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2003 Denver Broncos

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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 2nd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 381 points (23.8/g), 10th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 301 points (18.8/g), 9th.
 Differential of 80 points (5.0/g), 9th.
 Expected W-L: 10.2-5.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.2/g), 22nd.

Coached by Mike Shanahan (10-6-0)

2003 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 7 box W 1-0 @ Cincinnati Bengals 30 10 19 293 109 184 3 15 294 243 51 4
2 Sun September 14 box W 2-0 @ San Diego Chargers 37 13 24 382 185 197 19 303 182 121 1
3 Mon September 22 box W 3-0 Oakland Raiders 31 10 20 383 193 190 1 11 195 156 39 1
4 Sun September 28 box W 4-0 Detroit Lions 20 16 20 332 253 79 1 16 285 141 144
5 Sun October 5 box L 4-1 @ Kansas City Chiefs 23 24 22 468 292 176 1 13 262 129 133 2
6 Sun October 12 box W 5-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 17 14 15 242 165 77 3 17 215 130 85 1
7 Sun October 19 box L 5-2 @ Minnesota Vikings 20 28 27 321 183 138 3 14 340 268 72
8 Sun October 26 box L 5-3 @ Baltimore Ravens 6 26 12 194 90 104 2 16 277 126 151
9 Mon November 3 box L 5-4 New England Patriots 26 30 18 277 163 114 1 17 419 350 69 2
10 Bye Week
11 Sun November 16 box W 6-4 San Diego Chargers 37 8 26 448 247 201 3 5 96 56 40 4
12 Sun November 23 box L 6-5 Chicago Bears 10 19 18 365 165 200 19 217 111 106
13 Sun November 30 box W 7-5 @ Oakland Raiders 22 8 20 287 94 193 1 12 262 142 120 3
14 Sun December 7 box W 8-5 Kansas City Chiefs 45 27 26 508 238 270 28 444 381 63
15 Sun December 14 box W 9-5 Cleveland Browns 23 20 28 417 252 165 1 12 275 173 102 1
16 Sun December 21 box W 10-5 @ Indianapolis Colts 31 17 26 465 238 227 1 11 183 136 47
17 Sun December 28 box L 10-6 @ Green Bay Packers 3 31 13 216 102 114 3 16 366 104 262 1
Playoffs
WildCard Sun January 4 box L 10-7 @ Indianapolis Colts 10 41

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 381 5598 1047 5.3 334 280 479 2969 19 18 5.9 162 543 2629 20 4.8 133 24 6 39
Team Defense 301 4433 910 4.9 405 265 495 2828 17 9 5.3 141 379 1605 11 4.2 241 20 11 23
Lg Rank Offense 10 7 6 26 22 16 18 15 2 2 3 4 7 2
Lg Rank Defense 9 4 2 9 6 6 32 6 2 7 10 19 28 19

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Jake Plummer 29 QB 11 11 189 302 62.6 2182 15 5.0 7 2.3 60 7.2 6.7 11.5 198.4 91.2 14 73 6.7 6.2 4.4
Danny Kanell 30 5 2 53 103 51.5 442 2 1.9 5 4.9 26 4.3 2.3 8.3 88.4 49.1 2 24 4.0 2.0 1.9
Steve Beuerlein 38 4 2 33 63 52.4 389 2 3.2 5 7.9 38 6.2 2.9 11.8 97.3 49.0 9 60 4.6 1.7 12.5
Jarious Jackson 26 1 1 4 9 44.4 41 0 0.0 1 11.1 16 4.6 -0.4 10.3 41.0 18.5 0 0 4.6 -0.4 0.0
Micah Knorr 28 P 16 0 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
Rod Smith 33 WR 15 15 1 1 100.0 72 0 0.0 0 0.0 72 72.0 72.0 72.0 4.8 118.7 0 0 72.0 72.0 0.0
Team Total 27.4 16 280 479 58.5 3126 19 4.0 18 3.8 72 6.5 5.2 11.2 195.4 75.6 25 157 5.9 4.7 5.0
Opp Total 16 265 495 53.5 2828 17 3.4 9 1.8 5.7 5.2 10.7 176.8 74.4 36 221 5.3 4.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
Clinton Portis* 22 RB 13 13 290 1591 14 65 5.5 122.4 22.3 38 314 8.3 0 72 2.9 24.2 1905 14 3
Quentin Griffin 22 10 1 94 345 0 23 3.7 34.5 9.4 8 61 7.6 0 24 0.8 6.1 406 0 3
Mike Anderson 30 fb 12 5 70 257 3 44 3.7 21.4 5.8 12 53 4.4 2 18 1.0 4.4 310 5 2
Jake Plummer 29 QB 11 11 37 205 3 40 5.5 18.6 3.4 205 3 4
Cecil Sapp 25 1 0 12 31 0 5 2.6 31.0 12.0 31 0 0
Rod Smith 33 WR 15 15 10 98 0 26 9.8 6.5 0.7 74 845 11.4 3 38 4.9 56.3 943 3 0
Ashley Lelie 23 WR 16 10 8 43 0 13 5.4 2.7 0.5 37 628 17.0 2 60 2.3 39.3 671 2 0
Reuben Droughns 25 15 4 6 14 0 12 2.3 0.9 0.4 9 87 9.7 2 15 0.6 5.8 101 2 0
Danny Kanell 30 5 2 6 5 0 9 0.8 1.0 1.2 5 0 3
Steve Beuerlein 38 4 2 5 13 0 7 2.6 3.3 1.3 13 0 3
Chris Cole 26 RET 11 0 2 8 0 8 4.0 0.7 0.2 3 36 12.0 0 18 0.3 3.3 44 0 1
Adrian Madise 23 11 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 0.9 0.1 2 10 5.0 0 5 0.2 0.9 20 0 1
Deltha O'Neal 26 rcb 13 6 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 2 4 2.0 0 3 0.2 0.3 4 0 2
Jarious Jackson 26 1 1 1 9 0 9 9.0 9.0 1.0 9 0 0
Shannon Sharpe 35 TE 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 62 770 12.4 8 28 4.1 51.3 770 8 0
Ed McCaffrey 35 wr 12 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 195 10.3 0 23 1.6 16.3 195 0 0
Dwayne Carswell 31 TE 16 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 53 8.8 1 19 0.4 3.3 53 1 0
Jeb Putzier 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 34 8.5 0 13 1.0 8.5 34 0 0
Patrick Hape 29 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 30 10.0 0 12 0.2 1.9 30 0 0
Cooper Carlisle 26 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 1 6 0.1 0.4 6 1 0
Team Total 27.4 16 543 2629 20 65 4.8 164.3 33.9 280 3126 11.2 19 72 17.5 195.4 5755 39 24
Opp Total 16 379 1605 11 4.2 100.3 23.7 265 2828 10.7 17 16.6 176.8 4433 28 27

