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

2005 Denver BroncosW2005 Denver Broncos↗

NFL · AFC West · 13–3 (.812) · 1st in division · PF 395 · PA 258 · Coach Mike Shanahan · Lost Conference Championship

◀ 2004 2006 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

3366Jake Plummer
7Bradlee Van Pelt

Rushing (yds)

Receiving (yds)

Sacks

Interceptions

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	1014	984
EPA per play	+0.10	-0.07
Pass EPA per play	+0.09	-0.06
Rush EPA per play	+0.10	-0.08
Success rate	44.6%	40.3%
Pass rate	48.2%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.03, success rate 41.4%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (18 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium
2005-09-11	1	@ Miami Dolphins	L 10–34	0–1	Dolphin Stadium
2005-09-18	2	vs San Diego Chargers	W 20–17	1–1	Invesco Field at Mile High
2005-09-26	3	vs Kansas City Chiefs	W 30–10	2–1	Invesco Field at Mile High
2005-10-02	4	@ Jacksonville Jaguars	W 20–7	3–1	Alltel Stadium
2005-10-09	5	vs Washington Redskins	W 21–19	4–1	Invesco Field at Mile High
2005-10-16	6	vs New England Patriots	W 28–20	5–1	Invesco Field at Mile High
2005-10-23	7	@ New York Giants	L 23–24	5–2	Giants Stadium
2005-10-30	8	vs Philadelphia Eagles	W 49–21	6–2	Invesco Field at Mile High
2005-11-13	10	@ Oakland Raiders	W 31–17	7–2	McAfee Coliseum
2005-11-20	11	vs New York Jets	W 27–0	8–2	Invesco Field at Mile High
2005-11-24	12	@ Dallas Cowboys	W 24–21 OT	9–2	Texas Stadium
2005-12-04	13	@ Kansas City Chiefs	L 27–31	9–3	Arrowhead Stadium
2005-12-11	14	vs Baltimore Ravens	W 12–10	10–3	Invesco Field at Mile High
2005-12-17	15	@ Buffalo Bills	W 28–17	11–3	Ralph Wilson Stadium
2005-12-24	16	vs Oakland Raiders	W 22–3	12–3	Invesco Field at Mile High
2005-12-31	17	@ San Diego Chargers	W 23–7	13–3	Qualcomm Stadium
2006-01-14	Div	vs New England Patriots	W 27–13		Invesco Field at Mile High
2006-01-22	Conf	vs Pittsburgh Steelers	L 17–34		Invesco Field at Mile High

Roster (58)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
11	Bradlee Van Pelt	QB	6-2	220	Colorado State; Michigan State	1	ACT
16	Jake Plummer	QB	6-2	212	Arizona State	8	ACT
37	Cecil Sapp	FB	5-11	236	Colorado State	2	ACT
39	Kyle Johnson	FB	6-0	242	Syracuse	3	ACT
21	Quentin Griffin	RB	5-7	195	Oklahoma	2	CUT
26	Tatum Bell	RB	5-11	213	Oklahoma State	1	ACT
33	Ron Dayne	RB	5-10	245	Wisconsin	5	ACT
38	Mike Anderson	RB	6-0	230	Utah; Mount San Jacinto College	5	ACT
13	David Terrell	WR	6-3	212	Michigan	4	ACT
14	Todd Devoe	WR	6-2	198	Central Missouri	2	ACT
17	Darius Watts	WR	6-2	190	Marshall	1	ACT
80	Rod Smith	WR	6-0	200	Missouri Southern	11	ACT
81	Charlie Adams	WR	6-2	190	Hofstra	3	ACT
85	Ashley Lelie	WR	6-3	195	Hawaii	3	ACT
82	Stephen Alexander	TE	6-4	250	Oklahoma	7	ACT
84	Wesley Duke	TE	6-5	225	Mercer University, Atlanta	0	ACT
88	Jeb Putzier	TE	6-4	251	Boise State	3	ACT
89	Nate Jackson	TE	6-3	235	Menlo College; Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	3	ACT
66	Tom Nalen	C	6-3	286	Boston College	11	ACT
22	Domonique Foxworth	CB	5-11	180	Maryland	0	ACT
24	Champ Bailey	CB	6-0	192	Georgia	6	ACT
27	Darrent Williams	CB	5-8	188	Oklahoma State	0	ACT
35	Lenny Walls	CB	6-4	197	Boston College; St. Mary's College (CA); City College (SF)	3	CUT
41	Karl Paymah	CB	6-0	195	Washington State	0	ACT
45	Roc Alexander	CB	5-10	190	Washington	1	ACT
21	Hamza Abdullah	DB	6-2	216	Washington State	0	ACT
54	Patrick Chukwurah	DE	6-1	250	Wyoming	4	ACT
60	John Engelberger	DE	6-4	260	Virginia Tech	5	ACT
91	Ebenezer Ekuban	DE	6-4	275	North Carolina	6	ACT
93	Trevor Pryce	DE	6-5	290	Clemson; Michigan	8	ACT
95	Marco Coleman	DE	6-3	270	Georgia Tech	13	ACT
98	Courtney Brown	DE	6-4	285	Penn State	5	ACT
61	Gerard Warren	DT	6-4	330	Florida	4	ACT
75	Monsanto Pope	DT	6-3	300	Virginia	3	ACT
96	Michael Myers	DT	6-2	300	Alabama; Hinds CC	7	ACT
97	Demetrin Veal	DT	6-2	288	Tennessee; Cerritos College	2	ACT
23	Marques Anderson	FS	5-11	210	UCLA	3	ACT
40	Curome Cox	FS	6-1	204	Maryland	1	ACT
47	John Lynch	FS	6-2	220	Stanford	12	ACT
50	Ben Hamilton	G	6-5	290	Minnesota	4	ACT
59	Taylor Whitley	G	6-4	305	Texas A&M	2	ACT
62	Chris Myers	G	6-4	286	Miami	0	ACT
65	Cooper Carlisle	G	6-5	310	Florida	5	ACT
77	Dwayne Carswell	G	6-3	290	Liberty	11	RES
1	Jason Elam	K	5-11	194	Hawaii	12	ACT
83	Mike Leach	LS	6-2	235	William & Mary; Boston University	5	ACT
55	D.J. Williams	MLB	6-1	242	Miami	1	ACT
56	Al Wilson	MLB	6-0	240	Tennessee	6	ACT
51	Keith Burns	OLB	6-2	235	Oklahoma State; Navarro	11	ACT
52	Ian Gold	OLB	6-0	223	Michigan	5	ACT
53	Louis Green	OLB	6-3	237	Alcorn State	3	ACT
3	Paul Ernster	P	6-0	217	Northern Arizona	0	CUT
10	Todd Sauerbrun	P	5-10	215	West Virginia	10	ACT
25	Nick Ferguson	SS	5-11	202	Georgia Tech; Morris Brown College	9	ACT
42	Sam Brandon	SS	6-2	200	UNLV	3	ACT
72	George Foster	T	6-5	338	Georgia	2	ACT
74	Cornell Green	T	6-6	315	UCF	6	ACT
78	Matt Lepsis	T	6-4	290	Colorado	8	ACT

