1996 Denver Broncos

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1996 AFC Western Division Champions!

  

1996 Record: 13-3 (Regular Season), 0-1 (Playoffs)

 

Head Coach: Mike Shanahan

 

Points Scored: 391 (4th out of 30 NFL teams)

 

Points Allowed: 275 (7th out of 30 NFL teams)

 

Home Stadium: Mile High Stadium in Denver, CO

 

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      1996 Results

 

                           Regular Season

 

   Date  Opponent                   Result

 

  9/  1/96 N.Y. Jets                W 31-  6

 

  9/  8/96 at Seattle               W 30-20

 

  9/15/96 Tampa Bay            W 27-23

 

  9/22/96 at Kansas City        L  14-17

 

  9/29/96 at Cincinnati         W 14-10

10/  6/96 San Diego             W 28-17

 

10/13/96 Bye Week    

 

10/20/96 Baltimore             W 45-34 

 

10/27/96 Kansas City           W 34-  7

 

11/ 4/96 at Oakland             W 22-21

 

11/10/96 Chicago                W 17-12

 

11/17/96 at New England     W 34-  8

 

11/24/96 at Minnesota         W 24-17

 

12/  1/96 Seattle                  W 34-  7

 

12/  8/96 at Green Bay         L   6-41

 

12/15/96 Oakland                W 24-19

 

12/22/96 at San Diego          L 10-16

  

                 Playoffs

 

Round                      Opponent         Result

 

AFC Div. Playoff       Jacksonville     L 27-30

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Quarterback John Elway had another Pro Bowl season in 1996 as he finished fourth in the NFL in TD passes (26) and passer rating (89.2) and fifth in completion percentage (61.6%) for the season.  

 

Halfback Terrell Davis turned in another terrific season.  He built on his accomplishments during his rookie season by finishing second in the NFL with 1,538 rushing yards and his 13 TDs on the ground were good for 3rd in the NFL in 1996.

1996 Denver Broncos Depth Chart / Roster:

     # Player                           Ht Wt Age Exp College             Face Shape Hair        Equipment

Quarterbacks

1.   7 John Elway                 6-3   215 36 13 Stanford                24   3 l. brn crop    2 bar, wt wristbands, wt sleeves, wt elbowpads (turf)

2. 14 Bill Musgrave              6-3   215 29   5 Oregon                 45   3 l. brn crop    2 bar, wt wristbands, wt sleeves

3.   8 Jeff Lewis                    6-2   215 23   R N. Arizona              4   2 brn buzz      2 bar, eye paint, wt wristbands

Halfbacks

1. 30 Terrell Davis                5-11 200 24   1 Georgia               151   4 blk bald      3 bar rb, wt nasal strip, wt mouthpiece, right wt tc elbowpad, wt gloves, rubber pads (turf)

2. 22 Vaughn Hebron           5-8   195 26   3 Virginia Tech        63   4 blk bald      3 bar rb, eye paint, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands

3. n/a (switch position to FS)

Fullbacks

1. 29 Aaron Craver               6-0   220 28   4 Fresno State        151   4 blk balding  3 bar qb, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands, wt gloves, rubber pads (turf)

2. 38 Reggie Rivers              6-1   215 28   5 N/A                       12   4 blk bald       half cage, wt wristbands, wt sleeves, tc gloves (grass), bk tc elbowpads (turf)

3. 42 Detron Smith (lefty)     5-9   231 22   R Texas A&M           71 11 blk bald       3 bar rb, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt sleeves

Wide Receivers

1. 87 Ed McCaffrey               6-5   215 28   5 Stanford                  8   1 brn crop      2 bar, wt sleeves, wt gloves (grass)

2. 83 Anthony Miller             5-11 190 31   8 Tennessee          150   2 blk flat top  style 3 helmet, 2 bar, wt gloves, wt sleeves, wt elbowbands (turf)

3. 88 Mike Sherrard               6-1   185 33   9 UCLA                 226   6 blk buzz      2 bar, eye paint, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt sleeves

4. 80 Rod Smith                    6-0   190 26   1 N/A                    227   8 blk fade       3 bar, wt nasal strip, qb wristbands, wt gloves, turf tape (turf)

5. 82 Patrick Jeffers               6-3   218 23   R Virginia               68   4 l. brn crop    2 bar, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands, wt gloves

#  81 Todd Kinchen              6-2   183 27   4 LSU                     73   4 brn crop       3 bar, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt sleeves

Tight Ends

1. 84 Shannon Sharpe         6-2   230 28   6 N/A                      127   7 blk fade      3 bar, clr visor, eye paint, wt wristbands, tc gloves, rubber pads (turf)

