1997 Denver Broncos

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Super Bowl XXXII Champions!

1997 Record: 12-4 (Regular Season), 4-0 (Playoffs)

Head Coach: Mike Shanahan

Points Scored: 472 (1st out of 30 NFL teams)

Points Allowed: 287 (Tied for 6th out of 30 NFL teams)

Home Stadium: Mile High Stadium in Denver, CO

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                           1997 Results        

                        Regular Season

      Date      Opponent                          Result

  8/31/97      Kansas City                       W 19-  3

  9/  7/97      at Seattle                          W 35-14

  9/14/97      St. Louis                           W 35-14

  9/21/97      Cincinnati                         W 38-20

  9/28/97      at Atlanta                         W 29-21

10/  6/97      New England                    W 34-13

10/12/97      Bye Week

10/19/97      at Oakland                        L 25-28

10/26/97      at Buffalo                        W 23-20 (OT)

11/  2/97      Seattle                             W 30-27

11/  9/97      Carolina                          W 34-  0

11/16/97      at Kansas City                   L 22-24

11/24/97      Oakland                           W 31-  3

11/30/97      at San Diego                    W 38-28

12/  7/97      at Pittsburgh                    L 24-35

12/15/97      at San Francisco              L 17-34

12/21/97      San Diego                       W 38-  3

                                     Playoffs

Round                          Opponent                           Result

AFC Wildcard               Jacksonville                       W 42-17

AFC Div. Playoff           at Kansas City                    W 14-10

AFC Championship       at Pittsburgh                      W 24-21

Super Bowl XXXII         vs. Green Bay                     W 31-24

Note: Super Bowl XXXII played at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego, CA

 

 

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Halfback Terrell Davis was selected to his second Pro Bowl after leading the NFL in rushing touchdowns with 15 and finishing second in rushing yards (1,750) and yards from scrimmage (2,037) in 1997.

Quarterback John Elway was selected to his 8th Pro Bowl in 1997, but his season will be remembered most as the one that won him his first Vince Lombardi Trophy.

1997 Denver Broncos Depth Chart / Roster:

     # Player                                      Ht   Wt Age Exp College                             Face Shape Hair        Equipment

Quarterbacks

1.   7 John Elway                           6-3   215 37 14 Stanford                                  24   3 l. brn crop     2 bar, wt wristbands, tc sleeves, wt elbowpads (turf)

2.   6 Bubby Brister                        6-3   205 35 10 N/A                                          92   6 brn crop        3 bar, tc sleeves

3.   8 Jeff Lewis                             6-2   215 24   1 N. Arizona                                  4   2 brn buzz       2 bar, eye paint, wt wristbands

Halfbacks

1. 30 Terrell Davis                          5-11 210 25   2 Georgia                                151   4 blk bald         3 bar rb, wt nasal strip, wt mouthpiece, bk gloves, rubber pads (turf), tc gloves (turf)

2. 31 Derek Loville                          5-10 208 29   6 Oregon                                    5   3 blk bald         left band4 tattoo, right band6 tattoo, 3 bar rb, eye paint, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands, tc gloves, bk tc elbowpads (turf)

3. 22 Vaughn Hebron                      5-8   192 27   4 Virginia Tech                        63   4 blk bald         3 bar rb, eye paint, wt nasal strip

Fullbacks

1. 29 Howard Griffith                      6-0   232 30   4 Illinois                                  156   4 blk bald          3 bar rb, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands, wt gloves, tc shoes, rubber pads (turf)

2. 42 Detron Smith     (lefty)           5-9   230 23   1 Texas A&M                             71 11 blk bald         3 bar rb, wt wristbands, tc gloves, tc sleeves

#  37 Anthony Lynn                        6-3   230 27   3 Texas Tech       dk skin           88   4 blk crop         3 bar rb, eye paint, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands, tc rb gloves

Wide Receivers

1. 87 Ed McCaffrey                        6-5   215 29   6 Stanford                                    8   1 brn crop        2 bar, tc gloves, tc sleeves, wt gloves (turf)

2. 80 Rod Smith                            6-0   196 27   2 N/A                                        227   8 blk fade        3 bar, wt nasal strip, qb wristbands, wt rb gloves, rubber pads (turf)

3. 85 Willie Green                         6-4   191 31   7 Ole Miss                                162   7 blk buzz        3 bar, eye paint, wt nasal strip, wt wrist double, tc gloves, wt elbowpads (turf)

4. 81 Patrick Jeffers                       6-3   218 24   1 Virginia                                   68   4 l. brn crop     2 bar, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands, wt gloves

