1988 Denver Broncos Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-8-0, 2nd in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Dan Reeves (8-8-0)

Points For: 327 (20.4/g) 15th of 28

Points Against: 352 (22.0/g) 20th of 28

Expected W-L: 7.3-8.7

SRS: -3.33 (20th of 28), SOS: -1.77

Defensive Coordinator: Joe Collier

Other Notable Asst.: Chan Gailey (Quarterbacks), George Henshaw (Offensive Line), Larry Kennan (Wide Receivers), Pete Mangurian (Tight Ends), Mike Nolan (Special Teams/Linebackers) and Charlie Waters (Special Teams/ADB)

Stadium: Mile High Stadium

Owner/Chairman/CEO: Pat Bowlen

General Manager: John Beake

Offensive Scheme: Smashmouth

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +600

Training Camp: University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, 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	327	5506	1077	5.1	34	12	338	324	581	3691	24	22	6.0	196	464	1815	13	3.9	106	85	717	36
Opp. Stats	352	5471	1055	5.2	29	13	316	262	467	2933	18	16	5.8	161	552	2538	21	4.6	140	116	966	15
Lg Rank Offense	15	8			15	4	2		4	6	7	21	12		19	19	18	17
Lg Rank Defense	20	22			24	18	21		4	7	10	19	12		26	27	25	28

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 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Seattle Seahawks	14	21	19	302	226	76	3	19	330	152	178	1	-12.52	8.60	-7.25
2	Sun	September 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1		San Diego Chargers	34	3	24	443	259	184		13	244	111	133	2	18.79	16.68	-1.26
3	Sun	September 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2	@	Kansas City Chiefs	13	20	17	283	213	70	3	22	380	250	130		-1.30	-8.50	0.44
4	Mon	September 26	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	1-3		Los Angeles Raiders	27	30	23	398	209	189	5	20	363	235	128	1	-3.49	3.62	-0.01
5	Sun	October 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3	@	San Diego Chargers	12	0	22	291	162	129	1	11	190	170	20	2	-5.34	18.05	-7.67
6	Sun	October 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	3-3	@	San Francisco 49ers	16	13	24	314	167	147	3	21	417	171	246	4	-6.67	8.76	-1.94
7	Sun	October 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3		Atlanta Falcons	30	14	21	406	302	104	1	20	311	137	174	3	12.03	5.67	-2.07
8	Sun	October 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	21	39	15	323	278	45	4	18	386	130	256	2	-13.13	0.47	0.98
9	Mon	October 31	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5	@	Indianapolis Colts	23	55	22	397	266	131	4	23	464	220	244		-2.40	-25.93	2.34
10	Sun	November 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-5		Kansas City Chiefs	17	11	23	308	177	131	2	16	273	183	90	3	4.43	9.43	-5.69
11	Sun	November 13	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-5		Cleveland Browns	30	7	27	335	215	120		15	227	140	87	4	11.70	19.74	-4.15
12	Sun	November 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-6	@	New Orleans Saints	0	42	17	258	206	52	1	28	385	189	196		-5.54	-26.22	-10.47
13	Sun	November 27	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-6		Los Angeles Rams	35	24	19	368	270	98	1	28	484	352	132	3	5.96	-8.74	12.55
14	Sun	December 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-7	@	Los Angeles Raiders	20	21	20	347	297	50	3	14	216	87	129	2	-12.27	9.98	-1.29
15	Sun	December 11	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-8	@	Seattle Seahawks	14	42	25	402	301	101	1	30	450	220	230		12.69	-29.64	-4.98
16	Sat	December 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-8		New England Patriots	21	10	20	331	143	188	2	18	351	186	165	2	-2.66	18.24	-0.93

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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	John Elway	28	QB	15	15	8-7-0	274	496	55.2	3309	17	3.4	19	3.8	171	44.5	86	6.7	5.6	12.1	220.6	71.4	30	237	5.70	5.84	4.9	1	1
2	Gary Kubiak	27	QB	16	1	0-1-0	43	69	62.3	497	5	7.2	3	4.3	20	49.3	68	7.2	6.7	11.6	31.1	90.1	2	13	2.82	6.82	6.3	1	0
3	Ken Karcher	25	QB	1	0		6	12	50.0	128	1	8.3	0	0.0	4	50.0	74	10.7	12.3	21.3	128.0	116.0	0	0	0.00	10.67	12.3	0	0
4	Tony Dorsett	34	RB	16	13		1	2	50.0	7	1	50.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	7	3.5	13.5	7.0	0.4	97.9	0	0	0.00	3.50	13.5	0	0
5	Ricky Nattiel	22	WR	15	11		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
6	Steve Sewell	25	RB	16	3		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	8-8-0	324	581	55.8	3691	24	4.1	22	3.8	196	45.0	86	6.8	5.9	12.2	230.7	74.8	32	250	5.22	6.02	5.19	2	1

