1969 Denver Broncos (AFL) |
| 4th place • Western Division • 5-8-1 .385 |
| Head Coach: Lou Saban |
| Joe Collier | Defensive Backs |
| Whitey Dovell | Offensive Line |
| Hunter Enis | Offensive Backs |
| Stan Jones | Defensive Line |
| Dick MacPherson | Linebackers |
| Sam Rutigliano | Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/9/1969 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 6-26 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 45918 | |
| Sat | 8/16/1969 | H | New Orleans Saints | 22-28 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 28356 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1969 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 19-15 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 33161 | |
| Sun | 8/31/1969 | N | Boston Patriots | 10-26 | L | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 18375 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1969 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 11-13 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | 24020 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1969 | H | Boston Patriots | 35-7 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 43769 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1969 | H | New York Jets | 21-19 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 50583 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1969 | A | Buffalo Bills | 28-41 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 40302 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1969 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 13-26 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 50564 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1969 | H | Oakland Raiders | 14-24 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 49511 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1969 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 30-23 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | 27920 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1969 | A | Houston Oilers | 21-24 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 45348 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1969 | H | San Diego Chargers | 13-0 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 45511 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1969 | A | Oakland Raiders | 10-41 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 54416 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1969 | H | Houston Oilers | 20-20 | T | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 45002 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1969 | A | San Diego Chargers | 24-45 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 34664 | |
| Thu | 11/27/1969 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 17-31 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 48773 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1969 | A | Miami Dolphins | 24-27 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 25332 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1969 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 27-16 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 42198 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ted Alflen | 25 | RB | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Springfield | 4 | 0 |
| Jay Bachman | 56 | OG | 6-3 | 247 | 24 | Cincinnati | 14 | 0 |
| Walt Barnes | 73 | DT | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Nebraska | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Beer | 85 | TE | 6-4 | 232 | 25 | Detroit Mercy; Houston | 9 | 8 |
| Phil Brady | 24 | CB-RB | 6-3 | 210 | 26 | Brigham Young | 4 | 0 |
| Sam Brunelli | 72 | LOT | 6-1 | 263 | 26 | Northern Colorado | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Buckman | 80 | TE | 6-4 | 230 | 22 | Texas A&M | 7 | 1 |
| Bobby Burnett | 21 | HB | 6-2 | 208 | 26 | Arkansas | 4 | 0 |
| George Burrell | 41 | RS | 5-10 | 180 | 21 | Pennsylvania | 14 | 7 |
| Tim Casey | 51 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | Oregon | 2 | 0 |
| Grady Cavness | 40 | LCB | 5-11 | 186 | 22 | Texas-El Paso | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Costa | 63 | RDT | 6-2 | 257 | 28 | Northeastern Colorado JC; Utah | 14 | 14 |
| Gary Crane | 76 | LB | 6-4 | 230 | 23 | Arkansas State | 6 | 0 |
| Ken Criter | 78 | LB | 5-11 | 224 | 22 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
| Carl Cunningham | 50 | LLB | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Houston | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Current | 74 | ROT | 6-4 | 267 | 24 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Al Denson | 88 | WR | 6-2 | 208 | 27 | Florida A&M | 13 | 13 |
| Wallace Dickey | 71 | OT | 6-3 | 260 | 28 | Victoria JC; Texas State | 12 | 0 |
| Pete Duranko | 55 | RDE | 6-2 | 249 | 26 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| John Embree | 89 | WR | 6-4 | 201 | 25 | none | 13 | 5 |
| George Goeddeke | 67 | LOG | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Charlie Greer | 20 | LS | 6-0 | 203 | 23 | Colorado | 12 | 9 |
| Mike Haffner | 84 | FL | 6-2 | 205 | 27 | UCLA | 9 | 9 |
