1972 Denver Broncos: 5-9-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 3-4-0 (197 points scored, 183 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (128 points scored, 167 allowed) Head Coach: John Ralston 325 points scored (9th of 26 teams), 350 points allowed (21st) NFL Averages: 20.3 points/game (283.5 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: 201 384 2,634 ( 3) 6.24 19 23 409 1,838 (18) 4.5 17 4,472 ( 5) 34 Defense: 206 397 2,183 (16) 4.98 19 10 439 1,668 ( 4) 3.8 15 3,851 ( 9) 22
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Steve Ramsey QB 9 6'2 210 24 3 North Texas State 11 Bobby Anderson RB 9 6'0 208 25 3 Colorado 12 Charley Johnson QB 12 6'0 190 33 12 New Mexico State 13 Don Horn QB 2 6'2 195 27 6 San Diego State 15 Jim Turner K 14 6'2 205 31 9 Utah State 16 Mike Ernst QB 1 6'1 190 22 R Cal State-Fullerton 20 Charlie Greer DB 14 6'0 205 26 5 Colorado 21 Randy Montgomery DB 14 5'11 182 25 2 Weber State 22 Fran Lynch RB 14 6'1 205 26 6 Hofstra 23 Steve Preece DB 13 6'1 195 25 4 Oregon State 25 Haven Moses WR 8 6'3 205 26 5 San Diego State 26 George Saimes DB 9 5'10 188 31 10 Michigan State 28 Cornell Gordon DB 1 6'0 187 31 8 North Carolina A&T 29 Bill West DB 8 5'10 185 25 1 Tennessee State 33 Joe Dawkins RB 14 5'11 223 24 3 Wisconsin 35 Clem Turner RB 12 6'1 236 27 4 Cincinnati 36 Bill Thompson DB 8 6'1 200 26 4 Maryland Eastern Shore 41 Leroy Mitchell DB 14 6'2 190 28 5 Texas Southern 42 Billy Van Heusen P 14 6'1 200 26 5 Maryland 44 Floyd Little RB 14 5'10 196 30 6 Syracuse 50 Bobby Maples C 12 6'3 250 29 8 Baylor 51 Mike Simone LB 14 6'0 210 22 R Stanford 52 Fred Forsberg LB 9 6'1 235 28 4 Washington 53 Ken Criter LB 8 5'11 223 25 4 Wisconsin 54 Chip Myrtle LB 14 6'2 225 27 6 Maryland 55 Pete Duranko DE 14 6'2 250 28 5 Notre Dame 56 Don Parish LB 1 6'1 220 24 3 Stanford 57 Bob Geddes LB 14 6'2 240 26 1 UCLA 58 Bill McKoy LB 14 6'3 235 24 3 Purdue 58 Tom Graham LB 14 6'2 235 22 R Oregon 59 Larry Kaminski C 11 6'2 245 27 7 Purdue 61 Tommy Lyons OG 10 6'2 228 24 2 Georgia 64 Mike Schnitker OG 14 6'3 245 25 4 Colorado 65 Lloyd Voss DE 13 6'4 255 30 9 Nebraska 66 Bill Cottrell OG 11 6'3 255 28 5 Delaware Valley 67 George Goeddeke OG 2 6'3 253 27 6 Notre Dame 68 Larron Jackson OG 14 6'3 270 23 2 Missouri 70 Paul Smith DT 14 6'3 256 27 5 New Mexico 74 Mike Current OT 14 6'4 274 27 6 Ohio State 75 Rick Sharp OT 12 6'3 265 24 3 Washington 76 Tom Domres DT 11 6'3 260 26 5 Wisconsin 77 Lyle Alzado DE 14 6'3 252 23 2 Yankton 78 Marv Montgomery OT 14 6'6 255 24 2 Southern California 80 Jerry Simmons WR 9 6'1 190 29 7 Bethune-Cookman 81 Billy Masters TE 14 6'5 240 28 6 Louisiana State 82 Dwight Harrison WR 2 6'1 178 24 2 Texas A&I 84 Rod Sherman WR 14 6'0 190 27 6 Southern California 86 Jim Krieg WR 6 5'9 172 23 R Washington 87 John Hoffman DE 2 6'7 260 29 4 Hawaii 87 Rich Jackson DE 4 6'2 255 31 7 Southern 88 Riley Odoms TE 14 6'4 230 22 R Houston
