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1989 Denver Broncos

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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

1989 AFC Champions

Scored 362 points (22.6/g), 8th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 226 points (14.1/g), 1st.
 Differential of 136 points (8.5/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 12.1-3.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +11 (0.7/g), 3rd.

Coached by Dan Reeves (11-5-0)

1989 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 10 box W 1-0 Kansas City Chiefs 34 20 14 250 150 100 2 14 287 242 45 4
2 Mon September 18 box W 2-0 @ Buffalo Bills 28 14 26 382 181 201 2 28 413 319 94 4
3 Sun September 24 box W 3-0 Los Angeles Raiders 31 21 18 283 113 170 3 15 360 270 90 6
4 Sun October 1 box L 3-1 @ Cleveland Browns 13 16 10 241 161 80 3 16 296 201 95 1
5 Sun October 8 box W 4-1 San Diego Chargers 16 10 24 335 179 156 1 12 211 93 118 2
6 Sun October 15 box W 5-1 Indianapolis Colts 14 3 20 319 150 169 2 7 128 84 44 1
7 Sun October 22 box W 6-1 @ Seattle Seahawks 24 21 15 371 316 55 1 23 363 224 139 4
8 Sun October 29 box L 6-2 Philadelphia Eagles 24 28 22 320 216 104 6 17 313 98 215 2
9 Sun November 5 box W 7-2 Pittsburgh Steelers 34 7 22 414 261 153 2 7 170 77 93 1
10 Sun November 12 box W 8-2 @ Kansas City Chiefs 16 13 12 213 112 101 1 20 312 171 141 2
11 Mon November 20 box W 9-2 @ Washington Redskins 14 10 19 232 106 126 2 14 223 146 77 2
12 Sun November 26 box W 10-2 Seattle Seahawks 41 14 18 353 216 137 21 325 192 133 4
13 Sun December 3 box L 10-3 @ Los Angeles Raiders 13 16 26 332 176 156 2 11 257 178 79 1
14 Sun December 10 box L 10-4 New York Giants 7 14 18 367 284 83 16 261 148 113
15 Sat December 16 box W 11-4 @ Phoenix Cardinals 37 0 28 475 271 204 2 7 101 79 22 3
16 Sun December 24 box L 11-5 @ San Diego Chargers 16 19 16 206 109 97 3 18 387 305 82 6
Playoffs
Division Sun January 7 box W 12-5 Pittsburgh Steelers 24 23
ConfChamp Sun January 14 box W 13-5 Cleveland Browns 37 21
SuperBowl Sun January 28 box L 13-6 N San Francisco 49ers 10 55

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 362 5093 1071 4.8 308 256 474 3001 21 20 5.8 163 554 2092 15 3.8 125 32 12 20
Team Defense 226 4407 977 4.5 402 268 504 2827 13 21 5.1 142 426 1580 10 3.7 246 43 22 14
Lg Rank Offense 8 15 12 22 23 12 15 18 3 6 10 18 9 5
Lg Rank Defense 1 3 1 11 3 1 9 3 6 6 7 7 2 2

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 NY/A ANY/A Sk%
John Elway* 29 QB 15 15 10-5-0 223 416 53.6 3051 18 4.3 18 4.3 69 7.3 5.8 13.7 203.4 73.7 35 298 6.1 4.7 7.8
Gary Kubiak 28 16 1 1-0-0 32 55 58.2 284 2 3.6 2 3.6 22 5.2 3.9 8.9 17.8 69.1 8 53 3.7 2.6 12.7
Bobby Humphrey 23 RB 16 12 1 2 50.0 17 1 50.0 0 0.0 17 8.5 13.5 17.0 1.1 118.7 0 0 8.5 13.5 0.0
Vance Johnson 26 WR 16 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.1 16 11-5-0 256 474 54.0 3352 21 4.4 20 4.2 69 7.1 5.6 13.1 209.5 73.7 43 351 5.8 4.5 8.3
Opp Total 16 268 504 53.2 2827 13 2.6 21 4.2 5.6 4.0 10.5 176.7 61.0 47 374 5.1 3.0

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Bobby Humphrey 23 RB 16 12 294 1151 7 40 3.9 71.9 18.4 22 156 7.1 1 13 1.4 9.8 1307 8 4
Sammy Winder 30 16 2 110 351 2 16 3.2 21.9 6.9 14 91 6.5 0 19 0.9 5.7 442 2 1
John Elway* 29 QB 15 15 48 244 3 31 5.1 16.3 3.2 244 3 9
Jeff Alexander 24 FB 14 6 45 146 2 11 3.2 10.4 3.2 8 84 10.5 0 28 0.6 6.0 230 2 0
Mel Bratton 24 16 3 30 108 1 9 3.6 6.8 1.9 10 69 6.9 3 17 0.6 4.3 177 4 0
Gary Kubiak 28 16 1 15 35 0 10 2.3 2.2 0.9 35 0 2
Steve Sewell 26 16 3 7 44 0 10 6.3 2.8 0.4 25 416 16.6 3 56 1.6 26.0 460 3 0
Mark Jackson 26 WR 16 16 5 13 0 8 2.6 0.8 0.3 28 446 15.9 2 49 1.8 27.9 459 2 1
Vance Johnson 26 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 76 1095 14.4 7 69 4.8 68.4 1095 7 0
Mike Young 27 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 402 18.3 2 47 1.4 25.1 402 2 0
Clarence Kay 28 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 197 9.4 2 20 1.3 12.3 197 2 0
Orson Mobley 26 te 12 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 200 11.8 0 36 1.4 16.7 200 0 0
Ricky Nattiel 23 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 183 18.3 1 43 1.3 22.9 183 1 2
Pat Kelly 24 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 13 4.3 0 6 0.2 0.8 13 0 0
Team Total 26.1 16 554 2092 15 40 3.8 130.8 34.6 256 3352 13.1 21 69 16.0 209.5 5444 36 26
Opp Total 16 426 1580 10 3.7 98.8 26.6 268 2827 10.5 13 16.8 176.7 4407 23 43

