1987 Denver Broncos

1987 Denver Broncos Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
John Elway	410	224	54.6	3198	7.80	72t	19	4.6	12	2.9	20	138	83.4
Ken Karcher	102	56	54.9	628	6.16	49	5	4.9	4	3.9	5	45	73.5
Gary Kubiak	7	3	42.9	25	3.57	17	0	0.0	2	28.6	2	14	13.1
Dean May	5	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	1	20.0	1	7	0.0
Monte McGuire	3	2	66.7	23	7.67	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	89.6
Vance Johnson	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Gene Lang	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	7	39.6
Gerald Willhite	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Steve Sewell	0	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	9	0.0
TOTALS	530	285	53.8	3874	7.31	72t	24	4.5	19	3.6	0	0	77.5

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Vance Johnson 42 684 16.3 7 59t Ricky Nattiel 31 630 20.3 2 54 Clarence Kay 31 440 14.2 0 30 Mark Jackson 26 436 16.8 2 52 Bobby Micho 25 242 9.7 2 26t Gene Lang 17 130 7.6 2 29 Orson Mobley 16 228 14.3 1 28 Sammy Winder 14 74 5.3 1 13 Rick Massie 13 244 18.8 4 39t Steve Sewell 13 209 16.1 1 72t Steve Watson 11 167 15.2 1 49 Tony Boddie 9 85 9.4 0 26 Gerald Willhite 9 25 2.8 0 6 Joe Dudek 7 41 5.9 0 19 Shane Swanson 6 87 14.5 1 35t Mitch Andrews 4 53 13.3 0 20 Laron Brown 4 40 10.0 0 18 Scott Caldwell 4 34 8.5 0 14 Nathan Poole 1 9 9.0 0 9 Ken Bell 1 8 8.0 0 8 Russell Payne 1 8 8.0 0 8 TOTALS 285 3874 13.6 24 72t

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Sammy Winder 196 741 3.8 6 19 John Elway 66 304 4.6 4 29 Gene Lang 89 303 3.4 2 28 Joe Dudek 35 154 4.4 2 16 Gerald Willhite 26 141 5.4 0 29 Nathan Poole 28 126 4.5 1 15 Steve Sewell 19 83 4.4 2 17 Scott Caldwell 16 53 3.3 0 7 Ken Bell 13 43 3.3 0 11 Ricky Nattiel 2 13 6.5 0 10 Bobby Micho 4 8 2.0 0 5 Tony Boddie 3 7 2.3 1 4 Ken Karcher 9 3 0.3 0 8 Gary Kubiak 1 3 3.0 0 3 Dean May 2 -4 -2.0 0 -2 Vance Johnson 1 -8 -8.0 0 -8 TOTALS 510 1970 3.9 18 29

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Ken Bell 15 323 21.5 0 42 Shane Swanson 9 234 26.0 0 50 Vance Johnson 7 140 20.0 0 34 Gene Lang 4 78 19.5 0 25 Ricky Nattiel 4 78 19.5 0 25 Laron Brown 3 57 19.0 0 28 Kevin Clark 2 33 16.5 0 25 Jim Ryan 2 9 4.5 0 9 TOTALS 46 952 20.7 0 50

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Kevin Clark 18 233 12.9 1 1 71t Shane Swanson 9 132 14.7 1 0 33 Ricky Nattiel 12 73 6.1 1 0 14 Gerald Willhite 4 22 5.5 1 0 9 Mike Harden 2 11 5.5 0 0 7 Vance Johnson 1 9 9.0 0 0 9 Tony Lilly 2 6 3.0 0 0 4 TOTALS 48 486 10.1 4 1 71t

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Mike Horan	44	1807	41.1	61	5	11	2	22	186	33.1
Ralph Giacomarro	18	757	42.1	50	1	4	0	12	238	27.7
John Elway	1	31	31.0	31	0	1	0	0	0	31.0
TOTALS	63	2595	41.2	61	6	16	2	34	424	31.6

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Rich Karlis	0/0	9/9	4/6	4/7	1/3	18/25	51	37/37	91
Mike Clendenen	0/0	1/1	2/2	0/1	0/0	3/4	35	7/7	16
TOTALS	0/0	10/10	6/8	4/8	1/3	21/29	51	44/44	107

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Walt Bowyer	0.5	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Michael Brooks	1.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Kevin Clark	0.0	--	3	105	35.0	0	50
Rick Dennison	0.0	--	1	10	10.0	0	10
Simon Fletcher	4.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Harden	0.0	--	4	85	21.3	0	32
Mark Haynes	0.0	--	3	39	13.0	1	25
Ricky Hunley	1.0	--	2	64	32.0	1	52t
Rulon Jones	7.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Greg Kragen	2.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Tony Lilly	0.0	--	3	29	9.7	0	24
Tim Lucas	2.0	--	1	11	11.0	0	11
Karl Mecklenburg	7.0	--	3	23	7.7	0	16
Randy Robbins	1.0	--	3	9	3.0	0	9
Jim Ryan	1.5	--	3	7	2.3	0	5
Dennis Smith	0.0	--	2	21	10.5	0	15
Andre Townsend	1.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Jeff Tupper	1.5	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Steve Wilson	1.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Ray Woodard	0.5	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	31.0	0.0	28	403	14.4	2	52t

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.