1983 Denver Broncos

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 302 points (18.9/g), 21st of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 327 points (20.4/g), 9th.
Differential of -25 points (-1.6/g), 19th.
Expected W-L: 7.2-8.8.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.4/g), 8th.

Simple Rating System: Total -2.8, Offense: -4.1, Defense: 1.3, SoS: -1.2, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Dan Reeves (9-7-0)
Defensive Coordinator: Joe Collier

Training Camp: University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, Colorado)

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Team Stats and Rankings

						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	302	4811	1025	4.7	292	254	499	3027	17	22	5.5	155	471	1784	15	3.8	99	41	19	38
Team Defense	327	5609	1099	5.1	321	307	552	3671	18	27	6.2	185	509	1938	14	3.8	119	47	20	17
Lg Rank Offense	21	26			23		15	20	20	11	22		20	23	17	22		18	15
Lg Rank Defense	9	21			19		25	23	4	5	18		14	10	12	9		7	6

Team Games & Schedule

									Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 4	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	10	14	139	1	138	3	21	314	191	123	7
2	Sun	September 11	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Baltimore Colts	17	10	15	327	223	104	3	13	271	121	150	3
3	Sun	September 18	boxscore	L		2-1		Philadelphia Eagles	10	13	16	245	176	69	3	19	407	274	133	2
4	Sun	September 25	boxscore	L		2-2		Los Angeles Raiders	7	22	16	268	138	130	4	11	214	132	82	1
5	Sun	October 2	boxscore	L		2-3	@	Chicago Bears	14	31	16	246	200	46	2	22	423	246	177	4
6	Sun	October 9	boxscore	W		3-3	@	Houston Oilers	26	14	22	401	148	253	1	19	293	167	126	4
7	Sun	October 16	boxscore	W		4-3		Cincinnati Bengals	24	17	22	386	276	110	2	22	357	252	105	1
8	Sun	October 23	boxscore	W		5-3		San Diego Chargers	14	6	21	261	133	128	4	17	299	193	106	3
9	Sun	October 30	boxscore	W		6-3		Kansas City Chiefs	27	24	23	404	329	75	1	21	362	327	35	3
10	Sun	November 6	boxscore	L		6-4	@	Seattle Seahawks	19	27	23	357	222	135	3	18	399	216	183	1
11	Sun	November 13	boxscore	L		6-5	@	Los Angeles Raiders	20	22	14	232	169	63	2	23	340	200	140	3
12	Sun	November 20	boxscore	W		7-5		Seattle Seahawks	38	27	17	329	145	184	2	29	474	380	94	8
13	Sun	November 27	boxscore	L		7-6	@	San Diego Chargers	7	31	15	195	112	83	3	31	428	287	141	2
14	Sun	December 4	boxscore	W		8-6		Cleveland Browns	27	6	24	411	284	127	1	19	281	216	65	3
15	Sun	December 11	boxscore	W		9-6		Baltimore Colts	21	19	19	352	307	45	2	19	388	201	187	1
16	Sun	December 18	boxscore	L		9-7	@	Kansas City Chiefs	17	48	15	258	164	94	5	17	359	268	91	1
		Playoffs
WildCard	Sat	December 24	boxscore	L		9-8	@	Seattle Seahawks	7	31	21	360	235	125	3	17	324	179	145

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		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	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
7	John Elway	23	QB	11	10	4-6-0	123	259	47.5	1663	7	2.7	14	5.4	49	6.4	4.5	13.5	151.2	54.9	28	218	5.0	3.3	9.8	1	1
17	Steve DeBerg	29	qb	10	5	4-1-0	119	215	55.3	1617	9	4.2	7	3.3	54	7.5	6.9	13.6	161.7	79.9	25	201	5.9	5.3	10.4	3	4
8	Gary Kubiak	22		4	1	1-0-0	12	22	54.5	186	1	4.5	1	4.5	78	8.5	7.3	15.5	46.5	79.0	2	20	6.9	5.9	8.3
80	Rick Upchurch	31	WR	12	11		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
47	Gerald Willhite	24		8	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Total	26.2		16		9-7-0	254	499	50.9	3466	17	3.4	22	4.4	78	6.9	5.6	13.6	216.6	66.4	55	439	5.5	4.3	9.9	4	5
	Opp Total			16			307	552	55.6	3988	18	3.3	27	4.9		7.2	5.7	13.0	249.3	69.0	38	317	6.2	4.8	6.4

