1997 Denver Broncos

1997 Denver Broncos Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
John Elway	502	280	55.8	3635	7.24	78	27	5.4	11	2.2	34	203	87.5
Bubby Brister	9	6	66.7	48	5.33	15	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	79.9
Jeff Lewis	2	1	50.0	21	10.50	21	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	7	87.5
TOTALS	513	287	55.9	3704	7.22	78	27	5.3	11	2.1	0	0	87.4

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Shannon Sharpe 72 1107 15.4 3 68t Rod Smith 70 1180 16.9 12 78 Ed McCaffrey 45 590 13.1 8 35 Terrell Davis 42 287 6.8 0 25 Willie Green 19 240 12.6 2 31 Dwayne Carswell 12 96 8.0 1 24t Howard Griffith 11 55 5.0 0 20 Detron Smith 4 41 10.3 1 17t Vaughn Hebron 3 36 12.0 0 21 Patrick Jeffers 3 24 8.0 0 10 Byron Chamberlain 2 18 9.0 0 9 Derek Loville 2 10 5.0 0 7 Anthony Lynn 1 21 21.0 0 21 Tom Nalen 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 TOTALS 287 3704 12.9 27 78

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Terrell Davis 369 1750 4.7 15 50t Vaughn Hebron 49 222 4.5 1 46 John Elway 50 218 4.4 1 23 Derek Loville 25 124 5.0 1 17 Howard Griffith 9 34 3.8 0 9 Rod Smith 5 16 3.2 0 21 Detron Smith 4 10 2.5 0 11 Bubby Brister 4 2 0.5 0 2 Jeff Lewis 5 2 0.4 0 5 TOTALS 520 2378 4.6 18 50t

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Vaughn Hebron 43 1009 23.5 0 46 Derek Loville 5 136 27.2 0 61 Keith Burns 4 45 11.3 0 18 Byron Chamberlain 1 13 13.0 0 13 Detron Smith 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 54 1203 22.3 0 61

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Darrien Gordon 40 543 13.6 22 3 94t Rod Smith 1 12 12.0 0 0 12 TOTALS 41 555 13.5 22 3 94t

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Tom Rouen	60	2598	43.3	57	4	22	0	26	235	38.0
TOTALS	60	2598	43.3	57	4	22	0	26	235	38.0

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Jason Elam	0/0	10/11	10/12	3/8	3/5	26/36	53	46/46	124
Scott Bentley	0/0	1/1	1/1	0/1	0/0	2/3	33	4/4	10
TOTALS	0/0	11/12	11/13	3/9	3/5	28/39	53	50/50	134

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Steve Atwater	1.0	18.0	2	42	21.0	1	22t
Tyrone Braxton	0.5	0.5	4	113	28.3	1	43
Ray Crockett	0.0	0.0	4	18	4.5	0	10
Darrien Gordon	2.0	2.0	4	64	16.0	1	32t
Harald Hasselbach	1.5	14.5	0	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Lodish	1.0	7.5	0	0	0.0	0	0
Tim McKyer	1.0	13.0	1	0	0.0	0	0
John Mobley	4.0	23.0	1	13	13.0	1	13t
Trevor Pryce	2.0	9.5	0	0	0.0	0	0
David Richie	0.5	2.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Bill Romanowski	2.0	18.0	1	7	7.0	0	7
Neil Smith	8.5	39.5	0	0	0.0	0	0
Maa Tanuvasa	8.5	44.5	0	0	0.0	0	0
Keith Traylor	2.0	20.0	1	62	62.0	1	62t
Alfred Williams	8.5	74.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Team	1.0	12.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	44.0	298.0	18	319	17.7	5	62t

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.