1998 Denver Broncos Statistics
Team Record: 14-2
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 3-0 Won Super Bowl
Coach: Mike Shanahan (14-2)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1998 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 1998 season with a record of 14 wins and 2 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-0.
The Broncos moved the ball well, scoring 501 points, while the defensive squad gave up 309. Terrell Davis powered the ground game, running for a 2,008 yards for Denver.
John Elway threw for 2,806 yards. Rod Smith paced the receiving corps, hauling in 86 passes for 1,222 yards. Ed McCaffrey provided receiving help, too.
Darrien Gordon intercepted 4 opponent throws. Maa Tanuvasa and Trevor Pryce each sacked opposing passers 8.5 times, topping a defense credited with 47 sacks.
Mike Shanahan coached the team. The 1998 Denver Broncos won 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 | 356 | 210 | 59.0 | 2806 | 7.9 | 22 | 6.2 | 10 | 2.8 | 58 | 18 | 135 | 93.0 |
Bubby Brister | 131 | 78 | 59.5 | 986 | 7.5 | 10 | 7.6 | 3 | 2.3 | 48 | 7 | 49 | 99.0 |
Rod Smith | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
Brian Griese | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 |
Totals | 491 | 290 | 59.1 | 3808 | 7.8 | 32 | 6.5 | 14 | 2.9 | 58 | 25 | 184 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Terrell Davis | 392 | 2008 | 5.1 | 70 | 21 |
Derek Loville | 53 | 161 | 3.0 | 12 | 2 |
Bubby Brister | 19 | 102 | 5.4 | 38 | 1 |
John Elway | 37 | 94 | 2.5 | 16 | 1 |
Rod Smith | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 37 | 0 |
Vaughn Hebron | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 8 | 1 |
Howard Griffith | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 16 | 0 |
Tom Rouen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Brian Griese | 4 | -4 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 525 | 2468 | 4.7 | 70 | 26 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rod Smith | 86 | 1222 | 14.2 | 58 | 6 |
Ed McCaffrey | 64 | 1053 | 16.5 | 48 | 10 |
Shannon Sharpe | 64 | 768 | 12.0 | 38 | 10 |
Terrell Davis | 25 | 217 | 8.7 | 35 | 2 |
Willie Green | 16 | 194 | 12.1 | 50 | 1 |
Howard Griffith | 15 | 97 | 6.5 | 15 | 3 |
Marcus Nash | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 31 | 0 |
Dwayne Carswell | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 15 | 0 |
Byron Chamberlain | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 16 | 0 |
Detron Smith | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
Derek Loville | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 |
Vaughn Hebron | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
Justin Armour | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
John Elway | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Totals | 290 | 3808 | 13.1 | 58 | 32 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jason Elam | 58 | 58 | 100.0 | 27 | 23 | 85.2 | 127 |
Tom Rouen | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 59 | 58 | 98.3 | 27 | 23 | 85.2 | 127 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Darrien Gordon | 34 | 379 | 11.1 | 44 | 0 |
George Coghill | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 8 | 0 |
Tito Paul | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 38 | 399 | 10.5 | 44 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vaughn Hebron | 46 | 1216 | 26.4 | 95 | 1 |
Derek Loville | 6 | 105 | 17.5 | 25 | 0 |
Detron Smith | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 |
Keith Burns | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
Maa Tanuvasa | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Totals | 58 | 1402 | 24.2 | 95 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Darrien Gordon | 4 | 125 | 31.2 | 55 | 1 |
Ray Crockett | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 80 | 1 |
Darrius Johnson | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 45 | 0 |
Bill Romanowski | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
Glenn Cadrez | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
Tyrone Braxton | 1 | 72 | 72.0 | 72 | 0 |
George Coghill | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Steve Atwater | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Neil Smith | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Trevor Pryce | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
John Mobley | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
Totals | 19 | 439 | 23.1 | 80 | 2 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Maa Tanuvasa | 8.5 | 0.0 | |
Trevor Pryce | 8.5 | 0.0 | |
Bill Romanowski | 7.5 | 0.0 | |
Neil Smith | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
Glenn Cadrez | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
Harald Hasselbach | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Alfred Williams | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Keith Traylor | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Marvin Washington | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Mike Lodish | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
John Mobley | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Darrius Johnson | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Ray Crockett | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 47.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Mobley | 102.5 | 93 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Darrien Gordon | 61 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Glenn Cadrez | 66 | 56 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bill Romanowski | 63.5 | 55 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Ray Crockett | 48.5 | 46 | 5 | 0 | |||||
Steve Atwater | 49 | 43 | 12 | 0 | |||||
Maa Tanuvasa | 39.5 | 34 | 11 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | |
Tyrone Braxton | 36 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Trevor Pryce | 37 | 31 | 12 | 0 | |||||
Keith Traylor | 28 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eric Brown | 27.5 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Neil Smith | 23.5 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Harald Hasselbach | 20 | 19 | 2 | ||||||
Marvin Washington | 18.5 | 14 | 9 | ||||||
Alfred Williams | 11.5 | 10 | 3 | ||||||
Tory James | 10.5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Keith Burns | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
George Coghill | 6.5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Mike Lodish | 5.5 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
Seth Joyner | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
Tito Paul | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Elway | 7 | 2 | -18 | 0 | |||||
Rod Smith | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Vaughn Hebron | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Bubby Brister | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |||||
Harry Swayne | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Terrell Davis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Tom Rouen | 1 | 0 | -15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Brian Griese | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ed McCaffrey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 670 | 595 | 150 | 0 | 17 | 20 | -25 | 1 | 8 |
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 |
Terrell Davis | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | ||||||||
Jason Elam | 23 | 58 | 0 | 127 | ||||||||||
Ed McCaffrey | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | ||||||||
Shannon Sharpe | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||||
Rod Smith | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
Howard Griffith | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Vaughn Hebron | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Derek Loville | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Ray Crockett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Willie Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
John Elway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Darrien Gordon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Bubby Brister | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 26 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 501 |