| Wally Highsmith | 65 | OG | 6-4 | 238 | 26 | Florida A&M | 9 | 0 |
| Gus Hollomon | 34 | S-P | 6-3 | 195 | 24 | Houston | 14 | 5 |
| Bobby Howfield | 3 | K | 5-9 | 181 | 33 | none | 14 | 0 |
| John Huard | 57 | MLB | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Maine | 14 | 14 |
| Jerry Inman | 62 | LDT | 6-3 | 255 | 29 | Boise JC; Oregon | 14 | 12 |
| Rich Jackson | 87 | LDE | 6-2 | 258 | 28 | Southern University | 14 | 14 |
| Pete Jaquess | 43 | S-CB | 6-0 | 182 | 29 | Eastern New Mexico | 7 | 0 |
| Henry Jones | 35 | FB | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | Grambling State | 2 | 0 |
| Larry Kaminski | 59 | C | 6-2 | 244 | 24 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Gordon Lambert | 51 | LB | 6-5 | 245 | 24 | West Virginia; Tennessee-Martin | 4 | 0 |
| Pete Liske | 14 | QB | 6-2 | 199 | 27 | Penn State | 7 | 2 |
| Floyd Little | 44 | OHB | 5-10 | 196 | 27 | Syracuse | 9 | 9 |
| Fran Lynch | 22 | FB | 6-1 | 203 | 24 | Oklahoma Military Academy JC; Hofstra | 11 | 7 |
| Brendan McCarthy | 40 | RB | 6-3 | 220 | 24 | Boston College | 2 | 0 |
| Rex Mirich | 75 | DT | 6-4 | 251 | 28 | Northern Arizona | 8 | 2 |
| Chip Myrtle | 54 | RLB | 6-4 | 225 | 24 | Maryland | 12 | 9 |
| Tom Oberg | 27 | S | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Oregon State; Portland State | 7 | 7 |
| Al Pastrana | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Maryland | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Pivec | 82 | TE | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | Notre Dame | 14 | 5 |
| Frank Quayle | 26 | HB | 5-10 | 195 | 22 | Virginia | 11 | 2 |
| Frank Richter | 58 | LB | 6-3 | 230 | 25 | Georgia | 14 | 5 |
| Mike Schnitker | 64 | LB | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | Colorado | 6 | 0 |
| Tommie Smiley | 39 | FB | 6-1 | 235 | 25 | Arizona; Lamar | 14 | 9 |
| Jimmy Smith | 47 | S | 6-3 | 190 | 24 | San Joaquin Delta JC; Utah State | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Smith | 70 | DT-DE | 6-3 | 254 | 24 | New Mexico | 13 | 1 |
| Steve Tensi | 13 | QB | 6-5 | 214 | 27 | Florida State | 13 | 12 |
| Billy Thompson | 36 | RCB | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 14 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 42 | WR-P | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Maryland | 5 | 0 |
| Wandy Williams | 29 | HB-WR | 6-0 | 192 | 23 | Kansas; Hofstra | 11 | 2 |
| Bob Young | 60 | ROG | 6-2 | 269 | 27 | Texas; Texas State; Howard Payne | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 36 | Grady Cavness | DB | Texas-El Paso |
| 3 | 61 | Billy Thompson | DB | Maryland-Eastern Shore |
| 4 | 84 | Mike Schnitker | LB | Colorado |
| 4 | 88 | Ed Hayes | DB | Morgan State |
| 5 | 113 | Frank Quayle | RB | Virginia |
| 6 | 131 | Wandy Williams | RB | Hofstra |
| 6 | 140 | Mike Coleman | RB | Tampa |
| 7 | 165 | Al Giffin | LB | Auburn |
| 9 | 217 | Henry Jones | RB | Grambling State |
| 10 | 244 | Jimmy Smith | DB | Utah State |
| 11 | 270 | Al Pastrana | QB | Maryland |
| 12 | 296 | Wes Plummer | DB | Arizona State |
| 13 | 321 | Johnny Sias | SE | Georgia Tech |
| 14 | 348 | Gary Crane | LB | Arkansas State |
| 15 | 373 | Errol Kahoun | G | Miami (Ohio) |
| 16 | 400 | Billy Woods | DB | North Texas |
| 17 | 425 | Buster O'Brien | QB | Richmond |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 72 | 89 | 61 | 75 | 297 |
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 86 | 86 | 105 | 344 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 243 | 87 | 130 | 26 | / % | / % | 80 | 753 | |
| Opponents Totals | 276 | 95 | 151 | 30 | / % | / % | 84 | 901 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Howfield | 0 | 36 | 37 | 97.3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 29 | 44.8 | 0 | 75 |
| Al Denson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Floyd Little | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| John Embree | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Mike Haffner | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Tommie Smiley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Fran Lynch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tom Buckman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Burrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Wandy Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 37 | 36 | 37 | 97.3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 29 | 44.8 | 0 | 297 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 38 | 39 | 97.4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 32 | 68.8 | 0 | 344 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Howfield | 13 | 29 | 44.8 | 2 | 51 | 4/5 | 4/8 | 0/2 | 4/11 | 1/3 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 29 | 44.8 | 2 | 51 | 4/5 | 4/8 | 0/2 | 4/11 | 1/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 32 | 68.8 | 10/ | 4/ | 4/ | 3/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Little | 146 | 729 | 5.0 | 48t | 6 |
| Fran Lynch | 96 | 407 | 4.2 | 54 | 2 |
| Frank Quayle | 57 | 183 | 3.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Tommie Smiley | 56 | 166 | 3.0 | 26 | 3 |
