1997 Denver Broncos Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 12-4
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 4-0 Won Super Bowl
Coach: Mike Shanahan (12-4)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1997 Denver Broncos RosterTeam Record: 12-4
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 4-0 Won Super Bowl
Coach: Mike Shanahan (12-4)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1997 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 12 wins and 4 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-0.
On offense, the Broncos scored 472 points, best in the league. Meanwhile, the solid defense conceded 287 points. Terrell Davis powered the ground game, running for a 1,750 yards.
John Elway directed the offense, passing for 3,635 yards. Shannon Sharpe paced the receiving corps, hauling in 72 passes, while Rod Smith accumulated 1,180 receiving yards.
Ray Crockett, Tyrone Braxton and Darrien Gordon each snatched 4 errant tosses from the opposition. Neil Smith, Alfred Williams and Maa Tanuvasa each sacked opposing passers 8.5 times.
Mike Shanahan coached the team. The 1997 Denver Broncos won 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 | 502 | 280 | 55.8 | 3635 | 7.2 | 27 | 5.4 | 11 | 2.2 | 78 | 34 | 203 | 87.5 | Bubby Brister | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 48 | 5.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 79.9 | Jeff Lewis | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 87.5 |
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| Totals | 513 | 287 | 55.9 | 3704 | 7.2 | 27 | 5.3 | 11 | 2.1 | 78 | 35 | 210 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Terrell Davis | 369 | 1750 | 4.7 | 50 | 15 | Vaughn Hebron | 49 | 222 | 4.5 | 46 | 1 | John Elway | 50 | 218 | 4.4 | 23 | 1 | Derek Loville | 25 | 124 | 5.0 | 17 | 1 | Howard Griffith | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 | Rod Smith | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 21 | 0 | Detron Smith | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 11 | 0 | Bubby Brister | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | Jeff Lewis | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 5 | 0 |
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| Totals | 520 | 2378 | 4.6 | 50 | 18 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Shannon Sharpe | 72 | 1107 | 15.4 | 68 | 3 | Rod Smith | 70 | 1180 | 16.9 | 78 | 12 | Ed McCaffrey | 45 | 590 | 13.1 | 35 | 8 | Terrell Davis | 42 | 287 | 6.8 | 25 | 0 | Willie Green | 19 | 240 | 12.6 | 31 | 2 | Dwayne Carswell | 12 | 96 | 8.0 | 24 | 1 | Howard Griffith | 11 | 55 | 5.0 | 20 | 0 | Detron Smith | 4 | 41 | 10.2 | 17 | 1 | Vaughn Hebron | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 | Patrick Jeffers | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 | Byron Chamberlain | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Derek Loville | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 | Anthony Lynn | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | Tom Nalen | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 287 | 3704 | 12.9 | 78 | 27 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Jason Elam | 46 | 46 | 100.0 | 36 | 26 | 72.2 | 124 | Scott Bentley | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 10 |
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| Totals | 50 | 50 | 100.0 | 39 | 28 | 71.8 | 134 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Vaughn Hebron | 43 | 1009 | 23.5 | 46 | 0 | Derek Loville | 5 | 136 | 27.2 | 61 | 0 | Keith Burns | 4 | 45 | 11.2 | 18 | 0 | Byron Chamberlain | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Detron Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 54 | 1203 | 22.3 | 61 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tyrone Braxton | 4 | 113 | 28.2 | 43 | 1 | Darrien Gordon | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 32 | 1 | Ray Crockett | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 10 | 0 | Steve Atwater | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 22 | 1 | Keith Traylor | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 62 | 1 | John Mobley | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 1 | Bill Romanowski | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Tim McKyer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 18 | 319 | 17.7 | 62 | 5 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Alfred Williams | 8.5 | 0.0 | Neil Smith | 8.5 | 0.0 | Maa Tanuvasa | 8.5 | 0.0 | John Mobley | 4.0 | 0.0 | Keith Traylor | 2.0 | 0.0 | Bill Romanowski | 2.0 | 0.0 | Trevor Pryce | 2.0 | 0.0 | Darrien Gordon | 2.0 | 0.0 | Harald Hasselbach | 1.5 | 0.0 | Mike Lodish | 1.0 | 0.0 | Steve Atwater | 1.0 | 0.0 | Tim McKyer | 1.0 | 0.0 | David Richie | 0.5 | 0.0 | Tyrone Braxton | 0.5 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 43.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | John Mobley | 114 | 96 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Ray Crockett | 75 | 68 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Tyrone Braxton | 70.5 | 62 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 1 | Bill Romanowski | 63 | 56 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Steve Atwater | 60.5 | 53 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Darrien Gordon | 56.5 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Allen Aldridge | 49 | 41 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Alfred Williams | 41 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 1 | Neil Smith | 31.5 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Keith Traylor | 33.5 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Maa Tanuvasa | 20 | 17 | 6 | 0 | Trevor Pryce | 20 | 16 | 8 | 0 | Harald Hasselbach | 16.5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | Tim McKyer | 14 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Mike Lodish | 11.5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Michael Perry | 9.5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Dedrick Dodge | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Glenn Cadrez | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Randy Hilliard | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Tony Veland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ernest Jones | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Keith Burns | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Terrell Davis | 4 | 2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | Ed McCaffrey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Howard Griffith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rod Smith | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Schlereth | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Elway | 11 | 1 | -21 | 0 | 0 | Vaughn Hebron | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dwayne Carswell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Darrius Johnson | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | Derek Loville | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Shannon Sharpe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Byron Chamberlain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 704.5 | 612 | 185 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 74 | 2 | 11 |
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 | Jason Elam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 46 | 0 | 124 | Terrell Davis | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 96 | Rod Smith | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | Ed McCaffrey | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Darrien Gordon | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Shannon Sharpe | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | Willie Green | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Scott Bentley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | John Elway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Alfred Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Tyrone Braxton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John Mobley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Darrius Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Steve Atwater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Detron Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Keith Traylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Derek Loville | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dwayne Carswell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Vaughn Hebron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 18 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 50 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 472 |
