1977 Denver Broncos roster and stats

1977 Denver Broncos: 12-2-0
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Home record: 6-1-0 (135 points scored, 66 allowed) Road record: 6-1-0 (139 points scored, 82 allowed) Head Coach: Red Miller 274 points scored (10th of 28 teams), 148 points allowed (3rd) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 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: 163 313 1,863 (19) 5.13 15 12 523 2,043 (11) 3.9 16 3,906 (17) 27 Defense: 235 426 2,244 (25) 4.87 11 25 470 1,531 ( 1) 3.3 5 3,775 ( 9) 39

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Craig Morton QB 14 6'4 214 34 13 California 10 Bucky Dilts P 14 5'9 190 23 1 Georgia 12 Craig Penrose QB 8 6'3 205 24 2 San Diego State 14 Norris Weese QB 14 6'1 193 26 2 Mississippi 15 Jim Turner K 14 6'2 212 36 14 Utah State 20 Louis Wright DB 14 6'2 195 24 3 San Jose State 21 Randy Poltl DB 14 6'3 188 25 4 Stanford 23 Chris Pane DB 11 5'11 185 24 2 Cal State-Chico 24 Otis Armstrong RB 10 5'10 187 26 5 Purdue 25 Haven Moses WR 14 6'3 200 31 10 San Diego State 26 Larry Riley DB 5 5'10 189 22 R Salem (NC) 29 Bernard Jackson DB 14 6'0 181 27 6 Washington State 30 Jim Jensen RB 11 6'3 240 23 2 Iowa 32 Jon Keyworth RB 11 6'3 234 26 4 Colorado 33 Jim Kiick RB 3 5'11 215 31 9 Wyoming 35 Lonnie Perrin RB 14 6'1 224 25 2 Illinois 36 Bill Thompson DB 14 6'1 200 31 9 Maryland Eastern Shore 41 Rob Lytle RB 14 6'1 198 22 R Michigan 43 Steve Foley DB 13 6'2 190 23 2 Tulane 50 Bobby Maples C 14 6'3 250 34 13 Baylor 51 Bob Swenson LB 14 6'3 223 24 3 California 52 Mike Montler C 14 6'4 250 33 9 Colorado 53 Randy Gradishar LB 14 6'3 231 25 4 Ohio State 54 Rick Baska LB 4 6'3 224 25 2 UCLA 55 Godwin Turk LB 13 6'2 230 27 3 Southern 56 Larry Evans LB 14 6'2 218 24 2 Mississippi College 57 Tom Jackson LB 13 5'11 224 26 5 Louisville 58 Rob Nairne LB 13 6'4 220 23 R Oregon State 59 Joe Rizzo LB 13 6'1 220 26 4 Kings Point 60 Paul Howard OG 14 6'3 260 27 4 Brigham Young 62 Tom Glassic OG 14 6'3 248 23 2 Virginia 63 John Grant DT 14 6'3 246 27 5 Southern California 64 Billy Bryan OG 1 6'2 246 22 R Duke 65 Glenn Hyde OT 14 6'3 255 26 2 Pittsburgh 66 Brison Manor DE 13 6'4 247 25 1 Arkansas 67 Steve Schindler OG 14 6'3 252 23 R Boston College 68 Rubin Carter DT 14 6'0 254 24 3 Miami 70 Paul Smith DE 12 6'3 250 32 10 New Mexico 71 Claudie Minor OT 14 6'4 280 26 4 San Diego State 73 Henry Allison OG 3 6'3 263 30 6 San Diego State 74 Andy Maurer OT 13 6'3 265 29 8 Oregon 77 Lyle Alzado DE 14 6'3 250 28 7 Yankton 79 Barney Chavous DE 13 6'3 250 26 5 South Carolina State 80 Rick Upchurch WR 14 5'10 180 25 3 Minnesota 82 Jack Dolbin WR 14 5'10 183 29 3 Wake Forest 84 John Schultz WR 14 5'10 183 24 2 Maryland 85 Ron Egloff TE 13 6'5 227 22 R Wisconsin 88 Riley Odoms TE 14 6'4 232 27 6 Houston

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Craig Morton 254 131 51.6 1,929 7.59 14.7 14 5.5 8 3.1 43 338 82.0 Craig Penrose 39 21 53.8 217 5.56 10.3 0 0.0 4 10.3 5 49 30.6 Norris Weese 20 11 55.0 119 5.95 10.8 1 5.0 0 0.0 2 15 89.4

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Riley Odoms            37    429   11.6    3
Haven Moses            27    539   20.0    4
Jack Dolbin            26    443   17.0    3
Otis Armstrong         18    128    7.1    0
Rob Lytle              17    198   11.6    1
Rick Upchurch          12    245   20.4    2
Jon Keyworth           11     48    4.4    0
Lonnie Perrin           6    106   17.7    1
Jim Jensen              4     63   15.8    0
Ron Egloff              2     27   13.5    0
Jim Kiick               2     14    7.0    0
Jim Turner              1     25   25.0    1

