
1977 Denver Broncos Statistics
Team Record: 12-2
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Super Bowl
Coach: Red Miller (12-2)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1977 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 1977 season with a record of 12 wins and 2 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.
The Broncos chalked up 274 points, and the solid defense conceded 148. Otis Armstrong ran for a team-best 489 yards for Denver, while Rob Lytle and Lonnie Perrin additionally aided the ground game.
Craig Morton threw for 1,929 yards. Riley Odoms paced the receiving corps, hauling in 37 passes, while Haven Moses accumulated 539 receiving yards. Jack Dolbin contributed to the receiving game, too.
Bill Thompson intercepted 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
Red Miller coached the team. The 1977 Denver Broncos lost in the Super Bowl.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Craig Morton | 254 | 131 | 51.6 | 1929 | 7.6 | 14 | 5.5 | 8 | 3.1 | 81 | 43 | 338 | 82.0 |
Craig Penrose | 39 | 21 | 53.8 | 217 | 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 10.3 | 35 | 5 | 49 | 30.6 |
Norris Weese | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 119 | 6.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 2 | 15 | 89.4 |
Totals | 313 | 163 | 52.1 | 2265 | 7.2 | 15 | 4.8 | 12 | 3.8 | 81 | 50 | 402 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Otis Armstrong | 130 | 489 | 3.8 | 35 | 4 |
Lonnie Perrin | 110 | 456 | 4.1 | 62 | 3 |
Rob Lytle | 104 | 408 | 3.9 | 21 | 1 |
Jon Keyworth | 83 | 311 | 3.7 | 16 | 1 |
Jim Jensen | 40 | 143 | 3.6 | 12 | 1 |
Craig Morton | 31 | 125 | 4.0 | 15 | 4 |
Norris Weese | 11 | 56 | 5.1 | 21 | 1 |
Craig Penrose | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 17 | 0 |
Rick Upchurch | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 1 |
Jack Dolbin | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
Jim Kiick | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Bucky Dilts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Haven Moses | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 523 | 2043 | 3.9 | 62 | 16 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Riley Odoms | 37 | 429 | 11.6 | 33 | 3 |
Haven Moses | 27 | 539 | 20.0 | 35 | 4 |
Jack Dolbin | 26 | 443 | 17.0 | 81 | 3 |
Otis Armstrong | 18 | 128 | 7.1 | 20 | 0 |
Rob Lytle | 17 | 198 | 11.6 | 47 | 1 |
Rick Upchurch | 12 | 245 | 20.4 | 45 | 2 |
Jon Keyworth | 11 | 48 | 4.4 | 14 | 0 |
Lonnie Perrin | 6 | 106 | 17.7 | 41 | 1 |
Jim Jensen | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 34 | 0 |
Ron Egloff | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
Jim Kiick | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
Jim Turner | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 1 |
Totals | 163 | 2265 | 13.9 | 81 | 15 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bucky Dilts | 90 | 3525 | 39.2 | 63 |
Norris Weese | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 |
Totals | 91 | 3563 | 39.2 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rick Upchurch | 51 | 653 | 12.8 | 87 | 1 |
Chris Pane | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
John Schultz | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Totals | 58 | 712 | 12.3 | 87 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rick Upchurch | 20 | 456 | 22.8 | 52 | 0 |
John Schultz | 6 | 135 | 22.5 | 33 | 0 |
Lonnie Perrin | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 32 | 0 |
Chris Pane | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Jon Keyworth | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Glenn Hyde | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
John Grant | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Rob Nairne | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 34 | 718 | 21.1 | 52 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Thompson | 5 | 122 | 24.4 | 38 | 0 |
Tom Jackson | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 73 | 1 |
Louis Wright | 3 | 128 | 42.7 | 59 | 1 |
Randy Gradishar | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 28 | 0 |
Joe Rizzo | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 38 | 0 |
Steve Foley | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 22 | 0 |
Bernard Jackson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Paul Smith | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Larry Evans | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Swenson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 25 | 491 | 19.6 | 73 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Randy Gradishar | 0 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
Craig Morton | 7 | 3 | -18 | 0 | |||
Lyle Alzado | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Thompson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Upchurch | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Larry Evans | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Haven Moses | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Tom Glassic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Howard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Rizzo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Egloff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bucky Dilts | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
John Grant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jon Keyworth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jim Jensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bobby Maples | 1 | 0 | -17 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chris Pane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lonnie Perrin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Tom Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rob Lytle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Otis Armstrong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Riley Odoms | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 28 | 26 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Jim Turner | 1 | 13 | 31 | 0 | 76 | |||||||||
Craig Morton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Rick Upchurch | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
Haven Moses | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Otis Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Lonnie Perrin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Jack Dolbin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Riley Odoms | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Rob Lytle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Jim Jensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Tom Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Louis Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Norris Weese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Jon Keyworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Totals | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 274 |