1978-79 Denver Broncos Stats

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1978-79 Denver Broncos Stats
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Team Stats | QB Stats | Rushing Stats | Receiving Stats | Field Goal Stats | Punting Stats | Punt Return Stats | Kick Return Stats | Defensive Stats | Interception Stats
Team Statistics Broncos Opponents
Total 1st Downs 0 251
1st Downs (Rushing - Passing - By Penalty) 0 - 0 - 0 106 - 120 - 25
3rd Down Conversions 0 / 0 88 / 249
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 16
Total Offensive Yards 0 4449
Offense (Plays - Average Yards) 0 - 1017 - 4.4
Total Rushing Yards 2451 1979
Rushing (Plays - Average Yards) 601 - 4.1 549 - 3.6
Total Passing Yards 2710 2470
Passing (Completions - Attempts - Interceptions - Average) 217 - 391 - 17 - 6.9 246 - 438 - 31 - 5.6
Sacks 48 30
Field Goals 11 / 22 17 / 27
Touchdowns 34 21
Touchdowns (Rushing - Passing - Returns - Defensive) 15 - 17 - 1 - 3 12 - 9 - 0 - 0
Turnover Ratio 27

1978-79 Broncos Passing Stats

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Player Att Comp Yds Comp% Yds/Att TD TD% INT INT% Long Sck Sack/Lost Rating
Craig Morton267 146 1802 54.70% 6.80 11 4.10% 8 3.00% 42 36 238 77.0
Norris Weese87 55 723 63.20% 8.30 4 4.60% 5 5.80% 31 12 94 80.8
Craig Penrose37 16 185 43.20% 5.00 2 5.40% 4 10.80% 29 0 0 37.4

1978-79 Broncos Rushing Stats

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Player Att Yds Yds/Att Long TD
Lonnie Perrin108 455 4.2 28 4
Jon Keyworth112 444 4.0 30 3
Otis Armstrong112 381 3.4 20 1
Larry Canada79 365 4.6 47 3
Rob Lytle81 341 4.2 25 2
Dave Preston66 296 4.5 16 1
Craig Morton17 71 4.2 12 0
Norris Weese17 48 2.8 8 1
Rick Upchurch5 31 6.2 11 0
Steve Foley1 14 14.0 14 0
Riley Odoms2 5 2.5 7 0
Craig Penrose1 0 0.0 0 0

1978-79 Broncos Receiving Stats

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Player Rec Yds Yds/Rec Long TD
Riley Odoms54 829 15.4 42 6
Haven Moses37 744 20.1 42 5
Jack Dolbin24 284 11.8 21 0
Rick Upchurch17 210 12.4 29 1
Dave Preston24 199 8.3 21 1
Jon Keyworth21 166 7.9 20 1
Otis Armstrong12 98 8.2 19 1
Lonnie Perrin10 54 5.4 13 1
Larry Canada6 37 6.2 12 0
Rob Lytle6 37 6.2 10 0
Ron Egloff4 33 8.2 15 1
Vince Kinney1 23 23.0 23 0
Jim Turner1 -4 -4.0 -4 0

1978-79 Broncos Field Goal Stats

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Player 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Jim Turner1-1 3-4 3-7 4-8 0-0 0-0

1978-79 Broncos Punting Stats

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Player Punts Yards Long Avg Blk Ret RetY IN 20 Net Avg
Bucky Dilts96 3494 73 36.4 0 48 226 23 32.8

1978-79 Broncos Punt Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Long TD
Rick Upchurch36 2 13.7 75 1
Dave Preston10 0 6.8 23 0
Charlie West3 2 6.7 12 0
Chris Pane1 0 -2.0 1 0
Bill Thompson1 0 3.0 3 0

1978-79 Broncos Kick Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Yds/Ret Long TD
Lonnie Perrin12 0 256 21.3 33 33
Bernard Jackson9 0 209 23.2 40 40
Rick Upchurch8 0 222 27.8 41 41
Dave Preston7 0 154 22.0 32 32
Jon Keyworth2 0 24 12.0 13 13
Chris Pane1 0 29 29.0 29 29
John Schultz1 0 20 20.0 20 20
Godwin Turk1 0 14 14.0 14 14
Charlie West1 0 24 24.0 24 24

1978-79 Broncos Defensive Stats

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Player Total Solo Assist Sck Sfty Fumb
Lyle Alzado0 0 0 0.0 1 0

1978-79 Broncos Interception Stats

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Player Int Yds Yds/Int Long TD
Bernard Jackson6 128 21.3 38 0
Steve Foley6 84 14.0 30 0
Godwin Turk2 36 18.0 22 0
Tom Jackson3 28 9.3 28 1
Randy Gradishar4 19 4.8 8 0
Joe Rizzo3 10 3.3 10 0
Louis Wright2 2 1.0 2 0
Bill Thompson4 0 0.0 0 0
Bob Swenson1 0 0.0 0 0

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