
1982 Denver Broncos Statistics
Team Record: 2-7
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Dan Reeves (2-7)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1982 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 1982 season with a record of 2 wins and 7 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
The Broncos netted 148 points, but the leaky defense yielded 226. Steve DeBerg passed for 1,405 yards. Rick Parros hauled in 37 passes, while Steve Watson accumulated 555 receiving yards.
Gerald Willhite ran for a team-best 347 yards for Denver, and Rick Parros also aided the ground game.
Aaron Kyle picked off 3 errant tosses from the opposition. Barney Chavous topped pass rushers with 5 sacks.
Dan Reeves coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve DeBerg | 223 | 131 | 58.7 | 1405 | 6.3 | 7 | 3.1 | 11 | 4.9 | 51 | 16 | 130 | 67.2 |
Mark Herrmann | 60 | 32 | 53.3 | 421 | 7.0 | 1 | 1.7 | 4 | 6.7 | 39 | 4 | 48 | 53.5 |
Craig Morton | 26 | 18 | 69.2 | 193 | 7.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 11.5 | 20 | 3 | 19 | 51.1 |
Rick Upchurch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||
Gerald Willhite | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 311 | 181 | 58.2 | 2019 | 6.5 | 8 | 2.6 | 19 | 6.1 | 51 | 24 | 200 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerald Willhite | 70 | 347 | 5.0 | 23 | 2 |
Rick Parros | 77 | 277 | 3.6 | 14 | 1 |
Sammy Winder | 67 | 259 | 3.9 | 18 | 1 |
Dave Preston | 19 | 81 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 |
Nathan Poole | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 20 | 0 |
Steve DeBerg | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 6 | 1 |
Mark Herrmann | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 6 | 1 |
Rob Lytle | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
Steve Watson | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
James Wright | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
Rick Upchurch | 2 | -10 | -5.0 | -3 | 0 |
Totals | 257 | 1018 | 4.0 | 23 | 6 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rick Parros | 37 | 259 | 7.0 | 24 | 2 |
Steve Watson | 36 | 555 | 15.4 | 41 | 2 |
Rick Upchurch | 26 | 407 | 15.7 | 51 | 3 |
Gerald Willhite | 26 | 227 | 8.7 | 27 | 0 |
Dave Preston | 14 | 134 | 9.6 | 20 | 0 |
Sammy Winder | 11 | 83 | 7.5 | 22 | 0 |
Ron Egloff | 10 | 96 | 9.6 | 17 | 0 |
James Wright | 9 | 120 | 13.3 | 39 | 1 |
Riley Odoms | 8 | 82 | 10.2 | 18 | 0 |
Wade Manning | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 30 | 0 |
Rob Lytle | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Totals | 181 | 2019 | 11.2 | 51 | 8 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Luke Prestridge | 45 | 2026 | 45.0 | 65 |
Totals | 45 | 2026 | 45.0 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rick Upchurch | 15 | 242 | 16.1 | 78 | 2 |
Gerald Willhite | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 23 | 0 |
Totals | 21 | 305 | 14.5 | 78 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wade Manning | 15 | 346 | 23.1 | 34 | 0 |
Gerald Willhite | 17 | 337 | 19.8 | 26 | 0 |
Steve Wilson | 6 | 123 | 20.5 | 30 | 0 |
Keith Uecker | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Nathan Poole | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 40 | 818 | 20.4 | 34 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaron Kyle | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 14 | 0 |
Steve Wilson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
Louis Wright | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
Mike Harden | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
Dennis Smith | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
Tom Jackson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
J.T. Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 12 | 106 | 8.8 | 29 | 0 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Barney Chavous | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
Randy Gradishar | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Brison Manor | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Rulon Jones | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Dennis Smith | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Tom Jackson | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Don Latimer | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Louis Wright | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 16.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dennis Smith | 65 | 65 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Mike Harden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||
Roger Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ken Lanier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Louis Wright | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Rick Upchurch | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Tom Glassic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Aaron Kyle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Rob Lytle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Randy Gradishar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Sammy Winder | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Keith Bishop | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dave Preston | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Steve Wilson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Steve DeBerg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Steve Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Gerald Willhite | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Craig Morton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Keith Uecker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mark Herrmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Rick Parros | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 65 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 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 |
Rich Karlis | 11 | 15 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
Rick Upchurch | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
Rick Parros | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Gerald Willhite | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Steve Watson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Sammy Winder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Mark Herrmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
James Wright | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Steve DeBerg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Barney Chavous | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Greg Boyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Totals | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 148 |