2017 Denver Broncos Media Guide
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Staff/Coaches Players Roster Breakdown 2016 Season History/Results Year-by-Year Stats DENVER BRONCOS OSTSEASON AME UMMARIES S P G Postseason 483 Records Honors Miscellaneous DENVER BRONCOS Denver 24, Carolina 10 Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016 • 3:39 p.m. PST • Levi’s Stadium • Santa Clara, Calif. Miscellaneous WEATHER: Sunny, 76º, Wind NW 16 mph • TIME: 3:43 • ATTENDANCE: 71,088 Super Bowl 50 DENVER BRONCOS Behind a ruthless defense led by MVP Von Miller and his 2.5- sack, two-forced fumble performance, the Denver Broncos claimed OFFENSE DEFENSE their third world championship by beating the Carolina Panthers WR 88 D. Thomas DE 95 D. Wolfe 24-10 in Super Bowl 50 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. LT 68 R. Harris NT 92 S. Williams At age 39, quarterback Peyton Manning became the oldest start- ing quarterback to win a Super Bowl and the first in NFL history to LG 69 E. Mathis DE 97 M. Jackson win a Super Bowl with two different teams. The Super Bowl 50 vic- C 61 M. Paradis SLB 58 V. Miller Records Honors tory also gave Manning his 200th career win, passing Hall of Famer RG 65 L. Vasquez WLB 94 D. Ware Brett Favre for the most combined victories in league history. RT 79 M. Schofield ILB 54 B. Marshall John Elway, the architect of Denver’s World Championship TE 81 O. Daniels ILB 59 D. Trevathan team, earned his third Super Bowl win and his first as an executive. Gary Kubiak, in his initial season leading the Broncos, also made WR 10 E. Sanders LCB 21 A. Talib history by becoming the first person to play in and serve as the RB 22 C. Anderson RCB 25 C. Harris Jr. head coach for the same franchise in the Super Bowl. QB 18 P. Manning SS 43 T. Ward Postseason Denver’s defense would post seven sacks and four turnovers, TE 80 V. Davis FS 26 D. Stewart holding the league’s No. 1 ranked scoring offense to 10 points. Broncos kicker Brandon McManus put the Broncos on the board BRONCOS SUBSTITUTIONS: P 4 B.Colquitt, K 8 B.McManus, WR on the team’s first drive before Denver’s defense took over. Helped 11 J.Norwood, WR 12 A.Caldwell, WR 14 C.Latimer, WR 16 B.Fowler, by the special teams unit which pinned Carolina deep in its own S 20 J.Bush, RB 23 R.Hillman, CB 29 B.Roby, DB 33 S.Keo, CB 36 territory, Miller strip-sacked quarterback Cam Newton and defen- K.Webster, LS 46 A.Brewer, OLB 48 S.Barrett, ILB 51 T.Davis, ILB 52 C.Nelson, OLB 55 L.McCray, OLB 56 S.Ray, C/G 73 M.Garcia, T 76 sive end Malik Jackson recovered in the endzone to record only the T.Polumbus, TE 85 V.Green, DE 90 A.Smith, DE 96 V.Walker. DID seventh fumble recovery for a touchdown in Super Bowl history. NOT PLAY: QB 17 B.Osweiler, C 53 J.Ferentz. INACTIVE: QB 13 After a Carolina touchdown and McManus’ second field goal— T.Siemian, CB 37 L.Doss, CB 39 T.Nixon, RB 40 J.Thompson, C 67 which was set up by Jordan Norwood’s Super Bowl-record 61-yard S.Brenner, G 70 R.Myers Jr., NT 98 D.Kilgo. punt return—the Broncos entered halftime with a 13-7 lead. The Broncos maintained their edge in the third quarter thanks to a missed Panthers field goal and a 30-yard kick from McManus. CAROLINA PANTHERS Safety T.J. Ward thwarted another Panthers’ scoring opportuni- OFFENSE DEFENSE ty by intercepting Newton at the Denver 10-yard line. Though Ward fumbled on the return, linebacker Danny Trevathan recovered to OL 60 Da. Williams LDE 95 C. Johnson keep possession. LT 73 M. Oher LDT 98 S. Lotulelei The Panthers opened the fourth quarter with a strip-sack of LG 68 A. Norwell RDT 99 K. Short Manning, which they quickly turned into points on a 39-yarder C 67 R. Kalil RDE 69 J. Allen from kicker Graham Gano to narrow the score to 16-10. RG 70 T. Turner SLB 54 S. Thompson With less than five minutes on the clock, Miller strip-sacked Newton for the second