1978 Denver Broncos Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-6-0, 1st in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Red Miller (10-6-0)

Points For: 282 (17.6/g) 15th of 28

Points Against: 198 (12.4/g) 2nd of 28

Expected W-L: 11.2-4.8

SRS: 5.03 (4th of 28), SOS: -0.22

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 10-33 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Defensive Coordinator: Joe Collier

Other Notable Asst.: Bill Belichick (Defensive Assistant/Asst. Special Teams), Richie McCabe (Defensive Backs), Paul Roach (Offensive Backs) and Bob Zeman (Linebackers)

Stadium: Mile High Stadium

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

Partial Owner/President: Allan Phipps

VP/General Manager: Fred Gehrke

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +1000

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	282	4829	1040	4.6	34	17	294	217	391	2378	17	17	5.4	137	601	2451	15	4.1	129	132	1092	28
Opp. Stats	198	4449	1017	4.4	44	13	251	246	438	2470	9	31	5.3	120	549	1979	12	3.6	106	114	894	25
Lg Rank Offense	15	14			4	10	10		16	17	10	4	14		8	8	17	11
Lg Rank Defense	2	6			7	26	4		17	14	1	2	12		8	6	5	4

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Oakland Raiders	14	6	13	152	8	144	1	16	318	201	117	3	-15.29	13.41	4.89
2	Mon	September 11	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	1-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	9	12	18	231	129	102	6	13	206	105	101	3	-24.57	20.47	-4.26
3	Sun	September 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		San Diego Chargers	27	14	21	314	177	137		18	315	214	101	2	5.37	7.62	0.29
4	Sun	September 24	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	3-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	23	17	25	357	129	228	1	13	244	89	155	2	5.89	4.52	-4.41
5	Sun	October 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1		Seattle Seahawks	28	7	24	373	169	204	3	19	323	231	92	5	9.56	12.65	0.32
6	Sun	October 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-2	@	San Diego Chargers	0	23	11	156	80	76	5	19	298	170	128	2	-26.37	12.27	-6.41
7	Mon	October 16	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2		Chicago Bears	16	7	18	308	173	135	3	15	347	137	210	3	-0.99	11.61	-3.14
8	Sun	October 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3	@	Baltimore Colts	6	7	17	341	190	151	1	11	237	131	106	1	-10.12	10.84	-3.00
9	Sun	October 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	6-3	@	Seattle Seahawks	20	17	25	423	145	278	3	19	258	140	118	5	-7.44	19.35	-3.87
10	Sun	November 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-4		New York Jets	28	31	15	306	173	133	3	19	403	201	202	3	-9.54	12.72	-4.42
11	Sun	November 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4	@	Cleveland Browns	19	7	17	323	214	109	2	14	255	145	110	3	-2.56	10.11	6.74
12	Sun	November 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-4		Green Bay Packers	16	3	19	359	144	215		13	263	179	84	1	0.53	8.00	3.96
13	Thu	November 23	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		8-5	@	Detroit Lions	14	17	16	233	105	128	1	15	244	105	139	1	-5.68	1.26	0.53
14	Sun	December 3	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-5	@	Oakland Raiders	21	6	16	192	45	147	1	20	279	178	101	5	-7.62	20.83	-0.55
15	Sun	December 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-5		Kansas City Chiefs	24	3	20	461	271	190	2	13	199	100	99	3	9.55	19.26	-8.20
16	Sat	December 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-6		Pittsburgh Steelers	17	21	19	300	226	74	2	14	260	144	116	2	0.36	3.04	3.10
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 30	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		10-7	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	10	33	15	218	131	87	2	24	425	272	153	2	-11.06	-8.98	-5.40

Passing

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Craig Morton	35	QB	14	13	8-5-0	146	267	54.7	1802	11	4.1	8	3.0	89	37.3	42	6.7	6.2	12.3	128.7	77.0	36	238	11.88	5.16	4.7	1	3
2	Norris Weese	27	QB	13	1	1-0-0	55	87	63.2	723	4	4.6	5	5.7	38	42.4	31	8.3	6.6	13.1	55.6	80.8	12	94	12.12	6.35	4.9	0	0
3	Craig Penrose	25	QB	4	2	1-1-0	16	37	43.2	185	2	5.4	4	10.8	11	35.1	29	5.0	1.2	11.6	46.3	37.4	0	0	0.00	5.00	1.2	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	10-6-0	217	391	55.5	2378	17	4.3	17	4.3	138	38.3	42	6.9	5.8	12.5	148.6	73.6	48	332	10.93	5.42	4.45	1	3