5. 83 Willie Anderson                    6-0   172 32   8 UCLA                dk skin            66   9 blk buzz        3 bar, wt wrist double

Tight Ends

1. 84 Shannon Sharpe                   6-2   228 29   7 N/A                                       127  7 blk fade          3 bar, eye paint, wt wristbands, wt gloves, rubber pads (turf)

2. 89 Dwayne Carswell                   6-3   260 25   3 Liberty                                  101 14 blk dreads      3 bar rb, eye paint, wt elbowbands, wt wristbands, tc gloves, turf tape (turf)

3. n/a (switch position to FB)

#  86 Byron Chamberlain               6-1   242 26   2 Wayne State                           99 10 blk fade         2 bar rb, eye paint, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands, bk gloves, wt gloves (turf)

Left Tackles

1. 65 Gary Zimmerman                  6-6   294 36 11 Oregon                                   39 19 blo crop         half cage, rubber pads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. n/a (switch position to DT)

Left Guards

1. 69 Mark Schlereth                      6-3   287 31   8 Idaho                                      86 12 blk crop         full cage, right wt elbowpad, wt wristbands, wt gloves, right rubber pad (turf)

2. 63 David Diaz-Infante                6-3   296 34   2 San Jose St.                           35 10 blk crop          full cage, wt wrist double

Centers

1. 66 Tom Nalen                           6-2   286 26   3 Boston Coll,                            99 20 brn long         half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

2. 70 Jamie Brown                        6-8   315 25   2 Florida A&M                          233  4 blk fade          full cage, wt nasal strip, rubber pads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

Right Guards

1. 75 Brian Habib                          6-7   293 33   9 Washington                             65 11 brn crop         full cage, rubber pads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. 62 Dan Neil                               6-2   285 24   R Texas                                      34 10 brn crop        full cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves

Right Tackles

1. 77 Tony Jones                           6-5   293 32 10 W. Carolina                          149 20 blk crop           right band1 tattoo, full cage, rubber pads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. 74 Harry Swayne                        6-5   291 31   9 Rutgers                                  59 11 blk crop           full cage, wt nasal strip, neck roll, wt wristbands, wt gloves

Left Defensive Ends

1. 90 Neil Smith                            6-4   269 31   9 Nebraska                               249 14 blk fade          style 3 helmet, full cage, wt nasal strip, bk wristbands, wt gloves, rubber pads (grass), tc gloves (turf)

2. 96 Harald Hasselbach                6-6   284 30   3 Washington                            28   9 blk bald          half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves

Right Defensive Ends

1. 91 Alfred Williams                     6-6   263 29   6 Colorado                              142 14 blk crop           half cage, wt wristbands, bk gloves

2. n/a (switch position to TE)

Defensive Tackles

1. 94 Keith Traylor                         6-2   304 28   5 N/A                                         98 15 blk fade         full cage, bk extended, wt wristbands, tc gloves, rubber pads (turf), wt gloves (turf)

2. 98 Maa Tanuvasa                      6-2   267 27   3 Hawaii             med skin         25   5 blk crop          half cage, dk visor, wt wristbands, wt gloves, rubber pads (turf), tc gloves (turf)

3. 93 Trevor Pryce                         6-5   284 22   R Clemson                               203 17 blk crop          full cage, wt wristbands, tc gloves, turf tape (turf)

#  97 Mike Lodish                          6-3   280 30   7 UCLA                                      35 11 l. brn bldng    style 3 helmet, half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves (grass), tc gloves (turf)

Left Outside Linebackers

1. 53 Bill Romanowski                   6-4   245 31   9 Boston Coll.         lt skin          53   4 l. brn crop       full cage, eye paint, bk extended, wt wristbands, tc gloves, rubber pads (turf)

2. 58 Steve Russ                            6-4   245 25   R Air Force                                92   6 blk crop           full cage, wt wristbands, bk gloves

Middle Linebackers

1. 57 Allen Aldridge                      6-1   243 25   3 Houston                                 221   4 blk bald         full cage, wt nasal strip, wt gloves, wt half sleeves

2. 56 Keith Burns                          6-2   236 25   3 Oklahoma St.                         247   9 blk bald         half cage, wt nasal strip, neck roll, tc rb gloves

Right Outside Linebackers

1. 51 John Mobley                         6-1   236 25   1 Kutztown           dk skin         178 11 blk fade          full cage, wt nasal strip, wt elbowbands, wt wristbands, tc rb gloves

2. 59 Glenn Cadrez                        6-3   249 27   5 Houston            med skin        31   1 blk flat top      full cage, eye paint, wt nasal strip, rubber pads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

