This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

1999 Denver BroncosW1999 Denver Broncos↗

NFL · AFC West · 6–10 (.375) · 5th in division · PF 314 · PA 318 · Coach Mike Shanahan

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Team leaders

Passing (yds)

Rushing (yds)

Receiving (yds)

Sacks

Interceptions

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	1034	933
EPA per play	-0.05	-0.07
Pass EPA per play	-0.02	-0.07
Rush EPA per play	-0.08	-0.08
Success rate	40.1%	39.3%
Pass rate	55.8%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.06, success rate 39.4%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium
1999-09-13	1	vs Miami Dolphins	L 21–38	0–1	Mile High Stadium
1999-09-19	2	@ Kansas City Chiefs	L 10–26	0–2	Arrowhead Stadium
1999-09-26	3	@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 10–13	0–3	Raymond James Stadium
1999-10-03	4	vs New York Jets	L 13–21	0–4	Mile High Stadium
1999-10-10	5	@ Oakland Raiders	W 16–13	1–4	Network Associates Coliseum
1999-10-17	6	vs Green Bay Packers	W 31–10	2–4	Mile High Stadium
1999-10-24	7	@ New England Patriots	L 23–24	2–5	Foxboro Stadium
1999-10-31	8	vs Minnesota Vikings	L 20–23	2–6	Mile High Stadium
1999-11-07	9	@ San Diego Chargers	W 33–17	3–6	Qualcomm Stadium
1999-11-14	10	@ Seattle Seahawks	L 17–20	3–7	Seattle Kingdome
1999-11-22	11	vs Oakland Raiders	W 27–21 OT	4–7	Mile High Stadium
1999-12-05	13	vs Kansas City Chiefs	L 10–16	4–8	Mile High Stadium
1999-12-13	14	@ Jacksonville Jaguars	L 24–27	4–9	Alltel Stadium
1999-12-19	15	vs Seattle Seahawks	W 36–30 OT	5–9	Mile High Stadium
1999-12-25	16	@ Detroit Lions	W 17–7	6–9	Pontiac Silverdome
2000-01-02	17	vs San Diego Chargers	L 6–12	6–10	Mile High Stadium