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Otis Armstrong        130    489    3.8    4
Lonnie Perrin         110    456    4.1    3
Rob Lytle             104    408    3.9    1
Jon Keyworth           83    311    3.7    1
Jim Jensen             40    143    3.6    1
Craig Morton           31    125    4.0    4
Norris Weese           11     56    5.1    1
Craig Penrose           4     24    6.0    0
Rick Upchurch           1     19   19.0    1
Jack Dolbin             2     12    6.0    0
Jim Kiick               1      1    1.0    0
Bucky Dilts             1      0    0.0    0
Haven Moses             5     -1   -0.2    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Rick Upchurch          20    456   22.8    0
John Schultz            6    135   22.5    0
Lonnie Perrin           3     72   24.0    0
Chris Pane              1     16   16.0    0
Glenn Hyde              1     15   15.0    0
Jon Keyworth            1     15   15.0    0
John Grant              1      8    8.0    0
Rob Nairne              1      1    1.0    0
Jack Dolbin             0     14      ?    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Rick Upchurch          51    653   12.8    6    1
Chris Pane              6     48    8.0    2    0
John Schultz            1     11   11.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Bucky Dilts 90 3,525 39.2 5 19 0 55 397 33.6 Norris Weese 1 38 38.0 0 0 0 0 0 38.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Jim Turner 0/0 3/4 7/10 3/5 0/0 13/19 31/34 70 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Lyle Alzado 8.0 Rubin Carter 6.0 Barney Chavous 8.0 Larry Evans 1 0 0 Steve Foley 3 22 0 Randy Gradishar 3.0 3 56 0 Bernard Jackson 1 13 0 Tom Jackson 4.0 4 95 1 Brison Manor 4.0 Joe Rizzo 1.0 3 49 0 Paul Smith 1 6 0 Bob Swenson 2.0 1 0 0 Bill Thompson 1.0 5 122 0 Louis Wright 3 128 1

1977 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 18 OG Steve Schindler 28 Boston College 2 45 RB Rob Lytle 87 Michigan 4 101 C Bill Bryan 153 Duke 7 185 P Larry Swider 52 Pittsburgh 8 212 RB Calvin Culliver Alabama 9 241 DT Charles Jackson 117 Washington 10 268 WR Oren Middlebrook 16 Arkansas State 11 297 LB Phil Heck California 12 324 TE Scott Levenhagen Western Illinois

Traded draft picks: #3 to GB (Rick Scribner), #5 to NYJ (Gary Gregory), #6 to LA (Art Best)

Transactions:

01-1977	traded Denver's #3 and #7 picks in the 1978 draft to Bengals for Bernard Jackson
01-1977	traded Steve Ramsey and Denver's #5 pick in the 1978 draft to Giants for Craig Morton
06-17-1977	traded Denver's #4 and #6 picks in the 1978 draft to Lions for Herman Weaver
07-22-1977	traded Denver's #2 pick in the 1979 draft to Bills for Mike Montler
08-10-1977	Jets claimed Billy Hardee on waivers
08-11-1977	Chargers claimed Calvin Culliver on waivers
09-01-1977	placed Bill Bain on injured reserve
09-01-1977	placed Charles Jackson on injured reserve
09-02-1977	traded Denver's #9 pick in the 1978 draft to 49ers for Andy Maurer
09-11-1977	traded Denver's #6 pick in the 1979 draft to Cowboys for Jim Jensen
09-30-1977	placed Bill Bryan on injured reserve

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/24/77    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     W 34-21
01/01/78    vs Oakland Raiders         W 20-17
Super Bowl XII
01/15/78    at Dallas Cowboys          L 10-27

1977 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/18/77    vs St. Louis Cardinals     W 7-0         1-0-0
09/25/77    vs Buffalo Bills           W 26-6        2-0-0
10/02/77    at Seattle Seahawks        W 24-13       3-0-0
10/09/77    vs Kansas City Chiefs      W 23-7        4-0-0
10/16/77    at Oakland Raiders         W 30-7        5-0-0
10/23/77    at Cincinnati Bengals      W 24-13       6-0-0
10/30/77    vs Oakland Raiders         L 14-24       6-1-0
11/06/77    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     W 21-7        7-1-0
11/13/77    at San Diego Chargers      W 17-14       8-1-0
11/20/77    at Kansas City Chiefs      W 14-7        9-1-0
11/27/77    vs Baltimore Colts         W 27-13       10-1-0
12/04/77    at Houston Oilers          W 24-14       11-1-0
12/11/77    vs San Diego Chargers      W 17-9        12-1-0
12/18/77    at Dallas Cowboys          L 6-14        12-2-0

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