2. 86 Byron Chamberlain     6-1   240 25   1 Wayne State          99 10 blk fade      2 bar rb, eye paint, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands, bk gloves, wt sleeves, wt gloves (turf)

3. 89 Dwayne Carswell        6-3   261 24   2 Liberty                  101 14 blk dreads   half cage, eye paint, wt wristbands, wt gloves, turf tape (turf)

Left Tackles

1. 65 Gary Zimmerman        6-6   294 35 10 Oregon                  39 19 blo crop       half cage, rubber pads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. 70 Jamie Brown               6-8   320 24   1 Florida A&M         233   4 blk fade      full cage, rubber pads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

Left Guards

1. 69 Mark Schlereth            6-3   278 30   7 Idaho                     86 12 blk crop      full cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves, right rubber pad (turf)

2. 63 David Diaz-Infante      6-3   298 33   1 San Jose St.           39 10 blk crop      full cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves, right wt elbowpad (turf)

Centers

1. 66 Tom Nalen                  6-3   280 25   2 Boston Coll.          99 20 brn long      half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

2. 68 Reggie McElroy          6-6   290 36 13 N/A                      205 14 blk bald       half cage, wt wristbands

Right Guards

1. 75 Brian Habib                 6-7   299 32   8 Washington           65 11 brn crop      full cage, rubber pads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. 64 Ralph Tamm               6-4   280 30   6 N/A                        84 13 brn crop      half cage, neck roll, wt wristbands, wt rb gloves

Right Tackles

1. 76 Broderick Thompson   6-5   295 36 11 Kansas                 142 18 blk balding  full cage, rubber pads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. n/a (switch position to DT)

Left Defensive Ends

1. 90 Dan Williams               6-4   290 27   3 Toledo                  99 14 blk flat top  full cage, wt nasal strip, wt gloves (grass), bk gloves (turf)

2. 96 Harald Hasselbach       6-6   280 29   2 Washington           28   9 blk bald      full cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves (grass), bk gloves (turf)

Right Defensive Ends

1. 91 Alfred Williams            6-6   265 28   5 Colorado             142 14 blk crop       half cage, rubber pads, wt wristbands, wt gloves (grass)

2. 94 Jeff Robinson              6-4   275 26   3 Idaho lt skin           73   9 brn crop      full cage, wt wristbands (grass)

Defensive Tackles

1. 97 Mike Lodish                 6-3   280 29   6 UCLA                    35 11 l. brn bldng style 3 helmet, half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves (grass), tc gloves (turf)

2. 95 Michael Dean Perry     6-1   285 31   8 Clemson             185 14 blk bald      half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves (grass), tc gloves (turf)

3. 98 Maa Tanuvasa             6-2   277 26   2 Hawaii   med skin  25   5 blk crop     half cage, wt wristbands, bk gloves, wt sleeves, rubber pads (turf)

#  79 James Geathers           6-7   300 36 12 N/A         dk skin   124 14 blk fade     half cage, right wt elbowpad, wt wrist double, wt rb gloves (grass), tc gloves (turf)

Left Outside Linebackers

1. 53 Bill Romanowski          6-4   241 30   8 Boston Coll.lt skin  53   4 l. brn crop   half cage, eye paint, bk extended, rubber pads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. 59 Glenn Cadrez              6-3   245 26   4 Houston   med skin 31   1 blk flat top  full cage, eye paint, wt nasal strip, rubber pads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

Middle Linebackers

1. 57 Allen Aldridge             6-1   245 24   2 Houston               221   4 blk bald      full cage, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands, tc gloves

2. 56 Keith Burns                  6-2   245 24   2 Oklahoma St.      247   9 blk bald      half cage, neck roll, wt elbowbands, tc rb gloves

Right Outside Linebackers

1. 51 John Mobley               6-1   230 24   R Kutztown  dk skin 178 11 blk fade       full cage, wt nasal strip, bk extended, rubber pads, wt wristbands, tc rb gloves

2. 54 Britt Hager                   6-1   225 30   7 Texas                    73   5 brn long       3 bar qb, wt elbowpads

Cornerbacks

1. 39 Ray Crockett                5-10 185 29   7 Baylor                  141   3 blk buzz      2 bar rb, eye paint, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt elbowpads (turf), tc gloves (turf)

2. 48 Lionel Washington      6-0   185 36 13 Tulane                   63   1 blk buzz      3 bar rb, wt wristbands, wt gloves, right wt tc elbowpad (turf), bk gloves (turf)

