1989 Denver Broncos Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

Record: 11-5-0, 1st in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Dan Reeves (11-5-0)

Points For: 362 (22.6/g) 8th of 28

Points Against: 226 (14.1/g) 1st of 28

SRS: 9.34 (2nd of 28), SOS: .84

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 24-23 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Won Conference Championship 37-21 vs. Cleveland Browns
Lost Super Bowl 10-55 vs. San Francisco 49ers

Offensive Coordinator: Chan Gailey

Defensive Coordinator: Wade Phillips

Other Notable Asst.: George Henshaw (Offensive Line), Pete Mangurian (Tight Ends), Mike Nolan (Special Teams/Linebackers) and Charlie Waters (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Mile High Stadium

Owner/Chairman/CEO: Pat Bowlen

General Manager: John Beake

Offensive Scheme: Smashmouth

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +2000; O/U: 9.5

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

1989 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	362	5093	1071	4.8	32	12	308	256	474	3001	21	20	5.8	163	554	2092	15	3.8	125	83	594	20
Opp. Stats	226	4407	977	4.5	43	22	246	268	504	2827	13	21	5.1	142	426	1580	10	3.7	90	102	823	14
Lg Rank Offense	8	15			9	5	12		22	23	12	15	16		3	6	10	18
Lg Rank Defense	1	3			2	2	1		11	3	1	9	3		6	6	7	7

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Kansas City Chiefs	34	20	14	250	150	100	2	14	287	242	45	4	-2.74	17.48	0.87
2	Mon	September 18	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Buffalo Bills	28	14	26	382	181	201	2	28	413	319	94	4	3.50	1.82	6.16
3	Sun	September 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0		Los Angeles Raiders	31	21	18	283	113	170	3	15	360	270	90	6	-11.59	18.45	1.53
4	Sun	October 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-1	@	Cleveland Browns	13	16	10	241	161	80	3	16	296	201	95	1	-16.48	8.59	4.89
5	Sun	October 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1		San Diego Chargers	16	10	24	335	179	156	1	12	211	93	118	2	4.84	5.74	-5.30
6	Sun	October 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1		Indianapolis Colts	14	3	20	319	150	169	2	7	128	84	44	1	0.29	21.48	-7.42
7	Sun	October 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	6-1	@	Seattle Seahawks	24	21	15	371	316	55	1	23	363	224	139	4	-0.63	7.01	-2.05
8	Sun	October 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-2		Philadelphia Eagles	24	28	22	320	216	104	6	17	313	98	215	2	-5.62	9.43	-6.69
9	Sun	November 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	34	7	22	414	261	153	2	7	170	77	93	1	7.61	17.70	1.39
10	Sun	November 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-2	@	Kansas City Chiefs	16	13	12	213	112	101	1	20	312	171	141	2	-5.18	9.21	-2.53
11	Mon	November 20	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-2	@	Washington Redskins	14	10	19	232	106	126	2	14	223	146	77	2	-8.88	17.48	-0.86
12	Sun	November 26	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-2		Seattle Seahawks	41	14	18	353	216	137		21	325	192	133	4	11.88	12.17	2.48
13	Sun	December 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	10-3	@	Los Angeles Raiders	13	16	26	332	176	156	2	11	257	178	79	1	0.29	2.40	-6.30
14	Sun	December 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-4		New York Giants	7	14	18	367	284	83		16	261	148	113		-2.71	-2.28	-0.63
15	Sat	December 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-4	@	Phoenix Cardinals	37	0	28	475	271	204	2	7	101	79	22	3	14.51	31.31	-5.11
16	Sun	December 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-5	@	San Diego Chargers	16	19	16	206	109	97	3	18	387	305	82	6	-19.03	11.85	2.25
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	January 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-5		Pittsburgh Steelers	24	23	19	364	226	138	1	19	404	229	175	2	12.30	-7.66	-0.06
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 14	1:30PM ET	boxscore	W		13-5		Cleveland Browns	37	21	22	497	377	120	2	14	256	190	66	3	8.81	14.81	-2.16
SuperBowl	Sun	January 28	5:00PM ET	boxscore	L		13-6	N	San Francisco 49ers	10	55	12	167	103	64	4	28	461	317	144		-24.06	-27.81	5.19

