1978 Denver Broncos roster and stats

1978 Denver Broncos: 10-6-0
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Home record: 6-2-0 (170 points scored, 92 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (112 points scored, 106 allowed) Head Coach: Red Miller 282 points scored (15th of 28 teams), 198 points allowed (2nd) NFL Averages: 18.3 points/game (293.3 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 217 391 2,378 (17) 5.42 17 17 601 2,451 ( 8) 4.1 15 4,829 (14) 34 Defense: 246 438 2,470 (14) 5.28 9 31 549 1,979 ( 6) 3.6 12 4,449 ( 6) 44

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Craig Morton QB 14 6'4 210 35 14 California 10 Bucky Dilts P 16 5'9 183 24 2 Georgia 12 Craig Penrose QB 4 6'3 205 25 3 San Diego State 14 Norris Weese QB 13 6'1 195 27 3 Mississippi 15 Jim Turner K 16 6'2 205 37 15 Utah State 20 Louis Wright DB 16 6'2 195 25 4 San Jose State 23 Chris Pane DB 5 5'11 180 25 3 Cal State-Chico 24 Otis Armstrong RB 16 5'10 196 27 6 Purdue 25 Haven Moses WR 16 6'3 200 32 11 San Diego State 27 Maurice Harvey DB 16 5'10 190 22 R Ball State 29 Bernard Jackson DB 16 6'0 178 28 7 Washington State 32 Jon Keyworth RB 16 6'3 230 27 5 Colorado 33 Lonnie Perrin RB 16 6'1 222 26 3 Illinois 35 Larry Canada RB 16 6'2 235 23 1 Wisconsin 36 Bill Thompson DB 16 6'1 200 32 10 Maryland Eastern Shore 41 Rob Lytle RB 13 6'1 195 23 2 Michigan 42 Charlie West DB 16 6'1 190 32 11 Texas-El Paso 43 Steve Foley DB 16 6'2 185 24 3 Tulane 46 Dave Preston RB 16 5'10 195 23 1 Bowling Green 50 Bobby Maples C 16 6'3 250 35 14 Baylor 51 Bob Swenson LB 16 6'3 220 25 4 California 53 Randy Gradishar LB 16 6'3 233 26 5 Ohio State 55 Godwin Turk LB 16 6'3 230 28 4 Southern 56 Larry Evans LB 16 6'2 216 25 3 Mississippi College 57 Tom Jackson LB 16 5'11 220 27 6 Louisville 58 Rob Nairne LB 16 6'4 220 24 2 Oregon State 59 Joe Rizzo LB 14 6'1 220 27 5 Kings Point 60 Paul Howard OG 13 6'3 260 28 5 Brigham Young 62 Tom Glassic OG 11 6'3 254 24 3 Virginia 63 John Grant DT 16 6'3 246 28 6 Southern California 64 Billy Bryan C 13 6'2 244 23 2 Duke 65 Glenn Hyde OT 15 6'3 250 27 3 Pittsburgh 66 Brison Manor DE 16 6'4 248 26 2 Arkansas 67 Steve Schindler OG 14 6'3 260 24 2 Boston College 68 Rubin Carter DT 16 6'0 256 25 4 Miami 70 Paul Smith DE 11 6'3 256 33 11 New Mexico 71 Claudie Minor OT 16 6'4 280 27 5 San Diego State 72 Don Latimer DT 14 6'3 265 23 R Miami 75 Bill Bain OG 1 6'4 270 26 3 Southern California 76 Tom Neville OT 16 6'4 253 35 13 Mississippi State 77 Lyle Alzado DE 16 6'3 250 29 8 Yankton 79 Barney Chavous DE 16 6'3 252 27 6 South Carolina State 80 Rick Upchurch WR 12 5'10 170 26 4 Minnesota 82 Jack Dolbin WR 16 5'10 183 30 4 Wake Forest 84 Vince Kinney WR 8 6'2 190 22 R Maryland 85 Ron Egloff TE 8 6'5 236 23 2 Wisconsin 86 John Schultz WR 4 5'10 182 25 3 Maryland 87 Bob Moore TE 8 6'3 225 29 8 Stanford 88 Riley Odoms TE 16 6'4 230 28 7 Houston

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Craig Morton 267 146 54.7 1,802 6.75 12.3 11 4.1 8 3.0 36 238 77.0 Norris Weese 87 55 63.2 723 8.31 13.1 4 4.6 5 5.7 12 94 80.8 Craig Penrose 37 16 43.2 185 5.00 11.6 2 5.4 4 10.8 0 0 37.4

