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1997 Denver Broncos Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 12-4-0, 2nd in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Mike Shanahan (12-4-0)

Points For: 472 (29.5/g) 1st of 30

Points Against: 287 (17.9/g) 6th of 30

Expected W-L: 12.2-3.8

SRS: 10.71 (1st of 30), SOS: -0.86

Playoffs:
Won Wild Card 42-17 vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Won Divisional Round 14-10 vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Won Conference Championship 24-21 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Won Super Bowl 31-24 vs. Green Bay Packers

Offensive Coordinator: Gary Kubiak

Defensive Coordinator: Greg Robinson

Other Notable Asst.: Frank Bush (Linebackers), Rick Dennison (Special Teams), Ed Donatell (Secondary), George Dyer (Defensive Line) and Mike Heimerdinger (Wide Receivers)

Stadium: Mile High Stadium

Owner/Chairman/CEO: Pat Bowlen

General Manager: John Beake

Offensive Scheme: West Coast

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +1000; O/U: 10.5

Training Camp: University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, Colorado)

1997 Super Bowl Champion

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	472	5872	1068	5.5	21	10	340	287	513	3494	27	11	6.4	172	520	2378	18	4.6	138	116	1006	30
Opp. Stats	287	4671	951	4.9	31	13	258	290	526	2868	20	18	5.0	145	381	1803	10	4.7	83	130	1118	30
Lg Rank Offense	1	1			6	7	1		20	9	4	6	4		6	4	5	2
Lg Rank Defense	6	5			9	13	2		16	5	11	8	5		1	16	6	30

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	August 31	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Kansas City Chiefs	19	3	20	378	232	146		12	241	108	133	1	7.22	6.51	2.73
2	Sun	September 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Seattle Seahawks	35	14	22	331	188	143	1	16	289	220	69	1	11.98	7.25	1.48
3	Sun	September 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0		St. Louis Rams	35	14	19	377	233	144	2	18	314	184	130	2	7.09	6.08	12.30
4	Sun	September 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0		Cincinnati Bengals	38	20	23	372	150	222	1	22	389	194	195	1	21.46	-8.00	2.35
5	Sun	September 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-0	@	Atlanta Falcons	29	21	16	329	228	101	1	17	308	196	112	1	4.53	-1.78	0.91
6	Mon	October 6	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-0		New England Patriots	34	13	25	380	188	192	2	13	262	211	51	2	9.56	17.54	-5.51
7									Bye Week
8	Sun	October 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-1	@	Oakland Raiders	25	28	25	441	294	147	1	12	324	81	243	2	1.60	5.03	-9.42
9	Sun	October 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	7-1	@	Buffalo Bills	23	20	17	341	116	225	3	19	315	160	155	6	-14.06	19.54	-2.44
10	Sun	November 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-1		Seattle Seahawks	30	27	19	385	245	140	2	22	349	245	104	2	-0.06	-2.10	4.46
11	Sun	November 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-1		Carolina Panthers	34	0	20	393	233	160	1	7	147	113	34	4	1.77	32.94	1.40
12	Sun	November 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-2	@	Kansas City Chiefs	22	24	26	329	194	135	1	15	202	96	106	1	-0.60	8.04	-9.44
13	Mon	November 24	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-2		Oakland Raiders	31	3	23	370	260	110	1	14	260	150	110	2	1.25	23.86	0.83
14	Sun	November 30	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-2	@	San Diego Chargers	38	28	28	438	240	198		22	269	222	47	2	17.20	1.29	-8.04
15	Sun	December 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-3	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	24	35	18	320	231	89	1	22	476	290	186	2	2.63	-19.06	1.62
16	Mon	December 15	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-4	@	San Francisco 49ers	17	34	15	237	141	96	3	18	323	265	58	1	-29.95	-5.72	16.17
17	Sun	December 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-4		San Diego Chargers	38	3	24	451	321	130	1	9	203	133	70	1	16.92	17.68	-0.64
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sat	December 27	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		13-4		Jacksonville Jaguars	42	17	28	511	201	310	2	14	237	187	50	2	20.81	8.51	-5.56
Division	Sun	January 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		14-4	@	Kansas City Chiefs	14	10	16	272	163	109	2	18	303	226	77		-1.27	3.78	1.46
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 11	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		15-4	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	24	21	23	345	195	150	2	23	354	193	161	4	8.47	-1.67	-1.30
SuperBowl	Sun	January 25	6:30PM ET	boxscore	W		16-4	N	Green Bay Packers	31	24	21	302	123	179	2	21	350	255	95	3	4.51	-3.91	7.71

