1986 Denver Broncos Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 11-5
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Super Bowl
Coach: Dan Reeves (11-5)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1986 Denver Broncos RosterTeam Record: 11-5
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Super Bowl
Coach: Dan Reeves (11-5)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1986 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 1986 season with a record of 11 wins and 5 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.
Dan Reeves coached the team. The 1986 Denver Broncos lost in 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 | 504 | 280 | 55.6 | 3485 | 6.9 | 19 | 3.8 | 13 | 2.6 | 53 | 32 | 233 | 79.0 | Gary Kubiak | 38 | 23 | 60.5 | 249 | 6.6 | 1 | 2.6 | 3 | 7.9 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 55.7 | Chris Norman | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 | Steve Sewell | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 3 | 17 | 158.3 | Gerald Willhite | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Vance Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 549 | 306 | 55.7 | 3811 | 6.9 | 22 | 4.0 | 16 | 2.9 | 53 | 38 | 273 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Sammy Winder | 240 | 789 | 3.3 | 31 | 9 | Gerald Willhite | 85 | 365 | 4.3 | 42 | 5 | John Elway | 52 | 257 | 4.9 | 24 | 1 | Steve Sewell | 23 | 123 | 5.3 | 15 | 1 | Gene Lang | 29 | 94 | 3.2 | 14 | 1 | Gary Kubiak | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 | Ken Bell | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 12 | 0 | Vance Johnson | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | Mark Jackson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | Tony Boddie | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Mike Horan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Orson Mobley | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | Chris Norman | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
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| Totals | 455 | 1678 | 3.7 | 42 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gerald Willhite | 64 | 529 | 8.3 | 31 | 3 | Steve Watson | 45 | 699 | 15.5 | 46 | 3 | Mark Jackson | 38 | 738 | 19.4 | 53 | 1 | Vance Johnson | 31 | 363 | 11.7 | 34 | 2 | Sammy Winder | 26 | 171 | 6.6 | 20 | 5 | Steve Sewell | 23 | 294 | 12.8 | 40 | 1 | Orson Mobley | 22 | 332 | 15.1 | 32 | 1 | Clint Sampson | 21 | 259 | 12.3 | 43 | 0 | Clarence Kay | 15 | 195 | 13.0 | 34 | 1 | Gene Lang | 13 | 105 | 8.1 | 26 | 2 | Joey Hackett | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 19 | 0 | Ken Bell | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 | Steve Wilson | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 1 | John Elway | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 1 | Dave Studdard | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
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| Totals | 306 | 3811 | 12.5 | 53 | 22 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Jack Weil | 34 | 1344 | 39.5 | 55 | Chris Norman | 30 | 1168 | 38.9 | 57 | Mike Horan | 21 | 864 | 41.1 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 85 | 3376 | 39.7 | 57 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gerald Willhite | 42 | 468 | 11.1 | 70 | 1 | Mike Harden | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 1 | Vance Johnson | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 | Mark Jackson | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
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| Totals | 48 | 552 | 11.5 | 70 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ken Bell | 23 | 531 | 23.1 | 42 | 0 | Gene Lang | 21 | 480 | 22.9 | 42 | 0 | Gerald Willhite | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 23 | 0 | Vance Johnson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 | Mark Jackson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Ricky Hunley | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 | Jim Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 53 | 1094 | 20.6 | 42 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mike Harden | 6 | 179 | 29.8 | 52 | 2 | Louis Wright | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 56 | 0 | Tony Lilly | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 | Steve Foley | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 | Ricky Hunley | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Rick Dennison | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Dennis Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Wilson | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
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| Totals | 18 | 318 | 17.7 | 56 | 2 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Rulon Jones | 13.5 | 0.0 | Karl Mecklenburg | 9.5 | 0.0 | Simon Fletcher | 5.5 | 0.0 | Randy Robbins | 4.0 | 0.0 | Freddie Gilbert | 4.0 | 0.0 | Ken Woodard | 3.0 | 0.0 | Andre Townsend | 2.5 | 0.0 | Darren Comeaux | 1.0 | 0.0 | Dennis Smith | 1.0 | 0.0 | Jim Ryan | 1.0 | 0.0 | Tony Lilly | 1.0 | 0.0 | Rick Dennison | 1.0 | 0.0 | Ricky Hunley | 0.5 | 0.0 | Tom Jackson | 0.5 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 48.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Karl Mecklenburg | 127 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Dennis Smith | 88 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Greg Kragen | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Simon Fletcher | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gerald Willhite | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Colorito | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Randy Robbins | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rulon Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Andre Townsend | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | Darren Comeaux | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Elway | 8 | 1 | -13 | 0 | 0 | Dave Studdard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sammy Winder | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ricky Hunley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Keith Bishop | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joey Hackett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Woodard | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | Louis Wright | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Horan | 1 | 1 | -12 | 0 | 0 | Ken Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chris Norman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Orson Mobley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vance Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clint Sampson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 318 | 318 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 26 | -2 | 2 | 1 |
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 | 20 | 44 | 0 | 104 | Sammy Winder | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | Gerald Willhite | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Gene Lang | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Mike Harden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Steve Watson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Vance Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Steve Sewell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | John Elway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Mark Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dave Studdard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Andre Townsend | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Clarence Kay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ken Woodard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Steve Wilson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Orson Mobley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 376 |