Cornerbacks

2. 63 David Diaz-Infante                6-3   296 34   2 San Jose St.                           35 10 blk crop          full cage, wt wrist double

1. 39 Ray Crockett                          5-10 184 30   8 Baylor                                  141   3 blk buzz          3 bar rb, eye paint, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. 23 Darrien Gordon                     5-11 178 27   4 Stanford                                 68   3 blk crop          3 bar rb, wt wristbands, tc gloves (grass), wt gloves (turf)

3. 25 Darrius Johnson                    5-9   185 24   R Oklahoma                            210   5 blk bald          3 bar, wt nasal strip, wt elbowbands, wt wristbands, tc sleeves, bk gloves (grass), wt elbowpads (turf), wt wrist double (turf)

4. 26 Tim McKyer                          6-0   178 34 11 N/A                                      219   8 blk fade          3 bar, qb wristbands, bk gloves, tc sleeves, rubber pads (turf)

5. 21 Randy Hilliard                       5-11 170 30   7 N'western St.                         93   4 blk fade          3 bar, clr visor, wt wristbands, wt gloves, tc gloves (turf)

Free Safeties

1. 27 Steve Atwater                       6-3   216 31   8 Arkansas                               149   9 blk crop           2 bar rb, wt mouthpiece, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. 32 Tony Veland                        6-1   209 24   R Nebraska                                  7 11 blk fade           3 bar qb, wt nasal strip, wt elbowbands, wt wristbands, tc gloves, rubber pads (turf)

Strong Safeties

1. 34 Tyrone Braxton                     5-11 185 33 10 North Dakota                         131  4 blk bald          half cage, tc gloves, tc sleeves, wt elbowpads (turf), qb wristbands (turf)

2. 33 Dedrick Dodge                      6-2   187 30   5 Florida State                           72   7 blk crop          3 bar, wt nasal strip, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, tc gloves, tc sleeves

Kicker

1.   1 Jason Elam                           5-11 200 27   4 Hawaii                                    26   3 brn crop          2 bar, tc sleeves

Punter

1. 16 Tom Rouen                          6-3   225 29   4 Colorado                                 34   1 brn crop         2 bar (thin), tc sleeves

Players Not Included

#  82 David Gamble     WR            6-1   190 26   R New Hampshire

#  72 Ernest Jones         LB            6-2   270 26   2 Houston            dk skin                       blk fade         full cage,

#   99 David Richie         DE          6-4   270 24   R Washington      lt skin              38 13 brn bald (2)    left patch1 tattoo, full cage, eye paint, wt elbowbands, wt gloves, tc sleeves

#  88 Sir Mawn Wilson    WR         6-2   213 24   1 Syracuse           dk skin

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

Elway                       67-67-96-76-68-56-66-57-54-27-95-92-28-29-71-60-0-91-86-86

Brister                       55-51-85-64-53-57-46-53-47-24-78-87-23-25-41-33-0-77-74-72

J. Lewis                     66-53-55-72-65-32-43-49-44-32-76-76-25-19-18-15-0-75-58-58

T. Davis                     89-69-89-87-96-68-96-85-95-22-39-25-41-41-27-21-10-85-77-96

Loville                       84-67-79-84-86-80-94-69-75-26-22-18-41-48-29-11-65-82-90-74

Hebron                       93-54-70-88-92-64-73-74-72-23-29-26-27-27-29-22-79-79-84-68

H. Griffith                   71-69-88-75-69-69-92-58-60-27-39-24-59-62-33-24-30-80-77-75

D. Smith                    60-71-50-56-64-59-62-59-60-26-28-31-53-59-31-31-0-74-72-73

A. Lynn                     73-64-63-73-75-58-69-64-57-28-27-25-43-40-25-19-10-75-82-74

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

R. Smith                    93-59-70-91-97-89-70-91-67-12-17-29-34-43-20-17-79-95-82-91

W. Green                   87-56-83-87-85-82-74-79-64-22-28-25-26-28-29-20-10-84-82-76

P. Jeffers                   91-52-58-92-86-82-78-75-73-23-26-23-25-29-29-23-64-78-64-61

W. Anderson              86-64-86-85-82-81-76-71-61-29-27-23-41-33-25-19-10-74-66-62

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

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

B. Chamberlain         73-64-63-69-76-76-68-60-68-31-25-24-54-55-27-27-8-84-76-81

G. Zimmerman          51-96-97-49-75-21-20-52-26-23-31-23-92-88-27-22-0-66-76-82

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

Diaz-Infante               37-83-64-36-47-22-21-18-20-23-18-28-72-79-17-36-0-56-57-80