Roster (65)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Status
6	Bubby Brister	QB	6-3	212	Louisiana-Monroe; Tulane	ACT
11	Jeff Brohm	QB	6-1	205	Louisville	ACT
12	Chris Miller	QB	6-2	212	Oregon	ACT
14	Brian Griese	QB	6-3	214	Michigan	ACT
22	Olandis Gary	RB	5-11	218	Georgia; Marshall	ACT
29	Howard Griffith	RB	6-0	240	Illinois	ACT
30	Terrell Davis	RB	5-11	210	Georgia; California State - Long Beach	RES
31	Derek Loville	RB	5-10	210	Oregon	ACT
33	John Avery	RB	5-9	190	Mississippi; Northwest Mississippi CC	ACT
37	Anthony Lynn	RB	6-3	230	Texas Tech	ACT
42	Detron Smith	RB	5-10	229	Texas A&M	ACT
80	Rod Smith	WR	6-0	200	Missouri Southern	ACT
81	Andre Cooper	WR	6-2	210	Florida State	ACT
82	Billy Miller	WR	6-3	252	USC	ACT
82	Marcus Nash	WR	6-3	195	Tennessee	TRD
83	Travis McGriff	WR	5-8	185	Florida	ACT
85	Chris Doering	WR	6-4	201	Florida	ACT
87	Ed McCaffrey	WR	6-5	215	Stanford	ACT
84	Shannon Sharpe	TE	6-2	228	Savannah State College	RES
86	Byron Chamberlain	TE	6-1	264	Wayne State College; Missouri	ACT
88	Desmond Clark	TE	6-3	249	Wake Forest	ACT
89	Dwayne Carswell	TE	6-3	290	Liberty	ACT
20	Tory James	DB	6-2	192	LSU	ACT
21	Chris Watson	DB	6-1	188	Eastern Illinois	ACT
23	Jason Moore	DB	5-10	195	San Diego State	ACT
25	Darrius Johnson	DB	5-9	185	Oklahoma	ACT
26	Eric Brown	DB	6-1	213	Mississippi State; Blinn College	RES
34	Tyrone Braxton	DB	5-11	190	North Dakota State	ACT
35	Jason Suttle	DB	5-10	182	Wisconsin	ACT
38	Tori Noel	DB	6-0	200	Tennessee	RES
39	Ray Crockett	DB	5-10	185	Baylor	ACT
40	Dale Carter	DB	6-1	194	Tennessee; Ellsworth CC	ACT
48	George Coghill	DB	6-0	210	Wake Forest	ACT
73	Cyron Brown	DL	6-5	275	Western Illinois; Illinois	ACT
90	Neil Smith	DL	6-4	270	Nebraska	ACT
91	Alfred Williams	DL	6-6	265	Colorado	RES
93	Trevor Pryce	DL	6-5	290	Clemson; Michigan	ACT
94	Keith Traylor	DL	6-2	340	Central Oklahoma; Oklahoma; Coffeyville CC	ACT
95	Paul Grasmanis	DL	6-3	298	Notre Dame	ACT
96	Harald Hasselbach	DL	6-6	285	Washington	ACT
97	Mike Lodish	DL	6-3	270	UCLA	ACT
98	Maa Tanuvasa	DL	6-2	270	Hawaii	ACT
99	Montae Reagor	DL	6-3	285	Texas Tech	ACT
50	Artie Ulmer	LB	6-3	247	Valdosta State; Georgia Southern	RES
51	John Mobley	LB	6-1	236	Kutztown	RES
52	David Bowens	LB	6-3	265	Western Illinois; Michigan	ACT
53	Bill Romanowski	LB	6-4	245	Boston College	ACT
54	Nate Wayne	LB	6-0	237	Mississippi	ACT
56	Al Wilson	LB	6-0	240	Tennessee	ACT
58	Steve Russ	LB	6-4	245	Air Force	ACT
59	Glenn Cadrez	LB	6-2	247	Houston; Chaffey College	ACT
60	K.C. Jones	OL	6-1	275	Miami	ACT
62	Dan Neil	OL	6-2	285	Texas	ACT
64	Dan Finn	OL	6-3	316	Northern Arizona	RES
64	Lennie Friedman	OL	6-3	290	Duke	RES
66	Tom Nalen	OL	6-3	286	Boston College	ACT
69	Mark Schlereth	OL	6-3	287	Idaho	ACT
70	Trey Teague	OL	6-5	300	Tennessee	ACT
71	Melvin Tuten	OL	6-7	320	Syracuse	ACT
74	Evan Pilgrim	OL	6-4	298	BYU	TRC
77	Tony Jones	OL	6-5	291	Western Carolina	RES
78	Matt Lepsis	OL	6-4	290	Colorado	ACT
79	Chris Banks	OL	6-1	315	Kansas	ACT
1	Jason Elam	SPEC	5-11	194	Hawaii	ACT
16	Tom Rouen	SPEC	6-3	225	Colorado; Colorado State	ACT

Biggest contracts on the books in 1999

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Terrell Davis	RB	1998	6	$46.8M	$7.8M	$11.0M	14.9%
John Elway	QB	1996	5	$29.5M	$5.9M	$6.2M	14.5%
Ed McCaffrey	WR	1999	7	$24.5M	$3.5M	$4.5M	6.1%
Rod Smith	WR	1998	6	$19.2M	$3.2M	$2.4M	6.1%
Steve Atwater	S	1995	5	$12.5M	$2.5M	$3.3M	6.7%
Shannon Sharpe	TE	1997	3	$7.5M	$2.5M	$1.8M	6.0%
Ed McCaffrey	WR	1997	4	$4.6M	$1.1M	$1.0M	2.8%
Trevor Pryce	IDL	1997	5	$4.9M	$981,500	$1.3M	2.4%
Rod Smith	WR	1996	4	$2.4M	$587,500	$250,000	1.4%

Contracts whose term covers this season (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is against the cap of the signing year.

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1999 Denver BroncosW1999 Denver Broncos↗

Team leaders

Efficiency (EPA)

Schedule (16 games)

Roster (65)