1970 Denver Broncos (NFL) |
| 4th place • American Football Conference • Western Division • 5-8-1 .385 |
| Head Coach: Lou Saban |
| Joe Collier | Defensive Backs |
| Whitey Dovell | Offensive Line |
| Hunter Enis | Defensive Backs |
| Stan Jones | Defensive Line |
| Dick MacPherson | Linebackers |
| Sam Rutigliano | Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/15/1970 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 26-16 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 36327 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1970 | H | Baltimore Colts | 7-24 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 42499 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1970 | N | San Francisco 49ers | 7-23 | L | Eugene, OR | Autzen Stadium | 26238 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1970 | H | Chicago Bears | 30-17 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 42373 | |
| Fri | 9/11/1970 | N | Boston Patriots | 16-14 | W | Salt Lake City, UT | Ute Stadium | 17832 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1970 | A | Buffalo Bills | 25-10 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 34882 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1970 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16-13 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 50705 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1970 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 26-13 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 50705 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1970 | A | Oakland Raiders | 23-35 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 53436 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1970 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 24-10 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 50705 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1970 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-19 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 39515 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1970 | H | Washington Redskins | 3-19 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 50705 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1970 | A | San Diego Chargers | 21-24 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 48327 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1970 | H | Oakland Raiders | 19-24 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 50959 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1970 | A | New Orleans Saints | 31-6 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 66837 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1970 | A | Houston Oilers | 21-31 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 35733 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1970 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 0-16 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 50454 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1970 | H | San Diego Chargers | 17-17 | T | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 50959 | |
| Sun | 12/20/1970 | H | Cleveland Browns | 13-27 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 51001 | |
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 |
| Steve Alexakos | 68 | LOT | 6-2 | 260 | 24 | Arizona State; Diablo Valley JC; San Jose State | 8 | 1 |
| Bobby Anderson | 11 | RB | 6-0 | 208 | 23 | Colorado | 14 | 0 |
| Jay Bachman | 56 | LOT-C | 6-3 | 247 | 25 | Cincinnati | 11 | 1 |
| Walt Barnes | 73 | DT | 6-3 | 250 | 26 | Nebraska | 6 | 0 |
| Sam Brunelli | 72 | LOT | 6-1 | 263 | 27 | Northern Colorado | 13 | 12 |
| Bill Butler | 51 | LB | 6-4 | 226 | 23 | Northridge State | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Costa | 63 | RDT | 6-2 | 257 | 29 | Northeastern Colorado JC; Utah | 14 | 14 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 31 | RB | 6-2 | 228 | 29 | Kansas State | 12 | 12 |
| Ken Criter | 78 | MLB | 5-11 | 224 | 23 | Wisconsin | 14 | 1 |
| Carl Cunningham | 50 | LLB | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | Houston | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Current | 74 | ROT | 6-4 | 267 | 25 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Davis | 32 | RB | 5-11 | 215 | 24 | Nebraska | 2 | 0 |
| Al Denson | 88 | WR | 6-2 | 208 | 28 | Florida A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Pete Duranko | 55 | RDE | 6-2 | 249 | 27 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Booker Edgerson | 24 | CB | 5-10 | 182 | 31 | Western Illinois | 6 | 0 |
| John Embree | 89 | WR | 6-4 | 201 | 26 | none | 7 | 1 |
| Fred Forsberg | 52 | MLB | 6-1 | 237 | 26 | Washington | 14 | 13 |
| Drake Garrett | 23 | CB | 5-9 | 183 | 24 | Michigan State | 1 | 0 |
| George Goeddeke | 67 | LOG | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Cornell Gordon | 28 | LCB | 6-0 | 187 | 29 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | 14 |
| Charlie Greer | 20 | LS | 6-0 | 203 | 24 | Colorado | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Haffner | 84 | WR | 6-2 | 205 | 28 | UCLA | 11 | 6 |
| Jerry Hendren | 86 | WR | 6-2 | 187 | 23 | Idaho | 10 | 0 |
