1978 Denver Broncos (NFL)

1st place American Football Conference Western Division 10-6-0 .625

Head Coach: Red Miller

Marv Braden	Special Teams
Joe Collier	Defensive Coordinator
Ken Gray	Offensive Line
Stan Jones	Defensive Line
Richie McCabe	Linebackers
Babe Parilli	Quarterbacks
Fran Polsfoot	Receivers
Paul Roach	Offensive Backs
Bob Zeman	Defensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/5/1978	A	Houston Oilers	17-12	W		Houston, TX	Astrodome	48027
Sat	8/12/1978	H	Dallas Cowboys	14-21	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74619
Sat	8/19/1978	A	Buffalo Bills	23-13	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	18301
Fri	8/25/1978	H	San Francisco 49ers	13-24	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	73559
Sun	9/3/1978	H	Oakland Raiders	14-6	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74904
Mon	9/11/1978	A	Minnesota Vikings	9-12	L	OT	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46508
Sun	9/17/1978	H	San Diego Chargers	27-14	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74983
Sun	9/24/1978	A	Kansas City Chiefs	23-17	W		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	60593
Sun	10/1/1978	H	Seattle Seahawks	28-7	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74989
Sun	10/8/1978	A	San Diego Chargers	0-23	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	50077
Mon	10/16/1978	H	Chicago Bears	16-7	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	75008
Sun	10/22/1978	A	Baltimore Colts	6-7	L		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	54057
Sun	10/29/1978	A	Seattle Seahawks	20-17	W	OT	Seattle, WA	Kingdome	62948
Sun	11/5/1978	H	New York Jets	28-31	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74983
Sun	11/12/1978	A	Cleveland Browns	19-7	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	70856
Sun	11/19/1978	H	Green Bay Packers	16-3	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74965
Thu	11/23/1978	A	Detroit Lions	14-17	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	71785
Sun	12/3/1978	A	Oakland Raiders	21-6	W		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	53932
Sun	12/10/1978	H	Kansas City Chiefs	24-3	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74149
Sat	12/16/1978	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	17-21	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74104
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	12/30/1978	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-33	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48921

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
77	Lyle Alzado	RDE	6-3	254	29	Yankton	16	16
24	Otis Armstrong	RB	5-10	196	28	Purdue	16	9
75	Bill Bain	LOT	6-4	270	26	Colorado; San Diego CC; Southern California	1	1
64	Billy Bryan	C	6-2	255	23	Duke	13	12
35	Larry Canada	RB	6-2	225	24	Wisconsin	16	0
68	Rubin Carter	NT	6-0	254	26	Miami (Florida)	16	16
79	Barney Chavous	LDE	6-3	254	27	South Carolina State	16	16
10	Bucky Dilts	P	5-9	183	25	Georgia	16	0
82	Jack Dolbin	WR	5-10	180	30	Wake Forest	16	14
85	Ron Egloff	TE	6-5	227	23	Wisconsin	8	0
56	Larry Evans	LB	6-2	217	25	Mississippi College	16	0
43	Steve Foley	RCB	6-3	190	25	Tulane	16	16
62	Tom Glassic	LOG	6-3	254	24	Virginia	11	10
53	Randy Gradishar	RILB	6-3	233	26	Ohio State	16	16
63	John Grant	DT	6-3	235	28	Southern California	16	0
27	Maurice Harvey	CB	5-10	189	22	Ball State	16	0
60	Paul Howard	ROG	6-3	260	28	Brigham Young	13	13
65	Glenn Hyde	OG	6-3	255	27	Pittsburgh	15	5
29	Bernie Jackson	WS	6-0	173	28	Los Angeles Pierce JC; Washington State	16	16
57	Tom Jackson	ROLB	5-11	220	27	Louisville	16	16
32	Jon Keyworth	RB	6-3	230	28	Colorado	16	16
84	Vince Kinney	WR	6-2	190	22	Maryland	8	0
72	Don Latimer	DT	6-3	259	23	Miami (Florida)	14	0
41	Rob Lytle	RB	5-11	196	24	Michigan	13	7
66	Brison Manor	DE	6-4	248	26	Pratt CC; Arkansas	16	0
50	Bobby Maples	C	6-3	247	36	Baylor	16	5
71	Claudie Minor	LOT	6-4	278	27	Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego CC; San Diego State	16	16
87	Bob Moore	WR	6-3	225	29	Stanford	8	2
7	Craig Morton	QB	6-4	213	35	California	14	13
25	Haven Moses	WR	6-2	200	32	Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State	16	16
58	Rob Nairne	LOLB	6-4	227	24	Oregon State	16	1
76	Tom Neville	ROT	6-4	252	35	Mississippi State	16	15
88	Riley Odoms	TE	6-4	230	28	Houston	16	16
23	Chris Pane	S	5-11	184	25	Chabot JC; Chico State	5	0
12	Craig Penrose	QB	6-3	211	25	Colorado; San Diego State	4	2
33	Lonnie Perrin	RB	6-1	222	26	Illinois	16	0
46	Dave Preston	RB	5-11	195	23	Bowling Green State	16	0
59	Joe Rizzo	LILB	6-1	220	28	Merchant Marine	14	14
67	Steve Schindler	LOG	6-3	255	24	Boston College	14	3
86	John Schultz	WR	5-10	182	25	Maryland	4	0
70	Paul Smith	DT	6-3	254	33	New Mexico	11	0
51	Bob Swenson	LOLB	6-3	222	25	California	16	15
36	Billy Thompson	SS	6-1	200	32	Maryland-Eastern Shore	16	16
55	Godwin Turk	LILB	6-3	230	28	California; Southern University	16	1
15	Jim Turner	K	6-2	206	37	Utah State	16	0
80	Rick Upchurch	WR	5-10	173	26	Indian Hills JC; Minnesota	12	0
14	Norris Weese	QB	6-1	195	27	Mississippi	13	1
40/42	Charlie West	SS	6-1	190	32	Angelo State; Texas-El Paso	16	0
20	Louis Wright	LCB	6-3	200	25	Arizona State; Bakersfield CC; San Jose State	16	16

