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1990 Denver Broncos
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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.
Simple Rating System: Total -0.8, Offense: 2.1, Defense: -2.9, SoS: 1.9, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Dan Reeves (5-11-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Chan Gailey
Defensive Coordinator: Wade Phillips
Other Notable Asst.: Mike Nolan (Special Teams/Linebackers) and Mike Shanahan (Quarterbacks)
Training Camp: University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, Colorado)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | John Elway | 30 | 7 | 16 | 294 for 502, 3,526 yards, 15 td, 14 int, & 50 rushes for 258 yards and 3 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 1st pick / 1983 |
| RB | Bobby Humphrey* | 24 | 1 | 14 | 288 rushes for 1,202 yards, 7 td, & 24 catches for 152 yards and 0 td | Denver Broncos / 1st / 3rd pick / 1989 Supp |
| WR | Mark Jackson | 27 | 4 | 15 | 57 catches for 926 yards, 4 td, & 5 rushes for 28 yards and 1 td | Denver Broncos / 6th / 161st pick / 1986 |
| WR | Vance Johnson | 27 | 5 | 13 | 54 catches for 747 yards, 3 td | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1985 |
| TE | Clarence Kay | 29 | 6 | 14 | 29 catches for 282 yards, 0 td | Denver Broncos / 7th / 186th pick / 1984 |
| TE | Orson Mobley | 27 | 4 | 8 | 8 catches for 41 yards, 0 td | Denver Broncos / 6th / 151st pick / 1986 |
| LT | Gerald Perry | 26 | 2 | 8 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 45th pick / 1988 | |
| LT | Darrell Hamilton | 25 | Rook | 8 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 69th pick / 1989 | |
| LT | Dave Widell | 25 | 2 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 94th pick / 1988 | |
| LG | Doug Widell | 24 | 1 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 41st pick / 1989 |
| C | Keith Kartz | 27 | 3 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RG | Jim Juriga | 26 | 2 | 11 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 104th pick / 1986 | |
| RT | Ken Lanier | 31 | 9 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 5th / 125th pick / 1981 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Warren Powers | 25 | 1 | 16 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 47th pick / 1989 |
| NT | Greg Kragen | 28 | 5 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RDE | Ron Holmes | 27 | 5 | 10 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 8th pick / 1985 |
| RDE | Jim Szymanski | 23 | Rook | 6 | Denver Broncos / 10th / 259th pick / 1990 | |
| LOLB | Simon Fletcher | 28 | 5 | 16 | 11.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 54th pick / 1985 |
| LILB | Karl Mecklenburg | 30 | 7 | 16 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 12th / 310th pick / 1983 |
| RILB | Marc Munford | 25 | 3 | 10 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 111th pick / 1987 | |
| RILB | Tim Lucas | 29 | 3 | 5 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 269th pick / 1983 |
| ROLB | Michael Brooks | 26 | 3 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 86th pick / 1987 |
| LCB | Randy Robbins | 28 | 6 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 4th / 89th pick / 1984 |
| RCB | Wymon Henderson | 29 | 3 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| SS | Dennis Smith* | 31 | 9 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 1st / 15th pick / 1981 |
| FS | Steve Atwater* | 24 | 1 | 15 | 1.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 1st / 20th pick / 1989 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | David Treadwell | 25 | 1 | 0 | 25 of 34 field goals & 34 of 36 extra points | |
| P | Mike Horan | 31 | 6 | 0 | 58 punts for a 44.4 average, 1 blocked | Atlanta Falcons / 9th / 235th pick / 1982 |
| PR | Kevin Clark | 26 | 3 | 0 | 21 punt returns for a 7.6 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Kevin Clark | 26 | 3 | 0 | 20 kick returns for a 25.2 average and 0 td |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Ty Allert | 27 | LB | 7 | 0 | 233 | 6-2 | Texas | 7/23/1963 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 95th pick / 1986 |
