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1984 Denver Broncos

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Record: 13-3-0, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 353 points (22.1/g), 11th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 241 points (15.1/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 112 points (7.0/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 11.4-4.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +21 (1.3/g), 2nd.

Coached by Dan Reeves (13-3-0)

1984 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 2 box W 1-0 Cincinnati Bengals 20 17 19 323 202 121 2 29 433 322 111 2
2 Sun September 9 box L 1-1 @ Chicago Bears 0 27 8 130 77 53 4 15 406 104 302 3
3 Sun September 16 box W 2-1 @ Cleveland Browns 24 14 18 297 164 133 2 21 310 231 79 4
4 Sun September 23 box W 3-1 Kansas City Chiefs 21 0 21 367 157 210 2 16 337 287 50 2
5 Sun September 30 box W 4-1 Los Angeles Raiders 16 13 26 352 121 231 1 12 281 211 70 2
6 Sun October 7 box W 5-1 @ Detroit Lions 28 7 20 287 179 108 3 23 348 256 92 10
7 Mon October 15 box W 6-1 Green Bay Packers 17 14 10 193 101 92 1 25 423 349 74 5
8 Sun October 21 box W 7-1 @ Buffalo Bills 37 7 24 339 232 107 10 226 155 71 5
9 Sun October 28 box W 8-1 @ Los Angeles Raiders 22 19 24 360 178 182 3 20 356 234 122 7
10 Sun November 4 box W 9-1 New England Patriots 26 19 18 319 291 28 1 25 484 289 195 3
11 Sun November 11 box W 10-1 @ San Diego Chargers 16 13 17 239 177 62 20 366 254 112 1
12 Sun November 18 box W 11-1 Minnesota Vikings 42 21 22 435 229 206 2 19 314 247 67 5
13 Sun November 25 box L 11-2 Seattle Seahawks 24 27 18 351 258 93 2 20 466 406 60
14 Sun December 2 box L 11-3 @ Kansas City Chiefs 13 16 17 309 164 145 3 17 318 225 93 3
15 Sun December 9 box W 12-3 San Diego Chargers 16 13 22 343 181 162 4 16 234 147 87
16 Sat December 15 box W 13-3 @ Seattle Seahawks 31 14 15 291 148 143 4 23 385 306 79 3
Playoffs
Division Sun December 30 box L 13-4 Pittsburgh Steelers 17 24 15 250 199 51 2 25 381 212 169 2

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 353 4935 1018 4.8 299 263 475 2859 22 17 5.6 152 508 2076 12 4.1 121 34 17 26
Team Defense 241 5687 1123 5.1 311 346 631 4023 16 31 5.8 206 435 1664 10 3.8 90 55 24 15
Lg Rank Offense 11 22 16 24 23 10 7 18 10 10 19 12 9 20
Lg Rank Defense 2 25 14 28 27 5 2 14 4 5 2 10 2 2

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
7 John Elway 24 QB 15 14 12-2-0 214 380 56.3 2598 18 4.7 15 3.9 73 6.8 6.0 12.1 173.2 76.8 24 158 6.0 5.3 5.9
8 Gary Kubiak 23 7 2 1-1-0 44 75 58.7 440 4 5.3 1 1.3 41 5.9 6.3 10.0 62.9 87.6 10 86 4.2 4.6 11.8
14 Scott Stankavage 22 1 0 4 18 22.2 58 0 0.0 1 5.6 16 3.2 0.7 14.5 58.0 17.4 1 13 2.4 0.0 5.3
47 Gerald Willhite 25 RET 16 1 1 2 50.0 20 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 10.0 10.0 20.0 1.3 85.4 0 0 10.0 10.0 0.0
Team Total 25.6 16 13-3-0 263 475 55.4 3116 22 4.6 17 3.6 73 6.6 5.9 11.8 194.8 76.1 35 257 5.6 5.0 6.9
Opp Total 16 346 631 54.8 4453 16 2.5 31 4.9 7.1 5.4 12.9 278.3 65.2 57 430 5.8 4.3

