1996 Denver Broncos Statistics
Team Record: 13-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Mike Shanahan (13-3)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1996 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 1996 season with a record of 13 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Broncos piled up points with 391 points, and the defense yielded 275. John Elway triggered the aerial attack, passing for 3,328 yards. Shannon Sharpe paced all receivers, hauling in 80 passes for 1,062 yards.
Terrell Davis ran for a team-best 1,538 yards for Denver.
Tyrone Braxton intercepted 9 errant tosses from the opposition. Alfred Williams topped pass rushers with 13 quarterback sacks, leading the way for a team which created 40 sacks.
Mike Shanahan coached the team. The 1996 Denver Broncos lost in the Division Playoff.
Click on column headings to sort.
Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | John Elway | 466 | 287 | 61.6 | 3328 | 7.1 | 26 | 5.6 | 14 | 3.0 | 51 | 26 | 194 | 89.2 | Bill Musgrave | 52 | 31 | 59.6 | 276 | 5.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.8 | 46 | 4 | 32 | 57.9 | Jeff Lewis | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 58 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.9 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 35.9 | Aaron Craver | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 536 | 327 | 61.0 | 3662 | 6.8 | 26 | 4.9 | 17 | 3.2 | 51 | 31 | 233 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Terrell Davis | 345 | 1538 | 4.5 | 71 | 13 | Vaughn Hebron | 49 | 262 | 5.3 | 47 | 0 | John Elway | 50 | 249 | 5.0 | 22 | 4 | Aaron Craver | 59 | 232 | 3.9 | 28 | 2 | Anthony Miller | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 26 | 1 | Jeff Lewis | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 18 | 0 | Reggie Rivers | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Rod Smith | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Bill Musgrave | 12 | -4 | -0.3 | 6 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 525 | 2362 | 4.5 | 71 | 20 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Shannon Sharpe | 80 | 1062 | 13.3 | 51 | 10 | Anthony Miller | 56 | 735 | 13.1 | 46 | 3 | Ed McCaffrey | 48 | 553 | 11.5 | 39 | 7 | Aaron Craver | 39 | 297 | 7.6 | 39 | 1 | Terrell Davis | 36 | 310 | 8.6 | 23 | 2 | Rod Smith | 16 | 237 | 14.8 | 49 | 2 | Mike Sherrard | 16 | 185 | 11.6 | 25 | 1 | Dwayne Carswell | 15 | 85 | 5.7 | 11 | 0 | Byron Chamberlain | 12 | 129 | 10.8 | 17 | 0 | Vaughn Hebron | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 11 | 0 | Todd Kinchen | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | Reggie Rivers | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 327 | 3662 | 11.2 | 51 | 26 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Vaughn Hebron | 45 | 1099 | 24.4 | 59 | 0 | Byron Chamberlain | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 21 | 0 | Rod Smith | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | Patrick Jeffers | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 50 | 1195 | 23.9 | 59 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tyrone Braxton | 9 | 128 | 14.2 | 69 | 1 | Steve Atwater | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 | Bill Romanowski | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | Ray Crockett | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 34 | 0 | Lionel Washington | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 23 | 0 | Tory James | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 | Randy Hilliard | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | John Mobley | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 23 | 241 | 10.5 | 69 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Alfred Williams | 13.0 | 0.0 | Maa Tanuvasa | 5.0 | 0.0 | Jumpy Geathers | 5.0 | 0.0 | Ray Crockett | 4.0 | 0.0 | Michael Perry | 3.5 | 0.0 | Bill Romanowski | 3.0 | 0.0 | Harald Hasselbach | 2.0 | 0.0 | John Mobley | 1.5 | 0.0 | Mike Lodish | 1.5 | 0.0 | Dan Williams | 1.0 | 0.0 | Jeff Robinson | 0.5 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Tyrone Braxton | 76.5 | 69 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 3 | Allen Aldridge | 75.5 | 68 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Steve Atwater | 72.5 | 64 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bill Romanowski | 66.5 | 56 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Crockett | 55 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | John Mobley | 55 | 49 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Alfred Williams | 50.5 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Lionel Washington | 42 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Michael Perry | 26.5 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Tory James | 22.5 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | Randy Hilliard | 22 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Lodish | 19 | 16 | 6 | 0 | Dan Williams | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Maa Tanuvasa | 14 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jumpy Geathers | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | Harald Hasselbach | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Tim Hauck | 8.5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | Glenn Cadrez | 7.5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ernest Jones | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Rondell Jones | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Keith Burns | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | John Elway | 6 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | Terrell Davis | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Todd Kinchen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jeff Robinson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vaughn Hebron | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Reggie Rivers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Musgrave | 3 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | Rod Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Shannon Sharpe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Aaron Craver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Byron Chamberlain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 657 | 587 | 140 | 0 | 27 | 19 | 27 | 0 | 14 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Jason Elam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 46 | 0 | 109 | Terrell Davis | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | Shannon Sharpe | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | Ed McCaffrey | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | John Elway | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Anthony Miller | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Aaron Craver | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Rod Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Tyrone Braxton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Sherrard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 20 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 391 |
