1970 Denver Broncos: 5-8-1
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Home record: 3-3-1 (118 points scored, 123 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (135 points scored, 141 allowed) Head Coach: Lou Saban
253 points scored (18th of 26 teams), 264 points allowed (12th) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
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Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 183 403 2,025 (19) 4.53 11 28 436 1,802 ( 9) 4.1 17 3,827 (18) 41
Defense: 191 379 2,354 (18) 5.49 20 16 409 1,351 ( 3) 3.3 7 3,705 ( 7) 32
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Bobby Howfield K 14 5'9 180 33 3 None 11 Bobby Anderson RB 14 6'0 208 23 R Colorado 12 Al Pastrana QB 5 6'1 190 25 2 Maryland 13 Steve Tensi QB 7 6'5 210 27 6 Florida State 14 Pete Liske QB 11 6'2 206 28 3 Penn State 20 Charlie Greer DB 14 6'0 205 24 3 Colorado 20 Paul Martha DB 13 6'0 187 28 7 Pittsburgh 22 Fran Lynch RB 14 6'1 205 24 4 Hofstra 23 Drake Garrett DB 1 5'9 183 24 2 Michigan State 24 Booker Edgerson DB 6 5'10 183 31 9 Western Illinois 26 George Saimes DB 8 5'10 185 29 8 Michigan State 28 Cornell Gordon DB 14 6'0 187 29 6 North Carolina A&T 29 Wandy Williams RB 1 6'1 190 24 2 Hofstra 32 Dick Davis RB 2 5'11 215 23 1 Nebraska 33 Willie Crenshaw RB 12 6'2 230 29 7 Kansas State 35 Clem Turner RB 11 6'1 236 25 2 Cincinnati 36 Bill Thompson DB 9 6'1 200 24 2 Maryland Eastern Shore 37 Bob Wade DB 3 6'2 200 25 3 Morgan State 42 Billy Van Heusen WR 14 6'1 200 24 3 Maryland 43 Pete Jaquess DB 13 6'0 182 29 7 Eastern New Mexico 44 Floyd Little RB 14 5'10 196 28 4 Syracuse 49 Alvin Mitchell DB 2 6'3 195 27 3 Morgan State 50 Carl Cunningham LB 14 6'3 240 26 4 Houston 51 Bill Butler LB 14 6'4 226 23 R Cal State-Northridge 52 Fred Forsberg LB 14 6'1 235 26 2 Washington 54 Chip Myrtle LB 14 6'2 225 25 4 Maryland 55 Pete Duranko DE 14 6'2 250 26 4 Notre Dame 56 Dave Washington LB 13 6'5 215 22 R Alcorn State 58 Bill McKoy LB 2 6'3 235 22 R Purdue 59 Larry Kaminski C 14 6'2 245 25 5 Purdue 60 Bob Young OG 14 6'2 256 28 5 Howard Payne 62 Jerry Inman DT 11 6'3 256 30 5 Oregon 63 Dave Costa DT 14 6'2 260 29 8 Utah 64 Mike Schnitker OG 14 6'3 245 23 2 Colorado 65 Jay Bachman C 11 6'3 250 24 3 Cincinnati 67 George Goeddeke OG 14 6'3 253 25 4 Notre Dame 68 Steve Alexakos OG 8 6'2 260 23 1 San Jose State 70 Paul Smith DT 14 6'3 256 25 3 New Mexico 72 Sam Brunelli OT 13 6'1 270 26 5 Colorado State 73 Walt Barnes DE 6 6'3 250 26 5 Nebraska 74 Mike Current OT 14 6'4 274 25 4 Ohio State 77 Alden Roche DE 14 6'4 255 25 R Southern 78 Ken Criter LB 14 5'11 223 23 2 Wisconsin 81 Billy Masters TE 14 6'5 240 26 4 Louisiana State 83 Jim Whalen TE 14 6'2 210 27 6 Boston College 84 Mike Haffner WR 11 6'2 205 28 3 UCLA 86 Jerry Hendren WR 10 6'2 187 22 R Idaho 87 Rich Jackson DE 14 6'2 255 29 5 Southern 88 Al Denson WR 14 6'2 208 28 7 Florida A&M 89 John Embree WR 7 6'4 194 26 2 Compton C.C.
