Team Statistics
1977 Denver Opponent
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 68-126-17-211 70-150-13-233
Third Down Efficiency 39-129-30% 54-166-33%
Fourth Down Efficiency 2-7-29% 14-26-54%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 179-343-52% 155-322-48%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 3873-684-5.7 3893-811-4.8
Total Net Yards Rushing 1650 1356
Total Rushes 320 380
Average Per Rush 5.2 3.6
Passes Completed/Attempted 177/342 (51.8%) 210/404 (52.0%)
Net Yards Passing 2223 2537
Avg Yards Per Pass 6.9 6.7
Sacked/Yards Lost 22/139 27/185
Punts/Average 54/43.3 55/40.7
Punts Received/Return Yardage 34/401 23/184
Kickoffs/Returns 45/1147 56/1298
Interceptions/Returns 17/269 26/391
Penalties/Yards 82/644 79/672
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 14/7 16/10
Time of Possession 340 mins 19 secs 379 mins 41 secs
Average Drive Start DEA 33 OPP 29

Passing Stats
Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1977 Denver
John Elway 318 165 2189 51.9 6.9 15 4.7 24 7.5 56 22/139 58.3
Bubby Brister 24 12 173 50.0 7.2 1 4.2 2 8.3 42 0/0 53.0

Rushing Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1977 Denver
Terrell Davis 265 1506 5.7 70 14 0 7/6
John Elway 18 75 4.2 16 0 0 0/0
Howard Griffith 15 44 2.9 16 1 0 0/0
Derek Loville 10 9 0.9 5 0 0 3/0
Vaughn Hebron 7 14 2.0 5 0 0 0/0
Bubby Brister 5 2 0.4 4 0 0 0/0

Receiving Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1977 Denver
Ed McCaffrey 43 680 15.8 48 1 0
Shannon Sharpe 43 471 11.0 35 4 0
Rod Smith 37 639 17.3 56 8 0
Howard Griffith 34 314 9.2 15 2 0
Terrell Davis 11 139 12.6 35 0 0
Willie Green 9 119 13.2 41 1 0

Field Goals
1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
1977 Denver
Jason Elam 3/3 6/6 7/7 2/5 1/1 19/22 86.4

Punting
No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1977 Denver
Tom Rouen 51 45.9 37.9 11 19 69 3

Kickoff Returns
No Yds Avg Long TD
1977 Denver
Vaughn Hebron 45 1147 25.5 94 1

Punt Returns
Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1977 Denver
Rick Upchurch 34 4 401 11.8 82 1

Individual Defense
Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1977 Denver
Randy Gradishar 84 2 1
Bob Swenson 63 0 1
Joe Rizzo 61 0 0
Rubin Carter 58 3 1
Tom Jackson 47 0 5
Louis Wright 47 0 0
Bill Thompson 46 0 0
Lyle Alzado 44 14 0
Steve J. Foley 43 1 1
Bernard Jackson 42 2 0
Barney Chavous 38 5 0
Chris Pane 8 0 1
John Grant 1 0 0
Randy Poltl 1 0 0
Howard Griffith 0 0 4
Rod Smith 0 0 1
Mark Schlereth 0 0 1
John Elway 0 0 1

Interceptions
No Yds Avg Long TD
1977 Denver
Bernard Jackson 7 116 16.6 25 0
Steve J. Foley 5 103 20.6 46 1
Louis Wright 3 37 12.3 25 0
Bob Swenson 2 13 6.5 13 0