1976 Denver Broncos: 9-5-0
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Home record: 6-1-0 (205 points scored, 75 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (110 points scored, 131 allowed) Head Coach: John Ralston
315 points scored (7th of 28 teams), 206 points allowed (6th) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
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Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 168 353 2,204 (12) 5.50 15 22 500 1,932 (19) 3.9 14 4,136 (16) 34
Defense: 214 391 2,025 (12) 4.79 8 24 496 1,709 ( 3) 3.4 14 3,734 ( 8) 37
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Steve Ramsey QB 12 6'2 210 28 7 North Texas State 12 Craig Penrose QB 4 6'3 222 23 R San Diego State 14 Norris Weese QB 14 6'1 195 25 1 Mississippi 15 Jim Turner K 14 6'2 205 35 13 Utah State 20 Louis Wright DB 14 6'2 195 23 2 San Jose State 21 Randy Poltl DB 12 6'3 190 24 3 Stanford 23 Chris Pane DB 4 5'11 181 23 1 Cal State-Chico 23 Billy Hardee DB 2 6'0 185 22 R Virginia Tech 24 Otis Armstrong RB 14 5'10 196 25 4 Purdue 25 Haven Moses WR 14 6'3 208 30 9 San Diego State 26 Calvin Jones DB 10 5'7 169 25 4 Washington 31 Mike Franckowiak RB 14 6'3 220 23 2 Central Michigan 32 Jon Keyworth RB 14 6'3 230 25 3 Colorado 33 Jim Kiick RB 14 5'11 215 30 8 Wyoming 35 Lonnie Perrin RB 14 6'1 222 24 R Illinois 36 Bill Thompson DB 14 6'1 200 30 8 Maryland Eastern Shore 42 Billy Van Heusen P 7 6'1 200 30 9 Maryland 43 Steve Foley DB 14 6'2 181 22 1 Tulane 46 John Rowser DB 14 6'1 190 32 10 Michigan 50 Bobby Maples C 14 6'3 250 33 12 Baylor 51 Bob Swenson LB 14 6'3 220 23 2 California 53 Randy Gradishar LB 14 6'3 233 24 3 Ohio State 54 Rick Baska LB 14 6'3 225 24 1 UCLA 55 Godwin Turk LB 13 6'2 230 26 2 Southern 56 Larry Evans LB 14 6'2 216 23 R Mississippi College 57 Tom Jackson LB 14 5'11 220 25 4 Louisville 58 Phil Olsen C 13 6'5 260 28 6 Utah State 59 Joe Rizzo LB 12 6'1 220 25 3 Kings Point 61 Tommy Lyons OG 14 6'2 230 28 6 Georgia 62 Harvey Goodman OG 14 6'4 260 24 1 Colorado 62 Tom Glassic OG 14 6'3 254 22 R Virginia 63 John Grant DT 13 6'3 235 26 4 Southern California 65 Glenn Hyde OT 11 6'3 250 25 1 Pittsburgh 68 Rubin Carter DT 14 6'0 256 23 2 Miami 70 Paul Smith DE 11 6'3 256 31 9 New Mexico 71 Claudie Minor OT 14 6'4 280 25 3 San Diego State 72 Wayne Hammond DT 5 6'5 255 23 1 Montana State 73 Martin Imhof DT 1 6'6 255 27 4 San Diego State 75 Bill Bain OT 14 6'4 270 24 2 Southern California 76 Randy Moore DT 8 6'2 241 22 R Arizona State 77 Lyle Alzado DT 1 6'3 252 27 6 Yankton 78 Jim White DE 7 6'3 260 28 4 Colorado State 78 Marv Montgomery OT 3 6'6 255 28 6 Southern California 79 Barney Chavous DE 14 6'3 252 25 4 South Carolina State 80 Rick Upchurch WR 13 5'10 170 24 2 Minnesota 82 Jack Dolbin WR 14 5'10 180 28 2 Wake Forest 84 John Schultz WR 14 5'10 182 23 R Maryland 87 Boyd Brown TE 14 6'4 216 24 3 Alcorn State 88 Riley Odoms TE 14 6'4 230 26 5 Houston
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Steve Ramsey 270 128 47.4 1,931 7.15 15.1 11 4.1 13 4.8 39 261 64.9
Norris Weese 47 24 51.1 314 6.68 13.1 1 2.1 6 12.8 9 45 40.0
Craig Penrose 36 16 44.4 265 7.36 16.6 3 8.3 3 8.3 0 0 62.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Otis Armstrong 39 457 11.7 1 Riley Odoms 30 477 15.9 3 Haven Moses 25 498 19.9 7 Jon Keyworth 22 201 9.1 1 Jack Dolbin 19 354 18.6 1 Rick Upchurch 12 340 28.3 1 Jim Kiick 10 78 7.8 1 Mike Franckowiak 4 42 10.5 0 Lonnie Perrin 4 35 8.8 0 John Schultz 2 29 14.5 0 Tommy Lyons 1 -1 -1.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Otis Armstrong 247 1,008 4.1 5 Jon Keyworth 122 349 2.9 3 Norris Weese 23 142 6.2 0 Lonnie Perrin 37 118 3.2 2 Jim Kiick 31 114 3.7 1 Rick Upchurch 6 71 11.8 1 Steve Ramsey 13 51 3.9 0 Riley Odoms 3 36 12.0 2 Mike Franckowiak 12 25 2.1 0 Billy Van Heusen 1 20 20.0 0 Jack Dolbin 2 5 2.5 0 Craig Penrose 2 -3 -1.5 0 Haven Moses 1 -4 -4.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Rick Upchurch 22 514 23.4 0 Lonnie Perrin 14 391 27.9 0 John Schultz 3 82 27.3 0 Boyd Brown 3 41 13.7 0 Mike Franckowiak 2 22 11.0 0 Glenn Hyde 1 17 17.0 0 Harvey Goodman 1 8 8.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Rick Upchurch 39 536 13.7 3 4 Bill Thompson 6 60 10.0 0 0 Steve Foley 5 42 8.4 0 0 John Schultz 1 2 2.0 2 0 |
1976 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 15 OG Tom Glassic 105 Virginia 2 43 DB Kurt Knoff 70 Kansas 4 107 QB Craig Penrose 18 San Diego State 5 139 RB Lonnie Perrin 58 Illinois 8 224 RB James Betterson 23 North Carolina 9 252 C Jim Czirr Michigan 9 260 LB Jim Lisko Arkansas State [pick acquired from STL] 10 278 DE Art Gilliam Grambling 11 306 LB Greg Pittman Iowa State 12 334 DT Randy Moore 8 Arizona State 13 362 DB Donnie McGraw Houston 14 390 LB Larry Evans 104 Mississippi College 15 418 P Wilbur Summers 13 Louisville 16 446 LB John Huddleston 27 Utah 17 474 DE Randy Cozens Pittsburgh
Traded draft picks: #3 to DAL (John Smith), #6 to ATL (Stan Varner), #7 to HOU (Larry Harris)
Transactions:
| 01-1976 | traded Denver's #5 pick in the 1977 draft to Jets for Godwin Turk |
| 03-30-1976 | Buccaneers selected Bubba Bridges in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Buccaneers selected Mike Current in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Steve Taylor in expansion draft |
| 04-09-1976 | traded Jeff Severson to Cardinals for St. Louis' #9 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 04-10-1976 | sent Denver's #12 pick in the 1978 draft and #8 pick in the 1979 draft to Dolphins as compensation for Jim Kiick |
| 08-03-1976 | Earlie Thomas retired |
| 08-19-1976 | Bubba Bridges retired |
| 08-31-1976 | traded Denver's #3 pick in the 1977 draft to Packers for Bill Bain |
| 12-31-1976 | Charley Johnson retired |
1976 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/12/76 at Cincinnati Bengals L 7-17 0-1-0 09/19/76 vs New York Jets W 46-3 1-1-0 09/26/76 vs Cleveland Browns W 44-13 2-1-0 10/03/76 vs San Diego Chargers W 26-0 3-1-0 10/10/76 at Houston Oilers L 3-17 3-2-0 10/17/76 vs Oakland Raiders L 10-17 3-3-0 10/24/76 at Kansas City Chiefs W 35-26 4-3-0 10/31/76 at Oakland Raiders L 6-19 4-4-0 11/07/76 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 48-13 5-4-0 11/14/76 at San Diego Chargers W 17-0 6-4-0 11/21/76 vs New York Giants W 14-13 7-4-0 11/28/76 at New England Patriots L 14-38 7-5-0 12/05/76 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 17-16 8-5-0 12/12/76 at Chicago Bears W 28-14 9-5-0
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