1974 Denver Broncos (NFL) |
2nd place • American Football Conference • Western Division • 7-6-1 .536 |
Head Coach: John Ralston |
Max Coley | Offensive Coordinator/Backs |
Joe Collier | Defensive Coordinator |
Kay Dalton | Wide Receivers |
Jerry Frei | Offensive Line |
Bob Gambold | Linebackers |
Myrel Moore | Linebackers/Special Teams |
Richard Urich | Defensive Line |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/3/1974 | H | New York Jets | 19-41 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 27599 | |
Sat | 8/10/1974 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 27-21 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 23822 | |
Sun | 8/18/1974 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 10-3 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 29908 | |
Sat | 8/24/1974 | A | Green Bay Packers | 31-21 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56257 | |
Sat | 8/31/1974 | N | New England Patriots | 27-21 | W | Spokane, WA | Joe Albi Stadium | 18000 | |
Sun | 9/8/1974 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 14-20 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 43253 | |
Sun | 9/15/1974 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 10-17 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 56981 | |
Sun | 9/22/1974 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 35-35 | T | OT | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 50858 |
Mon | 9/30/1974 | A | Washington Redskins | 3-30 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 54395 | |
Sun | 10/6/1974 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 17-14 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 67298 | |
Sun | 10/13/1974 | H | New Orleans Saints | 33-17 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 50751 | |
Sun | 10/20/1974 | H | San Diego Chargers | 27-7 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 50748 | |
Sun | 10/27/1974 | A | Cleveland Browns | 21-23 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 60478 | |
Sun | 11/3/1974 | H | Oakland Raiders | 17-28 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 45766 | |
Sun | 11/10/1974 | A | Baltimore Colts | 17-6 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 32244 | |
Mon | 11/18/1974 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 34-42 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 50236 | |
Sun | 11/24/1974 | A | Oakland Raiders | 20-17 | W | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 51224 | |
Thu | 11/28/1974 | A | Detroit Lions | 31-27 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 51157 | |
Sun | 12/8/1974 | H | Houston Oilers | 37-14 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 46942 | |
Sun | 12/15/1974 | A | San Diego Chargers | 0-17 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 35756 |
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 | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Lyle Alzado | 77 | RDE | 6-3 | 254 | 25 | Yankton | 14 | 14 |
Otis Armstrong | 24 | RB | 5-10 | 196 | 24 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
LeFrancis Arnold | 65 | OG | 6-3 | 295 | 22 | Oregon | 2 | 0 |
Boyd Brown | 87 | TE | 6-4 | 216 | 22 | Alcorn State | 14 | 0 |
Barney Chavous | 79 | LDE | 6-3 | 254 | 23 | South Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
Ralph Cindrich | 54 | LB | 6-1 | 227 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 |
Steve Coleman | 76 | DE | 6-4 | 252 | 24 | Delaware State | 2 | 0 |
Ken Criter | 53 | MLB | 5-11 | 224 | 27 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
Mike Current | 74 | ROT | 6-4 | 267 | 29 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
Tom Drougas | 76 | OT | 6-4 | 257 | 25 | Oregon | 4 | 0 |
Pete Duranko | 55 | RDT | 6-2 | 249 | 31 | Notre Dame | 14 | 9 |
Randy Gradishar | 52 | MLB-RLB | 6-3 | 233 | 22 | Ohio State | 14 | 3 |
Tom Graham | 58 | LLB | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Oregon | 6 | 0 |
John Grant | 63 | LDT-RDT | 6-3 | 235 | 24 | Southern California | 13 | 13 |
Charlie Greer | 20 | RS | 6-0 | 203 | 28 | Colorado | 11 | 10 |
Lonnie Hepburn | 43 | LCB-RCB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Texas Southern | 14 | 4 |
Paul Howard | 60 | ROG | 6-3 | 260 | 24 | Brigham Young | 14 | 5 |
John Hufnagel | 16 | QB | 6-1 | 194 | 23 | Penn State | 4 | 0 |
Larron Jackson | 68 | LOG | 6-3 | 270 | 25 | Missouri | 14 | 8 |
Tom Jackson | 57 | RLB-LLB | 5-11 | 220 | 23 | Louisville | 13 | 12 |
Charley Johnson | 12 | QB | 6-0 | 191 | 36 | Schreiner Institute JC; New Mexico State | 14 | 12 |
Calvin Jones | 26 | RCB | 5-7 | 169 | 23 | Washington | 14 | 14 |
Bob Kampa | 72 | LDT | 6-4 | 252 | 23 | Gavilan JC; California | 4 | 1 |
Jon Keyworth | 32 | RB | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | Colorado | 14 | 5 |
Bill Laskey | 45 | LLB | 6-2 | 237 | 31 | Michigan | 14 | 10 |
Floyd Little | 44 | RB | 5-10 | 196 | 32 | Syracuse | 14 | 9 |
Fran Lynch | 22 | RB | 6-1 | 203 | 29 | Oklahoma Military Academy JC; Hofstra | 12 | 0 |
