1976 Denver Broncos (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/24/1976	N	Detroit Lions	10-7	W	Canton, OH	Fawcett Stadium	17639
Sat	7/31/1976	H	Chicago Bears	14-15	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	22495
Sun	8/8/1976	A	San Francisco 49ers	7-17	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	40052
Sat	8/14/1976	A	Dallas Cowboys	13-9	W	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	54567
Sat	8/21/1976	H	Seattle Seahawks	52-7	W	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	22887
Sat	8/28/1976	A	St. Louis Cardinals	21-17	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	39808
Sun	9/5/1976	H	Minnesota Vikings	30-17	W	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	52129
Sun	9/12/1976	A	Cincinnati Bengals	7-17	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	53464
Sun	9/19/1976	H	New York Jets	46-3	W	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	62519
Sun	9/26/1976	H	Cleveland Browns	44-13	W	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	62758
Sun	10/3/1976	H	San Diego Chargers	26-0	W	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	62486
Sun	10/10/1976	A	Houston Oilers	3-17	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	47928
Sun	10/17/1976	H	Oakland Raiders	10-17	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	63241
Sun	10/24/1976	A	Kansas City Chiefs	35-26	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	57961
Sun	10/31/1976	A	Oakland Raiders	6-19	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	52169
Sun	11/7/1976	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	48-13	W	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	62503
Sun	11/14/1976	A	San Diego Chargers	17-0	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	32017
Sun	11/21/1976	H	New York Giants	14-13	W	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	62961
Sun	11/28/1976	A	New England Patriots	14-38	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	61128
Sun	12/5/1976	H	Kansas City Chiefs	17-16	W	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	57995
Sun	12/12/1976	A	Chicago Bears	28-14	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	44459

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Lyle Alzado	77	RDT	6-3	254	27	Yankton	1	1
Otis Armstrong	24	RB	5-10	196	26	Purdue	14	14
Bill Bain	75	LOT	6-4	270	24	Colorado; San Diego CC; Southern California	14	13
Rick Baska	54	LB	6-3	225	24	UCLA	14	0
Boyd Brown	87	TE	6-4	216	24	Alcorn State	14	0
Rubin Carter	68	LDT-NT	6-0	254	24	Miami (Florida)	14	14
Barney Chavous	79	LDE	6-3	254	25	South Carolina State	14	14
Jack Dolbin	82	WR	5-10	180	28	Wake Forest	14	5
Larry Evans	56	LB	6-2	217	23	Mississippi College	14	0
Steve Foley	43	RCB	6-2	190	23	Tulane	14	6
Mike Franckowiak	31	RB	6-3	220	23	Central Michigan	14	1
Tom Glassic	62	LOG	6-3	254	22	Virginia	14	14
Harvey Goodman	64	OG	6-4	260	24	Los Angeles CC; Colorado	14	0
Randy Gradishar	53	MLB-RILB	6-3	233	24	Ohio State	14	14
John Grant	63	RDT	6-3	235	26	Southern California	13	10
Wayne Hammond	72	DT	6-5	257	23	Montana State	5	0
Billy Hardee	23	CB	6-1	184	22	Virginia Tech	2	0
Glenn Hyde	65	OT	6-3	255	25	Pittsburgh	11	0
Marty Imhof	73	DE	6-6	256	27	Pasadena CC; San Diego State	1	0
Tom Jackson	57	RLB-ROLB	5-11	220	25	Louisville	14	14
Calvin Jones	26	RCB	5-7	169	25	Washington	10	8
Jon Keyworth	32	RB	6-3	230	26	Colorado	14	13
Jim Kiick	33	FB	5-11	215	30	Wyoming	14	0
Tommy Lyons	61	ROG	6-2	230	28	Georgia	14	14
Bobby Maples	50	C	6-3	247	34	Baylor	14	10
Claudie Minor	71	ROT	6-4	278	25	Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego CC; San Diego State	14	14
Marv Montgomery	78	LOT	6-6	255	28	Los Angeles Valley JC; Southern California	3	1
Randy Moore	76	DT	6-2	241	22	Arizona State	8	0
Haven Moses	25	WR	6-2	200	30	Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State	14	14
Riley Odoms	88	TE	6-4	230	26	Houston	14	14
Phil Olsen	58	C	6-5	260	28	Utah State	13	4
Chris Pane	23	S	5-11	184	23	Chabot JC; Chico State	4	0
Craig Penrose	12	QB	6-3	211	23	Colorado; San Diego State	4	2
Lonnie Perrin	35	RB	6-1	222	24	Illinois	14	0
Randy Poltl	21	S	6-3	190	24	Stanford	12	0
Steve Ramsey	10	QB	6-2	210	28	North Texas	12	12
Joe Rizzo	59	LLB-LOLB	6-1	220	26	Merchant Marine	12	12
John Rowser	46	LS	6-1	183	32	Michigan	14	14
John Schultz	83	WR	5-10	182	23	Maryland	14	0
Paul Smith	70	RDE	6-3	254	31	New Mexico	11	9
Bob Swenson	51	LILB-RDE-LLB-LOLB	6-3	222	23	California	14	7
Billy Thompson	36	RS	6-1	200	30	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	14
Godwin Turk	55	LB-DE	6-3	230	26	California; Southern University	13	2
Jim Turner	15	K	6-2	206	35	Utah State	14	0
Rick Upchurch	82	WR	5-10	173	24	Indian Hills JC; Minnesota	13	9
Billy Van Heusen	42	P-WR	6-1	200	30	Maryland	7	0
Norris Weese	14	P-QB	6-1	195	25	Mississippi	14	0
Jim White	78	RDE	6-3	253	28	Northeastern JC; Colorado State	7	1
Louis Wright	20	LCB	6-3	200	23	Arizona State; Bakersfield CC; San Jose State	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	15	Tom Glassic	G	Virginia
2	43	Kurt Knoff	DB	Kansas
4	107	Craig Penrose	QB	San Diego State
5	139	Lonnie Perrin	RB	Illinois
8	224	Jim Betterson	RB	North Carolina
9	252	Jim Czirr	C	Michigan
9	260	Jimmy Lisko	LB	Arkansas State
10	278	Art Gilliam	DE	Grambling State
11	306	Greg Pittman	LB	Iowa State
12	334	Randy Moore	DT	Arizona State
13	362	Donnie McGraw	RB	Houston
14	390	Larry Evans	LB	Mississippi College
15	418	Wilbur Summers	P	Louisville
16	446	John Huddleston	LB	Utah
17	474	Randy Cozens	DE	Pittsburgh

