DENVER BRONCOS WEEKLY RELEASE 3 World Championships • 8 Super Bowls • 10 AFC Title Games 15 AFC West Titles • 22 Playoff Berths • 29 Winning Seasons Denver Broncos Football Media Relations Staff: Patrick Smyth, Exec. V.P. of Public & Community Relations Erich Schubert, Director of Media Relations REGULAR SEASON Seth Medvin, Strategic Communications Manager WEEK ON THE AIRWAVES: TELEVISION (ESPN) #16 Play-by-Play: Joe Tessitore Booth Analyst: Jason Witten Sideline Analyst: Booger McFarland Sideline: Lisa Salters Denver Broncos (6-8) NATIONAL RADIO (Westwood One) at Play-by-Play: Kevin Kugler Analyst: James Lofton Sideline: Scott Kaplan Oakland Raiders (3-11) LOCAL ENGLISH RADIO (KOA - 850 AM/94.1 FM & The Fox - 103.5 FM) Play-by-Play: Dave Logan Analyst: Rick Lewis Sideline: Tyler Polumbus Monday, Dec. 24, 2018 • 5:15 p.m. PST LOCAL SPANISH RADIO (KNRV - 1150 AM) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (53,286) • Oakland, Calif. Play-by-Play: Carlos Valdez Analyst: Salvador Hernandez BRONCOS SET FOR CHRISTMAS EVE MATCH UP WITH RAIDERS QUICK HITS The Denver Broncos (6-8) will close Denver is 52-62-2 (.457) all-time in the regular-season against the Raiders, out their season series with the Oakland including 25-33 (.431) on the road. See Page 4 Raiders (3-11) in a Christmas Eve match up on Monday Night Football. The Broncos will play on Christmas Eve for the 11th time in team history and have a 4-6 record in their previous 10 such games. See Page 6 Kickoff at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum is set for 5:15 p.m. PST. This week will represent Denver's 73rd all-time appearance on Monday Night Football—the fourth most all-time. See Page 6 2018 DENVER BRONCOS SCHEDULE/RESULTS Broncos Owner Pat Bowlen in August was named a finalist for the Pro PRESEASON Football Hall of Fame Class of 2019 as a contributor nominee. See Page 6 Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Result Rec. Denver has the fifth-best win percentage (.599) in all of professional sports 1 Sat. Aug. 11 MINNESOTA Broncos Stadium at Mile High L, 42-28 0-1 during Pat Bowlen's tenure (1984-present) with his 354 overall wins rep- 2 Sat. Aug. 18 CHICAGO Broncos Stadium at Mile High L, 24-23 0-2 resenting the fourth-most in history among modern-day owners. See Page 6 3 Fri. Aug. 24 at Washington FedExField W, 29-17 1-2 Pat Bowlen has served a combined 91 seasons on 15 different NFL com- 4 Thu. Aug. 30 at Arizona State Farm Stadium W, 21-10 2-2 mittees during his ownership with only Pro Football Hall of Fame owners REGULAR SEASON Dan Rooney (18) and Lamar Hunt (16) serving on more. See Page 8 Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time/Result TV/Rec. Since President of Football Operations/GM John Elway was hired in 2011, 1 Sun. Sept. 9 SEATTLE Broncos Stadium at Mile High W, 27-24 1-0 the Broncos rank among the NFL leaders in total wins (84), regular-sea- 2 Sun. Sept. 16 OAKLAND Broncos Stadium at Mile High W, 20-19 2-0 son wins (78), division titles (5), Super Bowl appearances (2) and World 3 Sun. Sept. 23 at Baltimore M&T Bank Stadium