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2005 Denver Broncos

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Record: 13-3-0, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 395 points (24.7/g), 7th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 258 points (16.1/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 137 points (8.6/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 11.7-4.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +20 (1.2/g), 2nd.

Simple Rating System: Total 10.8, Offense: 5.0, Defense: 5.8, SoS: 2.2, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Mike Shanahan

 Offensive Coordinator: Gary Kubiak
 Defensive Coordinator: Larry Coyer

Training Camp: Paul D. Bowlen Memorial Broncos Centre (Dove Valley, Colorado)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing Average Drive
Pts Yds Ply Y/P TO FL 1stPy 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD #Dr Sc% TO% Start Time Plays Yds Pts
Team Offense 395 5766 1030 5.6 16 9 23 330 279 465 3227 18 7 6.6 162 542 2539 25 4.7 145 186 36.0 8.1 Own 32.6 2:49 5.7 30.9 2.0
Team Defense 258 5006 985 5.1 36 16 30 295 344 613 3643 20 20 5.7 183 344 1363 10 4.0 82 176 25.0 8.5 Own 27.9 2:29 5.7 28.3 1.4
Lg Rank Offense 7 5 1 5 7 25 18 20 2 8 2 2 3 4 8 32 23 3 10 6 6
Lg Rank Defense 3 15 4 4 17 32 29 17 6 11 1 2 7 15 30 3 31 9 25 23 10

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 11 boxscore L 0-1 @ Miami Dolphins 10 34 19 312 242 70 3 21 426 275 151 3
2 Sun September 18 boxscore W 1-1 San Diego Chargers 20 17 21 331 233 98 2 15 213 134 79 2
3 Mon September 26 boxscore W 2-1 Kansas City Chiefs 30 10 24 358 137 221 18 285 211 74 1
4 Sun October 2 boxscore W 3-1 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 20 7 24 306 118 188 13 241 229 12 4
5 Sun October 9 boxscore W 4-1 Washington Redskins 21 19 11 257 92 165 28 447 322 125 1
6 Sun October 16 boxscore W 5-1 New England Patriots 28 20 20 432 254 178 22 388 299 89
7 Sun October 23 boxscore L 5-2 @ New York Giants 23 24 20 385 194 191 1 22 311 214 97 2
8 Sun October 30 boxscore W 6-2 Philadelphia Eagles 49 21 28 564 309 255 12 351 272 79 2
9 Bye Week
10 Sun November 13 boxscore W 7-2 @ Oakland Raiders 31 17 18 326 205 121 2 20 335 275 60 3
11 Sun November 20 boxscore W 8-2 New York Jets 27 0 28 404 213 191 1 10 195 176 19 5
12 Thu November 24 boxscore W OT 9-2 @ Dallas Cowboys 24 21 13 293 149 144 2 23 314 229 85 2
13 Sun December 4 boxscore L 9-3 @ Kansas City Chiefs 27 31 19 388 257 131 2 24 421 253 168 3
14 Sun December 11 boxscore W 10-3 Baltimore Ravens 12 10 17 318 222 96 1 20 323 251 72 4
15 Sat December 17 boxscore W 11-3 @ Buffalo Bills 28 17 27 437 259 178 1 17 272 197 75
16 Sat December 24 boxscore W 12-3 Oakland Raiders 22 3 24 414 259 155 1 15 248 161 87 2
17 Sat December 31 boxscore W 13-3 @ San Diego Chargers 23 7 17 241 84 157 15 236 145 91 2
Playoffs
Division Sat January 14 boxscore W 14-3 New England Patriots 27 13 16 286 190 96 1 15 420 341 79 5
ConfChamp Sun January 22 boxscore L 14-4 Pittsburgh Steelers 17 34 16 308 211 97 4 20 358 268 90