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	27	Don Latimer	DT	Miami (Florida)
2	55	William Gay	TE	Southern California
8	221	Franky Smith	T	Alabama A&M
10	277	Vince Kinney	WR	Maryland
11	305	Lacy Brumley	T	Clemson

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	58	55	71	89	9
Opponents Totals	44	75	50	26	3

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		294	129	137	28	81/226 35.8%	/ %	132	1092
Opponents Totals		251	106	120	25	88/249 35.3%	/ %	114	894

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Jim Turner	0	31	35	88.6	11	22	50.0	0	64
Riley Odoms	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Haven Moses	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Lonnie Perrin	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Jon Keyworth	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Larry Canada	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Otis Armstrong	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Rob Lytle	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Dave Preston	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Rick Upchurch	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Ron Egloff	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Randy Gradishar	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tom Jackson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Billy Thompson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Norris Weese	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Lyle Alzado	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	36	31	35	88.6	11	22	50.0	1	282
Opponents Totals	21	21	21	100.0	17	27	63.0	0	198

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jim Turner	11	22	50.0	1/1	3/4	3/7	4/8	0/2
Team Totals	11	22	50.0	1/1	3/4	3/7	4/8	0/2
Opponents Totals	17	27	63.0	2/3	8/9	4/7	3/8	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lonnie Perrin	108	455	4.2	28	4
Jon Keyworth	112	444	4.0	30	3
Otis Armstrong	112	381	3.4	20	1
Larry Canada	79	365	4.6	47	3
Rob Lytle	81	341	4.2	25	2
Dave Preston	66	296	4.5	16	1
Craig Morton	17	71	4.2	12	0
Norris Weese	17	48	2.8	8	1
Rick Upchurch	5	31	6.2	11	0
Steve Foley	1	14	14.0	14	0
Riley Odoms	2	5	2.5	7	0
Craig Penrose	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	601	2451	4.1	47	15
Opponents Totals	549	1979	3.6	76	12

