1979 Denver Broncos: 10-6-0
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Home record: 6-2-0 (148 points scored, 77 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (141 points scored, 185 allowed) Head Coach: Red Miller
289 points scored (20th of 28 teams), 262 points allowed (5th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 260 476 3,106 (13) 5.98 18 23 525 2,036 (18) 3.9 13 5,142 (12) 40
Defense: 296 512 3,159 (23) 5.95 11 19 502 1,693 ( 1) 3.4 16 4,852 (10) 37
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Craig Morton QB 14 6'4 211 36 15 California 11 Luke Prestridge P 16 6'4 235 23 R Baylor 12 Craig Penrose QB 2 6'3 211 26 4 San Diego State 14 Norris Weese QB 16 6'1 195 28 4 Mississippi 15 Jim Turner K 16 6'2 205 38 16 Utah State 19 Fred Steinfort K 1 5'11 180 26 4 Boston College 20 Louis Wright DB 16 6'2 200 26 5 San Jose State 23 Chris Pane DB 16 5'11 188 26 4 Cal State-Chico 24 Otis Armstrong RB 15 5'10 196 28 7 Purdue 25 Haven Moses WR 16 6'3 200 33 12 San Diego State 29 Bernard Jackson DB 12 6'0 180 29 8 Washington State 30 Jim Jensen RB 16 6'3 230 25 3 Iowa 31 Zachary Dixon RB 5 6'0 200 23 R Temple 32 Jon Keyworth RB 16 6'3 230 28 6 Colorado 35 Larry Canada RB 16 6'2 238 24 2 Wisconsin 36 Bill Thompson DB 16 6'1 200 33 11 Maryland Eastern Shore 40 Charlie West DB 16 6'1 195 33 12 Texas-El Paso 41 Rob Lytle RB 15 6'1 195 24 3 Michigan 43 Steve Foley DB 16 6'2 190 25 4 Tulane 46 Dave Preston RB 10 5'10 195 24 2 Bowling Green 47 George Atkinson DB 6 6'0 185 32 11 Morris Brown 50 Jim Ryan LB 16 6'1 212 22 R William & Mary 51 Bob Swenson LB 16 6'3 222 26 5 California 53 Randy Gradishar LB 16 6'3 231 27 6 Ohio State 55 Ken Brown C 16 6'1 245 25 1 New Mexico 56 Larry Evans LB 16 6'2 214 26 4 Mississippi College 57 Tom Jackson LB 13 5'11 220 28 7 Louisville 58 Rob Nairne LB 10 6'4 220 25 3 Oregon State 59 Joe Rizzo LB 13 6'1 220 28 6 Kings Point 60 Paul Howard OG 16 6'3 260 29 6 Brigham Young 62 Tom Glassic OG 16 6'3 254 25 4 Virginia 63 John Grant DE 16 6'3 246 29 7 Southern California 64 Billy Bryan C 16 6'2 244 24 3 Duke 65 Glenn Hyde OG 16 6'3 252 28 4 Pittsburgh 66 Brison Manor DE 16 6'4 248 27 3 Arkansas 68 Rubin Carter DT 15 6'0 253 26 5 Miami 70 Dave Studdard OT 16 6'4 255 23 1 Texas 71 Claudie Minor OT 16 6'4 280 28 6 San Diego State 72 Don Latimer DT 15 6'3 265 24 2 Miami 73 Kelvin Clark OT 15 6'3 245 23 R Nebraska 75 Kit Lathrop DT 9 6'5 253 23 R Arizona State 78 Bruce Radford DE 16 6'5 252 24 R Grambling 79 Barney Chavous DE 16 6'3 252 28 7 South Carolina State 80 Rick Upchurch WR 16 5'10 170 27 5 Minnesota 81 Steve Watson WR 16 6'4 192 22 R Temple 82 Jack Dolbin WR 4 5'10 180 31 5 Wake Forest 84 Vince Kinney WR 15 6'2 190 23 2 Maryland 85 Ron Egloff TE 15 6'5 238 24 3 Wisconsin 88 Riley Odoms TE 13 6'4 230 29 8 Houston
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Craig Morton 370 204 55.1 2,626 7.10 12.9 16 4.3 19 5.1 30 241 70.6
Norris Weese 97 53 54.6 731 7.54 13.8 1 1.0 3 3.1 13 86 69.6
Craig Penrose 5 2 40.0 44 8.80 22.0 0 0.0 1 20.0 0 0 32.5
Jon Keyworth 1 1 100.0 32 32.00 32.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0 158.3
