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1977 Denver Broncos

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Record: 12-2-0, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

1977 AFC Champions

Scored 274 points (19.6/g), 10th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 148 points (10.6/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 126 points (9.0/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 11.4-2.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (0.9/g), 5th.

Coached by Red Miller (12-2-0)

1977 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 18 box W 1-0 St. Louis Cardinals 7 0 15 258 122 136 4 12 273 204 69 1
2 Sun September 25 box W 2-0 Buffalo Bills 26 6 17 296 93 203 2 8 129 63 66 3
3 Sun October 2 box W 3-0 @ Seattle Seahawks 24 13 19 330 177 153 2 19 272 191 81 3
4 Sun October 9 box W 4-0 Kansas City Chiefs 23 7 16 312 188 124 2 14 166 80 86 6
5 Sun October 16 box W 5-0 @ Oakland Raiders 30 7 8 200 98 102 21 326 239 87 8
6 Sun October 23 box W 6-0 @ Cincinnati Bengals 24 13 16 335 155 180 14 336 159 177 3
7 Sun October 30 box L 6-1 Oakland Raiders 14 24 19 278 180 98 3 17 270 70 200
8 Sun November 6 box W 7-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 21 7 12 174 75 99 19 216 97 119 2
9 Sun November 13 box W 8-1 @ San Diego Chargers 17 14 14 222 120 102 3 13 320 192 128 2
10 Sun November 20 box W 9-1 @ Kansas City Chiefs 14 7 21 376 127 249 3 14 300 160 140 2
11 Sun November 27 box W 10-1 Baltimore Colts 27 13 11 317 143 174 2 23 330 240 90 3
12 Sun December 4 box W 11-1 @ Houston Oilers 24 14 23 332 163 169 2 11 251 139 112 1
13 Sun December 11 box W 12-1 San Diego Chargers 17 9 20 298 142 156 3 17 324 260 64 3
14 Sun December 18 box L 12-2 @ Dallas Cowboys 6 14 12 178 80 98 1 15 262 150 112 2
Playoffs
Division Sat December 24 box W 13-2 Pittsburgh Steelers 34 21
ConfChamp Sun January 1 box W 14-2 Oakland Raiders 20 17
SuperBowl Sun January 15 box L 14-3 N Dallas Cowboys 10 27

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 274 3906 886 4.4 223 163 313 1863 15 12 5.1 107 523 2043 16 3.9 101 27 15 15
Team Defense 148 3775 931 4.1 357 235 426 2244 11 25 4.9 123 470 1531 5 3.3 217 39 14 17
Lg Rank Offense 10 17 19 22 18 12 3 19 11 11 9 12 5 14
Lg Rank Defense 3 9 14 28 25 7 6 11 7 1 1 1 9 15

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Craig Morton 34 QB 14 14 131 254 51.6 1929 14 5.5 8 3.1 81 7.6 6.7 14.7 137.8 82.0 43 338 5.4 4.6 14.5
Craig Penrose 24 8 0 21 39 53.8 217 0 0.0 4 10.3 35 5.6 0.9 10.3 27.1 30.6 5 49 3.8 -0.3 11.4
Norris Weese 26 14 0 11 20 55.0 119 1 5.0 0 0.0 31 6.0 6.5 10.8 8.5 89.4 2 15 4.7 5.2 9.1
Team Total 26.5 14 163 313 52.1 2265 15 4.8 12 3.8 81 7.2 6.0 13.9 161.8 75.6 50 402 5.1 4.1 13.8
Opp Total 14 235 426 55.2 2244 11 2.6 25 5.9 5.3 2.9 9.5 160.3 54.2 35 312 4.9 2.0

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Otis Armstrong 27 RB 10 10 130 489 4 35 3.8 48.9 13.0 18 128 7.1 0 20 1.8 12.8 617 4 2
Lonnie Perrin 25 fb 14 5 110 456 3 62 4.1 32.6 7.9 6 106 17.7 1 41 0.4 7.6 562 4 2
Rob Lytle 23 14 4 104 408 1 21 3.9 29.1 7.4 17 198 11.6 1 47 1.2 14.1 606 2 2
Jon Keyworth 27 FB 11 9 83 311 1 16 3.7 28.3 7.5 11 48 4.4 0 14 1.0 4.4 359 1 2
Jim D. Jensen 24 11 0 40 143 1 12 3.6 13.0 3.6 4 63 15.8 0 34 0.4 5.7 206 1 1
Craig Morton 34 QB 14 14 31 125 4 15 4.0 8.9 2.2 125 4 7
Norris Weese 26 14 0 11 56 1 21 5.1 4.0 0.8 56 1 0
Haven Moses 31 WR 14 14 5 -1 0 8 -0.2 -0.1 0.4 27 539 20.0 4 35 1.9 38.5 538 4 1
Craig Penrose 24 8 0 4 24 0 17 6.0 3.0 0.5 24 0 0
Jack Dolbin 29 WR 14 13 2 12 0 14 6.0 0.9 0.1 26 443 17.0 3 81 1.9 31.6 455 3 0
Rick Upchurch 25 RET 14 1 1 19 1 19 19.0 1.4 0.1 12 245 20.4 2 45 0.9 17.5 264 3 6
Jim Kiick 31 3 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.3 0.3 2 14 7.0 0 11 0.7 4.7 15 0 0
Bucky Dilts 24 P 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
Riley Odoms 27 TE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 37 429 11.6 3 33 2.6 30.6 429 3 1
Ron Egloff 22 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 27 13.5 0 20 0.2 2.1 27 0 0
Jim Turner 36 K 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 25 25.0 1 25 0.1 1.8 25 1 0
Team Total 26.5 14 523 2043 16 62 3.9 145.9 37.4 163 2265 13.9 15 81 11.6 161.8 4308 31 28
Opp Total 14 470 1531 5 3.3 109.4 33.6 235 2244 9.5 11 16.8 160.3 3775 16 28