Passing

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	John Elway	29	QB	15	15	10-5-0	223	416	53.6	3051	18	4.3	18	4.3	145	42.1	69	7.3	6.3	13.7	203.4	73.7	35	298	7.76	6.10	5.1	2	2	PB
2	Gary Kubiak	28	QB	16	1	1-0-0	32	55	58.2	284	2	3.6	2	3.6	17	36.5	22	5.2	4.3	8.9	17.8	69.1	8	53	12.70	3.67	2.9	0	0
3	Bobby Humphrey	23	RB	16	12		1	2	50.0	17	1	50.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	17	8.5	18.5	17.0	1.1	118.7	0	0	0.00	8.50	18.5	0	0
4	Vance Johnson	26	WR	16	16		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	11-5-0	256	474	54.0	3001	21	4.4	20	4.2	163	41.4	69	7.1	6.1	13.1	187.6	73.7	43	351	8.32	5.80	4.88	2	2

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	John Elway	29	QB	3	3	2-1-0	42	82	51.2	732	4	4.9	3	3.7	28	42.0	70	8.9	8.3	17.4	244.0	83.0	6	51	6.82	7.74	7.1	1	1
2	Gary Kubiak	28	QB	1	0		1	3	33.3	28	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	20.0	28	9.3	9.3	28.0	28.0	68.7	2	3	40.00	5.00	5.0	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	2-1-0	43	85	50.6	706	4	4.7	3	3.5	29	40.9	70	10.7	8.3	17.7	235.3	120.7	8	54	8.60	10.19	11.81	1	1

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						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Bobby Humphrey	23	RB	16	12	294	1151	7	63	48.3	40	3.9	71.9	18.4	32	22	156	7.1	1	9	50.0	13	1.4	9.8	68.8	4.9	316	4.1	1307	8	4
2	Vance Johnson	26	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	127	76	1095	14.4	7	51	50.4	69	4.8	68.4	59.8	8.6	76	14.4	1095	7	0
3	Steve Sewell	26	RB	16	3	7	44	0	3	71.4	10	6.3	2.8	0.4	45	25	416	16.6	3	19	48.9	56	1.6	26.0	55.6	9.2	32	14.4	460	3	0
4	Mark Jackson	26	WR	16	16	5	13	0	2	40.0	8	2.6	0.8	0.3	84	28	446	15.9	2	25	33.3	49	1.8	27.9	33.3	5.3	33	13.9	459	2	1
5	Sammy Winder	30	RB	16	2	110	351	2	24	50.0	16	3.2	21.9	6.9	16	14	91	6.5	0	3	43.8	19	0.9	5.7	87.5	5.7	124	3.6	442	2	1
6	Mike Young	27	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	33	22	402	18.3	2	18	60.6	47	1.4	25.1	66.7	12.2	22	18.3	402	2	0
7	John Elway	29	QB	15	15	48	244	3	18	45.8	31	5.1	16.3	3.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			48	5.1	244	3	9	PB
8	Jeff Alexander	24	FB	14	6	45	146	2	6	55.6	11	3.2	10.4	3.2	13	8	84	10.5	0	3	46.2	28	0.6	6.0	61.5	6.5	53	4.3	230	2	0
9	Orson Mobley	26	TE	12	5	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	24	17	200	11.8	0	9	54.2	36	1.4	16.7	70.8	8.3	17	11.8	200	0	0
10	Clarence Kay	28	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	42	21	197	9.4	2	13	45.2	20	1.3	12.3	50.0	4.7	21	9.4	197	2	0
11	Ricky Nattiel	23	WR	8	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	21	10	183	18.3	1	8	42.9	43	1.3	22.9	47.6	8.7	10	18.3	183	1	2
12	Mel Bratton	24	RB	16	3	30	108	1	4	46.7	9	3.6	6.8	1.9	14	10	69	6.9	3	5	64.3	17	0.6	4.3	71.4	4.9	40	4.4	177	4	0
13	Gary Kubiak	28	QB	16	1	15	35	0	5	46.7	10	2.3	2.2	0.9	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			15	2.3	35	0	2
14	Pat Kelly	24	TE	16	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	3	13	4.3	0	0	0.0	6	0.2	0.8	50.0	2.2	3	4.3	13	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	554	2092	15	125	49.1	40	3.8	130.8	34.6	457	256	3352	13.1	21	163	46.6	69	16.0	209.5	56.0	7.3	810	6.7	5444	36	19

