1978 Denver Broncos

1978 Denver Broncos Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Craig Morton	267	146	54.7	1802	6.75	42t	11	4.1	8	3.0	36	238	77.0
Norris Weese	87	55	63.2	723	8.31	31	4	4.6	5	5.7	12	94	80.8
Craig Penrose	37	16	43.2	185	5.00	29	2	5.4	4	10.8	0	0	37.4
TOTALS	391	217	55.5	2710	6.93	42t	17	4.3	17	4.3	0	0	73.6

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Riley Odoms 54 829 15.4 6 42t Haven Moses 37 744 20.1 5 42 Jack Dolbin 24 284 11.8 0 21 Dave Preston 24 199 8.3 1 21 Jon Keyworth 21 166 7.9 1 20 Rick Upchurch 17 210 12.4 1 29t Otis Armstrong 12 98 8.2 1 19 Lonnie Perrin 10 54 5.4 1 13 Larry Canada 6 37 6.2 0 12 Rob Lytle 6 37 6.2 0 10 Ron Egloff 4 33 8.3 1 15 Vince Kinney 1 23 23.0 0 23 Jim Turner 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4 TOTALS 217 2710 12.5 17 42t

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Lonnie Perrin 108 455 4.2 4 28 Jon Keyworth 112 444 4.0 3 30 Otis Armstrong 112 381 3.4 1 20 Larry Canada 79 365 4.6 3 47 Rob Lytle 81 341 4.2 2 25 Dave Preston 66 296 4.5 1 16 Craig Morton 17 71 4.2 0 12 Norris Weese 17 48 2.8 1 8 Rick Upchurch 5 31 6.2 0 11 Steve Foley 1 14 14.0 0 14 Riley Odoms 2 5 2.5 0 7 Craig Penrose 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 601 2451 4.1 15 47

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Lonnie Perrin 12 256 21.3 0 33 Rick Upchurch 8 222 27.8 0 41 Bernard Jackson 9 209 23.2 0 40 Dave Preston 7 154 22.0 0 32 Chris Pane 1 29 29.0 0 29 Jon Keyworth 2 24 12.0 0 13 Charlie West 1 24 24.0 0 24 John Schultz 1 20 20.0 0 20 Godwin Turk 1 14 14.0 0 14 TOTALS 42 952 22.7 0 41

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Rick Upchurch 36 493 13.7 2 1 75t Dave Preston 10 68 6.8 0 0 23 Charlie West 3 20 6.7 2 0 12 Billy Thompson 1 3 3.0 0 0 3 Chris Pane 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 1 TOTALS 51 582 11.4 4 1 75t

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Bucky Dilts	96	3494	36.4	73	6	23	0	48	226	32.8
TOTALS	96	3494	36.4	73	6	23	0	48	226	32.8

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Jim Turner	1/1	3/4	3/7	4/8	0/2	11/22	45	31/35	64
TOTALS	1/1	3/4	3/7	4/8	0/2	11/22	45	31/35	64

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Steve Foley	--	--	6	84	14.0	0	30
Randy Gradishar	--	--	4	19	4.8	0	8
Bernard Jackson	--	--	6	128	21.3	0	38
Tom Jackson	--	--	3	28	9.3	1	28t
Joe Rizzo	--	--	3	10	3.3	0	10
Bob Swenson	--	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
Billy Thompson	--	--	4	0	0.0	0	0
Godwin Turk	--	--	2	36	18.0	0	22
Louis Wright	--	--	2	2	1.0	0	2
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	31	307	9.9	1	38

Sam Adams' Open Mic: Woeful Raiders headed for a fall
Rocky Mountain News | November 22, 2008
Know what? Nobody gives much credence to first place in the AFC West right now — especially when that team ranks No. 27 in points allowed (27 per game) and No. 29 out of the league’s 32 teams in yards allowed (387 per game) on defense.

Broncos' Larsen: Two-way throwback
Denver Post | November 21, 2008
Spencer Larsen, a Broncos rookie, conjured up memories of Chuck Bednarik on Sunday when he started on both offense and defense in a 24-20 victory against the Atlanta Falcons.

Bad hamstring ends Jackson's season
Denver Post | November 21, 2008
Just when it seemed the Broncos might make it through the week without a serious injury, Nate Jackson suffered a season-ending hamstring injury while running a route in practice Wednesday.