1991 Denver Broncos Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 12-4-0, 1st in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Dan Reeves (12-4-0)

Points For: 304 (19.0/g) 12th of 28

Points Against: 235 (14.7/g) 3rd of 28

Expected W-L: 10.4-5.6

SRS: 3.37 (10th of 28), SOS: -0.94

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 26-24 vs. Houston Oilers
Lost Conference Championship 7-10 vs. Buffalo Bills

Offensive Coordinator: Mike Shanahan

Defensive Coordinator: Wade Phillips

Other Notable Asst.: George Henshaw (Wide Receivers), Pete Mangurian (Offensive Line), Mike Nolan (Special Teams/Linebackers), Ernie Stautner (Defensive Line) and Charlie Waters (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Mile High Stadium

Owner/Chairman/CEO: Pat Bowlen

General Manager: John Beake

Offensive Scheme: Smashmouth

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +3000; O/U: 7.5

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	304	5012	1012	5.0	25	13	284	246	459	2997	13	12	5.9	150	507	2015	16	4.0	117	94	715	17
Opp. Stats	235	4549	939	4.8	33	10	242	246	476	2755	12	23	5.2	147	411	1794	8	4.4	81	105	848	14
Lg Rank Offense	12	12			6	7	13		24	17	20	4	15		4	8	7	13
Lg Rank Defense	3	5			11	24	3		8	3	1	4	4		9	19	5	27

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 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Cincinnati Bengals	45	14	25	471	286	185		10	246	193	53	4
2	Sun	September 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Los Angeles Raiders	13	16	12	247	214	33	1	16	273	140	133
3	Sun	September 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Seattle Seahawks	16	10	16	345	246	99	2	17	362	312	50	4
4	Sun	September 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		San Diego Chargers	27	19	18	360	216	144	2	17	297	126	171	2
5	Sun	September 29	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	13	6	17	242	63	179	1	15	324	121	203	3
6	Sun	October 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-2	@	Houston Oilers	14	42	23	363	272	91	3	17	378	327	51	2
7									Bye Week
8	Sun	October 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2		Kansas City Chiefs	19	16	14	324	229	95		22	328	209	119
9	Sun	October 27	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-2	@	New England Patriots	9	6	14	243	141	102	1	15	287	146	141
10	Sun	November 3	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	20	13	17	274	130	144	2	19	309	163	146	1
11	Sun	November 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-3		Los Angeles Raiders	16	17	23	383	183	200	3	13	244	126	118
12	Sun	November 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3	@	Kansas City Chiefs	24	20	14	259	87	172		21	417	292	125	4
13	Sun	November 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-4	@	Seattle Seahawks	10	13	12	210	112	98	4	11	199	53	146	4
14	Sun	December 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-4		New England Patriots	20	3	19	325	209	116	1	14	252	202	50	4
15	Sun	December 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-4	@	Cleveland Browns	17	7	17	290	200	90	1	9	181	80	101	1
16	Sun	December 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-4		Phoenix Cardinals	24	19	22	365	243	122	3	13	231	158	73
17	Sun	December 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-4	@	San Diego Chargers	17	14	21	311	166	145	1	13	221	107	114	4
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	January 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		13-4		Houston Oilers	26	24	26	418	267	151	1	23	422	325	97	1
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 12	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		13-5	@	Buffalo Bills	7	10	20	304	223	81	2	12	213	109	104	2

Passing

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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	31	QB	16	16	12-4-0	242	451	53.7	3253	13	2.9	12	2.7	71	7.2	6.59	13.4	203.3	75.4	45	305	9.07	5.94	5.38	1	4	PB
2	Gary Kubiak	30	QB	16	0		3	5	60.0	33	0	0.0	0	0.0	14	6.6	6.60	11.0	2.1	79.6	1	8	16.67	4.17	4.17	0	0
3	Steve Sewell	28	RB	16	1		1	3	33.3	24	0	0.0	0	0.0	24	8.0	8.00	24.0	1.5	63.2	0	0	0.00	8.00	8.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	12-4-0	246	459	53.6	2997	13	2.8	12	2.6	71	7.2	5.92	13.5	187.3	75.3	46	313	9.11	5.93	5.38	1	4

