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 |
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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