1988 Denver Broncos Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Dan Reeves (8-8)
Location: Denver, Colorado

1988 Denver Broncos Roster
1988 Denver Broncos Results

The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 1988 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.

The Broncos racked up 327 points, but the defensive squad allowed 352. John Elway led the charge, passing for 3,309 yards. Vance Johnson hauled in 68 passes for 896 yards. Mark Jackson contributed to the receiving game, too.

Tony Dorsett ran for a team-best 703 yards for Denver, while Sammy Winder also contributed to the rushing attack.

Mike Harden picked off 4 errant tosses from the opposition. Simon Fletcher sacked quarterbacks 9 times.

Dan Reeves coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
John Elway	496	274	55.2	3309	6.7	17	3.4	19	3.8	86	30	237	71.4
Gary Kubiak	69	43	62.3	497	7.2	5	7.2	3	4.3	68	2	13	90.1
Ken Karcher	12	6	50.0	128	10.7	1	8.3	0	0.0	74	0	0	116.0
Tony Dorsett	2	1	50.0	7	3.5	1	50.0	0	0.0	7	0	0	97.9
Ricky Nattiel	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Steve Sewell	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	581	324	55.8	3941	6.8	24	4.1	22	3.8	86	32	250

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tony Dorsett	181	703	3.9	26	5
Sammy Winder	149	543	3.6	35	4
John Elway	54	234	4.3	26	1
Steve Sewell	32	135	4.2	26	1
Gary Kubiak	17	65	3.8	15	0
Ricky Nattiel	5	51	10.2	29	0
Gerald Willhite	13	39	3.0	7	2
Ken Bell	9	36	4.0	6	0
Mark Jackson	1	5	5.0	5	0
Jason Johnson	1	3	3.0	3	0
Vance Johnson	1	1	1.0	1	0
Calvin Thomas	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	464	1815	3.9	35	13

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Vance Johnson	68	896	13.2	86	5
Mark Jackson	46	852	18.5	63	6
Ricky Nattiel	46	574	12.5	74	1
Steve Sewell	38	507	13.3	68	5
Clarence Kay	34	352	10.4	27	4
Gerald Willhite	32	238	7.4	15	0
Orson Mobley	21	218	10.4	28	2
Sammy Winder	17	103	6.1	14	1
Tony Dorsett	16	122	7.6	16	0
Rick Massie	3	39	13.0	21	0
Sam Graddy	1	30	30.0	30	0
Jason Johnson	1	6	6.0	6	0
Pat Kelly	1	4	4.0	4	0
Totals	324	3941	12.2	86	24

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Rich Karlis	37	36	97.3	36	23	63.9	105
Totals	37	36	97.3	36	23	63.9	105

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Mike Horan	65	2861	44.0	70
John Elway	3	117	39.0	40
Totals	68	2978	43.8	70

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ricky Nattiel	23	223	9.7	24
Kevin Clark	13	115	8.8	16
Gerald Willhite	13	90	6.9	12
Mike Harden	2	14	7.0	14
Jason Johnson	1	5	5.0	5
Ken Bell	1	4	4.0	4
Totals	53	451	8.5	24

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ken Bell	36	762	21.2	38
Jason Johnson	14	292	20.9	34
Ricky Nattiel	6	124	20.7	25
Sammy Winder	1	11	11.0	11
Mike Harden	1	9	9.0	9
Totals	58	1198	20.7	38

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Mike Harden	4	36	9.0	34
Jeremiah Castille	3	51	17.0	33
Randy Robbins	2	66	33.0	39
Tyrone Braxton	2	6	3.0	6
Rick Dennison	1	29	29.0	29
Steve Wilson	1	7	7.0	7
Simon Fletcher	1	4	4.0	4
Walt Bowyer	1	1	1.0	1
Mark Haynes	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	16	200	12.5	39

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Simon Fletcher	9.0
Andre Townsend	5.5
Rulon Jones	5.0
Jim Ryan	3.5
Greg Kragen	2.5
Randy Robbins	2.0
Steve Wilson	2.0
Freddie Gilbert	1.0
Dennis Smith	1.0
Mark Haynes	1.0
Karl Mecklenburg	1.0
Walt Bowyer	1.0
Tyrone Braxton	1.0
Rick Dennison	0.5
Totals	36.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Greg Kragen	140	140	0		0	1	0	0	0
Simon Fletcher	115	115	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Dennis Smith	106	106	0		0	2	0	0	0
Karl Mecklenburg	102	102	0
Michael Brooks	49	49	0
Tyrone Braxton	39	39	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
John Elway					7	5	-9		0
Rick Dennison				0	0	3	0	0	0
Steve Sewell					2	3	4		0
Gary Kubiak					3	3	-9	0	0
Randy Robbins				0	1	2	0	0	0
Andre Townsend					0	1	0	0	0
Tony Dorsett					6	1	0		0
Ricky Nattiel					3	1	0		0
Jim Ryan					0	1	0	0	0
Gerald Willhite					2	1	0		0
Steve Bryan					0	1	0	0	0
Orson Mobley					1	1	0		0
Mike Harden				0	1	1	0	0	0
Steve Wilson				0	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Bryan					0	1	0	0	0
Mark Jackson					1	1	0		0
Ken Bell					2	1	0	0	0
Jason Johnson					1	1	0	0	0
Pat Kelly					1	0	0	0	0
Clarence Kay					1	0	0		0
Keith Bishop					1	0	-5	0	0
Sammy Winder					1	0	0		0
Totals	551	551	0	0	34	34	-19	0	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Rich Karlis									23	36	0			105
Steve Sewell	1	5							0	0	0			36
Mark Jackson	0	6							0	0	0			36
Sammy Winder	4	1		0					0	0	0			30
Vance Johnson	0	5							0	0	0			30
Tony Dorsett	5	0							0	0	0			30
Clarence Kay		4							0	0	0			24
Gerald Willhite	2	0	0						0	0	0			12
Orson Mobley		2							0	0	0			12
Ricky Nattiel	0	1	0	0					0	0	0			6
John Elway	1								0	0	0			6
Totals	13	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	36	0	0	0	327