1990 Denver Broncos season

American football team season December 2013 February 2026 Denver Broncos 1990 5–11 5th AFC West Dan Reeves Chan Gailey Wade Phillips John Beake Pat Bowlen Mile High Stadium Did not qualify RB Bobby HumphreyS Steve AtwaterS Dennis Smith 250px Broncos seasons The 1990 season was the Denver Broncos' 31st year in professional football and their 21st with the National Football League (NFL). After reaching Super Bowl XXIV, the Broncos struggled and finished with their worst post-merger record in a 16-game season, 5–11. This mark would be eclipsed by the 2010 edition of the team, which finished 4–12. 8 of their 11 losses were by 8 points or less. Off Season NFL draft 1989 NFL draft 1990 Denver Broncos 2 52 Alton Montgomery S Houston yes 4 82 Jeroy Robinson ILB Texas A&M yes 5 111 Jeff Davidson G Ohio State yes 5 136 Le-Lo Lang CB Washington yes 6 164 Ronnie Haliburton OLB LSU yes 7 192 Shannon Sharpe TE Savannah State yes yes yes 8 219 Brad Leggett C USC 9 247 Todd Ellis QB South Carolina no 10 275 Anthony Thompson OLB East Carolina yes Personnel 1990 Denver Broncos President and Chief Executive Officer – Pat Bowlen General Manager – John Beake Director of Football Operations – Lide Huggins Director of Player Personnel – Reed Johnson Administrative Assistant – Joe DeCamillis Vice President/Head Coach – Dan Reeves Special Assistant – Marvin Bass Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers – Chan Gailey Quarterbacks – Mike Shanahan Running backs – Mo Forte Tight Ends/Assistant Offensive line – Pete Mangurian Offensive line – George Henshaw Defensive Coordinator – Wade Phillips Defensive line – Earl Leggett Linebackers – Mike Nolan Defensive Backs – Charlie Waters Defensive assistant – Barney Chavous Special Teams – Harold Richardson Strength/Conditioning – Al Miller 2010 Denver Broncos Media Guide 347 http://media.denverbroncos.com/media+guide/ March 13, 2011 July 9, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110709013221/http://media.denverbroncos.com/media+guide/ dead Roster 1990 Denver Broncos  7 John Elway  8 Gary Kubiak 32 Mel Bratton FB 35 Blake Ezor y KR 26 Bobby Humphrey 31 Kerry Porter 30 Steve Sewell FB 23 Sammy Winder 80 Mark Jackson wide receiver 82 Vance Johnson PR 85 Tim Stallworth y 83 Mike Young American football 87 Paul Green American football 88 Clarence Kay 81 Shannon Sharpe y 86 Chris Verhulst 64 Scott Beavers y G 62 Jeff Davidson y G 63 Sean Farrell American football G 69 Darrell Hamilton T 72 Keith Kartz C 76 Ken Lanier T 79 Dave Widell C/G/LS 67 Doug Widell G 99 David Galloway American football DE 90 Ron Holmes DE 71 Greg Kragen NT 91 Warren Powers American football DE 61 Andre Townsend DE/NT 56 Michael Brooks linebacker ILB 55 Rick Dennison ILB 73 Simon Fletcher American football OLB 93 Ronnie Haliburton y OLB 59 Tim Lucas American football OLB 77 Karl Mecklenburg ILB/OLB 52 Jeff Mills American football y OLB 53 Anthony Thompson linebacker y ILB/OLB 27 Steve Atwater FS 20 Kevin Clark American football CB/KR/PR 25 Kip Corrington FS 24 Wymon Henderson CB 21 Le-Lo Lang y CB 22 Alton Montgomery y CB KR 48 Randy Robbins American football CB/SS 49 Dennis Smith American football SS  2 Mike Horan American football P  9 David Treadwell K 34 Tyrone Braxton CB IR 92 Alphonso Carreker DE IR 58 Scott