1980 Denver Broncos: 8-8-0
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Home record: 4-4-0 (195 points scored, 178 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (115 points scored, 145 allowed) Head Coach: Red Miller
310 points scored (16th of 28 teams), 323 points allowed (16th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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: 262 467 2,777 (22) 5.43 14 25 480 1,865 (20) 3.9 16 4,642 (25) 37
Defense: 270 448 3,125 (14) 6.42 20 16 554 2,120 (20) 3.8 10 5,245 (15) 28
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Craig Morton QB 12 6'4 211 37 16 California 11 Luke Prestridge P 16 6'4 235 24 2 Baylor 16 Jeff Knapple QB 2 6'2 200 24 1 Northern Colorado 17 Matt Robinson QB 14 6'2 196 25 4 Georgia 19 Fred Steinfort K 16 5'11 180 27 5 Boston College 20 Louis Wright DB 15 6'2 200 27 6 San Jose State 22 Aaron Kyle DB 10 5'11 185 26 5 Wyoming 24 Otis Armstrong RB 9 5'10 196 29 8 Purdue 25 Haven Moses WR 15 6'3 201 34 13 San Diego State 27 Maurice Harvey DB 15 5'10 190 24 2 Ball State 29 Bernard Jackson DB 4 6'0 180 30 9 Washington State 30 Jim Jensen RB 14 6'3 230 26 4 Iowa 31 Mike Harden DB 16 6'0 188 22 R Michigan 32 Jon Keyworth RB 10 6'3 230 29 7 Colorado 33 Lawrence McCutcheon RB 6 6'1 205 30 9 Colorado State 36 Bill Thompson DB 16 6'1 197 34 12 Maryland Eastern Shore 38 Ben Norman RB 3 6'0 212 24 1 Colorado State 41 Rob Lytle RB 16 6'1 195 25 4 Michigan 43 Steve Foley DB 16 6'2 190 26 5 Tulane 45 Perry Smith DB 14 6'1 190 29 8 Colorado State 46 Dave Preston RB 12 5'10 195 25 3 Bowling Green 50 Jim Ryan LB 16 6'1 212 23 2 William & Mary 52 Greg Bracelin LB 12 6'1 218 23 R California 53 Randy Gradishar LB 16 6'3 231 28 7 Ohio State 54 Keith Bishop OG 16 6'3 260 23 R Baylor 55 Art Smith LB 2 6'1 222 24 1 Hawaii 56 Larry Evans LB 16 6'2 220 27 5 Mississippi College 57 Tom Jackson LB 16 5'11 228 29 8 Louisville 58 Rob Nairne LB 16 6'4 220 26 4 Oregon State 59 Joe Rizzo LB 4 6'1 220 29 7 Kings Point 60 Paul Howard OG 14 6'3 260 30 7 Brigham Young 61 Arland Thompson OG 2 6'3 265 23 R Baylor 62 Tom Glassic OG 13 6'3 250 26 5 Virginia 63 Laval Short DT 15 6'3 250 22 R Colorado 64 Billy Bryan C 16 6'2 244 25 4 Duke 65 Glenn Hyde OG 16 6'3 252 29 5 Pittsburgh 66 Brison Manor DE 16 6'4 248 28 4 Arkansas 68 Rubin Carter DT 16 6'0 253 27 6 Miami 70 Dave Studdard OT 16 6'4 255 24 2 Texas 71 Claudie Minor OT 15 6'4 275 29 7 San Diego State 72 Don Latimer DT 14 6'3 253 25 3 Miami 73 Kelvin Clark OT 14 6'3 245 24 2 Nebraska 75 Rulon Jones DE 16 6'6 260 22 R Utah State 77 Greg Boyd DE 16 6'6 280 28 3 San Diego State 79 Barney Chavous DE 16 6'3 245 29 8 South Carolina State 80 Rick Upchurch WR 16 5'10 176 28 6 Minnesota 81 Steve Watson WR 16 6'4 192 23 2 Temple 82 Larry Brunson WR 13 5'11 180 31 7 Colorado 85 Ron Egloff TE 16 6'5 227 25 4 Wisconsin 86 Emery Moorehead TE 16 6'2 210 26 4 Colorado 87 Bill Larson TE 2 6'4 225 27 4 Colorado State 87 James Wright TE 1 6'3 240 24 2 Texas Christian 88 Riley Odoms TE 15 6'4 230 30 9 Houston
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Craig Morton 301 183 60.8 2,150 7.14 11.7 12 4.0 13 4.3 26 190 77.8
Matt Robinson 162 78 48.1 942 5.81 12.1 2 1.2 12 7.4 17 136 39.7
Jeff Knapple 4 1 25.0 15 3.75 15.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 42.7
