2004 Denver Broncos Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-6
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Mike Shanahan (10-6)
Location: Denver, Colorado
2004 Denver Broncos RosterTeam Record: 10-6
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Mike Shanahan (10-6)
Location: Denver, Colorado
2004 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 2004 season with a record of 10 wins and 6 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
Denver scored 381 points, while the defensive squad surrendered 304. Jake Plummer triggered the aerial attack, passing for 4,089 yards. Rod Smith paced all receivers, hauling in 79 passes for 1,144 yards. Ashley Lelie was targeted regularly, too.
Reuben Droughns ran for a team-best 1,240 yards for the Broncos.
Champ Bailey picked off 3 errant tosses from the opposition. Reggie Hayward topped pass rushers with 10.5 quarterback sacks.
Mike Shanahan coached the team. The 2004 Denver Broncos lost in the Wild Card.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Plummer | 521 | 303 | 58.2 | 4089 | 7.8 | 27 | 5.2 | 20 | 3.8 | 85 | 15 | 90 | 84.5 |
| Totals | 521 | 303 | 58.2 | 4089 | 7.8 | 27 | 5.2 | 20 | 3.8 | 85 | 15 | 90 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reuben Droughns | 275 | 1240 | 4.5 | 51 | 6 |
| Tatum Bell | 75 | 396 | 5.3 | 29 | 3 |
| Quentin Griffin | 85 | 311 | 3.7 | 47 | 2 |
| Jake Plummer | 62 | 202 | 3.3 | 22 | 1 |
| Garrison Hearst | 20 | 81 | 4.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Darius Watts | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Rod Smith | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Cecil Sapp | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ashley Lelie | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 534 | 2333 | 4.4 | 51 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Smith | 79 | 1144 | 14.5 | 85 | 7 |
| Ashley Lelie | 54 | 1084 | 20.1 | 58 | 7 |
| Jeb Putzier | 36 | 572 | 15.9 | 39 | 2 |
| Reuben Droughns | 32 | 241 | 7.5 | 23 | 2 |
| Darius Watts | 31 | 385 | 12.4 | 28 | 1 |
| Dwayne Carswell | 22 | 198 | 9.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Quentin Griffin | 10 | 68 | 6.8 | 22 | 1 |
| Kyle Johnson | 9 | 126 | 14.0 | 31 | 2 |
| Nate Jackson | 8 | 73 | 9.1 | 20 | 0 |
| Patrick Hape | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 11 | 4 |
| Triandos Luke | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Tatum Bell | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Garrison Hearst | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Champ Bailey | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 303 | 4089 | 13.5 | 85 | 27 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micah Knorr | 54 | 2243 | 41.5 | 66 |
| Jason Baker | 15 | 591 | 39.4 | 48 |
| Totals | 69 | 2834 | 41.1 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Smith | 22 | 223 | 10.1 | 30 | 0 |
| Triandos Luke | 19 | 135 | 7.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Charlie Adams | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Totals | 43 | 400 | 9.3 | 39 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roc Alexander | 19 | 386 | 20.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Reuben Droughns | 14 | 344 | 24.6 | 48 | 0 |
| Triandos Luke | 15 | 306 | 20.4 | 32 | 0 |
| Quentin Griffin | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Cecil Sapp | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Totals | 53 | 1122 | 21.2 | 48 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champ Bailey | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Wilson | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 1 |
| Kelly Herndon | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Reggie Hayward | 1 | 76 | 76.0 | 76 | 0 |
| Ellis Johnson | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 1 |
| Kenoy Kennedy | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| D.J. Williams | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| John Lynch | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 12 | 175 | 14.6 | 76 | 2 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Hayward | 10.5 | 0.0 | |
| Anton Palepoi | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Ellis Johnson | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Al Wilson | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
| Mario Fatafehi | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
| Marco Coleman | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
| Luther Elliss | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Kenoy Kennedy | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| D.J. Williams | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| John Lynch | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Monsanto Pope | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Willie Middlebrooks | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Kelly Herndon | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Donnie Spragan | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Patrick Chukwurah | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Raylee Johnson | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 38.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.J. Williams | 97.5 | 81 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Al Wilson | 88.5 | 72 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Kenoy Kennedy | 79 | 70 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Champ Bailey | 74.5 | 68 | 13 | 12 | |||||
| Kelly Herndon | 63 | 56 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| John Lynch | 57.5 | 49 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Donnie Spragan | 57 | 46 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Reggie Hayward | 37 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Ferguson | 28.5 | 23 | 11 | 1 | |||||
| Marco Coleman | 24.5 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lenny Walls | 20.5 | 20 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Monsanto Pope | 21.5 | 19 | 5 | 2 | |||||
| Willie Middlebrooks | 18.5 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anton Palepoi | 17 | 15 | 4 | ||||||
| Ellis Johnson | 15.5 | 15 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Mario Fatafehi | 17.5 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Roc Alexander | 15 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Raylee Johnson | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Patrick Chukwurah | 7.5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Luther Elliss | 6.5 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| Louis Green | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Pierce | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Darius Holland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Trevor Pryce | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Jake Plummer | 6 | 6 | -8 | 0 | |||||
| Rod Smith | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Dwayne Carswell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Ben Hamilton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Darius Watts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Reuben Droughns | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Quentin Griffin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Tom Nalen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tatum Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Triandos Luke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 767 | 658 | 218 | 93 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Jason Elam | 29 | 42 | 0 | 129 | ||||||||||
| Reuben Droughns | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| Rod Smith | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Ashley Lelie | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Patrick Hape | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Quentin Griffin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Tatum Bell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Kyle Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Jeb Putzier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Dwayne Carswell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Darius Watts | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jake Plummer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ellis Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Al Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Garrison Hearst | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 381 |
