1977 Denver Broncos (NFL) |
| 1st place • American Football Conference • Western Division • 12-2-0 .857 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Red Miller |
| Marv Braden | Special Teams |
| Joe Collier | Defensive Coordinator |
| Bob Gambold | Defensive Backs |
| Ken Gray | Offensive Line |
| Stan Jones | Defensive Line |
| Myrel Moore | Linebackers/Special Teams |
| Babe Parilli | Quarterbacks |
| Fran Polsfoot | Receivers |
| Paul Roach | Offensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/5/1977 | H | Baltimore Colts | 14-8 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 40059 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1977 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 15-7 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 44001 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1977 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 10-2 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 21239 | |
| Sun | 8/28/1977 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-28 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 29532 | |
| Fri | 9/2/1977 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 27-10 | W | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 54916 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1977 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 20-0 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 36441 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1977 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 7-0 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 75002 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1977 | H | Buffalo Bills | 26-6 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 74737 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1977 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 24-13 | W | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 53108 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1977 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 23-7 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 74718 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1977 | A | Oakland Raiders | 30-7 | W | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 53616 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1977 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 24-13 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 54395 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1977 | H | Oakland Raiders | 14-24 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 75007 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1977 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-7 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 74697 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1977 | A | San Diego Chargers | 17-14 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 45211 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1977 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 14-7 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 54050 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1977 | H | Baltimore Colts | 27-13 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 74939 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1977 | A | Houston Oilers | 24-14 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 46875 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1977 | H | San Diego Chargers | 17-9 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 74905 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1977 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 6-14 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 63752 | |
| AFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/24/1977 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 34-21 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 75011 | |
| AFC Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/1/1978 | H | Oakland Raiders | 20-17 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 74982 | |
| Super Bowl XII | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/15/1978 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 10-27 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 75583 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Hank Allison | 73 | OT | 6-3 | 255 | 30 | Sequoias JC; San Diego State | 3 | 0 |
| Lyle Alzado | 77 | RDE | 6-3 | 254 | 28 | Yankton | 14 | 14 |
| Otis Armstrong | 24 | RB | 5-10 | 196 | 27 | Purdue | 10 | 10 |
| Rick Baska | 54 | LB | 6-3 | 225 | 25 | UCLA | 4 | 0 |
| Billy Bryan | 72 | C | 6-2 | 255 | 22 | Duke | 1 | 0 |
| Rubin Carter | 68 | NT | 6-0 | 254 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 14 |
| Barney Chavous | 79 | LDE | 6-3 | 254 | 26 | South Carolina State | 13 | 11 |
| Bucky Dilts | 10 | P | 5-9 | 183 | 24 | Georgia | 14 | 0 |
| Jack Dolbin | 82 | WR | 5-10 | 180 | 29 | Wake Forest | 14 | 13 |
| Ron Egloff | 85 | TE | 6-5 | 227 | 22 | Wisconsin | 13 | 0 |
| Larry Evans | 56 | RLB | 6-2 | 217 | 24 | Mississippi College | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Foley | 43 | RCB | 6-2 | 190 | 24 | Tulane | 13 | 13 |
| Tom Glassic | 62 | LOG | 6-3 | 254 | 23 | Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| Randy Gradishar | 53 | RILB | 6-3 | 233 | 25 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| John Grant | 63 | NT | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Southern California | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Howard | 60 | ROG | 6-3 | 260 | 27 | Brigham Young | 14 | 14 |