| 27 | Steve Atwater* | 24 | DB | 15 | 15 | 218 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 10/28/1966 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 20th pick / 1989 |
| 64 | Scott Beavers | 23 | G | 2 | 0 | 277 | 6-4 | Georgia Tech | 2/17/1967 | Rook | |
| 32 | Mel Bratton | 25 | RB | 16 | 3 | 225 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 2/2/1965 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 7th / 180th pick / 1989 |
| 34 | Tyrone Braxton | 26 | DB | 3 | 2 | 185 | 5-11 | North Dakota St. | 12/17/1964 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 12th / 334th pick / 1987 |
| 56 | Michael Brooks | 26 | LB | 16 | 16 | 236 | 6-1 | LSU | 10/2/1964 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 86th pick / 1987 |
| 20 | Kevin Clark | 26 | DB | 8 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | San Jose St. | 6/8/1964 | 3 | |
| 25 | Kip Corrington | 25 | DB | 16 | 1 | 175 | 6-0 | Texas A&M | 4/12/1965 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 223rd pick / 1988 |
| 58 | Scott Curtis | 26 | LB | 9 | 1 | 230 | 6-1 | New Hampshire | 12/26/1964 | 2 | |
| 62 | Jeff Davidson | 23 | G-T | 12 | 0 | 309 | 6-5 | Ohio St. | 10/3/1967 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 5th / 111th pick / 1990 |
| 55 | Rick Dennison | 32 | LB | 13 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Colorado St. | 6/22/1958 | 8 | |
| 7 | John Elway | 30 | QB | 16 | 16 | 215 | 6-3 | Stanford | 6/28/1960 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 1st pick / 1983 |
| 35 | Blake Ezor | 24 | RB | 9 | 0 | 181 | 5-9 | Michigan St. | 10/11/1966 | Rook | |
| 63 | Sean Farrell | 30 | G-T | 5 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Penn St. | 5/25/1960 | 8 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 17th pick / 1982 |
| 73 | Simon Fletcher | 28 | LB-DE | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-5 | Houston | 2/18/1962 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 54th pick / 1985 |
| 99 | David Galloway | 31 | DT-DE-NT | 10 | 0 | 277 | 6-3 | Florida | 2/16/1959 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1982 |
| 93 | Ronnie Haliburton | 22 | TE | 9 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | LSU | 4/14/1968 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 6th / 164th pick / 1990 |
| 69 | Darrell Hamilton | 25 | T | 15 | 8 | 298 | 6-6 | North Carolina | 5/11/1965 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 69th pick / 1989 |
| 24 | Wymon Henderson | 29 | DB | 15 | 15 | 190 | 5-10 | UNLV | 12/15/1961 | 3 | |
| 90 | Ron Holmes | 27 | DE | 14 | 10 | 261 | 6-4 | Washington | 8/26/1963 | 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 8th pick / 1985 |
| 2 | Mike Horan | 31 | P | 15 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | Long Beach St. | 2/1/1959 | 6 | Atlanta Falcons / 9th / 235th pick / 1982 |
| 26 | Bobby Humphrey* | 24 | RB | 15 | 14 | 201 | 6-1 | Alabama | 10/11/1966 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 3rd pick / 1989 Supp |
| 80 | Mark Jackson | 27 | WR | 16 | 15 | 180 | 5-9 | Purdue | 7/23/1963 | 4 | Denver Broncos / 6th / 161st pick / 1986 |
| 82 | Vance Johnson | 27 | WR | 16 | 13 | 185 | 5-11 | Arizona | 3/13/1963 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1985 |
| 66 | Jim Juriga | 26 | G-T | 12 | 11 | 269 | 6-6 | Illinois | 9/12/1964 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 104th pick / 1986 |
| 72 | Keith Kartz | 27 | C-G-T | 16 | 16 | 270 | 6-4 | California | 5/5/1963 | 3 | |
| 88 | Clarence Kay | 29 | TE | 16 | 14 | 237 | 6-2 | Georgia | 7/30/1961 | 6 | Denver Broncos / 7th / 186th pick / 1984 |
| 71 | Greg Kragen | 28 | NT-DT | 16 | 16 | 263 | 6-3 | Utah St. | 3/4/1962 | 5 | |
| 8 | Gary Kubiak | 29 | QB | 16 | 0 | 192 | 6-0 | Texas A&M | 8/15/1961 | 7 | Denver Broncos / 8th / 197th pick / 1983 |
| 21 | Le-Lo Lang | 23 | DB | 6 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Washington | 1/23/1967 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 5th / 136th pick / 1990 |
| 76 | Ken Lanier | 31 | T | 16 | 16 | 281 | 6-3 | Florida St. | 7/8/1959 | 9 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 125th pick / 1981 |
| 59 | Tim Lucas | 29 | LB | 11 | 5 | 230 | 6-3 | California | 4/3/1961 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 269th pick / 1983 |
