Record
13-3-0
Head Coach
John Fox
Denver Broncos
Offense Rank (Pts)
1st
Defense Rank (Pts)
22nd
Point Diff
+207
Turnover Diff
00
Broncos 2013 DNA
Offense - Focus: Pass First
Defense
Season Review
Denver Broncos 2013
The 2013 Denver Broncos entered the year with immense championship expectations. Front office boss John Elway aggressively upgraded the roster, signing free agents Wes Welker, Louis Vasquez, and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. Head coach John Fox guided the squad to a brilliant 13-3 record, capturing the AFC West. Though the season concluded with a painful Super Bowl defeat, this campaign stood as a historic, high-stakes ride.
Denver fielded the most explosive offense in football history, leading the league with 7,317 yards and a record-shattering 606 points at an incredible 37.9 points per contest. Peyton Manning won MVP honors, throwing for an unprecedented 5,477 yards and 55 touchdowns against 10 interceptions. Demaryius Thomas paced the aerial attack with 1,430 yards and 14 scores, while Eric Decker added 1,288 yards and 11 touchdowns. Julius Thomas caught 12 touchdowns, and Welker snagged 10. On the ground, Knowshon Moreno provided excellent balance, rushing for 1,038 yards and 10 scores.
Playing with massive leads, the defense leaned into a high-stakes bending style, ranking 22nd in points allowed, conceding 399 (24.9 ppg) and 19th in yards (5,696). With Von Miller limited to nine games, Shaun Phillips spearheaded the pass rush with 10.0 sacks, while Malik Jackson added 6.0. Terrance Knighton anchored a run defense that ranked seventh in yards allowed. In the secondary, Rodgers-Cromartie excelled, while linebacker Danny Trevathan led the unit with 129 tackles and three interceptions.
The historic run opened with a bang as Manning tossed seven touchdowns in a 49-27 demolition of Baltimore. That sparked a 6-0 start, highlighted by a wild 51-48 shootout over Dallas. Midseason road stumbles at Indianapolis and New England tested their grit, but Denver responded by sweeping the rival Kansas City Chiefs. The Broncos closed the regular season with two victories, including a 34-14 finale over Oakland to secure home-field advantage.
Denver dispatched San Diego 24-17 and handled New England 26-16 to claim the AFC title, before falling 43-8 to Seattle in Super Bowl XLVIII. Despite the bitter ending, this team's legacy is secure. Manning took home MVP and Offensive Player of the Year honors, while kicker Matt Prater made the Pro Bowl after hitting a record 64-yard field goal. They remain the gold standard for single-season statistical dominance.
Season Snapshot
Denver Broncos 2013
View a complete statistical snapshot of the 2013 Broncos, including offensive and defensive rankings, key performance metrics, and a visual breakdown of team strengths and weaknesses.
Division
1st in AFC West
Playoffs
Lost SuperBowl
Passing Leader
Peyton Manning5477 Yds, 55 TD / 10 Int
Rushing Leader
Knowshon Moreno241 Att, 1038 Yds, 10 TD
Receiving Leader
Demaryius ThomasRec 92, 1430 Yds, 14 TD
Defense Leader
Danny Trevathan129 Tackles
Offense
Passing (Off)
Rushing (Off)
Defense
Passing (Def)
Rushing (Def)
Season Momentum
Denver Broncos 2013
2013 AFC West Race
Key Performance Differentials
This chart tracks game-by-game and cumulative points, yards, and turnover differential for the 2013 Denver Broncos season.
Playmakers
Denver Broncos 2013
Analyze game-by-game performance for the 2013 Broncos, featuring key contributors like Peyton Manning, Knowshon Moreno, and Demaryius Thomas, with detailed passing, rushing, and receiving leader stats, including total yards, efficiency metrics, touches, and touchdowns.
Passing Contributors
Peyton Manning contributed 74% of the 2013 Broncos total offensive yardage.
Rushing Contributors
Knowshon Moreno contributed 22% of the 2013 Broncos total offensive yardage.
Receiving Contributors
Demaryius Thomas contributed 20% of the 2013 Broncos total offensive yardage.
Offensive Yardage Totals
Total rushing and receiving yards contributed by each player for the 2013 season. Scrimmage yards displayed, passing yards excluded.