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
16 Jake Plummer* 31 QB 16 16 13-3-0 277 456 60.7 3366 18 3.9 7 1.5 72 7.4 7.5 12.2 210.4 90.2 22 135 6.76 6.85 4.6 1 2
11 Bradlee Van Pelt 25 3 0 2 8 25.0 7 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.9 0.9 3.5 2.3 39.6 0 0 0.88 0.88 0.0
80 Rod Smith* 35 WR 16 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 1 11 -5.50 -5.50 50.0
Team Total 27.5 16 13-3-0 279 465 60.0 3373 18 3.9 7 1.5 72 7.3 7.4 12.1 210.8 88.9 23 146 6.61 6.70 4.7 1 2
Opp Total 16 344 613 56.1 3833 20 3.3 20 3.3 6.3 5.44 11.1 239.6 72.2 28 190 5.7 4.9 4.4

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
38 Mike Anderson 32 RB 15 15 239 1014 12 44 4.2 67.6 15.9 18 212 11.8 1 66 1.2 14.1 1226 13 2
26 Tatum Bell 24 rb 15 1 173 921 8 68 5.3 61.4 11.5 18 104 5.8 0 14 1.2 6.9 1025 8 3
33 Ron Dayne 27 10 0 53 270 1 55 5.1 27.0 5.3 3 17 5.7 0 7 0.3 1.7 287 1 1
16 Jake Plummer* 31 QB 16 16 46 151 2 22 3.3 9.4 2.9 151 2 4
11 Bradlee Van Pelt 25 3 0 11 48 1 11 4.4 16.0 3.7 48 1 0
85 Ashley Lelie 25 WR 16 13 5 84 0 39 16.8 5.3 0.3 42 770 18.3 1 56 2.6 48.1 854 1 0
81 Charlie Adams 26 wr 16 2 5 14 0 13 2.8 0.9 0.3 21 203 9.7 0 21 1.3 12.7 217 0 4
37 Cecil Sapp 27 16 0 5 21 0 10 4.2 1.3 0.3 2 17 8.5 0 12 0.1 1.1 38 0 0
39 Kyle Johnson 27 FB 16 14 4 9 1 4 2.3 0.6 0.3 17 160 9.4 5 33 1.1 10.0 169 6 0
80 Rod Smith* 35 WR 16 16 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.4 0.1 85 1105 13.0 6 72 5.3 69.1 1112 6 2
88 Jeb Putzier 26 te 16 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 37 481 13.0 0 32 2.3 30.1 481 0 1
82 Stephen Alexander 30 TE 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 170 8.1 1 15 1.3 10.6 170 1 0
14 Todd Devoe 25 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 87 9.7 1 44 0.6 6.2 87 1 0
77 Dwayne Carswell 33 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 3 1.5 2 2 0.3 0.4 3 2 0
84 Wesley Duke 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 22 11.0 1 21 0.7 7.3 22 1 0
17 Darius Watts 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 22 11.0 0 12 0.3 3.7 22 0 0
Team Total 27.5 16 542 2539 25 68 4.7 158.7 33.9 279 3373 12.1 18 72 17.4 210.8 5912 43 19
Opp Total 16 344 1363 10 4.0 85.2 21.5 344 3643 10.6 20 21.5 227.7 5006 30 29

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
27 Darrent Williams 23 KR/PR/RCB 12 9 17 148 0 52 8.7 18 431 0 36 23.9 579
81 Charlie Adams 26 wr 16 2 16 133 0 32 8.3 10 218 0 32 21.8 568
45 Roc Alexander 24 10 0 12 261 0 31 21.8 261
37 Cecil Sapp 27 16 0 2 28 0 20 14.0 66
38 Mike Anderson 32 RB 15 15 1 18 0 18 18.0 1244
77 Dwayne Carswell 33 7 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 3
60 John Engelberger 29 14 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
39 Kyle Johnson 27 FB 16 14 1 8 0 8 8.0 177
97 Demetrin Veal 24 15 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
Team Total 27.5 16 33 281 0 52 8.5 47 975 0 36 20.7 7168
Opp Total 16 36 0 67 1696 0 25.3

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1 Jason Elam 35 K 16 0 10 9 5 5 13 9 4 1 32 24 75.0% 44 43 97.7%
10 Todd Sauerbrun 32 P 16 0 72 3157 66 1 43.8
Team Total 27.5 16 10 9 5 5 13 9 4 1 32 24 75.0% 44 43 97.7% 72 3157 66 1 43.8
Opp Total 16 18 14 77.8% 30 30 100.0% 81 3637 44.9