| 96 | Jake McCullough | 25 | DE | 6 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Clemson | 7/23/1965 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 97th pick / 1989 |
| 77 | Karl Mecklenburg | 30 | LB-DE | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-3 | Augustana (SD),Minnesota | 9/1/1960 | 7 | Denver Broncos / 12th / 310th pick / 1983 |
| 52 | Jeff Mills | 22 | LB | 2 | 0 | 244 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 10/8/1968 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 57th pick / 1990 |
| 89 | Orson Mobley | 27 | TE | 9 | 8 | 256 | 6-5 | Florida St.,Salem | 3/4/1963 | 4 | Denver Broncos / 6th / 151st pick / 1986 |
| 22 | Alton Montgomery | 22 | DB | 15 | 4 | 205 | 6-0 | Houston | 6/16/1968 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1990 |
| 51 | Marc Munford | 25 | LB | 13 | 10 | 231 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 2/14/1965 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 111th pick / 1987 |
| 84 | Ricky Nattiel | 24 | WR | 15 | 3 | 180 | 5-9 | Florida | 1/25/1966 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 27th pick / 1987 |
| 60 | Gerald Perry | 26 | T-G | 8 | 8 | 290 | 6-6 | Southern | 11/12/1964 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 45th pick / 1988 |
| 38 | Bruce Plummer | 26 | DB | 7 | 0 | 197 | 6-0 | Mississippi St. | 9/1/1964 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 9th / 250th pick / 1987 |
| 31 | Kerry Porter | 26 | RB | 13 | 3 | 215 | 6-1 | Washington St. | 9/23/1964 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 171st pick / 1987 |
| 91 | Warren Powers | 25 | DE | 16 | 16 | 287 | 6-6 | Maryland | 2/4/1965 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 47th pick / 1989 |
| 48 | Randy Robbins | 28 | DB | 16 | 9 | 189 | 6-2 | Arizona | 9/14/1962 | 6 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 89th pick / 1984 |
| 95 | Jeroy Robinson | 22 | LB | 3 | 0 | 241 | 6-1 | Texas A&M | 6/14/1968 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 4th / 82nd pick / 1990 |
| 30 | Steve Sewell | 27 | RB-WR | 12 | 1 | 210 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 4/2/1963 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 26th pick / 1985 |
| 81 | Shannon Sharpe | 22 | TE | 16 | 2 | 228 | 6-2 | Savannah St. | 6/26/1968 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 7th / 192nd pick / 1990 |
| 49 | Dennis Smith* | 31 | DB | 15 | 15 | 200 | 6-3 | USC | 2/3/1959 | 9 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 15th pick / 1981 |
| 28 | Elliot Smith | 23 | DB | 9 | 3 | 192 | 6-2 | Alcorn St. | 8/14/1967 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 120th pick / 1989 |
| 85 | Tim Stallworth | 24 | WR | 1 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Washington St. | 8/26/1966 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 161st pick / 1990 |
| 94 | Jim Szymanski | 23 | DE | 6 | 6 | 268 | 6-5 | Michigan St. | 9/7/1967 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 10th / 259th pick / 1990 |
| 53 | Anthony Thompson | 23 | LB | 10 | 0 | 227 | 6-1 | East Carolina | 6/19/1967 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 10th / 275th pick / 1990 |
| 61 | Andre Townsend | 28 | DE-NT | 15 | 0 | 265 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 10/8/1962 | 6 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 46th pick / 1984 |
| 9 | David Treadwell | 25 | K | 16 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Clemson | 2/27/1965 | 1 | |
| 86 | Chris Verhulst | 24 | TE | 11 | 1 | 249 | 6-3 | Cal State-Chico | 5/16/1966 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 130th pick / 1988 |
| 79 | Dave Widell | 25 | C-T-G | 16 | 5 | 303 | 6-7 | Boston Col. | 5/14/1965 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 94th pick / 1988 |
| 67 | Doug Widell | 24 | G-T | 16 | 16 | 289 | 6-4 | Boston Col. | 9/23/1966 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 41st pick / 1989 |
| 23 | Sammy Winder | 31 | RB | 15 | 2 | 203 | 5-11 | Southern Miss | 7/15/1959 | 8 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 131st pick / 1982 |
| 83 | Mike Young | 28 | WR | 16 | 1 | 187 | 6-1 | UCLA | 2/21/1962 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 161st pick / 1985 |
| Team Total | 26.2 | 16 | 229.8 | 6-2.0 | 3.2 |