
1985 Denver Broncos Statistics
Team Record: 11-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Dan Reeves (11-5)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1985 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 1985 season with a record of 11 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
The Broncos scored 380 points, while the defensive squad gave up 329. John Elway directed the offense, passing for 3,891 yards. Steve Watson paced the receiving corps, hauling in 61 passes for 915 yards, while Vance Johnson provided receiving help, too.
Sammy Winder ran for a team-best 714 yards for Denver.
Louis Wright and Mike Harden each seized 5 opponent throws. Karl Mecklenburg topped the defensive unit with 13 quarterback 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Elway | 605 | 327 | 54.0 | 3891 | 6.4 | 22 | 3.6 | 23 | 3.8 | 65 | 38 | 307 | 70.2 |
Gary Kubiak | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 61 | 12.2 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 125.8 |
Chris Norman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Gerald Willhite | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Steve Sewell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Sammy Winder | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Vance Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 617 | 329 | 53.3 | 3952 | 6.4 | 23 | 3.7 | 23 | 3.7 | 65 | 38 | 307 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sammy Winder | 199 | 714 | 3.6 | 42 | 8 |
Gene Lang | 84 | 318 | 3.8 | 26 | 5 |
Steve Sewell | 81 | 275 | 3.4 | 16 | 4 |
John Elway | 51 | 253 | 5.0 | 22 | 0 |
Gerald Willhite | 66 | 237 | 3.6 | 14 | 3 |
Vance Johnson | 10 | 36 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 |
Nathan Poole | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
Gary Kubiak | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Chris Norman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 497 | 1851 | 3.7 | 42 | 20 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Watson | 61 | 915 | 15.0 | 60 | 5 |
Vance Johnson | 51 | 721 | 14.1 | 63 | 3 |
Gerald Willhite | 35 | 297 | 8.5 | 21 | 1 |
Sammy Winder | 31 | 197 | 6.4 | 24 | 0 |
Clarence Kay | 29 | 339 | 11.7 | 27 | 3 |
James Wright | 28 | 246 | 8.8 | 30 | 1 |
Clint Sampson | 26 | 432 | 16.6 | 46 | 4 |
Steve Sewell | 24 | 224 | 9.3 | 54 | 1 |
Gene Lang | 23 | 180 | 7.8 | 24 | 2 |
Butch Johnson | 19 | 380 | 20.0 | 65 | 3 |
Mark Cooper | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Mike Barber | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 329 | 3952 | 12.0 | 65 | 23 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Norman | 92 | 3764 | 40.9 | 61 |
Totals | 92 | 3764 | 40.9 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vance Johnson | 30 | 260 | 8.7 | 38 | 0 |
Gerald Willhite | 16 | 169 | 10.6 | 18 | 0 |
Totals | 46 | 429 | 9.3 | 38 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vance Johnson | 30 | 740 | 24.7 | 39 | 0 |
Gene Lang | 17 | 361 | 21.2 | 33 | 0 |
Gerald Willhite | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Daniel Hunter | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 |
Steve Sewell | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
Totals | 52 | 1203 | 23.1 | 39 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Harden | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 42 | 1 |
Louis Wright | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 24 | 0 |
Steve Foley | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 29 | 0 |
Dennis Smith | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 39 | 0 |
Steve Wilson | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
Tony Lilly | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
Daniel Hunter | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Ken Woodard | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Randy Robbins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 24 | 290 | 12.1 | 42 | 1 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Karl Mecklenburg | 13.0 | 0.0 | |
Rulon Jones | 10.0 | 0.0 | |
Barney Chavous | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
Andre Townsend | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
Dennis Smith | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
Ken Woodard | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Greg Kragen | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Rubin Carter | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Simon Fletcher | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Mike Harden | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Jim Ryan | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 47.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dennis Smith | 66 | 66 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Karl Mecklenburg | 65 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
Simon Fletcher | 17 | 17 | 0 | ||||||
Greg Kragen | 13 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
Rulon Jones | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Harden | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||
Vance Johnson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
John Elway | 7 | 2 | -35 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dave Studdard | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Chris Norman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Steve Busick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Andre Townsend | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Barney Chavous | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
James Wright | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Gene Lang | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Tony Lilly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bill Bryan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Clarence Kay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Steve Wilson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Sammy Winder | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Steve Sewell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Rubin Carter | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jim Ryan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gerald Willhite | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 161 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 26 | -22 | 0 | 5 |
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 | 23 | 41 | 0 | 110 | ||||||||||
Sammy Winder | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
Gene Lang | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
Steve Watson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
Steve Sewell | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
Clint Sampson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Gerald Willhite | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
Butch Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Clarence Kay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Vance Johnson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
James Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Louis Wright | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Mike Harden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 20 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 380 |