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1987 Denver Broncos Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-4-1, 1st in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Dan Reeves (10-4-1)

Points For: 379 (25.3/g) 4th of 28

Points Against: 288 (19.2/g) 7th of 28

Expected W-L: 9.9-5.1

SRS: 4.14 (5th of 28), SOS: -1.93

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 34-10 vs. Houston Oilers
Won Conference Championship 38-33 vs. Cleveland Browns
Lost Super Bowl 10-42 vs. Washington Redskins

Offensive Coordinator: Mike Shanahan

Defensive Coordinator: Joe Collier

Other Notable Asst.: Chan Gailey (Tight Ends/Receivers), Nick Nicolau (Running Backs) and Mike Nolan (Special Teams/Linebackers)

Stadium: Mile High Stadium

Owner/Chairman/CEO: Pat Bowlen

General Manager: John Beake

Offensive Scheme: Smashmouth

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +700

Training Camp: University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, Colorado)

1987 AFC Champion

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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	379	5624	1070	5.3	36	17	331	285	530	3654	24	19	6.5	173	510	1970	18	3.9	132	95	812	26
Opp. Stats	288	4813	941	5.1	47	19	277	261	456	2796	15	28	5.7	148	454	2017	16	4.4	103	96	785	26
Lg Rank Offense	4	2			16	14	2		2	3	9	15	4		7	12	3	20
Lg Rank Defense	7	9			3	8	8		6	5	3	2	9		11	20	20	26

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 13	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Seattle Seahawks	40	17	25	504	338	166	2	15	277	169	108	5
2	Sun	September 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	T	OT	1-0-1	@	Green Bay Packers	17	17	29	478	281	197	6	14	234	100	134	1
4	Sun	October 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1-1		Houston Oilers	10	40	14	220	182	38	3	20	414	260	154	2
5	Mon	October 12	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1-1		Los Angeles Raiders	30	14	24	346	142	204	2	16	270	168	102	5
6	Sun	October 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	26	17	23	373	275	98	4	16	247	125	122	3
7	Mon	October 26	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	27	34	21	329	206	123	1	27	393	196	197	5
8	Sun	November 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2-1		Detroit Lions	34	0	28	460	248	212	1	14	191	128	63	2
9	Sun	November 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3-1	@	Buffalo Bills	14	21	12	215	139	76	2	25	428	170	258	3
10	Mon	November 16	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3-1		Chicago Bears	31	29	26	439	341	98	2	24	446	300	146	2
11	Sun	November 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3-1	@	Los Angeles Raiders	23	17	20	403	276	127	1	17	271	122	149	1
12	Sun	November 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3-1	@	San Diego Chargers	31	17	31	522	347	175	1	18	378	312	66	2
13	Sun	December 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3-1		New England Patriots	31	20	21	371	259	112	3	20	369	158	211	6
14	Sun	December 13	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-4-1	@	Seattle Seahawks	21	28	20	380	308	72	2	24	367	226	141	4
15	Sat	December 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-4-1		Kansas City Chiefs	20	17	22	369	226	143	2	20	377	254	123	1
16	Sun	December 27	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-4-1		San Diego Chargers	24	0	15	215	86	129	4	7	151	108	43	5
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	January 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-4-1		Houston Oilers	34	10	19	316	255	61	1	20	337	264	73	3
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-4-1		Cleveland Browns	38	33	24	412	256	156	1	25	464	336	128	4
SuperBowl	Sun	January 31	6:00PM ET	boxscore	L		12-5-1	N	Washington Redskins	10	42	18	327	230	97	3	25	602	322	280	1

