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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 5th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 331 points (20.7/g), 16th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 374 points (23.4/g), 23rd.
Differential of -43 points (-2.7/g), 19th.
Expected W-L: 6.9-9.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.4/g), 24th.
Coached by Dan Reeves (5-11-0)
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1990 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 9 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | Los Angeles Raiders | 9 | 14 | 13 | 196 | 157 | 39 | 4 | 12 | 194 | 71 | 123 | 2 |
| 2 | Mon | September 17 | box | W | 1-1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 24 | 23 | 18 | 399 | 250 | 149 | 2 | 22 | 441 | 363 | 78 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 23 | box | W | 2-1 | Seattle Seahawks | 34 | 31 | 30 | 422 | 281 | 141 | 1 | 24 | 369 | 185 | 184 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 30 | box | L | 2-2 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 28 | 29 | 28 | 410 | 202 | 208 | 5 | 15 | 197 | 133 | 64 | 3 |
| 5 | Mon | October 8 | box | L | 2-3 | Cleveland Browns | 29 | 30 | 19 | 316 | 175 | 141 | 2 | 23 | 415 | 318 | 97 | 3 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 14 | box | L | 2-4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 34 | 16 | 244 | 178 | 66 | 1 | 25 | 451 | 343 | 108 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 21 | box | W | 3-4 | @ | Indianapolis Colts | 27 | 17 | 23 | 444 | 293 | 151 | 1 | 23 | 363 | 304 | 59 | 1 |
| 8 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Sun | November 4 | box | L | 3-5 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 22 | 27 | 19 | 287 | 141 | 146 | 3 | 15 | 256 | 111 | 145 | 1 |
| 10 | Sun | November 11 | box | L | 3-6 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 7 | 19 | 15 | 211 | 149 | 62 | 2 | 17 | 340 | 159 | 181 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 18 | box | L | 3-7 | Chicago Bears | 13 | 16 | 21 | 330 | 222 | 108 | 2 | 21 | 341 | 139 | 202 | ||
| 12 | Thu | November 22 | box | L | 3-8 | @ | Detroit Lions | 27 | 40 | 19 | 284 | 211 | 73 | 2 | 22 | 421 | 248 | 173 | 1 |
| 13 | Sun | December 2 | box | L | 3-9 | Los Angeles Raiders | 20 | 23 | 20 | 357 | 216 | 141 | 1 | 17 | 293 | 145 | 148 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 9 | box | L | 3-10 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 20 | 31 | 26 | 374 | 300 | 74 | 3 | 19 | 365 | 254 | 111 | 1 |
| 15 | Sun | December 16 | box | W | 4-10 | San Diego Chargers | 20 | 10 | 16 | 320 | 233 | 87 | 24 | 390 | 298 | 92 | 2 | ||
| 16 | Sun | December 23 | box | L | 4-11 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 12 | 17 | 16 | 246 | 145 | 101 | 2 | 13 | 213 | 103 | 110 | 1 |
| 17 | Sun | December 30 | box | W | 5-11 | Green Bay Packers | 22 | 13 | 24 | 373 | 188 | 185 | 1 | 14 | 296 | 208 | 88 | 4 | |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 331 | 5213 | 1035 | 5.0 | 323 | 305 | 527 | 3341 | 15 | 18 | 5.8 | 170 | 462 | 1872 | 19 | 4.1 | 126 | 32 | 14 | 27 |
| Team Defense | 374 | 5345 | 969 | 5.5 | 502 | 284 | 479 | 3382 | 22 | 10 | 6.6 | 181 | 456 | 1963 | 16 | 4.3 | 306 | 25 | 15 | 15 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 16 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 10 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 23 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 21 | 19 | 26 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 25 | 13 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Elway | 30 | QB | 16 | 16 | 294 | 502 | 58.6 | 3526 | 15 | 3.0 | 14 | 2.8 | 66 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 12.0 | 220.4 | 78.5 | 43 | 311 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 7.9 |
| Gary Kubiak | 29 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 50.0 | 145 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 18.2 | 36 | 6.6 | -1.6 | 13.2 | 9.1 | 31.6 | 3 | 19 | 5.0 | -2.2 | 12.0 | |
| Bobby Humphrey* | 24 | RB | 15 | 14 | 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 | |
| Steve Sewell | 27 | 12 | 1 | 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 | 305 | 527 | 57.9 | 3671 | 15 | 2.8 | 18 | 3.4 | 66 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 12.0 | 229.4 | 74.6 | 46 | 330 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 8.0 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 284 | 479 | 59.3 | 3382 | 22 | 4.6 | 10 | 2.1 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 11.9 | 211.4 | 87.5 | 34 | 289 | 6.6 | 5.6 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Bobby Humphrey* | 24 | RB | 15 | 14 | 288 | 1202 | 7 | 37 | 4.2 | 80.1 | 19.2 | 24 | 152 | 6.3 | 0 | 26 | 1.6 | 10.1 | 1354 | 7 | 8 |