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Craig Morton	267	146	54.7	113	1802	6.7	12.3	42t	11	4.1	8	3.0	36	238	1564	77.0
Norris Weese	87	55	63.2	27	723	8.3	13.1	31	4	4.6	5	5.7	12	94	629	80.8
Craig Penrose	37	16	43.2	17	185	5.0	11.6	29	2	5.4	4	10.8	0	0	185	37.4
Team Totals	391	217	55.5	157	2710	6.9	12.5	42t	17	4.3	17	4.3	48	332	2378	73.6
Opponents Totals	438	246	56.2	161	2712	6.2	11.0	75t	9	2.1	31	7.1	30	242	2470	52.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Riley Odoms	54	829	15.4	42t	6
Haven Moses	37	744	20.1	42	5
Jack Dolbin	24	284	11.8	21	0
Dave Preston	24	199	8.3	21	1
Jon Keyworth	21	166	7.9	20	1
Rick Upchurch	17	210	12.4	29t	1
Otis Armstrong	12	98	8.2	19	1
Lonnie Perrin	10	54	5.4	13	1
Larry Canada	6	37	6.2	12	0
Rob Lytle	6	37	6.2	10	0
Ron Egloff	4	33	8.3	15	1
Vince Kinney	1	23	23.0	23	0
Jim Turner	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Team Totals	217	2710	12.5	42t	17
Opponents Totals	246	2712	11.0	75t	9

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bernie Jackson	6	128	21.3	38	0
Steve Foley	6	84	14.0	30	0
Randy Gradishar	4	19	4.8	8	0
Billy Thompson	4	0	0.0	0	0
Tom Jackson	3	28	9.3	28t	1
Joe Rizzo	3	10	3.3	10	0
Godwin Turk	2	36	18.0	22	0
Louis Wright	2	2	1.0	2	0
Bob Swenson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	31	307	9.9	38	1
Opponents Totals	17	195	11.5	61	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Bucky Dilts	96	3494	36.4	73	0	6	23	226	3148	32.8
Team Totals	96	3494	36.4	73	0	6	23	226	3148	32.8
Opponents Totals	88	3510	39.9	60	2	15	14	582	2628	29.9

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rick Upchurch	36	2	493	13.7	75t	1
Dave Preston	10	0	68	6.8	23	0
Charlie West	3	2	20	6.7	12	0
Billy Thompson	1	0	3	3.0	3	0
Chris Pane	1	0	-2	-2.0	1	0
Team Totals	51	4	582	11.4	75t	1
Opponents Totals	48	21	226	4.7	55	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Lonnie Perrin	12	256	21.3	33
Bernie Jackson	9	209	23.2	40
Rick Upchurch	8	222	27.8	41
Dave Preston	7	154	22.0	32
Jon Keyworth	2	24	12.0	13
Chris Pane	1	29	29.0	29
Charlie West	1	24	24.0	24
John Schultz	1	20	20.0	20
Godwin Turk	1	14	14.0	14
Team Totals	42	952	22.7	41
Opponents Totals	52	1223	23.5	32

SACKS	NO	YDS
Lyle Alzado	9.0
Rubin Carter	6.5
Barney Chavous	4.0
Tom Jackson	3.0
Don Latimer	2.0
Joe Rizzo	2.0
John Grant	1.5
Bob Swenson	1.5
Rob Nairne	1.0
Brison Manor	0.5
Team Totals	30.0	242.0
Opponents Totals	48.0	332.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Otis Armstrong	1		0	0	0	0	0
Larry Canada	1		1	0	1	0	0
Rubin Carter	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jack Dolbin	1		0	0	0	0	0
Tom Glassic	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Randy Gradishar	1		0	2	2	30	1
John Grant	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jon Keyworth	2		1	0	1	0	0
Rob Lytle	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bobby Maples	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Craig Morton	6		1	0	1	-14	0
Haven Moses	1		0	0	0	0	0
Riley Odoms	2		1	0	1	0	0
Chris Pane	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Craig Penrose	1		1	0	1	-1	0
Lonnie Perrin	2		2	0	2	0	0
Dave Preston	4		0	1	1	0	0
Joe Rizzo	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Paul Smith	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Swenson	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
Billy Thompson	0	0	0	2	2	4	1
Rick Upchurch	2		0	0	0	0	0
Norris Weese	3		0	0	0	-3	0
Louis Wright	1		2	0	2	0	0
Team Totals	28	17	11	13	24	20	2
Opponents Totals	27	13	14	17	31		0