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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	John Elway	27	QB	12	12	8-3-1	224	410	54.6	3198	19	4.6	12	2.9	72	7.8	7.41	14.3	266.5	83.4	20	138	4.65	7.12	6.74	3	2	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-1,AP OPoY-3
2	Ken Karcher	24	QB	3	3	2-1-0	56	102	54.9	628	5	4.9	4	3.9	49	6.2	5.37	11.2	209.3	73.5	5	45	4.67	5.45	4.70	0	0
3	Gary Kubiak	26	QB	12	0		3	7	42.9	25	0	0.0	2	28.6	17	3.6	-9.29	8.3	2.1	13.1	2	14	22.22	1.22	-8.78	0	0
4	Monte McGuire	23	QB	2	0		2	3	66.7	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	7.7	7.67	11.5	11.5	89.6	0	0	0.00	7.67	7.67	0	0
5	Vance Johnson	24	WR	11	9		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
6	Gene Lang	25	FB	12	8		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	1	7	50.00	-3.50	-3.50	0	0
7	Dean May	25	QB	3	0		0	5	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	20.0		0.0	-9.00		0.0	0.0	1	7	16.67	-1.17	-8.67	0	0
8	Steve Sewell	24	RB	7	0		0	0		0	0		0						0.0		1	9	100.00	-9.00	-9.00	0	0
9	Gerald Willhite	28	RB	3	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			15	15	10-4-1	285	530	53.8	3654	24	4.5	19	3.6	72	7.3	6.19	13.6	243.6	77.5	30	220	5.36	6.53	5.86	3	2

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	John Elway	27	QB	3	3	2-1-0	42	89	47.2	797	6	6.7	5	5.6	80	9.0	7.78	19.0	265.7	77.8	8	79	8.25	7.40	6.32	0	1
2	Steve Sewell	24	RB	1	0		1	1	100.0	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	23.0	23.00	23.0	23.0	118.7	0	0	0.00	23.00	23.00	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	2-1-0	43	90	47.8	741	6	6.7	5	5.6	76	10.8	7.07	20.1	247.0	114.4	8	79	8.16	9.14	9.68

Rushing & Receiving

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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	Sammy Winder	28	RB	12	10	196	741	6	19	3.8	61.8	16.3	14	74	5.3	1	13	1.2	6.2	210	3.9	815	7	5
2	Vance Johnson	24	WR	11	9	1	-8	0	-8	-8.0	-0.7	0.1	42	684	16.3	7	59	3.8	62.2	43	15.7	676	7	1
3	Ricky Nattiel	21	WR	12	3	2	13	0	10	6.5	1.1	0.2	31	630	20.3	2	54	2.6	52.5	33	19.5	643	2	2
4	Clarence Kay	26	TE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	31	440	14.2	0	30	2.6	36.7	31	14.2	440	0	3
5	Mark Jackson	24	WR	12	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	26	436	16.8	2	52	2.2	36.3	26	16.8	436	2	0
6	Gene Lang	25	FB	12	8	89	303	2	28	3.4	25.3	7.4	17	130	7.6	2	29	1.4	10.8	106	4.1	433	4	0
7	John Elway	27	QB	12	12	66	304	4	29	4.6	25.3	5.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	66	4.6	304	4	2	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-1,AP OPoY-3
8	Steve Sewell	24	RB	7	0	19	83	2	17	4.4	11.9	2.7	13	209	16.1	1	72	1.9	29.9	32	9.1	292	3	1
9	Bobby Micho	25	TE	15	3	4	8	0	5	2.0	0.5	0.3	25	242	9.7	2	26	1.7	16.1	29	8.6	250	2	1
10	Rick Massie	27	WR	9	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	13	244	18.8	4	39	1.4	27.1	13	18.8	244	4	0
11	Orson Mobley	24	TE	10	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	16	228	14.3	1	28	1.6	22.8	16	14.3	228	1	1
12	Joe Dudek	23	RB	2	2	35	154	2	16	4.4	77.0	17.5	7	41	5.9	0	19	3.5	20.5	42	4.6	195	2	4
13	Steve Watson	30	WR	5	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	167	15.2	1	49	2.2	33.4	11	15.2	167	1	0
14	Gerald Willhite	28	RB	3	1	26	141	0	29	5.4	47.0	8.7	9	25	2.8	0	6	3.0	8.3	35	4.7	166	0	1
15	Nathan Poole	31	RB	2	0	28	126	1	15	4.5	63.0	14.0	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.5	4.5	29	4.7	135	1	0
16	Tony Boddie	27	RB	5	0	3	7	1	4	2.3	1.4	0.6	9	85	9.4	0	26	1.8	17.0	12	7.7	92	1	0
17	Scott Caldwell	24	RB	3	1	16	53	0	7	3.3	17.7	5.3	4	34	8.5	0	14	1.3	11.3	20	4.4	87	0	0
18	Shane Swanson	25	WR	3	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	87	14.5	1	35	2.0	29.0	6	14.5	87	1	1
19	Mitch Andrews	23	TE	8	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	53	13.3	0	20	0.5	6.6	4	13.3	53	0	0
20	Ken Bell	23	RB	12	1	13	43	0	11	3.3	3.6	1.1	1	8	8.0	0	8	0.1	0.7	14	3.6	51	0	2
21	Laron Brown	24	WR	3	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	40	10.0	0	18	1.3	13.3	4	10.0	40	0	0
22	Russell Payne	22	TE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	8	8.0	0	8	1.0	8.0	1	8.0	8	0	0
23	Ken Karcher	24	QB	3	3	9	3	0	8	0.3	1.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	0.3	3	0	2
24	Gary Kubiak	26	QB	12	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.3	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	3.0	3	0	0
25	Dean May	25	QB	3	0	2	-4	0	-2	-2.0	-1.3	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-2.0	-4	0	0
	Team Totals			15	15	510	1970	18	29	3.9	131.3	34.0	285	3874	13.6	24	72	19.0	258.3	795	7.4	5844	42	29

