Denver Broncos

Red Miller



1979 Denver Broncos   10-6

Score By Quarter   1st  2nd  3rd  4th   OT    Tot  
1979 Denver         72   99   83   79    0    333
Opponent            43   65   31  103    0    242


                 Team           Opp             W/L   Game Scores            
     Points       333           242             0-1    7  Cincinnati 17      66ø 0-5                
First Downs       345           235             1-1   27  Los Angeles 17     59ø 0-5                
       Rush       128            68             2-1   20 @Atlanta 0          73ø 0-10                
       Pass       202           152             3-1   21  Seattle 14         59ø                
        Pen        15            15             3-2   17 @Oakland 29         68ø 5-15                
  Penalties        89            86             3-3   31  San Diego 35       61ø                
      Yards       578           609             4-3   14 @Kansas City 7      67ø 5-15                
                                                4-4   20 @Pittsburgh 21      65ø 10-20                
Rushing Att       590           396             5-4   21  Kansas City 14     35ø 0-5 
      Yards      2424          1456             6-4   28  New Orleans 14     46ø 0-5 
        Ave       4.1           3.7             7-4   20  New England 7      45ø 0-5 
         TD        16            10             8-4   23 @San Francisco 7    62ø 0-10 
                                                9-4   35  Oakland 9          29ø 0-5 
Passing Att       453           466             9-5   16 @Buffalo 27         33ø 5-15 
       Comp       283           256            10-5   17 @Seattle 7          70ø                 
          %      62.5          54.9            10-6   16 @San Diego 17       76ø 
        Int        15            20       
          %       3.3           4.3       
         TD        25            21       
          %       5.5           4.5       
      Yards      3330          2941       
     Sacked        39            24       

Punt Return        42            31       
      Yards       315           192       
        Ave       7.5           6.2       

Kick Return        55            67 
      Yards      1016          1423 
        Ave      18.5          21.2

      Punts        62            85 
      Yards      2502          3465 
        Ave      40.4          40.8

     FG Att        17            11 
       Made        14             6 
          %      82.4          54.5

Third Downs       217           209 
       Made        75            78 
          %      34.6          37.3

Fourth Downs       52            22 
       Made        35             8 
          %      67.3          36.4

   Safeties         0             0 
    Fumbles        35            25 
       Lost        11            10 
  Turnovers        26            30 

Net Offense      5537          4233 
   Per Play       5.1           4.8



1979 Denver Broncos

Rushing    Att  Yds  Ave 10  FD Lg TD  Receiving   Rec Dp  Yds  Ave 25  FD Lg TD
Armstrong  114  528  4.6 13  28 26  4  Upchurch     69  3  926 13.4  4  51 35  5
Jensen     119  499  4.2 11  23 30  3  Moses        57  0  877 15.4  5  48 48  5
Lytle      104  405  3.9  8  18 19  3  Odoms        46  5  500 10.9  0  32 24  5
Keyworth    94  372  4.0  9  18 17  0  Keyworth     21  1  160  7.6  0  10 16  2
Preston     48  216  4.5  6  19 18  2  Jensen       20  2  187  9.4  0  14 19  3
Canada      50  188  3.8  6  11 11  3  Armstrong    17  2  184 10.8  0  14 15  2
Weese       17  163  9.6  8  10 20  0  Preston      15  2  113  7.5  0   8 12  1
Morton      21   44  2.1  0   0  6  0  Lytle        14  2  124  8.9  0  10 11  1
Upchurch     1    6  6.0  0   1  6  1  Watson        7  2   74 10.6  0   5 14  0
Dixon, Z.   12    2  0.2  0   0  3  0  Canada        7  0   54  7.7  0   2 12  0
Penrose     10    1  0.1  0   0  3  0  Egloff        6  0   80 13.3  0   5 18  0
           590 2424  4.1 61 128 30 16  Dolbin        4  0   51 12.8  1   3 25  1
                                                   283 19 3330 11.8 10 202 48 25


