1979 Denver Broncos

1979 Denver Broncos Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Craig Morton	370	204	55.1	2626	7.10	64t	16	4.3	19	5.1	30	241	70.6
Norris Weese	97	53	54.6	731	7.54	50	1	1.0	3	3.1	13	86	69.6
Craig Penrose	5	2	40.0	44	8.80	29	0	0.0	1	20.0	0	0	32.5
Jon Keyworth	1	1	100.0	32	32.00	32t	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0	158.3
Dave Preston	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Luke Prestridge	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Rick Upchurch	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
TOTALS	476	260	54.6	3433	7.21	64t	18	3.8	23	4.8	0	0	70.1

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Rick Upchurch 64 937 14.6 7 47 Haven Moses 54 943 17.5 6 64t Riley Odoms 40 638 15.9 1 45 Jim Jensen 19 144 7.6 1 25t Dave Preston 19 137 7.2 1 19 Jon Keyworth 18 132 7.3 0 18 Otis Armstrong 14 138 9.9 1 17 Rob Lytle 13 93 7.2 0 12 Steve Watson 6 83 13.8 0 22 Ron Egloff 5 70 14.0 0 22 Jack Dolbin 3 74 24.7 0 45 Larry Canada 3 36 12.0 0 15 Jim Turner 1 6 6.0 0 6 Dave Studdard 1 2 2.0 1 2t TOTALS 260 3433 13.2 18 64t

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Otis Armstrong 108 453 4.2 2 26 Jim Jensen 106 400 3.8 1 30 Rob Lytle 102 371 3.6 4 19 Jon Keyworth 81 323 4.0 1 17 Dave Preston 43 169 3.9 1 18 Larry Canada 36 143 4.0 0 17 Norris Weese 18 116 6.4 3 20 Luke Prestridge 1 29 29.0 0 29 Rick Upchurch 3 17 5.7 0 18 Craig Morton 23 13 0.6 1 7 Zachary Dixon 3 9 3.0 0 7 Riley Odoms 1 -7 -7.0 0 -7 TOTALS 525 2036 3.9 13 30

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Chris Pane 18 354 19.7 0 30 Dave Preston 13 336 25.8 0 37 Rick Upchurch 5 79 15.8 0 26 Bernard Jackson 4 53 13.3 0 21 Zachary Dixon 3 53 17.7 0 24 Larry Canada 3 31 10.3 0 18 John Grant 1 25 25.0 0 25 Otis Armstrong 1 21 21.0 0 21 Vince Kinney 1 14 14.0 0 14 Ron Egloff 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 50 966 19.3 0 37

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Rick Upchurch 30 304 10.1 4 0 44 Dave Preston 7 78 11.1 1 0 22 Chris Pane 5 20 4.0 3 0 10 Charlie West 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -1 TOTALS 43 401 9.3 8 0 44

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Luke Prestridge	89	3555	39.9	63	7	17	0	52	480	33.0
TOTALS	89	3555	39.9	63	7	17	0	52	480	33.0

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Jim Turner	1/1	7/9	4/8	1/3	0/0	13/21	49	32/34	71
TOTALS	1/1	7/9	4/8	1/3	0/0	13/21	49	32/34	71

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Steve Foley	--	--	6	14	2.3	0	7
Bernard Jackson	--	--	0	13	0.0	0	13
Tom Jackson	--	--	1	34	34.0	0	34
Joe Rizzo	--	--	2	25	12.5	0	25
Bob Swenson	--	--	3	0	0.0	0	0
Billy Thompson	--	--	4	57	14.3	0	28
Charlie West	--	--	1	26	26.0	0	26
Louis Wright	--	--	2	20	10.0	0	15
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	19	189	9.9	0	34

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.