1983 Denver Broncos Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Dan Reeves (9-7)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1983 Denver Broncos RosterTeam Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Dan Reeves (9-7)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1983 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 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 302 points, while the defensive squad conceded 327. John Elway passed for 1,663 yards, and Steve DeBerg spent time under center, too. Steve Watson paced the receiving corps, hauling in 59 passes for 1,133 yards.
Sammy Winder ran for a team-best 757 yards for the Broncos.
Louis Wright picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition. Tom Jackson topped the defensive unit with 5.5 sacks.
Dan Reeves coached the team. The 1983 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 | John Elway | 259 | 123 | 47.5 | 1663 | 6.4 | 7 | 2.7 | 14 | 5.4 | 49 | 28 | 218 | 54.9 | Steve DeBerg | 215 | 119 | 55.3 | 1617 | 7.5 | 9 | 4.2 | 7 | 3.3 | 54 | 25 | 201 | 79.9 | Gary Kubiak | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 186 | 8.5 | 1 | 4.5 | 1 | 4.5 | 78 | 2 | 20 | 79.0 | Rick Upchurch | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Gerald Willhite | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 499 | 254 | 50.9 | 3466 | 6.9 | 17 | 3.4 | 22 | 4.4 | 78 | 55 | 439 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Sammy Winder | 196 | 757 | 3.9 | 52 | 3 | Nathan Poole | 81 | 246 | 3.0 | 19 | 4 | Dave Preston | 57 | 222 | 3.9 | 28 | 1 | Gerald Willhite | 43 | 188 | 4.4 | 24 | 3 | John Elway | 28 | 146 | 5.2 | 23 | 1 | Rick Parros | 30 | 96 | 3.2 | 13 | 1 | Jesse Myles | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 16 | 0 | Steve DeBerg | 13 | 28 | 2.2 | 11 | 1 | Rick Upchurch | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 | Steve Watson | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 | Gary Kubiak | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 8 | 1 | Luke Prestridge | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | James Wright | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
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| Totals | 471 | 1784 | 3.8 | 52 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Steve Watson | 59 | 1133 | 19.2 | 78 | 5 | Rick Upchurch | 40 | 639 | 16.0 | 40 | 2 | Sammy Winder | 23 | 150 | 6.5 | 17 | 0 | Ron Egloff | 20 | 205 | 10.2 | 32 | 2 | Nathan Poole | 20 | 184 | 9.2 | 23 | 0 | Dave Preston | 17 | 137 | 8.1 | 25 | 1 | Gerald Willhite | 14 | 153 | 10.9 | 26 | 1 | James Wright | 13 | 134 | 10.3 | 23 | 0 | Zach Thomas | 12 | 182 | 15.2 | 44 | 0 | Rick Parros | 12 | 126 | 10.5 | 33 | 2 | Clint Sampson | 10 | 200 | 20.0 | 49 | 3 | Jesse Myles | 7 | 119 | 17.0 | 33 | 1 | Riley Odoms | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 21 | 0 | John Sawyer | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
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| Totals | 254 | 3466 | 13.6 | 78 | 17 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Luke Prestridge | 87 | 3620 | 41.6 | 60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 87 | 3620 | 41.6 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Zach Thomas | 33 | 368 | 11.2 | 70 | 1 | Rick Upchurch | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 | Louis Wright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 38 | 420 | 11.1 | 70 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Zach Thomas | 28 | 573 | 20.5 | 42 | 0 | Steve Wilson | 24 | 485 | 20.2 | 32 | 0 | Mike Harden | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Dave Studdard | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | Tom Jackson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
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| Totals | 56 | 1077 | 19.2 | 42 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Louis Wright | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 34 | 0 | Steve Wilson | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 36 | 0 | Steve Foley | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 16 | 0 | Mike Harden | 4 | 127 | 31.8 | 48 | 0 | Dennis Smith | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 23 | 0 | Roger Jackson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Randy Gradishar | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Tom Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 27 | 355 | 13.1 | 48 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Tom Jackson | 5.5 | 0.0 | Dennis Smith | 5.0 | 0.0 | Barney Chavous | 4.5 | 0.0 | Rulon Jones | 4.0 | 0.0 | Brison Manor | 3.0 | 0.0 | Randy Gradishar | 2.5 | 0.0 | Ken Woodard | 2.0 | 0.0 | Karl Mecklenburg | 2.0 | 0.0 | Walt Bowyer | 2.0 | 0.0 | Steve Busick | 2.0 | 0.0 | Roger Jackson | 1.0 | 0.0 | Louis Wright | 1.0 | 0.0 | Rubin Carter | 1.0 | 0.0 | Don Latimer | 0.5 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 36.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Dennis Smith | 114 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Karl Mecklenburg | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | Randy Gradishar | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Mike Harden | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rubin Carter | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Zach Thomas | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Elway | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Jackson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | Rulon Jones | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Nathan Poole | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | Louis Wright | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | Barney Chavous | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Ken Woodard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Walt Bowyer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Studdard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brison Manor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Parros | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Keith Bishop | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Preston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Foley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Ryan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Wilson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | James Wright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roger Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve DeBerg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sammy Winder | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Sawyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 138 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 32 | 78 | 1 | 0 |
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 | Rich Karlis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 33 | 0 | 96 | Steve Watson | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Nathan Poole | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Gerald Willhite | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Rick Parros | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Clint Sampson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Sammy Winder | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Rick Upchurch | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Ron Egloff | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Dave Preston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Barney Chavous | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jesse Myles | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Gary Kubiak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John Elway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Steve DeBerg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Zach Thomas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Rulon Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 15 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 302 |
