1981 Denver Broncos 9-7 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Denver 72 119 83 122 0 396 Opponent 98 93 64 76 6 337 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 396 337 1-0 41 Oakland 14 First Downs 364 345 2-0 42 @Seattle 30 Rush 116 124 3-0 43 Baltimore 12 Pass 224 201 4-0 34 San Diego 33 Pen 24 20 4-1 14 @Oakland 17 Penalties 93 71 4-2 10 Detroit 28 Yards 720 567 5-2 24 @Kansas City 17 6-2 20 @Buffalo 7 Rushing Att 555 494 7-2 52 Minnesota 7 Yards 2208 2184 8-2 35 Cleveland 7 Ave 4.0 4.4 8-3 14 @Tampa Bay 41 TD 12 17 8-4 19 @Cincinnati 25 8-5 17 @San Diego 49 Passing Att 503 543 8-6 7 Kansas City 21 Comp 329 295 8-7 14 Seattle 26 % 65.4 54.3 9-7 10 @Chicago 3 Int 13 13 % 2.6 2.4 TD 34 25 % 6.8 4.6 Yards 4008 3454 Sacked 44 17 Punt Return 42 36 Yards 359 331 Ave 8.5 9.2 Kick Return 67 50 Yards 1154 1165 Ave 17.2 23.3 Punts 61 66 Yards 2428 2648 Ave 39.8 40.1 FG Att 28 14 Made 16 12 % 57.1 85.7 Third Downs 228 225 Made 113 109 % 49.6 48.4 Fourth Downs 25 29 Made 17 18 % 68.0 62.1 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 29 44 Lost 14 22 Turnovers 27 35 Net Offense 5918 5531 Per Play 5.4 5.2 1981 Denver Broncos Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Parros 196 858 4.4 17 41 19 5 Watson 62 5 908 14.6 9 44 64 12 Preston 203 848 4.2 18 44 23 3 Preston 56 2 614 11.0 3 37 36 3 Reed 71 194 2.7 2 11 17 1 Odoms 50 3 646 12.9 4 39 34 10 Canada 32 123 3.8 2 10 12 2 Upchurch 36 2 482 13.4 4 24 41 3 Lytle 28 94 3.4 3 4 13 1 Parros 36 0 435 12.1 3 25 27 1 Upchurch 5 51 10.2 4 4 19 0 Reed 31 1 341 11.0 1 18 40 1 Morton 12 25 2.1 0 1 7 0 Moses 23 2 282 12.3 2 16 39 2 DeBerg 5 14 2.8 0 0 6 0 Egloff 19 1 175 9.2 0 14 21 2 Watson 2 13 6.5 1 0 17 0 Canada 6 0 44 7.3 0 0 10 0 Prestridge 1 -12-12.0 0 0 0 0 Manning 5 3 30 6.0 0 1 9 0 555 2208 4.0 47 116 23 12 Lytle 4 0 40 10.0 0 2 18 0 Wright,J 1 0 11 11.0 0 1 11 0 329 19 4008 12.2 26224 64 34 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Morton 403 266 66.0 3452 13.0 64 25 24 9 2.2 40 29 7.2 107.5 DeBerg 100 63 63.0 556 8.8 41 10 2 4 4.0 4 5 5.0 77.8 503 329 65.4 4008 12.2 64 35 26 13 2.6 44 34 6.8 101.6 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Steinfort 50 48 96.0 28 16 57.1 41.7 0.0 45 96 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Prestridge 61 2428 57 5 0 12 36 331 32.7 39.8 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Manning 39 767 19.7 39 0 Manning 42 3 359 8.5 17 0 Harden 20 283 14.2 36 0 42 3 359 8.5 17 0 Lytle 8 104 13.0 18 0 67 1154 17.2 39 0 Fumbles Preston 7 Morton 3 Odoms 2 Lytle 2 Glassic 1 Egloff 1 Parros 5 Reed 3 Manning 2 Moses 2 Canada 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Swenson 