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1977 Denver Broncos Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 12-2-0, 1st in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Red Miller (12-2-0)

Points For: 274 (19.6/g) 10th of 28

Points Against: 148 (10.6/g) 3rd of 28

Expected W-L: 11.4-2.6

SRS: 11.33 (1st of 28), SOS: 2.33

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 34-21 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Won Conference Championship 20-17 vs. Oakland Raiders
Lost Super Bowl 10-27 vs. Dallas Cowboys

Defensive Coordinator: Joe Collier

Other Notable Asst.: Paul Roach (Offensive Backs)

Stadium: Mile High Stadium

Majority Owner/Chairman of the Board of Directors: Gerald Phipps

Partial Owner/President: Allan Phipps

VP/General Manager: Fred Gehrke

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +2500

Training Camp: Colorado State (Fort Collins, Colorado)

1977 AFC Champion

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	274	3906	886	4.4	27	15	223	163	313	1863	15	12	5.1	107	523	2043	16	3.9	101	91	883	15
Opp. Stats	148	3775	931	4.1	39	14	217	235	426	2244	11	25	4.9	123	470	1531	5	3.3	77	97	718	17
Lg Rank Offense	10	17			5	14	19		22	18	12	3	15		11	11	9	12
Lg Rank Defense	3	9			9	15	10		28	25	7	6	8		7	1	1	1

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		St. Louis Cardinals	7	0	15	258	122	136	4	12	273	204	69	1
2	Sun	September 25	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Buffalo Bills	26	6	17	296	93	203	2	8	129	63	66	3
3	Sun	October 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0	@	Seattle Seahawks	24	13	19	330	177	153	2	19	272	191	81	3
4	Sun	October 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0		Kansas City Chiefs	23	7	16	312	188	124	2	14	166	80	86	6
5	Sun	October 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-0	@	Oakland Raiders	30	7	8	200	98	102		21	326	239	87	8
6	Sun	October 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-0	@	Cincinnati Bengals	24	13	16	335	155	180		14	336	159	177	3
7	Sun	October 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-1		Oakland Raiders	14	24	19	278	180	98	3	17	270	70	200
8	Sun	November 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	21	7	12	174	75	99		19	216	97	119	2
9	Sun	November 13	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-1	@	San Diego Chargers	17	14	14	222	120	102	3	13	320	192	128	2
10	Sun	November 20	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	14	7	21	376	127	249	3	14	300	160	140	2
11	Sun	November 27	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-1		Baltimore Colts	27	13	11	317	143	174	2	23	330	240	90	3
12	Sun	December 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-1	@	Houston Oilers	24	14	23	332	163	169	2	11	251	139	112	1
13	Sun	December 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-1		San Diego Chargers	17	9	20	298	142	156	3	17	324	260	64	3
14	Sun	December 18	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		12-2	@	Dallas Cowboys	6	14	12	178	80	98	1	15	262	150	112	2
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		13-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	34	21	15	258	155	103	1	18	304	177	127	4
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 1	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		14-2		Oakland Raiders	20	17	16	308	217	91	1	20	298	204	94	3
SuperBowl	Sun	January 15	6:00PM ET	boxscore	L		14-3	N	Dallas Cowboys	10	27	11	156	35	121	8	17	325	182	143	2

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Craig Morton	34	QB	14	14	12-2-0	131	254	51.6	1929	14	5.5	8	3.1	81	7.6	7.3	14.7	137.8	82.0	43	338	14.48	5.36	5.1	2	3	AP MVP-2
2	Craig Penrose	24	QB	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	11.36	3.82	-0.3	0	0
3	Norris Weese	26	QB	14	0		11	20	55.0	119	1	5.0	0	0.0	31	6.0	7.0	10.8	8.5	89.4	2	15	9.09	4.73	5.6	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	12-2-0	163	313	52.1	1863	15	4.8	12	3.8	81	7.2	6.5	13.9	133.1	75.6	50	402	13.77	5.13	4.47	2	3

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Craig Morton	34	QB	3	3	2-1-0	25	58	43.1	427	4	6.9	5	8.6	74	7.4	4.9	17.1	142.3	55.7	4	36	6.45	6.31	4.0	0	1
2	Norris Weese	26	QB	1	0		4	10	40.0	22	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	2.2	2.2	5.5	22.0	47.9	2	6	16.67	1.33	1.3	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	2-1-0	29	68	42.6	407	4	5.9	5	7.4	74	11.2	4.5	15.5	135.7	102.9	6	42	8.11	10.33	10.10	0	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	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	148	4.2	617	4	2
2	Rob Lytle	23	RB	14	4	104	408	1	21	3.9	29.1	7.4	17	198	11.6	1	47	1.2	14.1	121	5.0	606	2	2
3	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	116	4.8	562	4	2
4	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	32	16.8	538	4	1
5	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	28	16.3	455	3	0
6	Riley Odoms	27	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	37	429	11.6	3	33	2.6	30.6	37	11.6	429	3	1	AP-2
7	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	94	3.8	359	1	2
8	Rick Upchurch	25	WR	14	1	1	19	1	19	19.0	1.4	0.1	12	245	20.4	2	45	0.9	17.5	13	20.3	264	3	6	AP-2
9	Jim Jensen	24	RB	11	0	40	143	1	12	3.6	13.0	3.6	4	63	15.8	0	34	0.4	5.7	44	4.7	206	1	1
10	Craig Morton	34	QB	14	14	31	125	4	15	4.0	8.9	2.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	31	4.0	125	4	7	AP MVP-2
11	Norris Weese	26	QB	14	0	11	56	1	21	5.1	4.0	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	5.1	56	1	0
12	Ron Egloff	22	TE	13	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	27	13.5	0	20	0.2	2.1	2	13.5	27	0	0
13	Jim Turner	36	K	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	25	25.0	1	25	0.1	1.8	1	25.0	25	1	0
14	Craig Penrose	24	QB	8	0	4	24	0	17	6.0	3.0	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	6.0	24	0	0
15	Jim Kiick	31	RB	3	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.3	0.3	2	14	7.0	0	11	0.7	4.7	3	5.0	15	0	0
16	Bucky Dilts	24	P	14	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	523	2043	16	62	3.9	145.9	37.4	163	2265	13.9	15	81	11.6	161.8	686	6.3	4308	31	24

