1971 Denver Broncos: 4-9-1
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Home record: 2-4-1 (85 points scored, 120 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (118 points scored, 155 allowed) Head Coaches: Lou Saban (2-6-1), Jerry Smith (2-3-0)
203 points scored (24th of 26 teams), 275 points allowed (11th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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: 175 358 2,065 (17) 5.43 8 27 512 2,093 (10) 4.1 9 4,158 (11) 39
Defense: 150 356 1,985 ( 5) 4.96 18 20 426 1,834 (14) 4.3 11 3,819 (10) 40
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Steve Ramsey QB 9 6'2 210 23 2 North Texas State 11 Bobby Anderson RB 13 6'0 208 24 2 Colorado 13 Don Horn QB 9 6'2 195 26 5 San Diego State 15 Jim Turner K 14 6'2 205 30 8 Utah State 20 Charlie Greer DB 13 6'0 205 25 4 Colorado 21 Randy Montgomery DB 3 5'11 182 24 1 Weber State 22 Fran Lynch RB 10 6'1 205 25 5 Hofstra 23 Dickie Post RB 6 5'9 190 26 5 Houston 24 Butch Byrd DB 14 6'0 196 30 8 Boston University 26 George Saimes DB 13 5'10 183 30 9 Michigan State 28 Cornell Gordon DB 14 6'0 187 30 7 North Carolina A&T 33 Joe Dawkins RB 8 5'11 222 23 2 Wisconsin 35 Clem Turner RB 14 6'1 236 26 3 Cincinnati 36 Bill Thompson DB 14 6'1 200 25 3 Maryland Eastern Shore 40 Jack Gehrke WR 14 6'0 178 25 3 Utah 41 Leroy Mitchell DB 14 6'2 190 27 4 Texas Southern 42 Billy Van Heusen P 14 6'1 200 25 4 Maryland 44 Floyd Little RB 14 5'10 196 29 5 Syracuse 50 Olen Underwood LB 14 6'1 220 29 7 Texas 52 Fred Forsberg LB 14 6'1 235 27 3 Washington 53 Ken Criter LB 11 5'11 223 24 3 Wisconsin 54 Chip Myrtle LB 14 6'2 225 26 5 Maryland 56 Dave Washington LB 14 6'5 215 23 2 Alcorn State 58 Bill McKoy LB 14 6'3 235 23 2 Purdue 59 Larry Kaminski C 3 6'2 245 26 6 Purdue 61 Tommy Lyons C 11 6'2 228 23 R Georgia 62 Jerry Inman DT 14 6'3 256 31 6 Oregon 63 Dave Costa DT 14 6'2 260 30 9 Utah 64 Mike Schnitker OG 13 6'3 245 24 3 Colorado 65 Jay Bachman C 14 6'3 250 25 4 Cincinnati 67 George Goeddeke OG 12 6'3 253 26 5 Notre Dame 68 Larron Jackson OG 14 6'3 270 22 R Missouri 70 Paul Smith DT 14 6'3 256 26 4 New Mexico 72 Sam Brunelli OT 5 6'1 270 27 6 Colorado State 73 Walt Barnes DE 4 6'3 250 27 6 Nebraska 74 Mike Current OT 14 6'4 274 26 5 Ohio State 75 Roger Shoals OT 14 6'4 260 32 9 Maryland 76 Tom Domres DT 5 6'3 260 25 4 Wisconsin 77 Lyle Alzado DE 12 6'3 252 22 R Yankton 78 Marv Montgomery OT 12 6'6 255 23 R Southern California 79 Carter Campbell LB 14 6'3 232 24 2 Weber State 80 Jerry Simmons WR 14 6'1 190 28 6 Bethune-Cookman 81 Billy Masters TE 14 6'5 240 27 5 Louisiana State 82 Dwight Harrison WR 10 6'1 178 23 R Texas A&I 83 Jim Whalen TE 3 6'2 210 28 7 Boston College 85 John Mosier TE 11 6'3 220 23 1 Kansas 87 Rich Jackson DE 7 6'2 255 30 6 Southern 89 Gordon Bowdell WR 2 6'2 203 23 R Michigan State
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Steve Ramsey 178 84 47.2 1,120 6.29 13.3 5 2.8 13 7.3 13 105 46.6
Don Horn 173 89 51.4 1,056 6.10 11.9 3 1.7 14 8.1 8 67 42.4
Bobby Anderson 3 1 33.3 48 16.00 48.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 6 81.9
Jack Gehrke 2 1 50.0 19 9.50 19.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 83.3
Floyd Little 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 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 Bobby Anderson 37 353 9.5 1 Billy Masters 27 382 14.1 1 Floyd Little 26 255 9.8 0 Jerry Simmons 25 403 16.1 1 Dwight Harrison 19 265 13.9 2 Jack Gehrke 14 254 18.1 0 Jim Whalen 7 124 17.7 0 Clem Turner 7 65 9.3 1 Dickie Post 4 46 11.5 1 John Mosier 3 36 12.0 0 Fran Lynch 2 42 21.0 1 Gordon Bowdell 1 19 19.0 0 Billy Van Heusen 1 10 10.0 0 Dave Washington 1 0 0.0 0 Mike Schnitker 1 -11 -11.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Floyd Little 284 1,133 4.0 6 Bobby Anderson 139 533 3.8 3 Fran Lynch 26 162 6.2 0 Billy Masters 7 71 10.1 0 Dickie Post 18 44 2.4 0 Clem Turner 17 43 2.5 0 Dwight Harrison 5 36 7.2 0 John Mosier 4 31 7.8 0 Don Horn 6 15 2.5 0 Billy Van Heusen 1 10 10.0 0 Jerry Simmons 1 7 7.0 0 Steve Ramsey 3 6 2.0 0 Jack Gehrke 1 2 2.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Bobby Anderson 8 187 23.4 0 Floyd Little 7 199 28.4 0 Dickie Post 5 116 23.2 0 Bill Thompson 5 105 21.0 0 Clem Turner 5 100 20.0 0 Ken Criter 5 81 16.2 0 Randy Montgomery 4 80 20.0 0 Joe Dawkins 2 34 17.0 0 Jay Bachman 2 20 10.0 0 Fred Forsberg 1 19 19.0 0 Fran Lynch 0 19 ? 