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	Mark Jackson	24	WR	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	210	26.3	1	80	4.0	105.0	8	26.3	210	1	0
2	Sammy Winder	28	RB	3	2	41	148	0	13	3.6	49.3	13.7	4	60	15.0	1	26	1.3	20.0	45	4.6	208	1	0
3	Ricky Nattiel	21	WR	3	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	171	21.4	2	56	2.7	57.0	8	21.4	171	2	0
4	Gene Lang	25	FB	3	2	13	83	2	42	6.4	27.7	4.3	2	32	16.0	0	25	0.7	10.7	15	7.7	115	2	0
5	Vance Johnson	24	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	105	26.3	0	55	4.0	105.0	4	26.3	105	0	0
6	John Elway	27	QB	3	3	18	76	1	21	4.2	25.3	6.0	1	23	23.0	0	23	0.3	7.7	19	5.2	99	1	1
7	Steve Sewell	24	RB	3	1	7	7	1	5	1.0	2.3	2.3	8	92	11.5	0	25	2.7	30.7	15	6.6	99	1	0
8	Clarence Kay	26	TE	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	95	19.0	2	29	2.5	47.5	5	19.0	95	2	0
9	Tony Boddie	27	RB	2	0	1	8	0	8	8.0	4.0	0.5	1	15	15.0	0	15	0.5	7.5	2	11.5	23	0	0
10	Orson Mobley	24	TE	2	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	17	8.5	0	9	1.0	8.5	2	8.5	17	0	0
11	Ken Bell	23	RB	1	0	2	7	0	5	3.5	7.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	3.5	7	0	0
12	Gary Kubiak	26	QB	1	0	2	-3	0	-1	-1.5	-3.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-1.5	-3	0	0
13	Mike Horan	28	P	1	0	1	-12	0	-12	-12.0	-12.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-12.0	-12	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	85	314	4	16	3.7	104.7	28.3	43	820	19.1	6	80	14.3	273.3	128	8.9	1134	10	2

