2005 Denver Broncos Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 13-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Mike Shanahan (13-3)
Location: Denver, Colorado
2005 Denver Broncos RosterTeam Record: 13-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Mike Shanahan (13-3)
Location: Denver, Colorado
2005 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 2005 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 1-1.
Denver moved the ball well, scoring 395 points, while the rigid defensive squad conceded 258. Mike Anderson ran for a team-best 1,014 yards for the Broncos, while Tatum Bell also contributed to the rushing attack.
Jake Plummer triggered the aerial attack, passing for 3,366 yards. Rod Smith hauled in 85 passes for 1,105 yards.
The sticky-fingered defense manufactured 36 turnovers. Champ Bailey picked off 8 opponent throws. Ebenezer Ekuban, John Lynch and Trevor Pryce each topped the defensive unit with 4 sacks.
Mike Shanahan coached the team. The 2005 Denver Broncos lost in the Conference Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Jake Plummer | 456 | 277 | 60.7 | 3366 | 7.4 | 18 | 3.9 | 7 | 1.5 | 72 | 22 | 135 | 90.2 | Bradlee Van Pelt | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 7 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Rod Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 465 | 279 | 60.0 | 3373 | 7.3 | 18 | 3.9 | 7 | 1.5 | 72 | 23 | 146 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mike Anderson | 239 | 1014 | 4.2 | 44 | 12 | Tatum Bell | 173 | 921 | 5.3 | 68 | 8 | Ron Dayne | 53 | 270 | 5.1 | 55 | 1 | Jake Plummer | 46 | 151 | 3.3 | 22 | 2 | Ashley Lelie | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 39 | 0 | Bradlee Van Pelt | 11 | 48 | 4.4 | 11 | 1 | Cecil Sapp | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 10 | 0 | Charlie Adams | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 13 | 0 | Kyle Johnson | 4 | 9 | 2.2 | 4 | 1 | Rod Smith | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 542 | 2539 | 4.7 | 68 | 25 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Rod Smith | 85 | 1105 | 13.0 | 72 | 6 | Ashley Lelie | 42 | 770 | 18.3 | 56 | 1 | Jeb Putzier | 37 | 481 | 13.0 | 32 | 0 | Charlie Adams | 21 | 203 | 9.7 | 21 | 0 | Stephen Alexander | 21 | 170 | 8.1 | 15 | 1 | Mike Anderson | 18 | 212 | 11.8 | 66 | 1 | Tatum Bell | 18 | 104 | 5.8 | 14 | 0 | Kyle Johnson | 17 | 160 | 9.4 | 33 | 5 | Todd Devoe | 9 | 87 | 9.7 | 44 | 1 | Ron Dayne | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 7 | 0 | Wesley Duke | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 21 | 1 | Darius Watts | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 | Cecil Sapp | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 | Dwayne Carswell | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 279 | 3373 | 12.1 | 72 | 18 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Todd Sauerbrun | 72 | 3157 | 43.8 | 66 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 72 | 3157 | 43.8 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Darrent Williams | 17 | 148 | 8.7 | 52 | 0 | Charlie Adams | 16 | 133 | 8.3 | 32 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 33 | 281 | 8.5 | 52 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Darrent Williams | 18 | 431 | 23.9 | 36 | 0 | Roc Alexander | 12 | 261 | 21.8 | 31 | 0 | Charlie Adams | 10 | 218 | 21.8 | 32 | 0 | Cecil Sapp | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 | Mike Anderson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | Kyle Johnson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Demetrin Veal | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | John Engelberger | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Dwayne Carswell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 47 | 975 | 20.7 | 36 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Champ Bailey | 8 | 139 | 17.4 | 65 | 2 | Nick Ferguson | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 30 | 0 | Darrent Williams | 2 | 108 | 54.0 | 80 | 1 | Domonique Foxworth | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 | John Lynch | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Curome Cox | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
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| Totals | 20 | 379 | 19.0 | 80 | 3 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Trevor Pryce | 4.0 | 0.0 | John Lynch | 4.0 | 0.0 | Ebenezer Ekuban | 4.0 | 0.0 | Gerard Warren | 3.0 | 0.0 | Ian Gold | 3.0 | 0.0 | Al Wilson | 3.0 | 0.0 | Courtney Brown | 2.0 | 0.0 | Darrent Williams | 1.0 | 0.0 | Demetrin Veal | 1.0 | 0.0 | Michael Myers | 1.0 | 0.0 | Marco Coleman | 1.0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 27.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Ian Gold | 82 | 74 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Domonique Foxworth | 68 | 65 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | Al Wilson | 67.5 | 62 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Nick Ferguson | 70 | 61 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Champ Bailey | 63 | 60 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Darrent Williams | 52 | 50 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | John Lynch | 53.5 | 45 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | D.J. Williams | 49 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Trevor Pryce | 32 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Michael Myers | 28 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Courtney Brown | 22 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ebenezer Ekuban | 23 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Demetrin Veal | 22 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam Brandon | 21 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Curome Cox | 18 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | Lenny Walls | 17 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Keith Burns | 17.5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gerard Warren | 16.5 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | John Engelberger | 14.5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | Karl Paymah | 12.5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | Louis Green | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | Marco Coleman | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Patrick Chukwurah | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Roc Alexander | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Marques Anderson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Monsanto Pope | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Hamza Abdullah | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Todd Devoe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cooper Carlisle | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cecil Sapp | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jeb Putzier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tatum Bell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jake Plummer | 4 | 1 | -10 | 0 | 0 | Rod Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Adams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Dayne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 784 | 708 | 152 | 107 | 19 | 24 | -1 | 0 | 19 |
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 | 24 | 43 | 0 | 115 | Mike Anderson | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | Tatum Bell | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Kyle Johnson | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Rod Smith | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Champ Bailey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Dwayne Carswell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jake Plummer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Wesley Duke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bradlee Van Pelt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Stephen Alexander | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Darrent Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ron Dayne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ashley Lelie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Todd Devoe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Demetrin Veal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Jeb Putzier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 25 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 395 |