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Rushing							Receiving
No.		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
23	Sammy Winder	24	RB	14	13	196	757	3	52	3.9	54.1	14.0	23	150	6.5	0	17	1.6	10.7	907	3	7
34	Nathan Poole	27	FB	16	10	81	246	4	19	3.0	15.4	5.1	20	184	9.2	0	23	1.3	11.5	430	4	1
46	Dave Preston	28		14	3	57	222	1	28	3.9	15.9	4.1	17	137	8.1	1	25	1.2	9.8	359	2	0
47	Gerald Willhite	24		8	0	43	188	3	24	4.4	23.5	5.4	14	153	10.9	1	26	1.8	19.1	341	4	0
24	Rick Parros	25	fb	6	5	30	96	1	13	3.2	16.0	5.0	12	126	10.5	2	33	2.0	21.0	222	3	3
7	John Elway	23	QB	11	10	28	146	1	23	5.2	13.3	2.5								146	1	6
17	Steve DeBerg	29	qb	10	5	13	28	1	11	2.2	2.8	1.3								28	1	5
39	Jesse Myles	23		16	0	8	52	0	16	6.5	3.3	0.5	7	119	17.0	1	33	0.4	7.4	171	1	0
80	Rick Upchurch	31	WR	12	11	6	19	0	9	3.2	1.6	0.5	40	639	16.0	2	40	3.3	53.3	658	2	0
8	Gary Kubiak	22		4	1	4	17	1	8	4.3	4.3	1.0								17	1	0
81	Steve Watson	26	WR	16	16	3	17	0	10	5.7	1.1	0.2	59	1133	19.2	5	78	3.7	70.8	1150	5	1
87	James Wright	27	te	6	6	1	-11	0	-11	-11.0	-1.8	0.2	13	134	10.3	0	23	2.2	22.3	123	0	2
11	Luke Prestridge	27	P	16	0	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.4	0.1								7	0	0
85	Ron Egloff	28	TE	16	10	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	20	205	10.3	2	32	1.3	12.8	205	2	0
82	Zach Thomas	23	PR/KR	16	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	12	182	15.2	0	44	0.8	11.4	182	0	4
84	Clint Sampson	22		16	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	10	200	20.0	3	49	0.6	12.5	200	3	0
88	Riley Odoms	33		2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	62	15.5	0	21	2.0	31.0	62	0	0
83	John Sawyer	30		7	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	42	14.0	0	17	0.4	6.0	42	0	1
	Team Total	26.2		16		471	1784	15	52	3.8	111.5	29.4	254	3466	13.6	17	78	15.9	216.6	5250	32	34
	Opp Total			16		509	1938	14		3.8	121.1	31.8	307	3671	12.0	18		19.2	229.4	5609	32	46

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
82	Zach Thomas	23	PR/KR	16	0	33	368	1	70	11.2	28	573	0	42	20.5	1123
45	Steve Wilson	26		16	3						24	485	0	32	20.2	485
80	Rick Upchurch	31	WR	12	11	4	52	0	17	13.0						710
70	Dave Studdard	28	LT	16	16						2	8	0	8	4.0	8
31	Mike Harden	25	RCB	15	15						1	9	0	9	9.0	9
57	Tom Jackson	32	ROLB	15	15						1	2	0	2	2.0	2
20	Louis Wright*	30	LCB	16	16	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
	Team Total	26.2		16		38	420	1	70	11.1	56	1077	0	42	19.2	6747
	Opp Total			16		55		0			46	824	0		17.9

