1971 Denver Broncos (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/14/1971	H	Washington Redskins	13	17	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	42561
Sat	8/21/1971	N	Atlanta Falcons	10	27	L	Memphis, TN	Memorial Stadium	22474
Sat	8/28/1971	N	San Francisco 49ers	17	33	L	Spokane, WA	Joe Albi Stadium	33184
Sat	9/4/1971	H	Minnesota Vikings	14	7	W	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	43000
Sun	9/12/1971	A	Chicago Bears	17	33	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	47215
Sun	9/19/1971	H	Miami Dolphins	10	10	T	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	51228
Sun	9/26/1971	A	Green Bay Packers	13	34	L	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	47957
Sun	10/3/1971	H	Kansas City Chiefs	3	16	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	51200
Sun	10/10/1971	H	Oakland Raiders	16	27	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	51200
Sun	10/17/1971	H	San Diego Chargers	20	16	W	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	51200
Sun	10/24/1971	A	Cleveland Browns	27	0	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	75674
Sun	10/31/1971	A	Philadelphia Eagles	16	17	L	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	65358
Sun	11/7/1971	H	Detroit Lions	20	24	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	51200
Sun	11/14/1971	H	Cincinnati Bengals	10	24	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	51200
Sun	11/21/1971	A	Kansas City Chiefs	10	28	L	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	49945
Sun	11/28/1971	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	22	10	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	39710
Sun	12/5/1971	H	Chicago Bears	6	3	W	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	51200
Sun	12/12/1971	A	San Diego Chargers	17	45	L	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	44347
Sun	12/19/1971	A	Oakland Raiders	13	21	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	56651

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Lyle Alzado	77	RDE	6-3	254	22	Yankton	12	11
Bobby Anderson	11	RB	6-0	208	24	Colorado	13	13
Jay Bachman	65	C	6-3	247	26	Cincinnati	14	0
Walt Barnes	73	RDE	6-3	250	27	Nebraska	4	0
Gordon Bowdell	89	WR	6-2	203	23	Michigan State	2	0
Sam Brunelli	72	LOG	6-1	263	28	Northern Colorado	5	4
Butch Byrd	24	RS-RCB	6-0	203	30	Boston University	14	1
Carter Campbell	79	LDE	6-3	234	24	Treasure Valley JC; Weber State	14	2
Dave Costa	63	RDT-RDE	6-2	257	30	Northeastern Colorado JC; Utah	14	14
Ken Criter	53	MLB	5-11	224	24	Wisconsin	11	0
Mike Current	74	ROT	6-4	267	26	Ohio State	14	14
Joe Dawkins	33	RB	6-2	223	23	Los Angeles CC; Wisconsin	8	0
Tom Domres	76	LDT	6-3	247	25	Wisconsin	5	5
Fred Forsberg	52	MLB	6-1	237	27	Washington	14	14
Jack Gehrke	40	WR	6-0	178	25	Utah	14	11
George Goeddeke	67	C-LOG	6-3	250	26	Notre Dame	12	12
Cornell Gordon	28	LS-CB	6-0	187	30	North Carolina A&T State	14	1
Charlie Greer	20	LS	6-0	203	25	Colorado	13	13
Dwight Harrison	82	WR	6-1	183	23	Texas A&M-Kingsville	10	4
Don Horn	13	QB	6-2	195	26	Washington State; Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State	9	9
Jerry Inman	62	RDT-RDE	6-3	255	31	Boise JC; Oregon	14	3
Larron Jackson	68	LOG	6-3	270	22	Missouri	14	9
Rich Jackson	87	LDE	6-2	258	30	Southern University	7	7
Larry Kaminski	59	C	6-2	244	26	Purdue	3	3
Floyd Little	44	RB	5-10	196	29	Syracuse	14	13
Fran Lynch	22	RB	6-1	203	26	Oklahoma Military Academy JC; Hofstra	10	1
Tommy Lyons	61	ROG	6-2	230	23	Georgia	11	1
Billy Masters	81	TE	6-5	236	27	Louisiana State	14	12
Billy McKoy	58	LLB	6-3	233	23	Purdue	14	0
Leroy Mitchell	41	LCB	6-2	192	27	Texas Southern	14	14
Marv Montgomery	78	LOT	6-6	255	23	Los Angeles Valley JC; Southern California	12	0
Randy Montgomery	21	CB	5-11	182	24	Everett CC; Weber State	3	0
John Mosier	85	TE	6-3	220	23	Kansas	11	1
Chip Myrtle	54	LLB-RLB	6-4	225	26	Maryland	14	14
Dickie Post	23	RB	5-9	190	26	Houston	6	1
Steve Ramsey	10	QB	6-2	210	23	North Texas	9	5
George Saimes	26	RS	5-10	188	30	Michigan State	13	13
Mike Schnitker	64	ROG	6-3	235	25	Colorado	13	13
Roger Shoals	75	LOT	6-4	256	33	Maryland	14	14
Jerry Simmons	80	WR	6-1	190	29	Bethune-Cookman	14	12
Paul Smith	70	LDT-LDE	6-3	254	26	New Mexico	14	14
Billy Thompson	36	RCB	6-1	200	25	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	14
Clem Turner	35	RB	6-2	230	26	Cincinnati	14	0
Jim Turner	15	K	6-2	206	30	Utah State	14	0
Olen Underwood	50	RLB-LLB	6-1	224	29	Texas	14	4
Billy Van Heusen	42	P-WR	6-1	200	25	Maryland	14	0
Dave Washington	56	RLB	6-5	224	23	Alcorn State	14	10
Jim Whalen	83	TE	6-2	210	28	Boston College	3	2

