1982 Denver Broncos: 2-7-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome 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 |
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:
| 04-27-1982 | traded Denver's #6 pick in the 1982 draft to Browns for Robert L. Jackson |
| 04-27-1982 | traded Denver's #1 pick in the 1982 draft to Bills for Buffalo's #1 and #4 picks in the 1982 draft |
| 08-30-1982 | traded Kelvin Clark to Saints for New Orleans' #4 pick in the 1984 draft |
| 09-06-1982 | traded 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