Tommy Lyons | 61 | ROG | 6-2 | 230 | 26 | Georgia | 14 | 14 |
Bobby Maples | 50 | C | 6-3 | 247 | 32 | Baylor | 14 | 14 |
Billy Masters | 81 | TE | 6-5 | 236 | 30 | Louisiana State | 13 | 1 |
Ray May | 56 | MLB | 6-1 | 233 | 29 | Los Angeles CC; Southern California | 14 | 12 |
Claudie Minor | 71 | LOT | 6-4 | 278 | 23 | Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego CC; San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
Marv Montgomery | 78 | OT | 6-6 | 255 | 26 | Los Angeles Valley JC; Southern California | 4 | 0 |
Haven Moses | 25 | WR | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State | 13 | 13 |
Riley Odoms | 88 | TE | 6-4 | 230 | 24 | Houston | 14 | 14 |
Jim O'Malley | 66 | RLB | 6-1 | 230 | 23 | Notre Dame | 14 | 5 |
John Pitts | 48 | FS-SS | 6-4 | 219 | 29 | Santa Ana JC; Arizona State | 13 | 4 |
Steve Ramsey | 10 | QB | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | North Texas | 7 | 2 |
Joe Rizzo | 59 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 24 | Merchant Marine | 11 | 0 |
Oliver Ross | 30 | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Alabama A&M | 7 | 0 |
John Rowser | 46 | LCB | 6-1 | 183 | 30 | Michigan | 11 | 10 |
Mike Schnitker | 64 | LOG | 6-3 | 235 | 28 | Colorado | 12 | 0 |
Jerry Simmons | 80 | WR | 6-1 | 190 | 32 | Bethune-Cookman | 14 | 2 |
Mike Simone | 51 | RLB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Golden West JC; Stanford | 14 | 0 |
Ed Smith | 75 | RDT-LDE-RDE | 6-5 | 241 | 24 | Colorado College | 13 | 3 |
Paul Smith | 70 | LDT | 6-3 | 254 | 29 | New Mexico | 4 | 2 |
Larry Steele | 17 | P | 5-10 | 182 | 24 | Santa Rosa JC | 1 | 0 |
Otto Stowe | 85 | WR | 6-2 | 188 | 25 | Iowa State | 8 | 0 |
Billy Thompson | 36 | SS | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 14 |
Jim Turner | 15 | K | 6-2 | 206 | 33 | Utah State | 14 | 0 |
Maurice Tyler | 23 | FS | 6-0 | 186 | 24 | Baltimore JC; Morgan State | 14 | 0 |
Billy Van Heusen | 42 | WR-P | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | Maryland | 14 | 12 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 14 | Randy Gradishar | LB | Ohio State |
2 | 42 | Carl Wafer | DT | Tennessee State |
3 | 68 | Claudie Minor | T | San Diego State |
4 | 92 | Ozell Collier | DB | Colorado |
6 | 145 | John Winesberry | WR | Stanford |
10 | 248 | Charlie Johnson | DB | Southern University |
11 | 276 | Steve Buchanan | RB | Holy Cross |
12 | 301 | Larry Cameron | LB | Alcorn State |
13 | 326 | Johnny Clerkley | DT | Fort Valley State |
14 | 354 | Rich Marks | DB | Northern Illinois |
15 | 379 | Peil Pennington | QB | Massachusetts |
16 | 404 | Darrell Austin | T | South Carolina |
17 | 432 | Boyd Brown | TE | Alcorn State |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 80 | 80 | 91 | 51 | 0 | 302 |
Opponents Totals | 65 | 88 | 73 | 68 | 0 | 294 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 258 | 120 | 118 | 20 | 64/177 36.2% | / % | 76 | 632 | |
Opponents Totals | 265 | 109 | 135 | 21 | 89/210 42.4% | / % | 78 | 595 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Otis Armstrong | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
Jim Turner | 0 | 35 | 38 | 92.1 | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 0 | 68 |
Jon Keyworth | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
Riley Odoms | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Billy Van Heusen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Haven Moses | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Jerry Simmons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Floyd Little | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Otto Stowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Billy Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 39 | 35 | 39 | 89.7 | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 0 | 302 |
Opponents Totals | 35 | 34 | 35 | 97.1 | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 1 | 294 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Turner | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 0 | 43 | 0/1 | 3/4 | 6/7 | 2/8 | 0/1 |
Team Totals | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 0 | 43 | 0/1 | 3/4 | 6/7 | 2/8 | 0/1 |
Opponents Totals | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 2/2 | 8/9 | 4/6 | 1/3 | 1/4 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Otis Armstrong | 263 | 1407 | 5.3 | 43 | 9 |
Jon Keyworth | 81 | 374 | 4.6 | 30t | 10 |
Floyd Little | 117 | 312 | 2.7 | 22 | 1 |
Riley Odoms | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 31 | 0 |
John Hufnagel | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
Haven Moses | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
Oliver Ross | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
Otto Stowe | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Billy Van Heusen | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Fran Lynch | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 1 | 0 |
Steve Ramsey | 5 | -2 | -0.4 | 1 | 0 |
Charley Johnson | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 486 | 2157 | 4.4 | 43 | 20 |