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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* 25 RB 16 15 296 1153 4 24 3.9 72.1 18.5 44 288 6.5 2 21 2.8 18.0 1441 6 5
47 Gerald Willhite 25 RET 16 1 77 371 2 52 4.8 23.2 4.8 27 298 11.0 0 63 1.7 18.6 669 2 3
7 John Elway 24 QB 15 14 56 237 1 21 4.2 15.8 3.7 237 1 14
24 Rick Parros 26 15 2 46 208 2 25 4.5 13.9 3.1 6 25 4.2 0 9 0.4 1.7 233 2 0
26 Chris Brewer 22 13 0 10 28 0 8 2.8 2.2 0.8 2 20 10.0 0 16 0.2 1.5 48 0 1
8 Gary Kubiak 23 7 2 9 27 1 17 3.0 3.9 1.3 1 20 20.0 0 20 0.1 2.9 47 1 1
33 Gene Lang 22 RET 16 0 8 42 2 15 5.3 2.6 0.5 4 24 6.0 1 9 0.3 1.5 66 3 0
39 Jesse Myles 24 7 0 5 7 0 2 1.4 1.0 0.7 2 22 11.0 0 12 0.3 3.1 29 0 0
86 Butch Johnson 30 WR 16 9 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 42 587 14.0 6 49 2.6 36.7 590 6 1
81 Steve Watson 27 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 69 1170 17.0 7 73 4.3 73.1 1170 7 0
83 John Sawyer 31 te 10 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 122 7.2 0 25 1.7 12.2 122 0 0
88 Clarence Kay 23 TE 16 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 136 8.5 3 21 1.0 8.5 136 3 1
87 James Wright 28 TE 16 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 118 10.7 1 21 0.7 7.4 118 1 0
84 Clint Sampson 23 12 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 123 13.7 1 25 0.8 10.3 123 1 1
80 Ray Alexander 22 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 132 16.5 1 41 1.0 16.5 132 1 0
85 Don Summers 23 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 32 10.7 0 16 0.2 2.0 32 0 0
89 Dave Logan 30 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.3 0.8 3 0 0
70 Dave Studdard 29 LT 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4 0.1 -0.3 -4 0 0
Team Total 25.6 16 508 2076 12 52 4.1 129.8 31.8 263 3116 11.8 22 73 16.4 194.8 5192 34 36
Opp Total 16 435 1664 10 3.8 104.0 27.2 346 4023 11.6 16 21.6 251.4 5687 26 44

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 24 12 0 20 118 0 15 5.9 18 351 0 33 19.5 469
47 Gerald Willhite 25 RET 16 1 20 200 0 35 10.0 4 109 0 40 27.3 978
33 Gene Lang 22 RET 16 0 19 404 0 38 21.3 470
55 Rick Dennison 26 LILB 16 15 2 27 0 16 13.5 27
31 Mike Harden 26 RCB 16 16 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
56 Aaron Smith 22 10 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
45 Steve Wilson 27 15 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 25.6 16 41 318 0 35 7.8 45 897 0 40 19.9 6407
Opp Total 16 44 0 55 1181 0 21.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
1 Chris Norman 22 P 16 0 96 3850 83 0 40.1
3 Rich Karlis 25 K 16 0 1 1 7 6 8 7 9 6 3 1 28 21 75.0% 41 38 92.7%
Team Total 25.6 16 1 1 7 6 8 7 9 6 3 1 28 21 75.0% 41 38 92.7% 96 3850 83 0 40.1
Opp Total 16 33 19 57.6% 26 26 100.0% 81 3362 41.5

