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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 3rd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 373 points (23.3/g), 3rd of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 284 points (17.8/g), 10th.
Differential of 89 points (5.6/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 10.5-5.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 11th.
Simple Rating System: Total 5.0, Offense: 4.6, Defense: 0.4, SoS: -0.5, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Wade Phillips
Offensive Coordinator: Jim Fassel
Training Camp: University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, Colorado)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 373 | 5461 | 1060 | 5.2 | 327 | 350 | 553 | 3768 | 27 | 10 | 6.4 | 187 | 468 | 1693 | 13 | 3.6 | 105 | 28 | 18 | 35 |
| Team Defense | 284 | 5149 | 1005 | 5.1 | 280 | 314 | 562 | 3731 | 21 | 18 | 6.1 | 181 | 397 | 1418 | 6 | 3.6 | 86 | 31 | 13 | 13 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 24 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 10 | 19 | 12 | 23 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 5 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | @ | New York Jets | 26 | 20 | 18 | 353 | 254 | 99 | 1 | 20 | 422 | 351 | 71 | 3 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 12 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | San Diego Chargers | 34 | 17 | 17 | 342 | 284 | 58 | 2 | 26 | 390 | 322 | 68 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Mon | September 20 | boxscore | L | 2-1 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 7 | 15 | 17 | 335 | 300 | 35 | 3 | 21 | 414 | 254 | 160 | 1 | |
| 4 | Bye Week | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sun | October 3 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | Indianapolis Colts | 35 | 13 | 26 | 454 | 258 | 196 | 2 | 16 | 271 | 160 | 111 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 10 | boxscore | L | 3-2 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 27 | 30 | 26 | 388 | 333 | 55 | 2 | 15 | 299 | 235 | 64 | 3 | |
| 7 | Mon | October 18 | boxscore | L | 3-3 | Los Angeles Raiders | 20 | 23 | 18 | 253 | 121 | 132 | 2 | 12 | 308 | 255 | 53 | 2 | ||
| 8 | Bye Week | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Sun | October 31 | boxscore | W | 4-3 | Seattle Seahawks | 28 | 17 | 25 | 326 | 239 | 87 | 1 | 19 | 287 | 184 | 103 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 7 | boxscore | W | 5-3 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 29 | 14 | 21 | 393 | 233 | 160 | 1 | 14 | 266 | 191 | 75 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 14 | boxscore | L | 5-4 | Minnesota Vikings | 23 | 26 | 25 | 342 | 250 | 92 | 4 | 18 | 427 | 357 | 70 | 3 | ||
| 12 | Sun | November 21 | boxscore | W | 6-4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 37 | 13 | 23 | 364 | 257 | 107 | 19 | 349 | 248 | 101 | 3 | |||
| 13 | Sun | November 28 | boxscore | W | 7-4 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 17 | 9 | 19 | 307 | 206 | 101 | 2 | 13 | 288 | 161 | 127 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 5 | boxscore | L | 7-5 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 10 | 13 | 14 | 224 | 138 | 86 | 2 | 20 | 298 | 203 | 95 | ||
| 15 | Sun | December 12 | boxscore | W | 8-5 | Kansas City Chiefs | 27 | 21 | 23 | 340 | 204 | 136 | 2 | 17 | 311 | 234 | 77 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Sat | December 18 | boxscore | W | 9-5 | @ | Chicago Bears | 13 | 3 | 15 | 234 | 105 | 129 | 1 | 14 | 185 | 101 | 84 | 5 | |
| 17 | Sun | December 26 | boxscore | L | 9-6 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10 | 17 | 18 | 335 | 225 | 110 | 3 | 13 | 236 | 171 | 65 | 1 | ||
| 18 | Sun | January 2 | boxscore | L | OT | 9-7 | @ | Los Angeles Raiders | 30 | 33 | 22 | 471 | 361 | 110 | 24 | 398 | 304 | 94 | 1 | |
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sun | January 9 | boxscore | L | 9-8 | @ | Los Angeles Raiders | 24 | 42 | 26 | 387 | 331 | 56 | 1 | 19 | 427 | 291 | 136 | ||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | John Elway* | 33 | QB | 16 | 16 | 9-7-0 | 348 | 551 | 63.2 | 4030 | 25 | 4.5 | 10 | 1.8 | 63 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 11.6 | 251.9 | 92.8 | 39 | 293 | 6.33 | 6.42 | 6.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Tommy Maddox | 22 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 21.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 0.0 | |||||