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Bobby Humphrey	23	RB	3	3	38	169	0	9	50.0	34	4.4	56.3	12.7	7	5	67	13.4	0	2	71.4	27	1.7	22.3	71.4	9.6	43	5.5	236	0	0
2	Vance Johnson	26	WR	3	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	20	12	197	16.4	1	8	50.0	37	4.0	65.7	60.0	9.9	12	16.4	197	1	0
3	Mike Young	27	WR	3	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	4	145	36.3	1	4	50.0	70	1.3	48.3	50.0	18.1	4	36.3	145	1	0
4	Mark Jackson	26	WR	3	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	16	7	136	19.4	0	5	43.8	51	2.3	45.3	43.8	8.5	7	19.4	136	0	0
5	Steve Sewell	26	RB	3	1	5	23	0	1	40.0	12	4.6	7.7	1.7	7	5	77	15.4	0	3	57.1	43	1.7	25.7	71.4	11.0	10	10.0	100	0	0
6	John Elway	29	QB	3	3	16	91	1	5	31.3	32	5.7	30.3	5.3		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			16	5.7	91	1	0
7	Sammy Winder	30	RB	3	0	23	32	1	2	21.7	9	1.4	10.7	7.7	4	3	46	15.3	1	1	25.0	39	1.0	15.3	75.0	11.5	26	3.0	78	2	0
8	Ricky Nattiel	23	WR	3	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	2	43	21.5	0	2	40.0	28	0.7	14.3	40.0	8.6	2	21.5	43	0	0
9	Mel Bratton	24	RB	3	2	5	7	2	2	40.0	4	1.4	2.3	1.7	6	2	21	10.5	0	1	33.3	14	0.7	7.0	33.3	3.5	7	4.0	28	2	0
10	Orson Mobley	26	TE	2	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	2	22	11.0	1	2	50.0	17	1.0	11.0	50.0	5.5	2	11.0	22	1	0
11	Clarence Kay	28	TE	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	1	6	6.0	0	1	33.3	6	0.5	3.0	33.3	2.0	1	6.0	6	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	87	322	4	19	37.9	34	3.7	107.3	29.0	80	43	760	17.7	4	29	47.5	70	14.3	253.3	53.8	9.5	130	8.3	1082	8	0

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Steve Atwater	23	FS	16	16	3	34	0	30	1	0	1	29	0	0.0	129	129	0	0	AP DRoY-2
2	Tyrone Braxton	25	LCB	16	16	6	103	1	34	2	0	2	35	0	0.0	111	111	0	0
3	Michael Brooks	25	ROLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.0	123	123	0	1
4	Alphonso Carreker	27	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5.5	0	0	0	0
5	Simon Fletcher	27	LOLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	12.0	105	105	0	0
6	Mark Jackson	26	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-8	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Clarence Kay	28	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	John Elway	29	QB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	-4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
9	Wymon Henderson	28	RCB	16	15	3	58	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	76	76	0	0
10	Karl Mecklenburg	29	LILB	15	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	23	1	7.5	143	143	0	0	PB,AP-1
11	Gerald Perry	25	LT	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Greg Kragen	27	NT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	17	1	2.0	72	72	0	0	PB
13	Dennis Smith	30	SS	14	14	2	78	0	50	7	0	3	0	0	0.0	82	82	0	0	PB,AP-2,AP DPoY-5
14	Bobby Humphrey	23	RB	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Rick Dennison	31	RILB	15	11	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
16	Andre Townsend	27	RDE	13	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
17	Ron Holmes	26	RDE	15	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	0	0	0	0
18	Marc Munford	24	RILB	16	6	2	16	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
19	Randy Robbins	27	DB	16	2	2	18	1	18	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Sammy Winder	30	RB	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Gary Kubiak	28	QB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Warren Powers	24	DE	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
23	Ken Bell	25	WR	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Darren Carrington	23	DB	16	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	16	16	0	0
25	Kip Corrington	24	DB	16	0	1	8	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Tim Lucas	28	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
27	Ricky Nattiel	23	WR	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	21	318	2	50	26	26	35	92	2	46.0	857	857	0	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Alphonso Carreker	27	LDE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0
2	Simon Fletcher	27	LOLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	5	0	0
3	Steve Atwater	23	FS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
4	Tyrone Braxton	25	LCB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	5	5	0	0
5	Rick Dennison	31	RILB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	5	0	0
6	Wymon Henderson	28	RCB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	5	0	0
7	Ron Holmes	26	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
8	Greg Kragen	27	NT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
9	Karl Mecklenburg	29	LILB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
10	Dennis Smith	30	SS	1	1	2	13	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
11	Darren Carrington	23	DB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
12	Kip Corrington	24	DB	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
13	Scott Curtis	25	LB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0
14	Tim Lucas	28	LB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
15	Marc Munford	24	RILB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0
16	Warren Powers	24	DE	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0
17	Andre Townsend	27	RDE	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	3	14	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	46	46	0	0

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