1967 Denver Broncos (AFL) |
| 4th place • Western Division • 3-11-0 .214 |
| Head Coach: Lou Saban |
| Whitey Dovell | Offensive Line |
| Hunter Enis | Offensive Backs |
| Stan Jones | Defensive Line |
| Dick MacPherson | Defensive Backs |
| Sam Rutigliano | Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 7/29/1967 | N | Miami Dolphins | 2-19 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 7000 | |
| Sat | 8/5/1967 | H | Detroit Lions | 13-7 | W | Denver, CO | University of Denver Stadium | 21228 | |
| Fri | 8/18/1967 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 14-9 | W | Denver, CO | University of Denver Stadium | 31850 | |
| Sun | 8/27/1967 | N | Oakland Raiders | 21-17 | W | North Platte, NE | North Platte High School Stadium | 6500 | |
| Sun | 9/3/1967 | H | Boston Patriots | 26-21 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 35488 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1967 | A | Oakland Raiders | 0-51 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 25423 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1967 | A | Miami Dolphins | 21-35 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 29381 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1967 | H | New York Jets | 24-38 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 35565 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1967 | A | Houston Oilers | 6-10 | L | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 21798 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1967 | H | Buffalo Bills | 16-17 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 35188 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1967 | H | San Diego Chargers | 21-38 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 34464 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1967 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 9-52 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 44002 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1967 | H | Oakland Raiders | 17-21 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 29043 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1967 | H | Houston Oilers | 18-20 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 30392 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1967 | A | Buffalo Bills | 21-20 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 30891 | |
| Thu | 11/23/1967 | A | San Diego Chargers | 20-24 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 34586 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1967 | A | New York Jets | 33-24 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 61615 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1967 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 24-38 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 31660 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Lou Andrus | 84 | LB-DE | 6-6 | 230 | 24 | Brigham Young | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Beer | 85 | TE | 6-4 | 232 | 23 | Detroit Mercy; Houston | 14 | 8 |
| Dave Behrman | 56 | C-OG | 6-5 | 262 | 26 | Michigan State | 11 | 11 |
| Bob Breitenstein | 76 | LOT | 6-3 | 265 | 24 | Tulsa | 2 | 2 |
| Sam Brunelli | 64 | LOT-LDE | 6-1 | 263 | 24 | Northern Colorado | 12 | 9 |
| Tom Cassese | 45 | LS-FL | 6-1 | 198 | 21 | Long Island-Post | 14 | 5 |
| Tom Cichowski | 78 | LOT-ROT | 6-4 | 243 | 23 | Maryland | 11 | 9 |
| Dave Costa | 63 | RDT | 6-2 | 257 | 26 | Northeastern Colorado JC; Utah | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Cox | 66 | LDE-DT | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | Abilene Christian | 13 | 3 |
| Eric Crabtree | 41 | SE | 5-11 | 186 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
| Carl Cunningham | 50 | RLB | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | Houston | 13 | 9 |
| Mike Current | 71 | OT | 6-4 | 267 | 22 | Ohio State | 3 | 1 |
| Al Denson | 88 | FL | 6-2 | 208 | 25 | Florida A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Rick Duncan | 4 | K | 6-0 | 208 | 27 | Montana State-Billings; Los Angeles Pierce JC | 2 | 0 |
| Pete Duranko | 55 | LDE-LB | 6-2 | 249 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 2 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 34 | FB | 6-3 | 249 | 32 | none | 1 | 1 |
| Scotty Glacken | 17 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Duke | 2 | 0 |
| George Goeddeke | 67 | LOG | 6-3 | 250 | 22 | Notre Dame | 10 | 5 |
| Wendell Hayes | 33 | FB-HB | 6-1 | 221 | 27 | Oakland JC; Cal Poly (Humboldt) | 14 | 8 |
| Bo Hickey | 31 | FB | 5-11 | 225 | 22 | Maryland | 12 | 3 |
| John Huard | 57 | MLB | 6-0 | 220 | 23 | Maine | 14 | 12 |
| Bob Humphreys | 2 | K | 6-1 | 240 | 27 | none | 8 | 0 |
| Jerry Inman | 62 | LDT | 6-3 | 255 | 27 | Boise JC; Oregon | 14 | 10 |
| Rich Jackson | 87 | RDE | 6-2 | 258 | 26 | Southern University | 14 | 14 |
| Pete Jaquess | 43 | CB | 6-0 | 182 | 27 | Eastern New Mexico | 3 | 0 |
| Gene Jeter | 51 | LLB | 6-3 | 230 | 25 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 2 | 1 |
| Larry Kaminski | 59 | C | 6-2 | 244 | 22 | Purdue | 14 | 3 |
| Bill Keating | 61 | LDT | 6-2 | 242 | 23 | Michigan | 6 | 4 |
| Mike Kellogg | 32 | FB | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Santa Clara | 2 | 0 |
| Gary Kroner | 7 | K | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | Wisconsin | 3 | 0 |
| Ray Kubala | 52 | OT | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | Texas A&M | 5 | 4 |
| Jim LeClair | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 208 | 23 | Long Island-Post | 5 | 1 |