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
1	John Elway	31	QB	2	2	1-1-0	30	54	55.6	378	1	1.9	2	3.7	44	7.0	5.70	12.6	189.0	68.3	3	24	5.26	6.21	4.98	1	1
2	Gary Kubiak	30	QB	1	0		11	12	91.7	136	0	0.0	0	0.0	24	11.3	11.33	12.4	136.0	113.9	1	10	7.69	9.69	9.69	0	0
3	Steve Sewell	28	RB	1	0		1	1	100.0	10	0	0.0	0	0.0	10	10.0	10.00	10.0	10.0	108.3	0	0	0.00	10.00	10.00	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	42	67	62.7	490	1	1.5	2	3.0	28	7.8	6.27	11.7	245.0	77.5	4	34	5.63	6.03	4.81

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	Gaston Green	25	RB	13	12	261	1037	4	63	4.0	79.8	20.1	13	78	6.0	0	13	1.0	6.0	274	4.1	1115	4	4	PB
2	Steve Sewell	28	RB	16	1	50	211	2	26	4.2	13.2	3.1	38	436	11.5	2	60	2.4	27.3	88	7.4	647	4	1
3	Mike Young	29	WR	16	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	44	629	14.3	2	52	2.8	39.3	44	14.3	629	2	1
4	Mark Jackson	28	WR	12	10	2	18	0	21	9.0	1.5	0.2	33	603	18.3	1	71	2.8	50.3	35	17.7	621	1	1
5	Greg Lewis	22	RB	16	4	99	376	4	27	3.8	23.5	6.2	2	9	4.5	0	7	0.1	0.6	101	3.8	385	4	3
6	Shannon Sharpe	23	TE	16	9	1	15	0	15	15.0	0.9	0.1	22	322	14.6	1	37	1.4	20.1	23	14.7	337	1	0
7	Derek Russell	22	WR	13	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	21	317	15.1	1	40	1.6	24.4	21	15.1	317	1	0
8	Ricky Nattiel	25	WR	16	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	16	288	18.0	2	70	1.0	18.0	16	18.0	288	2	2
9	John Elway	31	QB	16	16	55	255	6	17	4.6	15.9	3.4	1	24	24.0	0	24	0.1	1.5	56	5.0	279	6	12	PB
10	Bob Perryman	27	RB	15	7	21	45	0	6	2.1	3.0	1.4	17	171	10.1	0	24	1.1	11.4	38	5.7	216	0	1
11	Vance Johnson	28	WR	10	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	21	208	9.9	3	22	2.1	20.8	21	9.9	208	3	1
12	Clarence Kay	30	TE	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	139	12.6	0	32	0.7	8.7	11	12.6	139	0	0
13	Reggie Johnson	23	TE	16	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	73	12.2	1	31	0.4	4.6	6	12.2	73	1	0
14	Bobby Humphrey	25	RB	4	0	11	33	0	7	3.0	8.3	2.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	3.0	33	0	0
15	Barry Johnson	23	WR	4	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	13	13.0	0	13	0.3	3.3	1	13.0	13	0	0
16	Gary Kubiak	30	QB	16	0	3	11	0	12	3.7	0.7	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	3.7	11	0	1
17	Mike Horan	32	P	16	0	2	9	0	9	4.5	0.6	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	4.5	9	0	0
18	Reggie Rivers	23	RB	16	0	2	5	0	3	2.5	0.3	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	2.5	5	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	507	2015	16	63	4.0	125.9	31.7	246	3310	13.5	13	71	15.4	206.9	753	7.1	5325	29	31