Dave Preston 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Luke Prestridge 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Rick Upchurch 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Rick Upchurch 64 937 14.6 7 Haven Moses 54 943 17.5 6 Riley Odoms 40 638 15.9 1 Jim Jensen 19 144 7.6 1 Dave Preston 19 137 7.2 1 Jon Keyworth 18 132 7.3 0 Otis Armstrong 14 138 9.9 1 Rob Lytle 13 93 7.2 0 Steve Watson 6 83 13.8 0 Ron Egloff 5 70 14.0 0 Jack Dolbin 3 74 24.7 0 Larry Canada 3 36 12.0 0 Jim Turner 1 6 6.0 0 Dave Studdard 1 2 2.0 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Otis Armstrong 108 453 4.2 2 Jim Jensen 106 400 3.8 1 Rob Lytle 102 371 3.6 4 Jon Keyworth 81 323 4.0 1 Dave Preston 43 169 3.9 1 Larry Canada 36 143 4.0 0 Norris Weese 18 116 6.4 3 Luke Prestridge 1 29 29.0 0 Rick Upchurch 3 17 5.7 0 Craig Morton 23 13 0.6 1 Zachary Dixon 3 9 3.0 0 Riley Odoms 1 -7 -7.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Chris Pane 18 354 19.7 0 Dave Preston 13 336 25.8 0 Rick Upchurch 5 79 15.8 0 Bernard Jackson 4 53 13.2 0 Zachary Dixon 3 53 17.7 0 Larry Canada 3 31 10.3 0 John Grant 1 25 25.0 0 Otis Armstrong 1 21 21.0 0 Vince Kinney 1 14 14.0 0 Ron Egloff 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Rick Upchurch 30 304 10.1 4 0 Dave Preston 7 78 11.1 1 0 Chris Pane 5 20 4.0 3 0 Charlie West 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 |
1979 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 22 OT Kelvin Clark 88 Nebraska 3 77 DE Bruce Radford 37 Grambling 4 105 DB Charles Jefferson 5 McNeese State 5 132 QB Rick Leach Michigan 6 148 LB Jeff McIntyre 24 Arizona State [pick acquired from DET] 7 188 P Luke Prestridge 82 Baylor 9 242 WR Charlie Taylor Rice 11 297 RB Zach Dixon 67 Temple 12 325 K Dave Jacobs 12 Syracuse
Traded draft picks: #2 to BUF (Jim Haslett), #6 to DAL (Mike Salzano), #8 to MIA (Glenn Blackwood), #10 to NE (Martin Cox)
Transactions:
| 07-31-1979 | Colts claimed Lee Gross on waivers |
| 08-12-1979 | traded Lyle Alzado to Browns for Cleveland's #2 pick and San Diego's #5 pick in the 1980 draft, and Cleveland's #3 pick in the 1981 draft |
| 08-14-1979 | placed Bob Rather on injured reserve |
| 08-14-1979 | placed Charles Jefferson on injured reserve |
| 08-14-1979 | placed Richard Keys on injured reserve |
| 08-14-1979 | placed Tony Stephens on injured reserve |
| 08-20-1979 | placed Cyril McFall on injured reserve |
| 08-21-1979 | traded Bucky Dilts to Colts for Baltimore's #8 pick in the 1980 draft |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/23/79 at Houston Oilers L 7-13
1979 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/02/79 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 10-0 1-0-0 09/06/79 vs Los Angeles Rams L 9-13 1-1-0 09/16/79 at Atlanta Falcons W 20-17 (OT) 2-1-0 09/23/79 vs Seattle Seahawks W 37-34 3-1-0 09/30/79 at Oakland Raiders L 3-27 3-2-0 10/07/79 vs San Diego Chargers W 7-0 4-2-0 10/14/79 at Kansas City Chiefs W 24-10 5-2-0 10/22/79 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 7-42 5-3-0 10/28/79 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 20-3 6-3-0 11/04/79 vs New Orleans Saints W 10-3 7-3-0 11/11/79 vs New England Patriots W 45-10 8-3-0 11/18/79 at San Francisco 49ers W 38-28 9-3-0 11/25/79 vs Oakland Raiders L 10-14 9-4-0 12/02/79 at Buffalo Bills W 19-16 10-4-0 12/08/79 at Seattle Seahawks L 23-28 10-5-0 12/17/79 at San Diego Chargers L 7-17 10-6-0
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