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2001 Denver Broncos

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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 3rd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 340 points (21.2/g), 10th of 31 in the NFL.
 Allowed 339 points (21.2/g), 21st.
 Differential of 1 points (0.1/g), 15th.
 Expected W-L: 8.0-8.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +10 (0.6/g), 6th.

Coached by Mike Shanahan (8-8-0)

2001 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 10 box W 1-0 New York Giants 31 20 25 473 330 143 17 308 245 63
2 Sun September 23 box W 2-0 @ Arizona Cardinals 38 17 27 381 234 147 14 308 224 84 3
3 Sun September 30 box L 2-1 Baltimore Ravens 13 20 13 228 167 61 3 16 333 221 112 1
4 Sun October 7 box W 3-1 Kansas City Chiefs 20 6 15 300 103 197 1 16 297 255 42 4
5 Sun October 14 box L 3-2 @ Seattle Seahawks 21 34 20 281 189 92 3 21 254 93 161 1
6 Sun October 21 box L 3-3 @ San Diego Chargers 10 27 19 263 182 81 3 22 379 272 107 2
7 Sun October 28 box W 4-3 New England Patriots 31 20 18 355 269 86 2 21 300 183 117 5
8 Mon November 5 box L 4-4 @ Oakland Raiders 28 38 26 366 247 119 2 27 356 242 114 1
9 Sun November 11 box W 5-4 San Diego Chargers 26 16 19 338 221 117 1 9 243 147 96 5
10 Sun November 18 box L 5-5 Washington Redskins 10 17 10 186 98 88 2 18 245 127 118 3
11 Thu November 22 box W 6-5 @ Dallas Cowboys 26 24 19 279 160 119 1 16 191 164 27 2
12 Sun December 2 box L 6-6 @ Miami Dolphins 10 21 19 273 126 147 2 12 218 176 42 1
13 Sun December 9 box W 7-6 Seattle Seahawks 20 7 20 309 144 165 2 15 277 207 70 2
14 Sun December 16 box L 7-7 @ Kansas City Chiefs 23 26 22 335 241 94 1 22 396 259 137 3
15 Bye Week
16 Sun December 30 box W 8-7 Oakland Raiders 23 17 15 231 125 106 24 334 283 51 3
17 Sun January 6 box L 8-8 @ Indianapolis Colts 10 29 17 219 104 115 4 22 335 184 151 1

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 340 4817 1034 4.7 304 312 511 2940 26 19 5.3 174 481 1877 7 3.9 106 27 8 24
Team Defense 339 4774 960 5.0 498 308 515 3282 23 22 5.9 176 406 1492 9 3.7 292 37 15 30
Lg Rank Offense 10 22 7 20 25 8 18 23 6 10 30 19 9 3
Lg Rank Defense 21 8 22 13 16 20 6 17 7 6 7 9 5 6

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Brian Griese 26 QB 15 15 8-7-0 275 451 61.0 2827 23 5.1 19 4.2 65 6.3 4.9 10.3 188.5 78.5 38 241 5.3 4.0 7.8
Gus Frerotte 30 4 1 0-1-0 30 48 62.5 308 3 6.3 0 0.0 26 6.4 7.0 10.3 77.0 101.7 3 21 5.6 6.2 5.9
Jarious Jackson 24 1 0 7 12 58.3 73 0 0.0 0 0.0 19 6.1 6.1 10.4 73.0 76.0 1 6 5.2 5.2 7.7
Team Total 27.2 16 8-8-0 312 511 61.1 3208 26 5.1 19 3.7 65 6.3 5.1 10.3 200.5 80.6 42 268 5.3 4.2 7.6
Opp Total 16 308 515 59.8 3282 23 4.5 22 4.3 6.4 4.9 10.7 205.1 75.6 39 279 5.9 4.0

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Mike Anderson 28 rb 16 7 175 678 4 62 3.9 42.4 10.9 8 46 5.8 0 16 0.5 2.9 724 4 1
Terrell Davis 29 RB 8 8 167 701 0 57 4.2 87.6 20.9 12 69 5.8 0 16 1.5 8.6 770 0 2
Olandis Gary 26 9 1 57 228 1 29 4.0 25.3 6.3 4 29 7.3 0 11 0.4 3.2 257 1 0
Brian Griese 26 QB 15 15 50 173 1 24 3.5 11.5 3.3 1 -6 -6.0 0 -6 0.1 -0.4 167 1 7
Gus Frerotte 30 4 1 10 9 1 4 0.9 2.3 2.5 9 1 2
Jarious Jackson 24 1 0 5 7 0 4 1.4 7.0 5.0 7 0 2
KaRon Coleman 23 4 0 4 17 0 8 4.3 4.3 1.0 6 45 7.5 0 9 1.5 11.3 62 0 0
Rod Smith* 31 WR 15 14 3 27 0 17 9.0 1.8 0.2 113 1343 11.9 11 65 7.5 89.5 1370 11 1
Eddie Kennison 28 WR 8 6 3 9 0 10 3.0 1.1 0.4 15 169 11.3 1 36 1.9 21.1 178 1 0
Kevin Kasper 24 wr 10 5 3 19 0 27 6.3 1.9 0.3 8 84 10.5 0 21 0.8 8.4 103 0 0
Patrick Hape 27 FB 15 8 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 15 96 6.4 3 25 1.0 6.4 96 3 0
Tony Carter 29 fb 16 6 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 11 83 7.5 0 17 0.7 5.2 87 0 1
Scottie Montgomery 23 8 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.6 0.1 11 99 9.0 0 23 1.4 12.4 104 0 0
Desmond Clark 24 16 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 51 566 11.1 6 39 3.2 35.4 566 6 3
Dwayne Carswell* 29 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 34 299 8.8 4 25 2.1 18.7 299 4 0
Chris Cole 24 RET 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 128 14.2 0 21 0.6 8.0 128 0 2
Ed McCaffrey 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 94 15.7 1 28 6.0 94.0 94 1 0
Keith Poole 27 6 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 38 7.6 0 10 0.8 6.3 38 0 0
Matt Dominguez 23 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 26 8.7 0 12 0.3 2.2 26 0 0
Team Total 27.2 16 481 1877 7 62 3.9 117.3 30.1 312 3208 10.3 26 65 19.5 200.5 5085 33 24
Opp Total 16 406 1492 9 3.7 93.3 25.4 308 3282 10.7 23 19.3 205.1 4774 32 26