Curtis American football LB IR 66 Jim Juriga G/T IR 51 Marc Munford LB IR 84 Ricky Nattiel WR IR 75 Brent Parkinson y T IR 28 Elliot Smith American football CB NF-Ill. 65 Monte Smith G NF-Inj. 94 Jim Szymanski y DE IR 47 active, 10 inactive, 1 practice squad -- Paris McCurdy y LB https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/den/1990_roster.htm 1990 Denver Broncos starters and roster Pro-Football-Reference.com November 20, 2014 Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 9 at Los Angeles Raiders L 9–14 0–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 54,206 2 September 17 Kansas City Chiefs W 24–23 1–1 Mile High Stadium 75,277 3 September 23 Seattle Seahawks W 34–31 (OT) 2–1 Mile High Stadium 75,290 4 September 30 at Buffalo Bills L 28–29 2–2 Rich Stadium 74,393 5 October 8 Cleveland Browns L 29–30 2–3 Mile High Stadium 74,814 6 October 14 Pittsburgh Steelers L 17–34 2–4 Mile High Stadium 74,285 7 October 21 at Indianapolis Colts W 27–17 3–4 Hoosier Dome 59,850 8 Bye 9 November 4 at Minnesota Vikings L 22–27 3–5 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 57,331 10 November 11 at San Diego Chargers L 7–19 3–6 Jack Murphy Stadium 59,557 11 November 18 Chicago Bears L 13–16 3–7 Mile High Stadium 75,013 12 November 22 at Detroit Lions L 27–40 3–8 Pontiac Silverdome 73,896 13 December 2 Los Angeles Raiders L 20–23 3–9 Mile High Stadium 74,162 14 December 9 at Kansas City Chiefs L 20–31 3–10 Arrowhead Stadium 74,347 15 December 16 San Diego Chargers W 20–10 4–10 Mile High Stadium 64,919 16 December 23 at Seattle Seahawks L 12–17 4–11 Kingdome 55,845 17 December 30 Green Bay Packers W 22–13 5–11 Mile High Stadium 46,943 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Game summaries Week 2 vs Chiefs Denver Broncos 1990 2; text-align:center collapsed Week Two: Kansas City Chiefs (1–0) at Denver Broncos (0–1) September 17 Monday 7:00 p.m. MST Chiefs 3 6 0 14 Broncos 7 7 7 3 Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado 75,277 62 F C Jim Tunney ABC Box Score, Box Score First quarter KC – Nick Lowery 39-yard field goal, 3:18. Chiefs 3–0. Drive: DEN – Bobby Humphrey 37-yard run (David Treadwell kick), 0:48. Broncos 7–3. Drive: Second quarter KC – Nick Lowery 29-yard field goal, 11:33. Broncos 7–6. Drive: DEN – Bobby Humphrey 6-yard run (David Treadwell kick), 7:07. Broncos 14–6. Drive: KC – Nick Lowery 31-yard field goal, 0:04. Broncos 14–9. Drive: Third quarter DEN – John Elway 2-yard run (David Treadwell kick), 6:49. Broncos 21–9. Drive: Fourth quarter KC – Stephone Paige 16-yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Nick Lowery kick), 8:01. Broncos 21–16. Drive: KC – Stephone Paige 83-yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Nick Lowery kick), 1:44. Chiefs 23–21. Drive: DEN – David Treadwell 22-yard field goal, 0:00. Broncos 24–23. Drive: Top passers KC – Steve DeBerg – 26/45, 395 yards, 2 TD DEN – John Elway – 14/30, 263 yards Top rushers KC – Christian Okoye – 20 rushes, 69 yards DEN – Bobby Humphrey – 19 rushes, 132 yards, 2 TD Top receivers KC – Stephone Paige – 10 receptions, 206 yards, 2 TD DEN – Vance Johnson – 6 receptions, 150 yards Steve Atwater hit on Christian Okoye Week 12 at Lions 1990 Detroit Lions Denver Broncos 1990 2; text-align:center collapsed Week Twelve: Denver