3. 21 Randy Hilliard              5-11 170 29   6 N'western St.         93   4 blk fade      3 bar, wt wristbands, wt gloves (grass), tc gloves (turf)

4. 20 Tory James                  6-1   188 23   R Miss. State            11   7 blk buzz      3 bar, wt nasal strip, wt gloves, wt sleeves, tc gloves (turf)

5. n/a (switch position to WR)

#  25 Darrius Johnson           5-9   185 24   R Oklahoma dk skin 210   5 blk buzz      3 bar, wt nasal strip, wt wrist double, wt sleeves

Free Safeties

1. 27 Steve Atwater              6-3   217 30   7 Arkansas              149   9 blk crop       2 bar rb, wt mouthpiece, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt elbowpads (turf), tc gloves (turf)

2. n/a (switch position to CB)

#  37 Tim Hauck                   5-10 185 29   6 Montana               49   6 blo crop       3 bar, wt wristbands, wt gloves, bk elbowpads (turf)

Strong Safeties

1. 34 Tyrone Braxton            5-11 185 32   9 North Dakota       131   4 blk bald       half cage, wt gloves, wt sleeves, wt elbowpads (turf), qb wristbands (turf), tc sleeves (turf)

2. 31 Rondell Jones             6-2   210 25   3 N. Carolina          205   5 blk crop        3 bar, wt wristbands, tc gloves

Kicker

1.   1 Jason Elam                  5-11 192 26   3 Hawaii                  26   3 brn crop      2 bar, wt sleeves

Punter

1. 16 Tom Rouen                 6-3   215 28   3 Colorado               34   1 brn crop       2 bar (thin), wt sleeves

Players Not Included

#  72 Ernest Jones    LB       6-2   270 25   1 Houston   dk skin               blk fade      full cage,

Player Ratings  spd-str-awr-qck-acc-cth-car-jmp-btk-tkl-tpw-tac-rbk-pbk-kpw-kac-ret-stm-inj-tgh

Elway               67-67-95-76-68-56-66-57-54-27-95-95-28-29-71-60-0-91-86-86

Musgrave         53-50-64-63-59-33-45-56-43-23-77-80-24-23-27-22-0-76-76-67

J. Lewis            66-53-54-72-65-32-43-49-44-32-76-76-25-19-18-15-0-75-58-58

T. Davis            89-69-77-84-96-68-94-85-95-22-39-25-41-41-27-21-10-85-77-96

Hebron             93-54-67-88-92-64-73-74-72-23-29-26-27-27-29-22-79-79-84-68

A. Craver          79-67-64-73-79-75-72-64-59-22-38-28-44-52-32-22-49-79-70-62

R. Rivers           69-65-64-66-70-75-82-59-60-26-36-31-44-46-26-22-10-75-83-74

D. Smith           60-71-49-56-64-59-62-59-60-26-28-31-53-59-31-31-0-74-72-73

A. Miller           90-57-92-92-87-84-79-78-72-22-26-24-24-26-28-23-64-80-87-73

McCaffrey         84-60-80-83-84-91-80-87-75-25-16-22-42-45-26-25-20-90-84-95

Sherrard            87-60-86-88-86-84-75-72-61-20-25-28-30-33-26-22-10-78-68-69

R. Smith            93-59-61-91-97-87-70-91-67-12-17-29-34-43-20-17-76-95-82-91

P. Jeffers            91-52-53-92-86-82-78-75-73-23-26-23-25-29-29-23-64-78-64-61

T. Kinchen         87-56-67-87-91-78-76-72-66-26-36-29-25-30-29-23-74-78-72-67

S. Sharpe           84-78-88-84-91-89-81-77-76-25-29-28-67-64-16-25-8-90-84-92

B. Chamberlain  73-64-62-69-76-76-68-60-68-31-25-24-54-55-27-27-8-84-76-81

Carswell              63-75-59-65-64-69-68-52-65-15-32-22-64-74-30-28-8-83-80-75

G. Zimmerman   54-98-96-53-75-21-20-54-26-23-31-23-95-95-27-22-0-66-76-82

J. Brown              63-90-61-61-74-23-20-51-26-24-29-18-85-75-28-18-0-66-68-70

Schlereth            54-94-89-59-63-19-24-33-33-28-34-24-86-97-22-20-0-66-71-90

Diaz-Infante        37-83-61-36-47-22-21-18-20-23-18-28-72-79-17-36-0-56-57-80

Nalen                  59-92-74-55-80-21-30-26-21-26-17-37-90-97-21-28-0-70-81-94