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Jim Ryan	30	ROLB	14	14	3	7	0	5		1	2	0	0	1.5		1
2	John Elway	27	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0		2	0	-1	0	0.0		0	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-1,AP OPoY-3
3	Simon Fletcher	25	LOLB	12	12	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	4.0	70	0
4	Mike Harden	28	RCB	12	12	4	85	0	32		0	1	14	0	0.0		0
5	Mark Haynes	29	LCB	12	12	3	39	1	25		0	1	24	0	0.0		0
6	Ricky Hunley	26	RILB	12	12	2	64	1	52		0	0	0	0	1.0		0
7	Rulon Jones	29	RDE	12	12	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	7.0		0
8	Clarence Kay	26	TE	12	12	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0.0		0
9	Karl Mecklenburg	27	LILB	12	12	3	23	0	16	2	0	1	0	0	7.0	97	0	PB,AP-2
10	Andre Townsend	25	LDE	12	11	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.0		0
11	Sammy Winder	28	RB	12	10	0	0	0	0		5	2	0	0	0.0		0
12	Vance Johnson	24	WR	11	9	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0.0		0
13	Greg Kragen	25	NT	12	9	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	2.0	78	0
14	Tony Lilly	25	FS	13	9	3	29	0	24		0	1	0	0	0.0		0
15	Dennis Smith	28	SS	6	6	2	21	0	15		0	2	0	0	0.0	35	0
16	John Ayers	34	RG	9	5	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0.0		0
17	Steve Wilson	30	RCB	11	5	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.0		0
18	Bill Bryan	32	C	4	4	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0.0		0
19	Larry Lee	28	C	9	4	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0.0		0
20	Orson Mobley	24	TE	10	4	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0.0		0
21	Randy Robbins	25	DB	10	4	3	9	0	9		0	0	0	0	1.0		0
22	Walt Bowyer	27	DE	15	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.5		0
23	Kevin Clark	23	DB	11	3	3	105	0	50		1	1	0	0	0.0		0
24	Freddie Gilbert	25	DE	7	3	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0.0		0
25	Ken Karcher	24	QB	3	3	0	0	0	0		2	3	-11	0	0.0		0
26	Tim Lucas	26	LB	11	3	1	11	0	11		0	1	0	0	2.0		0
27	Bobby Micho	25	TE	15	3	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0.0		0
28	Ricky Nattiel	21	WR	12	3	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0.0		0
29	Jeff Tupper	25	DE	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.5		0
30	Bryant Winn	26	LB	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0.0		0
31	Joe Dudek	23	RB	2	2	0	0	0	0		4	1	0	0	0.0		0
32	Shane Swanson	25	WR	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0.0		0
33	Ken Bell	23	RB	12	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0.0		0
34	Leonard Jones	23	DB	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	2	24	0	0.0		0
35	Jack Peavey	24	C	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	-16	0	0.0		0
36	Gerald Willhite	28	RB	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0.0		0
37	Ray Woodard	26	DE	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.5		0
38	Tony Boddie	27	RB	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0.0		0
39	Michael Brooks	23	LB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	8	0
40	Rick Dennison	29	LB	12	0	1	10	0	10		0	0	0	0	0.0		0
41	Marc Munford	22	LB	12	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	0.0		0
42	Steve Sewell	24	RB	7	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0.0		0
	Team Totals			15	15	28	0	2			29	12	34	0	31		1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Rulon Jones	29	RDE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
2	Karl Mecklenburg	27	LILB	2	2	1	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	0
3	Steve Wilson	30	RCB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	John Elway	27	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2	0	0.0	0	0
5	Simon Fletcher	25	LOLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
6	Mark Haynes	29	LCB	1	1	1	57	0	57	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Ken Bell	23	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Jeremiah Castille	26	DB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	0
9	Freddie Gilbert	25	DE	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	Randy Robbins	25	DB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2						2	0	0	0	4	22	0

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