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John Elway's Career Statistics and Highlights
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Sunday, May 2, 1999; 2:03 p.m. EDT
The year-by-year statistics and career highlights of Denver Broncos
quarterback John Elway:
Born: June 28, 1960 in Port Angeles, Washington
College: Stanford
Draft: 1st overall pick in 1983 by the Baltimore Colts
Acquired: May 2, 1983 for QB Mark Hermann, the rights to OL Chris
Hinton and a first-round pick in the 1984 draft.
Family: wife, Janet: children Jessica, Jordan, Jack and Juliana
Resides: Englewood, Colorado
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YEAR TEAM G/S COMP ATT YDS PCT TD INT RATE ATT YDS TD
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1983 DENVER 11/10 123 259 1,663 47.5 7 14 54.9 28 146 1
1984 DENVER 15/14 214 380 2,598 56.3 18 15 76.8 56 237 1
1985 DENVER 16/16 327 605 3,891 54.0 22 23 70.0 51 253 0
1986 DENVER 16/16 280 504 3,485 55.6 19 13 79.0 52 257 1
1987 DENVER 12/12 224 410 3,198 54.6 19 12 83.4 66 304 4
1988 DENVER 15/15 274 496 3,309 55.2 17 19 71.3 54 234 1
1989 DENVER 15/15 223 416 3,051 53.6 18 18 73.7 48 244 3
1990 DENVER 16/16 294 502 3,526 58.6 15 14 78.5 50 258 3
1991 DENVER 16/16 242 451 3,253 53.7 13 12 68.3 55 255 6
1992 DENVER 12/12 174 316 2,242 55.1 10 17 65.7 34 94 2
1993 DENVER 16/16 348 551 4,030 63.2 25 10 92.8 44 153 0
1994 DENVER 14/14 307 494 3,490 62.1 16 10 85.7 58 235 4
1995 DENVER 16/16 316 542 3,970 58.3 26 14 86.3 41 176 1
1996 DENVER 15/15 287 466 3,328 61.6 26 14 89.2 50 249 4
1997 DENVER 16/16 280 502 3,635 55.8 27 11 87.5 50 218 1
1998 DENVER 13/12 210 356 2,806 59.0 22 10 93.0 37 94 1
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TOTALS 234/231 51,477 56.9 300 226 79.9 774 33
4,123 7,250 3,407
POSTSEASON
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YEAR TEAM G/S COMP ATT YDS PCT TD INT RATE ATT YDS TD
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1983 DENVER 1/0 10 15 123 66.7 0 1 63.9 3 16 0
1984 DENVER 1/1 19 37 184 51.3 2 2 77.7 4 16 0
1986 DENVER 3/3 57 107 805 53.3 3 4 64.9 15 101 2
1987 DENVER 3/3 42 89 797 47.2 6 5 77.7 18 76 1
1989 DENVER 3/3 42 82 732 51.2 4 3 82.8 16 91 1
1991 DENVER 2/2 30 54 378 55.6 1 2 68.5 10 49 0
1993 DENVER 1/1 29 47 302 61.7 3 1 99.3 5 23 0
1996 DENVER 1/1 25 38 226 65.8 2 0 99.2 5 30 0
1997 DENVER 4/4 56 96 726 58.3 3 2 89.9 9 25 1
1998 DENVER 3/3 45 86 691 52.3 3 1 82.2 9 34 1
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TOTALS 22/21 355 651 4,964 54.5 27 21 80.1 94 461 6
Career highlights
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-- The NFL's all-time winningest quarterback (148-82-1)
-- Ranks second only all-time to Dan Marino in passing yardage,
attempts, completions and 3,000-yard seasons
-- Ranks third all-time in touchdown passes
-- Only quarterback to start five Super Bowls, and is 5-1 in
AFC championship games
-- Is the only player to surpass 50,000 passing yards and 3,000
rushing yards
-- Set NFL record by throwing for over 3,000 yards and rushing for
more than 200 yards in seven straight seasons, three more
than anyone else, and has done it 10 times in his career
-- All-time leader with 47 game-winning or game-tying drives in
the fourth quarter or overtime
-- Super Bowl XXXIII MVP, completing 18-of-29 passes for 336
yards and a touchdown and ran for a score in a 34-19 win over
Atlanta
Year-by-Year highlights
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College -- A two-time All-American at Stanford, finished second in
1982 Heisman Trophy balloting.
1983 -- Started 10 games and finished 17th in the AFC in passing.
