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2006 Denver Broncos

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 319 points (19.9/g), 17th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 305 points (19.1/g), 8th.
 Differential of 14 points (0.9/g), 14th.
 Expected W-L: 8.4-7.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 17th.

Coached by Mike Shanahan (9-7-0)

2006 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 10 box L 0-1 @ St. Louis Rams 10 18 17 259 98 161 5 16 320 195 125
2 Sun September 17 box W 1-1 Kansas City Chiefs 9 6 18 318 173 145 1 16 276 131 145 2
3 Sun September 24 box W 2-1 @ New England Patriots 17 7 19 400 256 144 22 370 320 50
4 Bye Week
5 Mon October 9 box W 3-1 Baltimore Ravens 13 3 13 222 106 116 2 16 257 154 103 3
6 Sun October 15 box W 4-1 Oakland Raiders 13 3 15 235 91 144 1 14 244 159 85 2
7 Sun October 22 box W 5-1 @ Cleveland Browns 17 7 22 347 197 150 2 10 165 131 34 3
8 Sun October 29 box L 5-2 Indianapolis Colts 31 34 24 396 169 227 1 23 437 345 92
9 Sun November 5 box W 6-2 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 31 20 13 336 221 115 27 499 403 96 6
10 Sun November 12 box W 7-2 @ Oakland Raiders 17 13 13 264 201 63 3 13 244 198 46 2
11 Sun November 19 box L 7-3 San Diego Chargers 27 35 20 326 168 158 1 21 342 217 125 2
12 Thu November 23 box L 7-4 @ Kansas City Chiefs 10 19 16 244 206 38 1 22 382 159 223 1
13 Sun December 3 box L 7-5 Seattle Seahawks 20 23 14 302 121 181 5 12 270 162 108 1
14 Sun December 10 box L 7-6 @ San Diego Chargers 20 48 19 328 166 162 1 22 419 276 143 1
15 Sun December 17 box W 8-6 @ Arizona Cardinals 37 20 26 362 256 106 2 17 295 195 100 2
16 Sun December 24 box W 9-6 Cincinnati Bengals 24 23 17 287 160 127 2 23 343 194 149 4
17 Sun December 31 box L 9-7 San Francisco 49ers 23 26 19 325 210 115 3 17 357 168 189 1

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 319 4951 973 5.1 285 256 454 2799 20 18 5.8 151 488 2152 12 4.4 106 30 12 28
Team Defense 305 5220 1020 5.1 291 327 538 3407 13 17 5.9 183 446 1813 13 4.1 97 30 13 11
Lg Rank Offense 17 21 21 26 25 16 19 19 9 8 18 9 20 16
Lg Rank Defense 8 14 13 27 21 3 13 15 13 12 15 14 10 10

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. 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%
16 Jake Plummer 32 QB 16 11 7-4-0 175 317 55.2 1994 11 3.5 13 4.1 83 6.3 5.1 11.4 124.6 68.8 18 111 5.6 4.5 5.4
6 Jay Cutler 23 qb 5 5 2-3-0 81 137 59.1 1001 9 6.6 5 3.6 71 7.3 7.0 12.4 200.2 88.5 13 85 6.1 5.8 8.7
Team Total 27.5 16 9-7-0 256 454 56.4 2995 20 4.4 18 4.0 83 6.6 5.7 11.7 187.2 74.7 31 196 5.8 4.9 6.4
Opp Total 16 327 538 60.8 3612 13 2.4 17 3.2 6.7 5.8 11.0 225.8 75.6 36 205 5.9 5.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
26 Tatum Bell 25 RB 13 13 233 1025 2 51 4.4 78.8 17.9 24 115 4.8 0 16 1.8 8.8 1140 2 5
20 Mike Bell 23 rb 15 3 157 677 8 48 4.3 45.1 10.5 20 158 7.9 0 24 1.3 10.5 835 8 1
16 Jake Plummer 32 QB 16 11 36 112 1 19 3.1 7.0 2.3 112 1 7
29 Damien Nash 24 3 0 18 66 0 26 3.7 22.0 6.0 4 41 10.3 0 13 1.3 13.7 107 0 0
6 Jay Cutler 23 qb 5 5 12 18 0 9 1.5 3.6 2.4 18 0 8
37 Cecil Sapp 28 11 1 10 80 0 28 8.0 7.3 0.9 8 34 4.3 0 9 0.7 3.1 114 0 0
84 Javon Walker 28 WR 16 16 9 123 1 72 13.7 7.7 0.6 69 1084 15.7 8 83 4.3 67.8 1207 9 0
39 Kyle Johnson 28 FB 14 7 5 30 0 15 6.0 2.1 0.4 7 37 5.3 1 20 0.5 2.6 67 1 0
34 Cedric Cobbs 25 2 0 3 9 0 5 3.0 4.5 1.5 9 0 0
15 Brandon Marshall 22 15 1 2 12 0 6 6.0 0.8 0.1 20 309 15.5 2 71 1.3 20.6 321 2 1
80 Rod Smith 36 WR 16 16 1 -5 0 -5 -5.0 -0.3 0.1 52 512 9.8 3 20 3.3 32.0 507 3 2
88 Tony Scheffler 23 te 13 5 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 18 286 15.9 4 29 1.4 22.0 289 4 0
1 Jason Elam 36 K 16 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 2 0 0
82 Stephen Alexander 31 TE 16 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 160 8.9 2 24 1.1 10.0 160 2 0
87 David Kircus 26 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 187 20.8 0 45 0.6 11.7 187 0 0
89 Nate Jackson 27 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 49 9.8 0 24 0.5 4.5 49 0 0
85 Chad Mustard 29 12 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 23 11.5 0 14 0.2 1.9 23 0 0
Team Total 27.5 16 488 2152 12 72 4.4 134.5 30.5 256 2995 11.7 20 83 16.0 187.2 5147 32 29
Opp Total 16 446 1813 13 4.1 113.3 27.9 327 3407 10.4 13 20.4 212.9 5220 26 28

