1998 Denver Broncos

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Super Bowl XXXIII Champions!

  

1998 Record: 14-2 (Regular Season), 3-0 (Playoffs)

 

Head Coach: Mike Shanahan

 

Points Scored: 501 (2nd out of 30 NFL teams)

 

Points Allowed: 309 (Tied for 8th out of 30 NFL teams)

 

Home Stadium: Mile High Stadium in Denver, CO

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              1998 Results

 

                           Regular Season

 

      Date  Opponent                   Result

 

  9/  7/98 New England              W 27-21

 

  9/13/98 Dallas                         W 42-23

 

  9/20/98 at Oakland                 W 34-17

 

  9/27/98 at Washington            W 38-16

 

10/  4/98 Philadelphia               W 41-16

 

10/11/98 at Seattle                   W 21-16

 

10/18/98 Bye Week    

 

10/25/98 Jacksonville              W 37-24

 

11/  1/98 at Cincinnati             W 33-26

 

11/  8/98 San Diego                 W 27-10

 

11/16/98 at Kansas City           W 30-  7

 

11/22/98 Oakland                    W 40-14

 

11/29/98 at San Diego             W 31-16

 

12/  6/98 Kansas City               W 35-31

 

12/13/98 at N.Y. Giants            L 16-20

 

12/21/98 at Miami                    L 21-31

 

12/27/98 Seattle                      W 28-21

 

                 Playoffs

 

Round                       Opponent           Result

 

AFC Div. Playoff        Miami                W 38-  3

 

AFC Championship    N.Y. Jets           W 23-10

 

Super Bowl XXXIII      vs. Atlanta        W 34-19

  

Note: Super Bowl played at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, FL

 

 

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Hall of Fame Quarterback John Elway capped his storybook career with his second Vince Lombardi Trophy as the Broncos successfully repeated as Super Bowl Champions.

Halfback Terrell Davis amassed 2,008 rushing yards in 1998, which was fourth best in NFL history, even though he sat out second halves of several of their blowout victories.  In addition to rushing yards, he led the NFL with 21 TDs in the regular season.  He was selected to his third straight Pro Bowl and helped the Broncos repeat as Super Bowl Champions.

Rod Smith emerged as Denver's top receiver in 1998 with 86 receptions going for 1221 yards.

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1998 Denver Broncos Depth Chart / Roster:

      # Player                         Ht   Wt Age Exp College                            Face Shape Hair       Equipment

Quarterbacks

1.   7 John Elway                 6-3   215 38 15 Stanford                               24   3 l. brn crop   2 bar, wt wristbands, tc sleeves, wt elbowpads (turf)

2.   6 Bubby Brister            6-3   205 36 11 N/A                                      92   6 brn crop      3 bar, tc sleeves

3. 14 Brian Griese              6-3   215 23   R Michigan                              62   6 brn crop       3 bar, wt wristbands, tc sleeves

Halfbacks

1. 30 Terrell Davis               5-11 210 26   3 Georgia                               151   4 blk bald       3 bar rb, eye paint, wt nasal strip, wt mouthpiece, bk gloves, wt tc elbowpads (turf)

2. 31 Derek Loville               5-10 210 30   7 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 28   5 Virginia Tech                        63   4 blk bald      3 bar rb, eye paint, wt nasal strip

#  32 Curtis Alexander          5-11 204 24   R Alabama           dk skin         243 11 blk flat top 2 bar rb, wt elbowbands, wt wristbands, bk gloves

Fullbacks

1. 29 Howard Griffith          6-0   230 31   5 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 24   2 Texas A&M                            71 11 blk bald       3 bar rb, wt wristbands, tc rb gloves

3. 37 Anthony Lynn              6-3   230 28   4 Texas Tech                            88   4 blk crop      3 bar rb, eye paint, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands, tc rb gloves

Wide Receivers

1. 80 Rod Smith                   6-0   200 28   3 N/A                                    227   8 blk fade       3 bar, wt nasal strip, qb wristbands, tc gloves, rubber pads (turf)

2. 87 Ed McCaffrey              6-5   215 30   7 Stanford                                8   1 brn crop     2 bar, tc gloves, tc sleeves

3. 85 Willie Green                6-4   195 31   8 Ole Miss                              162   7 blk buzz      3 bar, wt nasal strip, wt wrist double, tc gloves, wt elbowpads (turf)

4. 82 Marcus Nash                6-3   195 22   R Tennessee                           248   7 blk bald       3 bar, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands, tc gloves

5. 83 Justin Armour             6-4   221 25   2 Stanford                               66   2 brn crop     3 bar rb, bk gloves, tc sleeves

Tight Ends

#  86 Byron Chamberlain      6-1   242 27   3 Wayne State       dk skin        99 10 blk fade       2 bar rb, eye paint, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands,