Rushing & Receiving

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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	Vance Johnson	25	WR	16	13	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	115	68	896	13.2	5	51	53.9	86	4.3	56.0	59.1	7.8	69	13.0	897	5	0
2	Mark Jackson	25	WR	12	4	1	5	0	0	100.0	5	5.0	0.4	0.1	75	46	852	18.5	6	39	58.7	63	3.8	71.0	61.3	11.4	47	18.2	857	6	1
3	Tony Dorsett	34	RB	16	13	181	703	5	36	51.4	26	3.9	43.9	11.3	29	16	122	7.6	0	5	41.4	16	1.0	7.6	55.2	4.2	197	4.2	825	5	6
4	Sammy Winder	29	FB	16	12	149	543	4	30	52.3	35	3.6	33.9	9.3	31	17	103	6.1	1	5	41.9	14	1.1	6.4	54.8	3.3	166	3.9	646	5	1
5	Steve Sewell	25	RB	16	3	32	135	1	7	34.4	26	4.2	8.4	2.0	65	38	507	13.3	5	26	50.8	68	2.4	31.7	58.5	7.8	70	9.2	642	6	2
6	Ricky Nattiel	22	WR	15	11	5	51	0	2	60.0	29	10.2	3.4	0.3	89	46	574	12.5	1	24	46.1	74	3.1	38.3	51.7	6.4	51	12.3	625	1	3
7	Clarence Kay	27	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	55	34	352	10.4	4	21	52.7	27	2.4	25.1	61.8	6.4	34	10.4	352	4	1
8	Gerald Willhite	29	RB	11	1	13	39	2	5	53.8	7	3.0	3.5	1.2	40	32	238	7.4	0	9	50.0	15	2.9	21.6	80.0	6.0	45	6.2	277	2	2
9	John Elway	28	QB	15	15	54	234	1	19	42.6	26	4.3	15.6	3.6	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			54	4.3	234	1	7
10	Orson Mobley	25	TE	16	9	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	36	21	218	10.4	2	13	50.0	28	1.3	13.6	58.3	6.1	21	10.4	218	2	1
11	Gary Kubiak	27	QB	16	1	17	65	0	5	41.2	15	3.8	4.1	1.1	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	17	3.8	65	0	3
12	Rick Massie	28	WR	4	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	3	39	13.0	0	2	28.6	21	0.8	9.8	42.9	5.6	3	13.0	39	0	0
13	Ken Bell	24	RB	16	0	9	36	0	3	66.7	6	4.0	2.3	0.6	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			9	4.0	36	0	2
14	Sam Graddy	24	WR	7	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	30	30.0	0	1	50.0	30	0.1	4.3	50.0	15.0	1	30.0	30	0	0
15	Jason Johnson	23	WR	8	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	3	3.0	0.4	0.1	5	1	6	6.0	0	0	0.0	6	0.1	0.8	20.0	1.2	2	4.5	9	0	1
16	Pat Kelly	23	TE	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	1
17	Keith Bishop	31	LG	16	10	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
18	Calvin Thomas	28	RB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	464	1815	13	107	49.4	35	3.9	113.4	29.0	552	324	3941	12.2	24	196	49.8	86	20.3	246.3	58.7	7.1	788	7.3	5756	37	32

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						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	Bill Bryan	33	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Rick Dennison	30	RILB	16	16	1	29	0	29	1	0	3	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
3	Simon Fletcher	26	LOLB	16	16	1	4	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	115	115	0	0
4	Mike Harden	29	FS	16	16	4	36	0	34	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Greg Kragen	26	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.5	140	140	0	0
6	Andre Townsend	26	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.5	0	0	0	0
7	Jeremiah Castille	27	RCB	16	15	3	51	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	John Elway	28	QB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	-9	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Mark Haynes	30	LCB	15	15	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
10	Clarence Kay	27	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Jim Ryan	31	ROLB	16	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3.5	0	0	0	0
12	Tony Dorsett	34	RB	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Sammy Winder	29	FB	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Walt Bowyer	28	LDE	16	11	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
15	Ricky Nattiel	22	WR	15	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Dennis Smith	29	SS	11	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.0	106	106	0	0
17	Keith Bishop	31	LG	16	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-5	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Karl Mecklenburg	28	LILB	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	102	102	0	0
19	Orson Mobley	25	TE	16	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Freddie Gilbert	26	LDE	13	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
21	Randy Robbins	26	SS	16	5	2	66	0	39	0	1	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
22	Michael Brooks	24	LB	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	49	49	0	0
23	Mark Jackson	25	WR	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Steve Sewell	25	RB	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Steve Wilson	31	DB	12	2	1	7	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
26	Gary Kubiak	27	QB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	-9	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Gerald Willhite	29	RB	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Ken Bell	24	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Tyrone Braxton	24	DB	16	0	2	6	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	39	39	0	0
30	Steve Bryan	24	LB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Jason Johnson	23	WR	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Rulon Jones	30	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0
33	Pat Kelly	23	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	16	200	0	39	12	34	34	-19	0	36.0	551	551	0	0

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