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1982 Denver Broncos: 2-7-0
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Home record: 1-4-0 (80 points scored, 132 allowed) Road record: 1-3-0 (68 points scored, 94 allowed) Head Coach: Dan Reeves

148 points scored (20th of 28 teams), 226 points allowed (25th) NFL Averages: 20.2 points/game (181.4 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:   181   311   1,819   (15)   5.43    8   19    257   1,018   (17)    4.0    6    2,837    (15)      36
Defense:   172   307   2,234   (26)   6.92   14   12    293     935   ( 7)    3.2    8    3,169    (24)      19

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 3  Rich Karlis          K      9   6'0   180   23    R   Cincinnati
 7  Craig Morton         QB     3   6'4   211   39   18   California
10  Mark Herrmann        QB     2   6'4   195   23    1   Purdue
11  Luke Prestridge      P      9   6'4   235   26    4   Baylor
17  Steve DeBerg         QB     9   6'2   205   28    5   San Jose State
20  Louis Wright         DB     9   6'2   200   29    8   San Jose State
22  Aaron Kyle           DB     9   5'11  185   28    7   Wyoming
23  Sammy Winder         RB     8   5'11  203   23    R   Southern Mississippi
24  Rick Parros          RB     9   5'11  200   24    2   Utah State
26  J.T. Thomas          DB     9   6'2   196   31    9   Florida State
28  Roger Jackson        DB     9   6'0   186   23    1   Bethune-Cookman
31  Mike Harden          DB     5   6'1   192   24    3   Michigan
34  Nathan Poole         RB     9   5'9   212   25    3   Louisville
37  Steve Trimble        DB     6   5'10  181   24    2   Maryland
41  Rob Lytle            RB     9   6'1   195   27    6   Michigan
43  Steve Foley          DB     1   6'2   190   28    7   Tulane
45  Steve Wilson         DB     8   5'10  195   25    4   Howard
46  Dave Preston         RB     8   5'10  195   27    5   Bowling Green
47  Gerald Willhite      RB     9   5'10  200   23    R   San Jose State
49  Dennis Smith         DB     8   6'3   200   23    2   Southern California
50  Jim Ryan             LB     9   6'1   215   25    4   William & Mary
51  Bob Swenson          LB     4   6'3   225   29    7   California
52  Ken Woodard          LB     9   6'1   218   22    R   Tuskegee
53  Randy Gradishar      LB     9   6'3   231   30    9   Ohio State
54  Keith Bishop         OG     9   6'3   260   25    2   Baylor
55  Rick Dennison        LB     9   6'2   215   24    1   Colorado State
56  Larry Evans          LB     9   6'2   220   29    7   Mississippi College
57  Tom Jackson          LB     9   5'11  220   31   10   Louisville
58  Steve Busick         LB     9   6'4   227   23    2   Southern California
59  Mark Merrill         LB     2   6'4   234   27    4   Minnesota
59  Darren Comeaux       LB     3   6'1   227   22    R   Arizona State
60  Paul Howard          OG     9   6'3   260   32    9   Brigham Young
62  Tom Glassic          OG     9   6'3   260   28    7   Virginia
64  Billy Bryan          C      9   6'2   258   27    6   Duke
66  Brison Manor         DE     9   6'4   248   30    6   Arkansas
67  Keith Uecker         OT     5   6'5   260   22    R   Auburn
68  Rubin Carter         DT     9   6'0   256   29    8   Miami
70  Dave Studdard        OT     9   6'4   260   26    4   Texas
71  Claudie Minor        OT     9   6'4   278   31    9   San Diego State
72  Don Latimer          DT     9   6'3   253   27    5   Miami
75  Rulon Jones          DE     9   6'6   260   24    3   Utah State
76  Ken Lanier           OT     9   6'3   269   23    2   Florida State
77  Greg Boyd            DE     9   6'6   280   30    5   San Diego State
79  Barney Chavous       DE     9   6'3   258   31   10   South Carolina State
80  Rick Upchurch        WR     9   5'10  180   30    8   Minnesota
81  Steve Watson         WR     9   6'4   195   25    4   Temple
82  Orlando McDaniel     WR     3   6'0   180   21    R   Louisiana State
83  Wade Manning         WR     9   5'11  190   27    3   Ohio State
85  Ron Egloff           TE     9   6'5   227   27    6   Wisconsin
87  James Wright         TE     9   6'3   240   26    4   Texas Christian
88  Riley Odoms          TE     8   6'4   235   32   11   Houston

