1982 Denver Broncos (NFL) |
| 12th place • American Football Conference • 2-7-0 .222 |
| Head Coach: Dan Reeves |
| Marvin Bass | Special Assistant |
| Joe Collier | Assistant Head Coach/Defense |
| Rod Dowhower | Receivers |
| Jerry Frei | Offensive Line |
| Stan Jones | Defensive Line |
| Richie McCabe | Defensive Secondary |
| Nick Nicolau | Running Backs |
| Fran Polsfoot | Tight Ends |
| Bob Zeman | Linebackers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/14/1982 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 33-20 | W | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 57482 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1982 | H | Miami Dolphins | 17-14 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 77465 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1982 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 27-17 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 73371 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1982 | A | New York Jets | 20-13 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 43820 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1982 | H | San Diego Chargers | 3-23 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 73564 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1982 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 24-21 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 73889 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1982 | A | New Orleans Saints | - | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | |||
| Sun | 10/3/1982 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | - | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | |||
| Sun | 10/10/1982 | A | New York Jets | - | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | |||
| Sun | 10/17/1982 | A | Houston Oilers | - | Houston, TX | Astrodome | |||
| Sun | 10/24/1982 | H | Los Angeles Raiders | - | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | |||
| Sun | 10/31/1982 | H | Buffalo Bills | - | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | |||
| Sun | 11/14/1982 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | - | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | |||
| Sun | 11/21/1982 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 10-17 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 73916 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1982 | A | San Diego Chargers | 20-30 | L | San Diego, CA | Jack Murphy Stadium | 47629 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1982 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 27-34 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 73984 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1982 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 27-24 | W | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 48112 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1982 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 16-37 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 74192 | |
| Sun | 12/26/1982 | A | Los Angeles Raiders | 10-27 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 44160 | |
| Sun | 1/2/1983 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 11-13 | L | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 43145 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/26/1982 | New Orleans Saints | Canceled |
| 10/3/1982 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Canceled |
| 10/10/1982 | New York Jets | Canceled |
| 10/17/1982 | Houston Oilers | Canceled |
| 10/24/1982 | Los Angeles Raiders | Canceled |
| 10/31/1982 | Buffalo Bills | Canceled |
| 11/14/1982 | Kansas City Chiefs | Canceled |
| 1/2/1983 | Seattle Seahawks | Postponed from 11/7 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Keith Bishop | 54 | C-OG | 6-3 | 265 | 25 | Nebraska; Baylor | 9 | 0 |
| Greg Boyd | 77 | DE | 6-6 | 280 | 30 | Fresno CC; San Diego State | 9 | 0 |
| Billy Bryan | 64 | C | 6-2 | 255 | 27 | Duke | 9 | 9 |
| Steve Busick | 58 | LB | 6-4 | 227 | 24 | Southern California | 9 | 0 |
| Rubin Carter | 68 | NT | 6-0 | 254 | 30 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 6 |
| Barney Chavous | 79 | LDE | 6-3 | 254 | 31 | South Carolina State | 9 | 9 |
| Darren Comeaux | 59 | LB | 6-1 | 227 | 22 | San Diego Mesa JC; Arizona State | 3 | 0 |
| Steve DeBerg | 17 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 28 | Fullerton JC; San Jose State | 9 | 5 |
| Rick Dennison | 55 | LB | 6-3 | 220 | 24 | Colorado State | 9 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 85 | TE | 6-5 | 227 | 27 | Wisconsin | 9 | 1 |
| Larry Evans | 56 | LILB | 6-2 | 217 | 29 | Mississippi College | 9 | 9 |
| Steve Foley | 43 | FS | 6-2 | 190 | 29 | Tulane | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Glassic | 62 | LOG | 6-3 | 254 | 28 | Virginia | 9 | 9 |
| Randy Gradishar | 53 | RILB | 6-3 | 233 | 30 | Ohio State | 9 | 9 |
| Mike Harden | 31 | FS | 6-1 | 192 | 23 | Michigan | 5 | 4 |
| Mark Herrmann | 10 | QB | 6-4 | 210 | 23 | Purdue | 2 | 1 |
| Paul Howard | 60 | OG | 6-3 | 260 | 32 | Brigham Young | 9 | 0 |