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 24 RCB 15 14 25 206 0 34 8.2 212
19 Brian Clark 23 RET 6 0 23 512 0 36 22.3 512
11 Quincy Morgan 29 7 0 17 423 0 64 24.9 423
87 David Kircus 26 16 0 6 86 0 42 14.3 2 38 0 20 19.0 311
20 Mike Bell 23 rb 15 3 5 97 0 22 19.4 932
37 Cecil Sapp 28 11 1 4 95 0 53 23.8 209
34 Cedric Cobbs 25 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 9
39 Kyle Johnson 28 FB 14 7 1 14 0 14 14.0 81
85 Chad Mustard 29 12 4 1 2 0 2 2.0 25
80 Rod Smith 36 WR 16 16 1 2 0 2 2.0 509
Team Total 27.5 16 32 294 0 42 9.2 54 1187 0 64 22.0 6628
Opp Total 16 39 0 55 1480 0 26.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
3 Paul Ernster 24 P 16 0 80 3338 61 0 41.7
1 Jason Elam 36 K 16 0 10 10 10 10 8 6 1 1 29 27 93.1% 34 34 100.0%
Team Total 27.5 16 10 10 10 10 8 6 1 1 29 27 93.1% 34 34 100.0% 80 3338 61 0 41.7
Opp Total 16 42 34 81.0% 27 27 100.0% 74 3241 43.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
56 Al Wilson* 29 MLB 15 15 1.0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 79 23
24 Champ Bailey*+ 28 LCB 16 16 10 162 1 70 21 0 0 1 4 0 74 12
27 Darrent Williams 24 RCB 15 14 4 37 1 31 9 1 3 3 12 0 75 11
52 Ian Gold 28 RLB 15 15 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 70 21
47 John Lynch* 35 FS 16 16 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 7 0 59 25
55 D.J. Williams 24 LLB 16 15 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 59 17
91 Ebenezer Ekuban 30 RDE 15 15 7.0 1 0 0 0 0 48 15
22 Domonique Foxworth 23 ss 16 5 1 45 0 45 6 1 0 0 0 0 48 13
96 Michael Myers 30 LDT 16 16 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 11 0 37 20
76 Kenard Lang 31 LDE 16 16 6.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 29 8
25 Nick Ferguson 32 SS 10 10 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 28 8
60 John Engelberger 30 16 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 24 7
97 Demetrin Veal 25 16 1 1.5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 21 11
61 Gerard Warren 28 RDT 15 15 2.5 0 0 0 0 3 22 7
40 Curome Cox 25 16 4 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 11 0 21 6
41 Karl Paymah 24 16 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 23 3
54 Patrick Chukwurah 27 14 0 4.5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 7
92 Elvis Dumervil 22 13 0 8.5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 13 0 14 3
42 Sam Brandon 27 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 3
21 Hamza Abdullah 23 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 3
51 Keith Burns 34 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 1
58 Nate Webster 29 3 2 8 3
53 Louis Green 27 16 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 2
6 Jay Cutler 23 qb 5 5 0 8 3 -8 0
38 Steve Cargile 24 2 0 4 0
16 Jake Plummer 32 QB 16 11 7 1 -5 0
26 Tatum Bell 25 RB 13 13 0 5 2 0 0
31 Quentin Harris 29 6 0 3 1
80 Rod Smith 36 WR 16 16 2 1 0 0
65 Cooper Carlisle 29 RG 16 16 0 0 2 0 0
19 Brian Clark 23 RET 6 0 0 2 0 0 0
82 Stephen Alexander 31 TE 16 14 0 1 0 0
20 Mike Bell 23 rb 15 3 1 0 0 0
72 George Foster 26 RT 16 13 0 1 0 0
15 Brandon Marshall 22 15 1 0 1 0 0 0
29 Damien Nash 24 3 0 0 1 0 0
90 Kenny Peterson 28 3 0 0 1
37 Cecil Sapp 28 11 1 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.5 16 35.0 17 244 2 70 77 20 29 27 45 0 801 231
Opp Total 16 31 28 15

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1 Jason Elam 36 K 16 0 34 27 115
84 Javon Walker 28 WR 16 16 1 8 9 54
20 Mike Bell 23 rb 15 3 8 8 48
88 Tony Scheffler 23 te 13 5 4 4 24
80 Rod Smith 36 WR 16 16 3 3 18
82 Stephen Alexander 31 TE 16 14 2 2 12
26 Tatum Bell 25 RB 13 13 2 2 12
15 Brandon Marshall 22 15 1 2 2 12
24 Champ Bailey*+ 28 LCB 16 16 1 1 6
39 Kyle Johnson 28 FB 14 7 1 1 6
16 Jake Plummer 32 QB 16 11 1 1 6
27 Darrent Williams 24 RCB 15 14 1 1 6
Team Total 27.5 16 12 20 2 34 34 27 319
Opp Total 16 13 13 1 27 34 305