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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: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- 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
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Luke Prestridge 70 3,075 43.9 6 10 0 52 443 35.9 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Fred Steinfort 2/2 5/5 4/5 10/14 5/8 26/34 32/33 110 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Greg Boyd 9.0 Rubin Carter 3.5 Barney Chavous 4.5 Larry Evans 1.0 1 13 0 Steve Foley 4 115 0 Randy Gradishar 1.0 2 96 1 Maurice Harvey 1 18 0 Bernard Jackson 1 11 0 Tom Jackson 5.5 Rulon Jones 11.5 Don Latimer 1.0 1 15 1 Brison Manor 2.0 Rob Nairne 1 2 0 Jim Ryan 1 21 0 Perry Smith 2 3 0 Bill Thompson 2 49 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:
02-01-1980traded Craig Penrose, Denver's #1 and #2 picks in the 1980 draft to Jets for Matt Robinson
04-08-1980traded Denver's #8 pick in the 1980 draft to Lions for Detroit's #12 pick in the 1981 draft and past considerations
04-15-1980traded Denver's #3 pick in the 1982 draft to Rams for Lawrence McCutcheon
04-24-1980traded Denver's #8 pick in the 1980 and #10 pick in the 1981 draft to Cardinals for Perry Smith
04-30-1980traded Denver's #12 pick in the 1980 draft to Colts for Don Hardeman
05-08-1980signed Golden Richards from Bears as a free agent
05-23-1980traded 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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