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Pete Liske 238 112 47.1 1,340 5.63 12.0 7 2.9 11 4.6 28 228 55.3
Steve Tensi 80 38 47.5 539 6.74 14.2 3 3.8 8 10.0 6 35 42.7
Al Pastrana 75 29 38.7 420 5.60 14.5 1 1.3 9 12.0 8 60 22.5
Bobby Anderson 7 4 57.1 59 8.43 14.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 5 84.8
Floyd Little 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 5 39.6
Billy Van Heusen 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Al Denson 47 646 13.7 2 Jim Whalen 36 503 14.0 3 Willie Crenshaw 18 105 5.8 1 Floyd Little 17 161 9.5 0 Billy Van Heusen 16 382 23.9 2 Mike Haffner 12 196 16.3 1 Bobby Anderson 9 140 15.6 0 Billy Masters 9 83 9.2 2 Clem Turner 8 23 2.9 0 Fran Lynch 7 69 9.9 0 John Embree 4 50 12.5 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Floyd Little 209 901 4.3 3 Bobby Anderson 83 368 4.4 4 Willie Crenshaw 69 200 2.9 5 Clem Turner 29 106 3.7 2 Al Pastrana 14 89 6.4 1 Fran Lynch 20 81 4.0 1 Pete Liske 7 42 6.0 1 Steve Tensi 4 14 3.5 0 Mike Haffner 1 1 1.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Bobby Anderson 21 520 24.8 0 Bill Thompson 9 188 20.9 0 Jerry Hendren 8 197 24.6 0 Floyd Little 6 126 21.0 0 Ken Criter 2 20 10.0 0 Clem Turner 1 31 31.0 0 Dave Washington 1 20 20.0 0 Chip Myrtle 1 1 1.0 0 Fran Lynch 0 11 ? 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Bill Thompson 23 233 10.1 1 0 Floyd Little 22 187 8.5 3 0 Charlie Greer 14 123 8.8 4 0 Pete Jaquess 4 13 3.2 5 0 |
1970 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 11 RB Bobby Anderson 54 Colorado 2 37 DE Alden Roche 120 Southern 3 63 OT John Kohler South Dakota 4 89 WR Jerry Hendren 10 Idaho 5 115 LB Bill McKoy 44 Purdue 6 141 TE John Mosier 25 Kansas 7 167 DB Randy Montgomery 40 Weber State 8 208 RB Lew Porter 5 Southern [pick acquired from KC] 9 219 LB Dave Washington 138 Alcorn A&M 10 247 DT Maurice Fullerton Tuskegee 11 271 DB Cleve Bryant Ohio 12 301 RB Greg Jones Wisconsin-Whitewater 13 323 DB Jim McKoy Parsons 14 349 LB Jeff Slipp Brigham Young 15 375 K Maher Barakat South Dakota Tech 16 401 QB Bobby Stewart Northern Arizona 17 427 K Frank Kalfoss Montana State
Traded draft picks: #8 to KC (Fred Barry)
Transactions:
| 01-1970 | traded Charlie Gogolak to BOS for New England's #4 pick in the 1971 draft |
| 01-1970 | traded Denver's #3 pick in the 1971 draft to STL for Willis Crenshaw |
| 01-1970 | traded Tom Smiley to HOU for Houston's #8 pick in the 1971 draft |
| 04-14-1970 | traded Tom Beer to Patriots for Jim Whalen |
| 05-1970 | traded Frank Richter to Rams for Izzy Lang |
| 06-23-1970 | traded Walt Highsmith and Wallace Dickey to Steelers for Paul Martha |
| 07-01-1970 | Falcons claimed Grady Cavness on waivers |
| 08-13-1970 | traded Gus Hollomon to Jets for Cornell Gordon |
| 08-21-1970 | traded Dave Pivec and Denver's #5 pick in the 1971 draft to Bills for Billy Masters |
| 08-31-1970 | traded Denver's #5 pick in the 1972 draft to Bills for Booker Edgerson |
| 12-01-1970 | placed Jay Bachman on injured reserve |
1970 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/20/70 at Buffalo Bills W 25-10 1-0-0 09/27/70 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 16-13 2-0-0 10/04/70 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 26-13 3-0-0 10/11/70 at Oakland Raiders L 23-35 3-1-0 10/18/70 vs Atlanta Falcons W 24-10 4-1-0 10/25/70 at San Francisco 49ers L 14-19 4-2-0 11/01/70 vs Washington Redskins L 3-19 4-3-0 11/08/70 at San Diego Chargers L 21-24 4-4-0 11/15/70 vs Oakland Raiders L 19-24 4-5-0 11/22/70 at New Orleans Saints W 31-6 5-5-0 11/29/70 at Houston Oilers L 21-31 5-6-0 12/06/70 at Kansas City Chiefs L 0-16 5-7-0 12/13/70 vs San Diego Chargers T 17-17 5-7-1 12/20/70 vs Cleveland Browns L 13-27 5-8-1
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