1986 Denver Broncos Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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	378	5216	1042	5.0	29	13	319	306	549	3538	22	16	6.0	184	455	1678	17	3.7	94	104	910	41
Opp. Stats	327	4947	1026	4.8	35	17	291	301	545	3296	21	18	5.5	177	432	1651	13	3.8	93	127	1034	21
Lg Rank Offense	6	15			5	8	8		8	10	9	6	13		20	20	9	20
Lg Rank Defense	15	9			17	12	12		22	16	11	18	11		4	5	12	13

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 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Los Angeles Raiders	38	36	20	290	235	55	1	22	431	315	116	3	8.90	-8.51	1.13
2	Mon	September 15	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	21	10	20	326	235	91	1	17	236	206	30	3	0.45	15.41	-3.28
3	Sun	September 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0	@	Philadelphia Eagles	33	7	19	328	125	203	1	16	273	196	77	2	2.86	21.43	-3.56
4	Sun	September 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0		New England Patriots	27	20	22	338	182	156	2	16	224	184	40	1	-1.18	7.34	0.84
5	Sun	October 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-0		Dallas Cowboys	29	14	19	319	198	121	1	19	266	225	41	3	9.36	17.57	-7.77
6	Sun	October 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-0	@	San Diego Chargers	31	14	25	403	247	156	1	19	358	316	42	2	19.40	-4.50	0.62
7	Mon	October 20	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-1	@	New York Jets	10	22	19	279	232	47	3	20	211	74	137		-9.51	5.00	-4.50
8	Sun	October 26	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-1		Seattle Seahawks	20	13	24	450	332	118	2	13	214	50	164		4.59	11.14	-10.17
9	Sun	November 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-1	@	Los Angeles Raiders	21	10	11	246	132	114	1	25	407	326	81	6	-2.04	12.35	0.71
10	Sun	November 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-2		San Diego Chargers	3	9	12	245	184	61	5	14	225	147	78	2	-16.94	9.99	1.21
11	Sun	November 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-2		Kansas City Chiefs	38	17	18	265	198	67	2	16	297	220	77	4	-7.63	31.12	-3.28
12	Sun	November 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-3	@	New York Giants	16	19	26	405	325	80	4	14	262	119	143	2	-7.52	14.09	-6.06
13	Sun	November 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-3		Cincinnati Bengals	34	28	27	401	219	182		22	426	302	124	3	16.19	-14.00	5.89
14	Sun	December 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-4	@	Kansas City Chiefs	10	37	16	323	242	81	5	12	169	93	76	1	-33.26	12.84	-5.98
15	Sat	December 13	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-4		Washington Redskins	31	30	23	330	259	71		19	412	285	127	2	4.79	-10.98	5.29
16	Sat	December 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-5	@	Seattle Seahawks	16	41	18	268	193	75		27	536	238	298	1	-3.38	-29.41	6.47
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	January 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-5		New England Patriots	22	17	23	441	253	188	2	12	271	150	121		5.57	3.53	-7.13
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 11	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	13-5	@	Cleveland Browns	23	20	22	374	225	149	1	17	356	256	100	3	0.15	7.45	-5.17
SuperBowl	Sun	January 25	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		13-6	N	New York Giants	20	39	24	372	320	52	1	24	399	263	136		12.70	-19.31	-3.29

Passing

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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	Awards
1	John Elway	26	QB	16	16	11-5-0	280	504	55.6	3485	19	3.8	13	2.6	168	40.9	53	6.9	6.5	12.4	217.8	79.0	32	233	5.97	6.07	5.7	1	1	PB,AP MVP-5,AP OPoY-5
2	Gary Kubiak	25	QB	16	0		23	38	60.5	249	1	2.6	3	7.9	13	43.9	26	6.6	3.5	10.8	15.6	55.7	3	23	7.32	5.51	2.7	0	0
3	Chris Norman	24	P	6	0		1	1	100.0	43	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	43	43.0	63.0	43.0	7.2	158.3	0	0	0.00	43.00	63.0	0	0
4	Steve Sewell	23	RB	11	2		1	1	100.0	23	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	25.0	23	23.0	43.0	23.0	2.1	158.3	3	17	75.00	1.50	6.5	0	0
5	Gerald Willhite	27	FB	16	12		1	4	25.0	11	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	25.0	11	2.8	2.8	11.0	0.7	39.6	0	0	0.00	2.75	2.8	0	0
6	Vance Johnson	23	WR	12	9		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	11-5-0	306	549	55.7	3538	22	4.0	16	2.9	184	40.9	53	6.9	6.4	12.5	221.1	78.7	38	273	6.47	6.03	5.55	1	1

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
1	John Elway	26	QB	3	3	2-1-0	57	107	53.3	805	3	2.8	4	3.7	35	40.7	54	7.5	6.4	14.1	268.3	71.6	6	49	5.31	6.69	5.6	1	1
2	Gary Kubiak	25	QB	1	0		4	4	100.0	48	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	80.0	23	12.0	12.0	12.0	48.0	116.7	1	6	20.00	8.40	8.4	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	2-1-0	61	111	55.0	798	3	2.7	4	3.6	38	42.4	54	6.4	6.6	14.0	266.0	74.9	7	55	5.93	5.63	5.00	1	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	Sammy Winder	27	RB	16	15	240	789	9	41	41.7	31	3.3	49.3	15.0	38	26	171	6.6	5	10	47.4	20	1.6	10.7	68.4	4.5	266	3.6	960	14	2	PB
2	Gerald Willhite	27	FB	16	12	85	365	5	19	52.9	42	4.3	22.8	5.3	90	64	529	8.3	3	27	47.8	34	4.0	33.1	71.1	5.9	149	6.0	894	8	5
3	Mark Jackson	23	WR	16	1	2	6	0	0	50.0	5	3.0	0.4	0.1	70	38	738	19.4	1	28	42.9	53	2.4	46.1	54.3	10.5	40	18.6	744	1	3	AP ORoY-2
4	Steve Watson	29	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	85	45	699	15.5	3	37	49.4	46	2.8	43.7	52.9	8.2	45	15.5	699	3	0
5	Steve Sewell	23	RB	11	2	23	123	1	6	56.5	15	5.3	11.2	2.1	41	23	294	12.8	1	15	43.9	40	2.1	26.7	56.1	7.2	46	9.1	417	2	0
6	Vance Johnson	23	WR	12	9	5	15	0	0	20.0	6	3.0	1.3	0.4	52	31	363	11.7	2	19	48.1	34	2.6	30.3	59.6	7.0	36	10.5	378	2	1
7	Orson Mobley	23	TE	14	3	1	-1	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	42	22	332	15.1	1	17	47.6	32	1.6	23.7	52.4	7.9	23	14.4	331	1	1
8	John Elway	26	QB	16	16	52	257	1	21	53.8	24	4.9	16.1	3.3	1	1	23	23.0	1	1	100.0	23	0.1	1.4	100.0	23.0	53	5.3	280	2	8	PB,AP MVP-5,AP OPoY-5
9	Clint Sampson	25	WR	15	5	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	41	21	259	12.3	0	9	41.5	43	1.4	17.3	51.2	6.3	21	12.3	259	0	1
10	Gene Lang	24	RB	15	2	29	94	1	5	37.9	14	3.2	6.3	1.9	17	13	105	8.1	2	4	41.2	26	0.9	7.0	76.5	6.2	42	4.7	199	3	0
11	Clarence Kay	25	TE	13	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	25	15	195	13.0	1	12	52.0	34	1.2	15.0	60.0	7.8	15	13.0	195	1	0
12	Joey Hackett	28	TE	16	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	3	48	16.0	0	3	75.0	19	0.2	3.0	75.0	12.0	3	16.0	48	0	0
13	Steve Wilson	29	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	43	43.0	1	1	100.0	43	0.1	2.7	100.0	43.0	1	43.0	43	1	0
14	Ken Bell	22	RB	16	0	9	17	0	2	22.2	12	1.9	1.1	0.6	2	2	10	5.0	0	0	50.0	7	0.1	0.6	100.0	5.0	11	2.5	27	0	1
15	Gary Kubiak	25	QB	16	0	6	22	0	1	66.7	10	3.7	1.4	0.4	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			6	3.7	22	0	0
16	Tony Boddie	26	RB	1	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	2	2.0	2.0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	2.0	2	0	0
17	Dave Studdard	31	LT	15	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	2	2.0	1	1	50.0	2	0.1	0.1	50.0	1.0	1	2.0	2	1	0
18	Mark Cooper	26	G	8	4	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
19	Mike Horan	27	P	4	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	1
20	Chris Norman	24	P	6	0	1	-11	0	0	0.0	-11	-11.0	-1.8	0.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-11.0	-11	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	455	1678	17	95	45.1	42	3.7	104.9	28.4	512	306	3811	12.5	22	184	46.9	53	19.1	238.2	59.8	7.4	761	7.2	5489	39	24