Broncos (3–7) at Detroit Lions (3–7) November 22 12:30 p.m. EST Broncos 7 10 3 7 Lions 21 6 7 6 Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan 73,896 Indoors (dome) Dick Hantak NBC Dick Enberg and Bill Walsh Box Score First quarter DET – Richard Johnson 11-yard pass from Bob Gagliano (Eddie Murray kick), 10:11. Lions 7–0. Drive: DEN – Melvin Bratton 1-yard run (David Treadwell kick), 6:45. Tie 7–7. Drive: DET – Barry Sanders 7-yard run (Eddie Murray kick), 4:32. Lions 14–7. Drive: DET – Richard Johnson 43-yard pass from Bob Gagliano (Eddie Murray kick), 0:50. Lions 21–7. Drive: Second quarter DET – Eddie Murray 24-yard field goal, 1:32. Lions 24–7. Drive: DEN – David Treadwell 24-yard field goal, 8:40. Lions 24–10. Drive: DEN – Wymon Henderson 48-yard interception return (David Treadwell kick), 7:40. Lions 24–17. DET – Eddie Murray 32-yard field goal, 1:55. Lions 27–17. Drive: Third quarter DEN – David Treadwell 32-yard field goal, 9:32. Lions 27–20. Drive: DET – Barry Sanders 35-yard pass from Bob Gagliano (Eddie Murray kick), 6:32. Lions 34–20. Drive: Fourth quarter DEN – Melvin Bratton 1-yard run (David Treadwell kick), 14:14. Lions 34–27. Drive: DET – Eddie Murray 43-yard field goal, 3:43. Lions 37–27. Drive: DET – Eddie Murray 45-yard field goal, 2:51. Lions 40–27. Drive: Top passers DEN – John Elway – 24/36, 246 yards, INT DET – Bob Gagliano – 18/30, 248 yards, 3 TD, INT Top rushers DEN – Bobby Humphrey – 16 rushes, 53 yards DET – Barry Sanders – 23 rushes, 147 yards, TD Top receivers DEN – Ricky Nattiel – 3 receptions, 50 yards DET – Richard Johnson – 5 receptions, 83 yards, 2 TD Week 14 at Chiefs Denver Broncos 1990 2; text-align:center collapsed Week Fourteen: Denver Broncos (3–9) at Kansas City Chiefs (8–4) December 9 4:00 p.m. Broncos 0 13 0 7 Chiefs 7 3 7 14 Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri 74,347 44 F C Gordon McCarter Box Score, Box Score First quarter KC – Stephone Paige 48-yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Nick Lowery kick), 11:54. Chiefs 7–0. Drive: Second quarter DEN – Shannon Sharpe 5-yard pass from John Elway (kick failed), 7:46. Chiefs 7–6. Drive: DEN – Mike Young 16-yard pass from John Elway (David Treadwell kick), 1:28. Broncos 13–7. Drive: KC – Nick Lowery 33-yard field goal, 0:03. Broncos 13–10. Drive: Third quarter KC – Barry Word 1-yard run (Nick Lowery kick), 6:32. Chiefs 17–13. Drive: Fourth quarter KC – Danta Whitaker 1-yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Nick Lowery kick), 14:37. Chiefs 24–13. Drive: DEN – Bobby Humphrey 2-yard run (David Treadwell kick), 9:51. Chiefs 24–20. Drive: KC – Robb Thomas 27-yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Nick Lowery kick), 2:28. Chiefs 31–20. Drive: Top passers DEN – John Elway – 24/36, 328 yards, 2 TD, INT KC – Steve DeBerg – 18/27, 254 yards, 3 TD Top rushers DEN – Bobby Humphrey – 21 rushes, 56 yards, TD KC – Barry Word – 16 rushes, 72 yards, TD Top receivers DEN – Mark Jackson – 5 receptions, 90 yards KC – Stephone Paige – 3 receptions, 75 yards, TD Standings References External links Denver Broncos – 1990 media guide 1990 Denver Broncos season at jt-sw.com 1990 Denver Broncos at Pro-Football-Reference.com Denver Broncos Category:Denver Broncos seasons Bronco Category:Long stubs with short prose