| Bobby Howfield | 3 | K | 5-9 | 181 | 34 | none | 14 | 0 |
| Jerry Inman | 62 | RLB-DT | 6-3 | 255 | 30 | Boise JC; Oregon | 11 | 1 |
| Rich Jackson | 87 | LDE | 6-2 | 258 | 29 | Southern University | 14 | 14 |
| Pete Jaquess | 43 | RCB-S | 6-0 | 182 | 30 | Eastern New Mexico | 13 | 2 |
| Larry Kaminski | 59 | C | 6-2 | 244 | 25 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Pete Liske | 14 | QB | 6-2 | 199 | 28 | Penn State | 11 | 9 |
| Floyd Little | 44 | RB | 5-10 | 196 | 28 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| Fran Lynch | 22 | RB | 6-1 | 203 | 25 | Oklahoma Military Academy JC; Hofstra | 14 | 2 |
| Paul Martha | 47 | RS | 6-0 | 186 | 28 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 12 |
| Billy Masters | 81 | TE-WR | 6-5 | 236 | 26 | Louisiana State | 14 | 2 |
| Billy McKoy | 58 | LB | 6-3 | 233 | 22 | Purdue | 2 | 0 |
| Alvin Mitchell | 49 | RCB | 6-4 | 195 | 27 | Morgan State | 2 | 1 |
| Chip Myrtle | 54 | RLB | 6-4 | 225 | 25 | Maryland | 14 | 2 |
| Al Pastrana | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Maryland | 5 | 3 |
| Alden Roche | 77 | DE | 6-4 | 253 | 25 | Southern University | 14 | 0 |
| George Saimes | 26 | RS | 5-10 | 188 | 29 | Michigan State | 8 | 2 |
| Mike Schnitker | 64 | ROG | 6-3 | 235 | 24 | Colorado | 14 | 2 |
| Paul Smith | 70 | LDT | 6-3 | 254 | 25 | New Mexico | 14 | 14 |
| Steve Tensi | 13 | QB | 6-5 | 214 | 28 | Florida State | 7 | 2 |
| Billy Thompson | 36 | RCB | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 9 | 9 |
| Clem Turner | 35 | RB | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Cincinnati | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 42 | WR-P | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Maryland | 14 | 5 |
| Bob Wade | 37 | RCB | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | Morgan State | 3 | 2 |
| Dave Washington | 76 | RLB | 6-5 | 224 | 22 | Alcorn State | 13 | 11 |
| Jim Whalen | 83 | TE | 6-2 | 210 | 27 | Boston College | 14 | 13 |
| Wandy Williams | 29 | RB | 6-0 | 192 | 24 | Kansas; Hofstra | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Young | 60 | ROG | 6-2 | 269 | 28 | Texas; Texas State; Howard Payne | 14 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 11 | Bobby Anderson | RB | Colorado |
| 2 | 37 | Alden Roche | DE | Southern University |
| 3 | 63 | John Kohler | T | South Dakota |
| 4 | 89 | Jerry Hendren | WR | Idaho |
| 5 | 115 | Billy McKoy | LB | Purdue |
| 6 | 141 | John Mosier | TE | Kansas |
| 7 | 167 | Randy Montgomery | DB | Weber State |
| 8 | 208 | Lewis Porter | RB | Southern University |
| 9 | 219 | Dave Washington | LB | Alcorn State |
| 10 | 247 | Maurice Fullerton | DT | Tuskegee |
| 11 | 271 | Cleve Bryant | DB | Ohio University |
| 12 | 301 | Greg Jones | RB | Wisconsin-Whitewater |
| 13 | 323 | Jim McKoy | DB | Parsons |
| 14 | 349 | Jeff Slipp | DE | Brigham Young |
| 15 | 375 | Maher Barakat | K | South Dakota Tech |
| 16 | 401 | Bobby Stewart | QB | Northern Arizona |
| 17 | 427 | Frank Kalfoss | K | Montana State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 44 | 60 | 45 | 104 | 253 |
| Opponents Totals | 74 | 93 | 57 | 40 | 264 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 217 | 87 | 112 | 18 | / % | / % | 94 | 887 | |
| Opponents Totals | 199 | 67 | 118 | 14 | / % | / % | 82 | 817 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Howfield | 0 | 27 | 28 | 96.4 | 18 | 32 | 56.3 | 0 | 81 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Bobby Anderson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Floyd Little | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Whalen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Al Denson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Billy Masters | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Clem Turner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Billy Van Heusen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Mike Haffner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pete Liske | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Fran Lynch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Pastrana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 28 | 27 | 28 | 96.4 | 18 | 32 | 56.3 | 2 | 253 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 27 | 28 | 96.4 | 23 | 36 | 63.9 | 0 | 264 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Howfield | 18 | 32 | 56.3 | 3 | 53 | 2/3 | 3/6 | 5/7 | 6/10 | 2/6 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 32 | 56.3 | 3 | 53 | 2/3 | 3/6 | 5/7 | 6/10 | 2/7 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 36 | 63.9 | 8/ | / | / | 3/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Little | 209 | 901 | 4.3 | 80t | 3 |
| Bobby Anderson | 83 | 368 | 4.4 | 27t | 4 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 69 | 200 | 2.9 | 25 | 5 |
| Clem Turner | 29 | 106 | 3.7 | 14 | 2 |
| Al Pastrana | 14 | 89 | 6.4 | 14 | 1 |
| Fran Lynch | 20 | 81 | 4.1 | 19 | 1 |
| Pete Liske | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Steve Tensi | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Haffner | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 436 | 1802 | 4.1 | 80t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 409 | 1351 | 3.3 | 65 | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Liske | 238 | 112 | 47.1 | 115 | 1340 | 5.6 | 12.0 | 74 | 7 | 2.9 | 11 | 4.6 | 28 | 228 | 1112 | 55.3 |