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

J. Brown                     63-90-64-61-74-23-20-51-26-24-29-18-85-75-28-18-0-66-68-70

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

D. Neil                       42-92-55-49-90-16-14-32-25-29-22-32-89-95-27-31-0-69-85-91

T. Jones                     53-90-88-51-76-24-26-47-28-25-24-34-95-82-29-25-0-71-86-83

H. Swayne                  58-88-86-57-75-29-23-47-31-26-19-16-88-83-29-23-0-64-74-91

N. Smith                     77-83-89-75-80-37-35-59-25-83-26-21-23-28-32-22-0-83-79-86

Hasselbach                 77-77-67-76-74-26-29-62-26-75-29-22-23-27-26-20-0-78-85-74

A. Williams                 80-84-84-74-81-22-24-68-27-77-33-25-26-33-29-22-0-86-85-87

K. Traylor                   53-92-76-50-66-19-20-44-29-90-29-23-20-29-29-16-0-54-78-94

Tanuvasa                   67-86-66-63-78-17-19-51-28-82-34-21-25-36-29-20-0-79-86-82

T. Pryce                     66-88-56-64-72-30-20-48-28-88-24-16-32-27-23-19-0-88-84-94

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

J. Mobley                   82-72-76-80-80-57-34-64-33-91-21-29-25-45-14-14-0-88-72-88

S. Russ                       69-67-48-72-67-41-43-56-28-80-25-24-26-43-27-22-0-77-68-66

A. Aldridge                 78-74-71-74-77-52-38-65-33-96-21-35-27-42-19-14-0-82-91-85

K. Burns                      71-68-60-70-72-44-23-46-27-77-28-24-18-50-28-19-0-75-76-61

Romanowski                79-79-93-85-79-49-34-65-33-94-34-35-20-22-35-20-0-91-96-94

Cadrez                        75-75-69-80-74-48-43-64-32-92-26-37-27-46-32-33-0-84-84-82

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

D. Gordon                   94-41-67-92-89-72-47-86-31-65-19-28-25-31-15-16-94-81-87-59

D. Johnson                  86-53-58-86-88-60-46-78-24-61-18-24-15-16-22-23-12-78-73-76

T. McKyer                   88-50-92-88-85-59-51-70-21-63-22-21-17-25-26-21-10-75-72-63

R. Hilliard                    90-46-72-90-85-54-48-77-26-71-23-22-15-18-20-22-10-81-68-73

Atwater                        84-62-93-83-81-56-45-70-29-88-28-23-26-35-31-25-10-80-78-92

Veland                        85-57-53-87-87-54-45-78-28-69-73-66-22-25-28-22-10-74-78-70

T. Braxton                   84-65-90-84-82-64-44-70-32-84-22-17-15-22-22-22-10-82-82-73

Dodge                         80-60-73-75-83-53-48-81-20-80-21-19-14-25-21-18-10-76-78-62

Elam                           48-35-74-48-48-22-22-33-22-21-26-19-20-16-98-89-0-75-73-49

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

 

Wide Receiver Rod Smith ranked 8th in the NFL with 1,180 receiving yards on his team leading 70 catches in 1997.

1997 Denver Broncos Individual Leaders:

 

Passing: John Elway, 3635 yds., 55.8 comp. pct, 27 TDs, 87.5 rating

 

Rushing: Terrell Davis, 1750 yds., 15 TDs, 4.7 yds./carry

 

Receiving: Rod Smith, 70 rec., 1180 yds., 12 TDs

 

Touchdowns: Terrell Davis, 15 (15 rush., 0 rec.)

 

QB Sacks: Alfred Williams, Trevor Pryce, & Manu Tanuvasa, 8.5

 

Interceptions: Tyrone Braxton, Ray Crockett, & Darrien Gordon, 4

 

Points: Jason Elam, 124 pts. (26 FG’s, 46 PAT’s)

 

Wide Receiver Ed McCaffrey's 8 receiving touchdowns were second on the team behind Rod Smith.  He also finished third on the Broncos in receptions (45) and receiving yards (590) in 1997.

Tight End Shannon Sharpe was selected to his sixth consecutive Pro Bowl after leading all NFL tight ends with 72 catches and 1,107 yards receiving in 1997.

1997 AFC WEST STANDINGS

 

1st Place – Kansas City (13-3)

 

2nd Place – Denver (12-4)

 

3rd Place – Seattle (8-8)

 

4th Place – Oakland (4-12)

 

5th Place – San Diego (4-12)