1996 Denver Broncos Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 13-3-0, 1st in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Mike Shanahan (13-3-0)

Points For: 391 (24.4/g) 4th of 30

Points Against: 275 (17.2/g) 7th of 30

Expected W-L: 11.2-4.8

SRS: 7.58 (3rd of 30), SOS: .33

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 27-30 vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

Offensive Coordinator: Gary Kubiak

Defensive Coordinator: Greg Robinson

Other Notable Asst.: Frank Bush (Linebackers), Rick Dennison (Offensive Asst.), Ed Donatell (Secondary), George Dyer (Defensive Line), Mike Heimerdinger (Wide Receivers) and Richard Smith (Special Teams)

Stadium: Mile High Stadium

Owner/Chairman/CEO: Pat Bowlen

General Manager: John Beake

Offensive Scheme: West Coast

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +2000; O/U: 8.5

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	391	5791	1092	5.3	32	15	336	327	536	3429	26	17	6.0	180	525	2362	20	4.5	134	109	949	22
Opp. Stats	275	4470	951	4.7	32	9	261	302	566	3139	22	23	5.2	165	345	1331	5	3.9	67	119	834	29
Lg Rank Offense	4	1			17	25	4		16	13	5	12	12		2	1	2	4
Lg Rank Defense	7	4			13	26	4		27	10	16	4	4		1	1	2	18

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 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		New York Jets	31	6	21	367	167	200	3	12	188	72	116	4	-8.65	30.37	5.10
2	Sun	September 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Seattle Seahawks	30	20	22	374	194	180	1	10	211	172	39	3	6.27	17.52	-10.70
3	Sun	September 15	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	27	23	20	374	180	194	3	15	307	186	121	2	-1.11	7.92	-0.92
4	Sun	September 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	14	17	17	299	138	161	2	20	306	231	75	1	-0.43	-0.88	0.14
5	Sun	September 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1	@	Cincinnati Bengals	14	10	22	402	288	114	3	17	253	147	106	1	6.14	9.26	-8.08
6	Sun	October 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1		San Diego Chargers	28	17	23	406	312	94	1	14	245	210	35		7.22	8.01	0.84
7									Bye Week
8	Sun	October 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-1		Baltimore Ravens	45	34	26	548	326	222	1	23	392	317	75	1	42.00	-28.78	4.97
9	Sun	October 27	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-1		Kansas City Chiefs	34	7	26	499	286	213	3	10	232	208	24	2	1.85	30.07	-2.49
10	Mon	November 4	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-1	@	Oakland Raiders	22	21	18	312	160	152	1	17	321	216	105		-0.50	-6.97	5.24
11	Sun	November 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-1		Chicago Bears	17	12	17	284	192	92		24	346	172	174	3	7.26	6.62	-5.43
12	Sun	November 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-1	@	New England Patriots	34	8	26	422	224	198	1	12	218	201	17	1	14.16	12.47	-3.18
13	Sun	November 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	21	17	22	388	309	79	3	20	296	246	50	2	3.00	2.34	-2.29
14	Sun	December 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-1		Seattle Seahawks	34	7	31	441	236	205		13	277	172	105	3	19.23	7.99	0.44
15	Sun	December 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		12-2	@	Green Bay Packers	6	41	9	176	83	93	3	22	379	276	103	2	-24.90	-16.01	8.93
16	Sun	December 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		13-2		Oakland Raiders	24	19	23	285	186	99	3	18	255	150	105	4	3.78	12.85	-6.68
17	Sun	December 22	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L		13-3	@	San Diego Chargers	10	16	13	214	148	66	4	14	244	163	81	3	-26.08	18.92	-2.63
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	January 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		13-4		Jacksonville Jaguars	27	30	21	351	225	126		22	443	240	203		4.79	-19.09	9.16

Passing

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Passing Table
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	Awards
1	John Elway	36	QB	15	15	13-2-0	287	466	61.6	3328	26	5.6	14	3.0	164	43.3	51	7.1	6.91	11.6	221.9	89.2	26	194	5.28	6.37	6.15	4	4	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-2,AP OPoY-3
2	Bill Musgrave	29	QB	6	1	0-1-0	31	52	59.6	276	0	0.0	2	3.8	12	37.5	46	5.3	3.58	8.9	46.0	57.9	4	32	7.14	4.36	2.75	0	0
3	Jeff Lewis	23	QB	2	0		9	17	52.9	58	0	0.0	1	5.9	3	44.4	11	3.4	0.76	6.4	29.0	35.9	1	7	5.56	2.83	0.33	0	0
4	Aaron Craver	28	FB	15	15		0	1	0.0	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			16	16	13-3-0	327	536	61.0	3429	26	4.9	17	3.2	180	42.7	51	6.8	5.94	11.2	214.3	84.3	31	233	5.47	6.05	5.62	4	4