| Roger Jackson | 28 | S | 6-0 | 186 | 23 | Bethune-Cookman | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Jackson | 57 | ROLB | 5-11 | 220 | 31 | Louisville | 9 | 9 |
| Rulon Jones | 75 | RDE | 6-6 | 260 | 24 | Utah State | 9 | 9 |
| Rich Karlis | 3 | K | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | Cincinnati | 9 | 0 |
| Aaron Kyle | 22 | RCB-FS | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | Wyoming | 9 | 9 |
| Ken Lanier | 76 | ROT | 6-3 | 273 | 23 | Florida State | 9 | 9 |
| Don Latimer | 72 | NT | 6-3 | 259 | 27 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 3 |
| Rob Lytle | 41 | RB | 5-11 | 196 | 28 | Michigan | 9 | 0 |
| Wade Manning | 83 | WR | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | Ohio State | 9 | 0 |
| Brison Manor | 66 | DE | 6-4 | 248 | 30 | Pratt CC; Arkansas | 9 | 0 |
| Orlando McDaniel | 82 | WR | 6-0 | 180 | 22 | Louisiana State | 3 | 0 |
| Mark Merrill | 59 | LB | 6-4 | 238 | 27 | Minnesota | 2 | 0 |
| Claudie Minor | 71 | LOT | 6-4 | 278 | 31 | Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego CC; San Diego State | 9 | 7 |
| Craig Morton | 7 | QB | 6-4 | 213 | 39 | California | 3 | 3 |
| Riley Odoms | 88 | TE | 6-4 | 230 | 32 | Houston | 8 | 6 |
| Rick Parros | 24 | RB | 5-11 | 202 | 24 | Utah State | 9 | 9 |
| Nathan Poole | 34 | RB | 5-9 | 210 | 26 | Louisville | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 46 | RB | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | Bowling Green State | 8 | 5 |
| Luke Prestridge | 11 | P | 6-4 | 235 | 26 | Baylor | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Ryan | 50 | LOLB | 6-1 | 218 | 25 | William & Mary | 9 | 9 |
| Dennis Smith | 49 | SS | 6-3 | 200 | 23 | Southern California | 8 | 8 |
| Dave Studdard | 70 | ROG | 6-4 | 260 | 27 | Texas | 9 | 9 |
| Bob Swenson | 51 | LB | 6-3 | 222 | 29 | California | 4 | 0 |
| J.T. Thomas | 26 | SS | 6-2 | 196 | 31 | Florida State | 9 | 1 |
| Steve Trimble | 37 | FS | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Maryland | 6 | 1 |
| Keith Uecker | 67 | LOT | 6-5 | 272 | 22 | Auburn | 5 | 2 |
| Rick Upchurch | 80 | WR | 5-10 | 173 | 30 | Indian Hills JC; Minnesota | 9 | 8 |
| Steve Watson | 81 | WR | 6-4 | 195 | 25 | Temple | 9 | 9 |
| Gerald Willhite | 47 | RB | 5-10 | 200 | 23 | American River JC; San Jose State | 9 | 2 |
| Steve Wilson | 45 | RCB | 5-10 | 195 | 25 | Howard | 8 | 3 |
| Sammy Winder | 23 | RB | 5-11 | 203 | 23 | Southern Mississippi | 8 | 2 |
| Ken Woodard | 52 | LB | 6-1 | 219 | 22 | Tuskegee | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Wright | 87 | TE | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | Blinn JC; Texas Christian | 9 | 3 |
| Louis Wright | 20 | LCB | 6-3 | 200 | 29 | Arizona State; Bakersfield CC; San Jose State | 9 | 9 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 21 | Gerald Willhite | RB | San Jose State |
| 2 | 50 | Orlando McDaniel | WR | Louisiana State |
| 4 | 106 | Dan Plater | WR | Brigham Young |
| 5 | 131 | Sammy Winder | RB | Southern Mississippi |
| 7 | 189 | Alvin Ruben | DE | Houston |
| 9 | 243 | Keith Uecker | T | Auburn |
| 10 | 274 | Ken Woodard | LB | Tuskegee |
| 11 | 300 | Stu Yatsko | G | Oregon |
| 12 | 327 | Brian Clark | G | Clemson |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 26 | 54 | 26 | 42 | 148 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 79 | 40 | 67 | 226 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 29:46 | 170 | 52 | 103 | 15 | 43/121 35.5% | / % | 54 | 516 |
| Opponents Totals | 30:14 | 176 | 53 | 104 | 19 | 48/132 36.4% | / % | 63 | 571 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Karlis | 0 | 15 | 16 | 93.8 | 11 | 13 | 84.6 | 0 | 48 |
| Rick Upchurch | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Rick Parros | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Steve Watson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gerald Willhite | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Steve DeBerg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mark Herrmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sammy Winder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Greg Boyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Barney Chavous | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 16 | 15 | 16 | 93.8 | 11 | 13 | 84.6 | 2 | 148 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 17 | 24 | 70.8 | 0 | 226 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Karlis | 11 | 13 | 84.6 | 1 | 47 | 2/2 | 3/3 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 13 | 84.6 | 1 | 47 | 2/2 | 3/3 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 24 | 70.8 | 3/3 | 4/6 | 3/4 | 4/5 | 3/6 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Willhite | 70 | 347 | 5.0 | 23 | 2 |
| Rick Parros | 77 | 277 | 3.6 | 14 | 1 |
| Sammy Winder | 67 | 259 | 3.9 | 18 | 1 |
| Dave Preston | 19 | 81 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Nathan Poole | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 20 | 0 |