Depth chart, week 17

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
LS	Mike Leach
TE	Stephen Alexander	Jeb Putzier	Wesley Duke
C	Tom Nalen	Ben Hamilton	Chris Myers
FB	Kyle Johnson	Cecil Sapp
LG	Ben Hamilton	Taylor Whitley
LT	Matt Lepsis	Cornell Green
QB	Jake Plummer	Bradlee Van Pelt
RB	Tatum Bell	Mike Anderson	Ron Dayne
RG	Cooper Carlisle	Taylor Whitley
RT	George Foster	Cornell Green
WR	Rod Smith	Ashley Lelie	Todd Devoe

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	John Lynch	Curome Cox
LCB	Champ Bailey	Roc Alexander
LE	Ebenezer Ekuban	Courtney Brown	Marco Coleman
LT	Michael Myers	Monsanto Pope
MLB	Keith Burns	Al Wilson
RCB	Domonique Foxworth	Karl Paymah	Darrent Williams
RE	Trevor Pryce	John Engelberger
RT	Gerard Warren	Demetrin Veal
SLB	D.J. Williams	Patrick Chukwurah
SS	Nick Ferguson	Sam Brandon	Hamza Abdullah
WLB	Ian Gold	Louis Green

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd
H	Jake Plummer	Todd Sauerbrun
K	Jason Elam
KO	Todd Sauerbrun
KR	Roc Alexander	Darrent Williams
LS	Mike Leach	Matt Lepsis
P	Todd Sauerbrun
PR	Charlie Adams	Darrent Williams

Biggest contracts on the books in 2005

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Champ Bailey	CB	2004	7	$63.0M	$9.0M	$18.0M	11.2%
Trevor Pryce	IDL	2001	8	$59.9M	$7.5M	$10.6M	11.1%
Rod Smith	WR	2005	4	$24.0M	$6.0M	$1.5M	7.0%
Rod Smith	WR	2002	7	$41.6M	$5.9M	$11.0M	8.4%
Jake Plummer	QB	2003	7	$40.8M	$5.8M	$7.0M	7.8%
Courtney Brown	ED	2005	5	$18.8M	$3.8M	$1.3M	4.4%
Ed McCaffrey	WR	1999	7	$24.5M	$3.5M	$4.5M	6.1%
John Lynch	S	2004	3	$9.3M	$3.1M	$2.5M	3.8%
Shannon Sharpe	TE	2002	7	$16.1M	$2.3M	$1.7M	3.2%
D.J. Williams	LB	2004	6	$9.0M	$1.5M	$2.4M	1.9%
Jerry Rice	WR	2005	1	$790,000	$790,000	$25,000	0.9%
Clinton Portis	RB	2002	4	$2.6M	$662,500	$1.3M	0.9%
Chris Myers	C	2005	3	$990,200	$330,067	$65,200	0.4%
Brandon Browner	CB	2005	3	$946,000	$315,333	$21,000	0.4%
Tyson Clabo	RT	2004	3	$940,000	$313,333	$20,000	0.4%
Chris Myers	C	2005	3	$925,000	$308,333	$0	0.4%
Erik Pears	RT	2005	3	$935,000	$233,750	$10,000	0.3%
Tyson Clabo	RT	2004	2	$460,000	$230,000	$0	0.3%
Chris Myers	C	2005	1	$79,900	$79,900	$0	0.1%
Erik Pears	RT	2005	1	$79,900	$79,900	$0	0.1%

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

Trades in 2005 (5)

Date	Trade
2005-03-03	CLV → DEN: Gerard Warren DEN → CLV: 2005 round 4 pick 126
2005-03-18	CLV → DEN: Ebenezer Ekuban, Michael Myers DEN → CLV: Reuben Droughns
2005-04-20	DEN → WAS: 2005 round 1 pick 25 WAS → DEN: 2005 round 3 pick 76, 2006 round 1 pick 22, 2006 round 4 pick 126
2005-05-19	CAR → DEN: Todd Sauerbrun DEN → CAR: Jason Baker, 2005 round None
2005-07-15	DEN → SFO: Willie Middlebrooks SFO → DEN: John Engelberger

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