| 86 | Arthur Marshall | 24 | WR | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 30 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 50.0 | 30.0 | 1.9 | 158.3 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 | 50.00 | 0.0 | ||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 9-7-0 | 350 | 553 | 63.3 | 4061 | 27 | 4.9 | 10 | 1.8 | 63 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 11.6 | 253.8 | 94.2 | 39 | 293 | 6.36 | 6.52 | 6.6 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 314 | 562 | 55.9 | 3969 | 21 | 3.7 | 18 | 3.2 | 7.1 | 6.37 | 12.6 | 248.1 | 77.2 | 46 | 238 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 7.6 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 33 | Rod Bernstine | 28 | RB | 15 | 14 | 223 | 816 | 4 | 24 | 3.7 | 54.4 | 14.9 | 44 | 372 | 8.5 | 0 | 41 | 2.9 | 24.8 | 1188 | 4 | 3 |
| 39 | Robert Delpino | 28 | rb | 16 | 4 | 131 | 445 | 8 | 18 | 3.4 | 27.8 | 8.2 | 26 | 195 | 7.5 | 0 | 25 | 1.6 | 12.2 | 640 | 8 | 1 |
| 22 | Glyn Milburn | 22 | PR | 16 | 2 | 52 | 231 | 0 | 26 | 4.4 | 14.4 | 3.3 | 38 | 300 | 7.9 | 3 | 50 | 2.4 | 18.8 | 531 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | John Elway* | 33 | QB | 16 | 16 | 44 | 153 | 0 | 18 | 3.5 | 9.6 | 2.8 | 153 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
| 38 | Reggie Rivers | 25 | rb | 16 | 2 | 15 | 50 | 1 | 14 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 1 | 17 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 109 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Tommy Maddox | 22 | 16 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 16 | Tom Rouen | 25 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 84 | Shannon Sharpe*+ | 25 | TE | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 81 | 995 | 12.3 | 9 | 63 | 5.1 | 62.2 | 995 | 9 | 1 | |
| 85 | Derek Russell | 24 | KR/WR | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 44 | 719 | 16.3 | 3 | 43 | 3.4 | 55.3 | 719 | 3 | 1 | |
| 82 | Vance Johnson | 30 | wr | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36 | 517 | 14.4 | 5 | 56 | 3.6 | 51.7 | 517 | 5 | 0 | |
| 86 | Arthur Marshall | 24 | WR | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28 | 360 | 12.9 | 2 | 40 | 1.8 | 22.5 | 360 | 2 | 0 | |
| 89 | Reggie Johnson | 25 | TE | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20 | 243 | 12.2 | 1 | 38 | 1.5 | 18.7 | 243 | 1 | 1 | |
| 87 | Cedric Tillman | 23 | wr | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17 | 193 | 11.4 | 2 | 30 | 1.2 | 13.8 | 193 | 2 | 1 | |
| 80 | Tony Kimbrough | 23 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 79 | 9.9 | 0 | 16 | 0.5 | 5.3 | 79 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 42 | Kitrick Taylor | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 28 | 0.5 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 57 | David Wyman | 29 | RILB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 468 | 1693 | 13 | 26 | 3.6 | 105.8 | 29.3 | 350 | 4061 | 11.6 | 27 | 63 | 21.9 | 253.8 | 5754 | 40 | 29 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 397 | 1418 | 6 | 3.6 | 88.6 | 24.8 | 314 | 3731 | 11.9 | 21 | 19.6 | 233.2 | 5149 | 27 | 27 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 22 | Glyn Milburn | 22 | PR | 16 | 2 | 40 | 425 | 0 | 54 | 10.6 | 12 | 188 | 0 | 26 | 15.7 | 1144 |
| 85 | Derek Russell | 24 | KR/WR | 13 | 12 | 18 | 374 | 0 | 49 | 20.8 | 1093 | |||||
| 39 | Robert Delpino | 28 | rb | 16 | 4 | 7 | 146 | 0 | 49 | 20.9 | 786 | |||||
| 23 | Ronnie Bradford | 23 | db | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 61 | Bob Meeks | 24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | ||||||
| 84 | Shannon Sharpe*+ | 25 | TE | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 995 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 41 | 425 | 0 | 54 | 10.4 | 39 | 717 | 0 | 49 | 18.4 | 6896 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 33 | 0 | 63 | 1119 | 0 | 17.8 | |||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 1 | Jason Elam | 23 | K | 16 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 26 | 74.3% | 42 | 41 | 97.6% | |||||||