Broncos Season Stats
| Player | Att | Cmp | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Rate | Sk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Manning | 659 | 450 | 68.3 | 5477 | 55 | 10 | 78 | 115.1 | 18 |
| Brock Osweiler | 16 | 11 | 68.8 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 84.1 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 675 | 461 | 68.3 | 5444 | 55 | 10 | 78 | 113.6 | 20 |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | Y/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowshon Moreno | 241 | 1038 | 10 | 4.3 | 64.9 |
| Montee Ball | 120 | 559 | 4 | 4.7 | 34.9 |
| Ronnie Hillman | 55 | 218 | 1 | 4.0 | 21.8 |
| Peyton Manning | 32 | -31 | 1 | -1.0 | -1.9 |
| C.J. Anderson | 7 | 38 | 0 | 5.4 | 7.6 |
| Brock Osweiler | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| Andre Caldwell | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | 0.4 |
| David Bruton | 1 | 35 | 0 | 35.0 | 2.2 |
| Trindon Holliday | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | 0.5 |
| Team Totals | 461 | 1873 | 16 | 4.1 | 117.1 |
| Player | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Lng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demaryius Thomas | 142 | 92 | 1430 | 15.5 | 14 | 78 |
| Eric Decker | 136 | 87 | 1288 | 14.8 | 11 | 61 |
| Wes Welker | 111 | 73 | 778 | 10.7 | 10 | 33 |
| Julius Thomas | 90 | 65 | 788 | 12.1 | 12 | 74 |
| Knowshon Moreno | 74 | 60 | 548 | 9.1 | 3 | 35 |
| Montee Ball | 27 | 20 | 145 | 7.3 | 0 | 31 |
| Jacob Tamme | 25 | 20 | 184 | 9.2 | 1 | 15 |
| Andre Caldwell | 29 | 16 | 200 | 12.5 | 3 | 36 |
| Ronnie Hillman | 14 | 12 | 119 | 9.9 | 0 | 19 |
| Virgil Green | 12 | 9 | 45 | 5.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Joel Dreessen | 9 | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 1 | 14 |
| Team Totals | 670 | 461 | 5572 | 12.1 | 55 | 78 |
| Player | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sk | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Trevathan | 129 | 88 | 41 | 2 | 3 |
| Wesley Woodyard | 84 | 48 | 36 | 1.5 | 1 |
| Duke Ihenacho | 74 | 57 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Harris Jr. | 65 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike Adams | 64 | 48 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| Rahim Moore | 44 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Malik Jackson | 42 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| Nate Irving | 41 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Kayvon Webster | 41 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Shaun Phillips | 36 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| Von Miller | 34 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| Terrance Knighton | 31 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie | 31 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Robert Ayers | 29 | 23 | 6 | 5.5 | 0 |
| David Bruton | 23 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Vickerson | 22 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Paris Lenon | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Unrein | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sylvester Williams | 19 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Derek Wolfe | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Champ Bailey | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Omar Bolden | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Quentin Jammer | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Carter | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacob Tamme | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Johnson | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Montee Ball | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Caldwell | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Green | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Dreessen | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Robinson | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Brewer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Huff | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Marshall | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wes Welker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sione Fua | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Mincey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 969 | 728 | 241 | 41 | 17 |
| Player | PRet | PYds | PTD | KRet | KYds | KTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trindon Holliday | 32 | 271 | 1 | 28 | 775 | 1 |
| Andre Caldwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 141 | 0 |
| Wes Welker | 10 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Omar Bolden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 0 |
| Mitch Unrein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Malik Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Eric Decker | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Tamme | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Carter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 44 | 343 | 1 | 39 | 974 | 1 |
| Player | FGA | FGM | FG% | Lng | XPA | XPM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Prater | 26 | 25 | 96.2 | 64 | 75 | 75 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 25 | 96.2 | 64 | 75 | 75 |
| Player | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blk | Y/P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Britton Colquitt | 65 | 2893 | 60 | 44.5 | |
| Team Totals | 65 | 2893 | 60 | 1 | 44.5 |
| Player | Att | Cmp | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Rate | Sk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Manning | 128 | 91 | 71.1 | 910 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 94.2 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 128 | 91 | 71.1 | 909 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 118.4 | 1 |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | Y/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowshon Moreno | 42 | 158 | 1 | 3.8 | 52.7 |
| Montee Ball | 28 | 96 | 0 | 3.4 | 32.0 |
| Peyton Manning | 3 | -2 | 0 | -0.7 | -0.7 |
| C.J. Anderson | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4.5 | 9.0 |
| Virgil Green | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | 3.0 |
| Team Totals | 76 | 267 | 1 | 3.5 | 89.0 |
| Player | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Lng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demaryius Thomas | 38 | 28 | 306 | 10.9 | 3 | 30 |
| Julius Thomas | 24 | 18 | 188 | 10.4 | 0 | 37 |
| Wes Welker | 24 | 18 | 160 | 8.9 | 1 | 22 |
| Eric Decker | 18 | 8 | 111 | 13.9 | 0 | 21 |
| Knowshon Moreno | 8 | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 0 | 18 |
| Montee Ball | 7 | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Jacob Tamme | 4 | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 1 | 23 |
| Andre Caldwell | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 15 |
| C.J. Anderson | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Virgil Green | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team Totals | 128 | 91 | 910 | 10.0 | 5 | 37 |
| Player | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sk | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Trevathan | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Duke Ihenacho | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Adams | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrance Knighton | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Champ Bailey | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Irving | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Phillips | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malik Jackson | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wesley Woodyard | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Mincey | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Carter | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paris Lenon | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Ayers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Quentin Jammer | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sylvester Williams | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Harris Jr. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Unrein | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Bruton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Huff | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Tamme | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 148 | 118 | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| Player | PRet | PYds | PTD | KRet | KYds | KTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trindon Holliday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 186 | 0 |
| Eric Decker | 4 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 75 | 0 | 9 | 186 | 0 |
| Player | FGA | FGM | FG% | Lng | XPA | XPM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Prater | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 54 | 5 | 5 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 54 | 5 | 5 |
| Player | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blk | Y/P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Britton Colquitt | 3 | 108 | 48 | 36.0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 108 | 48 | 0 | 36.0 |
Season Schedule
