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1996 Denver Broncos

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

Scored 391 points (24.4/g), 4th of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 275 points (17.2/g), 7th.
 Differential of 116 points (7.2/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 11.2-4.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 16th.

Coached by Mike Shanahan (13-3-0)

1996 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 1 box W 1-0 New York Jets 31 6 21 367 167 200 3 12 188 72 116 4
2 Sun September 8 box W 2-0 @ Seattle Seahawks 30 20 22 374 194 180 1 10 211 172 39 3
3 Sun September 15 box W 3-0 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 23 20 374 180 194 3 15 307 186 121 2
4 Sun September 22 box L 3-1 @ Kansas City Chiefs 14 17 17 299 138 161 2 20 306 231 75 1
5 Sun September 29 box W 4-1 @ Cincinnati Bengals 14 10 22 402 288 114 3 17 253 147 106 1
6 Sun October 6 box W 5-1 San Diego Chargers 28 17 23 406 312 94 1 14 245 210 35
7 Bye Week
8 Sun October 20 box W 6-1 Baltimore Ravens 45 34 26 548 326 222 1 23 392 317 75 1
9 Sun October 27 box W 7-1 Kansas City Chiefs 34 7 26 499 286 213 3 10 232 208 24 2
10 Mon November 4 box W 8-1 @ Oakland Raiders 22 21 18 312 160 152 1 17 321 216 105
11 Sun November 10 box W 9-1 Chicago Bears 17 12 17 284 192 92 24 346 172 174 3
12 Sun November 17 box W 10-1 @ New England Patriots 34 8 26 422 224 198 1 12 218 201 17 1
13 Sun November 24 box W 11-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 21 17 22 388 309 79 3 20 296 246 50 2
14 Sun December 1 box W 12-1 Seattle Seahawks 34 7 31 441 236 205 13 277 172 105 3
15 Sun December 8 box L 12-2 @ Green Bay Packers 6 41 9 176 83 93 3 22 379 276 103 2
16 Sun December 15 box W 13-2 Oakland Raiders 24 19 23 285 186 99 3 18 255 150 105 4
17 Sun December 22 box L 13-3 @ San Diego Chargers 10 16 13 214 148 66 4 14 244 163 81 3
Playoffs
Division Sat January 4 box L 13-4 Jacksonville Jaguars 27 30

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 391 5791 1092 5.3 336 327 536 3429 26 17 6.0 180 525 2362 20 4.5 134 32 15 22
Team Defense 275 4470 951 4.7 455 302 566 3139 22 23 5.2 165 345 1331 5 3.9 261 32 9 29
Lg Rank Offense 4 1 4 16 13 5 12 13 2 1 2 4 17 25
Lg Rank Defense 7 4 5 27 10 16 4 5 1 1 2 18 13 26

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%
John Elway* 36 QB 15 15 13-2-0 287 466 61.6 3328 26 5.6 14 3.0 51 7.1 6.3 11.6 221.9 89.2 26 194 6.4 5.6 5.3
Bill Musgrave 29 6 1 0-1-0 31 52 59.6 276 0 0.0 2 3.8 46 5.3 3.6 8.9 46.0 57.9 4 32 4.4 2.8 7.1
Jeff Lewis 23 2 0 9 17 52.9 58 0 0.0 1 5.9 11 3.4 0.8 6.4 29.0 35.9 1 7 2.8 0.3 5.6
Aaron Craver 28 FB 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 28.2 16 13-3-0 327 536 61.0 3662 26 4.9 17 3.2 51 6.8 5.9 11.2 228.9 84.3 31 233 6.0 5.2 5.5
Opp Total 16 302 566 53.4 3139 22 3.9 23 4.1 5.5 4.1 10.4 196.2 65.7 40 274 5.2 3.4

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
Terrell Davis*+ 24 RB 16 16 345 1538 13 71 4.5 96.1 21.6 36 310 8.6 2 23 2.3 19.4 1848 15 5
Aaron Craver 28 FB 15 15 59 232 2 28 3.9 15.5 3.9 39 297 7.6 1 39 2.6 19.8 529 3 1
John Elway* 36 QB 15 15 50 249 4 22 5.0 16.6 3.3 249 4 6
Vaughn Hebron 26 RET 16 0 49 262 0 47 5.3 16.4 3.1 7 43 6.1 0 11 0.4 2.7 305 0 3
Bill Musgrave 29 6 1 12 -4 0 6 -0.3 -0.7 2.0 -4 0 3
Jeff Lewis 23 2 0 4 39 0 18 9.8 19.5 2.0 39 0 0
Anthony Miller 31 WR 16 16 3 39 1 26 13.0 2.4 0.2 56 735 13.1 3 46 3.5 45.9 774 4 0
Reggie Rivers 28 16 0 2 6 0 3 3.0 0.4 0.1 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 0.1 -0.1 5 0 0
Rod Smith 26 10 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 16 237 14.8 2 49 1.6 23.7 238 2 1
Shannon Sharpe*+ 28 TE 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 80 1062 13.3 10 51 5.3 70.8 1062 10 1
Ed McCaffrey 28 WR 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 48 553 11.5 7 39 3.2 36.9 553 7 0
Mike Sherrard 33 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 185 11.6 1 25 1.1 12.3 185 1 0
Dwayne Carswell 24 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 85 5.7 0 11 0.9 5.3 85 0 0
Byron Chamberlain 25 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 129 10.8 0 17 1.1 11.7 129 0 1
Todd Kinchen 27 RET 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 27 27.0 0 27 0.1 3.9 27 0 5
Team Total 28.2 16 525 2362 20 71 4.5 147.6 32.8 327 3662 11.2 26 51 20.4 228.9 6024 46 27
Opp Total 16 345 1331 5 3.9 83.2 21.6 302 3139 10.4 22 18.9 196.2 4470 27 26