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	70	71	88	86	315
Opponents Totals	30	87	36	53	206

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		239	106	114	19	69/193 35.8%	/ %	105	986
Opponents Totals		222	90	104	28	73/222 32.9%	/ %	88	715

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Jim Turner	0	36	39	92.3	15	21	71.4	81
Haven Moses	7	0	0		0	0		42
Otis Armstrong	6	0	0		0	0		36
Rick Upchurch	6	0	0		0	0		36
Riley Odoms	5	0	0		0	0		30
Jon Keyworth	4	0	0		0	0		24
Jim Kiick	2	0	0		0	0		12
Lonnie Perrin	2	0	0		0	0		12
John Rowser	2	0	0		0	0		12
Jack Dolbin	1	0	0		0	0		6
Randy Gradishar	1	0	0		0	0		6
Tom Jackson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Calvin Jones	1	0	0		0	0		6
Randy Poltl	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	39	36	39	92.3	15	21	71.4	315
Opponents Totals	25	20	25	80.0	12	28	42.9	206

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jim Turner	15	21	71.4	1	47	1/1	7/8	4/5	3/7	0/0
Team Totals	15	21	71.4	1	47	1/1	7/8	4/5	3/7	0/0
Opponents Totals	12	28	42.9			1/2	4/6	3/7	4/11	0/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Otis Armstrong	247	1008	4.1	31	5
Jon Keyworth	122	349	2.9	13	3
Norris Weese	23	142	6.2	20	0
Lonnie Perrin	37	118	3.2	14	2
Jim Kiick	31	114	3.7	19	1
Rick Upchurch	6	71	11.8	25	1
Steve Ramsey	13	51	3.9	15	0
Riley Odoms	3	36	12.0	15t	2
Mike Franckowiak	12	25	2.1	7	0
Billy Van Heusen	1	20	20.0	20	0
Jack Dolbin	2	5	2.5	8	0
Craig Penrose	2	-3	-1.5	-1	0
Haven Moses	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Team Totals	500	1932	3.9	31	14
Opponents Totals	496	1709	3.4	26	14

