
1986 Denver Broncos Statistics
Team Record: 11-5
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Super Bowl
Coach: Dan Reeves (11-5)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1986 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 1986 season with a record of 11 wins and 5 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.
Denver kept the scoreboard humming with 378 points, while the defensive unit conceded 327. John Elway triggered the aerial attack, passing for 3,485 yards. Gerald Willhite hauled in 64 passes, while Mark Jackson accumulated 738 receiving yards. Steve Watson provided receiving help, too.
Sammy Winder ran for a team-best 789 yards for the Broncos.
Mike Harden picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition. Rulon Jones topped the defensive unit with 13.5 quarterback sacks, helping propel the defense to an overall total of 48 sacks.
Dan Reeves coached the team. The 1986 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Elway | 504 | 280 | 55.6 | 3485 | 6.9 | 19 | 3.8 | 13 | 2.6 | 53 | 32 | 233 | 79.0 |
Gary Kubiak | 38 | 23 | 60.5 | 249 | 6.6 | 1 | 2.6 | 3 | 7.9 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 55.7 |
Chris Norman | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
Steve Sewell | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 3 | 17 | 158.3 |
Gerald Willhite | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 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 | 549 | 306 | 55.7 | 3811 | 6.9 | 22 | 4.0 | 16 | 2.9 | 53 | 38 | 273 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sammy Winder | 240 | 789 | 3.3 | 31 | 9 |
Gerald Willhite | 85 | 365 | 4.3 | 42 | 5 |
John Elway | 52 | 257 | 4.9 | 24 | 1 |
Steve Sewell | 23 | 123 | 5.3 | 15 | 1 |
Gene Lang | 29 | 94 | 3.2 | 14 | 1 |
Gary Kubiak | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 |
Ken Bell | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 12 | 0 |
Vance Johnson | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
Mark Jackson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
Tony Boddie | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Mike Horan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Orson Mobley | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Chris Norman | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
Totals | 455 | 1678 | 3.7 | 42 | 17 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerald Willhite | 64 | 529 | 8.3 | 31 | 3 |
Steve Watson | 45 | 699 | 15.5 | 46 | 3 |
Mark Jackson | 38 | 738 | 19.4 | 53 | 1 |
Vance Johnson | 31 | 363 | 11.7 | 34 | 2 |
Sammy Winder | 26 | 171 | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
Steve Sewell | 23 | 294 | 12.8 | 40 | 1 |
Orson Mobley | 22 | 332 | 15.1 | 32 | 1 |
Clint Sampson | 21 | 259 | 12.3 | 43 | 0 |
Clarence Kay | 15 | 195 | 13.0 | 34 | 1 |
Gene Lang | 13 | 105 | 8.1 | 26 | 2 |
Joey Hackett | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 19 | 0 |
Ken Bell | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
Steve Wilson | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 1 |
John Elway | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 1 |
Dave Studdard | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
Totals | 306 | 3811 | 12.5 | 53 | 22 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Weil | 34 | 1344 | 39.5 | 55 |
Chris Norman | 30 | 1168 | 38.9 | 57 |
Mike Horan | 21 | 864 | 41.1 | 50 |
Totals | 85 | 3376 | 39.7 | 57 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerald Willhite | 42 | 468 | 11.1 | 70 | 1 |
Mike Harden | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 1 |
Vance Johnson | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
Mark Jackson | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 48 | 552 | 11.5 | 70 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Bell | 23 | 531 | 23.1 | 42 | 0 |
Gene Lang | 21 | 480 | 22.9 | 42 | 0 |
Gerald Willhite | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 23 | 0 |
Vance Johnson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
Mark Jackson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Ricky Hunley | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
Jim Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 53 | 1094 | 20.6 | 42 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Harden | 6 | 179 | 29.8 | 52 | 2 |
Louis Wright | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 56 | 0 |
Tony Lilly | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 |
Steve Foley | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 |
Ricky Hunley | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Rick Dennison | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Dennis Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Wilson | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
Totals | 18 | 318 | 17.7 | 56 | 2 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Rulon Jones | 13.5 | 0.0 | |
Karl Mecklenburg | 9.5 | 0.0 | |
Simon Fletcher | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
Randy Robbins | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
Freddie Gilbert | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
Ken Woodard | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Andre Townsend | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
Darren Comeaux | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Dennis Smith | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Jim Ryan | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Tony Lilly | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Rick Dennison | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Ricky Hunley | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
Tom Jackson | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 48.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Karl Mecklenburg | 127 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Dennis Smith | 88 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Kragen | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Simon Fletcher | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gerald Willhite | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Tony Colorito | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Randy Robbins | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Rulon Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Andre Townsend | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Darren Comeaux | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
John Elway | 8 | 1 | -13 | 0 | |||||
Dave Studdard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Sammy Winder | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Ricky Hunley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Keith Bishop | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Joey Hackett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ken Woodard | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Louis Wright | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mike Horan | 1 | 1 | -12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ken Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Chris Norman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Orson Mobley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Mark Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Vance Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Clint Sampson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 318 | 318 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 26 | -2 | 2 | 1 |
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 | 20 | 44 | 0 | 104 | ||||||||||
Sammy Winder | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||||||||
Gerald Willhite | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||
Gene Lang | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Mike Harden | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Steve Watson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Vance Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Steve Sewell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
John Elway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Mark Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Dave Studdard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Andre Townsend | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Clarence Kay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Ken Woodard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Steve Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Orson Mobley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Rulon Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Totals | 17 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 376 |