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2008 Denver Broncos

Franchise Index: Previous Season

Record: 8-8-0, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 370 points (23.1/g), 16th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 448 points (28.0/g), 30th.
 Differential of -78 points (-4.9/g), 25th.
 Expected W-L: 6.2-9.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -17 (-1.1/g), 31st.

Coached by Mike Shanahan (8-8-0)

2008 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 8 box W 1-0 @ Oakland Raiders 41 14 24 441 300 141 15 307 157 150 1
2 Sun September 14 box W 2-0 San Diego Chargers 39 38 34 486 341 145 1 19 456 376 80 1
3 Sun September 21 box W 3-0 New Orleans Saints 34 32 20 369 264 105 2 27 502 414 88 1
4 Sun September 28 box L 3-1 @ Kansas City Chiefs 19 33 22 446 352 94 4 17 370 157 213 1
5 Sun October 5 box W 4-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 13 17 333 227 106 1 17 307 168 139 1
6 Sun October 12 box L 4-2 Jacksonville Jaguars 17 24 19 323 192 131 3 26 416 261 155 2
7 Mon October 20 box L 4-3 @ New England Patriots 7 41 19 275 169 106 5 25 404 147 257
8 Bye Week
9 Sun November 2 box L 4-4 Miami Dolphins 17 26 14 319 305 14 3 21 341 266 75 1
10 Thu November 6 box W 5-4 @ Cleveland Browns 34 30 26 564 441 123 1 20 399 239 160 1
11 Sun November 16 box W 6-4 @ Atlanta Falcons 24 20 19 332 208 124 20 364 250 114 1
12 Sun November 23 box L 6-5 Oakland Raiders 10 31 23 319 204 115 2 18 318 160 158
13 Sun November 30 box W 7-5 @ New York Jets 34 17 23 484 357 127 1 22 383 241 142 2
14 Sun December 7 box W 8-5 Kansas City Chiefs 24 17 27 425 286 139 1 14 260 177 83
15 Sun December 14 box L 8-6 @ Carolina Panthers 10 30 15 279 158 121 2 18 400 253 147 1
16 Sun December 21 box L 8-7 Buffalo Bills 23 30 27 532 351 181 2 20 275 188 87
17 Sun December 28 box L 8-8 @ San Diego Chargers 21 52 25 406 316 90 2 28 491 202 289

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · CSV · PRE
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 370 6333 1019 6.2 354 386 620 4471 25 18 7.1 223 387 1862 15 4.8 103 30 12 28
Team Defense 448 5993 990 6.1 327 333 495 3656 20 6 7.0 186 469 2337 26 5.0 122 13 7 19
Lg Rank Offense 16 2 2 3 3 7 24 5 28 12 14 3 24 20
Lg Rank Defense 30 29 29 11 26 14 31 27 25 27 30 30 32 26

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%
Jay Cutler 25 16 384 616 62.3 4526 25 4.1 18 2.9 93 7.3 6.4 11.8 282.9 86.0 11 69 7.1 6.2 1.8
Patrick Ramsey 29 1 2 3 66.7 19 0 0.0 0 0.0 10 6.3 6.3 9.5 19.0 84.0 1 5 3.5 3.5 25.0
Eddie Royal 22 15 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.9 16 386 620 62.3 4545 25 4.0 18 2.9 93 7.3 6.4 11.8 284.1 85.9 12 74 7.1 6.2 1.9
Opp Total 16 333 495 67.3 3656 20 4.0 6 1.2 7.4 7.2 11.0 228.5 97.3 26 141 7.0 6.6

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
Michael Pittman 33 8 76 320 4 20 4.2 40.0 9.5 10 112 11.2 0 40 1.3 14.0 432 4 0
Peyton Hillis 22 10 68 343 5 19 5.0 34.3 6.8 14 179 12.8 1 47 1.4 17.9 522 6 0
Selvin Young 25 8 61 303 1 49 5.0 37.9 7.6 3 16 5.3 0 8 0.4 2.0 319 1 1
Jay Cutler 25 16 57 200 2 18 3.5 12.5 3.6 200 2 5
Tatum Bell 27 6 44 249 2 37 5.7 41.5 7.3 10 57 5.7 0 12 1.7 9.5 306 2 0
Andre Hall 26 8 35 144 0 16 4.1 18.0 4.4 3 25 8.3 0 11 0.4 3.1 169 0 2
P.J. Pope 24 4 17 130 0 24 7.6 32.5 4.3 3 24 8.0 1 16 0.8 6.0 154 1 0
Ryan Torain 22 2 15 69 1 19 4.6 34.5 7.5 69 1 0
Eddie Royal 22 15 11 109 0 71 9.9 7.3 0.7 91 980 10.8 5 93 6.1 65.3 1089 5 2
Brandon Marshall 24 15 2 -4 0 7 -2.0 -0.3 0.1 104 1265 12.2 6 47 6.9 84.3 1261 6 4
Tony Scheffler 25 12 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 40 645 16.1 3 72 3.3 53.8 644 3 1
Brandon Stokley 32 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 49 528 10.8 3 36 3.3 35.2 528 3 0
Daniel Graham 30 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 389 12.2 4 28 2.3 27.8 389 4 0
Darrell Jackson 30 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 190 15.8 1 48 1.3 21.1 190 1 0
Nate Jackson 29 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 84 7.6 1 19 1.4 10.5 84 1 0
Glenn Martinez 27 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 32 10.7 0 12 1.5 16.0 32 0 0
Chad Jackson 23 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 19 19.0 0 19 0.5 9.5 19 0 1
Team Total 26.9 16 387 1862 15 71 4.8 116.4 24.2 386 4545 11.8 25 93 24.1 284.1 6407 40 18
Opp Total 16 469 2337 26 5.0 146.1 29.3 333 3656 11.0 20 20.8 228.5 5993 46 15

