1979-80 Denver Broncos Stats

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1979-80 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 0 273
1st Downs (Rushing - Passing - By Penalty) 0 - 0 - 0 100 - 146 - 27
3rd Down Conversions 0 / 0 95 / 248
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 16
Total Offensive Yards 5141 4852
Offense (Plays - Average Yards) 1045 - 4.9 1033 - 4.7
Total Rushing Yards 2036 1693
Rushing (Plays - Average Yards) 525 - 3.9 502 - 3.4
Total Passing Yards 3433 3159
Passing (Completions - Attempts - Interceptions - Average) 260 - 476 - 23 - 7.2 296 - 512 - 19 - 6.2
Sacks 43 19
Field Goals 13 / 21 15 / 26
Touchdowns 33 31
Touchdowns (Rushing - Passing - Returns - Defensive) 13 - 18 - 0 - 4 16 - 11 - 1 - 3
Turnover Ratio 14

1979-80 Broncos Passing Stats

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Player Att Comp Yds Comp% Yds/Att TD TD% INT INT% Long Sck Sack/Lost Rating
Craig Morton370 204 2626 55.10% 7.10 16 4.30% 19 5.10% 64 30 241 70.6
Norris Weese97 53 731 54.60% 7.50 1 1.00% 3 3.10% 50 13 86 69.6
Craig Penrose5 2 44 40.00% 8.80 0 0.00% 1 20.00% 29 0 0 32.5
Jon Keyworth1 1 32 100.00% 32.00 1 100.00% 0 0.00% 32 0 0 158.3
Dave Preston1 0 0 0.00% 0.00 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0 0 39.6
Luke Prestridge1 0 0 0.00% 0.00 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0 0 39.6
Rick Upchurch1 0 0 0.00% 0.00 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0 0 39.6

1979-80 Broncos Rushing Stats

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Player Att Yds Yds/Att Long TD
Otis Armstrong108 453 4.2 26 2
Jim Jensen106 400 3.8 30 1
Rob Lytle102 371 3.6 19 4
Jon Keyworth81 323 4.0 17 1
Dave Preston43 169 3.9 18 1
Larry Canada36 143 4.0 17 0
Norris Weese18 116 6.4 20 3
Luke Prestridge1 29 29.0 29 0
Rick Upchurch3 17 5.7 18 0
Craig Morton23 13 0.6 7 1
Zachary Dixon3 9 3.0 7 0
Riley Odoms1 -7 -7.0 -7 0

1979-80 Broncos Receiving Stats

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Player Rec Yds Yds/Rec Long TD
Haven Moses54 943 17.5 64 6
Rick Upchurch64 937 14.6 47 7
Riley Odoms40 638 16.0 45 1
Jim Jensen19 144 7.6 25 1
Otis Armstrong14 138 9.9 17 1
Dave Preston19 137 7.2 19 1
Jon Keyworth18 132 7.3 18 0
Rob Lytle13 93 7.2 12 0
Steve Watson6 83 13.8 22 0
Jack Dolbin3 74 24.7 45 0
Ron Egloff5 70 14.0 22 0
Larry Canada3 36 12.0 15 0
Jim Turner1 6 6.0 6 0
Dave Studdard1 2 2.0 2 1

1979-80 Broncos Field Goal Stats

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Player 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Jim Turner1-1 7-9 4-8 1-3 0-0 0-0

1979-80 Broncos Punting Stats

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Player Punts Yards Long Avg Blk Ret RetY IN 20 Net Avg
Luke Prestridge89 3555 63 39.9 0 52 480 17 33.0

1979-80 Broncos Punt Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Long TD
Rick Upchurch30 4 10.1 44 0
Dave Preston7 1 11.1 22 0
Chris Pane5 3 4.0 10 0
Charlie West1 0 -1.0 -1 0

1979-80 Broncos Kick Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Yds/Ret Long TD
Chris Pane18 0 354 19.7 30 30
Dave Preston13 0 336 25.8 37 37
Rick Upchurch5 0 79 15.8 26 26
Bernard Jackson4 0 53 13.2 21 21
Larry Canada3 0 31 10.3 18 18
Zachary Dixon3 0 53 17.7 24 24
Otis Armstrong1 0 21 21.0 21 21
Ron Egloff1 0 0 0.0 0 0
John Grant1 0 25 25.0 25 25
Vince Kinney1 0 14 14.0 14 14

1979-80 Broncos Defensive Stats

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Player Total Solo Assist Sck Sfty Fumb

1979-80 Broncos Interception Stats

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Player Int Yds Yds/Int Long TD
Bill Thompson4 57 14.2 28 0
Tom Jackson1 34 34.0 34 0
Charlie West1 26 26.0 26 0
Joe Rizzo2 25 12.5 25 0
Louis Wright2 20 10.0 15 0
Steve Foley6 14 2.3 7 0
Bernard Jackson0 13 0.0 13 0
Bob Swenson3 0 0.0 0 0

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