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	12	Marv Montgomery	T	Southern California
2	35	Dwight Harrison	WR	Texas A&M-Kingsville
4	79	Lyle Alzado	DE	Yankton
4	87	Cleo Johnson	DB	Alcorn State
6	139	Hal Phillips	DB	Michigan State
7	165	Doug Adams	LB	Ohio State
8	187	Tom Beard	C	Michigan State
9	217	John Handy	LB	Purdue
10	243	Carlis Harris	WR	Idaho State
11	269	Roger Roitsch	DT	Rice
12	295	Floyd Franks	WR	Mississippi
13	321	Craig Blackford	QB	Evansville
14	350	Tommy Lyons	C	Georgia
15	373	Larry James	RB	Norfolk State
16	399	Steve Thompson	DT	Minnesota
17	425	Jack Simcsak	K	Virginia Tech

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	39	62	32	70	203
Opponents Totals	54	74	86	61	275

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		217	102	105	10	/ %	/ %	67	781
Opponents Totals		206	90	91	25	/ %	/ %	78	771

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Jim Turner	0	18	18	100.0	25	38	65.8	0	93
Floyd Little	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Bobby Anderson	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Dwight Harrison	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Fran Lynch	1	0	0		0	0		1	8
Fred Forsberg	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Billy Masters	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dickie Post	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jerry Simmons	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Clem Turner	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	18	18	18	100.0	25	38	65.8	1	203
Opponents Totals	32	32	32	100.0	17	35	48.6	0	275

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jim Turner	25	38	65.8	3	49	8/9	3/5	8/11	6/12	0/1
Team Totals	25	38	65.8	3	49	8/9	3/5	8/11	6/12	0/1
Opponents Totals	17	35	48.6			5/5	6/9	4/7	2/11	0/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Floyd Little	284	1133	4.0	40	6
Bobby Anderson	139	533	3.8	36	3
Fran Lynch	26	162	6.2	23	0
Billy Masters	7	71	10.1	37	0
Dickie Post	18	44	2.4	16	0
Clem Turner	17	43	2.5	9	0
Dwight Harrison	5	36	7.2	16	0
John Mosier	4	31	7.8	29	0
Don Horn	6	15	2.5	10	0
Billy Van Heusen	1	10	10.0	10	0
Jerry Simmons	1	7	7.0	7	0
Steve Ramsey	3	6	2.0	6	0
Jack Gehrke	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	512	2093	4.1	40	9
Opponents Totals	426	1834	4.3	54	11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Don Horn	173	89	51.4	70	1056	6.1	11.9	74	3	1.7	14	8.1	8	67	989	42.4
Steve Ramsey	178	84	47.2	81	1120	6.3	13.3	47	5	2.8	13	7.3	13	105	1015	46.6
Bobby Anderson	3	1	33.3	2	48	16.0	48.0	48	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	6	42	81.9
Jack Gehrke	2	1	50.0	1	19	9.5	19.0	19	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	19	83.3
Floyd Little	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Billy Van Heusen	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	358	175	48.9	156	2243	6.3	12.8	74	8	2.2	27	7.5	22	178	2065	44.9
Opponents Totals	356	150	42.1	186	2420	6.8	16.1	77	18	5.1	20	5.6	44	435	1985	59.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Anderson	37	353	9.5	31	1			0
Billy Masters	27	382	14.1	25	1			0
Floyd Little	26	255	9.8	74	0			1
Jerry Simmons	25	403	16.1	47	1				0
Dwight Harrison	19	265	13.9	43t	2		2	1
Jack Gehrke	14	254	18.1	48	0				0
Jim Whalen	7	124	17.7	35	0			0	0
Clem Turner	7	65	9.3	17	1		0	0
Dickie Post	4	46	11.5	15	1		0	0	0
John Mosier	3	36	12.0	19	0		0	0	0
Fran Lynch	2	42	21.0	40t	1		1	1	0
Gordon Bowdell	1	19	19.0	19	0		0	0	0
Billy Van Heusen	1	10	10.0	10	0		0	0	0
Dave Washington	1	0	0.0	0	0		0	0	0
Mike Schnitker	1	-11	-11.0	-11	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	175	2243	12.8	74	8
Opponents Totals	150	2420	16.1	77	18