Passing     Att Cmp    C%  Yds  Ave  Lg  Bd 25  In    I%   Sk  TD   TD%  Rate
Keyworth      1   1 100.0   28 28.0  28   0  1   0   0.0    0   0   0.0 118.8
Weese        71  45  63.4  452 10.0  19   7  0   1   1.4   14   4   5.6  94.3
Morton      374 234  62.6 2781 11.9  48  26  8  14   3.7   25  21   5.6  88.3
Penrose       7   3  42.9   69 23.0  32   0  1   0   0.0    0   0   0.0  78.9
            453 283  62.5 3330 11.8  48  33 10  15   3.3   39  25   5.5  89.4

Kicking      XPA XPM   XP%  FGA FGM   FG%    40+   50+   Lg   Pts
Turner        42  39  92.9   17  14  82.4   66.7   0.0   40    81

Punting        No Yards  Lg TB BK 20   Ret  Yds    Net   Gross
Prestridge     62  2502  58  7  0 21    31  192   35.0    40.4

Kick Returns  No Yards  Ave   Lg TD      Punt Returns No FC Yards  Ave  Lg TD
Grant          1    26  26.0  26  0      Upchurch     33 14   251  7.6  18  0
Preston       12   290  24.2  38  0      Pane          5 10    16  3.2   9  0
Pane          22   425  19.3  30  0      Preston       4  2    48 12.0  19  0
Upchurch       5    84  16.8  24  0                   42 26   315  7.5  19  0
Canada         3    50  16.7  19  0
Dixon, Z.      4    56  14.0  22  0
Jackson,B.     5    59  11.8  16  0
Armstrong      2    22  11.0  13  0
Glassic        1     4   4.0   4  0
              55  1016  18.5  38  0

Fumbles                                                                        
Morton   13   Keyworth   4   Armstron   3   Thompson   1   Pane       1   Armstron   3
Upchurch  6   Dixon, Z   4   Weese      2   Dolbin     1                  

Sacks        Hurries      Stuffs       Deflections  Forced Fmb   Fumble Rec
Chavous   8  Manor    22  Carter,  11  Thompson 10  Gradisha  6  Morton    4
Manor     6  Chavous  19  Chavous   7  Foley, S  8  Jackson,  3  Moses     3
Carter,   5  Carter,   7  Swenson   7  Swenson   8  Ryan      3  Studdard  3
Jackson,  2               Gradisha  6  Wright    7  West      3  Manor     3
Swenson   2               Jackson,  4  Carter,   4  Wright    2  Odoms     2
Gradisha  1               Manor     3  Gradisha  4  Chavous   2  Bryan     2
                          Rizzo     1  Chavous   4  Swenson   2  Chavous   2
                          Foley, S  1  Jackson,  3  Manor     2  Glassic   2
                          West      1  West      3  Evans     1  Foley, S  2
                                       Jackson,  2  Jackson,  1  Dixon, Z  2
                                       Manor     2               Carter,   1
                                       Rizzo     2               Jackson,  1
                                       Latimer   1               Thompson  1
                                                                 Upchurch  1
                                                                 Jensen    1
                                                                 Brown,K.  1
                                                                 Pane      1
                                                                 West      1

Tackles                                                                        
Swenson   93  Carter,    62  Foley, S   44  Atkinson   16  Pane        9  Evans       6
Gradisha  83  Chavous    55  Manor      38  Radford    14  Latimer     9
Wright    77  Jackson,   55  Rizzo      32  Grant      12  Ryan        8
Thompson  72  West       54  Jackson,   18  Brown,K.   10  Nairne      8

Ints      No Yds  Ave  Lg TD
Foley, S.  7  29  4.1  16  0
Thompson   5 105 21.0  38  0
Swenson    3   1  0.3   1  0
Wright     2  20 10.0  15  0
West       2  32 16.0  32  0
Jackson,T  1  16 16.0  16  0
          20 203 10.2  38  0


