1981 Denver Broncos

1981 Denver Broncos Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Craig Morton	376	225	59.8	3195	8.50	95t	21	5.6	14	3.7	54	394	90.5
Steve DeBerg	108	64	59.3	797	7.38	44	6	5.6	6	5.6	7	67	77.6
Tony Reed	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0.0
TOTALS	485	289	59.6	3992	8.23	95t	27	5.6	21	4.3	0	0	86.6

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Steve Watson 60 1244 20.7 13 95t Dave Preston 52 507 9.8 0 37 Riley Odoms 38 516 13.6 5 28 Tony Reed 34 317 9.3 0 33 Rick Upchurch 32 550 17.2 3 63 Rick Parros 25 216 8.6 1 26 Ron Egloff 17 231 13.6 1 40 Haven Moses 15 246 16.4 1 30 Rob Lytle 6 47 7.8 1 14t Wade Manning 3 49 16.3 0 34 Larry Canada 3 37 12.3 1 20 James Wright 3 22 7.3 1 14 Dave Studdard 1 10 10.0 0 10 TOTALS 289 3992 13.8 27 95t

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Rick Parros 176 749 4.3 2 25 Dave Preston 183 640 3.5 3 23 Tony Reed 68 156 2.3 0 10 Larry Canada 33 113 3.4 3 11 Rob Lytle 30 106 3.5 4 18 Rick Upchurch 5 56 11.2 0 37 Steve DeBerg 9 40 4.4 0 11 Craig Morton 8 18 2.3 0 5 James Wright 1 11 11.0 0 11 Steve Watson 2 6 3.0 0 6 TOTALS 515 1895 3.7 12 37

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Wade Manning 26 514 19.8 0 31 Mike Harden 11 178 16.2 0 23 Rob Lytle 5 80 16.0 0 24 Larry Canada 2 19 9.5 0 13 Ron Egloff 1 7 7.0 0 7 Jim Ryan 1 2 2.0 0 2 Dave Preston 1 1 1.0 0 1 TOTALS 47 801 17.0 0 31

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Wade Manning 41 378 9.2 4 0 39 Rick Upchurch 9 63 7.0 1 0 15 Aaron Kyle 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 TOTALS 51 441 8.6 5 0 39

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Luke Prestridge	86	3478	40.4	67	5	20	0	46	388	34.8
TOTALS	86	3478	40.4	67	5	20	0	46	388	34.8

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Fred Steinfort	0/0	6/9	5/11	6/8	0/2	17/30	49	36/37	87
TOTALS	0/0	6/9	5/11	6/8	0/2	17/30	49	36/37	87

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Larry Evans	--	--	1	1	1.0	0	1
Steve Foley	--	--	5	81	16.2	0	24
Randy Gradishar	--	--	4	38	9.5	0	16
Mike Harden	--	--	2	34	17.0	0	38
Aaron Kyle	--	--	2	40	20.0	0	40
Brison Manor	--	--	1	16	16.0	0	16
Dennis Smith	--	--	1	65	65.0	0	65
Bob Swenson	--	--	3	53	17.7	0	32
Billy Thompson	--	--	4	14	3.5	0	14
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	23	342	14.9	0	65

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.