1979 denver broncos roster

The 1979 roster for the Broncos included Craig Morton at quarterback, Rob Lytle at running back, Haven Moses at wide receiver, Riley Odoms at tight end and Billy Bryan at offensive lineman.

NO.NAMEPOSHEIGHTWEIGHTDOBAGECOLLEGE
1
24
Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
RB
5'10"
196
11/15/1950
29
Purdue
2
47
George Atkinson
G. Atkinson
DB
6'0"
180
1/4/1947
32
Morris Brown
3
55
Ken Brown
K. Brown
OL
6'1"
245
4/19/1954
25
New Mexico
4
64
Billy Bryan
B. Bryan
OL
6'2"
251
6/21/1955
24
Duke
5
35
Larry Canada
L. Canada
RB
6'2"
233
12/16/1954
25
Wisconsin
6
68
Rubin Carter
R. Carter
DL
6'0"
256
12/12/1952
27
Miami (FL)
7
79
Barney Chavous
B. Chavous
DL
6'3"
252
3/22/1951
28
South Carolina State
8
73
Kelvin Clark
K. Clark
OL
6'3"
260
1/30/1956
23
Nebraska
9
31
Zachary Dixon
Z. Dixon
RB
6'0"
203
3/5/1956
23
Temple
10
82
Jack Dolbin
J. Dolbin
WR
5'10"
180
10/12/1948
31
Wake Forest
11
85
Ron Egloff
R. Egloff
TE
6'5"
230
10/3/1955
24
Wisconsin
12
56
Larry Evans
L. Evans
LB
6'2"
216
7/11/1953
26
Mississippi College
13
43
Steve Foley
S. Foley
DB
6'2"
189
11/11/1953
26
Tulane
14
62
Tom Glassic
T. Glassic
OL
6'3"
254
4/17/1954
25
Virginia
15
53
Randy Gradishar
R. Gradishar
LB
6'3"
233
3/3/1952
27
Ohio State
16
63
John Grant
J. Grant
DL
6'3"
241
6/28/1950
29
Southern California
17
60
Paul Howard
P. Howard
OL
6'3"
260
9/12/1950
29
Brigham Young
18
65
Glenn Hyde
G. Hyde
OL
6'3"
253
3/14/1951
28
Pittsburgh
19
29
Bernard Jackson
B. Jackson
DB
6'0"
178
8/24/1950
29
Washington State
20
57
Tom Jackson
T. Jackson
LB
5'11"
220
4/4/1951
28
Louisville
21
30
Jim Jensen
J. Jensen
RB
6'3"
230
11/28/1953
26
Iowa
22
32
Jon Keyworth
J. Keyworth
RB
6'3"
230
12/15/1950
29
Colorado
23
84
Vince Kinney
V. Kinney
WR
6'2"
190
3/17/1956
23
Maryland
24
75
Kit Lathrop
K. Lathrop
DL
6'5"
255
8/10/1956
23
Arizona State
25
72
Don Latimer
D. Latimer
DL
6'3"
259
3/1/1955
24
Miami (FL)

More Broncos Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,608

Nix

Bo Nix

RUSH

772

Dobbins

J.K. Dobbins

REC

972

Sutton

Courtland Sutton
Team Rankings

PPG

24.1

13th

OPP PPG

19.7

5th

RUSH YDS/G

118.3

18th

PASS YDS/G

240.5

11th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
12
3
0
.800
11
4
0
.733
6
9
0
.400
2
13
0
.133
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/25
@
8:15 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
JAX Jaguars

11 - 4

34

Final

20

DEN Broncos

12 - 3

Sun 21 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
Bills Bills - x
11
4
0
.733
6
9
0
.400
Jets Jets - e
3
12
0
.200
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
6
0
.600
7
8
0
.467
5
10
0
.333
3
12
0
.200
AFC SouthWLTPCT
11
4
0
.733
10
5
0
.667
8
7
0
.533
3
12
0
.200
AFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
11
4
0
.733
6
9
0
.400
2
13
0
.133
NFC EastWLTPCT
10
5
0
.667
6
8
1
.433
4
11
0
.267
2
13
0
.133
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - x
11
4
0
.733
9
5
1
.633
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
6
9
0
.400
5
10
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
49ers 49ers - x
11
4
0
.733
Rams Rams - x
11
4
0
.733
3
12
0
.200

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/20
@
10-17
Sat
9/20
@
10-13
Sat
9/20
@
20-23
Sat
9/20
@
13-44
Sat
9/20
@
15-16

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/25
@
4:30 PM
Thu
12/25
@
8:15 PM
Sat
12/27
@
4:30 PM
Sat
12/27
@
8:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM