1976 Denver Broncos roster and stats

1976 Denver Broncos: 9-5-0
Previous Season Next Season

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: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- 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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Norris Weese 52 1,852 35.6 1 5 0 25 226 30.9 Billy Van Heusen 31 1,093 35.3 2 4 1 18 146 28.3 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Jim Turner 1/1 7/8 4/5 3/7 0/0 15/21 36/39 81 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Rubin Carter 4.0 Barney Chavous 8.0 Jack Dolbin 1.0 Steve Foley 4 95 0 Randy Gradishar 7.0 3 44 1 Wayne Hammond 1.0 Tom Jackson 4.0 7 136 1 Calvin Jones 1.0 2 7 0 Randy Moore 1.0 Randy Poltl 1 0 0 Joe Rizzo 1.0 1 8 0 John Rowser 4 104 2 Paul Smith 3.0 Bob Swenson 1.0 2 26 0 Louis Wright 0 32 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

Logos shown here are the property of their respective leagues and teams.