1997 Denver Broncos (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

Frank Bush	Linebackers
Barney Chavous	Assistant Offensive Line/Assistant Strength and Conditioning
Rick Dennison	Special Teams
Ed Donatell	Defensive Backs
George Dyer	Defensive Line
Alex Gibbs	Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line
Mike Heimerdinger	Wide Receivers
Gary Kubiak	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Brian Pariani	Tight Ends
Ricky Porter	Offensive Assistant
Greg Robinson	Defensive Coordinator
Greg Saporta	Assistant Strength and Conditioning
Rick Smith	Defensive Assistant
John Teerlinck	Pass Rush Specialist
Bobby Turner	Running Backs
Rich Tuten	Strength and Conditioning

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/26/1997	H	Buffalo Bills	31-10	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	69739
Mon	8/4/1997	N	Miami Dolphins	19-38	L		Mexico City, Mexico	Estadio Guillermo Canedo	104629
Sat	8/9/1997	A	Carolina Panthers	23-13	W		Charlotte, NC	Ericsson Stadium	68296
Sun	8/17/1997	A	New England Patriots	21-31	L		Foxborough, MA	Foxboro Stadium	55354
Sat	8/23/1997	H	San Francisco 49ers	31-17	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	69847
Sun	8/31/1997	H	Kansas City Chiefs	19-3	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	75600
Sun	9/7/1997	A	Seattle Seahawks	35-14	W		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	55859
Sun	9/14/1997	H	St. Louis Rams	35-14	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74338
Sun	9/21/1997	H	Cincinnati Bengals	38-20	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	73871
Sun	9/28/1997	A	Atlanta Falcons	29-21	W		Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	48211
Mon	10/6/1997	H	New England Patriots	34-13	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	75821
Sun	10/19/1997	A	Oakland Raiders	25-28	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	57006
Sun	10/26/1997	A	Buffalo Bills	23-20	W	OT	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	78458
Sun	11/2/1997	H	Seattle Seahawks	30-27	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74212
Sun	11/9/1997	H	Carolina Panthers	34-0	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	71408
Sun	11/16/1997	A	Kansas City Chiefs	22-24	L		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	77963
Mon	11/24/1997	H	Oakland Raiders	31-3	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	75307
Sun	11/30/1997	A	San Diego Chargers	38-28	W		San Diego, CA	Qualcomm Stadium	54245
Sun	12/7/1997	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	24-35	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	59739
Mon	12/15/1997	A	San Francisco 49ers	17-34	L		San Francisco, CA	3Com Park	68461
Sun	12/21/1997	H	San Diego Chargers	38-3	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	69632
AFC Wild Card Playoff
Sat	12/27/1997	H	Jacksonville Jaguars	42-17	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74481
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sun	1/4/1998	A	Kansas City Chiefs	14-10	W		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	76965
AFC Championship
Sun	1/11/1998	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	24-21	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	61382
Super Bowl XXXII
Sun	1/25/1998	H	Green Bay Packers	31-24	W		San Diego, CA	Qualcomm Stadium	68912