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
52 Ian Gold 27 RLB 16 16 3.0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 74 16
25 Nick Ferguson 31 SS 16 16 5 59 0 30 8 0 0 1 0 0 61 18
22 Domonique Foxworth 22 rcb 16 7 2 23 0 23 16 1 0 2 9 0 65 6
56 Al Wilson*+ 28 MLB 15 15 3.0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 1 0 0 62 11
24 Champ Bailey*+ 27 LCB 14 14 8 139 2 65 23 1 0 0 0 0 60 6
47 John Lynch* 34 FS 16 16 4.0 2 2 0 1 8 4 0 0 0 0 45 17
27 Darrent Williams 23 KR/PR/RCB 12 9 1.0 2 108 1 80 10 1 2 1 0 0 50 4
55 D.J. Williams 23 LLB 16 14 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 41 16
93 Trevor Pryce 30 RDE 16 16 4.0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 31 2
96 Michael Myers 29 LDT 16 15 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 25 6
91 Ebenezer Ekuban 29 de 16 4 4.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 19 8
98 Courtney Brown 27 LDE 14 13 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 20 4
97 Demetrin Veal 24 15 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 19 6 1
42 Sam Brandon 26 14 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 17 8
40 Curome Cox 24 db 13 1 1 48 0 48 5 17 2
51 Keith Burns 33 lb 15 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 3
61 Gerard Warren 27 RDT 16 16 3.0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 14 5
35 Lenny Walls 26 db 7 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 17 0
60 John Engelberger 29 14 0 13 3
41 Karl Paymah 23 13 0 11 3
53 Louis Green 26 14 0 8 2
95 Marco Coleman 36 7 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2
54 Patrick Chukwurah 26 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2
45 Roc Alexander 24 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2
23 Marques Anderson 26 6 0 3 0
16 Jake Plummer* 31 QB 16 16 0 4 1 -10 0
81 Charlie Adams 26 wr 16 2 0 4 0 0 0
26 Tatum Bell 24 rb 15 1 0 3 1 0 0
75 Monsanto Pope 27 2 0 2 0
21 Hamza Abdullah 22 1 0 1 0
38 Mike Anderson 32 RB 15 15 0 2 0 0 0
65 Cooper Carlisle 28 RG 16 16 0 0 2 0 0
14 Todd Devoe 25 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
88 Jeb Putzier 26 te 16 4 0 1 1 0 0
37 Cecil Sapp 27 16 0 0 0 2 0 0
80 Rod Smith* 35 WR 16 16 0 2 0 0 0
33 Ron Dayne 27 10 0 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 27.5 16 27.0 20 379 3 80 107 19 19 24 -1 0 708 152 1
Opp Total 16 23 29 13

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1 Jason Elam 35 K 16 0 43 24 115
38 Mike Anderson 32 RB 15 15 12 1 13 78
26 Tatum Bell 24 rb 15 1 8 8 48
39 Kyle Johnson 27 FB 16 14 1 5 6 36
80 Rod Smith* 35 WR 16 16 6 6 36
24 Champ Bailey*+ 27 LCB 14 14 2 2 12
77 Dwayne Carswell 33 7 0 2 2 12
16 Jake Plummer* 31 QB 16 16 2 2 12
82 Stephen Alexander 30 TE 16 15 1 1 6
33 Ron Dayne 27 10 0 1 1 6
14 Todd Devoe 25 14 0 1 1 6
84 Wesley Duke 24 3 0 1 1 6
85 Ashley Lelie 25 WR 16 13 1 1 6
11 Bradlee Van Pelt 25 3 0 1 1 6
27 Darrent Williams 23 KR/PR/RCB 12 9 1 1 6
88 Jeb Putzier 26 te 16 4 1 2
97 Demetrin Veal 24 15 0 1 2
Team Total 27.5 16 25 18 3 46 1 43 24 1 395
Opp Total 16 10 20 30 14 258