1979 Denver Broncos    Coach: Red Miller

      Quarterbacks        Dur   Run Sho Bkwy Special
QB    Morton, Craig        4     B   1   3  
QB    Penrose, Craig       4     O   1   3  
QB    Weese, Norris        5     O   1   3  

      Skill Players        BkR BkP Dur  Att  Yds Lg  Ave  Rec  No  Yds Lg  Ave   Special
RB    Armstrong, Otis       2   1   4   108  453 26  4.2    2  14  138 17  9.9  KR
RB    Jensen, Jim           2   1   5   106  400 30  3.8    3  19  144 25  7.6  
RB    Lytle, Rob            2   1   4   102  371 19  3.6    2  13   93 12  7.2  
RB    Keyworth, Jon         2   1   5    81  323 17  4.0    2  18  132 18  7.3  
RB    Preston, Dave         2   1   3    43  169 18  3.9    4  19  137 19  7.2  RET
RB    Canada, Larry         2   1   5    36  143 17  4.0    1   3   36 15 12.0  KR
RB    Dixon, Zachary        2   1   2     3    9  7  3.0    0   0    0  0  0.0  KR

WR    Upchurch, Rick        0   0   5     3   17 18  5.7    8  64  937 47 14.6  RET
WR    Moses, Haven          0   0   5     0    0  0  0.0    7  54  943 64 17.5  
WR    Watson, Steve         0   0   5     0    0  0  0.0    1   6   83 22 13.8  
WR    Dolbin, Jack          0   0   1     0    0  0  0.0    2   3   74 45 24.7  
WR    Kinney, Vince         0   0   4     0    0  0  0.0    0   0    0  0  0.0  KR

TE    Odoms, Riley          4   2   4     1   -7 -7 -7.0    6  40  638 45 16.0  
TE    Egloff, Ron           4   2   4     0    0  0  0.0    1   5   70 22 14.0  KR


      Lineman              BkR  BkP    Dur  Special
C     Bryan, Billy          5    5       5     
C     Brown, Ken            4    4       5     LS
G     Howard, Paul          7    7       5     
G     Glassic, Tom          5    5       5     

T     Minor, Claudie        7    7       5     
T     Studdard, Dave        6    6       5     
T     Clark, Kelvin         4    4       4     

G-T   Hyde, Glenn           4    4       5     


      Defense              Overall  Run  Pass Rush   Dur  Sacks  Int  Special
DT    Carter, Rubin          7       7    0    1       4     0    0  
DT    Latimer, Don           4       4    0    1       4     1    0  
DE    Manor, Brison          5       4    0    3       5     6    0  
DE    Chavous, Barney        5       5    0    2       5     4    0  
DE    Grant, John            5       5    0    1       5     1    0  KR
DE    Radford, Bruce         3       3    0    1       5     1    0  

ILB   Gradishar, Randy       9       8    2    0       5     0    0  
ILB   Rizzo, Joe             6       5    2    0       4     0    2  
ILB   Evans, Larry           4       4    1    1       5     2    0  
OLB   Swenson, Bob           9       8    2    0       5     0    3  
OLB   Jackson, Tom           7       6    2    3       4     4    1  
OLB   Nairne, Rob            4       4    1    0       3     0    0  
LB    Ryan, Jim              4       3    1    0       5     0    0  

CB    Wright, Louis         10       0   10    0       5     0    2  
CB    Foley, Steve           6       0    6    0       5     0    6  
S     Thompson, Billy        8       2    6    0       5     1    4  
S     West, Charlie          5       1    4    0       5     0    1  PR
S     Jackson, Bernard       5       1    4    0       3     0    0  KR
S     Atkinson, Butch        3       1    2    0       2     0    0  
DB    Pane, Chris            3       1    2    0       5     0    0  RET

   Special Teams
K    Steinfort, Fred
P    Prestridge, Luke
K    Turner, Jim



(c) 2008 Dave Koch Sports Inc.