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Allen Aldridge	57	MLB	6-1	254	25	Houston	16	16
Flipper Anderson	83	WR	6-0	174	32	UCLA	4	0
Steve Atwater	27	FS	6-3	218	31	Arkansas	15	15
Scott Bentley	3	K	5-11	205	23	Florida State	1	0
Tyrone Braxton	34	SS	5-11	187	33	North Dakota State	16	16
Bubby Brister	6	QB	6-3	205	35	Tulane; Louisiana-Monroe	1	0
Jamie Brown	70	ROT	6-8	318	25	Florida A&M	11	2
Keith Burns	56	LB	6-2	240	25	Navarro JC; Oklahoma State	16	0
Glenn Cadrez	59	LB	6-2	243	27	Chaffey JC; Houston	16	0
Dwayne Carswell	89	TE	6-3	263	25	Liberty	16	3
Byron Chamberlain	86	TE	6-1	247	26	Missouri; Wayne State (Nebraska)	10	0
Ray Crockett	39	LCB	5-10	184	30	Baylor	16	16
Terrell Davis	30	RB	5-11	208	25	Long Beach State; Georgia	15	15
David Diaz-Infante	63	LOG-ROG	6-3	296	33	San Jose State	16	7
Dedrick Dodge	33	FS	6-2	186	30	Florida State	16	1
Jason Elam	1	K	5-11	198	27	Hawaii	15	0
John Elway	7	QB	6-3	214	37	Stanford	16	16
David Gamble	82	WR	6-1	190	26	New Hampshire	2	0
Darrien Gordon	23	RCB	5-11	188	27	Stanford	16	16
Willie Green	85	WR	6-4	190	31	Mississippi	16	1
Howard Griffith	29	FB	6-0	232	30	Illinois	15	13
Brian Habib	75	ROG	6-7	295	33	Washington	14	14
Harald Hasselbach	96	LDE	6-6	284	30	Washington	16	3
Vaughn Hebron	22	RB	5-8	194	27	Virginia Tech	16	1
Randy Hilliard	21	CB	5-11	164	30	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	14	0
Patrick Jeffers	81	WR	6-3	218	24	Virginia	10	0
Darrius Johnson	23	CB	5-9	183	24	Oklahoma	16	0
Ernie Jones	72	DT-DE	6-2	255	26	Oregon	1	0
Tony Jones	77	ROT-LOT	6-5	290	31	Western Carolina	16	16
Jeff Lewis	8	QB	6-2	213	24	Northern Arizona	3	0
Mike Lodish	97	DT	6-3	274	30	UCLA	16	0
Derek Loville	31	RB	5-10	208	29	Oregon	16	0
Anthony Lynn	37	RB	6-3	230	29	Texas Tech	16	0
Ed McCaffrey	87	WR	6-5	215	29	Stanford	15	15
Tim McKyer	26	CB	6-0	174	34	Texas-Arlington	16	0
John Mobley	51	WLB	6-1	235	24	Kutztown	16	16
Tom Nalen	66	C	6-3	285	26	Boston College	16	16
Dan Neil	62	OG	6-2	283	24	Texas	3	0
Michael Dean Perry	95	RDT	6-1	285	32	Clemson	9	8
Trevor Pryce	93	RDT	6-5	290	22	Michigan; Clemson	8	3
David Richie	99	DT	6-4	278	24	Washington	2	0
Bill Romanowski	53	SLB	6-4	241	31	Boston College	16	16
Tom Rouen	16	P	6-3	224	29	Colorado State; Colorado	16	0
Steve Russ	58	LB	6-4	245	25	Air Force	14	0
Mark Schlereth	76	LOG	6-3	278	31	Idaho	11	11
Shannon Sharpe	84	TE	6-2	232	29	Savannah State	16	16
Detron Smith	42	FB	5-10	230	23	Texas A&M	16	0
Neil Smith	90	LDE	6-4	271	31	Nebraska	14	13
Rod Smith	80	WR	6-0	199	27	Missouri Southern State	16	16
Harry Swayne	74	OT	6-5	295	32	Rutgers	7	0
Maa Tanuvasa	98	RDT	6-2	271	27	Hawaii	15	5
Keith Traylor	94	LDT	6-2	318	28	Coffeyville CC; Central Oklahoma	16	16
Tony Veland	32	S	6-1	207	24	Nebraska	12	0
Alfred Williams	91	RDE	6-6	264	29	Colorado	16	16
Gary Zimmerman	65	LOT-ROT	6-6	289	36	Oregon	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	28	Trevor Pryce	DT	Clemson
3	67	Dan Neil	G	Texas
4	124	Cory Gilliard	DB	Ball State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	107	140	137	85	3	472
Opponents Totals	34	100	68	85	0	287

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	32:07	340	138	172	30	92/217 42.4%	7/16 43.8%	116	1006
Opponents Totals	27:53	258	83	145	30	65/207 31.4%	8/19 42.1%	130	1118

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Jason Elam	0	46	46	100.0	0	0	26	36	72.2	124
Terrell Davis	15	0	0		3	3	0	0		96
Rod Smith	12	0	0		0	0	0	0		72
Ed McCaffrey	8	0	0		0	0	0	0		48
Darrien Gordon	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		24
Shannon Sharpe	3	0	0		1	2	0	0		20
Willie Green	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
Scott Bentley	0	4	4	100.0	0	0	2	3	66.7	10
Steve Atwater	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Tyrone Braxton	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Dwayne Carswell	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
John Elway	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Vaughn Hebron	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Darrius Johnson	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Derek Loville	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
John Mobley	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Detron Smith	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Keith Traylor	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Alfred Williams	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Team Totals	55	50	50	100.0	4	5	28	39	71.8	472
Opponents Totals	35	35	35	100.0	0	0	14	19	73.7	287

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jason Elam	26	36	72.2	2	53	0/0	10/11	10/12	3/8	3/5
Scott Bentley	2	3	66.7	0	33	0/0	1/1	1/1	0/1	0/0
Team Totals	28	39	71.8	2	53	0/0	11/12	11/13	3/9	3/5
Opponents Totals	14	19	73.7			0/0	4/4	3/5	4/4	3/6

