1989 Denver Broncos (NFL)

1st place American Football Conference Western Division 11-5-0 .688

Head Coach: Dan Reeves

Marvin Bass	Special Assistant
Mo Forte	Running Backs
Chan Gailey	Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers
George Henshaw	Offensive Line
Earl Leggett	Defensive Line
Pete Mangurian	Tight Ends/Assistant Offensive Line
Al Miller	Strength and Conditioning
Mike Nolan	Linebackers
Wade Phillips	Defensive Coordinator
Harold Richardson	Special Teams
Charlie Waters	Defensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/12/1989	H	Los Angeles Rams	17-13	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	70049
Sat	8/19/1989	A	San Francisco 49ers	17-35	L		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	58641
Sat	8/26/1989	H	Dallas Cowboys	24-21	W	OT	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74076
Sat	9/2/1989	A	Indianapolis Colts	34-38	L		Indianapolis, IN	Hoosier Dome	55128
Sun	9/10/1989	H	Kansas City Chiefs	34-20	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74284
Mon	9/18/1989	A	Buffalo Bills	28-14	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	78176
Sun	9/24/1989	H	Los Angeles Raiders	31-21	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	75754
Sun	10/1/1989	A	Cleveland Browns	13-16	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	78637
Sun	10/8/1989	H	San Diego Chargers	16-10	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	75222
Sun	10/15/1989	H	Indianapolis Colts	14-3	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74680
Sun	10/22/1989	A	Seattle Seahawks	24-21	W	OT	Seattle, WA	Kingdome	62353
Sun	10/29/1989	H	Philadelphia Eagles	24-28	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	75065
Sun	11/5/1989	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	34-7	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74739
Sun	11/12/1989	A	Kansas City Chiefs	16-13	W		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	76245
Mon	11/20/1989	A	Washington Redskins	14-10	W		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	52975
Sun	11/26/1989	H	Seattle Seahawks	41-14	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	75117
Sun	12/3/1989	A	Los Angeles Raiders	13-16	L	OT	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	87560
Sun	12/10/1989	H	New York Giants	7-14	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	63283
Sat	12/16/1989	A	Phoenix Cardinals	37-0	W		Tempe, AZ	Sun Devil Stadium	56071
Sun	12/24/1989	A	San Diego Chargers	16-19	L		San Diego, CA	Jack Murphy Stadium	50524
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sun	1/7/1990	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	24-23	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	75868
AFC Championship
Sun	1/14/1990	H	Cleveland Browns	37-21	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	76005
Super Bowl XXIV
Sun	1/28/1990	H	San Francisco 49ers	10-55	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	72919

