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1998 Denver Broncos Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 14-2-0, 1st in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Mike Shanahan (14-2-0)

Points For: 501 (31.3/g) 2nd of 30

Points Against: 309 (19.3/g) 8th of 30

Expected W-L: 12.1-3.9

SRS: 8.87 (5th of 30), SOS: -3.13

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 38-3 vs. Miami Dolphins
Won Conference Championship 23-10 vs. New York Jets
Won Super Bowl 34-19 vs. Atlanta Falcons

Offensive Coordinator: Gary Kubiak

Defensive Coordinator: Greg Robinson

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

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 +600; O/U: 11.0

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

1998 Super Bowl 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	501	6092	1041	5.9	20	6	347	290	491	3624	32	14	7.0	186	525	2468	26	4.7	135	115	1023	26
Opp. Stats	309	4935	999	4.9	30	11	283	345	596	3648	28	19	5.7	183	356	1287	8	3.6	80	113	865	20
Lg Rank Offense	2	3			3	3	2		21	7	5	8	3		2	2	1	2
Lg Rank Defense	8	11			13	15	12		29	26	28	10	12		1	3	4	7

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	Mon	September 7	8:20PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		New England Patriots	27	21	20	339	248	91		17	339	258	81		7.27	-10.32	9.57
2	Sun	September 13	4:15PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Dallas Cowboys	42	23	21	515	306	209		18	370	201	169		33.97	-11.12	-6.89
3	Sun	September 20	4:15PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0	@	Oakland Raiders	34	17	25	338	193	145	2	13	258	164	94	3	0.91	18.81	-3.94
4	Sun	September 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0	@	Washington Redskins	38	16	18	365	180	185		18	387	235	152	3	14.00	7.10	0.30
5	Sun	October 4	4:15PM ET	boxscore	W		5-0		Philadelphia Eagles	41	16	22	423	192	231	2	12	157	100	57	2	3.28	22.02	-0.70
6	Sun	October 11	4:15PM ET	boxscore	W		6-0	@	Seattle Seahawks	21	16	17	373	171	202	2	16	319	242	77	1	-0.56	6.99	2.33
7									Bye Week
8	Sun	October 25	4:15PM ET	boxscore	W		7-0		Jacksonville Jaguars	37	24	24	465	295	170		24	348	282	66	1	11.26	1.16	0.25
9	Sun	November 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-0	@	Cincinnati Bengals	33	26	20	352	202	150	1	25	372	245	127	1	12.90	-6.22	3.84
10	Sun	November 8	4:15PM ET	boxscore	W		9-0		San Diego Chargers	27	10	19	289	217	72	1	13	213	136	77	3	-2.11	19.10	1.51
11	Mon	November 16	8:20PM ET	boxscore	W		10-0	@	Kansas City Chiefs	30	7	26	379	174	205		15	221	190	31	1	14.35	13.20	-2.18
12	Sun	November 22	4:15PM ET	boxscore	W		11-0		Oakland Raiders	40	14	28	397	201	196	1	15	294	245	49	3	11.52	12.24	-0.91
13	Sun	November 29	8:20PM ET	boxscore	W		12-0	@	San Diego Chargers	31	16	18	322	226	96	4	21	367	302	65	6	-5.83	17.67	4.37
14	Sun	December 6	4:15PM ET	boxscore	W		13-0		Kansas City Chiefs	35	31	23	476	383	93	3	20	266	222	44	1	11.18	-2.64	-3.67
15	Sun	December 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		13-1	@	New York Giants	16	20	21	329	159	170	1	18	392	254	138	2	4.63	-8.61	2.25
16	Mon	December 21	8:20PM ET	boxscore	L		13-2	@	Miami Dolphins	21	31	14	219	161	58	2	19	391	355	36	2	-21.16	-3.09	10.55
17	Sun	December 27	4:15PM ET	boxscore	W		14-2		Seattle Seahawks	28	21	31	511	316	195	1	19	241	217	24	1	20.99	-4.74	-7.18
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	January 9	4:15PM ET	boxscore	W		15-2		Miami Dolphins	38	3	24	424	174	250		14	252	238	14	3	22.61	20.56	-5.85
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 17	4:05PM ET	boxscore	W		16-2		New York Jets	23	10	14	331	153	178		18	370	356	14	6	-16.94	20.94	7.05
SuperBowl	Sun	January 31	6:30PM ET	boxscore	W		17-2	N	Atlanta Falcons	34	19	22	457	336	121	1	21	337	206	131	4	13.73	14.96	-9.82