| 16 | Tom Rouen | 25 | P | 16 | 0 | 67 | 3017 | 62 | 1 | 45.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 26 | 74.3% | 42 | 41 | 97.6% | 67 | 3017 | 62 | 1 | 45.0 | |||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 36 | 31 | 86.1% | 27 | 27 | 100.0% | 81 | 3540 | 43.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 27 | Steve Atwater* | 27 | FS | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 2 | 81 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 141 | 0 | ||||||
| 57 | David Wyman | 29 | RILB | 16 | 16 | 2.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 133 | 0 | |
| 51 | Mike Croel | 24 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 5.0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 0 | |
| 34 | Tyrone Braxton | 29 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 111 | 0 | ||
| 73 | Simon Fletcher | 31 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 13.5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 0 | ||||||
| 77 | Karl Mecklenburg* | 33 | LILB | 16 | 16 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 0 | ||||||
| 49 | Dennis Smith* | 34 | SS | 14 | 14 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 0 | ||
| 40 | Darryl Hall | 27 | db | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 | |||||||
| 71 | Greg Kragen | 31 | NT | 14 | 14 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | ||||||
| 99 | Shane Dronett | 22 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 7.0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | |
| 29 | Charles Dimry | 27 | RCB | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | |||||||
| 90 | Dan Williams | 24 | LDE | 13 | 11 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||||||
| 91 | Willie Oshodin | 24 | rde | 15 | 5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||||||
| 23 | Ronnie Bradford | 23 | db | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 58 | Elijah Alexander | 23 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | John Elway* | 33 | QB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 5 | -5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 31 | Rondell Jones | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 22 | Glyn Milburn | 22 | PR | 16 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 94 | Jeff Robinson | 23 | 16 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -10 | 0 | |||||||||
| 33 | Rod Bernstine | 28 | RB | 15 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 72 | Keith Kartz | 30 | C | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -17 | 0 | |||||||||
| 21 | Le-Lo Lang | 26 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 85 | Derek Russell | 24 | KR/WR | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 87 | Cedric Tillman | 23 | wr | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 39 | Robert Delpino | 28 | rb | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 89 | Reggie Johnson | 25 | TE | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 38 | Reggie Rivers | 25 | rb | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 36 | Frank Robinson | 24 | db | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||
| 84 | Shannon Sharpe*+ | 25 | TE | 16 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 65 | Gary Zimmerman | 32 | LT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 46.0 | 18 | 236 | 1 | 68 | 0 | 10 | 29 | 23 | -24 | 1 | 1126 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 39 | 27 | 14 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Elam | 23 | K | 16 | 0 | 41 | 26 | 119 | ||||||||||
| 84 | Shannon Sharpe*+ | 25 | TE | 16 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||||
| 39 | Robert Delpino | 28 | rb | 16 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 82 | Vance Johnson | 30 | wr | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Rod Bernstine | 28 | RB | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 85 | Derek Russell | 24 | KR/WR | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||
| 22 | Glyn Milburn | 22 | PR | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 38 | Reggie Rivers | 25 | rb | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||
| 86 | Arthur Marshall | 24 | WR | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 87 | Cedric Tillman | 23 | wr | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 51 | Mike Croel | 24 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 89 | Reggie Johnson | 25 | TE | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 57 | David Wyman | 29 | RILB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 41 | 26 | 1 | 373 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 31 | 1 | 284 |