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Terrell Davis	369	1750	4.7	50t	15	99	5	1	4
Vaughn Hebron	49	222	4.5	46	1	12	1	1	0
John Elway	50	218	4.4	23	1	13	1	0	7
Derek Loville	25	124	5.0	17	1	6	0	0	0
Howard Griffith	9	34	3.8	9	0	2	0	0	0
Rod Smith	5	16	3.2	21	0	3	1	0	0
Detron Smith	4	10	2.5	11	0	1	0	0	0
Bubby Brister	4	2	0.5	2	0	1	0	0	0
Jeff Lewis	5	2	0.4	5	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	520	2378	4.6	50t	18	138	8	2	11
Opponents Totals	381	1803	4.7	82t	10	83	17	4	7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
John Elway	502	280	55.8	211	3635	7.2	13.0	78	27	5.4	11	2.2	34	203	3432	169	52	10	87.5
Jeff Lewis	2	1	50.0	1	21	10.5	21.0	21	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	7	14	1	1	0	87.5
Bubby Brister	9	6	66.7	3	48	5.3	8.0	15	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	48	2	0	0	79.9
Team Totals	513	287	55.9	215	3704	7.2	12.9	78	27	5.3	11	2.1	35	210	3494	172	53	10	87.4
Opponents Totals	526	290	55.1	218	3166	6.0	10.9	69t	20	3.8	18	3.4	44	298	2868	145	35	5	71.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Shannon Sharpe	72	1107	15.4	68t	3	49	18	3	1
Rod Smith	70	1180	16.9	78	12	54	15	7	3
Ed McCaffrey	45	590	13.1	35	8	32	9	0	0
Terrell Davis	42	287	6.8	25	0	11	2	0	0
Willie Green	19	240	12.6	31	2	12	3	0	0
Dwayne Carswell	12	96	8.0	24t	1	4	2	0	0
Howard Griffith	11	55	5.0	20	0	3	1	0	0
Detron Smith	4	41	10.3	17t	1	2	0	0	0
Vaughn Hebron	3	36	12.0	21	0	2	2	0	0
Patrick Jeffers	3	24	8.0	10	0	1	0	0	0
Byron Chamberlain	2	18	9.0	9	0	1	0	0	0
Derek Loville	2	10	5.0	7	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Lynn	1	21	21.0	21	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Nalen	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	287	3704	12.9	78	27	172	53	10	4
Opponents Totals	290	3166	10.9	69t	20	145	35	5	3

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tyrone Braxton	4	113	28.3	43	1
Darrien Gordon	4	64	16.0	32t	1
Ray Crockett	4	18	4.5	10	0
Steve Atwater	2	42	21.0	22t	1
Keith Traylor	1	62	62.0	62t	1
John Mobley	1	13	13.0	13t	1
Bill Romanowski	1	7	7.0	7	0
Tim McKyer	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	18	319	17.7	62t	5
Opponents Totals	11	193	17.5	55t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Tom Rouen	60	2598	43.3	57	4	22	3	10	235	2283	38.1
Team Totals	60	2598	43.3	57	4	22	3	10	235	2283	38.1
Opponents Totals	94	4091	43.5	73	9	16			555	3356	35.7

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Darrien Gordon	40	22	543	13.6	94t	3	6	3	3
Rod Smith	1	0	12	12.0	12	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	41	22	555	13.5	94t	3	6	2	3
Opponents Totals	26	17	235	9.0	83t	1

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	RET	RETY	OSA	OSR
Jason Elam	87	5727	65.8	0	8	79	1647	0	0
Scott Bentley	7	497	71.0	0	1	6	119	0	0
Tom Rouen	4	220	55.0	0	0	4	61	0	0
Team Totals	98	6444	65.8	0	9	89	1827	0	0
Opponents Totals						54	1203

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	G20+	G40+	FUM
Vaughn Hebron	43	1009	23.5	46	28	2	1
Derek Loville	5	136	27.2	61	3	1	1
Keith Burns	4	45	11.3	18	0	0	0
Byron Chamberlain	1	13	13.0	13	0	0	1
Detron Smith	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	54	1203	22.3	61	31	3	3
Opponents Totals	89	1827	20.5	77

SACKS	NO	YDS
Neil Smith	8.5
Maa Tanuvasa	8.5
Alfred Williams	8.5
John Mobley	4.0
Darrien Gordon	2.0
Trevor Pryce	2.0
Bill Romanowski	2.0
Keith Traylor	2.0
Harald Hasselbach	1.5
Steve Atwater	1.0
Mike Lodish	1.0
Tim McKyer	1.0
Tyrone Braxton	0.5
David Richie	0.5
(Team)	1.0
Team Totals	44.0	298.0
Opponents Totals	35.0	210.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Steve Atwater	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Tyrone Braxton	0	0	0	3	3	45	0
Dwayne Carswell	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Byron Chamberlain	1		0	0	0	0	0
Terrell Davis	4		2	0	2	-7	0
Dedrick Dodge	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Elway	11		1	0	1	-21	0
Darrien Gordon	3		3	1	4	0	0
Howard Griffith	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Vaughn Hebron	1		1	0	1	0	0
Darrius Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	6	1
Mike Lodish	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Derek Loville	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ed McCaffrey	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
John Mobley	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mark Schlereth	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Shannon Sharpe	1		0	0	0	0	0
Rod Smith	3		1	0	1	0	0
Tony Veland	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Alfred Williams	0	0	0	1	1	51	1
Team Totals	25	13	12	13	25	74	2
Opponents Totals	27	13	13	10	23		3