1. 84 Shannon Sharpe           6-2   230 30   8 N/A                                    127   7 blk fade       3 bar, eye paint, wt wristbands, wt gloves, rubber pads (turf)

2. 89 Dwayne Carswell          6-3   260 26   4 Liberty                              101 14 blk dreads    3 bar rb, eye paint, right rubber pad, wt wristbands, tc gloves, turf tape (turf)

3. n/a (switch position to ROLB)

#  86 Byron Chamberlain      6-1   242 27   3 Wayne State       dk skin        99 10 blk fade       2 bar rb, eye paint, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands, wt gloves

Left Tackles

1. 74 Harry Swayne             6-5   291 32 10 Rutgers                                 59 11 blk crop      full cage, wt nasal strip, neck roll, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. 78 Matt Lepsis                6-4   285 24   R Colorado       lt skin               36 19 brn bald      full cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt ankles taped, rubber pads (turf), bk gloves (turf)

3. 70 Trey Teague               6-4   305 25   1 Tennessee                             36 18 brn crop     full cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt ankles taped

Left Guards

1. 69 Mark Schlereth           6-3   287 32   9 Idaho                                    86 12 blk crop      full cage, rubber pads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. 79 Chris Banks                6-1   299 25   R Kansas                 dk skin

3. n/a (switch position to DT)

Centers

1. 66 Tom Nalen                   6-2   286 27   4 Boston Coll.                          99 20 brn long       half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

2. 60 K.C. Jones                  6-1   275 24   1 Miami                  lt skin         6 19 brn long       full cage, eye paint, bk extended, wt wristbands

Right Guards

#  86 Byron Chamberlain      6-1   242 27   3 Wayne State       dk skin        99 10 blk fade       2 bar rb, eye paint, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands,

1. 62 Dan Neil                      6-3   295 25   1 Texas                                   34 10 brn crop      full cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. n/a (switch position to LE)

Right Tackles

1. 77 Tony Jones                  6-5   293 33 11 W. Carolina                         149 20 blk crop      right band1 tattoo, full cage, rubber pads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. 63 David Diaz-Infante       6-3   290 35   3 San Jose St.                         35 10 blk crop       full cage, rubber pads, wt wristbands, fingers taped

Left Defensive Ends

1. 90 Neil Smith                   6-4   270 32 10 Nebraska                            249 14 blk fade       style 3 helmet, full cage, wt nasal strip, tc wristbands, tc gloves, rubber pads (grass)

2. n/a (switch position to LOLB)

#  96 Harald Hasselbach       6-6   285 31   4 Washington         dk skin        28   9 blk bald       half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves

Right Defensive Ends

1. 98 Maa Tanuvasa             6-2   270 27   4 Hawaii              med skin       25   5 blk crop       half cage, clr visor, wt wristbands, tc gloves, rubber pads (turf)

2. 91 Alfred Williams           6-6   265 30   7 Colorado           dk skin        142 14 blk crop       half cage, rubber pads, wt wristbands, bk gloves

3. n/a (switch position to TE)

Defensive Tackles

1. 94 Keith Traylor              6-2   304 29   6 N/A                                      98 15 blk fade       right band4 tattoo, half cage, bk extended, wt wristbands, tc gloves, rubber pads (turf)

2. 93 Trevor Pryce              6-5   295 23   1 California                           203 17 blk crop       full cage, wt wristbands, tc gloves, turf tape (turf)

3. 95 Marvin Washington      6-6   275 33   9 Idaho                                 112 14 blk crop       full cage, wt wristbands, tc gloves

4. 97 Mike Lodish                 6-3   270 31   8 UCLA                                   35 11 l. brn bldng  style 3 helmet, half cage, wt wristbands, tc gloves

#  73 Cyron Brown                6-5   275 23   R W. Illinois        dk skin        198 13 blk bald       full cage, rubber pads, wt wristbands, bk gloves, wt ankles taped

Left Outside Linebackers

1. 53 Bill Romanowski          6-4   245 32 10 Boston Coll.                            53   4 l. brn crop  full cage, eye paint, bk extended, wt wristbands, tc gloves, rubber pads (turf)

2. n/a (switch position to HB)

#  58 Steve Russ                  6-4   245 26   1 Air Force             lt skin         92   6 blk crop      full cage, wt wristbands, tc gloves

Middle Linebackers

1. 59 Glenn Cadrez              6-3   240 28   6 Houston             med skin      31   1 blk flat top  full cage, eye paint, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands, wt gloves, rubber pads (turf)

2. 56 Keith Burns                 6-2   245 26   4 Oklahoma St.                      247   9 blk bald       half cage, neck roll, tc wristbands, tc rb gloves, wt wristbands (turf), wt gloves (turf)