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Steve DeBerg         223  131   58.7  1,405   6.30  10.7   7   3.1   11   4.9    16   130    67.2
Mark Herrmann         60   32   53.3    421   7.02  13.2   1   1.7    4   6.7     4    48    53.5
Craig Morton          26   18   69.2    193   7.42  10.7   0   0.0    3  11.5     3    19    51.1
Gerald Willhite        2    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    1  50.0     0     0     0.0
Rick Upchurch          0    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     1     3     0.0
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Rick Parros            37    259    7.0    2
Steve Watson           36    555   15.4    2
Rick Upchurch          26    407   15.7    3
Gerald Willhite        26    227    8.7    0
Dave Preston           14    134    9.6    0
Sammy Winder           11     83    7.5    0
Ron Egloff             10     96    9.6    0
James Wright            9    120   13.3    1
Riley Odoms             8     82   10.2    0
Wade Manning            3     46   15.3    0
Rob Lytle               1     10   10.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Gerald Willhite        70    347    5.0    2
Rick Parros            77    277    3.6    1
Sammy Winder           67    259    3.9    1
Dave Preston           19     81    4.3    0
Nathan Poole            7     36    5.1    0
Steve DeBerg            8     27    3.4    1
Mark Herrmann           3      7    2.3    1
Rob Lytle               2      2    1.0    0
Steve Watson            1     -4   -4.0    0
James Wright            1     -4   -4.0    0
Rick Upchurch           2    -10   -5.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Gerald Willhite        17    337   19.8    0
Wade Manning           15    346   23.1    0
Steve Wilson            6    123   20.5    0
Keith Uecker            1     12   12.0    0
Nathan Poole            1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Rick Upchurch          15    242   16.1    3    2
Gerald Willhite         6     63   10.5    4    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Luke Prestridge 45 2,026 45.0 5 14 0 25 227 37.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Rich Karlis 2/2 3/3 3/4 3/4 0/0 11/13 15/16 48 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Barney Chavous 5.0 Randy Gradishar 2.0 Mike Harden 2 3 0 Tom Jackson 1.0 1 8 0 Rulon Jones 2.0 Aaron Kyle 3 26 0 Don Latimer 1.0 Brison Manor 2.0 Dennis Smith 2.0 1 29 0 J.T. Thomas 1 0 0 Steve Wilson 2 22 0 Louis Wright 1.0 2 18 0

1982 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 21 RB Gerald Willhite 78 San Jose State [pick acquired from BUF] 2 50 WR Orlando McDaniel 3 LSU 4 106 WR Dan Plater Brigham Young [pick acquired from BUF] 5 131 RB Sammy Winder 127 Southern Mississippi 7 189 DE Alvin Ruben Houston 9 243 OT Keith Uecker 85 Auburn 10 274 LB Ken Woodard 104 Tuskegee 11 300 OG Stuart Yatsko Oregon 12 327 OG Brian Clark Clemson

Traded draft picks: #1 to BUF (Perry Tuttle), #3 to HOU via LA (Robert Abraham), #4 to KC (Stuart Anderson), #6 to CLE (Mike Whitwell), #8 to DAL via BUF (George Peoples)


Transactions:

04-27-1982traded Denver's #6 pick in the 1982 draft to Browns for Robert L. Jackson
04-27-1982traded Denver's #1 pick in the 1982 draft to Bills for Buffalo's #1 and #4 picks in the 1982 draft
08-30-1982traded Kelvin Clark to Saints for New Orleans' #4 pick in the 1984 draft
09-06-1982traded Denver's #8 pick in the 1983 draft to Colts for Glenn Hyde


1982 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/12/82 vs San Diego Chargers L 3-23 0-1-0 09/19/82 vs San Francisco 49ers W 24-21 1-1-0 11/21/82 vs Seattle Seahawks L 10-17 1-2-0 11/28/82 at San Diego Chargers L 20-30 1-3-0 12/05/82 vs Atlanta Falcons L 27-34 1-4-0 12/12/82 at Los Angeles Rams W 27-24 2-4-0 12/19/82 vs Kansas City Chiefs L 16-37 2-5-0 12/26/82 at Los Angeles Raiders L 10-27 2-6-0 01/02/83 at Seattle Seahawks L 11-13 2-7-0

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