| Steve Tensi | 12 | 63 | 5.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Pete Liske | 10 | 50 | 5.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Wandy Williams | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 8 | 1 |
| Al Denson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Burnett | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Henry Jones | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 394 | 1637 | 4.2 | 54 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 436 | 1709 | 3.9 | 43t | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Tensi | 286 | 131 | 45.8 | 143 | 1990 | 7.0 | 15.2 | 79t | 14 | 4.9 | 12 | 4.2 | 29 | 208 | 1782 | 68.1 |
| Pete Liske | 115 | 61 | 53.0 | 43 | 845 | 7.3 | 13.9 | 71 | 9 | 7.8 | 11 | 9.6 | 15 | 103 | 742 | 63.4 |
| Floyd Little | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 403 | 192 | 47.6 | 188 | 2835 | 7.0 | 14.8 | 79t | 23 | 5.7 | 23 | 5.7 | 44 | 311 | 2524 | 66.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 437 | 223 | 51.0 | 200 | 3295 | 7.5 | 14.8 | 86t | 19 | 4.3 | 14 | 3.2 | 45 | 363 | 2932 | 77.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Denson | 53 | 809 | 15.3 | 62t | 10 | 0 | |||
| Mike Haffner | 35 | 563 | 16.1 | 46 | 5 | 0 | |||
| John Embree | 29 | 469 | 16.2 | 79t | 5 | 0 | |||
| Floyd Little | 19 | 218 | 11.5 | 67t | 1 | ||||
| Frank Quayle | 11 | 167 | 15.2 | 71 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tom Beer | 9 | 200 | 22.2 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Pivec | 9 | 117 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fran Lynch | 9 | 86 | 9.6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wandy Williams | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommie Smiley | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 17t | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Buckman | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Van Heusen | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Pastrana | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 192 | 2835 | 14.8 | 79t | 23 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 223 | 3295 | 14.8 | 86t | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Thompson | 3 | 92 | 30.7 | 57t | 1 |
| George Burrell | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 38t | 1 |
| Grady Cavness | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 29 | 0 |
| John Huard | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Charlie Greer | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Carl Cunningham | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gus Hollomon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 228 | 16.3 | 57t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 421 | 18.3 | 66 | 4 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Hollomon | 47 | 1868 | 39.7 | 57 | 1 | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 25 | 1021 | 40.8 | 61 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 72 | 2889 | 40.1 | 61 | 1 | 246 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 71 | 3059 | 43.1 | 98 | 0 | 450 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Thompson | 25 | 4 | 288 | 11.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 6 | 3 | 70 | 11.7 | 52 | 0 |
| George Burrell | 5 | 2 | 56 | 11.2 | 42 | 0 |
| Charlie Greer | 1 | 0 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 37 | 9 | 450 | 12.2 | 52 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 20 | 246 | 7.0 | 36 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Thompson | 18 | 513 | 28.5 | 63 | 0 | |
| Wandy Williams | 23 | 574 | 25.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| George Burrell | 6 | 108 | 18.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Ken Criter | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 14 | 0 | |
| Walt Barnes | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Gus Hollomon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chip Myrtle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 56 | 1323 | 23.6 | 63 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 471 | 22.4 | 53t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grady Cavness | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Wallace Dickey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Duranko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Greer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Hollomon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
| Jerry Inman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Jaquess | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Liske | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fran Lynch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chip Myrtle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Oberg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Frank Quayle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommie Smiley | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Tensi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Thompson | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 15 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 30 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 1 |
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