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Rick Upchurch 25 RET 14 1 51 653 1 87 12.8 20 456 0 52 22.8 1373
Chris Pane 24 11 1 6 48 0 14 8.0 1 16 0 16 16.0 64
John Schultz 24 14 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 6 135 0 33 22.5 146
Lonnie Perrin 25 fb 14 5 3 72 0 32 24.0 634
John Grant 27 14 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 8
Glenn Hyde 26 14 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Jon Keyworth 27 FB 11 9 1 15 0 15 15.0 374
Rob Nairne 23 13 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 1
Team Total 26.5 14 58 712 1 87 12.3 34 732 0 52 21.5 5752
Opp Total 14 55 0 50 1084 0 21.7

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Bucky Dilts 24 P 14 0 90 3525 63 0 39.2
Jim Turner 36 K 14 0 4 3 10 7 5 3 19 13 68.4% 34 31 91.2%
Norris Weese 26 14 0 1 38 38 0 38.0
Team Total 26.5 14 4 3 10 7 5 3 19 13 68.4% 34 31 91.2% 91 3563 63 0 39.2
Opp Total 14 22 8 36.4% 18 16 88.9% 95 3867 40.7

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Lyle Alzado*+ 28 RDE 14 14 0 3 1 0
Otis Armstrong 27 RB 10 10 2 0 0 0
Bucky Dilts 24 P 14 0 0 1 0 0
Ron Egloff 22 13 0 0 1 0 0
Larry Evans 24 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Steve Foley 24 RCB 13 13 3 22 0 22
Tom Glassic 23 LG 14 14 0 1 0 0
Randy Gradishar*+ 25 RILB 14 14 3 56 0 28 1 4 33 0
John Grant 27 14 0 0 1 0 0
Paul Howard 27 RG 14 14 0 1 0 0
Bernard Jackson 27 FS 14 13 1 13 0 13
Tom Jackson*+ 26 ROLB 13 13 4 95 1 73 1 0 0 0
Jim D. Jensen 24 11 0 1 0 0 0
Jon Keyworth 27 FB 11 9 2 0 0 0
Rob Lytle 23 14 4 2 0 0 0
Bobby Maples 35 14 0 1 0 -17 0
Craig Morton 34 QB 14 14 7 3 -18 0
Haven Moses 31 WR 14 14 1 2 0 0
Riley Odoms 27 TE 14 14 1 0 0 0
Chris Pane 24 11 1 1 0 0 0
Lonnie Perrin 25 fb 14 5 2 0 0 0
Joe Rizzo 27 LILB 13 12 3 49 0 38 0 1 0 0
Paul Smith 32 12 2 1 6 0 6 0 1 18 0
Bob Swenson 24 LOLB 14 14 1 0 0 0
Bill Thompson*+ 31 SS 14 14 5 122 0 38 0 3 16 0
Rick Upchurch 25 RET 14 1 6 2 0 0
Louis Wright* 24 LCB 14 14 3 128 1 59
Team Total 26.5 14 25 491 2 73 28 26 33 0
Opp Total 14 50 28 14

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Jim Turner 36 K 14 0 1 31 13 76
Otis Armstrong 27 RB 10 10 4 24
Craig Morton 34 QB 14 14 4 24
Haven Moses 31 WR 14 14 4 24
Lonnie Perrin 25 fb 14 5 3 1 24
Rick Upchurch 25 RET 14 1 1 2 1 24
Jack Dolbin 29 WR 14 13 3 18
Riley Odoms 27 TE 14 14 3 18
Rob Lytle 23 14 4 1 1 12
Tom Jackson*+ 26 ROLB 13 13 1 6
Jim D. Jensen 24 11 0 1 6
Jon Keyworth 27 FB 11 9 1 6
Norris Weese 26 14 0 1 6
Louis Wright* 24 LCB 14 14 1 6
Team Total 26.5 14 16 15 1 2 31 13 274
Opp Total 14 5 11 16 8 148