denver broncos 2010 weekly press release Media Relations Staff Patrick Smyth, Executive Director of Media Relations • (303-649-0536) • [email protected] Rebecca Villanueva, Media Services Manager • (303-649-0598) • [email protected] Erich Schubert, Media Relations Coordinator • (303-649-0503) • [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2010 BRONCOS RETURN HOME FOR AFC MATCHUP WITH TEXANS Denver Broncos (3-11) vs. Houston Texans (5-9) Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010 • 2:05 p.m. MST INVESCO Field at Mile High • Denver, Colo. THIS WEEK’S GAME BRONCOS 2010 SCHEDULE/RESULTS PRESEASON The Denver Broncos (3-11) return home for their final two games of the Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time/Result TV/Rec. season, starting with the Houston Texans (5-9) on Sunday at INVESCO 1 Sun. Aug. 15 at Cincinnati Paul Brown Stadium L, 33-24 0-1 Field at Mile High. Kickoff for the game is set for 2:05 p.m. MST. 2 Sat. Aug. 21 DETROIT INVESCO Field at Mile High L, 25-20 0-2 BROADCAST INFORMATION: 3 Sun. Aug. 29 PITTSBURGH INVESCO Field at Mile High W, 34-17 1-2 4 Thu. Sept. 2 at Minnesota Mall of America Field (Metrodome) L, 31-24 1-3 TELEVISION: KCNC-TV (CBS 4): Don Criqui (play-by-play) and Steve Beuerlein (color commentary) will call the game. REGULAR SEASON Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time/Result TV/Rec. LOCAL RADIO: KOA Radio (850 AM): Dave Logan (play-by-play) and 1 Sun. Sept. 12 at Jacksonville EverBank Field L, 24-17 0-1 Brian Griese (color commentary) will call the game with Andy Lindahl 2 Sun. Sept. 19 SEATTLE INVESCO Field at Mile High W, 31-14 1-1 reporting from the sidelines. 3 Sun. Sept. 26 INDIANAPOLIS INVESCO Field at Mile High L, 27-13 1-2 4 Sun. Oct. 3 at Tennessee LP Field W, 26-20 2-2 LOCAL SPANISH RADIO: KBNO Radio (1280 AM): Fernando Sergio 5 Sun. Oct. 10 at Baltimore M&T Bank Stadium L, 31-17 2-3 (play-by-play) and Yuri Vasquez (color commentary) will call the game. 6 Sun. Oct. 17 N.Y. JETS INVESCO Field at Mile High L, 24-20 2-4 7 Sun. Oct. 24 OAKLAND INVESCO Field at Mile High L, 59-14 2-5 QUICK HITS 8 Sun. Oct. 31 at San Francisco Wembley Stadium (London) L, 24-16 2-6 9 BYE * - Eric Studesville was named the fourth interim head coach and the 13th 10 Sun. Nov. 14 KANSAS CITY INVESCO Field at Mile High W, 49-29 3-6 overall head coach in franchise history on Dec. 6. 11 Mon. Nov. 22 at San Diego Qualcomm Stadium L, 35-14 3-7 12 Sun. Nov. 28 ST. LOUIS INVESCO Field at Mile High L, 36-33 3-8 See Page 6 for the records of Denver’s 13 head coaches 13 Sun. Dec. 5 at Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium L, 10-6 3-9 See Page 18 for Studesville’s full biography and coaching history 14 Sun. Dec. 12 at Arizona University of Phoenix Stadium L, 43-13 3-10 15 Sun. Dec. 19 at Oakland Oakland Coliseum L, 39-23 3-11 * - The Broncos will face the Texans for just the third time ever, as the two 16 Sun. Dec. 26 HOUSTON INVESCO Field at Mile High 2:05 p.m. MST CBS clubs have each recorded a 31-13 home win against the other in their two pre- 17 Sun. Jan. 2 SAN DIEGO INVESCO Field at Mile High 2:15 p.m. MST CBS vious meetings. * - Denver’s running game has become one of the Broncos’ strengths in the 2010 AFC WEST STANDINGS second half of the season, ranking first in the NFL with an improvement of 2.0 Team W L T PF PA Home Road AFC NFC DIV Streak yards per carry since Week 10. See chart on Page 11 Kansas City 9 5 0 322 281 6-0 3-5 5-5 4-0 2-3 Won 1 * - QB Tim Tebow, who last week against Oakland finished with the highest San Diego 8 6 0 388 260 6-2 2-4 6-4 2-2 2-3 Won 2 passer rating (100.5) of any Denver rookie quarterback in his starting debut Oakland 7 7 0 353 330 5-22-5 5-5 2-2 5-0 Won 1 (8-of-16 for 138 yds., TD) and totaled the second-most rushing yards by a Denver 3 11 0 292 415 2-4 1-7 2-8 1-3 1-4 Lost 5 quarterback in team history (8-78, TD), will make his first career start at home on Sunday against the Texans. See chart on Page 7 DENVER BRONCOS MEDIA WEBSITE * - WR Brandon Lloyd, who is a candidate for Comeback Player of the Year, http://media.denverbroncos.com ranks second in the NFL with 1,264 receiving yards and is one of