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Haven Moses	31	WR	3	3	1	-10	0	-10	-10.0	-3.3	0.3	8	234	29.3	2	74	2.7	78.0	9	24.9	224	2	0
2	Otis Armstrong	27	RB	3	1	25	87	1	29	3.5	29.0	8.3	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.3	3.0	26	3.7	96	1	0
3	Jim Jensen	24	RB	3	0	6	31	0	16	5.2	10.3	2.0	4	58	14.5	0	29	1.3	19.3	10	8.9	89	0	0
4	Rob Lytle	23	RB	3	2	29	87	2	16	3.0	29.0	9.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	29	3.0	87	2	0
5	Riley Odoms	27	TE	3	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	65	8.1	1	30	2.7	21.7	8	8.1	65	1	1
6	Lonnie Perrin	25	FB	2	0	14	50	0	10	3.6	25.0	7.0	3	13	4.3	0	16	1.5	6.5	17	3.7	63	0	0
7	Jack Dolbin	29	WR	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	58	19.3	1	34	1.5	29.0	3	19.3	58	1	1
8	Jon Keyworth	27	FB	3	3	18	48	1	7	2.7	16.0	6.0	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.3	1.0	19	2.7	51	1	1
9	Norris Weese	26	QB	1	0	3	26	0	10	8.7	26.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	8.7	26	0	1
10	Rick Upchurch	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	9	9.0	0	9	1.0	9.0	1	9.0	9	0	0
11	Craig Morton	34	QB	2	2	7	-4	0	-2	-0.6	-2.0	3.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	-0.6	-4	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	103	315	4	29	3.1	105.0	34.3	29	449	15.5	4	74	9.7	149.7	132	5.8	764	8	4

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Lyle Alzado	28	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	8.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-2
2	Rubin Carter	25	NT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	0	AP-2
3	Tom Glassic	23	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Randy Gradishar	25	RILB	14	14	3	56	0	28	1	4	33	0	3.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-3
5	Paul Howard	27	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Craig Morton	34	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	7	3	-18	0	0.0	0	AP MVP-2
7	Haven Moses	31	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
8	Riley Odoms	27	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
9	Bob Swenson	24	LOLB	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
10	Bill Thompson	31	SS	14	14	5	122	0	38	0	3	16	0	1.0	0	PB,AP-1
11	Louis Wright	24	LCB	14	14	3	128	1	59	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
12	Steve Foley	24	RCB	13	13	3	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Bernard Jackson	27	FS	14	13	1	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Tom Jackson	26	ROLB	13	13	4	95	1	73	1	0	0	0	4.0	0	PB,AP-1
15	Joe Rizzo	27	LILB	13	12	3	49	0	38	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
16	Barney Chavous	26	LDE	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	0
17	Otis Armstrong	27	RB	10	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Jon Keyworth	27	FB	11	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Lonnie Perrin	25	FB	14	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Rob Lytle	23	RB	14	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Paul Smith	32	DE	12	2	1	6	0	6	0	1	18	0	0.0	0
22	Brison Manor	25	DE	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
23	Chris Pane	24	DB	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Rick Upchurch	25	WR	14	1	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
25	Bucky Dilts	24	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Ron Egloff	22	TE	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Larry Evans	24	LB	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
28	John Grant	27	NT	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Jim Jensen	24	RB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	Bobby Maples	35	LS	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-17	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	25	491	2	73	28	26	33	0	37.0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Rubin Carter	25	NT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	4	0
2	Tom Jackson	26	ROLB	2	2	2	49	0	32	0	0	2	25	0	1.0	0	0
3	Lyle Alzado	28	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	0
4	Jack Dolbin	29	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Steve Foley	24	RCB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Randy Gradishar	25	RILB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0.0	0	0
7	Bernard Jackson	27	FS	1	1	1	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Jon Keyworth	27	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Riley Odoms	27	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	Bob Swenson	24	LOLB	1	1	1	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
11	Bill Thompson	31	SS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
12	Larry Evans	24	LB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
13	Brison Manor	25	DE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
14	John Schultz	24	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
15	Norris Weese	26	QB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	4	78	0	32	0	7	7	30	0	6.0	8	0

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