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Deltha O'Neal 26 rcb 13 6 33 315 1 57 9.5 8 128 0 24 16.0 447
Chris Cole 26 RET 11 0 30 714 0 34 23.8 758
Reuben Droughns 25 15 4 12 293 0 36 24.4 394
Rod Smith 33 WR 15 15 6 127 1 65 21.2 1070
Adrian Madise 23 11 0 5 137 0 83 27.4 157
Mike Anderson 30 fb 12 5 2 14 0 14 7.0 324
Mario Fatafehi 24 LDT 16 9 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Jeb Putzier 24 4 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 50
Team Total 27.4 16 39 442 2 65 11.3 59 1302 0 83 22.1 7499
Opp Total 16 46 1 73 1679 0 23.0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Micah Knorr 28 P 16 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 2 2 100.0% 68 2937 62 2 43.2
Jason Elam 33 K 16 0 11 10 6 6 11 9 3 2 31 27 87.1% 39 39 100.0%
Team Total 27.4 16 12 11 6 6 11 9 3 2 32 28 87.5% 41 41 100.0% 68 2937 62 2 43.2
Opp Total 16 28 25 89.3% 29 28 96.6% 85 3664 43.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Bertrand Berry 28 RDE 16 16 11.5 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 3 0 24 13
Reggie Hayward 24 16 2 8.5 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 24 4
Trevor Pryce 28 LDE 16 16 8.5 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 27 8
Jake Plummer 29 QB 11 11 4 3 0 0
Quentin Griffin 22 10 1 3 1 0 0
Kelly Herndon 27 RCB 15 11 3 19 0 16 17 3 0 1 0 0 60 6
Danny Kanell 30 5 2 3 1 -2 0
Clinton Portis* 22 RB 13 13 3 1 0 0
Mike Anderson 30 fb 12 5 2 1 0 0
Steve Beuerlein 38 4 2 3 0 0 0
Kenoy Kennedy 26 SS 13 12 1.0 1 0 0 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 42 15
Deltha O'Neal 26 rcb 13 6 1 6 0 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 20 3
Donnie Spragan 27 RLB 16 8 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 9 0 45 10
Al Wilson* 26 MLB 16 16 1.0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 0 0 70 18
Mario Fatafehi 24 LDT 16 9 2.5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 22 9
Chris Cole 26 RET 11 0 1 1 0 0
Ian Gold 25 rlb 6 6 2 14 1 12 6 28 1
Micah Knorr 28 P 16 0 1 1 0 0
Lenny Walls 24 LCB 16 16 1 0 0 0 15 1 0 1 0 0 53 5
Sam Brandon 24 fs 16 10 1 0 0 0 9 33 14
Cooper Carlisle 26 16 2 0 1 0 0
Dwayne Carswell 31 TE 16 10 0 1 0 0
Reuben Droughns 25 15 4 0 1 0 0
Nick Ferguson 29 FS/ss 15 10 1.0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 63 13
Matt Lepsis 29 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Adrian Madise 23 11 0 1 0 0 0
Monsanto Pope 25 ldt 16 5 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 5
Ephraim Salaam 27 LT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Shannon Sharpe 35 TE 15 15 0 1 0 0
Jashon Sykes 24 LLB 16 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 38 14
Team Total 27.4 16 35.0 9 39 1 16 95 17 24 28 10 0 643 168
Opp Total 16 25 27 16 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Jason Elam 33 K 16 0 39 27 120
Clinton Portis* 22 RB 13 13 14 1 86
Shannon Sharpe 35 TE 15 15 8 48
Mike Anderson 30 fb 12 5 3 2 30
Rod Smith 33 WR 15 15 3 1 24
Jake Plummer 29 QB 11 11 3 18
Reuben Droughns 25 15 4 2 12
Ashley Lelie 23 WR 16 10 2 12
Cooper Carlisle 26 16 2 1 6
Dwayne Carswell 31 TE 16 10 1 6
Ian Gold 25 rlb 6 6 1 6
Deltha O'Neal 26 rcb 13 6 1 6
Micah Knorr 28 P 16 0 2 1 5
Team Total 27.4 16 20 19 2 1 1 41 28 379
Opp Total 16 11 17 1 2 28 25 1 301