| Steve DeBerg | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 6t | 1 |
| Mark Herrmann | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 6t | 1 |
| Rob Lytle | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Jim Wright | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | -10 | -5.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 257 | 1018 | 4.0 | 23 | 6 |
| Opponents Totals | 293 | 935 | 3.2 | 46 | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve DeBerg | 223 | 131 | 58.7 | 81 | 1405 | 6.3 | 10.7 | 51t | 7 | 3.1 | 11 | 4.9 | 16 | 130 | 1275 | 67.2 |
| Mark Herrmann | 60 | 32 | 53.3 | 24 | 421 | 7.0 | 13.2 | 39 | 1 | 1.7 | 4 | 6.7 | 4 | 48 | 373 | 53.5 |
| Craig Morton | 26 | 18 | 69.2 | 5 | 193 | 7.4 | 10.7 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 11.5 | 3 | 19 | 174 | 51.1 |
| Gerald Willhite | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Rick Upchurch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -3 | |||||||
| Team Totals | 311 | 181 | 58.2 | 111 | 2019 | 6.5 | 11.2 | 51t | 8 | 2.6 | 19 | 6.1 | 24 | 200 | 1819 | 60.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 307 | 172 | 56.0 | 123 | 2350 | 7.7 | 13.7 | 86t | 14 | 4.6 | 12 | 3.9 | 16 | 116 | 2234 | 79.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Parros | 37 | 259 | 7.0 | 24 | 2 |
| Steve Watson | 36 | 555 | 15.4 | 41 | 2 |
| Rick Upchurch | 26 | 407 | 15.7 | 51t | 3 |
| Gerald Willhite | 26 | 227 | 8.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 14 | 134 | 9.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 11 | 83 | 7.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 10 | 96 | 9.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Wright | 9 | 120 | 13.3 | 39 | 1 |
| Riley Odoms | 8 | 82 | 10.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Wade Manning | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 181 | 2019 | 11.2 | 51t | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 172 | 2350 | 13.7 | 86t | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Kyle | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Wilson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Louis Wright | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Mike Harden | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Dennis Smith | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Tom Jackson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| J.T. Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 106 | 8.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 431 | 22.7 | 60 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Prestridge | 45 | 2026 | 45.0 | 65 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 227 | 1699 | 37.8 |
| Team Totals | 45 | 2026 | 45.0 | 65 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 227 | 1699 | 37.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 1653 | 39.4 | 80 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 305 | 1308 | 31.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Upchurch | 15 | 3 | 242 | 16.1 | 78t | 2 |
| Gerald Willhite | 6 | 4 | 63 | 10.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 7 | 305 | 14.5 | 78t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 3 | 227 | 9.1 | 25 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wade Manning | 15 | 0 | 346 | 23.1 | 34 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 17 | 0 | 337 | 19.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Steve Wilson | 6 | 0 | 123 | 20.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Keith Uecker | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Nathan Poole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 0 | 818 | 20.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 0 | 541 | 20.8 | 68 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Barney Chavous | 5.0 | |
| Randy Gradishar | 2.0 | |
| Rulon Jones | 2.0 | |
| Brison Manor | 2.0 | |
| Dennis Smith | 2.0 | |
| Tom Jackson | 1.0 | |
| Don Latimer | 1.0 | |
| Louis Wright | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 16.0 | 116.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 24.0 | 200.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Bishop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve DeBerg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Glassic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Gradishar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Harden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Mark Herrmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Kyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Lanier | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Parros | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Preston | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Uecker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Upchurch | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gerald Willhite | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Louis Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 0 |
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