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1	Norris Weese	27	QB	1	0		8	16	50.0	118	0.0	5	23.8	28	7.4	7.4	14.8	118.0	74.5	5	30	23.81	4.19	4.2
2	Craig Morton	35	QB	1	1	0-1-0	3	5	60.0	34	0.0	2	33.3	19	6.8	6.8	11.3	34.0	80.4	1	7	16.67	4.50	4.5
3	Bucky Dilts	25	P	1	0		1	1	100.0	16	0.0	1	100.0	16	16.0	16.0	16.0	16.0	118.7	0	0	0.00	16.00	16.0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	12	22	54.5	131	0.0	8	28.6	28	7.6	7.6	14.0	131.0	79.4	6	37	21.43	4.68	4.68

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						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Riley Odoms	28	TE	16	16	2	5	0	0	50.0	7	2.5	0.3	0.1	84	54	829	15.4	6	38	57.1	42	3.4	51.8	64.3	9.9	56	14.9	834	6	2	PB
2	Haven Moses	32	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	68	37	744	20.1	5	33	51.5	42	2.3	46.5	54.4	10.9	37	20.1	744	5	1
3	Jon Keyworth	28	FB	16	16	112	444	3	17	42.0	30	4.0	27.8	7.0	28	21	166	7.9	1	10	42.9	20	1.3	10.4	75.0	5.9	133	4.6	610	4	2
4	Lonnie Perrin	26	RB	16	0	108	455	4	23	57.4	28	4.2	28.4	6.8	16	10	54	5.4	1	3	25.0	13	0.6	3.4	62.5	3.4	118	4.3	509	5	2
5	Dave Preston	23	RB	16	0	66	296	1	16	54.5	16	4.5	18.5	4.1	32	24	199	8.3	1	12	50.0	21	1.5	12.4	75.0	6.2	90	5.5	495	2	4
6	Otis Armstrong	28	RB	16	9	112	381	1	16	36.6	20	3.4	23.8	7.0	19	12	98	8.2	1	5	31.6	19	0.8	6.1	63.2	5.2	124	3.9	479	2	1
7	Larry Canada	24	RB	16	0	79	365	3	24	55.7	47	4.6	22.8	4.9	7	6	37	6.2	0	1	28.6	12	0.4	2.3	85.7	5.3	85	4.7	402	3	1
8	Rob Lytle	24	RB	13	7	81	341	2	20	54.3	25	4.2	26.2	6.2	16	6	37	6.2	0	2	18.8	10	0.5	2.8	37.5	2.3	87	4.3	378	2	0
9	Jack Dolbin	30	WR	16	14	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	51	24	284	11.8	0	16	41.2	21	1.5	17.8	47.1	5.6	24	11.8	284	0	1
10	Rick Upchurch	26	WR	12	0	5	31	0	1	40.0	11	6.2	2.6	0.4	32	17	210	12.4	1	15	50.0	29	1.4	17.5	53.1	6.6	22	11.0	241	1	2	PB,AP-1
11	Craig Morton	35	QB	14	13	17	71	0	4	47.1	12	4.2	5.1	1.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			17	4.2	71	0	6
12	Norris Weese	27	QB	13	1	17	48	1	6	41.2	8	2.8	3.7	1.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			17	2.8	48	1	3
13	Ron Egloff	23	TE	8	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	4	33	8.3	1	2	66.7	15	0.5	4.1	66.7	5.5	4	8.3	33	1	0
14	Vince Kinney	22	WR	8	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	23	23.0	0	1	50.0	23	0.1	2.9	50.0	11.5	1	23.0	23	0	0
15	Steve Foley	25	RCB	16	16	1	14	0	1	100.0	14	14.0	0.9	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	14.0	14	0	0
16	Bob Moore	29	TE	8	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
17	Craig Penrose	25	QB	4	2	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	1
18	Jim Turner	37	K	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	-4	-4.0	0	0	0.0	-4	0.1	-0.3	100.0	-4.0	1	-4.0	-4	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	601	2451	15	128	48.8	47	4.1	153.2	37.6	363	217	2710	12.5	17	138	46.3	42	13.6	169.4	59.8	7.5	818	6.3	5161	32	26

