Google Peyton Manning and Bennie Fowler, and there is plenty of stuff online. 

With 3:08 left in Super Bowl 50 on Feb. 7, 2016, at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., Fowler caught a two-point conversion pass from Manning for a 24-10 Broncos lead over the Carolina Panthers. That turned out to be the final score of the game, and it was the last time Manning threw a pass in an NFL game since he retired after that season. 

Fowler, who had 97 regular-season catches in the NFL with the Broncos from 2015-17, the Giants from 2018-19, and the Saints in 2020, has gotten plenty of mileage over the years about catching Manning’s final throw. He appeared on ESPN after Manning retired, and he puts it in his biography, including the one he has on LinkedIn. 

“A thousand, hundreds, a million for sure,’’ Fowler said of how many times he’s watched the play on video. “It’s one of the best moments of my life.’’ 

Meanwhile, former Broncos running back C.J. Anderson has something to say about all of this. Anderson points out that two-point conversion passes are not counted in official stats for quarterbacks, so that wasn’t Manning’s official last completion. 

So, what was it? 

“I got the last pass,’’ said Anderson, who played for the Broncos from 2013-17. “Bennie likes to tell people he caught the last pass, but you know I’m on record with it.” 

With 10:16 left in the game, Manning threw a 2-yard reception to Anderson to the Denver 26. That was his last completion included in his passing statistics. 

With the Broncos gathering this weekend for the 10-year reunion of the 2015 Super Bowl 50 team, Anderson is planning to have some fun with Manning and Fowler about who really hauled in the last completion from the Hall of Fame quarterback. Anderson arrived in Denver on Saturday, and the Super Bowl 50 team will be introduced at Sunday’s game between the Broncos and Giants at Empower Field at Mile High 

“I’m going to remind Peyton and Bennie when I see them,’’ Anderson said. “I’ll tell Peyton, ‘Do you know your last completion was a 2-yard reception to me?”’ 

Fowler, who has long had a good relationship with Anderson, vowed to be ready when his former teammate brings it up. 

“It counts to everyone else that was his last throw,’’ Fowler said. “C.J. was an incredible player, and yes, by technical stats, he is right, but they never show that throw. They show mine. That was the last time he ever had an actual pass in the NFL, and it was to me.” 

Interestingly, before Fowler caught the two-point conversion throw, it was Anderson who scored on a 2-yard touchdown run to extend Denver’s lead from 22-10. Anderson had the Broncos’ only offensive touchdown in the game and rushed for 90 yards. 

Anderson is now the head football coach at Benicia (Calif.) High School, which is six miles from his native Vallejo, and 65 miles from where Super Bowl 50 was played. The Panthers defeated Northgate High School 45-35 Friday night, and Anderson flew Saturday morning to Denver, the first time he has been in the city since he was released by the Broncos in April 2018. 

Anderson and Fowler can go back and forth at the reunion about Manning’s last completion. And perhaps wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders will join the conversation. 

Manning is credited in statistics in his 17 regular seasons for having thrown 9,380 passes and completing 6,125. It was Sanders who caught his last regular-season pass, a 15-yard grab with 12:29 left in the game in a 27-20 win over the San Diego Chargers in the 2015 finale. 

Carolina Panthers’ Luke Kuechly (59) makes a tackle against the Denver Broncos C.J. Anderson #22 during the NFL Super Bowl 50 football game Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan)

Kubiak says Thomas ‘dearly missed’ 

Gary Kubiak expects it to be very emotional at halftime Sunday when he and others watch as the late Demaryius Thomas is officially enshrined into the Broncos Ring of Fame. 

Kubiak was Denver’s head coach from 2015-16, having Thomas as his star receiver in both seasons and leading the Broncos to their third Super Bowl win. Thomas died at age 33 in 2021 due to what is believed to have been a seizure. 

“That’s really difficult to be so young and to lose him,’’ Kubiak said of Thomas, who played in the NFL from 2010-19, including 2010-18 with the Broncos. “He was such a great man, a very uplifting person, a bright light wherever he went. He’s very dearly missed. I’m sure there will be a few tears shed.” 

Former Broncos tackle Ryan Harris agreed. 

“There will be a lot of champions tearing up,’’ Harris said. 

Harris played in the NFL from 2007-16, including 2007-10 and 2015 with the Broncos. He was Thomas’ teammate when he was a rookie and then returned to Denver and won a Super Bowl with him. 

“He’s the only receiver I ever played with that never complained, the only receiver I played with that ran across the field to make a block for another receiver, and he made spectacular catches,’’ Harris said 

Phillips still wants to coach 

Wade Phillips was 68 when he was the Broncos defensive coordinator in 2015. A decade later, he wants to continue coaching. 

Phillips, who turned 78 last June, maintained his standing as the oldest head coach in pro football history when he was with the San Antonio Brahmas of the United Football League last spring. He took a leave of absence in April for the remainder of the season after the Brahmas started 0-3, and Phillips had a bad reaction to medicine he was taking for diabetes. 

The UFL announced earlier this month that San Antonio will no longer have a team in the league. Nevertheless, Phillips wants to roam the sidelines again. 

“It could be a mandatory retirement, you never know,’’ Phillips said. “They haven’t said anything to anybody (about coaching jobs for 2026), so we’re just kind of waiting to see what happens. I’d still like to coach. It’s hard to retire from something you love. But it could happen.” 

Phillips, in Denver this weekend for the reunion, was the Broncos’ defensive coordinator from 1989-92, their head coach from 1993-94, and again defensive coordinator from 2015-16. 

What I’m hearing 

— Broncos outside linebacker Nik Bonitto has been getting lots of national publicity while leading the NFL with 8.0 sacks. That included a recent interview on NFL Network. “I try not to pay too much attention to it,’’ the four-year veteran said of his increased visibility. “Obviously, it’s pretty cool, just being in talks and stuff like that. But I just got to keep staying grounded and just keep working.” 

— Nose tackle D.J. Jones has just one sack this season, but his ability to plug up the middle has led to many other sacks for the Broncos, who have an NFL-high 30. “That’s my role and I’m going to play it until I’m done playing football,’’ said Jones, in his ninth NFL season. “So, you can’t tell me my role’s not important.” Would anyone want to tell the 305-pound Jones it’s not important? 

What I’m seeing 

— Broncos linebacker Dre Greenlaw didn’t play in the first six games due to a quad injury, but he still was busy mentoring players, including practice squad linebacker Levelle Bailey. “He always talks to me about getting my pad level down and just coming out being aggressive, and things like that,’’ Bailey said of Greenlaw, expected to make his Broncos debut Sunday after being activated Saturday off injured reserve. “In the meeting room, he pulls me aside (to offer advice). We usually watch extra film after meetings, and he shows me little pointers on how to watch the offensive line, and things like that.” 

— Russell Wilson, the Broncos’ primary starting quarterback from 2022-23 before being released in March 2024, returns for a second straight season to Denver but again might not play. In Week 2 last season, he was injured and served as the emergency No. 3 quarterback in Pittsburgh’s 13-6 win. Now, after being replaced by Jaxson Dart following the Giants’ 0-3 start, he is the backup to the rookie. “Russ was great to everybody here, a really good guy,’’ said Broncos defensive end Zach Allen, Wilson’s teammate in 2023. “I got nothing but respect for Russ. I wish him all the best, and it’ll be good to see him Sunday.”