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
40	Jeff Alexander	FB	6-0	232	24	Tulane; Southern University	14	6
27	Steve Atwater	FS	6-3	218	23	Arkansas	16	16
35	Ken Bell	RB	5-10	190	25	Boston College	15	0
54	Keith Bishop	LOG	6-3	265	32	Nebraska; Baylor	14	7
32	Mel Bratton	FB	6-1	225	24	Miami (Florida)	16	3
34	Tyrone Braxton	LCB	5-11	187	25	North Dakota State	16	16
56	Mike Brooks	ROLB	6-1	235	25	Louisiana State	16	16
92	Alphonso Carreker	LDE	6-6	271	27	Florida State	16	16
29	Darren Carrington	CB	6-1	195	23	Pittsburgh; Northern Arizona	16	0
25	Kip Corrington	S	6-0	175	24	Texas A&M	16	0
58	Scott Curtis	LB	6-1	230	25	New Hampshire	16	0
55	Rick Dennison	RILB	6-3	220	31	Colorado State	15	11
7	John Elway	QB	6-3	214	29	Stanford	15	15
73	Simon Fletcher	ROLB	6-6	240	27	Houston	16	16
36	Mark Haynes	CB	5-11	193	31	Colorado	14	0
24	Wymon Henderson	RCB	5-10	187	28	Allan Hancock JC; Nevada-Las Vegas	16	15
68	Brad Henke	DE	6-3	275	23	Iowa State; Palomar JC; Arizona	2	0
90	Ron Holmes	RDE	6-4	262	26	Washington	15	8
2	Mike Horan	P	5-11	191	30	Fullerton JC; Long Beach State	16	0
26	Bobby Humphrey	RB	6-1	201	23	Alabama	16	12
80	Mark Jackson	WR	5-10	178	26	Purdue	16	16
82	Vance Johnson	WR	5-11	181	26	Arizona	16	16
66	Jim Juriga	ROG	6-6	271	25	Illinois	16	16
72	Keith Kartz	C	6-4	270	26	California	16	16
88	Clarence Kay	TE	6-2	237	28	Georgia	16	16
87	Pat Kelly	TE	6-6	252	24	Syracuse	16	1
97	Bruce Klostermann	LB	6-4	228	26	Waldorf JC; Iowa; South Dakota State	16	0
71	Greg Kragen	NT	6-3	265	27	Utah State	14	14
8	Gary Kubiak	QB	6-0	192	28	Texas A&M	16	1
76	Ken Lanier	ROT	6-3	273	30	Florida State	16	16
59	Tim Lucas	LB	6-3	230	28	California	16	0
96	Rich McCullough	DE	6-5	270	24	Clemson	10	0
77	Karl Mecklenburg	LILB	6-3	232	29	Augustana (South Dakota); Minnesota	15	15
89	Orson Mobley	TE	6-5	257	26	Florida State; Salem International	12	5
51	Marc Munford	LILB	6-2	231	24	Nebraska	16	6
84	Ricky Nattiel	WR	5-9	180	23	Florida	8	0
60	Gerald Perry	LOT	6-6	305	25	Northwest Mississippi CC; Southern University	16	15
91	Warren Powers	DE	6-6	287	24	Maryland	15	1
48	Randy Robbins	S	6-2	189	27	Arizona	16	2
57	Mike Ruether	C	6-4	279	27	Texas	3	0
30	Steve Sewell	RB	6-3	210	26	Oklahoma	16	3
45	Richard Shelton	CB	5-10	202	23	Liberty	3	0
49	Dennis Smith	SS	6-3	200	30	Southern California	14	14
65	Monte Smith	OG	6-5	270	22	North Dakota	14	0
96	Andre Townsend	RDE	6-3	265	27	Mississippi	13	10
9	David Treadwell	K	6-1	187	24	Clemson	16	0
67	Doug Widell	LOG	6-4	290	23	Boston College	16	10
23	Sammy Winder	RB	5-11	203	30	Southern Mississippi	16	2
85	Chris Woods	WR	5-10	195	27	Auburn	1	0
83	Mike Young	WR	6-1	184	27	UCLA	16	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	20	Steve Atwater	DB	Arkansas
2	41	Doug Widell	G	Boston College
2	47	Warren Powers	DE	Maryland
3	69	Darrell Hamilton	T	North Carolina
4	97	Rich McCullough	DE	Clemson
5	134	Darren Carrington	DB	Northern Arizona
6	152	Anthony Stafford	WR	Oklahoma
7	180	Mel Bratton	RB	Miami (Florida)
8	208	Paul Green	TE	Southern California
9	236	Monte Smith	G	North Dakota
9	241	Wayne Williams	RB	Florida
10	264	Anthony Butts	DT	Mississippi State
11	292	Richard Shelton	DB	Liberty
12	320	John Javis	WR	Howard

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	84	114	57	104	3
Opponents Totals	44	53	50	76	3

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	32:17	308	125	163	20	111/240 46.3%	2/9 22.2%	83	594
Opponents Totals	27:43	246	90	142	14	73/216 33.8%	12/24 50.0%	102	823

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
David Treadwell	0	39	40	97.5	27	33	81.8	0	120
Bobby Humphrey	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Vance Johnson	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Mel Bratton	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
John Elway	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Steve Sewell	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Jeff Alexander	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Mark Jackson	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Clarence Kay	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Sammy Winder	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Mike Young	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Tyrone Braxton	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Greg Kragen	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Karl Mecklenburg	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ricky Nattiel	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Randy Robbins	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mike Brooks	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	40	39	40	97.5	27	33	81.8	1	362
Opponents Totals	25	25	25	100.0	17	27	63.0	0	226

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
David Treadwell	27	33	81.8	3/3	13/14	8/8	3/7	0/1
Team Totals	27	33	81.8	3/3	13/14	8/8	3/7	0/1
Opponents Totals	17	27	63.0	0/0	3/3	5/6	7/14	2/4

