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1976 Denver Broncos Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-5-0, 2nd in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: John Ralston (9-5-0)

Points For: 315 (22.5/g) 7th of 28

Points Against: 206 (14.7/g) 6th of 28

Expected W-L: 10.3-3.7

SRS: 6.95 (8th of 28), SOS: -0.84

Offensive Coordinator: Max Coley

Defensive Coordinator: Joe Collier

Other Notable Asst.: Kay Dalton (Wide Receivers) and Richard Urich (Offensive Line)

Stadium: Mile High Stadium

Majority Owner/Chairman of the Board of Directors: Gerald Phipps

Partial Owner/President: Allan Phipps

Head Coach/General Manager: John Ralston

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Training Camp: Colorado State (Fort Collins, Colorado)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	315	4136	901	4.6	34	12	239	168	353	2204	15	22	5.5	114	500	1932	14	3.9	106	105	986	19
Opp. Stats	206	3734	919	4.1	37	13	222	214	391	2025	8	24	4.8	104	496	1709	14	3.4	90	88	715	28
Lg Rank Offense	7	16			15	3	17		21	12	15	23	12		17	19	14	19
Lg Rank Defense	6	8			13	22	7		22	12	1	4	9		11	3	13	2

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 12	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Cincinnati Bengals	7	17	12	161	46	115	2	14	253	135	118	1
2	Sun	September 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1		New York Jets	46	3	31	543	292	251	1	11	185	93	92	2
3	Sun	September 26	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Cleveland Browns	44	13	18	226	171	55	3	17	227	144	83	4
4	Sun	October 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		San Diego Chargers	26	0	17	311	170	141	2	12	240	152	88	3
5	Sun	October 10	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2	@	Houston Oilers	3	17	8	154	67	87	1	18	312	217	95
6	Sun	October 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-3		Oakland Raiders	10	17	16	261	173	88		20	289	158	131	1
7	Sun	October 24	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3	@	Kansas City Chiefs	35	26	24	395	203	192	5	29	467	298	169	2
8	Sun	October 31	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4	@	Oakland Raiders	6	19	16	265	134	131	2	20	382	222	160	2
9	Sun	November 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-4		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	48	13	18	415	222	193	3	17	234	122	112	4
10	Sun	November 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-4	@	San Diego Chargers	17	0	13	255	194	61	2	8	128	95	33	6
11	Sun	November 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4		New York Giants	14	13	15	239	103	136	1	13	243	122	121	3
12	Sun	November 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-5	@	New England Patriots	14	38	12	189	145	44	3	25	414	82	332	2
13	Sun	December 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-5		Kansas City Chiefs	17	16	13	269	187	82	3	13	188	129	59	3
14	Sun	December 12	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-5	@	Chicago Bears	28	14	26	453	97	356	6	5	172	56	116	4

