1994 Denver Broncos season

1994 Denver Broncos season
Owner	Pat Bowlen
General manager	John Beake
Head coach	Wade Phillips
Offensive coordinator	Jim Fassel
Defensive coordinator	Charlie Waters
Home field	Mile High Stadium
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	4th AFC West
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Uniform
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The 1994 Denver Broncos season was the team's 35th year in professional football and its 25th with the National Football League. The season would be the final year that Wade Phillips was head coach. This would also be the final season for longtime defensive stalwarts Karl Mecklenburg and Dennis Smith. This would be the last time the Broncos started 1–5 until 2023.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1994 NFL Draft

1994 Denver Broncos draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
2	51	Allen Aldridge	Linebacker	Houston
4	123	Randy Fuller	Cornerback	Tennessee State
7	210	Keith Burns	Linebacker	Oklahoma State
7	212	Butler By'not'e	Running back	Ohio State
7	218	Tom Nalen  *	Center	Boston College
Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Undrafted Free Agents

1994 Undrafted Free Agents of note

Player	Position	College
Dwayne Carswell	Tight end	Liberty
Derrick Clark	Running back	Evangel
Rod Smith	Wide receiver	Missouri Southern State

Personnel

Staff

1994 Denver Broncos staff

Front office President and Chief Executive Officer – Pat Bowlen General Manager – John Beake Director of Football Operations/Player Personnel – Bob Ferguson Assistant Director of Player Personnel – Cornell Green Director of College Scouting – Jeff Smith Pro Scout – Jack Elway College Scout – Dave Gettleman College Scout – Ted Sundquist Head coaches Head Coach – Wade Phillips Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator – Jim Fassel Special Assistant to Head Coach/Offense – Harold Richardson Offensive coaches Running Backs – Bishop Harris Wide Receivers – Mo Forte Tight Ends – Les Steckel Offensive Line – John Levra

Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Charlie Waters Defensive Line – Rex Norris Linebackers – John Paul Young Defensive Backs – Leon Fuller Assistant Defensive Backs/Quality Control – Alvin Reynolds Special teams coaches Special Teams/Linebackers – Richard Smith Strength and conditioning Strength/Conditioning – Vernon Banks Assistant Strength/Conditioning and Assistant Defensive Line – Barney Chavous

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Roster

1994 Denver Broncos roster

Quarterbacks (QB)  7 John Elway  2 Will Furrer 17 Hugh Millen Running backs (RB) 43 Derrick Clark 22 Glyn Milburn 38 Reggie Rivers 41 Deon Strother Wide receivers (WR) 86 Jeff Campbell 83 Anthony Miller 80 Tony Kimbrough 85 Derek Russell 87 Cedric Tillman Tight ends (TE) 89 Dwayne Carswell 88 Jerry Evans 82 Shannon Sharpe

Offensive linemen (OL) 60 Joe Burch C 68 Russell Freeman T 75 Brian Habib G 67 Ken Lanier T 78 Don Maggs G/T 64 Jon Melander G 66 Tom Nalen C/G 76 Kirk Scrafford T 79 Dave Widell 65 Gary Zimmerman T Defensive linemen (DL) 99 Shane Dronett DE 73 Simon Fletcher DE 96 Harald Hasselbach DT 91 Willie Oshodin DE 94 Jeff Robinson DE 98 Ted Washington DT 90 Dan Williams DT

Linebackers (LB) 57 Allen Aldridge OLB 58 Elijah Alexander OLB 56 Keith Burns MLB 51 Mike Croel OLB 54 Mitch Donahue OLB 52 Richard Harvey OLB 50 Ray Jacobs OLB 77 Karl Mecklenburg MLB Defensive backs (DB) 27 Steve Atwater SS 23 Ronnie Bradford CB 28 Butler B'ynote' 39 Ray Crockett CB 24 Randy Fuller CB 40 Darryl Hall SS 21 Randy Hilliard CB 31 Rondell Jones FS 26 Ben Smith CB 49 Dennis Smith FS 25 Charles Swann CB Special teams  1 Jason Elam K 16 Tom Rouen P