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Jack Dolbin	30	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	4	77	19.3	0	3	50.0	28	4.0	77.0	66.7	12.8	4	19.3	77	0	0
2	Norris Weese	27	QB	1	0	4	43	0	3	100.0	12	10.8	43.0	4.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	10.8	43	0	0
3	Haven Moses	32	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	2	33	16.5	0	2	50.0	19	2.0	33.0	50.0	8.3	2	16.5	33	0	0
4	Dave Preston	23	RB	1	0	4	14	1	2	50.0	10	3.5	14.0	4.0	2	2	19	9.5	0	1	50.0	16	2.0	19.0	100.0	9.5	6	5.5	33	1	0
5	Riley Odoms	28	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	1	24	24.0	0	1	25.0	24	1.0	24.0	25.0	6.0	1	24.0	24	0	0
6	Lonnie Perrin	26	RB	1	0	6	6	0	0	16.7	8	1.0	6.0	6.0	2	2	16	8.0	0	1	50.0	11	2.0	16.0	100.0	8.0	8	2.8	22	0	0
7	Jon Keyworth	28	FB	1	1	6	12	0	0	16.7	5	2.0	12.0	6.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			6	2.0	12	0	0
8	Rob Lytle	24	RB	1	1	5	6	0	0	0.0	4	1.2	6.0	5.0	1	1	-1	-1.0	0	0	0.0	-1	1.0	-1.0	100.0	-1.0	6	0.8	5	0	0
9	Otis Armstrong	28	RB	1	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	3	3.0	3.0	1.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	3.0	3	0	0
10	Larry Canada	24	RB	1	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	3	3.0	3.0	1.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	3.0	3	0	1
11	Rick Upchurch	26	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	1
	Team Totals			1	1	27	87	1	5	29.6	12	3.2	87.0	27.0	20	12	168	14.0	0	8	40.0	28	12.0	168.0	60.0	8.4	39	6.5	255	1	2

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Lyle Alzado	29	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	0	0	0	1	PB,AP-2
2	Rubin Carter	26	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.5	0	0	0	0
3	Barney Chavous	27	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
4	Steve Foley	25	RCB	16	16	6	84	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Randy Gradishar	26	RILB	16	16	4	19	0	8	0	1	2	30	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-1
6	Bernard Jackson	28	FS	16	16	6	128	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Tom Jackson	27	ROLB	16	16	3	28	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
8	Jon Keyworth	28	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Haven Moses	32	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Riley Odoms	28	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
11	Bill Thompson	32	SS	16	16	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
12	Louis Wright	25	LCB	16	16	2	2	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
13	Bob Swenson	25	LOLB	16	15	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	0	1.5	0	0	0	0
14	Jack Dolbin	30	WR	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Joe Rizzo	28	LILB	14	14	3	10	0	10	2	0	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
16	Craig Morton	35	QB	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	-14	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Tom Glassic	24	LG	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Otis Armstrong	28	RB	16	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Rob Lytle	24	RB	13	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Bobby Maples	36	C	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Craig Penrose	25	QB	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Godwin Turk	28	LB	16	2	2	36	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Rob Nairne	24	LB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
24	Norris Weese	27	QB	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	-3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Larry Canada	24	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	John Grant	28	NT	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.5	0	0	0	0
27	Don Latimer	23	NT	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
28	Brison Manor	26	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
29	Chris Pane	25	DB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Lonnie Perrin	26	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Dave Preston	23	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Paul Smith	33	DE	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	Rick Upchurch	26	WR	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
	Team Totals			16	16	31	307	1	38	11	28	24	20	2	31.0	0	0	0	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Tom Jackson	27	ROLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Bob Swenson	25	LOLB	1	1	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Larry Canada	24	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Rick Upchurch	26	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1	4	0	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0

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