1984 -- Led the Broncos to a 12-2 record in 14 starts and finished third
on the team in rushing.
1985 -- Set team record in attempts, completions and passing yards and
finished second in the league in completions and yards.
1986 -- Led Broncos to AFC Championship and earned first Pro Bowl berth.
Directs game-tying 15-play, 98-yard drive in final minutes of
regulation as Denver defeats Cleveland, 23-20, in overtime in
AFC Championship Game. Threw for 304 yards and one touchdown and
ran for another score in Super Bowl loss to New York Giants.
1987 -- Became first AFC quarterback since Pittsburgh's Terry Bradshaw
(1978-79) to lead his team to consecutive conference championships.
Records four 300-yard games, finished second on the team in rushing
and leads all AFC quarterbacks in rushing for the fourth straight
season. Received numerous honors, including Pro Bowl starter.
Became first quarterback in Super Bowl history to catch a pass
in blowout loss to Washington.
1988 -- Voted the team's most valuable offensive player for the fourth
consecutive season despite a series of nagging injuries
throughout the season.
1989 -- Led Denver to its third AFC Championship, and third Super Bowl
loss, in four years. Earned his third Pro Bowl invitation. Threw
for 385 yards and three touchdowns in the AFC Championship Game
against Cleveland. Scored Denver's only touchdown in a 55-10
Super Bowl loss to San Francisco on a three-yard run.
1990 -- Established new career-high in completion percentage despite
Denver's disappointing 5-11 campaign.
1991 -- Voted to his fourth career Pro Bowl. Earned AFC Offensive
Player of the Week twice. Caught a 24-yard TD pass from
Steve Sewell to go with two rushing TD's and a pair of TD
passes against Cincinnati in the season-opener. Rallied the
Broncos to a come-from-behind 26-24 victory over Houston in an
AFC Divisional Playoff game on January 4.
1992 -- Earned two AFC Player of the Week awards. Threw two TD passes
in the final two minutes to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs on
October 4. Threw his longest career TD pass, an 80-yarder
to Arthur Marshall against the Jets on November 11.
1993 -- Named AFC Most Valuable Player and starting quarterback in the
Pro Bowl. Led the league in pass attempts, completions and
completions percentage. Led AFC in yardage with first career
4,000-yard season. Also led conference in TD passes and QB
rating.
1994 -- Earned his sixth Pro Bowl berth and went over the 40,000-yard
mark in career total offense. Was named AFC Player of the
Week for the 11th time.
1995 -- Led the AFC in passing yards and became second player in
league history to throw for 3,000 yards in 10 seasons.
Became the seventh player in league history to reach
40,000 career passing yards. Surpassed Dan Fouts for
third place on the all-time list in career total offense.
Earned AFC Player of the Week honors twice. Surpassed
Bronco defensive back Bill Thompson for most career starts
in franchise history.
1996 -- Named AFC Most Valuable Player and moved into first place
on list of career victories by a starting quarterback. Became
the third player in league history to pass for 45,000 yards.
Established club record for most games played. Joined Fran
Tarkenton as the only other player to pass for 40,000 yards
and rush for 3,000 in a career. Surpassed Randall Cunningham
for all-time rushing attempts by a quarterback. Became the
winningest starting quarterback in league history.
1997 -- Led the Broncos to their fifth Super Bowl appearance and
first championship with a 31-24 victory over Green Bay in
Super Bowl XXXII. Set a franchise record with 27 TD passes
and was selected to start the Pro Bowl for a fifth time.
Eclipsed the 50,000-yard mark in total offense and moved
into second place on the all-time list. Became the oldest
player to score a touchdown in a Super Bowl on a one-yard run.
1998 -- Became the first quarterback to start in five Super Bowls.
Earned MVP honors in Super Bowl XXXIII, completing 18-of-29
passes for 336 yards and a touchdown and running for a
score in a 34-19 win over Atlanta. Became second player to
reach 50,000 yards passing and third quarterback to throw
300 career TD passes. Had his 36th-career 300-yard passing
day in the season finale. Became second player in league
history to throw for 50,000 yards. Helped Denver to 13-0
start, tying for second-best in league history.
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