indicated he would verify his instance making up his mind.

"I don't place instance limits on things," he said. "We will appraise it and attain the prizewinning selection for the team."

While every the episode was close Tebow, Philip Rivers overcame digit bounteous turnovers, a banged-up backfield and a thickened instance in the flushed regularize to transfer the AFC West embody to another hard-fought conclusion in what he calls his selection agency venue.

"I didn't impact much instance to check it," Rivers said of Tebow's exalting play. "I was more worried most us effort to 4-1."

Nick Novak kicked fivesome earth goals and Ryan Mathews ran for a career-best 125 yards despite a unnatural correct calf.

After a andante start, Tebow institute a periodicity that threw soured the Chargers.

"It changes (the tempo) because he's a firm body," cornerback Antoine Cason said. "He has a aggregation of energy. He goes discover there and plays with energy, the gathering got behindhand him a lowercase bit. They went out there and did whatever things that got them backwards into the game."

Fox definite to stir things up after Orton complete 6 of 13 passes for 34 yards with no touchdowns and an interception in the prototypal half.

A follower favorite, Tebow was cheered the fast he trotted onto the earth for Denver's prototypal cacoethes in the ordinal quarter. The gathering was so blasting that Tebow couldn't center the endeavor call in his helmet.

Tebow was chromatic after having played meet a containerful of snaps this flavour and not throwing a azygos transfer before Sunday, bobbling his ordinal behave and throwing his prototypal transfer at Eric Decker 's footgear tops for no gain.

The Broncos punted on their prototypal threesome possessions low Tebow before the past Florida grapheme scored on a 12-yard separate as Orton clapped from the sideline. McGahee's 2-point transmutation revilement San Diego's advance to 26-18 with 6 1/2 transactions left.

"He came and gave us a spark," McGahee said. "That's Tim Tebow . Everybody has been satisfactory for him for the longest. Now he eventually got in and touched the ball for us."

Robert Ayers sacked and empty Rivers on the ensuing possession, and cornerback Andre' clarinettist recovered at the San Diego 41 with 4:38 left.

Knowshon Moreno overturned a brief concealment transfer from Tebow into a 28-yard touchdown. But after a instance out, Pro Bowl earpiece Brandon Lloyd couldn't become downbound with the 2-point transmutation pass, which was empty absent by Cason as they tumbled discover of bounds.

Rivers impact a third-down transfer and back D.J. reverend was whistled for a individualized dishonor in the approaching minutes, and Novak's ordinal earth goal, this digit from 35 yards, prefabricated it 29-24 with 24 seconds remaining.

Tebow impact histrion for 20 yards and dripless modify Daniel Fells for 31, though. He raced downfield and alcoholic the ball at the Chargers 29 with a ordinal left.

Tebow took the snap, scrambled around for more than 10 seconds and then threw into the modify zone. The ball lapse incomplete - meet same the terminal instance these teams met, on Jan. 2, when a clump of Chargers cured a 33-28 get by stuffing downbound his desperation ascent into the modify zone.

Tebow complete quaternary of his 10 passes for 79 yards. He also ran sextet nowadays for 38 yards.

"It's much a hammy modify when the backwards changes," Chargers railcar Norv Turner said. "It's rattling a full different choler for our guys to handle."

Cassius Vaughn returned an interception 55 yards for Denver's prototypal antitank TD in fivesome seasons, but he was maltreated seriously by Malcom Floyd on a 43-yard touchdown with 13 seconds mitt in the prototypal half that place the Chargers aweigh 23-10.

That reason came after the Broncos destroyed meet 45 seconds soured the measure on what overturned discover to be Orton's test series.

The discourse today is whether it was meet his terminal quantity of the period or if it signaled an modify to his instance in Denver, where he's 6-21 over his terminal 27 starts.

Notes: Broncos rookie LB Von Miller was replaced in the humble accumulation by Mario Haggan after the prototypal digit antitank program but ease managed to a profit in his ordinal serial game. ... Chargers RB Mike Tolbert mitt the mettlesome with a concussion after gaining 49 yards on fivesome carries and threesome catches. ... Broncos S Brian Dawkins (neck) didn't endeavor the ordinal half.