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Riley Odoms            54    829   15.4    6
Haven Moses            37    744   20.1    5
Jack Dolbin            24    284   11.8    0
Dave Preston           24    199    8.3    1
Jon Keyworth           21    166    7.9    1
Rick Upchurch          17    210   12.4    1
Otis Armstrong         12     98    8.2    1
Lonnie Perrin          10     54    5.4    1
Larry Canada            6     37    6.2    0
Rob Lytle               6     37    6.2    0
Ron Egloff              4     33    8.2    1
Vince Kinney            1     23   23.0    0
Jim Turner              1     -4   -4.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Lonnie Perrin         108    455    4.2    4
Jon Keyworth          112    444    4.0    3
Otis Armstrong        112    381    3.4    1
Larry Canada           79    365    4.6    3
Rob Lytle              81    341    4.2    2
Dave Preston           66    296    4.5    1
Craig Morton           17     71    4.2    0
Norris Weese           17     48    2.8    1
Rick Upchurch           5     31    6.2    0
Steve Foley             1     14   14.0    0
Riley Odoms             2      5    2.5    0
Craig Penrose           1      0    0.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Lonnie Perrin          12    256   21.3    0
Bernard Jackson         9    209   23.2    0
Rick Upchurch           8    222   27.8    0
Dave Preston            7    154   22.0    0
Jon Keyworth            2     24   12.0    0
Chris Pane              1     29   29.0    0
Charlie West            1     24   24.0    0
John Schultz            1     20   20.0    0
Godwin Turk             1     14   14.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Rick Upchurch          36    493   13.7    2    1
Dave Preston           10     68    6.8    0    0
Charlie West            3     20    6.7    2    0
Bill Thompson           1      3    3.0    0    0
Chris Pane              1     -2   -2.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Bucky Dilts 96 3,494 36.4 6 23 0 48 226 32.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Jim Turner 1/1 3/4 3/7 4/8 0/2 11/22 31/35 64 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Lyle Alzado 9.0 Rubin Carter 6.5 Barney Chavous 4.0 Steve Foley 6 84 0 Randy Gradishar 4 19 0 John Grant 1.5 Bernard Jackson 6 128 0 Tom Jackson 3.0 3 28 1 Don Latimer 2.0 Brison Manor 0.5 Rob Nairne 1.0 Joe Rizzo 2.0 3 10 0 Bob Swenson 1.5 1 0 0 Bill Thompson 4 0 0 Godwin Turk 2 36 0 Louis Wright 2 2 0

1978 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 27 DT Don Latimer 80 Miami 2 55 TE William Gay 151 USC 8 221 OT Franky Smith 4 Alabama A&M 10 277 WR Vince Kinney 23 Maryland 11 305 OT Lacy Brumley Clemson

Traded draft picks: #3 to CIN (Don Bass), #4 to DET (Larry Tearry), #5 to NYG (Brian DeRoo), #6 to DET (Jesse Thompson), #7 to CIN (Dan Bass), #9 to SF (Steve McDaniels), #12 to MIA (Bill Kenney)

Transactions:

06-03-1978	traded Phil Olsen to Bills for a 1979 draft pick
08-14-1978	traded William Gay and the rights to 2 of the first 5 players cut by Denver before 8/29/1978 to Lions for Charlie West and Detroit's #6 pick in the 1979 draft
08-15-1978	traded Mike Burke to Patriots for a conditional draft pick
08-22-1978	placed Chris Pane on injured reserve
08-22-1978	placed Vince Kinney on injured reserve
08-23-1978	traded Mike Montler to Lions for Detroit's #8 pick in the 1980 draft
08-24-1978	traded Denver's #10 pick in the 1979 draft to Patriots for Tom Neville
08-29-1978	claimed Maurice Harvey on waivers from Raiders
08-30-1978	Chiefs claimed Charles Jackson on waivers
10-25-1978	placed Ron Egloff on injured reserve

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/30/78    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 10-33

1978 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/03/78    vs Oakland Raiders         W 14-6        1-0-0
09/11/78    at Minnesota Vikings       L 9-12 (OT)   1-1-0
09/17/78    vs San Diego Chargers      W 27-14       2-1-0
09/24/78    at Kansas City Chiefs      W 23-17 (OT)  3-1-0
10/01/78    vs Seattle Seahawks        W 28-7        4-1-0
10/08/78    at San Diego Chargers      L 0-23        4-2-0
10/16/78    vs Chicago Bears           W 16-7        5-2-0
10/22/78    at Baltimore Colts         L 6-7         5-3-0
10/29/78    at Seattle Seahawks        W 20-17 (OT)  6-3-0
11/05/78    vs New York Jets           L 28-31       6-4-0
11/12/78    at Cleveland Browns        W 19-7        7-4-0
11/19/78    vs Green Bay Packers       W 16-3        8-4-0
11/23/78    at Detroit Lions           L 14-17       8-5-0
12/03/78    at Oakland Raiders         W 21-6        9-5-0
12/10/78    vs Kansas City Chiefs      W 24-3        10-5-0
12/16/78    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     L 17-21       10-6-0

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