Lawrence McCutcheon 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 4 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Jim Jensen 49 377 7.7 1 Rick Upchurch 46 605 13.2 3 Riley Odoms 39 590 15.1 6 Haven Moses 38 674 17.7 4 Dave Preston 35 309 8.8 0 Rob Lytle 18 177 9.8 0 Jon Keyworth 15 87 5.8 0 Otis Armstrong 7 23 3.3 0 Steve Watson 6 146 24.3 0 Ron Egloff 6 85 14.2 0 Larry Brunson 1 15 15.0 0 Lawrence McCutcheon 1 12 12.0 0 Bill Larson 1 7 7.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Jim Jensen 101 476 4.7 2 Otis Armstrong 106 470 4.4 4 Dave Preston 111 385 3.5 4 Rob Lytle 57 223 3.9 1 Jon Keyworth 38 127 3.3 1 Lawrence McCutcheon 12 52 4.3 0 Rick Upchurch 5 49 9.8 0 Matt Robinson 21 47 2.2 3 Craig Morton 21 29 1.4 1 Emery Moorehead 2 7 3.5 0 Jeff Knapple 6 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Larry Brunson 40 923 23.1 0 Mike Harden 12 214 17.8 0 Dave Preston 5 106 21.2 0 Rob Lytle 1 19 19.0 0 Emery Moorehead 1 18 18.0 0 Jim Jensen 1 5 5.0 0 Steve Watson 1 5 5.0 0 Jim Ryan 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Rick Upchurch 37 353 9.5 6 0 Mike Harden 2 36 18.0 0 0 Larry Brunson 2 12 6.0 0 0 Dave Preston 1 7 7.0 0 0 |
1980 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 42 DE Rulon Jones 129 Utah State [pick acquired from CLE] 3 74 DB Larry Carter Kentucky 4 107 RB Rick Parros 51 Utah State 5 131 DB Mike Harden 158 Michigan 5 136 DT Laval Short 19 Colorado [pick acquired from SD via WAS, CLE] 6 157 OG Keith Bishop 129 Baylor 7 184 OG John Havekost Nebraska 8 197 WR Don Coleman Oregon [pick acquired from BAL] 9 243 LB Greg Bracelin 68 California 10 270 WR Virgil Seay 52 Troy State 11 297 WR Phil Farris North Carolina
Traded draft picks: #1 to SF via NYJ (Jim Stuckey), #2 to NYJ (Ralph Clayton), #8 to STL (Grant Hudson), #12 to BAL (Marvin Sims)
Transactions:
| 02-01-1980 | traded Craig Penrose, Denver's #1 and #2 picks in the 1980 draft to Jets for Matt Robinson |
| 04-08-1980 | traded Denver's #8 pick in the 1980 draft to Lions for Detroit's #12 pick in the 1981 draft and past considerations |
| 04-15-1980 | traded Denver's #3 pick in the 1982 draft to Rams for Lawrence McCutcheon |
| 04-24-1980 | traded Denver's #8 pick in the 1980 and #10 pick in the 1981 draft to Cardinals for Perry Smith |
| 04-30-1980 | traded Denver's #12 pick in the 1980 draft to Colts for Don Hardeman |
| 05-08-1980 | signed Golden Richards from Bears as a free agent |
| 05-23-1980 | traded Denver's #8 pick in the 1981 draft to Giants for Emery Moorehead |
1980 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/07/80 at Philadelphia Eagles L 6-27 0-1-0 09/14/80 vs Dallas Cowboys W 41-20 1-1-0 09/21/80 vs San Diego Chargers L 13-30 1-2-0 09/29/80 at New England Patriots L 14-23 1-3-0 10/05/80 at Cleveland Browns W 19-16 2-3-0 10/13/80 vs Washington Redskins W 20-17 3-3-0 10/19/80 vs Kansas City Chiefs L 17-23 3-4-0 10/26/80 at New York Giants W 14-9 4-4-0 11/02/80 vs Houston Oilers L 16-20 4-5-0 11/09/80 at San Diego Chargers W 20-13 5-5-0 11/16/80 vs New York Jets W 31-24 6-5-0 11/23/80 vs Seattle Seahawks W 36-20 7-5-0 12/01/80 at Oakland Raiders L 3-9 7-6-0 12/07/80 at Kansas City Chiefs L 14-31 7-7-0 12/14/80 vs Oakland Raiders L 21-24 7-8-0 12/21/80 at Seattle Seahawks W 25-17 8-8-0
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