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
Eddie Royal 22 15 14 140 0 36 10.0 23 600 0 95 26.1 1829
Andre Hall 26 8 21 469 0 28 22.3 638
Chad Jackson 23 2 8 162 0 24 20.3 181
Selvin Young 25 8 8 176 0 31 22.0 495
Glenn Martinez 27 2 5 56 0 27 11.2 1 0 0 0 0.0 88
Peyton Hillis 22 10 4 65 0 25 16.3 587
Cliff Russell 29 1 2 44 0 25 22.0 44
Tatum Bell 27 6 1 8 0 8 8.0 314
John Engelberger 32 12 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
Mario Haggan 28 6 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Chad Mustard 31 1 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
Jeb Putzier 29 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.9 16 20 196 0 36 9.8 71 1550 0 95 21.8 8153
Opp Total 16 28 1 63 1554 1 24.7

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
Matt Prater 24 K 16 8 7 9 8 11 5 6 5 34 25 73.5% 40 39 97.5%
Brett Kern 22 P 15 46 2150 64 0 46.7
Team Total 26.9 16 8 7 9 8 11 5 6 5 34 25 73.5% 40 39 97.5% 46 2150 64 0 46.7
Opp Total 16 35 32 91.4% 48 48 100.0% 52 241 4.6

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
Jamie Winborn 29 14 0.5 0 0 0 0 11 71 25
D.J. Williams 26 11 2.5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 68 25
Marquand Manuel 29 16 0 0 0 0 4 61 22
Nate Webster 31 12 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 34 1 50 26
Dre' Bly 31 16 2 5 0 5 8 1 0 0 0 0 54 8
Wesley Woodyard 22 12 0 0 0 0 1 38 8
Champ Bailey 30 9 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 36 5
Ebenezer Ekuban 32 13 5.0 0 0 1 0 0 29 9
Boss Bailey 29 5 1 0 1 0 0 31 9
Josh Bell 23 8 0 0 0 0 4 31 3
Marcus Thomas 23 12 1 11 0 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 23 11
John Engelberger 32 12 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 24 7
Karl Paymah 26 13 1 13 0 13 5 0 0 1 0 0 25 4
Marlon McCree 31 7 0 0 0 0 2 23 6
Elvis Dumervil 24 14 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 17 7
Kenny Peterson 30 10 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 9
Dewayne Robertson 27 14 1.5 18 4
Josh Barrett 24 5 1 34 0 34 4 11 7
Mario Haggan 28 6 1.0 13 2
Calvin Lowry 25 5 0 0 0 0 2 11 7
Spencer Larsen 24 9 12 3
Jarvis Moss 24 7 2.5 10 2
Vernon Fox 29 8 0 0 1 23 1 8 7
Nic Clemons 28 8 0 0 0 0 1 7 6
Jack Williams 23 7 8 0
Louis Green 29 7 5 2
Roderick Rogers 24 2 5 0
Brandon Marshall 24 15 0 4 0 0 0 2 0
Jay Cutler 25 16 0 5 0 -11 0 1 0
Ryan Harris 23 3 3 0
Brandon Stokley 32 15 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
Casey Wiegmann 35 3 3 0
Eddie Royal 22 15 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
Nate Jackson 29 8 1 2
Peyton Hillis 22 10 1 1
Niko Koutouvides 27 6 1 1
Chris Kuper 26 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Josh Shaw 29 1 1 1
Hamza Abdullah 25 1 1 0
Tatum Bell 27 6 1 0
Ryan Clady 22 1 1 0
Tim Crowder 23 2 1 0
Daniel Graham 30 14 1 0
Andre Hall 26 8 2 0 0 0
Ben Hamilton 31 1 1 0
Darrell Jackson 30 9 1 0
Tony Scheffler 25 12 1 1 0 0
Cory Boyd 23 1 0 1 0 0
Chad Jackson 23 2 1 0 0 0
P.J. Pope 24 4 0 1
Patrick Ramsey 29 1 1 0 0 0
Selvin Young 25 8 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.9 16 25.0 6 63 0 34 52 9 18 11 46 2 729 230
Opp Total 16 12 15 8 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Matt Prater 24 K 16 39 25 114
Peyton Hillis 22 10 5 1 36
Brandon Marshall 24 15 6 36
Eddie Royal 22 15 5 30
Daniel Graham 30 14 4 24
Michael Pittman 33 8 4 24
Tony Scheffler 25 12 3 18
Brandon Stokley 32 15 3 18
Tatum Bell 27 6 2 12
Jay Cutler 25 16 2 12
Vernon Fox 29 8 1 6
Darrell Jackson 30 9 1 6
Nate Jackson 29 8 1 6
P.J. Pope 24 4 1 6
Ryan Torain 22 2 1 6
Nate Webster 31 12 1 6
Selvin Young 25 8 1 6
Team Total 26.9 16 15 25 2 39 25 366
Opp Total 16 26 20 1 1 2 48 32 1 448