| Roger LeClerc | 53 | K-MLB-C | 6-3 | 236 | 31 | Trinity (Connecticut) | 8 | 2 |
| Jack Lentz | 28 | LS-RS | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Holy Cross | 14 | 10 |
| Floyd Little | 44 | HB-FB | 5-10 | 196 | 25 | Syracuse | 13 | 12 |
| Fran Lynch | 35 | HB | 6-1 | 203 | 22 | Oklahoma Military Academy JC; Hofstra | 6 | 0 |
| Pat Matson | 73 | ROG | 6-1 | 246 | 23 | Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| Rex Mirich | 75 | LDE-ROT | 6-4 | 251 | 26 | Northern Arizona | 13 | 11 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 27 | HB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Washington | 14 | 4 |
| Chip Myrtle | 54 | LLB-RLB | 6-4 | 225 | 22 | Maryland | 14 | 12 |
| Ernie Park | 60 | LOG | 6-3 | 247 | 27 | McMurry | 14 | 9 |
| Bobby Ply | 22 | S | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Baylor | 1 | 0 |
| Errol Prisby | 25 | CB-S | 5-10 | 184 | 24 | Cincinnati | 5 | 0 |
| Frank Richter | 58 | RLB-LLB | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Georgia | 9 | 5 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 82 | P-FL | 5-11 | 194 | 28 | Notre Dame | 14 | 0 |
| Goldie Sellers | 21 | LCB | 6-2 | 198 | 25 | Grambling State | 13 | 10 |
| Don Smith | 70 | OG | 6-4 | 240 | 24 | Florida A&M | 2 | 0 |
| Henry Sorrell | 51 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Summers | 46 | LCB | 5-10 | 180 | 22 | Michigan State | 10 | 4 |
| Neal Sweeney | 49 | SE | 6-2 | 170 | 22 | Los Angeles Pierce JC; Tulsa | 10 | 0 |
| Gene Sykes | 23 | LS | 6-1 | 196 | 26 | Louisiana State | 4 | 4 |
| Steve Tensi | 13 | QB | 6-5 | 214 | 25 | Florida State | 14 | 13 |
| Dick Tyson | 72 | ROT-OG | 6-2 | 245 | 24 | Independence CC; Tulsa | 7 | 1 |
| Andre White | 89 | TE | 6-5 | 225 | 23 | Florida A&M | 14 | 6 |
| Nemiah Wilson | 48 | RCB | 6-0 | 186 | 24 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Lonnie Wright | 42 | LS-RS | 6-2 | 205 | 22 | Colorado State | 12 | 9 |
| Bob Young | 77 | OT | 6-2 | 269 | 25 | Texas; Texas State; Howard Payne | 5 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Homer Williams | FB | Southern California |
| 1 | 6 | Floyd Little | HB | Syracuse |
| 2 | 32 | Tom Beer | TE | Houston |
| 3 | 58 | Mike Current | T | Ohio State |
| 3 | 59 | George Goeddeke | C | Notre Dame |
| 4 | 86 | Carl Cunningham | DE | Houston |
| 5 | 110 | Fran Lynch | FB | Hofstra |
| 5 | 113 | John Huard | LB | Maine |
| 6 | 139 | Neal Sweeney | E | Tulsa |
| 7 | 165 | Frank Richter | G | Georgia |
| 8 | 191 | Tom Cassese | E | Long Island-Post |
| 9 | 217 | Jim Summers | DB | Michigan State |
| 10 | 243 | Paul Krause | QB | Dubuque |
| 11 | 269 | Lou Andrus | DE | Brigham Young |
| 13 | 321 | Dennis Furjanic | DE | Houston* |
| 14 | 347 | Tommy Francisco | HB | Virginia Tech |
| 15 | 373 | Don Smith | G | Florida A&M |
| 16 | 399 | Jack Lentz | QB | Holy Cross |
| 17 | 425 | Wayne Valley | T | Oregon State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 41 | 93 | 56 | 66 | 256 |
| Opponents Totals | 79 | 122 | 98 | 110 | 409 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 172 | 65 | 91 | 16 | / % | / % | 48 | 512 | |
| Opponents Totals | 276 | 115 | 143 | 18 | / % | / % | 58 | 628 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Denson | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Bob Humphreys | 0 | 18 | 19 | 94.7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 0 | 39 |
| Eric Crabtree | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bo Hickey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Wendell Hayes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | ||
| Floyd Little | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Nemiah Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gary Kroner | 0 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Rick Duncan | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Jim LeClair | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Goldie Sellers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roger LeClerc | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Rich Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Andre White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 28 | 30 | 93.3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 28 | 42.9 | 2 | 256 |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 48 | 49 | 98.0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 31 | 48.4 | 0 | 409 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Humphreys | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 1 | 47 | 3/4 | 0/2 | 1/3 | 3/5 | 0/1 |
| Rick Duncan | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 1 | 38 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0/3 | 0/0 |
| Gary Kroner | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 20 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Roger LeClerc | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 1 | 29 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/4 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 28 | 42.9 | 3 | 47 | 4/6 | 2/4 | 3/5 | 3/12 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 31 | 48.4 | 4/ | 4/ | 3/ | 4/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Little | 130 | 381 | 2.9 | 14 | 1 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 82 | 308 | 3.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Bo Hickey | 73 | 263 | 3.6 | 20 | 4 |
| Wendell Hayes | 85 | 255 | 3.0 | 18 | 4 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Scotty Glacken | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Fran Lynch | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim LeClair | 8 | 6 | 0.8 | 10 | 1 |