just three The Denver Broncos have a media-only website, which was created to players in NFL history to record their first career 1,200-yard receiving season assist accredited media in their coverage of the Broncos. By going to after seven or more years in the league. See chart on Page 10 http://media.denverbroncos.com, members of the press will find the * - OL Zane Beadles (six starts at left tackle and six starts at right guard) complete Broncos’ 2010 media guide, weekly releases, press releases, and OL J.D. Walton (14 starts at center) are two of six rookies in the NFL to rosters, depth charts, updated bios, quote sheets, injury reports, game start at least 12 games this season. See chart on Page 10 recaps, news clippings, photos, credential applications and much more. DENVER vs. HOUSTON — 1 — SUNDAY, DEC. 26, 2010 denver broncos 2010 weekly release GAME INFORMATION BRONCOS vs. TEXANS — POINTS OF INTEREST BRONCOS/TEXANS 2010 TEAM COMPARISON The Denver Broncos (3-11) return home for their final two games of the BRONCOS TEXANS season and will face the Houston Texans (5-9) on Sunday in the third-ever matchup between the two franchises... The all-time series between the two Record . .3-11 . .5-9 AFC clubs is tied at 1-1, with both teams having earned a 31-13 home victo- Division Standing . .4th (AFCW) . .4th (AFCS) ry over the other... Interim Head Coach Eric Studesville, who took the reigns on Monday, Dec. 6., is the fourth interim head coach and the 13th overall Turnover Margin (NFL Rank) . .-8 (T-28th) . .-2 (T-16th) head coach in franchise history... Now in their sixth decade of professional football in 2010, the Broncos are one of just four teams to record three 90+ OFFENSE win decades since 1960 and the only organization to do so in each of the last three decades... During the Pat Bowlen era (1984-Pres.), the Broncos own Net Yards Per Game (NFL Rank) . .343.9 (14th) . .377.7 (5th) the most regular-season wins (254) in the AFC (2nd in NFL)... Former Yards Per Play (NFL Rank) . .5.4 (14th) . .5.8 (5th) Broncos RB Terrell Davis and TE Shannon Sharpe are among the 26 semi- Points Per Game (NFL Rank) . .20.9 (20th) . 23.8 (T-10th) finalists being considered for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2011... QB Tim Tebow made his first career start last week against Oakland and fin- Possession Average . .28:04 . .29:10 ished with the highest passer rating (100.5) of any Broncos rookie quarter- Net Rushing Yards Per Game . .90.9 . .121.9 back in their starting debut (8-of-16 for 138 yds., TD), while totaling the sec- ond-most rushing yards by a quarterback in team history (8-78, TD)... WR Net Passing Yards Per Game . .253.0 . .255.8 Brandon Lloyd ranks second in the NFL in receiving yards (1,264) and is just Had Intercepted/Yards . .9/227 . .11/105 the third player in NFL history to post his first 1,200-yard receiving season in Sacks Allowed/Yards . .36/252 . .32/226 his eighth year or later... Lloyd’s 1,264 receiving yards rank sixth in team his- tory in a single season... WR Eddie Royal is the fifth player in franchise his- Fumbles/Lost . .25/15 . .14/6 tory to post at least 1,000 combined yards in each of his first three NFL sea- Third Down Pct. (NFL Rank) . .31.3% (30th) . .42.2% (8th) sons and joins San Diego RB Darren Sproles as the only two NFL players to record 2,000 yards from scrimmage and 2,000 return yards since 2008.... Red Zone TD Pct. (NFL Rank) . .52.3% (16th) . .63.0% (5th) WR Demaryius Thomas totaled eight receptions for 97 yards (12.1 avg.) Giveaways (NFL Rank) . .24 (16th) . .17 (T-5th) with one touchdown in his NFL debut against Seattle in Week 2, marking the second-highest reception total for a player’s NFL debut in franchise history... DEFENSE Thomas became one of just nine NFL players since 1970 to record at least Net Yards Per Game (NFL Rank) . .386.1 (31st) . .377.0 (30th) eight catches in their professional debut... RB Knowshon Moreno ranks fourth in team history with 17 touchdowns in his first two seasons with the Yards Per Play (NFL Rank) . .5.8 (28th) . .6.0 (30th) club with that total ranking second among NFL players who entered the Points Per Game (NFL Rank) . .29.6 (32nd) .