L, 27-14 2-1 Championships (1) during that span. See Page 9 4 Mon. Oct. 1 KANSAS CITY Broncos Stadium at Mile High L, 27-23 2-2 During Elway’s seven seasons as an executive (2011-pres.), he has signed 5 Sun. Oct. 7 at N.Y. Jets MetLife Stadium L, 34-16 2-3 or extended the contracts of 16 players who have combined for 34 Pro 6 Sun. Oct. 14 L.A. RAMS Broncos Stadium at Mile High L, 23-20 2-4 Bowl selections with the Broncos. See Page 10 7 Thu. Oct. 18 at Arizona State Farm Stadium W, 45-10 3-4 Seven different rookies have combined for 46 starts for the Broncos this sea- 8 Sun. Oct. 28 at Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium L, 30-23 3-5 son—the fourth most starts by a rookie class in franchise history. See Page 12 9 Sun. Nov. 4 HOUSTON Broncos Stadium at Mile High L, 19-17 3-6 Denver's top offensive rookie trio—running backs Phillip Lindsay and 10 Sun. Nov. 11 BYE Royce Freeman, along with wide receiver Courtland Sutton—have com- 11 Sun. Nov. 18 at L.A. Chargers ROKiT Field at StubHub Center W, 23-22 4-6 bined for 2,303 yards from scrimmage in 2018 with that total representing 12 Sun. Nov. 25 PITTSBURGH Broncos Stadium at Mile High W, 24-17 5-6 the fourth-most yards by a rookie trio through 14 games since the 1970 13 Sun. Dec. 2 at Cincinnati Paul Brown Stadium W, 24-10 6-6 NFL merger. See Page 12 14 Sun. Dec. 9 at San Francisco Levi’s Stadium L, 20-14 6-7 Rookie running back Phillip Lindsay is the only NFL player through 15 15 Sat. Dec. 15 CLEVELAND Broncos Stadium at Mile High L, 17-16 6-8 weeks to rank in the Top 5 in rushing yards (991 - 5th), rushing average 16 Mon. Dec. 24 at Oakland Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 5:15 p.m. PST ESPN (5.5 - 2nd) and rushing touchdowns (9 - T-5th). See Page 12 17 Sun. Dec. 30 L.A. CHARGERS Broncos Stadium at Mile High 2:25 p.m. MST CBS* Linebacker Von Miller has totaled a franchise-record 98 career sacks and is riding a career-long nine-game sack streak. See Pages 16-17 * - All NFL games scheduled Sundays from Weeks 5-17 are eligible to be moved due to the league’s flexible scheduling format The Broncos lead the NFL with four blocked kicks this season. See Page 19 BRONCOS/RAIDERS TEAM COMPARISON BRONCOS/RAIDERS INDIVIDUAL COMPARISON NFL Top 10 BRONCOS RAIDERS NFL Bottom 10 PASSING YARDS Keenum ............3,396 Carr .............3,697 6-8 3-11 GENERAL RUSHING YARDS +9 (T-4th) Turnover Margin (Rk) -6 (T-23rd) Lindsay ..............991 Martin .............516 Freeman ..............440 Lynch* .............376 28:42 (27th) Time of Possession Avg. (Rk) 30:32 (11th) Booker ...............148 Richard. ............247 OFFENSE RECEIVING YARDS 352.3 (18th) Net Yards Per Game (Rk) 343.9 (23rd) Sanders* .............868 Cook ...............848 5.6 (16th) Yards Per Play (Rk) 5.5 (20th) Sutton ...............614 J. Nelson ...........586 21.9 (21st) Points Per Game (Rk) 18.6 (29th) De. Thomas* ..........402 Richard ............550 123.2 (11th) Net Rushing YPG (Rk) 99.1 (26th) 229.1 (19th) Net Passing YPG (Rk) 244.8 (14th) POINTS SCORED 12 (T-17th) Had Intercepted (Rk) 8 (T-5th) McManus ..............90 Carlson ..............54 Lindsay ...............60 Cook ................36 3 (1st) Fumbles Lost (Rk) 12 (31st) Two Players ............30 Nugent* .............22 15 (T-6th) Giveaways (Rk) 20 (T-21st) 32 (13th) Sacks Allowed (Rk) 48 (30th) INTERCEPTIONS 32.9% (28th) Third Down Pct. (Rk) 36.8% (23rd) Harris Jr. ...............3 Three Players ..........2 57.5% (18th) Red Zone Pct. (Rk) 53.7% (22nd) Simmons ...............3 Five Players ...........1 Stewart ................2 DEFENSE 378.1 (25th) Net Yards Per Game (Rk) 385.2 (26th) SACKS 5.8 (21st) Yards Per Play (Rk) 6.3 (32nd) Miller ...............14.5 Hurst ..............4.0 21.4 (10th) Points Per Game (Rk) 29.9 (32nd) Chubb ..............12.0 Irvin* ..............3.0 Barrett ...............3.0 McDonald ...........2.0 120.2 (20th) Net Rushing YPG (Rk) 146.4 (32nd) 257.9 (25th) Net Passing YPG (Rk) 238.8 (16th) DEFENSIVE TACKLES (PRESS BOX TOTALS) 15 (T-5th) Interceptions (Rk) 11 (T-17th) Davis ................103 Whitehead ..........108 9 (T-9th) Fumble Recoveries (Rk) 3 (T-29th) Simmons ..............91 Lee .................55 24 (T-6th) Takeaways (Rk) 14 (T-24th) Stewart ...............53 Gilchrist .............48 42 (5th) Sacks (Rk) 12 (32nd) Chubb ................51 Melvin ..............40 Harris Jr. ..............49 Joseph ..............36 38.0% (17th) Third Down Pct. (Rk) 46.1% (30th) 56.4% (13th) Red Zone Pct. (Rk) 57.9% (15th) KICKOFF RETURNS (AVG.) Lindsay .......... 7 (23.3) D. Harris ......24 (21.9) SPECIAL TEAMS Booker ........... 5 (23.6) 44.2 (25th) Gross Punting Avg. (Rk) 42.9 (32nd) 40.6 (20th) Net Punting Avg. (Rk) 39.0 (31st) PUNT RETURNS (AVG.) 4.6 (32nd) Punt Return Avg. (Rk) 8.0 (16th) Cracraft .......... 10 (3.7) D. Harris .......18 (9.7) 8.2 (18th) Punt Return Avg. Against (Rk) 8.8 (30th) A. Jones* ........ 10 (2.5) J. Nelson ........2 (3.5) 19.5 (29th) Kickoff Return Avg. (Rk) 21.9 (17th) FIELD GOALS (PCT.) 20.6 (4th) Kickoff Return Avg. Against (Rk) 23.6 (22nd) McManus ......19/23 (.826) Carlson ......13/14 (.929) 82.6% (T-20th) Field Goal Pct. (Rk) 82.8% (19th) PUNTS (GROSS/NET AVG.) PENALTIES Wadman ....53 (44.3/39.8) Townsend ...61 (42.9/37.7) 103 (T-26th) Penalties Committed 100 (20th) King* .......20 (44.1/39.7) 111 (3rd) Opponent Penalties Committed 102 (9th) *no longer on active roster 2 BRONCOS/RAIDERS ALL-TIME RESULTS 1989 (9/24) W @Denver 31, Los Angeles 21 Mile High Stadium 1989 (12/3) L @Los Angeles 16, Denver 13 (OT) L.A. Coliseum Season (Date) W/L Result Site 1990 (9/9) L @Los Angeles 14, Denver 9 L.A. Coliseum 1960 (10/2) W @Denver 31, Oakland 14 Bears Stadium 1990 (12/2) L Los Angeles 23, @Denver 20 Mile High Stadium 1960 (12/17) L @Oakland 48, Denver 10 Candlestick Park 1991 (9/8) L @Los Angeles 16, Denver 13 L.A. Coliseum 1961 (10/1) L @Oakland 33, Denver 19 Candlestick Park 1991 (11/10) L Los Angeles 17, @Denver 16 Mile High Stadium 1961 (10/15) W @Denver 27, Oakland 24 Bears Stadium 1992 (9/6) W @Denver 17, Los Angeles 13 Mile High Stadium 1962 (10/5) W @Denver 44, Oakland 7 Bears Stadium 1992 (11/22) L @Los Angeles 24, Denver 0 L.A.