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
Vaughn Hebron 26 RET 16 0 45 1099 0 59 24.4 1404
Todd Kinchen 27 RET 7 0 26 300 0 40 11.5 327
Rod Smith 26 10 1 23 283 0 36 12.3 1 29 0 29 29.0 550
Byron Chamberlain 25 11 0 3 49 0 21 16.3 178
Patrick Jeffers 23 4 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 18
Team Total 28.2 16 49 583 0 40 11.9 50 1195 0 59 23.9 7802
Opp Total 16 23 1 76 1602 1 21.1

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 26 K 16 0 2 2 8 8 5 4 10 6 3 1 28 21 75.0% 46 46 100.0%
Tom Rouen 28 P 16 0 65 2714 57 0 41.8
Team Total 28.2 16 2 2 8 8 5 4 10 6 3 1 28 21 75.0% 46 46 100.0% 65 2714 57 0 41.8
Opp Total 16 23 20 87.0% 25 25 100.0% 83 3826 46.1

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
Alfred Williams*+ 28 RDE 16 16 13.0 3 0 1 0 0 45 11
Tyrone Braxton* 32 SS 16 16 9 128 1 69 3 0 1 20 0 69 15
Bill Romanowski* 30 LLB 16 16 3.0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 56 21
John Elway* 36 QB 15 15 6 2 -4 0
Terrell Davis*+ 24 RB 16 16 5 2 0 0
Ray Crockett 29 LCB 15 15 4.0 2 34 0 34 2 0 0 0 0 52 6
Todd Kinchen 27 RET 7 0 5 1 0 0
Maa Tanuvasa 26 16 1 5.0 0 0 1 0 0 12 4
Jumpy Geathers 36 16 0 5.0 10 6
Michael Dean Perry* 31 RDT 15 15 3.5 1 0 1 0 0 22 9
Steve Atwater* 30 FS 16 16 3 11 0 11 1 1 0 0 0 64 17
Vaughn Hebron 26 RET 16 0 3 1 0 0
Tory James 23 16 2 2 15 0 15 1 0 1 15 0 22 1
Bill Musgrave 29 6 1 3 0 -4 0
John Mobley 23 RLB 16 16 1.5 1 8 0 8 49 12
Harald Hasselbach 29 16 1 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 7 4
Randy Hilliard 29 13 2 1 27 0 27 0 0 1 0 0 20 4
Lionel Washington 36 RCB 14 12 2 17 0 23 41 2
Dan Williams 27 LDE 15 15 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 14 2
Mike Lodish 29 LDT 16 16 1.5 16 6
Jeff Robinson 26 16 0 0.5 0 1 0 0
Glenn Cadrez 26 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1
Byron Chamberlain 25 11 0 1 0 0 0
Aaron Craver 28 FB 15 15 1 0 0 0
Reggie Rivers 28 16 0 0 1 0 0
Shannon Sharpe*+ 28 TE 15 15 1 0 0 0
Rod Smith 26 10 1 1 0 0 0
Team Total 28.2 16 40.0 23 241 1 69 14 27 19 27 0 587 140
Opp Total 16 31 26 17

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 26 K 16 0 46 21 109
Terrell Davis*+ 24 RB 16 16 13 2 90
Shannon Sharpe*+ 28 TE 15 15 10 60
Ed McCaffrey 28 WR 15 15 7 42
John Elway* 36 QB 15 15 4 24
Anthony Miller 31 WR 16 16 1 3 24
Aaron Craver 28 FB 15 15 2 1 18
Rod Smith 26 10 1 2 12
Tyrone Braxton* 32 SS 16 16 1 6
Mike Sherrard 33 15 0 1 6
Team Total 28.2 16 20 26 1 46 21 391
Opp Total 16 5 22 1 1 2 25 20 275