2001_Denver_Broncos_season

2001 Denver Broncos season

2001 Denver Broncos season

NFL team season

The 2001 season was the Denver Broncos' 32nd in the National Football League (NFL) and their 42nd overall. This was the Broncos' first year at the new Invesco Field at Mile High, replacing the old Mile High Stadium. The Broncos, heavily favored to be the AFC Super Bowl XXXVI representative, were aiming to head back to the Super Bowl for the first time in three years, and to win their third title in the Shanahan era. However, the season ended up as highly disappointing, as the team finished with an 8-8 record and missed the playoffs. The season was also a start of a multi-year investigation into the team cheating the salary cap during the 1996 season and both their Super Bowl-winning seasons.[1] The team was stripped of their third-round pick in the 2002 draft, and received an initial fine of $968,000.

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It was also Terrell Davis' final season before various knee ailments forced him to retire in the 2002 preseason.

Offseason

NFL Draft

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Draft notes

    1. [R 1]
      #51: multiple trades:
      #51: Tampa Bay → Buffalo (D). see #14: Buffalo → Tampa Bay
      #51: Buffalo → Denver (D). Buffalo traded this pick to Denver for second-round (#58) and fourth-round (#110) selections.
    1. [R 1]
      #113: Green Bay → Denver (PD). Green Bay traded this selection to Denver in August 2000 in exchange for linebacker Nate Wayne.[2]

    Staff

    2001 Denver Broncos staff

    Front office

    Head coaches

    Offensive coaches

    		 Defensive coaches

    Special teams coaches

    Strength and conditioning

    • Strength and conditioning – Rich Tuten
    • Assistant strength and conditioning – Greg Saporta
    • Assistant strength and conditioning – Cedric Smith

    Roster

    2001 Denver Broncos final roster
    Quarterbacks

    Running backs

    Wide receivers

    Tight ends

    		 Offensive linemen

    Defensive linemen

    		 Linebackers

    Defensive backs

    Special teams

    		 Reserve lists


    Practice squad


    Rookies in italics
     53 active, 8 inactive, 5 practice squad

    Regular season

    The Broncos opened the 2001 NFL season with a Monday Night Football win over the New York Giants on September 10, 2001, in their new stadium, Invesco Field at Mile High. Wide receiver Ed McCaffrey suffered a season-ending injury with a broken leg. The late game and location would serve a role in sparing at least two lives the following day during the September 11th attacks.[3]

    Schedule

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    Standings

    More information AFC West, W ...

    Awards and records

    Notes

    1. The Broncos were originally scheduled to play the Indianapolis Colts during Week 2 of the original NFL schedule (September 16) at RCA Dome in Indianapolis. However, due to the September 11 attacks, the game was rescheduled to Week 17.

    References

    1. [1]
      "Revisiting Denver's cap penalties from the 1990s". ProFootballTalk. February 14, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
    2. [2]
      "Significant Trades, 1957–2009". Green Bay Packers. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
    3. [3]
      Staff (September 11, 2018). "How Invesco Field at Mile High's first-ever game saved lives on 9/11 |". Mile High Sports. Archived from the original on April 26, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2020.


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