2000 Denver Broncos season
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The 2000
2000 NFL season
The 2000 NFL season was the 81st regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XXXV when the Baltimore Ravens defeated the New York Giants.Week 1 of the season reverted to Labor Day weekend in 2000...

 Denver Broncos
Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 season
was the team's 41st year in professional football and its 31st with the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

. It also was the team's final year at the famous Mile High Stadium.

Staff

2000 Denver Broncos staff

Front Office
  • President/Chief Executive Officer – Pat Bowlen
    Pat Bowlen
    Patrick Dennis Bowlen is the Majority Owner, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Denver Broncos. The Bowlen Family, including his two brothers and sister, purchased the team from Edgar Kaiser in 1984 and saved the team from possible bankruptcy.-Biography:Pat's father, Paul D...

  • Vice President of Football Operations – Mike Shanahan
    Mike Shanahan
    Michael Edward "Mike" Shanahan is the 28th and current head coach of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. Shanahan also holds the title of Vice President of Football Operations with the Redskins, giving him full control over player personnel with the team. Shanahan previously...

  • General Manager – Neal Dahlen
    Neal Dahlen
    Neal Dahlen is a retired American football administrator, who worked for San Francisco 49ers , and the Denver Broncos , and was General Manager of the Broncos from 1999 to January 2002....



Head Coaches
  • Head Coach – Mike Shanahan
    Mike Shanahan
    Michael Edward "Mike" Shanahan is the 28th and current head coach of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. Shanahan also holds the title of Vice President of Football Operations with the Redskins, giving him full control over player personnel with the team. Shanahan previously...

  • Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line – Alex Gibbs
    Alex Gibbs
    Alex Gibbs is a retired American football coach. Gibbs was to enter his first season on Pete Carroll's Seattle Seahawks staff as the Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Line coach in 2010, but announced his unexpected retirement a week before the start of the NFL's 2010 regular season.Gibbs is a...



Offensive Coaches
  • Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Gary Kubiak
    Gary Kubiak
    Gary Wayne Kubiak is the head coach for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. Kubiak has participated in six Super Bowls, losing three as a player with the Denver Broncos and winning three as an assistant coach with Denver and the San Francisco 49ers.-High school:Kubiak passed for a...

  • Running Backs – Bobby Turner
    Bobby Turner
    Robert "Bobby" Turner is the Washington Redskins running backs coach. He held the same position in Denver from 1995–2009; he also worked for 20 years as a college assistant and has 39 combined years of coaching experience at the professional, collegiate and high school levels.In his final...

  • Wide Receivers – Karl Dorrell
    Karl Dorrell
    Karl Dorrell is a football coach, currently an assistant coach with the Miami Dolphins of the NFL. He was previously the head coach of the UCLA Bruins, the first African American head football coach in the school's history...

  • Tight Ends – Brian Pariani
  • Offensive Assistant – Pat McPherson
    Pat McPherson
    Patrick "Pat" McPherson is the tight ends coach for the Seattle Seahawks. He joins the Seahawks after 11 years with the Denver Broncos. He was the wide receivers coach for the Denver Broncos before joining the Sea Hawks. He joined the Broncos coaching staff in 1998 as a defensive assistant, and in...

 
Defensive Coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator – Greg Robinson
    Greg Robinson
    -External links:**-References:...

  • Defensive Line – George Dyer
  • Pass Rush Specialist – John Teerlinck
    John Teerlinck
    John Teerlinck is a former American football player. He now is a defensive linemen coach for the Indianapolis Colts.-Controversy:...

  • Linebackers – Larry Coyer
    Larry Coyer
    Larry Coyer is the former defensive coordinator for the National Football League's Indianapolis Colts. Prior to holding this position, he was the Assistant head coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Defensive Coordinator for the Denver Broncos.-Private life:Coyer was born in Huntington, West...

  • Defensive Backs – Ron Milus
  • Nickel Package/Secondary – Frank Bush
    Frank Bush
    Frank Bush is the current linebacker coach of the Tennessee Titans. He is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Houston Oilers in the fifth round of the 1985 NFL Draft...

  • Defensive Assistant – Terry Tumey


Special Teams Coaches
  • Special Teams – Rick Dennison
  • Special Teams Assistant – Anthony Lynn
    Anthony Lynn
    Anthony Ray Lynn is a former American football running back and current assistant coach for the New York Jets.-Playing career:...



Strength and Conditioning
  • Strength and Conditioning – Rich Tuten
  • Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Greg Saporta

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 4, 2000 at St. Louis Rams
St. Louis Rams
The St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Rams have won three NFL Championships .The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland,...