Passing Table
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	Awards
1	John Elway	36	QB	1	1	0-1-0	25	38	65.8	226	2	5.3	0	0.0	11	38.5	18	5.9	7.00	9.0	226.0	99.2	1	1	2.56	5.77	6.79	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	25	38	65.8	225	2	5.3	0	0.0			28	5.9	6.97	9.0	225.0	99.2	1	1	2.56	5.77	6.79

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	Terrell Davis	24	RB	16	16	345	1538	13	91	44.6	71	4.5	96.1	21.6	52	36	310	8.6	2	16	51.9	23	2.3	19.4	69.2	6.0	381	4.9	1848	15	5	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-1
2	Shannon Sharpe	28	TE	15	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	117	80	1062	13.3	10	52	52.1	51	5.3	70.8	68.4	9.1	80	13.3	1062	10	1	PB,AP-1,AP OPoY-5
3	Anthony Miller	31	WR	16	16	3	39	1	1	66.7	26	13.0	2.4	0.2	110	56	735	13.1	3	30	40.0	46	3.5	45.9	50.9	6.7	59	13.1	774	4	0
4	Ed McCaffrey	28	WR	15	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	76	48	553	11.5	7	31	46.1	39	3.2	36.9	63.2	7.3	48	11.5	553	7	0
5	Aaron Craver	28	FB	15	15	59	232	2	9	47.5	28	3.9	15.5	3.9	51	39	297	7.6	1	13	49.0	39	2.6	19.8	76.5	5.8	98	5.4	529	3	1
6	Vaughn Hebron	26	RB	16	0	49	262	0	10	46.9	47	5.3	16.4	3.1	11	7	43	6.1	0	2	27.3	11	0.4	2.7	63.6	3.9	56	5.4	305	0	3
7	John Elway	36	QB	15	15	50	249	4	20	44.0	22	5.0	16.6	3.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			50	5.0	249	4	6	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-2,AP OPoY-3
8	Rod Smith	26	WR	10	1	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	28	16	237	14.8	2	10	50.0	49	1.6	23.7	57.1	8.5	17	14.0	238	2	1
9	Mike Sherrard	33	WR	15	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	28	16	185	11.6	1	11	42.9	25	1.1	12.3	57.1	6.6	16	11.6	185	1	0
10	Byron Chamberlain	25	TE	11	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	17	12	129	10.8	0	9	70.6	17	1.1	11.7	70.6	7.6	12	10.8	129	0	1
11	Dwayne Carswell	24	TE	16	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	25	15	85	5.7	0	4	32.0	11	0.9	5.3	60.0	3.4	15	5.7	85	0	0
12	Jeff Lewis	23	QB	2	0	4	39	0	2	50.0	18	9.8	19.5	2.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	9.8	39	0	0
13	Todd Kinchen	27	WR	7	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	27	27.0	0	1	100.0	27	0.1	3.9	100.0	27.0	1	27.0	27	0	5
14	Reggie Rivers	28	RB	16	0	2	6	0	0	0.0	3	3.0	0.4	0.1	1	1	-1	-1.0	0	0	0.0	-1	0.1	-0.1	100.0	-1.0	3	1.7	5	0	0
15	Patrick Jeffers	23	WR	4	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
16	Bill Musgrave	29	QB	6	1	12	-4	0	1	8.3	6	-0.3	-0.7	2.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			12	-0.3	-4	0	3
	Team Totals			16	16	525	2362	20	134	44.2	71	4.5	147.6	32.8	519	327	3662	11.2	26	179	46.6	51	20.4	228.9	63.0	7.1	852	7.1	6024	46	27

