
1991 Denver Broncos Statistics
Team Record: 12-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Dan Reeves (12-4)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1991 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 1991 season with a record of 12 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
The Broncos chalked up 304 points, while the solid defense yielded 235. John Elway triggered the aerial attack, passing for 3,253 yards. Mike Young paced all receivers, hauling in 44 passes for 629 yards, while Steve Sewell and Mark Jackson provided receiving help as well.
Gaston Green ran for a team-best 1,037 yards for Denver.
Steve Atwater and Dennis Smith each picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition. Simon Fletcher topped pass rushers with 13.5 quarterback sacks, leading the way for a team which created 52 sacks.
Dan Reeves coached the team. The 1991 Denver Broncos lost in the Conference Championship.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Elway | 451 | 242 | 53.7 | 3253 | 7.2 | 13 | 2.9 | 12 | 2.7 | 71 | 45 | 305 | 75.4 |
Gary Kubiak | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 79.6 |
Steve Sewell | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 63.2 |
Totals | 459 | 246 | 53.6 | 3310 | 7.2 | 13 | 2.8 | 12 | 2.6 | 71 | 46 | 313 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gaston Green | 261 | 1037 | 4.0 | 63 | 4 |
Greg Lewis | 99 | 376 | 3.8 | 27 | 4 |
John Elway | 55 | 255 | 4.6 | 17 | 6 |
Steve Sewell | 50 | 211 | 4.2 | 26 | 2 |
Bob Perryman | 21 | 45 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 |
Bobby Humphrey | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
Mark Jackson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 21 | 0 |
Shannon Sharpe | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Gary Kubiak | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 |
Mike Horan | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
Reggie Rivers | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 507 | 2015 | 4.0 | 63 | 16 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Young | 44 | 629 | 14.3 | 52 | 2 |
Steve Sewell | 38 | 436 | 11.5 | 60 | 2 |
Mark Jackson | 33 | 603 | 18.3 | 71 | 1 |
Shannon Sharpe | 22 | 322 | 14.6 | 37 | 1 |
Derek Russell | 21 | 317 | 15.1 | 40 | 1 |
Vance Johnson | 21 | 208 | 9.9 | 22 | 3 |
Bob Perryman | 17 | 171 | 10.1 | 24 | 0 |
Ricky Nattiel | 16 | 288 | 18.0 | 70 | 2 |
Gaston Green | 13 | 78 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 |
Clarence Kay | 11 | 139 | 12.6 | 32 | 0 |
Reggie Johnson | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 31 | 1 |
Greg Lewis | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
John Elway | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
Barry Johnson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Totals | 246 | 3310 | 13.5 | 71 | 13 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Treadwell | 32 | 31 | 96.9 | 36 | 27 | 75.0 | 112 |
Totals | 32 | 31 | 96.9 | 36 | 27 | 75.0 | 112 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Horan | 72 | 3012 | 41.8 | 71 |
John Elway | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 |
Totals | 73 | 3046 | 41.7 | 71 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vance Johnson | 24 | 174 | 7.2 | 20 | 0 |
Kevin Clark | 7 | 67 | 9.6 | 18 | 0 |
Ricky Nattiel | 10 | 43 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 |
Totals | 41 | 284 | 6.9 | 20 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alton Montgomery | 26 | 488 | 18.8 | 55 | 0 |
Derek Russell | 7 | 120 | 17.1 | 30 | 0 |
Kevin Clark | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 29 | 0 |
Greg Lewis | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Steve Sewell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Totals | 37 | 687 | 18.6 | 55 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Atwater | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 49 | 0 |
Dennis Smith | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 39 | 0 |
Tyrone Braxton | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 52 | 1 |
Charles Dimry | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 26 | 1 |
Wymon Henderson | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 53 | 0 |
Michael Brooks | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
Randy Robbins | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
Le-Lo Lang | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
Totals | 23 | 379 | 16.5 | 53 | 2 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Simon Fletcher | 13.5 | 0.0 | |
Mike Croel | 10.0 | 0.0 | |
Karl Mecklenburg | 9.0 | 0.0 | |
Ron Holmes | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
Greg Kragen | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
Jeff Mills | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Kenny Walker | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Warren Powers | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Tyrone Braxton | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Steve Atwater | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Brian Sochia | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 52.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Brooks | 153 | 153 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Steve Atwater | 150 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Karl Mecklenburg | 130 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Dennis Smith | 110 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Tyrone Braxton | 92 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Greg Kragen | 92 | 92 | 0 | ||||||
Simon Fletcher | 89 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Mike Croel | 84 | 84 | 0 | ||||||
Wymon Henderson | 82 | 82 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Charles Dimry | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Keith Traylor | 27 | 27 | 0 | ||||||
Alton Montgomery | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Keith Kartz | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
John Elway | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Warren Powers | 0 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Shannon Sharpe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Bob Perryman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Randy Robbins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Reggie Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Vance Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Ken Lanier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Brian Sochia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Horan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Doug Widell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Steve Sewell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Dave Widell | 1 | 0 | -15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Kevin Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ricky Nattiel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Gary Kubiak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Gaston Green | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Greg Lewis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Mark Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 1052 | 1052 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 24 | 29 | 1 | 4 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
David Treadwell | 27 | 31 | 0 | 112 | ||||||||||
John Elway | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Steve Sewell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Greg Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Gaston Green | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Vance Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Mike Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Ricky Nattiel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Tyrone Braxton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Mark Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Charles Dimry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Shannon Sharpe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Reggie Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Warren Powers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Derek Russell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 304 |