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Bill Thompson 29 274 9.4 4 0 Charlie Greer 11 46 4.2 0 0 Leroy Mitchell 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1971 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 12 OT Marv Montgomery 81 USC [pick acquired from GB] 2 35 WR Dwight Harrison 108 Texas A&I 4 79 DE Lyle Alzado 196 Yankton [pick acquired from NE] 4 87 DB Cleo Johnson Alcorn A&M 6 139 DB Harold Phillips Michigan State 7 165 LB Doug Adams 49 Ohio State 8 187 C Tom Beard 12 Michigan State [pick acquired from HOU] 9 217 LB John Handy Purdue 10 243 WR Carlis Harris Idaho State 11 269 DT Roger Roitsch Rice 12 295 WR Floyd Franks Mississippi 13 321 QB Craig Blackford Evansville 14 350 C Tommy Lyons 73 Georgia 15 373 RB Larry James Norfolk State 16 399 DT Steve Thompson Minnesota 17 425 K Jack Simcsak Virginia Tech
Traded draft picks: #1 to GB (John Brockington), #3 to STL (Jim Livesay), #5 to BUF (Tim Beamer), #8 to KC (Mike Sensibaugh)
Transactions:
| 01-1971 | traded Denver's #4 pick in the 1972 draft to Saints for Steve Ramsey |
| 01-1971 | traded Pete Liske to Eagles for Philadelphia's #5 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 01-1971 | traded Bobby Howfield to Jets for Jim Turner |
| 01-28-1971 | traded Alden Roche and Denver's #1 pick in the 1971 draft to Packers for Don Horn and Green Bay's #1 pick in the 1971 draft |
| 04-12-1971 | traded John Huard to Saints for New Orleans' #5 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 04-23-1971 | traded Al Denson to Vikings for John Charles and Minnesota's #4 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 04-26-1971 | traded John Charles to Oilers for Leroy Mitchell |
| 05-07-1971 | traded Carl Cunningham to Lions for Roger Shoals |
| 05-14-1971 | traded Bob Young to Oilers for Olen Underwood |
| 06-05-1971 | claimed Walter Roberts on waivers from Redskins |
| 07-14-1971 | claimed Les Kelley on waivers from Saints |
| 07-17-1971 | traded Willis Crenshaw to Patriots for a #6 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 07-25-1971 | traded an undisclosed pick in the 1972 draft to Rams for Joe Sweet |
| 07-25-1971 | traded Drake Garrett to Rams for an undisclosed pick in the 1972 draft |
| 07-27-1971 | traded Denver's #2 pick in the 1972 draft to Chargers for Dickie Post |
| 08-02-1971 | placed Roger Roitsch on injured reserve |
| 08-03-1971 | Bengals claimed Dan Kecman on waivers |
| 08-11-1971 | traded Cleophus Johnson to Oilers for Larron Jackson and Houston's #5 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 08-16-1971 | traded Carl Cunningham to Saints for New Orleans' #4 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 08-17-1971 | traded Steve Alexakos to Jets for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 08-18-1971 | claimed Wendell Tucker on waivers from Cowboys |
| 08-31-1971 | traded Denver's #5 pick in the 1972 draft to Bills for Butch Byrd |
| 09-03-1971 | claimed Dave Kalina on waivers from ? |
| 09-08-1971 | traded Mike Haffner to Patriots for a #13 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 09-15-1971 | claimed Carter Campbell on waivers from Jets |
| 09-15-1971 | claimed Larry Gagner on waivers from Giants |
| 10-25-1971 | traded Dickie Post to Oilers for Joe Dawkins |
| 11-23-1971 | traded Denver's #7 pick in the 1972 draft to Dolphins for John Stofa |
1971 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/19/71 vs Miami Dolphins T 10-10 0-0-1 09/26/71 at Green Bay Packers L 13-34 0-1-1 10/03/71 vs Kansas City Chiefs L 3-16 0-2-1 10/10/71 vs Oakland Raiders L 16-27 0-3-1 10/17/71 vs San Diego Chargers W 20-16 1-3-1 10/24/71 at Cleveland Browns W 27-0 2-3-1 10/31/71 at Philadelphia Eagles L 16-17 2-4-1 11/07/71 vs Detroit Lions L 20-24 2-5-1 11/14/71 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 10-24 2-6-1 11/21/71 at Kansas City Chiefs L 10-28 2-7-1 11/28/71 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 22-10 3-7-1 12/05/71 vs Chicago Bears W 6-3 4-7-1 12/12/71 at San Diego Chargers L 17-45 4-8-1 12/19/71 at Oakland Raiders L 13-21 4-9-1
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