1969 Denver Broncos (AFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		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	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Bobby Howfield	0	36	37	97.3	0	13	29	44.8	75
Al Denson	10	0	0		0	0	0		60
Floyd Little	7	0	0		0	0	0		42
John Embree	5	0	0		0	0	0		30
Mike Haffner	5	0	0		0	0	0		30
Tommie Smiley	4	0	0		0	0	0		24
Fran Lynch	2	0	0		0	0	0		12
Tom Buckman	1	0	0		0	0	0		6
George Burrell	1	0	0		0	0	0		6
Billy Thompson	1	0	0		0	0	0		6
Wandy Williams	1	0	0		0	0	0		6
Team Totals	37	36	37	97.3	0	13	29	44.8	297
Opponents Totals	40	38	39	97.4	1	22	32	68.8	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
Mike Haffner	35	563	16.1	46	5
John Embree	29	469	16.2	79t	5
Floyd Little	19	218	11.5	67t	1
Frank Quayle	11	167	15.2	71	0
Tom Beer	9	200	22.2	48	0
Dave Pivec	9	117	13.0	18	0
Fran Lynch	9	86	9.6	19	0
Wandy Williams	5	56	11.2	14	0
Tommie Smiley	5	23	4.6	17t	1
Tom Buckman	4	48	12.0	20	1
Billy Van Heusen	3	64	21.3	36	0
Al Pastrana	1	15	15.0	15	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	RYDS
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
Billy Thompson	25	4	288	11.5	40
Floyd Little	6	3	70	11.7	52
George Burrell	5	2	56	11.2	42
Charlie Greer	1	0	36	36.0	36
Team Totals	37	9	450	12.2	52
Opponents Totals	35	20	246	7.0	36

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	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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Whitey Dovell	Offensive Line
Hunter Enis	Offensive Backs
Stan Jones	Defensive Line
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