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
No.		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
11	Luke Prestridge	27	P	16	0																	87	3620	60	0	41.6
3	Rich Karlis	24	K	16	0			8	7	9	7	7	6	1	1	25	21	84.0%	34	33	97.1%
	Team Total	26.2		16				8	7	9	7	7	6	1	1	25	21	84.0%	34	33	97.1%	87	3620	60	0	41.6
	Opp Total			16												33	25	75.8%	36	34	94.4%	77	3403			44.2

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
49	Dennis Smith	24	SS	14	13	5.0	4	39	0	23	0						114	0
77	Karl Mecklenburg	23		16	0	2.0											24	0
7	John Elway	23	QB	11	10							0	6	3	0	0
20	Louis Wright*	30	LCB	16	16	1.0	6	50	0	34	0	0	1	1	40	0
57	Tom Jackson	32	ROLB	15	15	5.5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	34	0
43	Steve Foley	30	FS	14	13		5	28	0	16	0	0	1	1	0	0
31	Mike Harden	25	RCB	15	15		4	127	0	48	0	0	0	3	0	0
82	Zach Thomas	23	PR/KR	16	0							0	4	3	0	0
45	Steve Wilson	26		16	3		5	91	0	36	0	0	1	1	0	0
23	Sammy Winder	24	RB	14	13							0	7	0	0	0
53	Randy Gradishar*	31	LILB	16	16	2.5	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	3	1	0
75	Rulon Jones	25	RDE	12	12	4.0						0	0	2	4	0			1
79	Barney Chavous	32	LDE	15	13	4.5						0	0	1	0	1
17	Steve DeBerg	29	qb	10	5							0	5	0	0	0
68	Rubin Carter	31	NT	16	15	1.0						0	0	3	0	0
66	Brison Manor	31		16	4	3.0						0	0	1	0	0
24	Rick Parros	25	fb	6	5							0	3	1	0	0
65	Walt Bowyer	23		14	3	2.0						0	0	1	0	0
28	Roger Jackson	24		16	3	1.0	1	15	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	0
52	Ken Woodard	23		16	1	2.0						0	0	1	0	0
58	Steve Busick	25	RILB	16	15	2.0
34	Nathan Poole	27	FB	16	10							0	1	1	-1	0
87	James Wright	27	te	6	6							0	2	0	0	0
54	Keith Bishop	26	LG	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
46	Dave Preston	28		14	3							0	0	1	0	0
50	Jim Ryan	26	LOLB	15	12							0	0	1	0	0
83	John Sawyer	30		7	4							0	1	0	0	0
70	Dave Studdard	28	LT	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
81	Steve Watson	26	WR	16	16							0	1	0	0	0
72	Don Latimer	28		12	3	0.5
	Team Total	26.2		16		36.0	27	355	0	48	0	0	34	32	78	1	138	0	1
	Opp Total			16		55							46	26					1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	FblTD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
3	Rich Karlis	24	K	16	0						33	21		96
81	Steve Watson	26	WR	16	16		5			5				30
34	Nathan Poole	27	FB	16	10	4				4				24
47	Gerald Willhite	24		8	0	3	1			4				24
24	Rick Parros	25	fb	6	5	1	2			3				18
84	Clint Sampson	22		16	2		3			3				18
23	Sammy Winder	24	RB	14	13	3				3				18
85	Ron Egloff	28	TE	16	10		2			2				12
46	Dave Preston	28		14	3	1	1			2				12
80	Rick Upchurch	31	WR	12	11		2			2				12
79	Barney Chavous	32	LDE	15	13				1	1				6
17	Steve DeBerg	29	qb	10	5	1				1				6
7	John Elway	23	QB	11	10	1				1				6
8	Gary Kubiak	22		4	1	1				1				6
39	Jesse Myles	23		16	0		1			1				6
82	Zach Thomas	23	PR/KR	16	0			1		1				6
75	Rulon Jones	25	RDE	12	12								1	2
	Team Total	26.2		16		15	17	1	1	34	33	21	1	302
	Opp Total			16		14	18				34	25	1	327

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