1982 Denver Broncos Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-7
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Dan Reeves (2-7)
Location: Denver, Colorado

1982 Denver Broncos Roster
1982 Denver Broncos Results

The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 1982 season with a record of 2 wins and 7 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.

Denver netted 148 points, while the leaky defense yielded 226. Steve DeBerg passed for 1,405 yards. Rick Parros hauled in 37 passes, while Steve Watson accumulated 555 receiving yards.

Gerald Willhite ran for a team-best 347 yards for the Broncos, and Rick Parros also aided the ground game.

Aaron Kyle picked off 3 errant tosses from the opposition. Barney Chavous topped pass rushers with 5 sacks.

Dan Reeves coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Steve DeBerg	223	131	58.7	1405	6.3	7	3.1	11	4.9	51	16	130	67.2
Mark Herrmann	60	32	53.3	421	7.0	1	1.7	4	6.7	39	4	48	53.5
Craig Morton	26	18	69.2	193	7.4	0	0.0	3	11.5	20	3	19	51.1
Rick Upchurch	0	0		0		0		0		0	1	3	0.0
Gerald Willhite	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0	0	0.0
Totals	311	181	58.2	2019	6.5	8	2.6	19	6.1	51	24	200

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Gerald Willhite	70	347	5.0	23	2
Rick Parros	77	277	3.6	14	1
Sammy Winder	67	259	3.9	18	1
Dave Preston	19	81	4.3	13	0
Nathan Poole	7	36	5.1	20	0
Steve DeBerg	8	27	3.4	6	1
Mark Herrmann	3	7	2.3	6	1
Rob Lytle	2	2	1.0	2	0
Steve Watson	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
James Wright	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Rick Upchurch	2	-10	-5.0	-3	0
Totals	257	1018	4.0	23	6

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Rick Parros	37	259	7.0	24	2
Steve Watson	36	555	15.4	41	2
Rick Upchurch	26	407	15.7	51	3
Gerald Willhite	26	227	8.7	27	0
Dave Preston	14	134	9.6	20	0
Sammy Winder	11	83	7.5	22	0
Ron Egloff	10	96	9.6	17	0
James Wright	9	120	13.3	39	1
Riley Odoms	8	82	10.2	18	0
Wade Manning	3	46	15.3	30	0
Rob Lytle	1	10	10.0	10	0
Totals	181	2019	11.2	51	8

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Rich Karlis	16	15	93.8	13	11	84.6	48
Totals	16	15	93.8	13	11	84.6	48

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Luke Prestridge	45	2026	45.0	65
Totals	45	2026	45.0	65

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Rick Upchurch	15	242	16.1	78	2
Gerald Willhite	6	63	10.5	23	0
Totals	21	305	14.5	78	2

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Wade Manning	15	346	23.1	34
Gerald Willhite	17	337	19.8	26
Steve Wilson	6	123	20.5	30
Keith Uecker	1	12	12.0	12
Nathan Poole	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	40	818	20.4	34

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Aaron Kyle	3	26	8.7	14
Steve Wilson	2	22	11.0	16
Louis Wright	2	18	9.0	18
Mike Harden	2	3	1.5	3
Dennis Smith	1	29	29.0	29
Tom Jackson	1	8	8.0	8
J.T. Thomas	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	12	106	8.8	29

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Barney Chavous	5.0
Randy Gradishar	2.0
Brison Manor	2.0
Rulon Jones	2.0
Dennis Smith	2.0
Tom Jackson	1.0
Don Latimer	1.0
Louis Wright	1.0
Totals	16.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Dennis Smith	65	65	0	0
Mike Harden				0	0	1	13	0	0
Roger Jackson					0	1	0	0	0
Ken Lanier					0	1	0	0	0
Louis Wright				0	0	1	0	0	0
Rick Upchurch					4	1	0		0
Tom Glassic					0	1	0	0	0
Aaron Kyle				0	0	1	0	0	0
Rob Lytle					0	1	0	0	0
Randy Gradishar					0	1	0	0	0
Sammy Winder					1	1	0		0
Keith Bishop					0	1	0	0	0
Dave Preston					3	1	0	0	0
Steve Wilson				0	0	1	0	0	0
Steve DeBerg					4	0	0		0
Steve Watson					1	0	0		0
Gerald Willhite					5	0	0		0
Craig Morton					1	0	0	0	0
Keith Uecker					1	0	0	0	0
Mark Herrmann					1	0	0		0
Rick Parros					3	0	0		0
Totals	65	65	0	0	24	13	13	0	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Rich Karlis									11	15	0			48
Rick Upchurch	0	3	2						0	0	0			30
Rick Parros	1	2							0	0	0			18
Gerald Willhite	2	0	0	0					0	0	0			12
Steve Watson	0	2							0	0	0			12
Sammy Winder	1	0							0	0	0			6
Mark Herrmann	1								0	0	0			6
James Wright	0	1							0	0	0			6
Steve DeBerg	1								0	0	0			6
Barney Chavous									0	0	0		1	2
Greg Boyd									0	0	0		1	2
Totals	6	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	15	0	0	2	148