| Glenn Hyde | 65 | LOT-ROT | 6-3 | 255 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 0 |
| Bernie Jackson | 29 | WS | 6-0 | 173 | 27 | Los Angeles Pierce JC; Washington State | 14 | 13 |
| Tom Jackson | 57 | ROLB | 5-11 | 220 | 26 | Louisville | 13 | 13 |
| Jim Jensen | 30 | RB | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | Iowa | 11 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 32 | RB | 6-3 | 230 | 27 | Colorado | 11 | 9 |
| Jim Kiick | 33 | RB | 5-11 | 215 | 31 | Wyoming | 3 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 41 | RB | 5-11 | 196 | 23 | Michigan | 14 | 4 |
| Brison Manor | 66 | LDE | 6-4 | 248 | 25 | Pratt CC; Arkansas | 13 | 1 |
| Bobby Maples | 50 | C | 6-3 | 247 | 35 | Baylor | 14 | 0 |
| Andy Maurer | 74 | LOT | 6-3 | 255 | 29 | Oregon | 13 | 13 |
| Claudie Minor | 71 | ROT | 6-4 | 278 | 26 | Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego CC; San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Montler | 52 | C | 6-4 | 260 | 33 | Colorado | 14 | 14 |
| Craig Morton | 7 | QB | 6-4 | 213 | 34 | California | 14 | 14 |
| Haven Moses | 25 | WR | 6-2 | 200 | 31 | Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
| Rob Nairne | 58 | LLB | 6-4 | 227 | 23 | Oregon State | 13 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 88 | TE | 6-4 | 230 | 27 | Houston | 14 | 14 |
| Chris Pane | 23 | RCB-LCB-FS | 5-11 | 184 | 24 | Chabot JC; Chico State | 11 | 1 |
| Craig Penrose | 13 | QB | 6-3 | 211 | 24 | Colorado; San Diego State | 8 | 0 |
| Lonnie Perrin | 35 | RB | 6-1 | 222 | 25 | Illinois | 14 | 5 |
| Randy Poltl | 21 | WS-SS | 6-3 | 190 | 25 | Stanford | 14 | 1 |
| Larry Riley | 26 | LCB | 5-10 | 195 | 23 | Salem | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Rizzo | 59 | LILB | 6-1 | 220 | 27 | Merchant Marine | 13 | 12 |
| Steve Schindler | 67 | LOT-LOG-ROG | 6-3 | 255 | 23 | Boston College | 14 | 1 |
| John Schultz | 86 | WR | 5-10 | 182 | 24 | Maryland | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Smith | 70 | LDE-RDE-DT | 6-3 | 254 | 32 | New Mexico | 12 | 2 |
| Bob Swenson | 51 | LOLB | 6-3 | 222 | 24 | California | 14 | 14 |
| Billy Thompson | 36 | SS | 6-1 | 200 | 31 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 14 |
| Godwin Turk | 55 | LILB-ROLB-RILB | 6-3 | 230 | 27 | California; Southern University | 13 | 3 |
| Jim Turner | 15 | K | 6-2 | 206 | 36 | Utah State | 14 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 80 | WR | 5-10 | 173 | 25 | Indian Hills JC; Minnesota | 14 | 1 |
| Norris Weese | 14 | QB-P | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| Louis Wright | 20 | LCB | 6-3 | 200 | 24 | Arizona State; Bakersfield CC; San Jose State | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 18 | Steve Schindler | G | Boston College |
| 2 | 45 | Rob Lytle | RB | Michigan |
| 4 | 101 | Billy Bryan | C | Duke |
| 7 | 185 | Larry Swider | P | Pittsburgh |
| 8 | 212 | Calvin Culliver | RB | Alabama |
| 9 | 241 | Charles Jackson | DT | Washington |
| 10 | 268 | Oren Middlebrook | WR | Arkansas State |
| 11 | 297 | Phil Heck | LB | California |
| 12 | 324 | Scott Levenhagen | TE | Western Illinois |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 68 | 72 | 60 | 74 | 274 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 46 | 40 | 17 | 148 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 223 | 101 | 107 | 15 | 72/210 34.3% | / % | 91 | 883 | |
| Opponents Totals | 217 | 77 | 123 | 17 | 71/221 32.1% | / % | 97 | 718 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Turner | 1 | 31 | 34 | 91.2 | 13 | 19 | 68.4 | 0 | 76 |
| Otis Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Craig Morton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Haven Moses | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Lonnie Perrin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Rick Upchurch | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jack Dolbin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Riley Odoms | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Rob Lytle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tom Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jon Keyworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Norris Weese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Louis Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 34 | 31 | 34 | 91.2 | 13 | 19 | 68.4 | 0 | 274 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 16 | 18 | 88.9 | 8 | 22 | 36.4 | 0 | 148 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Turner | 13 | 19 | 68.4 | 0 | 48 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 19 | 68.4 | 0 | 48 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 22 | 36.4 | 1/1 | 2/3 | 1/5 | 4/9 | 0/4 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otis Armstrong | 130 | 489 | 3.8 | 35 | 4 |
| Lonnie Perrin | 110 | 456 | 4.1 | 62 | 3 |
| Rob Lytle | 104 | 408 | 3.9 | 21 | 1 |
| Jon Keyworth | 83 | 311 | 3.7 | 16 | 1 |
| Jim Jensen | 40 | 143 | 3.6 | 12 | 1 |
| Craig Morton | 31 | 125 | 4.0 | 15 | 4 |
| Norris Weese | 11 | 56 | 5.1 | 21 | 1 |
| Craig Penrose | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19t | 1 |
| Jack Dolbin | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Kiick | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bucky Dilts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 523 | 2043 | 3.9 | 62 | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 470 | 1531 | 3.3 | 65 | 5 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Morton | 254 | 131 | 51.6 | 115 | 1929 | 7.6 | 14.7 | 81t | 14 | 5.5 | 8 | 3.1 | 43 | 338 | 1591 | 82.0 |
