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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: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- 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
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Billy Van Heusen 87 3,732 42.9 0 0 0 0 0 42.9 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Bobby Howfield 2/3 3/6 5/7 6/10 2/6 18/32 27/28 81 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Dave Costa 9.0 Carl Cunningham 1.0 Pete Duranko 7.0 Cornell Gordon 3 26 0 Charlie Greer 1.0 4 20 0 Jerry Inman 0.5 Rich Jackson 10.0 Paul Martha 6 99 0 Chip Myrtle 3.0 Alden Roche 0.5 Paul Smith 11.5 Bill Thompson 2 65 0 Bob Wade 1 10 0 Dave Washington 5.5
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:
01-1970traded Charlie Gogolak to BOS for New England's #4 pick in the 1971 draft
01-1970traded Denver's #3 pick in the 1971 draft to STL for Willis Crenshaw
01-1970traded Tom Smiley to HOU for Houston's #8 pick in the 1971 draft
04-14-1970traded Tom Beer to Patriots for Jim Whalen
05-1970traded Frank Richter to Rams for Izzy Lang
06-23-1970traded Walt Highsmith and Wallace Dickey to Steelers for Paul Martha
07-01-1970Falcons claimed Grady Cavness on waivers
08-13-1970traded Gus Hollomon to Jets for Cornell Gordon
08-21-1970traded Dave Pivec and Denver's #5 pick in the 1971 draft to Bills for Billy Masters
08-31-1970traded Denver's #5 pick in the 1972 draft to Bills for Booker Edgerson
12-01-1970placed 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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