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Chris Cole 24 RET 16 1 48 1127 0 52 23.5 1255
Deltha O'Neal* 24 LCB 16 16 31 405 1 86 13.1 405
Kevin Kasper 24 wr 10 5 14 372 0 37 26.6 475
Tony Carter 29 fb 16 6 2 44 0 24 22.0 131
Desmond Clark 24 16 4 1 11 0 11 11.0 577
Olandis Gary 26 9 1 1 18 0 18 18.0 275
Detron Smith 27 15 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
Team Total 27.2 16 31 405 1 86 13.1 67 1576 0 52 23.5 7066
Opp Total 16 48 1 69 1526 1 22.1

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Tom Rouen 33 P 16 0 81 3668 64 1 45.3
Jason Elam* 31 K 16 0 11 11 8 8 13 10 4 2 36 31 86.1% 31 31 100.0%
Team Total 27.2 16 11 11 8 8 13 10 4 2 36 31 86.1% 31 31 100.0% 81 3668 64 1 45.3
Opp Total 16 29 25 86.2% 37 36 97.3% 77 3619 47.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Deltha O'Neal* 24 LCB 16 16 9 115 0 42 25 0 2 0 0 0 62 7
Brian Griese 26 QB 15 15 7 2 -1 0
Trevor Pryce* 26 RDT 16 16 7.0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 34 7
Bill Romanowski 35 LLB 16 16 7.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 55 14
Eric Brown 26 FS 16 16 3.0 2 0 0 0 9 1 0 1 0 0 64 13
Ian Gold* 23 16 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 21 3
John Mobley 28 RLB 16 16 1.0 1 17 0 17 6 1 0 3 8 0 76 13
Denard Walker 28 RCB 16 15 3 60 1 39 5 0 1 1 0 0 51 5
Keith Washington 29 LDE 16 16 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 27 9
Bertrand Berry 26 14 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 15 2
Jarious Jackson 24 1 0 2 2 -1 0
Jimmy Spencer 32 16 1 3 25 0 18 9 0 0 1 0 0 27 1
Desmond Clark 24 16 4 3 0 0 0
Terrell Davis 29 RB 8 8 2 1 0 0
Gus Frerotte 30 4 1 0 2 1 0 0
Reggie Hayward 22 6 2 3.0 14 4
Kenoy Kennedy 24 SS 16 16 2.0 1 6 0 6 6 50 19
Chester McGlockton 32 LDT 16 16 1.0 2 17 0 17 5 34 5
Al Wilson* 24 MLB 16 16 3.0 0 0 0 0 5 72 13
Keith Burns 29 16 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0
Tony Carter 29 fb 16 6 1 1 0 0
Chris Cole 24 RET 16 1 2 0 0 0
Kavika Pittman 27 RDE 14 14 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 9 0 28 6
Mike Anderson 28 rb 16 7 1 0 0 0
Dwayne Carswell* 29 TE 16 16 0 1 0 0
George Coghill 31 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0
Eric Davis 33 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 13 0
Dan Neil 28 RG 15 15 0 1 0 0
Montae Reagor 24 8 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Detron Smith 27 15 0 0 1 0 0
Rod Smith* 31 WR 15 14 1 0 0 0
Trey Teague 27 LT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Lee Woodall 32 14 0 1.0 3 0
Team Total 27.2 16 39.0 22 240 1 42 87 10 24 26 16 0 674 123
Opp Total 16 42 26 11

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Jason Elam* 31 K 16 0 31 31 124
Rod Smith* 31 WR 15 14 11 1 68
Desmond Clark 24 16 4 6 36
Mike Anderson 28 rb 16 7 4 1 26
Dwayne Carswell* 29 TE 16 16 4 1 26
Patrick Hape 27 FB 15 8 3 18
Gus Frerotte 30 4 1 1 6
Olandis Gary 26 9 1 1 6
Brian Griese 26 QB 15 15 1 6
Eddie Kennison 28 WR 8 6 1 6
Ed McCaffrey 33 1 1 1 6
Deltha O'Neal* 24 LCB 16 16 1 6
Denard Walker 28 RCB 16 15 1 6
Team Total 27.2 16 7 26 1 1 3 31 31 340
Opp Total 16 9 23 1 1 36 25 339