| Tom Cassese | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Steve Tensi | 24 | 4 | 0.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Eric Crabtree | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Al Denson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 420 | 1265 | 3.0 | 35 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 444 | 2076 | 4.7 | 65 | 21 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Tensi | 325 | 131 | 40.3 | 177 | 1915 | 5.9 | 14.6 | 76t | 16 | 4.9 | 17 | 5.2 | 39 | 350 | 1565 | 54.8 |
| Jim LeClair | 45 | 19 | 42.2 | 25 | 275 | 6.1 | 14.5 | 48 | 1 | 2.2 | 1 | 2.2 | 17 | 138 | 137 | 60.9 |
| Scotty Glacken | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 20 | -20 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 374 | 150 | 40.1 | 206 | 2190 | 5.9 | 14.6 | 76t | 17 | 4.5 | 18 | 4.8 | 58 | 508 | 1682 | 55.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 450 | 214 | 47.6 | 208 | 3289 | 7.3 | 15.4 | 79 | 27 | 6.0 | 28 | 6.2 | 18 | 164 | 3125 | 66.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Denson | 46 | 899 | 19.5 | 68t | 11 |
| Eric Crabtree | 46 | 716 | 15.6 | 76t | 5 |
| Wendell Hayes | 13 | 125 | 9.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Tom Beer | 11 | 155 | 14.1 | 29 | 0 |
| Bo Hickey | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 22t | 1 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Neal Sweeney | 6 | 136 | 22.7 | 48 | 0 |
| Andre White | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 40 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 150 | 2190 | 14.6 | 76t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 214 | 3289 | 15.4 | 79 | 27 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goldie Sellers | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 47 | 1 |
| Nemiah Wilson | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 70t | 2 |
| Jack Lentz | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Lonnie Wright | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Gene Sykes | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 29 | 0 |
| John Huard | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Frank Richter | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tom Cassese | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Carl Cunningham | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Chip Myrtle | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 413 | 14.8 | 70t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 262 | 14.6 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Scarpitto | 105 | 4713 | 44.9 | 73 | 1 | 718 | ||||
| Team Totals | 105 | 4713 | 44.9 | 73 | 1 | 718 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 2699 | 41.5 | 60 | 1 | 351 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Little | 16 | 6 | 270 | 16.9 | 72t | 1 |
| Goldie Sellers | 4 | 0 | 24 | 6.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tom Cassese | 3 | 7 | 14 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Eric Crabtree | 2 | 0 | 24 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 |
| John Huard | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 13 | 351 | 13.5 | 72t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 718 | 11.8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Little | 35 | 942 | 26.9 | 60 | 0 | |
| Charlie Mitchell | 8 | 164 | 20.5 | 32 | 0 | |
| Goldie Sellers | 6 | 120 | 20.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Nemiah Wilson | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 37 | 0 | |
| Wendell Hayes | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 39 | 0 | |
| Fran Lynch | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Eric Crabtree | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Tom Cassese | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Tom Beer | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 60 | 1518 | 25.3 | 60 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 1046 | 24.9 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Behrman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Cassese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Costa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wendell Hayes | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bo Hickey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Huard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Inman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Kaminski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Kubala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim LeClair | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Lentz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Rex Mirich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Park | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Richter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Goldie Sellers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Sorrell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Sykes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Tensi | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andre White | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Nemiah Wilson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lonnie Wright | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 28 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 0 |
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