| Norris Weese | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 9 | 119 | 6.0 | 10.8 | 31 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15 | 104 | 89.4 |
| Craig Penrose | 39 | 21 | 53.8 | 14 | 217 | 5.6 | 10.3 | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 10.3 | 5 | 49 | 168 | 30.6 |
| Team Totals | 313 | 163 | 52.1 | 138 | 2265 | 7.2 | 13.9 | 81t | 15 | 4.8 | 12 | 3.8 | 50 | 402 | 1863 | 75.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 426 | 235 | 55.2 | 166 | 2556 | 6.0 | 10.9 | 51 | 11 | 2.6 | 25 | 5.9 | 35 | 312 | 2244 | 57.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Odoms | 37 | 429 | 11.6 | 33 | 3 |
| Haven Moses | 27 | 539 | 20.0 | 35 | 4 |
| Jack Dolbin | 26 | 443 | 17.0 | 81t | 3 |
| Otis Armstrong | 18 | 128 | 7.1 | 20 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 17 | 198 | 11.6 | 47t | 1 |
| Rick Upchurch | 12 | 245 | 20.4 | 45 | 2 |
| Jon Keyworth | 11 | 48 | 4.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Lonnie Perrin | 6 | 106 | 17.7 | 41t | 1 |
| Jim Jensen | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 34 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Kiick | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Turner | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 163 | 2265 | 13.9 | 81t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 235 | 2556 | 10.9 | 51 | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Thompson | 5 | 122 | 24.4 | 38 | 0 |
| Tom Jackson | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 73t | 1 |
| Louis Wright | 3 | 128 | 42.7 | 59 | 1 |
| Randy Gradishar | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Joe Rizzo | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Steve Foley | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Bernie Jackson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Paul Smith | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Larry Evans | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Swenson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 491 | 19.6 | 73t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 172 | 14.3 | 37 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucky Dilts | 90 | 3525 | 39.2 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 397 | 3028 | 33.6 |
| Norris Weese | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
| Team Totals | 91 | 3563 | 39.2 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 397 | 3066 | 33.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 95 | 3868 | 40.7 | 74 | 9 | 13 | 712 | 2976 | 31.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Upchurch | 51 | 6 | 653 | 12.8 | 87t | 1 |
| Chris Pane | 6 | 2 | 48 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| John Schultz | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 58 | 8 | 712 | 12.3 | 87t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 10 | 397 | 7.2 | 29 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Upchurch | 20 | 456 | 22.8 | 32 | 0 | |
| John Schultz | 6 | 135 | 22.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Lonnie Perrin | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Chris Pane | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Glenn Hyde | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Jon Keyworth | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| John Grant | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Rob Nairne | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jack Dolbin | 0 | 14 | 14L | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 34 | 732 | 21.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 1084 | 21.7 | 41 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Lyle Alzado | 8.0 | |
| Barney Chavous | 8.0 | |
| Rubin Carter | 6.0 | |
| Tom Jackson | 4.0 | |
| Brison Manor | 4.0 | |
| Randy Gradishar | 3.0 | |
| Bob Swenson | 2.0 | |
| Joe Rizzo | 1.0 | |
| Billy Thompson | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 35.0 | 312.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 50.0 | 402.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyle Alzado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Otis Armstrong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bucky Dilts | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Evans | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Glassic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Gradishar | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 0 | |
| John Grant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Howard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Keyworth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Lytle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Maples | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -17 | 0 | |
| Craig Morton | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -18 | 0 | |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Pane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lonnie Perrin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Rizzo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| Billy Thompson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 33 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 2 |
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