7 Carter,R 11 Swenson 17 Foley,S 14 Swenson 7 Carter,R 4 Jones,R 6 Boyd 10 Gradisha 13 Thompson 10 Evans 5 Swenson 4 Jackson, 3 Jones,R 8 Jones,R 10 Jones,R 7 Jones,R 4 Gradisha 3 Carter,R 1 Swenson 4 Jackson, 7 Carter,R 6 Gradisha 3 Foley,S 3 Jackson, 3 Carter,R 5 Jackson, 6 Carter,R 3 Thompson 3 Gradisha 1 Boyd 4 Harden 5 Foley,S 3 Minor 2 Evans 2 Smith,P 3 Thompson 3 Morton 2 Thompson 1 Kyle 3 Wright,L 3 Odoms 2 Gradisha 2 Busick 2 Studdard 2 Swenson 2 Kyle 2 Glassic 2 Smith,D 2 Trimble 2 Howard 2 Chavous 1 Manor 2 Evans 1 Solomon 1 Moses 1 Moses 1 Trimble 1 Chavous 1 Bryan 1 Wright,L 1 Boyd 1 Smith,P 1 Jackson, 1 Jackson, 1 Merrill 1 Jones,R 1 Boyd 1 Watson 1 Tackles Swenson 155 Jones,R 52 Carter,R 35 Smith,P 18 Chavous 13 Solomon 12 Gradisha 105 Kyle 45 Wright,L 35 Merrill 18 Trimble 13 Manning 5 Thompson 100 Foley,S 44 Boyd 24 Busick 17 Ryan,J 13 Latimer 3 Jackson, 80 Evans 38 Harden 19 Manor 15 Smith,D 12 Moses 3 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Thompson 4 15 3.8 10 0 Kyle 2 20 10.0 20 0 Swenson 2 39 19.5 29 1 Foley,S 2 44 22.0 26 0 Smith,D 1 46 46.0 46 1 Harden 1 22 22.0 22 1 Gradishar 1 6 6.0 6 0 13 192 14.8 46 3 1981 Denver Broncos Coach:Dan Reeves Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB DeBerg,Steve 4 O 2 1 QB Morton,Craig 4 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Canada,Larry 1 0 5 B 3 3 RB Lytle,Rob 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Parros,Rick 1 0 5 B 3 3 RB Preston,Dave 1 0 5 B 4 2 RB Reed,Tony 1 0 4 B 4 2 WR Manning,Wade 0 0 5 O 1 1 RET WR Moses,Haven 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Upchurch,Rick 0 0 4 O 1 3 PR WR Watson,Steve 0 0 5 O 1 1 TE Egloff,Ron 2 0 5 O 1 1 TE Odoms,Riley 2 0 4 O 1 1 TE Wright,James 2 0 5 O 1 3 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Glassic,Tom 5 5 5 G Howard,Paul 5 5 5 T Clark,Kelvin 4 4 5 T Lanier,Ken 4 4 2 T Minor,Claudie 6 6 4 C Bryan,Billy 6 6 4 C-G Hyde,Glenn 4 4 5 G-T Studdard,Dave 5 5 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Carter,Rubin 5 4 0 1 5 DT Latimer,Don 5 4 0 1 5 DE Boyd,Greg 5 4 0 1 4 DE Chavous,Barney 5 4 0 1 5 DE Jones,Rulon 6 4 0 2 5 DE Manor,Brison 5 4 0 1 5 ILB Busick,Steve 3 2 1 0 5 ILB Evans,Larry 5 3 2 0 5 ILB Gradishar,Randy 9 5 3 1 5 ILB Merrill,Mark 3 2 1 0 4 OLB Jackson,Tom 7 3 2 2 5 OLB Ryan,Jim 4 3 1 0 5 OLB Swenson,Bob 10 4 4 2 5 CB Kyle,Aaron 5 0 5 0 5 PR CB Smith,Perry 4 0 4 0 3 CB Solomon,Roland 3 0 3 0 2 CB Trimble,Steve 3 0 3 0 2 CB Wright,Louis 8 0 8 0 2 S Foley,Steve 6 1 5 0 5 S Harden,Mike 5 1 4 0 5 KR S Smith,Dennis 4 1 3 0 5 S Thompson,Billy 8 1 7 0 5 Special Teams P Prestridge,Luke K Steinfort,Fred