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	Terrell Davis	24	RB	1	1	14	91	1	5	64.3	47	6.5	91.0	14.0	9	7	24	3.4	0	0	11.1	6	7.0	24.0	77.8	2.7	21	5.5	115	1	0
2	Anthony Miller	31	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	5	67	13.4	0	4	40.0	18	5.0	67.0	50.0	6.7	5	13.4	67	0	0
3	Ed McCaffrey	28	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	5	54	10.8	1	3	50.0	15	5.0	54.0	62.5	6.8	5	10.8	54	1	0
4	Shannon Sharpe	28	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	2	31	15.5	1	2	50.0	18	2.0	31.0	50.0	7.8	2	15.5	31	1	0
5	John Elway	36	QB	1	1	5	30	0	1	40.0	19	6.0	30.0	5.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			5	6.0	30	0	0
6	Dwayne Carswell	24	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	2	18	9.0	0	0	50.0	10	2.0	18.0	100.0	9.0	2	9.0	18	0	1
7	Aaron Craver	28	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	3	17	5.7	0	1	66.7	7	3.0	17.0	100.0	5.7	3	5.7	17	0	0
8	Rod Smith	26	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	15	15.0	0	1	50.0	15	1.0	15.0	50.0	7.5	1	15.0	15	0	0
9	Vaughn Hebron	26	RB	1	0	2	5	1	1	100.0	4	2.5	5.0	2.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	2.5	5	1	0
	Team Totals			1	1	21	126	2			16	6.0	126.0	21.0	38	25	226	9.0	2	11	39.5	18	25.0	226.0	65.8	5.9	46	7.7	352	4	1

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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	Allen Aldridge	24	MLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	83	68	15	0
2	Steve Atwater	30	FS	16	16	3	11	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	81	64	17	0	PB,AP-2
3	Tyrone Braxton	32	SS	16	16	9	128	1	69	3	0	1	20	0	0.0	84	69	15	0	PB
4	Terrell Davis	24	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-1
5	Mike Lodish	29	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	22	16	6	0
6	John Mobley	23	RLB	16	16	1	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	61	49	12	0	AP DRoY-3
7	Bill Romanowski	30	LLB	16	16	3	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	3.0	77	56	21	0	PB
8	Alfred Williams	28	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	13.0	56	45	11	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-3
9	Aaron Craver	28	FB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Ray Crockett	29	LCB	15	15	2	34	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	58	52	6	0
11	John Elway	36	QB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	-4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-2,AP OPoY-3
12	Michael Dean Perry	31	RDT	15	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3.5	31	22	9	0	PB
13	Shannon Sharpe	28	TE	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP OPoY-5
14	Dan Williams	27	LDE	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	16	14	2	0
15	Lionel Washington	36	RCB	14	12	2	17	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	43	41	2	0
16	Randy Hilliard	29	DB	13	3	1	27	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	24	20	4	0
17	Tory James	23	DB	16	2	2	15	0	15	1	0	1	15	0	0.0	23	22	1	0
18	Harald Hasselbach	29	DE	16	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	11	7	4	0
19	Bill Musgrave	29	QB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	-4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Rod Smith	26	WR	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Maa Tanuvasa	26	DT	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	16	12	4	0
22	Keith Burns	24	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
23	Glenn Cadrez	26	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	8	7	1	0
24	Byron Chamberlain	25	TE	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Jumpy Geathers	36	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	16	10	6	0
26	Tim Hauck	30	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	10	7	3	0
27	Vaughn Hebron	26	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Ernest Jones	25	DT	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	1	0
29	Rondell Jones	25	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
30	Todd Kinchen	27	WR	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Reggie Rivers	28	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Jeff Robinson	26	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	23	0	1			27	12	27	0	40				0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Allen Aldridge	24	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	5	5	0	0
2	Steve Atwater	30	FS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	6	0	0
3	Tyrone Braxton	32	SS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	10	10	0	0
4	Ray Crockett	29	LCB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
5	Mike Lodish	29	LDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
6	John Mobley	23	RLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	6	1	0
7	Bill Romanowski	30	LLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
8	Alfred Williams	28	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0
9	Dan Williams	27	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	1	0
10	Dwayne Carswell	24	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0			0
11	Harald Hasselbach	29	DE	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
12	Tim Hauck	30	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0
13	Randy Hilliard	29	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
14	Tory James	23	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0
15	Maa Tanuvasa	26	DT	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
	Team Totals			1	1						0	1	0	0	0	2	46	44	2	0