WATCH – Broncos won Sunday, but runaway corgi was real MVP

The Broncos won their fifth straight game on Sunday, but the best open-field running of the day came from a dog. At halftime of Denver’s game against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, the Panthers held a corgi race. About a dozen short-legged pups were supposed to run one straight line across the field. One of them had other plans.

The loose corgi zigged, zagged and juked its way past several handlers who tried to catch it. The crowd roared at every missed grab. It took four people to finally corral the pup. NFL RedZone host Scott Hanson called the action like a breakaway touchdown, and one NFL meme account said the corgi “now has the Week 9 lead for missed tackles.” Clips of the chase have since spread everywhere, from TODAY to People.

There’s a Colorado connection, too. One of the dogs in the race was actually named Colorado. We’ll take that as a sign that Broncos Country was represented on the field even at halftime.

Once the field was cleared of corgis, the Broncos went back to work. Bo Nix threw for 237 yards and two touchdowns, and Nik Bonitto forced a late strip-sack to seal a 26-21 win. Denver is now 7-2. The Broncos defense is great, but even it might have a hard time tackling that corgi.