1977 Denver Broncos (NFL)

1st place American Football Conference Western Division 12-2-0 .857

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	Score		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

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
73	Hank Allison	OT	6-3	255	30	Sequoias JC; San Diego State	3	0
77	Lyle Alzado	RDE	6-3	254	28	Yankton	14	14
24	Otis Armstrong	RB	5-10	196	27	Purdue	10	10
54	Rick Baska	LB	6-3	225	25	UCLA	4	0
72	Billy Bryan	C	6-2	255	22	Duke	1	0
68	Rubin Carter	NT	6-0	254	25	Miami (Florida)	14	14
79	Barney Chavous	LDE	6-3	254	26	South Carolina State	13	11
10	Bucky Dilts	P	5-9	183	24	Georgia	14	0
82	Jack Dolbin	WR	5-10	180	29	Wake Forest	14	13
85	Ron Egloff	TE	6-5	227	22	Wisconsin	13	0
56	Larry Evans	RLB	6-2	217	24	Mississippi College	14	0
43	Steve Foley	RCB	6-3	190	24	Tulane	13	13
62	Tom Glassic	LOG	6-3	254	23	Virginia	14	14
53	Randy Gradishar	RILB	6-3	233	25	Ohio State	14	14
63	John Grant	NT	6-3	235	27	Southern California	14	0
60	Paul Howard	ROG	6-3	260	27	Brigham Young	14	14
65	Glenn Hyde	LOT-ROT	6-3	255	26	Pittsburgh	14	0
29	Bernie Jackson	WS	6-0	173	27	Los Angeles Pierce JC; Washington State	14	13
57	Tom Jackson	ROLB	5-11	220	26	Louisville	13	13
30	Jim Jensen	RB	6-3	230	24	Iowa	11	0
32	Jon Keyworth	RB	6-3	230	27	Colorado	11	9
33	Jim Kiick	RB	5-11	215	31	Wyoming	3	0
41	Rob Lytle	RB	5-11	196	23	Michigan	14	4
66	Brison Manor	LDE	6-4	248	25	Pratt CC; Arkansas	13	1
50	Bobby Maples	C	6-3	247	35	Baylor	14	0
74	Andy Maurer	LOT	6-3	255	29	Oregon	13	13
71	Claudie Minor	ROT	6-4	278	26	Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego CC; San Diego State	14	14
52	Mike Montler	C	6-4	260	33	Colorado	14	14
7	Craig Morton	QB	6-4	213	34	California	14	14
25	Haven Moses	WR	6-2	200	31	Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State	14	14
58	Rob Nairne	LLB	6-4	227	23	Oregon State	13	0
88	Riley Odoms	TE	6-4	230	27	Houston	14	14
23	Chris Pane	RCB-LCB-FS	5-11	184	24	Chabot JC; Chico State	11	1
13	Craig Penrose	QB	6-3	211	24	Colorado; San Diego State	8	0
35	Lonnie Perrin	RB	6-1	222	25	Illinois	14	5
21	Randy Poltl	WS-SS	6-3	190	25	Stanford	14	1
26	Larry Riley	LCB	5-10	195	23	Salem	5	0
59	Joe Rizzo	LILB	6-1	220	27	Merchant Marine	13	12
67	Steve Schindler	LOT-LOG-ROG	6-3	255	23	Boston College	14	1
86	John Schultz	WR	5-10	182	24	Maryland	14	0
70	Paul Smith	LDE-RDE-DT	6-3	254	32	New Mexico	12	2
51	Bob Swenson	LOLB	6-3	222	24	California	14	14
36	Billy Thompson	SS	6-1	200	31	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	14
55	Godwin Turk	LILB-ROLB-RILB	6-3	230	27	California; Southern University	13	3
15	Jim Turner	K	6-2	206	36	Utah State	14	0
80	Rick Upchurch	WR	5-10	173	25	Indian Hills JC; Minnesota	14	1
14	Norris Weese	QB-P	6-1	195	26	Mississippi	13	0
20	Louis Wright	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	OT
Team Totals	68	72	60	74
Opponents Totals	45	46	40	17

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	PTS
Jim Turner	1	31	34	91.2	13	19	68.4	76
Otis Armstrong	4	0	0		0	0		24
Craig Morton	4	0	0		0	0		24
Haven Moses	4	0	0		0	0		24
Lonnie Perrin	4	0	0		0	0		24
Rick Upchurch	4	0	0		0	0		24
Jack Dolbin	3	0	0		0	0		18
Riley Odoms	3	0	0		0	0		18
Rob Lytle	2	0	0		0	0		12
Tom Jackson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Jim Jensen	1	0	0		0	0		6
Jon Keyworth	1	0	0		0	0		6
Norris Weese	1	0	0		0	0		6
Louis Wright	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	34	31	34	91.2	13	19	68.4	274
Opponents Totals	18	16	18	88.9	8	22	36.4	148

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jim Turner	13	19	68.4	0/0	3/4	7/10	3/5	0/0
Team Totals	13	19	68.4	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	YDS	AVG	LG
Rick Upchurch	20	456	22.8	32
John Schultz	6	135	22.5	33
Lonnie Perrin	3	72	24.0	32
Chris Pane	1	16	16.0	16
Glenn Hyde	1	15	15.0	15
Jon Keyworth	1	15	15.0	15
John Grant	1	8	8.0	8
Rob Nairne	1	1	1.0	1
Jack Dolbin	0	14		14L
Team Totals	34	732	21.5	33
Opponents Totals	50	1084	21.7	41

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