Right Outside Linebackers

1. 51 John Mobley               6-1   236 26   2 Kutztown                             178 11 blk fade       full cage, wt nasal strip, wt elbowbands, wt wristbands, tc rb gloves

2. 99 Seth Joyner                6-2   235 34 12 UTEP                                   142 10 blk bald       patch6 tattoos, full cage, eye paint, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, tc gloves

#  54 Nate Wayne                6-0   230 23   R Ole Miss          dk skin          256 12 blk bald (2) style 3 helmet, full cage, left wt elbowband, tc gloves, rubber pads (turf), wt wristbands (turf)

Cornerbacks

1. 39 Ray Crockett              5-10 184 31   9 Baylor                                 141   3 blk buzz      right patch6 tattoo, 3 bar rb, eye paint, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. 21 Darrien Gordon          5-11 190 28   5 Stanford                               68   3 blk crop      3 bar rb, wt wristbands, wt rb gloves

3. 20 Tory James                 6-1   195 25   2 Miss. State                           11   7 blk bald      3 bar, wt nasal strip, wt rb gloves, tc sleeves, tc gloves (turf)

4. 25 Darrius Johnson           5-9   185 26   2 Oklahoma                           210   5 blk bald      3 bar, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands, tc sleeves, wt elbowpads (turf)

5. 28 Tito Paul                      6-1   195 26   3 Ohio State                         133   9 blk fade      3 bar rb, tc gloves, tc sleeves

Free Safeties

1. 27 Steve Atwater             6-3   220 32   9 Arkansas                            149   9 blk crop       2 bar rb, wt mouthpiece, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, tc gloves

2. 48 George Coghill             6-0   210 28   R Wake Forest                        51   4 blk crop       3 bar, wt wristbands, wt gloves

Strong Safeties

1. 26 Eric Brown                 6-0   210 23   R Florida State     med skin      14   6 blk fade       3 bar, tc rb gloves, tc sleeves

2. 34 Tyrone Braxton          5-11 190 34 11 North Dakota                        131   4 blk bald       half cage, tc gloves, tc sleeves, wt elbowpads (turf), qb wristbands (turf)

Kicker

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

Punter

1. 16 Tom Rouen                  6-3   225 30   5 Colorado                              34   1 brn crop      2 bar (thin), wt sleeves (grass), tc sleeves (turf)

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

Elway                63-65-97-76-64-52-66-57-49-27-95-92-28-29-71-60-0-85-86-86

Brister             55-51-86-64-53-57-46-53-47-24-78-87-23-25-41-33-0-77-74-72

B. Griese          58-58-57-54-59-58-41-50-50-19-88-86-36-35-21-36-0-90-78-85

T. Davis            89-69-92-87-96-68-96-85-95-22-39-25-41-41-27-21-10-85-70-96

Loville               80-67-79-80-82-80-94-66-74-26-22-18-41-48-29-11-65-82-90-74