| John Elway | 30 | QB | 16 | 16 | 50 | 258 | 3 | 21 | 5.2 | 16.1 | 3.1 | 258 | 3 | 8 | |||||||
| Sammy Winder | 31 | 15 | 2 | 42 | 120 | 2 | 19 | 2.9 | 8.0 | 2.8 | 17 | 145 | 8.5 | 0 | 17 | 1.1 | 9.7 | 265 | 2 | 2 | |
| Mel Bratton | 25 | 16 | 3 | 27 | 82 | 3 | 10 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 1.7 | 29 | 276 | 9.5 | 1 | 63 | 1.8 | 17.3 | 358 | 4 | 3 | |
| Blake Ezor | 24 | 9 | 0 | 23 | 81 | 0 | 15 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 2.6 | 81 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Steve Sewell | 27 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 46 | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 26 | 268 | 10.3 | 0 | 36 | 2.2 | 22.3 | 314 | 3 | 0 | |
| Gary Kubiak | 29 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 52 | 0 | 18 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 52 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Mark Jackson | 27 | WR | 16 | 15 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 16 | 5.6 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 57 | 926 | 16.2 | 4 | 66 | 3.6 | 57.9 | 954 | 5 | 1 |
| Kerry Porter | 26 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | 16 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 47 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vance Johnson | 27 | WR | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 54 | 747 | 13.8 | 3 | 49 | 3.4 | 46.7 | 747 | 3 | 1 | |
| Clarence Kay | 29 | TE | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29 | 282 | 9.7 | 0 | 22 | 1.8 | 17.6 | 282 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Young | 28 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28 | 385 | 13.8 | 4 | 42 | 1.8 | 24.1 | 385 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ricky Nattiel | 24 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18 | 297 | 16.5 | 2 | 52 | 1.2 | 19.8 | 297 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Orson Mobley | 27 | TE | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 0 | 9 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 41 | 0 | 1 | |
| Shannon Sharpe | 22 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 1 | 33 | 0.4 | 6.2 | 99 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Chris Verhulst | 24 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 6 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Lanier | 31 | RT | 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 | 26.2 | 16 | 462 | 1872 | 19 | 37 | 4.1 | 117.0 | 28.9 | 305 | 3671 | 12.0 | 15 | 66 | 19.1 | 229.4 | 5543 | 34 | 30 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 456 | 1963 | 16 | 4.3 | 122.7 | 28.5 | 284 | 3382 | 11.9 | 22 | 17.8 | 211.4 | 5345 | 38 | 36 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Kevin Clark | 26 | RET | 8 | 0 | 21 | 159 | 0 | 32 | 7.6 | 20 | 505 | 0 | 75 | 25.3 | 664 |
| Vance Johnson | 27 | WR | 16 | 13 | 11 | 92 | 0 | 29 | 8.4 | 6 | 126 | 0 | 39 | 21.0 | 965 |
| Alton Montgomery | 22 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 286 | 0 | 59 | 20.4 | 286 | ||||||
| Blake Ezor | 24 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 214 | 0 | 50 | 16.5 | 295 | ||||||
| Sammy Winder | 31 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 55 | 0 | 24 | 13.8 | 320 | ||||||
| Mel Bratton | 25 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 18 | 12.3 | 395 | ||||||
| Clarence Kay | 29 | TE | 16 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 5.0 | 292 | |||||
| Ricky Nattiel | 24 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 302 | |
| Steve Atwater* | 24 | FS | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| Mark Jackson | 27 | WR | 16 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 972 | |||||
| Orson Mobley | 27 | TE | 9 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 50 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 16 | 33 | 256 | 0 | 32 | 7.8 | 66 | 1260 | 0 | 75 | 19.1 | 7059 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 22 | 0 | 69 | 1319 | 0 | 19.1 | ||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| David Treadwell | 25 | K | 16 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 34 | 25 | 73.5% | 36 | 34 | 94.4% | ||||||||
