1978 Denver Broncos: 10-6-0
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Home record: 6-2-0 (170 points scored, 92 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (112 points scored, 106 allowed) Head Coach: Red Miller
282 points scored (15th of 28 teams), 198 points allowed (2nd) NFL Averages: 18.3 points/game (293.3 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: 217 391 2,378 (17) 5.42 17 17 601 2,451 ( 8) 4.1 15 4,829 (14) 34
Defense: 246 438 2,470 (14) 5.28 9 31 549 1,979 ( 6) 3.6 12 4,449 ( 6) 44
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Craig Morton QB 14 6'4 210 35 14 California 10 Bucky Dilts P 16 5'9 183 24 2 Georgia 12 Craig Penrose QB 4 6'3 205 25 3 San Diego State 14 Norris Weese QB 13 6'1 195 27 3 Mississippi 15 Jim Turner K 16 6'2 205 37 15 Utah State 20 Louis Wright DB 16 6'2 195 25 4 San Jose State 23 Chris Pane DB 5 5'11 180 25 3 Cal State-Chico 24 Otis Armstrong RB 16 5'10 196 27 6 Purdue 25 Haven Moses WR 16 6'3 200 32 11 San Diego State 27 Maurice Harvey DB 16 5'10 190 22 R Ball State 29 Bernard Jackson DB 16 6'0 178 28 7 Washington State 32 Jon Keyworth RB 16 6'3 230 27 5 Colorado 33 Lonnie Perrin RB 16 6'1 222 26 3 Illinois 35 Larry Canada RB 16 6'2 235 23 1 Wisconsin 36 Bill Thompson DB 16 6'1 200 32 10 Maryland Eastern Shore 41 Rob Lytle RB 13 6'1 195 23 2 Michigan 42 Charlie West DB 16 6'1 190 32 11 Texas-El Paso 43 Steve Foley DB 16 6'2 185 24 3 Tulane 46 Dave Preston RB 16 5'10 195 23 1 Bowling Green 50 Bobby Maples C 16 6'3 250 35 14 Baylor 51 Bob Swenson LB 16 6'3 220 25 4 California 53 Randy Gradishar LB 16 6'3 233 26 5 Ohio State 55 Godwin Turk LB 16 6'3 230 28 4 Southern 56 Larry Evans LB 16 6'2 216 25 3 Mississippi College 57 Tom Jackson LB 16 5'11 220 27 6 Louisville 58 Rob Nairne LB 16 6'4 220 24 2 Oregon State 59 Joe Rizzo LB 14 6'1 220 27 5 Kings Point 60 Paul Howard OG 13 6'3 260 28 5 Brigham Young 62 Tom Glassic OG 11 6'3 254 24 3 Virginia 63 John Grant DT 16 6'3 246 28 6 Southern California 64 Billy Bryan C 13 6'2 244 23 2 Duke 65 Glenn Hyde OT 15 6'3 250 27 3 Pittsburgh 66 Brison Manor DE 16 6'4 248 26 2 Arkansas 67 Steve Schindler OG 14 6'3 260 24 2 Boston College 68 Rubin Carter DT 16 6'0 256 25 4 Miami 70 Paul Smith DE 11 6'3 256 33 11 New Mexico 71 Claudie Minor OT 16 6'4 280 27 5 San Diego State 72 Don Latimer DT 14 6'3 265 23 R Miami 75 Bill Bain OG 1 6'4 270 26 3 Southern California 76 Tom Neville OT 16 6'4 253 35 13 Mississippi State 77 Lyle Alzado DE 16 6'3 250 29 8 Yankton 79 Barney Chavous DE 16 6'3 252 27 6 South Carolina State 80 Rick Upchurch WR 12 5'10 170 26 4 Minnesota 82 Jack Dolbin WR 16 5'10 183 30 4 Wake Forest 84 Vince Kinney WR 8 6'2 190 22 R Maryland 85 Ron Egloff TE 8 6'5 236 23 2 Wisconsin 86 John Schultz WR 4 5'10 182 25 3 Maryland 87 Bob Moore TE 8 6'3 225 29 8 Stanford 88 Riley Odoms TE 16 6'4 230 28 7 Houston
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Craig Morton 267 146 54.7 1,802 6.75 12.3 11 4.1 8 3.0 36 238 77.0
Norris Weese 87 55 63.2 723 8.31 13.1 4 4.6 5 5.7 12 94 80.8
Craig Penrose 37 16 43.2 185 5.00 11.6 2 5.4 4 10.8 0 0 37.4
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Riley Odoms 54 829 15.4 6 Haven Moses 37 744 20.1 5 Jack Dolbin 24 284 11.8 0 Dave Preston 24 199 8.3 1 Jon Keyworth 21 166 7.9 1 Rick Upchurch 17 210 12.4 1 Otis Armstrong 12 98 8.2 1 Lonnie Perrin 10 54 5.4 1 Larry Canada 6 37 6.2 0 Rob Lytle 6 37 6.2 0 Ron Egloff 4 33 8.2 1 Vince Kinney 1 23 23.0 0 Jim Turner 1 -4 -4.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Lonnie Perrin 108 455 4.2 4 Jon Keyworth 112 444 4.0 3 Otis Armstrong 112 381 3.4 1 Larry Canada 79 365 4.6 3 Rob Lytle 81 341 4.2 2 Dave Preston 66 296 4.5 1 Craig Morton 17 71 4.2 0 Norris Weese 17 48 2.8 1 Rick Upchurch 5 31 6.2 0 Steve Foley 1 14 14.0 0 Riley Odoms 2 5 2.5 0 Craig Penrose 1 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Lonnie Perrin 12 256 21.3 0 Bernard Jackson 9 209 23.2 0 Rick Upchurch 8 222 27.8 0 Dave Preston 7 154 22.0 0 Jon Keyworth 2 24 12.0 0 Chris Pane 1 29 29.0 0 Charlie West 1 24 24.0 0 John Schultz 1 20 20.0 0 Godwin Turk 1 14 14.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Rick Upchurch 36 493 13.7 2 1 Dave Preston 10 68 6.8 0 0 Charlie West 3 20 6.7 2 0 Bill Thompson 1 3 3.0 0 0 Chris Pane 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 |
1978 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 27 DT Don Latimer 80 Miami 2 55 TE William Gay 151 USC 8 221 OT Franky Smith 4 Alabama A&M 10 277 WR Vince Kinney 23 Maryland 11 305 OT Lacy Brumley Clemson
Traded draft picks: #3 to CIN (Don Bass), #4 to DET (Larry Tearry), #5 to NYG (Brian DeRoo), #6 to DET (Jesse Thompson), #7 to CIN (Dan Bass), #9 to SF (Steve McDaniels), #12 to MIA (Bill Kenney)
Transactions:
| 06-03-1978 | traded Phil Olsen to Bills for a 1979 draft pick |
| 08-14-1978 | traded William Gay and the rights to 2 of the first 5 players cut by Denver before 8/29/1978 to Lions for Charlie West and Detroit's #6 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-15-1978 | traded Mike Burke to Patriots for a conditional draft pick |
| 08-22-1978 | placed Chris Pane on injured reserve |
| 08-22-1978 | placed Vince Kinney on injured reserve |
| 08-23-1978 | traded Mike Montler to Lions for Detroit's #8 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 08-24-1978 | traded Denver's #10 pick in the 1979 draft to Patriots for Tom Neville |
| 08-29-1978 | claimed Maurice Harvey on waivers from Raiders |
| 08-30-1978 | Chiefs claimed Charles Jackson on waivers |
| 10-25-1978 | placed Ron Egloff on injured reserve |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/30/78 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 10-33
1978 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/03/78 vs Oakland Raiders W 14-6 1-0-0 09/11/78 at Minnesota Vikings L 9-12 (OT) 1-1-0 09/17/78 vs San Diego Chargers W 27-14 2-1-0 09/24/78 at Kansas City Chiefs W 23-17 (OT) 3-1-0 10/01/78 vs Seattle Seahawks W 28-7 4-1-0 10/08/78 at San Diego Chargers L 0-23 4-2-0 10/16/78 vs Chicago Bears W 16-7 5-2-0 10/22/78 at Baltimore Colts L 6-7 5-3-0 10/29/78 at Seattle Seahawks W 20-17 (OT) 6-3-0 11/05/78 vs New York Jets L 28-31 6-4-0 11/12/78 at Cleveland Browns W 19-7 7-4-0 11/19/78 vs Green Bay Packers W 16-3 8-4-0 11/23/78 at Detroit Lions L 14-17 8-5-0 12/03/78 at Oakland Raiders W 21-6 9-5-0 12/10/78 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 24-3 10-5-0 12/16/78 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 17-21 10-6-0
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