2008 Denver Broncos

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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 370 points (23.1/g), 16th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 448 points (28.0/g), 30th.
Differential of -78 points (-4.9/g), 25th.
Expected W-L: 6.2-9.8.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -17 (-1.1/g), 31st.

Coached by Mike Shanahan (8-8-0)

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2008 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Mon	September 8	box	W	1-0	@	Oakland Raiders	41	14	24	441	300	141		15	307	157	150	1
2	Sun	September 14	box	W	2-0		San Diego Chargers	39	38	34	486	341	145	1	19	456	376	80	1
3	Sun	September 21	box	W	3-0		New Orleans Saints	34	32	20	369	264	105	2	27	502	414	88	1
4	Sun	September 28	box	L	3-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	19	33	22	446	352	94	4	17	370	157	213	1
5	Sun	October 5	box	W	4-1		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	13	17	333	227	106	1	17	307	168	139	1
6	Sun	October 12	box	L	4-2		Jacksonville Jaguars	17	24	19	323	192	131	3	26	416	261	155	2
7	Mon	October 20	box	L	4-3	@	New England Patriots	7	41	19	275	169	106	5	25	404	147	257
8							Bye Week
9	Sun	November 2	box	L	4-4		Miami Dolphins	17	26	14	319	305	14	3	21	341	266	75	1
10	Thu	November 6	box	W	5-4	@	Cleveland Browns	34	30	26	564	441	123	1	20	399	239	160	1
11	Sun	November 16	box	W	6-4	@	Atlanta Falcons	24	20	19	332	208	124		20	364	250	114	1
12	Sun	November 23	box	L	6-5		Oakland Raiders	10	31	23	319	204	115	2	18	318	160	158
13	Sun	November 30	box	W	7-5	@	New York Jets	34	17	23	484	357	127	1	22	383	241	142	2
14	Sun	December 7	box	W	8-5		Kansas City Chiefs	24	17	27	425	286	139	1	14	260	177	83
15	Sun	December 14	box	L	8-6	@	Carolina Panthers	10	30	15	279	158	121	2	18	400	253	147	1
16	Sun	December 21	box	L	8-7		Buffalo Bills	23	30	27	532	351	181	2	20	275	188	87
17	Sun	December 28	box	L	8-8	@	San Diego Chargers	21	52	25	406	316	90	2	28	491	202	289

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	370	6333	1019	6.2	354	386	620	4471	25	18	7.1	223	387	1862	15	4.8	103	30	12	28
Team Defense	448	5993	990	6.1	327	333	495	3656	20	6	7.0	186	469	2337	26	5.0	122	13	7	19
Lg Rank Offense	16	2			2		3	3	7	24	7		28	12	14	3		24	20
Lg Rank Defense	30	29			29		11	26	14	31	27		25	27	30	30		32	26

Passing

Glossary · 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	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
6	Jay Cutler*	25	QB	16	16	8-8-0	384	616	62.3	4526	25	4.1	18	2.9	93	7.3	6.8	11.8	282.9	86.0	11	69	7.1	6.6	1.8
11	Patrick Ramsey	29		1	0		2	3	66.7	19	0	0.0	0	0.0	10	6.3	6.3	9.5	19.0	84.0	1	5	3.5	3.5	25.0
19	Eddie Royal	22	WR	15	15		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
	Team Total	26.7		16		8-8-0	386	620	62.3	4545	25	4.0	18	2.9	93	7.3	6.8	11.8	284.1	85.9	12	74	7.1	6.6	1.9
	Opp Total			16			333	495	67.3	3797	20	4.0	6	1.2		7.7	7.9	11.4	237.3	98.5	26	141	7.0	7.3