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Steve Ramsey	270	128	47.4	129	1931	7.2	15.1	71t	11	4.1	13	4.8	39	261	1670	64.9
Craig Penrose	36	16	44.4	17	265	7.4	16.6	41	3	8.3	3	8.3	0	0	265	62.8
Norris Weese	47	24	51.1	17	314	6.7	13.1	43	1	2.1	6	12.8	9	45	269	40.0
Team Totals	353	168	47.6	163	2510	7.1	14.9	71t	15	4.2	22	6.2	48	306	2204	59.6
Opponents Totals	391	214	54.7	153	2265	5.8	10.6	58	8	2.0	24	6.1	32	240	2025	53.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Otis Armstrong	39	457	11.7	36t	1
Riley Odoms	30	477	15.9	47	3
Haven Moses	25	498	19.9	71t	7
Jon Keyworth	22	201	9.1	31	1
Jack Dolbin	19	354	18.6	40	1
Rick Upchurch	12	340	28.3	59t	1
Jim Kiick	10	78	7.8	19	1
Mike Franckowiak	4	42	10.5	11	0
Lonnie Perrin	4	35	8.8	15	0
John Schultz	2	29	14.5	16	0
Tommy Lyons	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Team Totals	168	2510	14.9	71t	15
Opponents Totals	214	2265	10.6	58	8

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tom Jackson	7	136	19.4	46t	1
John Rowser	4	104	26.0	41t	2
Steve Foley	4	95	23.8	34	0
Randy Gradishar	3	44	14.7	31t	1
Bob Swenson	2	26	13.0	26	0
Calvin Jones	2	7	3.5	7	0
Joe Rizzo	1	8	8.0	8	0
Randy Poltl	1	0	0.0	0	0
Louis Wright	0	32		32L	0
Team Totals	24	452	18.8	65*	4
Opponents Totals	22	260	11.8	38	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Norris Weese	52	1852	35.6	55	0	1	5	226	1606	30.9
Billy Van Heusen	31	1093	35.3	52	1	2	4	146	907	28.3
Team Totals	84	2945	35.1	55	1	3	9	372	2513	29.9
Opponents Totals	91	3391	37.3	64		8	23	640	2591	28.5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rick Upchurch	39	3	536	13.7	92t	4
Billy Thompson	6	0	60	10.0	20	0
Steve Foley	5	0	42	8.4	16	0
John Schultz	1	2	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	51	5	640	12.5	92t	4
Opponents Totals	43	3	372	8.7	62t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Lonnie Perrin	14	391	27.9	43
Rick Upchurch	22	514	23.4	64
John Schultz	3	82	27.3	38
Boyd Brown	3	41	13.7	14
Mike Franckowiak	2	22	11.0	14
Glenn Hyde	1	17	17.0	17
Harvey Goodman	1	8	8.0	8
Team Totals	46	1075	23.4	64
Opponents Totals	50	1208	24.2	64

SACKS	NO	YDS
Barney Chavous	8.0
Randy Gradishar	7.0
Rubin Carter	4.0
Tom Jackson	4.0
Paul Smith	3.0
Jack Dolbin	1.0
Wayne Hammond	1.0
Randy Moore	1.0
Joe Rizzo	1.0
Bob Swenson	1.0
Team Totals	32.0	240.0
Opponents Totals	48.0	306.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Otis Armstrong	4		0	0	0	0	0
Rick Baska	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rubin Carter	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Larry Evans	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Foley	1		0	0	0	0	0
Mike Franckowiak	1		0	0	0	0	0
Randy Gradishar	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Jackson	1		0	2	2	0	0
Calvin Jones	0	0	0	1	1	43	1
Jon Keyworth	1		1	0	1	0	0
Bobby Maples	1		0	0	0	-1	0
Phil Olsen	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Lonnie Perrin	1		0	1	1	0	0
Randy Poltl	0	0	0	0	0	21	1
Steve Ramsey	5		2	0	2	-22	0
John Rowser	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Schultz	1		0	1	1	0	0
Bob Swenson	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
Godwin Turk	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rick Upchurch	5		3	0	3	0	0
Norris Weese	2		1	0	1	-3	0
Jim White	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Louis Wright	0	0	1	0	1	4	0
Team Totals	23	14	9	13	22	47	2
Opponents Totals	23	13	7	12	19		0

Max Coley	Offensive Coordinator/Backs
Joe Collier	Defensive Coordinator
Kay Dalton	Wide Receivers
Bob Gambold	Defensive Backs
Mike Giddings	Assistant Coach
Charley Johnson	Quarterbacks
Stan Jones	Defensive Line
Myrel Moore	Linebackers/Special Teams
Richard Urich	Offensive Line