| Mike Horan | 31 | P | 15 | 0 | 58 | 2575 | 67 | 1 | 44.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Elway | 30 | QB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 37.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 34 | 25 | 73.5% | 36 | 34 | 94.4% | 59 | 2612 | 67 | 1 | 44.3 | |||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 33 | 26 | 78.8% | 43 | 38 | 88.4% | 62 | 2567 | 41.4 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Simon Fletcher | 28 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 11.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 1 | ||||||
| Bobby Humphrey* | 24 | RB | 15 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Elway | 30 | QB | 16 | 16 | 8 | 1 | -3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Karl Mecklenburg | 30 | LILB | 16 | 16 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 116 | 1 | ||||||
| Mel Bratton | 25 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Alton Montgomery | 22 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53 | |||||
| Ron Holmes | 27 | RDE | 14 | 10 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| Greg Kragen | 28 | NT | 16 | 16 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81 | |||||||
| Gary Kubiak | 29 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -8 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Warren Powers | 25 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Atwater* | 24 | FS | 15 | 15 | 1.0 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 | |||
| Wymon Henderson | 29 | RCB | 15 | 15 | 2 | 71 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 88 | ||||
| Dennis Smith* | 31 | SS | 15 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 110 | ||||
| Michael Brooks | 26 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175 | |||||||
| David Galloway | 31 | 10 | 0 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Keith Kartz | 27 | C | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tim Lucas | 29 | rilb | 11 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Orson Mobley | 27 | TE | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Robbins | 28 | LCB | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sammy Winder | 31 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -9 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tyrone Braxton | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Kip Corrington | 25 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Rick Dennison | 32 | 13 | 0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Blake Ezor | 24 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Mark Jackson | 27 | WR | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Vance Johnson | 27 | WR | 16 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Clarence Kay | 29 | TE | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Le-Lo Lang | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Ken Lanier | 31 | RT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Plummer | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Shannon Sharpe | 22 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Elliot Smith | 23 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Andre Townsend | 28 | 15 | 0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Doug Widell | 24 | LG | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 16 | 33.0 | 10 | 190 | 1 | 49 | 11 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 1 | 910 | 2 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 46 | 36 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Treadwell | 25 | K | 16 | 0 | 34 | 25 | 109 | |||||||||
| Bobby Humphrey* | 24 | RB | 15 | 14 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Mark Jackson | 27 | WR | 16 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 30 | |||||||||
| Mel Bratton | 25 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Mike Young | 28 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 30 | QB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Vance Johnson | 27 | WR | 16 | 13 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Steve Sewell | 27 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Ricky Nattiel | 24 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Sammy Winder | 31 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Karl Mecklenburg | 30 | LILB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| Wymon Henderson | 29 | RCB | 15 | 15 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Shannon Sharpe | 22 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Simon Fletcher | 28 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 25 | 2 | 329 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 26 | 374 |