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	38	QB	13	12	10-2-0	210	356	59.0	2806	22	6.2	10	2.8	141	49.2	58	7.9	7.85	13.4	215.8	93.0	18	135	4.81	7.14	7.11	2	2	PB
2	Bubby Brister	36	QB	7	4	4-0-0	78	131	59.5	986	10	7.6	3	2.3	46	47.8	48	7.5	8.02	12.6	140.9	99.0	7	49	5.07	6.79	7.26	0	0
3	Rod Smith	28	WR	16	16		1	1	100.0	14	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	14	14.0	14.00	14.0	0.9	118.7	0	0	0.00	14.00	14.00	0	0
4	Brian Griese	23	QB	1	0		1	3	33.3	2	0	0.0	1	33.3	0		2	0.7	-14.33	2.0	2.0	2.8	0	0	0.00	0.67	-14.33	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	14-2-0	290	491	59.1	3624	32	6.5	14	2.9	186	48.6	58	7.8	7.40	13.1	226.5	93.5	25	184	4.84	7.02	7.04	2	2

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	38	QB	3	3	3-0-0	45	86	52.3	691	3	3.5	1	1.2	30	43.3	80	8.0	8.21	15.4	230.3	85.9	4	28	4.44	7.37	7.53	0	0	SB MVP
	Team Totals			3	3	3-0-0	45	86	52.3	663	3	3.5	1	1.2			76	5.1	7.88	13.3	221.0	65.0	4	28	4.44	4.14	4.68

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	26	RB	16	16	392	2008	21	101	50.3	70	5.1	125.5	24.5	38	25	217	8.7	2	12	47.4	35	1.6	13.6	65.8	5.7	417	5.3	2225	23	2	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1,AP OPoY-1
2	Rod Smith	28	WR	16	16	6	63	0	3	66.7	37	10.5	3.9	0.4	139	86	1222	14.2	6	61	58.3	58	5.4	76.4	61.9	8.8	92	14.0	1285	6	0
3	Ed McCaffrey	30	WR	15	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	99	64	1053	16.5	10	41	57.6	48	4.3	70.2	64.6	10.6	64	16.5	1053	10	1	PB,AP-2
4	Shannon Sharpe	30	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	107	64	768	12.0	10	46	55.1	38	4.0	48.0	59.8	7.2	64	12.0	768	10	0	PB,AP-1
5	Willie Green	32	WR	15	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	25	16	194	12.1	1	8	40.0	50	1.1	12.9	64.0	7.8	16	12.1	194	1	0
6	Derek Loville	30	RB	16	0	53	161	2	13	50.9	12	3.0	10.1	3.3	2	2	29	14.5	0	2	100.0	17	0.1	1.8	100.0	14.5	55	3.5	190	2	0
7	Howard Griffith	31	FB	14	13	4	13	0	1	25.0	16	3.3	0.9	0.3	30	15	97	6.5	3	7	36.7	15	1.1	6.9	50.0	3.2	19	5.8	110	3	0
8	John Elway	38	QB	13	12	37	94	1	11	35.1	16	2.5	7.2	2.8	1	1	14	14.0	0	1	100.0	14	0.1	1.1	100.0	14.0	38	2.8	108	1	7	PB
9	Bubby Brister	36	QB	7	4	19	102	1	7	42.1	38	5.4	14.6	2.7	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			19	5.4	102	1	2
10	Marcus Nash	22	WR	8	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	4	76	19.0	0	2	40.0	31	0.5	9.5	80.0	15.2	4	19.0	76	0	0
11	Dwayne Carswell	26	TE	16	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	4	51	12.8	0	3	40.0	15	0.3	3.2	40.0	5.1	4	12.8	51	0	0
12	Vaughn Hebron	28	RB	15	0	9	31	1	2	33.3	8	3.4	2.1	0.6	3	2	5	2.5	0	0	0.0	3	0.1	0.3	66.7	1.7	11	3.3	36	1	0
13	Byron Chamberlain	27	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	3	35	11.7	0	3	60.0	16	0.2	2.2	60.0	7.0	3	11.7	35	0	0
14	Detron Smith	24	RB	15	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	3	24	8.0	0	1	33.3	16	0.2	1.6	50.0	4.0	3	8.0	24	0	0
15	Justin Armour	25	WR	8	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	1	23	23.0	0	1	20.0	23	0.1	2.9	20.0	4.6	1	23.0	23	0	0
16	Tom Rouen	30	P	16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	1
17	Brian Griese	23	QB	1	0	4	-4	0	0	0.0		-1.0	-4.0	4.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	-1.0	-4	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	525	2468	26	135	48.2	70	4.7	154.3	32.8	475	290	3808	13.1	32	188	52.8	58	18.1	238.0	61.1	8.0	815	7.7	6276	58	17