time and Ward recovered to give Denver RT 74 M. Remmers MLB 59 L. Kuechly possession at the Panthers’ 4-yard line. TE 88 G. Olsen WLB 58 T. Davis Running back C.J. Anderson found the end zone four plays later WR 17 D. Funchess LCB 27 R. McClain on a 2-yard run, and Manning connected with receiver Bennie Fowler QB 1 C. Newton RBC 24 J. Norman for the two-point conversion to clinch the Super Bowl 50 win. Following the game, in a moment of tribute to Super Bowl TE 84 E. Dickson SS 41 R. Harper XXXII and in celebration of Owner Pat Bowlen’s third World RB 28 J. Stewart FS 20 K. Coleman Championship, Elway stood at midfield, lifted the Lombardi Trophy PANTHERS SUBSTITUTIONS: P. 8 B.Nortman, K 9 G.Gano, WR to the sky and shouted, ‘This one’s for Pat!’ 10 C.Brown, QB 14 J.Webb, WR 19 T.Ginn, CB 21 T.Williams, CB 26 C.Finnegan, S 33 T.Boston, FB 35 M.Tolbert, S 42 C.Jones, RB OFFICIALS: 43 F.Whittaker, LS 44 J.Jansen, LB 53 B.Jacobs, LB 55 D.Mayo, LB Referee — Clete Blakeman (34); Umpire — Jeff Rice (44); Head 56 A.Klein, G 61 F.Velasco, G 79 C.Scott, TE 80 S.Simonson, WR Linesman — Wayne Mackie (106); Line Judge — Rusty Baynes (59); Side 82 J.Cotchery, DT 92 D.Edwards, DT 93 K.Love, DE 94 K.Ealy, DE Judge — Scott Edwards (3); Field Judge — Boris Cheek(41); Back Judge 97 M.Addison. DID NOT PLAY: QB 3 D.Anderson. INACTIVE: WR 11 — Keith Ferguson (61); Replay — Charles Stewart. B.Bersin, DB 22 L.Young, S 29 D.Marlowe, RB 32 B.Wegher, RB 34 C.Artis-Payne, WR 81 K.Norwood, DE 91 R.Delaire. 1 2 3 4 OT TOTAL FIELD GOALS (made ( ) missed) VISITOR Carolina Panthers 0 7 0 3 0 10 G. Gano 44RU (39) HOME Denver Broncos 10 3 3 8 0 24 B. McManus (34) (33) (30) Clock SCORE Team Qtr PLAY DESCRIPTION (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Time Visitor Home BRONCOS 1 10:43 B. McManus 34 yd. Field Goal (10-64, 4:17) 0 3 BRONCOS 1 6:27 M. Jackson fumble recovery in end zone (B. McManus kick) 0 10 PANTHERS 2 11:25 J. Stewart 1 yd. run (G. Gano kick) (9-73, 4:50) 7 10 BRONCOS 2 6:58 B. McManus 33 yd. Field Goal (4--1, 2:13) 7 13 BRONCOS 3 8:18 B. McManus 30 yd. Field Goal (7-54, 2:30) 7 16 PANTHERS 4 10:21 G. Gano 39 yd. Field Goal (6-29, 2:56) 10 16 BRONCOS 4 3:08 C. Anderson 2 yd. run (P. Manning pass to B. Fowler) (3-4, 0:56) 10 24 484 Staff/Coaches Players Roster Breakdown 2016 Season History/Results Year-by-Year Stats Staff/Coaches Players Roster Breakdown 2016 Season History/Results Year-by-Year Stats DENVER BRONCOS FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Carolina Panthers Denver Broncos RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD C. Newton 6 45 7.5 14 0 C. Anderson 23 90 3.9 34 1 J. Stewart 12 29 2.4 12 1 R. Hillman 5 0 0.0 3 0 F. Whittaker 4 26 6.5 15 0 M. Tolbert 5 18 3.6 11 0 TOTAL 27 118 4.4 15 1 TOTAL 28 90 3.2 34 1 TKD/ TKD/ PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. C. Newton 41 18 265 6/64 0 45 1 55.4 P. Manning 23 13 141 5/37 0 25 1 56.6 T. Ginn Jr. 0 0 0 1/4 0 — 0 0.0 TOTAL 41 18 265 7/68 0 45 1 55.4 TOTAL 23 13 141 5/37 0 25 1 56.6 PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD C. Brown 4 80 20.0 42 0 E. Sanders 6 83 13.8 25 0 T. Ginn Jr. 4 74 18.5 45 0 C. Anderson 4 10 2.5 7 0 G. Olsen 4 41 10.3 19 0 A. Caldwell 1 22 22.0 22 0 D. Funchess 2 40 20.0 24 0 O. Daniels 1 18 18.0 18 0 J. Cotchery 2 17 8.5 11 0 D. Thomas 1 8 8.0 8 0 F. Whittaker 1 14 14.0 8 0 J. Stewart 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 TOTAL 18 265 14.7 45 0 TOTAL 13 141 10.8 25 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD K. Ealy 1 19 19.0 19 0 T. Ward 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0 TOTAL 1 19 19.0 19 0 TOTAL 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG B. Nortman 7 315 45.0 33.4 1 1 61 B. Colquitt 8 367 45.9 45.6 0 2 54 TOTAL 7 315 45.0 33.4 1 1 61 TOTAL 8 367 45.9 45.6 0 2 54 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD T.