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Ken Bell 25 RET 15 0 21 143 0 24 6.8 30 602 0 33 20.1 745
Vance Johnson 26 WR 16 16 12 118 0 34 9.8 1213
Ricky Nattiel 23 8 0 9 77 0 38 8.6 260
Darren Carrington 23 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 6 152 0 68 25.3 152
Bobby Humphrey 23 RB 16 12 4 86 0 29 21.5 1393
Chris Woods 27 1 0 2 6 0 11 3.0 1 17 0 17 17.0 23
Mel Bratton 24 16 3 2 19 0 10 9.5 196
Team Total 26.1 16 45 344 0 38 7.6 43 876 0 68 20.4 6664
Opp Total 16 28 0 72 1256 0 17.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Mike Horan 30 P 16 0 77 3111 63 0 40.4
David Treadwell* 24 K 16 0 3 3 14 13 8 8 7 3 1 33 27 81.8% 40 39 97.5%
Gary Kubiak 28 16 1 2 43 29 0 21.5
John Elway* 29 QB 15 15 1 34 34 0 34.0
Team Total 26.1 16 3 3 14 13 8 8 7 3 1 33 27 81.8% 40 39 97.5% 80 3188 63 0 39.9
Opp Total 16 27 17 63.0% 25 25 100.0% 84 3444 41.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Simon Fletcher 27 LOLB 16 16 12.0 3 0 1 0 0 105
Karl Mecklenburg*+ 29 LILB 15 15 7.5 2 0 4 23 1 143
John Elway* 29 QB 15 15 9 2 -4 0
Ken Bell 25 RET 15 0 5 5 0 0
Ron Holmes 26 rde 15 8 9.0
Tyrone Braxton 25 LCB 16 16 6 103 1 34 0 0 2 35 0 111
Bobby Humphrey 23 RB 16 12 4 3 0 0
Greg Kragen* 27 NT 14 14 2.0 0 0 4 17 1 72
Alphonso Carreker 27 LDE 16 16 5.5
Dennis Smith* 30 SS 14 14 2 78 0 50 0 0 3 0 0 82
Steve Atwater 23 FS 16 16 3 34 0 30 0 0 1 29 0 129
Wymon Henderson 28 RCB 16 15 3 58 0 25 0 1 0 0 0 76
Marc Munford 24 rilb 16 6 1.0 2 16 0 10 0 1 0 0
Andre Townsend 27 RDE 13 10 2.0 0 2 0 0
Michael Brooks 25 ROLB 16 16 1.0 1 0 2 0 0 123 1
Rick Dennison 31 RILB 15 11 1.0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Gary Kubiak 28 16 1 2 1 0 0
Warren Powers 24 15 1 3.0
Randy Robbins 27 16 2 2 18 1 18 0 1 0 0
Darren Carrington 23 16 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 16
Tim Lucas 28 16 0 2.0
Ricky Nattiel 23 8 0 2 0 0 0
Kip Corrington 24 16 0 1 8 0 8
Mark Jackson 26 WR 16 16 1 0 -8 0
Clarence Kay 28 TE 16 16 0 1 0 0
Gerald Perry 25 LT 16 15 0 1 0 0
Sammy Winder 30 16 2 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.1 16 46.0 21 318 2 50 6 26 35 92 2 857 1
Opp Total 16 43 43 21

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
David Treadwell* 24 K 16 0 39 27 120
Bobby Humphrey 23 RB 16 12 7 1 48
Vance Johnson 26 WR 16 16 7 42
Mel Bratton 24 16 3 1 3 24
John Elway* 29 QB 15 15 3 18
Steve Sewell 26 16 3 3 18
Jeff Alexander 24 FB 14 6 2 12
Mark Jackson 26 WR 16 16 2 12
Clarence Kay 28 TE 16 16 2 12
Sammy Winder 30 16 2 2 12
Mike Young 27 16 0 2 12
Tyrone Braxton 25 LCB 16 16 1 6
Greg Kragen* 27 NT 14 14 1 6
Karl Mecklenburg*+ 29 LILB 15 15 1 6
Ricky Nattiel 23 8 0 1 6
Randy Robbins 27 16 2 1 6
Michael Brooks 25 ROLB 16 16 1 2
Team Total 26.1 16 15 21 2 2 39 27 1 362
Opp Total 16 10 13 25 17 226