Hebron             93-54-70-88-92-64-73-74-72-23-29-26-27-27-29-22-82-79-84-68

C. Alexander     84-55-48-83-87-64-75-68-74-24-37-30-28-30-33-28-10-79-81-77

H. Griffith        71-69-90-75-69-69-92-58-60-27-39-24-59-62-33-24-30-80-73-75

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

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

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

R. Smith           93-59-81-91-97-90-70-91-67-12-17-29-34-47-20-17-79-95-82-91

W. Green         86-56-85-87-83-82-74-78-64-22-28-25-26-28-29-20-10-84-82-76

M. Nash            96-46-54-96-92-71-63-85-68-20-23-23-20-24-27-24-55-81-79-62

J. Armour        84-58-62-87-81-89-73-67-47-25-28-24-31-35-28-20-10-80-66-58

S. Sharpe         79-78-89-80-82-89-81-73-72-25-29-28-67-64-16-25-8-90-81-92

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

B. Chamberlain 73-64-65-69-76-76-68-60-68-31-25-24-54-55-27-27-8-84-76-81

H. Swayne         58-88-87-57-75-29-23-47-31-26-19-16-88-83-29-23-0-64-74-91

Lepsis               55-93-58-57-79-16-21-16-22-26-33-26-80-89-16-26-0-57-72-87

T. Teague         56-85-53-60-74-20-32-29-35-16-35-21-77-89-35-19-0-64-65-83

Schlereth          54-94-92-59-63-19-24-33-33-28-34-24-86-97-22-20-0-66-76-90

C. Banks           47-87-53-44-82-22-20-36-36-27-34-25-77-85-29-21-0-65-77-78

Nalen                59-92-84-55-80-21-30-26-21-26-17-37-90-97-21-28-0-70-81-94

K.C. Jones        50-87-52-46-64-22-18-30-36-28-31-19-82-83-29-22-0-69-81-76

D. Neil              42-92-65-49-90-16-14-32-25-29-22-32-89-95-27-31-0-69-85-91

T. Jones            53-90-91-51-76-24-26-47-28-25-24-34-95-82-29-25-0-71-86-83

Diaz-Infante      37-83-65-36-47-22-21-18-20-23-18-28-76-82-17-36-0-56-57-80

N. Smith           74-83-89-72-76-37-35-56-25-82-26-21-23-28-32-22-0-83-79-86

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

Tanuvasa          67-88-74-63-78-17-19-51-28-82-34-21-25-36-29-20-0-79-86-82

A. Williams       77-82-85-70-75-22-24-64-27-74-33-25-26-33-29-22-0-83-85-87

K. Traylor        53-92-79-50-66-19-20-44-29-93-29-23-20-29-29-16-0-54-78-94

T. Pryce          66-88-67-64-72-30-20-48-28-88-24-16-32-27-23-19-0-88-84-94

M. Washington 68-78-83-66-64-27-26-57-28-85-28-23-27-42-28-21-0-77-85-85

Lodish             59-88-84-59-66-19-21-53-29-75-28-18-26-42-28-26-0-76-82-83

C. Brown         68-76-48-67-71-53-46-59-28-83-32-23-25-33-28-22-0-77-79-74

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

S. Russ            69-67-51-72-67-41-43-56-28-80-25-24-26-43-27-22-0-77-68-66

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

K. Burns         71-68-63-70-72-44-23-46-27-77-28-24-18-50-28-19-0-75-76-61

J. Mobley       82-72-78-80-80-57-34-64-33-91-21-29-25-45-14-14-0-88-72-88

S. Joyner       67-69-95-66-63-48-44-55-26-76-27-19-27-41-25-16-0-74-78-83

N. Wayne       77-76-53-76-81-59-26-56-30-80-18-29-17-47-16-21-0-87-85-80

R. Crockett    89-55-87-88-88-55-45-84-25-79-23-19-23-27-23-19-15-86-77-77

D. Gordon      94-41-69-92-89-72-47-86-31-65-19-28-25-31-15-16-94-81-87-59

T. James        88-60-61-85-85-79-43-88-27-65-15-24-19-31-27-23-15-87-79-64

D. Johnson      86-53-64-86-88-60-46-78-24-61-18-24-15-16-22-23-12-78-73-76

T. Paul           87-54-68-86-85-52-43-78-28-70-23-22-16-25-26-21-10-76-80-62

Atwater         84-62-94-83-81-56-45-70-29-88-28-23-26-35-31-25-10-80-78-92

Coghill            88-56-53-85-82-54-37-68-32-76-15-19-15-16-16-18-10-81-64-82

E. Brown        87-65-57-83-84-60-45-76-31-77-17-22-29-55-23-17-15-75-67-82

T. Braxton     84-64-91-83-80-64-44-70-32-82-22-17-15-22-22-22-10-82-82-73

Elam              48-35-80-48-48-22-22-33-22-21-26-19-20-16-98-92-0-75-73-49

T. Rouen        52-37-81-51-46-19-27-29-23-17-23-20-24-31-97-88-0-86-76-37

 

Shannon Sharpe continued to be a top natch pass catching threat from his tight end position. He caught 64 passes for 768 yards and 10 TDs in 1998.

"Easy" Ed McCaffrey caught 64 passes for 1053 yards and 10 TDs in 1998.

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1998 Denver Broncos Individual Statistical Leaders:

 

Passing: John Elway, 2806 yds., 59.0 comp. pct, 22 TDs, 93.0 rating

 

Rushing: Terrell Davis, 2008 yds., 21 TDs, 5.1 yds./carry

 

Receiving: Rod Smith, 86 rec., 1222 yds., 6 TDs

 

Touchdowns: Terrell Davis, 23 (21 rush., 2 rec.)

 

QB Sacks: Trevor Pryce & Manu Tanuvasa, 8.5

 

Tackles: John Mobley, 112

 

Interceptions: Darrien Gordon, 4 int., 125 yds., 1 TD

 

Points: Terrell Davis, 138 (23 TDs)

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1998 AFC WEST STANDINGS

 

1st Place – Denver (14-2)

 

2nd Place – Oakland (8-8)

 

3rd Place – Seattle (8-8)

 

4th Place – Kansas City (7-9)

 

5th Place – San Diego (5-11)

 

 

Steve Atwater continued to provide toughness and leadership in the secondary during his ninth and final season in Denver.

Linebacker John Mobley logged 117 tackles to lead all Broncos during the regualar season and he continued to stop all comers in the playoffs like the Jets' Curtis Martin.

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