L 41–36
65,595
2 September 10, 2000 Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

W 42–14
75,466
3 September 17, 2000 at Oakland Raiders
Oakland Raiders
The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

W 33–24
62,078
4 September 24, 2000 Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...

L 23–22
74,596
5 October 1, 2000 New England Patriots
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...

L 28–19
75,684
6 October 8, 2000 at San Diego Chargers
San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

W 21–7
56,079
7 October 15, 2000 Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

W 44–10
75,811
8 October 22, 2000 at Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...

L 31–21
61,603
9 Bye
10 November 5, 2000 at New York Jets
New York Jets
The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

W 30–23
78,305
11 November 13, 2000 Oakland Raiders
Oakland Raiders
The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

W 27–24
75,951
12 November 19, 2000 San Diego Chargers
San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

W 38–37
75,218
13 November 26, 2000 at Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...

W 38–31
68,661
14 December 3, 2000 at New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League ....

W 38–23
64,900
15 December 10, 2000 Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...

W 31–24
75,218
16 December 17, 2000 at Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...

L 20–7
78,406
17 December 23, 2000 San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

W 38–9
76,098

Standings

AFC West
AFC West
The AFC West is a division of the National Football League's American Football Conference, currently comprising the Denver Broncos, San Diego Chargers, Kansas City Chiefs, and the Oakland Raiders.-History:...

TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Oakland Raiders
2000 Oakland Raiders season
-Awards and records:* Led NFL, Net Yards Gained, Rushing * Led NFL, First Downs, Rushing * Led NFL, Rushing Offense * Eric Allen, AFC Defensive Player of the Month, December * Rich Gannon, Bert Bell Award...

12 4 0 .750 479 299
Denver Broncos 11 5 0 .688 485 369
Kansas City Chiefs
2000 Kansas City Chiefs season
The 2000 Kansas City Chiefs season was the second and final season led by head coach Gunther Cunningham. Cunningham was fired following a 7–9 record and third place finish in the AFC West. Cunningham was replaced by Dick Vermeil, and Quarterback Elvis Grbac was released at the end of the season...

7 9 0 .438 355 354
Seattle Seahawks
2000 Seattle Seahawks season
The 2000 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's 25th season with the National Football League. The 2000 season was the first of two seasons the Seahawks played at Husky Stadium while Qwest Field was being built.-2000 NFL Draft:-Staff:-Preseason:...

6 10 0 .375 320 405
San Diego Chargers
2000 San Diego Chargers season
The 2000 San Diego Chargers season began with the team trying to improve on their 8–8 record in 1999. It is the worst record of any Chargers team in history. They earned the 1st overall pick in the 2001 NFL draft in which they would later trade to acquire LaDanian Tomlinson...

1 15 0 .063 269 440

Postseason

Round Date Opponent Result Game site TV Attendance
AFC Wild Card December 31, 2000 Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore Ravens
The Baltimore Ravens are a professional football franchise based in Baltimore, Maryland.The Baltimore Ravens are officially a quasi-expansion franchise, having originated in 1995 with the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy after Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced his...

L 21–3 M&T Bank Stadium
M&T Bank Stadium
M&T Bank Stadium is a multi-purpose football stadium located in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the home of the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. The stadium is immediately adjacent to Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the home of the Baltimore Orioles. Served by the Hamburg Street station of...

 
CBS
CBS Sports
CBS Sports is a division of CBS Broadcasting which airs sporting events on the American television network. Its headquarters are in the CBS Building on West 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan, New York City, with programs produced out of Studio 43 at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street.CBS...

 
69,638

Awards and records

  • Mike Anderson, Franchise Record, Most Rushing Yards in One Game, 251 yards (December 3, 2000)
  • Mike Anderson, NFL Record, Most Rushing Yards in One Game for a Rookie, 251 yards (December 3, 2000)
  • Gus Frerotte
    Gus Frerotte
    Gustave Joseph "Gus" Frerotte is a former American football quarterback. He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the seventh round of the 1994 NFL Draft. He played college football at Tulsa....

    , Franchise Record, Most Passing Yards in One Game, 462 yards (November 19, 2000)
  • Ed McCaffrey
    Ed McCaffrey
    Edward Thomas McCaffrey is a former American football wide receiver who played for the New York Giants , San Francisco 49ers and the Denver Broncos of the National Football League...

    , Franchise Record, Most Receptions in One Season, 101 receptions
  • Trevor Pryce, AFC Pro Bowl Selection,
  • Rod Smith, AFC Pro Bowl Selection,
  • Rod Smith, Franchise Record, Most Receiving Yards in One Season, 1,602 receiving yards-
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