1979 Denver Broncos roster and stats

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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Luke Prestridge 89 3,555 39.9 7 17 0 52 480 33.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Jim Turner 1/1 7/9 4/8 1/3 0/0 13/21 32/34 71 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Barney Chavous 4.0 Larry Evans 1.5 Steve Foley 6 14 0 John Grant 0.5 Bernard Jackson 0 13 0 Tom Jackson 3.5 1 34 0 Don Latimer 1.0 Brison Manor 6.5 Bruce Radford 1.0 Joe Rizzo 2 25 0 Bob Swenson 3 0 0 Bill Thompson 1.0 4 57 0 Charlie West 1 26 0 Louis Wright 2 20 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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