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	26	RB	3	3	78	468	3	19	51.3	62	6.0	156.0	26.0	7	4	69	17.3	0	4	57.1	39	1.3	23.0	57.1	9.9	82	6.5	537	3	0
2	Rod Smith	28	WR	3	3	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	1.0	0.3	0.3	23	12	260	21.7	2	8	39.1	80	4.0	86.7	52.2	11.3	13	20.1	261	2	0
3	Ed McCaffrey	30	WR	3	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	20	11	190	17.3	0	9	50.0	47	3.7	63.3	55.0	9.5	11	17.3	190	0	0
4	Shannon Sharpe	30	TE	3	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	16	9	78	8.7	0	3	43.8	14	3.0	26.0	56.3	4.9	9	8.7	78	0	0
5	Byron Chamberlain	27	TE	3	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	5	55	11.0	0	4	71.4	16	1.7	18.3	71.4	7.9	5	11.0	55	0	0
6	Derek Loville	30	RB	3	0	12	49	1	2	33.3	11	4.1	16.3	4.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12	4.1	49	1	0
7	Howard Griffith	31	FB	3	3	4	9	2	3	100.0	4	2.3	3.0	1.3	4	3	32	10.7	1	2	75.0	14	1.0	10.7	75.0	8.0	7	5.9	41	3	0
8	John Elway	38	QB	3	3	9	34	1	4	55.6	11	3.8	11.3	3.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			9	3.8	34	1	1	SB MVP
9	Dwayne Carswell	26	TE	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	1	7	7.0	0	0	0.0	7	0.5	3.5	33.3	2.3	1	7.0	7	0	0
10	Willie Green	32	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	0
11	Bubby Brister	36	QB	2	0	7	-3	0	1	14.3	2	-0.4	-1.5	3.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			7	-0.4	-3	0	0
12	Tom Rouen	30	P	1	0	1	-9	0	0	0.0	-9	-9.0	-9.0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-9.0	-9	0	1
	Team Totals			3	3	112	549	7			16	4.9	183.0	37.3	82	45	691	15.4	3	30	46.3	80	15.0	230.3	54.9	8.4	157	7.9	1240	10	2

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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	Steve Atwater	32	FS	16	16	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	55	43	12	0	PB
2	Ray Crockett	31	LCB	16	16	3	105	1	80	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	51	46	5	0
3	Terrell Davis	26	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1,AP OPoY-1
4	Darrien Gordon	28	RCB	16	16	4	125	1	55	1	1	1	0	0	0.0	64	58	6	0
5	Bill Romanowski	32	RLB	16	16	2	22	0	18	2	0	3	0	0	7.5	72	55	17	0	PB
6	Rod Smith	28	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Harry Swayne	33	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Maa Tanuvasa	28	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-1	0	8.5	45	34	11	0
9	Glenn Cadrez	28	MLB	16	15	2	11	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	76	56	20	0
10	Ed McCaffrey	30	WR	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
11	John Mobley	25	LLB	16	15	1	-2	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	112	93	19	0
12	Trevor Pryce	23	RDT	16	15	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8.5	43	31	12	0
13	Neil Smith	32	LDE	14	14	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	27	20	7	0
14	Keith Traylor	29	LDT	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	32	24	8	0
15	John Elway	38	QB	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	-18	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
16	Eric Brown	23	SS	11	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	31	24	7	0
17	Tyrone Braxton	34	SS	16	6	1	72	0	72	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	39	33	6	0
18	Bubby Brister	36	QB	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Harald Hasselbach	31	DE	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	21	19	2	0
20	Darrius Johnson	25	DB	16	2	2	79	0	45	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
21	Seth Joyner	34	LB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	4	1	0
22	Mike Lodish	31	DT	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	6	5	1	0
23	Keith Burns	26	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	9	7	2	0
24	George Coghill	28	DB	9	0	1	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	6	1	0
25	Brian Griese	23	QB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Vaughn Hebron	28	RB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Tory James	25	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	11	10	1	0
28	Tito Paul	26	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
29	Tom Rouen	30	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-15	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Marvin Washington	33	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	23	14	9	0
31	Alfred Williams	30	DE	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	13	10	3	0
	Team Totals			16	16	19	0	2			17	11	-25	1	47				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	Steve Atwater	32	FS	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	10	9	1	0
2	Glenn Cadrez	28	MLB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	12	8	4	0
3	Darrien Gordon	28	RCB	3	3	4	156	0	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	1	0
4	Harald Hasselbach	31	DE	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	3	2	0
5	John Mobley	25	LLB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	6	5	1	0
6	Bill Romanowski	32	RLB	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2	0	1.0	9	8	1	0
7	Keith Traylor	29	LDT	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	5	1	0
8	Tyrone Braxton	34	SS	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0.0	7	6	1	0
9	Ray Crockett	31	LCB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0
10	Darrius Johnson	25	DB	3	2	2	76	0	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	6	0	0
11	Trevor Pryce	23	RDT	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	2	2	0
12	Maa Tanuvasa	28	RDE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
13	Terrell Davis	26	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0			0
14	John Elway	38	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-6	0	0.0	0			0	SB MVP
15	Keith Burns	26	LB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
16	George Coghill	28	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
17	Tory James	25	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0
18	Derek Loville	30	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
19	Tom Rouen	30	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
20	Neil Smith	32	LDE	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	79	1	0.0	1	0	1	0
21	Marvin Washington	33	DE	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	0	0
22	Alfred Williams	30	DE	3	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0
	Team Totals			3	3						0	2	0	0	1	3	89	74	15	0