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2004 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), 9th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 304 points (19.0/g), 9th.
 Differential of 77 points (4.8/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 10.1-5.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.6/g), 24th.

Coached by Mike Shanahan (10-6-0)

2004 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 12 box W 1-0 Kansas City Chiefs 34 24 24 413 221 192 3 15 318 151 167 1
2 Sun September 19 box L 1-1 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 6 7 20 356 250 106 1 8 176 109 67
3 Sun September 26 box W 2-1 San Diego Chargers 23 13 18 328 291 37 1 16 214 129 85 1
4 Sun October 3 box W 3-1 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 13 19 249 138 111 12 269 159 110 1
5 Sun October 10 box W 4-1 Carolina Panthers 20 17 23 434 224 210 2 12 227 163 64
6 Sun October 17 box W 5-1 @ Oakland Raiders 31 3 25 444 190 254 1 9 145 114 31 2
7 Mon October 25 box L 5-2 @ Cincinnati Bengals 10 23 22 318 195 123 3 13 321 188 133 1
8 Sun October 31 box L 5-3 Atlanta Falcons 28 41 27 567 499 68 3 22 467 272 195 1
9 Sun November 7 box W 6-3 Houston Texans 31 13 21 364 225 139 22 331 228 103
10 Bye Week
11 Sun November 21 box W 7-3 @ New Orleans Saints 34 13 18 389 224 165 20 411 362 49 4
12 Sun November 28 box L 7-4 Oakland Raiders 24 25 16 367 245 122 3 19 395 334 61 3
13 Sun December 5 box L 7-5 @ San Diego Chargers 17 20 21 337 263 74 4 14 208 86 122 2
14 Sun December 12 box W 8-5 Miami Dolphins 20 17 24 415 219 196 3 13 214 144 70 1
15 Sun December 19 box L 8-6 @ Kansas City Chiefs 17 45 24 402 273 129 3 22 410 248 162
16 Sat December 25 box W 9-6 @ Tennessee Titans 37 16 26 496 303 193 2 10 153 94 59 2
17 Sun January 2 box W 10-6 Indianapolis Colts 33 14 23 453 239 214 8 200 166 34 1
Playoffs
WildCard Sun January 9 box L 10-7 @ Indianapolis Colts 24 49

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 6332 1070 5.9 351 303 521 3999 27 20 7.5 184 534 2333 13 4.4 127 29 9 40
Team Defense 304 4459 918 4.9 387 272 484 2947 17 12 5.6 130 396 1512 16 3.8 235 20 8 22
Lg Rank Offense 9 5 4 16 6 8 25 2 2 4 15 8 18 5
Lg Rank Defense 9 4 1 5 6 4 27 7 3 4 23 9 29 28

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec 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 30 QB 16 16 10-6-0 303 521 58.2 4089 27 5.2 20 3.8 85 7.8 6.6 13.5 255.6 84.5 15 90 7.5 6.3 2.8
Team Total 27.3 16 10-6-0 303 521 58.2 4089 27 5.2 20 3.8 85 7.8 6.6 13.5 255.6 84.5 15 90 7.5 6.3 2.8
Opp Total 16 272 484 56.2 2947 17 3.5 12 2.5 6.1 5.3 10.8 184.2 75.7 38 266 5.6 4.4

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
Reuben Droughns 26 RB 16 15 275 1240 6 51 4.5 77.5 17.2 32 241 7.5 2 23 2.0 15.1 1481 8 5
Quentin Griffin 23 6 4 85 311 2 47 3.7 51.8 14.2 10 68 6.8 1 22 1.7 11.3 379 3 3
Tatum Bell 23 14 0 75 396 3 29 5.3 28.3 5.4 5 80 16.0 0 58 0.4 5.7 476 3 1
Jake Plummer 30 QB 16 16 62 202 1 22 3.3 12.6 3.9 202 1 6
Garrison Hearst 33 7 0 20 81 1 11 4.1 11.6 2.9 2 20 10.0 0 15 0.3 2.9 101 1 0
Rod Smith 34 WR 16 16 5 33 0 14 6.6 2.1 0.3 79 1144 14.5 7 85 4.9 71.5 1177 7 4
Darius Watts 23 16 2 5 33 0 10 6.6 2.1 0.3 31 385 12.4 1 28 1.9 24.1 418 1 1
Cecil Sapp 26 5 0 4 32 0 18 8.0 6.4 0.8 32 0 0
Ashley Lelie 24 WR 16 16 3 5 0 8 1.7 0.3 0.2 54 1084 20.1 7 58 3.4 67.8 1089 7 0
Jeb Putzier 25 TE 16 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 36 572 15.9 2 39 2.3 35.8 572 2 0
Dwayne Carswell 32 TE 15 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 198 9.0 1 20 1.5 13.2 198 1 0
Kyle Johnson 26 14 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 126 14.0 2 31 0.6 9.0 126 2 0
Patrick Hape 30 te 16 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 35 4.4 4 11 0.5 2.2 35 4 0
Nate Jackson 25 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 73 9.1 0 20 0.7 6.1 73 0 0
Triandos Luke 23 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 52 8.7 0 12 0.6 5.2 52 0 2
Champ Bailey*+ 26 LCB 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.1 0.7 11 0 0
Team Total 27.3 16 534 2333 13 51 4.4 145.8 33.4 303 4089 13.5 27 85 18.9 255.6 6422 40 23
Opp Total 16 396 1512 16 3.8 94.5 24.8 272 2947 10.8 17 17.0 184.2 4459 33 24