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	GWD	Awards
1	John Elway	37	QB	16	16	12-4-0	280	502	55.8	3635	27	5.4	11	2.2	166	41.6	78	7.2	7.33	13.0	227.2	87.5	34	203	6.34	6.40	6.49	2	PB
2	Bubby Brister	35	QB	1	0		6	9	66.7	48	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	22.2	15	5.3	5.33	8.0	48.0	79.9	0	0	0.00	5.33	5.33	0
3	Jeff Lewis	24	QB	3	0		1	2	50.0	21	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	33.3	21	10.5	10.50	21.0	7.0	87.5	1	7	33.33	4.67	4.67	0
	Team Totals			16	16	12-4-0	287	513	55.9	3494	27	5.3	11	2.1	172	41.2	78	7.2	6.90	12.9	218.4	87.4	35	210	6.39	6.38	6.46	2

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	John Elway	37	QB	4	4	4-0-0	56	96	58.3	726	3	3.1	2	2.1	33	44.1	43	7.6	7.25	13.0	181.5	83.9	6	44	5.88	6.69	6.39	1	2
	Team Totals			4	4	4-0-0	56	96	58.3	682	3	3.1	2	2.1			76	6.8	6.79	11.7	170.5	86.8	6	44	5.88	5.91	5.76

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Terrell Davis	25	RB	15	15	369	1750	15	99	54.2	50	4.7	116.7	24.6	58	42	287	6.8	0	11	37.9	25	2.8	19.1	72.4	4.9	411	5.0	2037	15	4	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-2
2	Rod Smith	27	WR	16	16	5	16	0	4	60.0	21	3.2	1.0	0.3	131	70	1180	16.9	12	52	47.3	78	4.4	73.8	53.4	9.0	75	15.9	1196	12	3
3	Shannon Sharpe	29	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	114	72	1107	15.4	3	49	57.0	68	4.5	69.2	63.2	9.7	72	15.4	1107	3	1	PB,AP-1
4	Ed McCaffrey	29	WR	15	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	85	45	590	13.1	8	32	49.4	35	3.0	39.3	52.9	6.9	45	13.1	590	8	0
5	Vaughn Hebron	27	RB	16	1	49	222	1	12	46.9	46	4.5	13.9	3.1	5	3	36	12.0	0	2	40.0	21	0.2	2.3	60.0	7.2	52	5.0	258	1	1
6	Willie Green	31	WR	16	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	43	19	240	12.6	2	11	30.2	31	1.2	15.0	44.2	5.6	19	12.6	240	2	0
7	John Elway	37	QB	16	16	50	218	1	15	42.0	23	4.4	13.6	3.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			50	4.4	218	1	11	PB
8	Derek Loville	29	RB	16	0	25	124	1	7	56.0	17	5.0	7.8	1.6	2	2	10	5.0	0	0	0.0	7	0.1	0.6	100.0	5.0	27	5.0	134	1	1
9	Dwayne Carswell	25	TE	16	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	20	12	96	8.0	1	4	40.0	24	0.8	6.0	60.0	4.8	12	8.0	96	1	0
10	Howard Griffith	30	FB	15	13	9	34	0	2	66.7	9	3.8	2.3	0.6	17	11	55	5.0	0	3	23.5	20	0.7	3.7	64.7	3.2	20	4.5	89	0	0
11	Detron Smith	23	RB	16	0	4	10	0	1	25.0	11	2.5	0.6	0.3	5	4	41	10.3	1	2	60.0	17	0.3	2.6	80.0	8.2	8	6.4	51	1	0
12	Patrick Jeffers	24	WR	10	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	3	24	8.0	0	1	40.0	10	0.3	2.4	60.0	4.8	3	8.0	24	0	0
13	Anthony Lynn	29	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	21	21.0	0	1	100.0	21	0.1	1.3	100.0	21.0	1	21.0	21	0	0
14	Byron Chamberlain	26	TE	10	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	2	18	9.0	0	1	66.7	9	0.2	1.8	66.7	6.0	2	9.0	18	0	1
15	Bubby Brister	35	QB	1	0	4	2	0	1	25.0	2	0.5	2.0	4.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	0.5	2	0	0
16	Jeff Lewis	24	QB	3	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	5	0.4	0.7	1.7	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			5	0.4	2	0	0
17	Tom Nalen	26	C	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	-1	-1.0	0	0	0.0	-1	0.1	-0.1	100.0	-1.0	1	-1.0	-1	0	0	PB
	Team Totals			16	16	520	2378	18	138	51.7	50	4.6	148.6	32.5	490	287	3704	12.9	27	169	46.1	78	17.9	231.5	58.6	7.6	807	7.5	6082	45	25