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Thompson	5	83	16.6	42	0
Fred Forsberg	3	75	25.0	40t	1
Chip Myrtle	3	64	21.3	30	0
Charlie Greer	3	32	10.7	30	0
Cornell Gordon	2	21	10.5	21	0
Leroy Mitchell	2	0	0.0	0	0
Dave Washington	1	8	8.0	8	0
Olen Underwood	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	20	288	14.4	42	1
Opponents Totals	27	432	16.0	69	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Billy Van Heusen	76	3176	41.8	62	1	468
Team Totals	76	3176	41.8	62	1	468
Opponents Totals	67	3061	45.7	73	0	320

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Billy Thompson	29	4	274	9.4	28
Charlie Greer	11	0	46	4.2	14
Leroy Mitchell	1	0	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	41	4	320	7.8	28
Opponents Totals	45	14	468	10.4	74

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Bobby Anderson	8	187	23.4	33
Floyd Little	7	199	28.4	48
Dickie Post	5	116	23.2	37
Billy Thompson	5	105	21.0	30
Clem Turner	5	100	20.0	41
Ken Criter	5	81	16.2	28
Randy Montgomery	4	80	20.0	34
Joe Dawkins	2	34	17.0	18
Jay Bachman	2	20	10.0	13
Fred Forsberg	1	19	19.0	19
Fran Lynch	0	19		19L
Team Totals	44	960	21.8	48
Opponents Totals	43	1059	24.6	51

SACKS	NO	YDS
Paul Smith	12.0
Lyle Alzado	8.0
Dave Costa	6.0
Fred Forsberg	4.0
Rich Jackson	3.5
Carter Campbell	2.5
Tom Domres	2.0
Jerry Inman	2.0
Olen Underwood	2.0
Chip Myrtle	1.0
Dave Washington	1.0
Team Totals	44.0	435.0
Opponents Totals	22.0	178.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Bobby Anderson	6		3	1	4	4
Dave Costa	0	0	0	3	3	0
Mike Current	0	0	2	0	2	1
Tom Domres	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jack Gehrke	0	0	0	2	2	0
Dwight Harrison	1		1	0	1	0
Don Horn	4		2	0	2	-4
Jerry Inman	0	0	0	1	1	0
Rich Jackson	0	0	0	1	1	0
Floyd Little	4		1	1	2	0
Billy Masters	1		1	0	1	0
Leroy Mitchell	1		0	1	1	0
Chip Myrtle	0	0	0	5	5	0
Steve Ramsey	2		0	0	0	0
George Saimes	0	0	0	1	1	7
Mike Schnitker	0	0	1	0	1	0
Paul Smith	0	0	0	1	1	0
Billy Thompson	5		1	1	2	15
Clem Turner	1		0	0	0	0
Dave Washington	0	0	0	1	1	1
Team Totals	25	13	12	20	32	24
Opponents Totals	36	20	12	12	24

Joe Collier	Defensive Backs
Whitey Dovell	Special Teams/Tight Ends
Hunter Enis	Defensive Backs
Stan Jones	Defensive Line
Jerry Smith	Offensive Line