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Steve Ramsey	28	QB	12	12	7-5-0	128	270	47.4	1931	11	4.1	13	4.8	71	7.2	5.8	15.1	160.9	64.9	39	261	12.62	5.40	4.2	0	0
2	Norris Weese	25	QB	14	0		24	47	51.1	314	1	2.1	6	12.8	43	6.7	1.4	13.1	22.4	40.0	9	45	16.07	4.80	0.3	1	1
3	Craig Penrose	23	QB	4	2	2-0-0	16	36	44.4	265	3	8.3	3	8.3	41	7.4	5.3	16.6	66.3	62.8	0	0	0.00	7.36	5.3	1	1
	Team Totals			14	14	9-5-0	168	353	47.6	2204	15	4.2	22	6.2	71	7.1	5.2	14.9	157.4	59.6	48	306	11.97	5.50	3.78	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Otis Armstrong	26	RB	14	14	247	1008	5	31	4.1	72.0	17.6	39	457	11.7	1	36	2.8	32.6	286	5.1	1465	6	4	PB
2	Jon Keyworth	26	FB	14	13	122	349	3	13	2.9	24.9	8.7	22	201	9.1	1	31	1.6	14.4	144	3.8	550	4	1
3	Riley Odoms	26	TE	14	14	3	36	2	15	12.0	2.6	0.2	30	477	15.9	3	47	2.1	34.1	33	15.5	513	5	0
4	Haven Moses	30	WR	14	14	1	-4	0	-4	-4.0	-0.3	0.1	25	498	19.9	7	71	1.8	35.6	26	19.0	494	7	0
5	Rick Upchurch	24	WR	13	9	6	71	1	25	11.8	5.5	0.5	12	340	28.3	1	59	0.9	26.2	18	22.8	411	2	5	PB,AP-1
6	Jack Dolbin	28	WR	14	5	2	5	0	8	2.5	0.4	0.1	19	354	18.6	1	40	1.4	25.3	21	17.1	359	1	0
7	Jim Kiick	30	RB	14	0	31	114	1	19	3.7	8.1	2.2	10	78	7.8	1	19	0.7	5.6	41	4.7	192	2	0
8	Lonnie Perrin	24	RB	14	0	37	118	2	14	3.2	8.4	2.6	4	35	8.8	0	15	0.3	2.5	41	3.7	153	2	1
9	Norris Weese	25	QB	14	0	23	142	0	20	6.2	10.1	1.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	23	6.2	142	0	2
10	Mike Franckowiak	23	RB	14	1	12	25	0	7	2.1	1.8	0.9	4	42	10.5	0	11	0.3	3.0	16	4.2	67	0	1
11	Steve Ramsey	28	QB	12	12	13	51	0	15	3.9	4.3	1.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	13	3.9	51	0	5
12	John Schultz	23	WR	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	29	14.5	0	16	0.1	2.1	2	14.5	29	0	1
13	Billy Van Heusen	30	WR	7	0	1	20	0	20	20.0	2.9	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	20.0	20	0	0
14	Tommy Lyons	28	RG	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0.1	-0.1	1	-1.0	-1	0	0
15	Craig Penrose	23	QB	4	2	2	-3	0	-1	-1.5	-0.8	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-1.5	-3	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	500	1932	14	31	3.9	138.0	35.7	168	2510	14.9	15	71	12.0	179.3	668	6.6	4442	29	20

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Otis Armstrong	26	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
2	Rubin Carter	24	NT/LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	0
3	Barney Chavous	25	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	0
4	Randy Gradishar	24	RILB/MLB	14	14	3	44	1	31	0	1	0	0	7.0	0
5	Tom Jackson	25	ROLB/RLB	14	14	7	136	1	46	1	2	0	0	4.0	0
6	John Rowser	32	FS	14	14	4	104	2	41	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Louis Wright	23	LCB	14	14	0	32	0	32	0	1	4	0	0.0	0
8	Jon Keyworth	26	FB	14	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Steve Ramsey	28	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	5	2	-22	0	0.0	0
10	Joe Rizzo	26	LILB/LLB	12	12	1	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
11	Bobby Maples	34	C	14	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	0.0	0
12	Paul Smith	31	RDE	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
13	Rick Upchurch	24	WR	13	9	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
14	Calvin Jones	25	RCB	10	8	2	7	0	7	0	1	43	1	1.0	0
15	Bob Swenson	23	LOLB	14	7	2	26	0	26	0	1	5	0	1.0	0
16	Steve Foley	23	RCB	14	6	4	95	0	34	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Jack Dolbin	28	WR	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
18	Phil Olsen	28	C	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Godwin Turk	26	LB	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Mike Franckowiak	23	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Jim White	28	DE	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Rich Baska	24	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Larry Evans	23	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Wayne Hammond	23	DT	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
25	Randy Moore	22	DT	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
26	Lonnie Perrin	24	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Randy Poltl	24	DB	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	1	0.0	0
28	John Schultz	23	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Norris Weese	25	QB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-3	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	24	452	4	46	23	22	47	2	32.0	0

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