Opponents Totals | 487 | 1808 | 3.7 | 27 | 17 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charley Johnson | 244 | 136 | 55.7 | 99 | 1969 | 8.1 | 14.5 | 73t | 13 | 5.3 | 9 | 3.7 | 36 | 270 | 1699 | 84.5 |
Steve Ramsey | 74 | 41 | 55.4 | 26 | 580 | 7.8 | 14.1 | 43t | 5 | 6.8 | 7 | 9.5 | 9 | 55 | 525 | 64.0 |
John Hufnagel | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 3 | 70 | 7.0 | 11.7 | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 1 | 7 | 63 | 41.7 |
Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 118.8 |
Team Totals | 329 | 184 | 55.9 | 128 | 2660 | 8.1 | 14.5 | 73t | 18 | 5.5 | 17 | 5.2 | 46 | 332 | 2328 | 79.1 |
Opponents Totals | 426 | 237 | 55.6 | 167 | 2805 | 6.6 | 11.8 | 61t | 14 | 3.3 | 22 | 5.2 | 32 | 222 | 2583 | 65.3 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Riley Odoms | 42 | 639 | 15.2 | 41 | 6 |
Otis Armstrong | 38 | 405 | 10.7 | 48t | 3 |
Haven Moses | 34 | 559 | 16.4 | 42 | 2 |
Floyd Little | 29 | 344 | 11.9 | 72 | 0 |
Billy Van Heusen | 16 | 421 | 26.3 | 73t | 4 |
Jon Keyworth | 12 | 109 | 9.1 | 18 | 0 |
Jerry Simmons | 10 | 161 | 16.1 | 36 | 2 |
Otto Stowe | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 1 |
Oliver Ross | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Team Totals | 184 | 2660 | 14.5 | 73t | 18 |
Opponents Totals | 237 | 2805 | 11.8 | 61t | 14 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Thompson | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 38t | 1 |
Calvin Jones | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
John Rowser | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 33 | 0 |
Ray May | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 |
Tom Jackson | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
Charlie Greer | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
Bill Laskey | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
John Pitts | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Ed Smith | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Maurice Tyler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Lonnie Hepburn | 0 | 22 | 22L | 0 | |
Team Totals | 22 | 311 | 14.1 | 39 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 17 | 304 | 17.9 | 55t | 3 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Van Heusen | 75 | 3024 | 40.3 | 61 | 1 | 529 | ||||
Team Totals | 75 | 3024 | 40.3 | 61 | 1 | 529 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 70 | 2985 | 42.6 | 66 | 0 | 474 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Thompson | 26 | 1 | 350 | 13.5 | 60 | 0 |
Charlie Greer | 13 | 5 | 90 | 6.9 | 22 | 0 |
Floyd Little | 4 | 1 | 34 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
Team Totals | 43 | 7 | 474 | 11.0 | 60 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 45 | 1 | 529 | 11.8 | 72 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Otis Armstrong | 16 | 386 | 24.1 | 41 | 0 | |
Billy Thompson | 13 | 325 | 25.0 | 37 | 0 | |
Floyd Little | 8 | 171 | 21.4 | 31 | 0 | |
Oliver Ross | 7 | 117 | 16.7 | 31 | 0 | |
Jon Keyworth | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 26 | 0 | |
Boyd Brown | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 22 | 0 | |
Ken Criter | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 54 | 1188 | 22.0 | 41 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 57 | 1369 | 24.0 | 84t | 1 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Lyle Alzado | 13.0 | |
Barney Chavous | 9.0 | |
Tom Jackson | 4.0 | |
Pete Duranko | 1.0 | |
John Grant | 1.0 | |
Ray May | 1.0 | |
John Pitts | 1.0 | |
Mike Simone | 1.0 | |
Ed Smith | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 32.0 | 222.0 |
Opponents Totals | 46.0 | 332.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lyle Alzado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Otis Armstrong | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Barney Chavous | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Current | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Greer | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
Charley Johnson | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -9 | 0 | |
Jon Keyworth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Laskey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Floyd Little | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Maples | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ray May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Haven Moses | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Ramsey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Oliver Ross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Simone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
Ed Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy Thompson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 23 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 22 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 0 |
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