1994 Denver Broncos season

1994 Denver Broncos season
Owner	Pat Bowlen
General manager	John Beake
Head coach	Wade Phillips
Home field	Mile High Stadium
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	4th AFC West
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

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 noted for being the final year that Wade Phillips was head coach.

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	Cornerback	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 Assistant to the 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 Assistant Defensive Line – Barney Chavous Linebackers – John Paul Young Defensive Backs/Secondary – Leon Fuller Assistant Defensive Backs/Quality Control – Alvin Reynolds Special teams coaches Special Teams/Assistant Linebackers – Richard Smith Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Vernon Banks Strength Assistant – Barney Chavous

Roster

1994 Denver Broncos roster

Quarterbacks (QB)  7 John Elway  2 Will Furrer 17 Hugh Millen Running backs (RB) 33 Rod Bernstine 43 Derrick Clark 22 Glyn Milburn 38 Reggie Rivers 42 Leonard Russell 41 Deon Strother Wide receivers (WR) 86 Jeff Campbell 83 Anthony Miller 80 Tony Kimbrough 81 Mike Pritchard 85 Derek Russell 87 Cedric Tillman Tight ends (TE) 89 Dwayne Carswell 88 Jerry Evans 82 Shannon Sharpe

Offensive linemen (OL) 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 C 65 Gary Zimmerman T Defensive linemen (DL) 54 Mitch Donahue DE 99 Shane Dronett DE 73 Simon Fletcher DE 96 Harald Hasselbach DT 91 Willie Oshodin DT 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 52 Richard Harvey OLB 50 Ray Jacobs OLB 77 Karl Mecklenburg MLB 55 Glenell Sanders 92 Dave Wyman MLB Defensive backs (DB) {{{defensive_back}}} Special teams  1 Jason Elam K 16 Tom Rouen P

Practice squad 80 Rod Smith WR Reserve 83 Melvin Bonner WR (IR) 97 Darren Drozdov NT (IR) 72 Keith Kartz C (IR) 61 Bob Meeks C (IR) Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 4, 1994	San Diego Chargers	L 37–34	74,032
2	September 11, 1994	at New York Jets	L 25–22	73,436
3	September 18, 1994	Los Angeles Raiders	L 48–16	75,764
4	September 26, 1994	at Buffalo Bills	L 27–20	75,373
5	Bye
6	October 9, 1994	at Seattle Seahawks	W 16–9	63,872
7	October 17, 1994	Kansas City Chiefs	L 31–28	75,151
8	October 23, 1994	at San Diego Chargers	W 20–15	61,626
9	October 30, 1994	Cleveland Browns	W 26–14	73,190
10	November 6, 1994	at Los Angeles Rams	L 27–21	48,103
11	November 13, 1994	Seattle Seahawks	W 17–10	71,290
12	November 20, 1994	Atlanta Falcons	W 32–28	70,594
13	November 27, 1994	Cincinnati Bengals	W 15–13	69,714
14	December 4, 1994	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 20–17	77,631
15	December 11, 1994	at Los Angeles Raiders	L 23–13	60,016
16	December 17, 1994	at San Francisco 49ers	L 42–19	64,884
17	December 24, 1994	New Orleans Saints	L 30–28	64,445

Standings

AFC West
	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

External links

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