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · 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
28	Michael Pittman	33		8	3	76	320	4	20	4.2	40.0	9.5	10	112	11.2	0	40	1.3	14.0	432	4	0
22	Peyton Hillis	22	RB	12	6	68	343	5	19	5.0	28.6	5.7	14	179	12.8	1	47	1.2	14.9	522	6	0
35	Selvin Young	25	rb	8	5	61	303	1	49	5.0	37.9	7.6	3	16	5.3	0	8	0.4	2.0	319	1	1
6	Jay Cutler*	25	QB	16	16	57	200	2	18	3.5	12.5	3.6								200	2	5
21	Tatum Bell	27		7	3	44	249	2	37	5.7	35.6	6.3	10	57	5.7	0	12	1.4	8.1	306	2	0
23	Andre Hall	26		8	0	35	144	0	16	4.1	18.0	4.4	3	25	8.3	0	11	0.4	3.1	169	0	2
31	P.J. Pope	24		5	1	17	130	0	24	7.6	26.0	3.4	3	24	8.0	1	16	0.6	4.8	154	1	0
42	Ryan Torain	22		2	1	15	69	1	19	4.6	34.5	7.5								69	1	0
19	Eddie Royal	22	WR	15	15	11	109	0	71	9.9	7.3	0.7	91	980	10.8	5	93	6.1	65.3	1089	5	2
15	Brandon Marshall*	24	WR	15	15	2	-4	0	7	-2.0	-0.3	0.1	104	1265	12.2	6	47	6.9	84.3	1261	6	4
88	Tony Scheffler	25	TE	13	7	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	40	645	16.1	3	72	3.1	49.6	644	3	1
14	Brandon Stokley	32		15	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	49	528	10.8	3	36	3.3	35.2	528	3	0
89	Daniel Graham	30	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	32	389	12.2	4	28	2.0	24.3	389	4	0
82	Darrell Jackson	30		12	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	12	190	15.8	1	48	1.0	15.8	190	1	0
81	Nate Jackson	29		10	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	11	84	7.6	1	19	1.1	8.4	84	1	0
17	Glenn Martinez	27		2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	32	10.7	0	12	1.5	16.0	32	0	0
16	Chad Jackson	23		4	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	19	19.0	0	19	0.3	4.8	19	0	1
	Team Total	26.7		16		387	1862	15	71	4.8	116.4	24.2	386	4545	11.8	25	93	24.1	284.1	6407	40	18
	Opp Total			16		469	2337	26		5.0	146.1	29.3	333	3656	11.0	20		20.8	228.5	5993	46	15

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · 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
19	Eddie Royal	22	WR	15	15	14	140	0	36	10.0	23	600	0	95	26.1	1829
23	Andre Hall	26		8	0						21	469	0	28	22.3	638
16	Chad Jackson	23		4	0						8	162	0	24	20.3	181
35	Selvin Young	25	rb	8	5						8	176	0	31	22.0	495
17	Glenn Martinez	27		2	0	5	56	0	27	11.2	1	0	0	0	0.0	88
22	Peyton Hillis	22	RB	12	6						4	65	0	25	16.3	587
10	Cliff Russell	29		2	0						2	44	0	25	22.0	44
21	Tatum Bell	27		7	3						1	8	0	8	8.0	314
60	John Engelberger	32	lde	15	6						1	9	0	9	9.0	9
57	Mario Haggan	28		8	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
85	Chad Mustard	31		8	0						1	17	0	17	17.0	17
87	Jeb Putzier	29		2	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Total	26.7		16		20	196	0	36	9.8	71	1550	0	95	21.8	8153
	Opp Total			16		28		1			63	1554	1		24.7

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · 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
5	Matt Prater	24	K	16	0			8	7	9	8	11	5	6	5	34	25	73.5%	40	39	97.5%
1	Brett Kern	22	P	16	0																	46	2150	64	0	46.7
	Team Total	26.7		16				8	7	9	8	11	5	6	5	34	25	73.5%	40	39	97.5%	46	2150	64	0	46.7
	Opp Total			16												35	32	91.4%	48	48	100.0%	52	2413			46.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · 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
51	Jamie Winborn	29	LLB	16	11	0.5	0	0	0	0	11						71	25
55	D.J. Williams	26	RLB	11	11	2.5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	68	25
33	Marquand Manuel	29	SS	16	14		0	0	0	0	4						61	22
58	Nate Webster	31	MLB	13	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	34	1	50	26
32	Dre' Bly	31	RCB	16	16		2	5	0	5	8	1	0	0	0	0	54	8
59	Wesley Woodyard	22	rlb	16	6		0	0	0	0	1						38	8
24	Champ Bailey	30	LCB	9	9	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	36	5
91	Ebenezer Ekuban	32	LDE	15	10	5.0						0	0	1	0	0	29	9
97	Boss Bailey	29	llb	6	6							1	0	1	0	0	31	9
34	Josh Bell	23	lcb	9	5		0	0	0	0	4						31	3
79	Marcus Thomas	23	RDT	16	16		1	11	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	23	11
60	John Engelberger	32	lde	15	6	1.0						1	0	0	0	0	24	7
41	Karl Paymah	26		16	2		1	13	0	13	5	0	0	1	0	0	25	4
20	Marlon McCree	31	FS	8	7		0	0	0	0	2						23	6
92	Elvis Dumervil	24	RDE	16	15	5.0						1	0	1	0	0	17	7
90	Kenny Peterson	30		16	1	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	15	9
63	Dewayne Robertson	27	LDT	15	15	1.5											18	4
36	Josh Barrett	24		6	3		1	34	0	34	4						11	7
57	Mario Haggan	28		8	0	1.0											13	2
37	Calvin Lowry	25		11	3		0	0	0	0	2						11	7
46	Spencer Larsen	24		14	3												12	3
94	Jarvis Moss	24		12	0	2.5											10	2
39	Vernon Fox	29		10	3							0	0	1	23	1	8	7
93	Nic Clemons	28		10	0		0	0	0	0	1						7	6
26	Jack Williams	23		14	0												8	0
52	Louis Green	29		12	0												5	2
43	Roderick Rogers	24		3	1												5	0
15	Brandon Marshall*	24	WR	15	15							0	4	0	0	0	2	0
6	Jay Cutler*	25	QB	16	16							0	5	0	-11	0	1	0
74	Ryan Harris	23	RT	16	16												3	0
14	Brandon Stokley	32		15	2							1	0	0	0	0	3	0
62	Casey Wiegmann*	35	C	16	16												3	0
19	Eddie Royal	22	WR	15	15							0	2	1	0	0	1	0
81	Nate Jackson	29		10	3												1	2
22	Peyton Hillis	22	RB	12	6												1	1
53	Niko Koutouvides	27		14	0												1	1
73	Chris Kuper	26	RG	16	16							0	0	1	0	0	1	0
95	Josh Shaw	29		5	0												1	1
21	Hamza Abdullah	25		1	0												1	0
21	Tatum Bell	27		7	3												1	0
78	Ryan Clady	22	LT	16	16												1	0
96	Tim Crowder	23		6	0												1	0
89	Daniel Graham	30	TE	16	16												1	0
23	Andre Hall	26		8	0								2	0	0	0
50	Ben Hamilton	31	LG	16	16												1	0
82	Darrell Jackson	30		12	2												1	0
88	Tony Scheffler	25	TE	13	7							0	1	1	0	0
30	Cory Boyd	23		1	0								0	1	0	0
16	Chad Jackson	23		4	0								1	0	0	0
31	P.J. Pope	24		5	1												0	1
11	Patrick Ramsey	29		1	0								1	0	0	0
35	Selvin Young	25	rb	8	5								1	0	0	0
	Team Total	26.7		16		25.0	6	63	0	34	52	9	18	11	46	2	729	230
	Opp Total			16		12							15	8					1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
5	Matt Prater	24	K	16	0								39	25		114
22	Peyton Hillis	22	RB	12	6	5	1				6					36
15	Brandon Marshall*	24	WR	15	15		6				6					36
19	Eddie Royal	22	WR	15	15		5				5	1				32
89	Daniel Graham	30	TE	16	16		4				4					24
28	Michael Pittman	33		8	3	4					4					24
88	Tony Scheffler	25	TE	13	7		3				3					18
14	Brandon Stokley	32		15	2		3				3					18
6	Jay Cutler*	25	QB	16	16	2					2	1				14
21	Tatum Bell	27		7	3	2					2					12
39	Vernon Fox	29		10	3					1	1					6
82	Darrell Jackson	30		12	2		1				1					6
81	Nate Jackson	29		10	3		1				1					6
31	P.J. Pope	24		5	1		1				1					6
42	Ryan Torain	22		2	1	1					1					6
58	Nate Webster	31	MLB	13	13					1	1					6
35	Selvin Young	25	rb	8	5	1					1					6
	Team Total	26.7		16		15	25			2	42	2	39	25		370
	Opp Total			16		26	20	1	1			2	48	32	1	448

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