R. McElroy           63-87-83-57-73-36-39-37-25-21-29-24-77-80-25-19-0-59-63-70

Habib                   65-92-84-63-61-23-22-47-27-24-28-22-89-85-29-23-0-66-82-76

R. Tamm             48-87-74-47-63-21-19-44-28-23-27-22-82-87-28-22-0-66-64-73

B. Thompson       45-84-88-44-70-21-24-44-31-27-28-21-86-81-26-22-0-65-75-76

D. Williams          75-84-67-71-81-31-33-56-28-71-31-20-25-32-28-19-0-77-72-76

Hasselbach          77-77-65-76-74-26-29-62-26-75-29-22-23-27-26-20-0-78-85-74

A. Williams          82-84-83-76-84-22-24-68-27-78-33-25-26-33-29-22-0-86-85-87

J. Robinson         70-69-63-72-75-72-63-67-65-66-23-21-42-53-27-23-8-79-80-80

Lodish                 62-88-82-60-69-19-21-53-29-75-28-18-26-42-28-26-0-78-82-83

M.D. Perry           60-92-91-56-66-18-22-45-30-79-32-22-28-46-30-18-0-74-72-84

Tanuvasa            67-86-63-63-78-17-19-51-28-82-34-21-25-36-29-20-0-79-86-82

J. Geathers          66-79-87-63-75-18-23-48-25-72-25-21-24-29-25-21-0-63-79-81

Romanowski         79-79-91-85-79-49-34-65-33-94-34-35-20-22-35-20-0-91-96-94

Cadrez                 75-75-68-80-74-48-43-64-32-92-26-37-27-46-32-33-0-84-84-82

A. Aldridge           78-74-69-74-77-52-38-65-33-96-21-35-27-42-19-14-0-82-91-85

K. Burns                71-68-58-70-72-44-23-46-27-77-28-24-18-50-28-19-0-75-76-61

J. Mobley              82-72-65-80-80-57-34-64-33-84-21-29-25-45-14-14-0-88-63-88

Hager                    75-74-79-74-73-44-41-58-28-85-27-24-26-42-29-25-0-79-72-81

R. Crockett             89-55-85-88-88-55-45-84-25-79-23-19-23-27-23-19-15-86-77-77

L. Washington        87-57-93-86-84-56-47-67-28-69-25-22-23-28-26-24-10-79-72-83

R. Hilliard               92-46-71-92-86-54-48-80-26-73-23-22-15-18-20-22-10-84-68-73

T. James                 88-60-57-85-85-79-43-88-27-65-15-24-19-31-27-23-15-87-79-64

D. Johnson              86-53-52-86-88-60-46-78-24-61-18-24-15-16-22-23-12-78-73-76

Atwater                   87-62-93-86-86-56-45-74-29-93-28-23-26-35-31-25-10-89-82-92

T. Hauck                 83-60-63-85-85-53-41-73-34-79-22-31-20-16-22-17-12-77-68-92

T. Braxton               84-65-89-84-82-66-44-70-32-84-22-17-15-22-22-22-10-87-82-73

R. Jones                  83-59-65-84-82-54-42-72-27-77-25-23-18-27-23-22-10-77-79-72

Elam                       48-35-71-48-48-22-22-33-22-21-26-19-20-16-98-89-0-75-73-49

T. Rouen 5              52-37-72-51-46-19-27-29-23-17-23-20-24-31-95-87-0-86-76-37

Steve Atwater was named to the AFC Pro Bowl squad for the 7th time in his career as he adjusted very well after moving from strong safety to free safety.

1996 Denver Broncos Individual Leaders:

 

Passing: John Elway, 3328 yds., 61.6 comp. pct, 26 TDs, 89.2 rating

 

Rushing: Terrell Davis, 1538 yds., 13 TDs, 4.5 yds./carry

 

Receiving: Shannon Sharpe, 80 rec., 1062 yds., 10 TDs

 

Touchdowns: Terrell Davis, 15 (13 rush., 2 rec.)

 

QB Sacks: Alfred Williams, 13

 

Interceptions: Tyrone Braxton, 9 int., 128 yds., 1 TD

 

Points: Jason Elam, 109 pts. (21 FG’s, 46 PAT’s)

 

Offensive Tackle Gary Zimmerman was selected to the Pro Bowl for the 9th and final time during his career.  He is the latest Bronco to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

1996 AFC WEST STANDINGS

 

1st Place – Denver (13-3)

 

2nd Place – Kansas City (9-7)

 

3rd Place – San Diego (8-8)

 

4th Place – Oakland (7-9)

 

5th Place – Seattle (7-9)