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	Sammy Winder	27	RB	3	3	49	185	0	8	44.9	16	3.8	61.7	16.3	7	7	52	7.4	0	2	85.7	16	2.3	17.3	100.0	7.4	56	4.2	237	0	0
2	Vance Johnson	23	WR	3	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	18	12	235	19.6	2	7	44.4	54	4.0	78.3	66.7	13.1	12	19.6	235	2	0
3	Steve Watson	29	WR	3	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	12	6	130	21.7	0	6	50.0	31	2.0	43.3	50.0	10.8	6	21.7	130	0	0
4	Orson Mobley	23	TE	3	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	15	7	122	17.4	0	6	40.0	49	2.3	40.7	46.7	8.1	7	17.4	122	0	0
5	Steve Sewell	23	RB	3	0	6	13	0	2	33.3	12	2.2	4.3	2.0	14	8	100	12.5	0	5	42.9	39	2.7	33.3	57.1	7.1	14	8.1	113	0	0
6	John Elway	26	QB	3	3	15	101	2	6	53.3	34	6.7	33.7	5.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			15	6.7	101	2	1
7	Gerald Willhite	27	FB	3	1	10	23	1	2	40.0	11	2.3	7.7	3.3	16	7	59	8.4	0	2	37.5	16	2.3	19.7	43.8	3.7	17	4.8	82	1	0
8	Mark Jackson	23	WR	3	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	14	5	76	15.2	1	5	35.7	24	1.7	25.3	35.7	5.4	5	15.2	76	1	0
9	Gene Lang	24	RB	3	0	16	55	0	4	62.5	14	3.4	18.3	5.3	3	3	6	2.0	0	0	33.3	4	1.0	2.0	100.0	2.0	19	3.2	61	0	0
10	Clint Sampson	25	WR	3	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	3	30	10.0	0	2	75.0	11	1.0	10.0	75.0	7.5	3	10.0	30	0	0
11	Clarence Kay	25	TE	2	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	2	23	11.5	0	2	50.0	15	1.0	11.5	50.0	5.8	2	11.5	23	0	0
12	Bobby Micho	24	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	20	20.0	0	1	100.0	20	1.0	20.0	100.0	20.0	1	20.0	20	0	0
13	Ken Bell	22	RB	1	0	2	12	0	1	100.0	8	6.0	12.0	2.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	6.0	12	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	98	389	3	23	49.0	34	4.0	129.7	32.7	108	61	853	14.0	3	38	46.3	54	20.3	284.3	56.5	7.9	159	7.8	1242	6	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	John Elway	26	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	-13	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP MVP-5,AP OPoY-5
2	Mike Harden	27	RCB	16	16	6	179	2	52	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Rulon Jones	28	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13.5	0	0	0	1	PB,AP-1
4	Karl Mecklenburg	26	LILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	9.5	127	127	0	0	PB,AP-1
5	Andre Townsend	24	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	2.5	0	0	0	0
6	Louis Wright	33	LCB	16	16	3	56	0	56	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Steve Foley	33	FS	16	15	2	39	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Ricky Hunley	25	RILB	16	15	1	22	0	22	2	0	1	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
9	Dave Studdard	31	LT	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Sammy Winder	27	RB	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
11	Keith Bishop	29	LG	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
12	Tom Jackson	35	ROLB	16	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
13	Greg Kragen	24	NT	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	60	60	0	0
14	Jim Ryan	29	LOLB	16	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
15	Dennis Smith	27	SS	14	14	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1.0	88	88	0	0	PB
16	Gerald Willhite	27	FB	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Vance Johnson	23	WR	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Clint Sampson	25	WR	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Joey Hackett	28	TE	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Orson Mobley	23	TE	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Rick Dennison	28	LB	16	2	1	5	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
22	Simon Fletcher	24	DE	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.5	43	43	0	0
23	Randy Robbins	24	DB	16	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
24	Mark Jackson	23	WR	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	AP ORoY-2
25	Tony Lilly	24	DB	16	1	3	22	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
26	Ken Woodard	26	LB	16	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	16	1	3.0	0	0	0	0
27	Ken Bell	22	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Tony Colorito	22	NT	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Darren Comeaux	26	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
30	Freddie Gilbert	24	DE	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
31	Mike Horan	27	P	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-12	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Chris Norman	24	P	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	Steve Wilson	29	DB	16	0	1	-5	0	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	18	318	2	56	19	24	26	-2	2	48.0	318	318	0	1

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	Rulon Jones	28	RDE	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	3	0	1
2	Jim Ryan	29	LOLB	3	3	1	26	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	4	0	0
3	Ricky Hunley	25	RILB	2	2	1	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	7	0	0
4	Karl Mecklenburg	26	LILB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	0	0
5	John Elway	26	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-11	0	0.0	0			0
6	Steve Foley	33	FS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0
7	Dennis Smith	27	SS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	5	0	0
8	Andre Townsend	24	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
9	Louis Wright	33	LCB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	5	0	0
10	Ken Bell	22	RB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0			0
11	Simon Fletcher	24	DE	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
12	Freddie Gilbert	24	DE	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	1	1	0	0
13	Joey Hackett	28	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0			0
14	Mark Haynes	28	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0
15	Tony Lilly	24	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
16	Randy Robbins	24	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
17	Steve Wilson	29	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0
18	Ken Woodard	26	LB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	4	4	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	2	40	0	26	0	0	3	4	-11	0	7.0	46	46	0	1

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