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Humphrey	294	1151	3.9	40	7
Sammy Winder	110	351	3.2	16	2
John Elway	48	244	5.1	31	3
Jeff Alexander	45	146	3.2	11	2
Mel Bratton	30	108	3.6	9	1
Steve Sewell	7	44	6.3	10	0
Gary Kubiak	15	35	2.3	10	0
Mark Jackson	5	13	2.6	8	0
Team Totals	554	2092	3.8	40	15
Opponents Totals	426	1580	3.7	24	10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
John Elway	416	223	53.6	175	3051	7.3	13.7	69	18	4.3	18	4.3	35	298	2753	73.7
Gary Kubiak	55	32	58.2	21	284	5.2	8.9	22	2	3.6	2	3.6	8	53	231	69.1
Bobby Humphrey	2	1	50.0	1	17	8.5	17.0	17t	1	50.0	0	0.0	0	0	17	118.8
Vance Johnson	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	474	256	54.0	198	3352	7.1	13.1	69	21	4.4	20	4.2	43	351	3001	73.7
Opponents Totals	504	268	53.2	215	3201	6.4	11.9	75t	13	2.6	21	4.2	47	374	2827	64.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Vance Johnson	76	1095	14.4	69	7
Mark Jackson	28	446	15.9	49	2
Steve Sewell	25	416	16.6	56	3
Mike Young	22	402	18.3	47	2
Bobby Humphrey	22	156	7.1	13	1
Clarence Kay	21	197	9.4	20t	2
Orson Mobley	17	200	11.8	36	0
Sammy Winder	14	91	6.5	19	0
Ricky Nattiel	10	183	18.3	43	1
Mel Bratton	10	69	6.9	17t	3
Jeff Alexander	8	84	10.5	28	0
Pat Kelly	3	13	4.3	6	0
Team Totals	256	3352	13.1	69	21
Opponents Totals	268	3201	11.9	75t	13

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tyrone Braxton	6	103	17.2	34t	1
Wymon Henderson	3	58	19.3	25	0
Steve Atwater	3	34	11.3	30	0
Dennis Smith	2	78	39.0	50	0
Randy Robbins	2	18	9.0	18t	1
Marc Munford	2	16	8.0	10	0
Kip Corrington	1	8	8.0	8	0
Darren Carrington	1	2	2.0	2	0
Rick Dennison	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	21	318	15.1	50	2
Opponents Totals	20	194	9.7	32t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Mike Horan	77	3111	40.4	63	5	24	370	2641	34.3
Gary Kubiak	2	43	21.5	29	0	1	0	43	21.5
John Elway	1	34	34.0	34	1	0	0	14	14.0
Team Totals	80	3188	39.9	63	6	25	370	2698	33.7
Opponents Totals	84	3440	41.0	64	8	18	344	2936	35.0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Ken Bell	21	3	143	6.8	24
Vance Johnson	12	6	118	9.8	34
Ricky Nattiel	9	0	77	8.6	38
Chris Woods	2	0	6	3.0	11
Darren Carrington	1	0	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	45	9	344	7.6	38
Opponents Totals	28	18	370	13.2	52

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Ken Bell	30	0	602	20.1	33
Darren Carrington	6	0	152	25.3	68
Bobby Humphrey	4	0	86	21.5	29
Mel Bratton	2	0	19	9.5	10
Chris Woods	1	0	17	17.0	17
Team Totals	43	0	876	20.4	68
Opponents Totals	72		1256	17.4	36

SACKS	NO	YDS
Simon Fletcher	12.0
Ron Holmes	9.0
Karl Mecklenburg	7.5
Alphonso Carreker	5.5
Warren Powers	3.0
Greg Kragen	2.0
Tim Lucas	2.0
Andre Townsend	2.0
Mike Brooks	1.0
Rick Dennison	1.0
Marc Munford	1.0
Team Totals	47.0	374.0
Opponents Totals	43.0	351.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Steve Atwater	0	0	0	1	1	29	0
Ken Bell	5		4	1	5	0	0
Tyrone Braxton	0	0	0	2	2	35	0
Mike Brooks	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Darren Carrington	1		0	0	0	0	0
Rick Dennison	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Elway	9		2	0	2	-4	0
Simon Fletcher	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Wymon Henderson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Humphrey	4		3	0	3	0	0
Mark Jackson	1		0	0	0	-8	0
Clarence Kay	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Greg Kragen	0	0	0	4	4	17	1
Gary Kubiak	2		1	0	1	0	0
Karl Mecklenburg	0	0	0	4	4	23	1
Marc Munford	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ricky Nattiel	2		0	0	0	0	0
Gerald Perry	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Randy Robbins	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dennis Smith	0	0	1	2	3	0	0
Andre Townsend	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Sammy Winder	1		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	26	13	13	22	35	92	2
Opponents Totals	43	22	17	12	29		1