| Steve Tensi | 80 | 38 | 47.5 | 34 | 539 | 6.7 | 14.2 | 42 | 3 | 3.8 | 8 | 10.0 | 6 | 35 | 504 | 42.7 |
| Al Pastrana | 75 | 29 | 38.7 | 37 | 420 | 5.6 | 14.5 | 58t | 1 | 1.3 | 9 | 12.0 | 8 | 60 | 360 | 22.5 |
| Bobby Anderson | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 3 | 59 | 8.4 | 14.8 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 54 | 84.8 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Floyd Little | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 403 | 183 | 45.4 | 192 | 2358 | 5.9 | 12.9 | 74 | 11 | 2.7 | 28 | 6.9 | 44 | 333 | 2025 | 44.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 379 | 191 | 50.4 | 172 | 2810 | 7.4 | 14.7 | 63t | 20 | 5.3 | 16 | 4.2 | 50 | 456 | 2354 | 75.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Denson | 47 | 646 | 13.7 | 42 | 2 |
| Jim Whalen | 36 | 503 | 14.0 | 34 | 3 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 18 | 105 | 5.8 | 35 | 1 |
| Floyd Little | 17 | 161 | 9.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 16 | 382 | 23.9 | 74 | 2 |
| Mike Haffner | 12 | 196 | 16.3 | 28t | 1 |
| Bobby Anderson | 9 | 140 | 15.6 | 37 | 0 |
| Billy Masters | 9 | 83 | 9.2 | 18 | 2 |
| Clem Turner | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Fran Lynch | 7 | 69 | 9.9 | 36 | 0 |
| John Embree | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 183 | 2358 | 12.9 | 74 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 191 | 2810 | 14.7 | 63t | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Martha | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Charlie Greer | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Cornell Gordon | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Billy Thompson | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Bob Wade | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 220 | 13.8 | 50 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 213 | 7.6 | 26 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Van Heusen | 87 | 3732 | 42.9 | 64 | 0 | 416 | ||||
| Team Totals | 87 | 3732 | 42.9 | 64 | 0 | 416 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 89 | 3988 | 44.8 | 68 | 0 | 556 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Thompson | 23 | 1 | 233 | 10.1 | 45 | 0 |
| Charlie Greer | 14 | 4 | 123 | 8.8 | 38 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 22 | 3 | 187 | 8.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Pete Jaquess | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 63 | 13 | 556 | 8.8 | 45 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 16 | 416 | 7.4 | 60 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Anderson | 21 | 520 | 24.8 | 39 | 0 | |
| Billy Thompson | 9 | 188 | 20.9 | 29 | 0 | |
| Jerry Hendren | 8 | 197 | 24.6 | 30 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 6 | 126 | 21.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Ken Criter | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Clem Turner | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Dave Washington | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Chip Myrtle | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Fran Lynch | 0 | 11 | 11L | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 49 | 1114 | 22.7 | 39 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 544 | 22.7 | 51 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Smith | 11.5 | |
| Rich Jackson | 10.0 | |
| Dave Costa | 9.0 | |
| Pete Duranko | 7.0 | |
| Dave Washington | 5.5 | |
| Chip Myrtle | 3.0 | |
| Carl Cunningham | 1.0 | |
| Charlie Greer | 1.0 | |
| Jerry Inman | 0.5 | |
| Alden Roche | 0.5 | |
| (Team) | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 50.0 | 456.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 44.0 | 333.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Brunelli | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Costa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Criter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Cunningham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Booker Edgerson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Forsberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Greer | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 0 | |
| Mike Haffner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Kaminski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Liske | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fran Lynch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Martha | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | |
| Chip Myrtle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Pastrana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Tensi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Whalen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 23 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 50 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 1 |
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