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
Triandos Luke 23 10 0 19 135 0 21 7.1 15 306 0 32 20.4 493
Rod Smith 34 WR 16 16 22 223 0 30 10.1 1400
Roc Alexander 23 RET 16 1 19 386 0 32 20.3 386
Reuben Droughns 26 RB 16 15 14 344 0 48 24.6 1825
Quentin Griffin 23 6 4 4 52 0 21 13.0 431
Charlie Adams 25 4 0 2 42 0 39 21.0 42
Cecil Sapp 26 5 0 1 34 0 34 34.0 66
Team Total 27.3 16 43 400 0 39 9.3 53 1122 0 48 21.2 7944
Opp Total 16 32 0 68 1635 1 24.0

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
Jason Elam 34 K 16 0 10 10 8 7 12 9 4 3 34 29 85.3% 42 42 100.0%
Micah Knorr 29 P 12 0 54 2243 66 1 41.5
Jason Baker 26 4 0 15 591 48 0 39.4
Team Total 27.3 16 10 10 8 7 12 9 4 3 34 29 85.3% 42 42 100.0% 69 2834 66 1 41.1
Opp Total 16 26 21 80.8% 32 31 96.9% 95 4246 44.7

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
Reggie Hayward 25 RDE 16 15 10.5 1 76 0 76 3 1 0 1 0 0 31 12
Jake Plummer 30 QB 16 16 6 6 -8 0
Rod Smith 34 WR 16 16 4 3 0 0
Reuben Droughns 26 RB 16 15 5 0 0 0
Al Wilson 27 MLB 16 16 2.5 2 17 1 10 5 2 0 0 0 0 72 33
Kelly Herndon 28 RCB 16 16 1.0 2 17 0 15 23 3 0 1 0 0 56 14
Ellis Johnson 31 13 0 3.0 1 32 1 32 1 15 1
Kenoy Kennedy 27 SS 16 16 2.0 1 21 0 21 9 2 0 1 5 0 70 18
Marco Coleman 35 LDE 16 16 2.5 1 0 1 -2 0 21 7
Mario Fatafehi 25 LDT 16 16 2.5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 8 0 14 7
Champ Bailey*+ 26 LCB 16 16 3 0 0 0 12 68 13
Quentin Griffin 23 6 4 3 0 0 0
John Lynch* 33 FS 15 15 2.0 1 2 0 2 10 3 0 0 0 0 49 17
Anton Palepoi 26 11 0 3.0 15 4
D.J. Williams 22 RLB 16 14 2.0 1 10 0 10 7 1 0 0 0 0 81 33
Luther Elliss 31 8 0 2.0 6 1
Triandos Luke 23 10 0 2 0 0 0
Willie Middlebrooks 25 12 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 17 3
Donnie Spragan 28 LLB 16 14 1.0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 46 22
Roc Alexander 23 RET 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 6
Tatum Bell 23 14 0 1 0 0 0
Dwayne Carswell 32 TE 15 14 0 1 0 0
Patrick Chukwurah 25 14 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 6 3
Ben Hamilton 27 LG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Raylee Johnson 34 14 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 6
Tom Nalen 33 C 16 16 1 0 0 0
Monsanto Pope 26 RDT 16 15 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 19 5
Darius Watts 23 16 2 1 0 0 0
Team Total 27.3 16 38.0 12 175 2 76 93 16 23 19 3 0 658 218
Opp Total 16 15 24 16

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 34 K 16 0 42 29 129
Reuben Droughns 26 RB 16 15 6 2 48
Ashley Lelie 24 WR 16 16 7 42
Rod Smith 34 WR 16 16 7 42
Patrick Hape 30 te 16 5 4 24
Tatum Bell 23 14 0 3 18
Quentin Griffin 23 6 4 2 1 18
Kyle Johnson 26 14 3 2 12
Jeb Putzier 25 TE 16 5 2 12
Dwayne Carswell 32 TE 15 14 1 6
Garrison Hearst 33 7 0 1 6
Ellis Johnson 31 13 0 1 6
Jake Plummer 30 QB 16 16 1 6
Darius Watts 23 16 2 1 6
Al Wilson 27 MLB 16 16 1 6
Team Total 27.3 16 13 27 2 42 29 381
Opp Total 16 16 17 1 31 21 304