1989 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
1989 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 1989 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.
The defense proved to be a force, as the Broncos topped the circuit with just 226 points allowed. Denver scored 362 points. John Elway tossed for 3,051 yards. Vance Johnson paced all receivers, hauling in 76 passes for 1,095 yards.
Bobby Humphrey ran for a team-best 1,151 yards.
The opportunistic defense led the way with 43 turnovers. Tyrone Braxton intercepted 6 errant tosses from the opposition. Simon Fletcher led pass rushers with 12 quarterback sacks, topping a defense credited with 46 sacks.
Dan Reeves coached the team. The 1989 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 | 416 | 223 | 53.6 | 3051 | 7.3 | 18 | 4.3 | 18 | 4.3 | 69 | 35 | 298 | 73.7 |
| Gary Kubiak | 55 | 32 | 58.2 | 284 | 5.2 | 2 | 3.6 | 2 | 3.6 | 22 | 8 | 53 | 69.1 |
| Bobby Humphrey | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 17 | 8.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Vance Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 474 | 256 | 54.0 | 3352 | 7.1 | 21 | 4.4 | 20 | 4.2 | 69 | 43 | 351 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Humphrey | 294 | 1151 | 3.9 | 40 | 7 |
| Sammy Winder | 110 | 351 | 3.2 | 16 | 2 |
| John Elway | 48 | 244 | 5.1 | 31 | 3 |
| Jeff Alexander | 45 | 146 | 3.2 | 11 | 2 |
| Mel Bratton | 30 | 108 | 3.6 | 9 | 1 |
| Steve Sewell | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Gary Kubiak | 15 | 35 | 2.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Mark Jackson | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 554 | 2092 | 3.8 | 40 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vance Johnson | 76 | 1095 | 14.4 | 69 | 7 |
| Mark Jackson | 28 | 446 | 15.9 | 49 | 2 |
| Steve Sewell | 25 | 416 | 16.6 | 56 | 3 |
| Mike Young | 22 | 402 | 18.3 | 47 | 2 |
| Bobby Humphrey | 22 | 156 | 7.1 | 13 | 1 |
| Clarence Kay | 21 | 197 | 9.4 | 20 | 2 |
| Orson Mobley | 17 | 200 | 11.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 14 | 91 | 6.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Ricky Nattiel | 10 | 183 | 18.3 | 43 | 1 |
| Mel Bratton | 10 | 69 | 6.9 | 17 | 3 |
| Jeff Alexander | 8 | 84 | 10.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Pat Kelly | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 256 | 3352 | 13.1 | 69 | 21 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Treadwell | 40 | 39 | 97.5 | 33 | 27 | 81.8 | 120 |
| Totals | 40 | 39 | 97.5 | 33 | 27 | 81.8 | 120 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Horan | 77 | 3111 | 40.4 | 63 |
| Gary Kubiak | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 29 |
| John Elway | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 |
| Totals | 80 | 3188 | 39.8 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Bell | 21 | 143 | 6.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Vance Johnson | 12 | 118 | 9.8 | 34 | 0 |
| Ricky Nattiel | 9 | 77 | 8.6 | 38 | 0 |
| Chris Woods | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Darren Carrington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 45 | 344 | 7.6 | 38 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Bell | 30 | 602 | 20.1 | 33 | 0 |
| Darren Carrington | 6 | 152 | 25.3 | 68 | 0 |
| Bobby Humphrey | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Mel Bratton | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Chris Woods | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Totals | 43 | 876 | 20.4 | 68 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrone Braxton | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 34 | 1 |
| Wymon Henderson | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Steve Atwater | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Dennis Smith | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Randy Robbins | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Marc Munford | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Kip Corrington | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Darren Carrington | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rick Dennison | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 21 | 318 | 15.1 | 50 | 2 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Fletcher | 12.0 | 0.0 | |
| Ron Holmes | 9.0 | 0.0 | |
| Karl Mecklenburg | 7.5 | 0.0 | |
| Alphonso Carreker | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
| Warren Powers | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Andre Townsend | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Greg Kragen | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Tim Lucas | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Michael Brooks | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Rick Dennison | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Marc Munford | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 46.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl Mecklenburg | 143 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 2 | |
| Steve Atwater | 129 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Brooks | 123 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tyrone Braxton | 111 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | |
| Simon Fletcher | 105 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dennis Smith | 82 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wymon Henderson | 76 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Kragen | 72 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
| Darren Carrington | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Bell | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bobby Humphrey | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Andre Townsend | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Elway | 9 | 2 | -4 | 0 | |||||
| Randy Robbins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Marc Munford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Clarence Kay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Gerald Perry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gary Kubiak | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rick Dennison | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ricky Nattiel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Mark Jackson | 1 | 0 | -8 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 857 | 857 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 35 | 92 | 2 | 6 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| David Treadwell | 27 | 39 | 0 | 120 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Humphrey | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| Vance Johnson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Mel Bratton | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Steve Sewell | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| John Elway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Clarence Kay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Jeff Alexander | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Sammy Winder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Mike Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Mark Jackson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Ricky Nattiel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tyrone Braxton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Randy Robbins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Karl Mecklenburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Greg Kragen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Michael Brooks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 15 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 362 |