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Terrell Davis	25	RB	4	4	112	581	8	34	55.4	59	5.2	145.3	28.0	10	8	38	4.8	0	2	40.0	17	2.0	9.5	80.0	3.8	120	5.2	619	8	4	SB MVP
2	Rod Smith	27	WR	4	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	22	11	205	18.6	1	10	45.5	43	2.8	51.3	50.0	9.3	11	18.6	205	1	0
3	Ed McCaffrey	29	WR	4	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	19	12	171	14.3	1	7	57.9	43	3.0	42.8	63.2	9.0	12	14.3	171	1	0
4	Shannon Sharpe	29	TE	4	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	19	12	149	12.4	0	5	52.6	23	3.0	37.3	63.2	7.8	12	12.4	149	0	0
5	Derek Loville	29	RB	2	0	13	103	2	4	46.2	44	7.9	51.5	6.5	1	1	10	10.0	0	0	0.0	10	0.5	5.0	100.0	10.0	14	8.1	113	2	1
6	Howard Griffith	30	FB	4	4	5	11	0	0	0.0	4	2.2	2.8	1.3	8	5	58	11.6	1	4	50.0	23	1.3	14.5	62.5	7.3	10	6.9	69	1	0
7	Willie Green	31	WR	4	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	3	51	17.0	0	3	30.0	22	0.8	12.8	30.0	5.1	3	17.0	51	0	0
8	Vaughn Hebron	27	RB	3	0	11	28	1	2	54.5	6	2.5	9.3	3.7	4	2	14	7.0	0	1	25.0	9	0.7	4.7	50.0	3.5	13	3.2	42	1	0
9	Dwayne Carswell	25	TE	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	2	30	15.0	0	1	66.7	26	1.0	15.0	66.7	10.0	2	15.0	30	0	0
10	John Elway	37	QB	4	4	9	25	1	4	44.4	10	2.8	6.3	2.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			9	2.8	25	1	4
	Team Totals			4	4	150	748	12			18	5.0	187.0	37.5	96	56	726	13.0	3	33	46.9	43	14.0	181.5	58.3	7.6	206	7.2	1474	15	10

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Tyrone Braxton	33	SS	16	16	4	113	1	43	1	0	3	45	0	0.5	79	62	17	0
2	Ray Crockett	30	LCB	16	16	4	18	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	82	68	14	0
3	John Elway	37	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	-21	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
4	Darrien Gordon	27	RCB	16	16	4	64	1	32	1	3	4	0	0	2.0	62	51	11	0	AP-2
5	John Mobley	24	RLB	16	16	1	13	1	13	2	0	1	0	0	4.0	132	96	36	0	AP-1
6	Bill Romanowski	31	LLB	16	16	1	7	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	70	56	14	0
7	Shannon Sharpe	29	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
8	Rod Smith	27	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Keith Traylor	28	LDT	16	16	1	62	1	62	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	39	28	11	0
10	Alfred Williams	29	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	51	1	8.5	46	36	10	0
11	Allen Aldridge	25	MLB	16	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	57	41	16	0
12	Steve Atwater	31	FS	15	15	2	42	1	22	0	0	2	0	0	1.0	68	53	15	0
13	Terrell Davis	25	RB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	-7	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-2
14	Ed McCaffrey	29	WR	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Howard Griffith	30	FB	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Neil Smith	31	LDE	14	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	8.5	34	29	5	0	PB,AP-2
17	Mark Schlereth	31	LG	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Michael Dean Perry	32	RDT	9	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	11	8	3	0
19	Maa Tanuvasa	27	RDT	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.5	23	17	6	0
20	Dwayne Carswell	25	TE	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Harald Hasselbach	30	DE	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	19	14	5	0
22	Trevor Pryce	22	DT	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	24	16	8	0
23	Dedrick Dodge	30	DB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	7	5	2	0
24	Vaughn Hebron	27	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Tim McKyer	34	DB	16	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	16	12	4	0
26	Keith Burns	25	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
27	Glenn Cadrez	27	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	4	1	0
28	Byron Chamberlain	26	TE	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Randy Hilliard	30	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	1	0
30	Darrius Johnson	24	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Ernest Jones	26	DE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0
32	Mike Lodish	30	DT	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	14	9	5	0
33	Derek Loville	29	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
34	David Richie	24	NT	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
35	Tony Veland	24	DB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	18	0	5			25	15	74	2	44				0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Steve Atwater	31	FS	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	9	5	4	0
2	Tyrone Braxton	33	SS	4	4	2	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	14	10	4	0
3	Neil Smith	31	LDE	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	7	7	0	0
4	Allen Aldridge	25	MLB	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	11	9	2	0
5	Ray Crockett	30	LCB	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.0	11	11	0	0
6	Terrell Davis	25	RB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0			0	SB MVP
7	Darrien Gordon	27	RCB	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	14	13	1	0
8	John Mobley	24	RLB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	19	17	2	0
9	Bill Romanowski	31	LLB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	13	11	2	0
10	Maa Tanuvasa	27	RDT	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	3	1	0
11	Keith Traylor	28	LDT	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	8	8	0	0
12	Alfred Williams	29	RDE	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	5	0	0
13	John Elway	37	QB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	-10	0	0.0	0			0
14	Glenn Cadrez	27	LB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0
15	Harald Hasselbach	30	DE	3	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	4	2
16	Randy Hilliard	30	DB	3	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	1
17	Darrius Johnson	24	DB	2	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0
18	Mike Lodish	30	DT	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
19	Derek Loville	29	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
20	Tim McKyer	34	DB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0			0
21	Trevor Pryce	22	DT	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	0
	Team Totals			4	4						0	10	0	0	0	11	132	112	20	0