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 25 SS 15 15 1.0 3 13 0 10 0 0 1 64 1 92
77 Karl Mecklenburg 24 16 1 7.0 2 105 0 63 0 0 1 0 0 41
7 John Elway 24 QB 15 14 14 5 -10 0
75 Rulon Jones 26 RDE 16 16 11.0 0 2 5 1
31 Mike Harden 26 RCB 16 16 6 79 1 45 1 2 0 0
43 Steve Foley 31 FS 16 16 6 97 1 40 0 2 22 1
79 Barney Chavous 33 LDE 15 15 7.5
57 Tom Jackson 33 ROLB 16 16 6.0 0 1 0 0
23 Sammy Winder* 25 RB 16 15 5 2 0 0
45 Steve Wilson 27 15 1 0.5 4 59 0 22 1 1 0 0
61 Andre Townsend 22 16 0 5.0 0 1 0 0
68 Rubin Carter 32 NT 15 15 3.0 0 2 0 0
50 Jim Ryan 27 LOLB 16 14 3.0 1 13 0 13 0 1 0 0
82 Zach Thomas 24 12 0 3 2 0 0
47 Gerald Willhite 25 RET 16 1 3 2 0 0
65 Walt Bowyer 24 16 1 3.0 0 1 0 0
58 Steve Busick 26 RILB 16 16 1.0 2 21 0 16 0 1 0 0
55 Rick Dennison 26 LILB 16 15 3.0 0 1 0 0
48 Randy Robbins 22 16 1 1.0 2 62 1 62 0 1 0 0
52 Ken Woodard 24 16 2 3.0 1 27 1 27
59 Darren Comeaux 24 16 0 1.0 1 5 0 5 0 1 0 0
22 Tony Lilly 22 13 0 1 5 0 5 1 1 3 0
20 Louis Wright 31 LCB 16 15 1 1 0 1 0 2 27 1
26 Chris Brewer 22 13 0 1 1 0 0
66 Scott Garnett 22 16 1 1.0 0 1 0 0
1 Chris Norman 22 P 16 0 1 1 0 0
83 John Sawyer 31 te 10 8 0 2 0 0
64 Bill Bryan 29 C 16 16 1 0 0 0
28 Roger Jackson 25 16 0 1 23 0 23
86 Butch Johnson 30 WR 16 9 1 0 0 0
88 Clarence Kay 23 TE 16 13 1 0 0 0
8 Gary Kubiak 23 7 2 1 0 0 0
33 Gene Lang 22 RET 16 0 0 1 6 0
76 Ken Lanier 25 RT 16 15 0 1 0 0
84 Clint Sampson 23 12 3 1 0 0 0
56 Aaron Smith 22 10 0 1 0 0 0
14 Scott Stankavage 22 1 0 0 1 0 0
85 Don Summers 23 16 2 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.6 16 57.0 31 510 4 63 0 36 42 117 4 133
Opp Total 16 35 44 20 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
3 Rich Karlis 25 K 16 0 38 21 101
81 Steve Watson 27 WR 16 16 7 7 42
86 Butch Johnson 30 WR 16 9 6 6 36
23 Sammy Winder* 25 RB 16 15 4 2 6 36
88 Clarence Kay 23 TE 16 13 3 3 18
33 Gene Lang 22 RET 16 0 2 1 3 18
43 Steve Foley 31 FS 16 16 1 1 2 12
24 Rick Parros 26 15 2 2 2 12
47 Gerald Willhite 25 RET 16 1 2 2 12
80 Ray Alexander 22 8 0 1 1 6
7 John Elway 24 QB 15 14 1 1 6
31 Mike Harden 26 RCB 16 16 1 1 6
75 Rulon Jones 26 RDE 16 16 1 1 6
8 Gary Kubiak 23 7 2 1 1 6
48 Randy Robbins 22 16 1 1 1 6
84 Clint Sampson 23 12 3 1 1 6
49 Dennis Smith 25 SS 15 15 1 1 6
52 Ken Woodard 24 16 2 1 1 6
87 James Wright 28 TE 16 10 1 1 6
20 Louis Wright 31 LCB 16 15 1 1 6
Team Total 25.6 16 12 22 4 4 42 38 21 353
Opp Total 16 10 16 26 19 1 241