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	Vance Johnson	28	WR	2	1	2	-7	0	-1	-3.5	-3.5	1.0	12	178	14.8	1	44	6.0	89.0	14	12.2	171	1	1
2	Steve Sewell	28	RB	2	0	8	51	0	19	6.4	25.5	4.0	10	106	10.6	0	26	5.0	53.0	18	8.7	157	0	3
3	Gaston Green	25	RB	2	2	36	112	0	18	3.1	56.0	18.0	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.5	0.5	37	3.1	113	0	1
4	Mike Young	29	WR	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	110	15.7	0	32	3.5	55.0	7	15.7	110	0	0
5	Shannon Sharpe	23	TE	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	60	10.0	0	15	3.0	30.0	6	10.0	60	0	0
6	John Elway	31	QB	2	2	10	49	0	15	4.9	24.5	5.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	10	4.9	49	0	2
7	Ricky Nattiel	25	WR	2	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	37	12.3	0	23	1.5	18.5	3	12.3	37	0	0
8	Gary Kubiak	30	QB	1	0	3	22	1	11	7.3	22.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	7.3	22	1	0
9	Derek Russell	22	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	20	20.0	0	20	1.0	20.0	1	20.0	20	0	0
10	Clarence Kay	30	TE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	8	8.0	0	8	1.0	8.0	1	8.0	8	0	0
11	Mark Jackson	28	WR	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	4	4.0	0	4	1.0	4.0	1	4.0	4	0	0
12	Reggie Rivers	23	RB	1	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	3.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	3.0	3	0	0
13	Greg Lewis	22	RB	1	0	3	2	2	1	0.7	2.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	0.7	2	2	0
	Team Totals			2	2	63	232	3	16	3.7	116.0	31.5	42	524	12.5	1	44	21.0	262.0	105	7.2	756	4	7

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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	Steve Atwater	25	FS	16	16	5	104	0	49	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	150	0	PB,AP-1
2	John Elway	31	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0.0		0	PB
3	Simon Fletcher	29	LOLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	13.5	89	0
4	Wymon Henderson	30	RCB	16	16	2	53	0	53	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	82	0
5	Keith Kartz	28	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	0	0.0		0
6	Greg Kragen	29	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	92	0
7	Ken Lanier	32	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
8	Karl Mecklenburg	31	RILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9.0	130	0	PB
9	Dennis Smith	32	SS	16	16	5	60	0	39	0	0	1	5	0	0.0	110	0	PB
10	Doug Widell	25	LG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
11	Tyrone Braxton	27	LCB	16	15	4	55	1	52	0	1	1	0	0	1.0	92	0
12	Michael Brooks	27	LILB	14	14	2	7	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	153	0
13	Ron Holmes	28	RDE	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0		0
14	Mike Young	29	WR	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0
15	Gaston Green	25	RB	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0		0	PB
16	Warren Powers	26	LDE	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	27	1	2.0		0
17	Mike Croel	22	ROLB	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	84	0	AP DRoY-1
18	Mark Jackson	28	WR	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0
19	Shannon Sharpe	23	TE	16	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
20	Bob Perryman	27	RB	15	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0		0
21	Greg Lewis	22	RB	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0		0
22	Reggie Johnson	23	TE	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
23	Jeff Mills	23	LB	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0		0
24	Brian Sochia	30	DE	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0		0
25	Randy Robbins	29	DB	16	2	1	35	0	35	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
26	Dave Widell	26	LS	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-15	0	0.0		0
27	Charles Dimry	25	DB	16	1	3	35	1	26	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	38	0
28	Steve Sewell	28	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0		0
29	Kenny Walker	24	DE	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0		0
30	Kevin Clark	27	DB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0
31	Mike Horan	32	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
32	Vance Johnson	28	WR	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0		0
33	Gary Kubiak	30	QB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0
34	Le-Lo Lang	24	DB	16	0	1	30	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0.0		0
35	Alton Montgomery	23	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	5	0
36	Ricky Nattiel	25	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0		0
	Team Totals			16	16	23	0	2			31	18	29	1	52		0

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	John Elway	31	QB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	-5	0	0.0	0	0
2	Steve Atwater	25	FS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Tyrone Braxton	27	LCB	1	1	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Jeff Davidson	24	LT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Simon Fletcher	29	LOLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
6	Gaston Green	25	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Vance Johnson	28	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Greg Kragen	29	NT	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Dave Widell	26	LS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	Steve Sewell	28	RB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2						0	7	0	0	0	1		0