Practice squad -- Ryan McCoy LB 19 Rod Smith WR 53 active, 8 inactive, 2 practice squadReserve 33 Rod Bernstine RB (IR) 83 Melvin Bonner WR (IR) 97 Darren Drozdov NT (IR) 72 Keith Kartz C (IR) 61 Bob Meeks C (IR) 81 Mike Pritchard WR (IR) 42 Leonard Russell RB (IR) 92 Dave Wyman LB (IR) Rookies in italics

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Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 4	San Diego Chargers	L 34–37	0–1	Mile High Stadium	74,032	Recap
2	September 11	at New York Jets	L 22–25	0–2	Giants Stadium	73,436	Recap
3	September 18	Los Angeles Raiders	L 16–48	0–3	Mile High Stadium	75,764	Recap
4	September 26	at Buffalo Bills	L 20–27	0–4	Rich Stadium	75,373	Recap
5	Bye
6	October 9	at Seattle Seahawks	W 16–9	1–4	Husky Stadium	63,872	Recap
7	October 17	Kansas City Chiefs	L 28–31	1–5	Mile High Stadium	75,151	Recap
8	October 23	at San Diego Chargers	W 20–15	2–5	Jack Murphy Stadium	61,626	Recap
9	October 30	Cleveland Browns	W 26–14	3–5	Mile High Stadium	73,190	Recap
10	November 6	at Los Angeles Rams	L 21–27	3–6	Anaheim Stadium	48,103	Recap
11	November 13	Seattle Seahawks	W 17–10	4–6	Mile High Stadium	71,290	Recap
12	November 20	Atlanta Falcons	W 32–28	5–6	Mile High Stadium	70,594	Recap
13	November 27	Cincinnati Bengals	W 15–13	6–6	Mile High Stadium	69,714	Recap
14	December 4	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 20–17	7–6	Arrowhead Stadium	77,631	Recap
15	December 11	at Los Angeles Raiders	L 13–23	7–7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	60,016	Recap
16	December 17	at San Francisco 49ers	L 19–42	7–8	Candlestick Park	64,884	Recap
17	December 24	New Orleans Saints	L 28–30	7–9	Mile High Stadium	64,445	Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

AFC West
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
(2) San Diego Chargers	11	5	0	.688	381	306	W2
(6) Kansas City Chiefs	9	7	0	.563	319	298	W2
Los Angeles Raiders	9	7	0	.563	303	327	L1
Denver Broncos	7	9	0	.438	347	396	L3
Seattle Seahawks	6	10	0	.375	287	323	L2

Season summary

Week 13 vs Bengals

Week Thirteen: Cincinnati Bengals (2–9) at Denver Broncos (5–6)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	6	0	7	13
Broncos	6	9	0	0	15

at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

• Date: November 27, 1994
• Game time: 4:00 p.m. EDT
• Game weather: 27 °F (−3 °C)
• Game attendance: 69,714
• Box Score, Box Score

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Bengals	Passing	Jeff Blake	15/33, 215 Yds, TD, INT
	Rushing	Steve Broussard	8 Rush, 52 Yds
	Receiving	Carl Pickens	6 Rec, 132 Yds, TD
Broncos	Passing	John Elway	21/38, 239 Yds, TD
	Rushing	Leonard Russell	13 Rush, 30 Yds
	Receiving	Anthony Miller	5 Rec, 116 Yds, TD

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP CIN DEN 1 12:30 7 58 Broncos 34-yard field goal by Jason Elam 0 3 1 4:13 6 4 Broncos 33-yard field goal by Jason Elam 0 6 2 7:19 11 55 Bengals 43-yard field goal by Doug Pelfrey 3 6 2 4:09 7 58 Broncos Anthony Miller 16-yard touchdown reception from John Elway, 2-point conversion attempt failed 3 12 2 2:57 4 7 Broncos 37-yard field goal by Jason Elam 3 15 2 0:11 11 66 Bengals 32-yard field goal by Doug Pelfrey 6 15 4 14:48 4 80 Bengals Carl Pickens 70-yard touchdown reception from Jeff Blake, Doug Pelfrey kick good 13 15 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 13 15

References

1. 1994 Denver Broncos Media Guide. pp. 5–27.
2. "1994 Denver Broncos starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 20, 2014.

External links

• Denver Broncos – 1994 media guide
• Broncos on Pro Football Reference
• Broncos Schedule on jt-sw.com