1983 Denver Broncos

1983 Denver Broncos Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
John Elway	259	123	47.5	1663	6.42	49t	7	2.7	14	5.4	28	218	54.9
Steve DeBerg	215	119	55.3	1617	7.52	54	9	4.2	7	3.3	25	201	79.9
Gary Kubiak	22	12	54.5	186	8.45	78t	1	4.5	1	4.5	2	20	79.0
Rick Upchurch	2	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Gerald Willhite	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
TOTALS	499	254	50.9	3466	6.95	78t	17	3.4	22	4.4	0	0	66.4

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Steve Watson 59 1133 19.2 5 78t Rick Upchurch 40 639 16.0 2 40 Sammy Winder 23 150 6.5 0 17 Ron Egloff 20 205 10.3 2 32 Nathan Poole 20 184 9.2 0 23 Dave Preston 17 137 8.1 1 25 Gerald Willhite 14 153 10.9 1 26t James Wright 13 134 10.3 0 23 Zach Thomas 12 182 15.2 0 44 Rick Parros 12 126 10.5 2 33t Clint Sampson 10 200 20.0 3 49t Jesse Myles 7 119 17.0 1 33 Riley Odoms 4 62 15.5 0 21 John Sawyer 3 42 14.0 0 17 TOTALS 254 3466 13.6 17 78t

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Sammy Winder 196 757 3.9 3 52 Nathan Poole 81 246 3.0 4 19 Dave Preston 57 222 3.9 1 28 Gerald Willhite 43 188 4.4 3 24t John Elway 28 146 5.2 1 23 Rick Parros 30 96 3.2 1 13 Jesse Myles 8 52 6.5 0 16 Steve DeBerg 13 28 2.2 1 11 Rick Upchurch 6 19 3.2 0 9 Gary Kubiak 4 17 4.3 1 8 Steve Watson 3 17 5.7 0 10 Luke Prestridge 1 7 7.0 0 7 James Wright 1 -11 -11.0 0 -11 TOTALS 471 1784 3.8 15 52

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Zach Thomas 28 573 20.5 0 42 Steve Wilson 24 485 20.2 0 32 Mike Harden 1 9 9.0 0 9 Dave Studdard 2 8 4.0 0 8 Tom Jackson 1 2 2.0 0 2 TOTALS 56 1077 19.2 0 42

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Zach Thomas 33 368 11.2 9 1 70t Rick Upchurch 4 52 13.0 1 0 17 Louis Wright 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 TOTALS 38 420 11.1 10 1 70t

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Luke Prestridge	87	3620	41.6	60	7	19	0	55	524	34.0
TOTALS	87	3620	41.6	60	7	19	0	55	524	34.0

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Rich Karlis	0/0	7/8	7/9	6/7	1/1	21/25	50	33/34	96
TOTALS	0/0	7/8	7/9	6/7	1/1	21/25	50	33/34	96

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Walt Bowyer	2.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Steve Busick	2.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Rubin Carter	1.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Barney Chavous	4.5	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Steve Foley	0.0	--	5	28	5.6	0	16
Randy Gradishar	2.5	--	1	5	5.0	0	5
Mike Harden	0.0	--	4	127	31.8	0	48
Roger Jackson	1.0	--	1	15	15.0	0	15
Tom Jackson	5.5	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
Rulon Jones	4.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Don Latimer	0.5	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Brison Manor	3.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Karl Mecklenburg	2.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Dennis Smith	5.0	--	4	39	9.8	0	23
Steve Wilson	0.0	--	5	91	18.2	0	36
Ken Woodard	2.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Louis Wright	1.0	--	6	50	8.3	0	34
Team	2.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	38.0	0.0	27	355	13.1	0	48

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.

Broncos place TE Jackson on IR
Denver Post | November 20, 2008
Another Bronco bites the dust because of an injury. The team announced today that Nate Jackson suffered a hamstring injury in Wednesday's practice and has been placed on the injured reserve list.