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Charley Johnson 238 132 55.5 1,783 7.49 13.5 14 5.9 14 5.9 12 82 74.6 Steve Ramsey 137 65 47.4 1,050 7.66 16.2 3 2.2 9 6.6 26 184 53.5 Mike Ernst 4 1 25.0 10 2.50 10.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Bobby Anderson 3 1 33.3 14 4.67 14.0 1 33.3 0 0.0 0 0 88.9 Floyd Little 2 2 100.0 43 21.50 21.5 1 50.0 0 0.0 0 0 158.3
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Rod Sherman 38 661 17.4 3 Floyd Little 28 367 13.1 4 Billy Masters 25 393 15.7 3 Bobby Anderson 23 215 9.3 1 Riley Odoms 21 320 15.2 1 Joe Dawkins 18 242 13.4 0 Jerry Simmons 17 235 13.8 2 Haven Moses 15 224 14.9 5 Fran Lynch 7 75 10.7 0 Jim Krieg 4 99 24.8 0 Billy Van Heusen 4 59 14.8 0 Clem Turner 1 10 10.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Floyd Little 216 859 4.0 9 Bobby Anderson 72 319 4.4 1 Joe Dawkins 56 243 4.3 2 Fran Lynch 34 164 4.8 2 Billy Van Heusen 3 76 25.3 1 Riley Odoms 5 72 14.4 0 Jim Krieg 1 63 63.0 0 Clem Turner 5 16 3.2 0 Steve Ramsey 6 15 2.5 2 Haven Moses 2 11 5.5 0 Dwight Harrison 1 9 9.0 0 Mike Ernst 1 4 4.0 0 Rod Sherman 1 2 2.0 0 Charley Johnson 3 0 0.0 0 Billy Masters 3 -15 -5.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Randy Montgomery 29 756 26.1 1 Joe Dawkins 15 357 23.8 0 Floyd Little 3 48 16.0 0 Fran Lynch 3 45 15.0 0 Clem Turner 1 25 25.0 0 Jim Krieg 1 18 18.0 0 Bobby Anderson 1 13 13.0 0 Steve Preece 1 0 0.0 0 Mike Simone 1 -6 -6.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Rod Sherman 10 89 8.9 5 0 Floyd Little 8 64 8.0 2 0 Bill Thompson 4 82 20.5 1 0 Charlie Greer 4 67 16.8 0 1 Mike Simone 1 5 5.0 0 0 Jim Krieg 1 3 3.0 0 0 |
1972 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 5 TE Riley Odoms 153 Houston 3 58 LB Bill Phillips Arkansas State 4 102 LB Tom Graham 89 Oregon [pick acquired from MIN] 5 118 WR Jim Krieg 6 Washington [pick acquired from PHI] 8 186 DT Ronnie Estay LSU 9 214 DB Floyd Priester Boston University 10 239 DE Richard Wilkins Maryland-Eastern Shore 11 263 WR Larry Brunson 79 Colorado 12 292 DB Randy McDougall Weber State 13 317 RB Bob Warner Bloomsburg (Pa.) 14 342 OG Jerome Kundich Texas-El Paso 15 370 DT Harold Parmenter Massachusetts 16 395 RB Tom Bougus Boston College 17 420 RB Lou Harris USC
Traded draft picks: #2 to LA via SD (Jim Bertelsen), #4 to DAL via NO (Tim Kearney), #5 to BUF (Bob Penchion), #6 to HOU (Elmer Allen), #7 to MIA (Bill Adams)
Transactions:
| 01-29-1972 | Roger Shoals retired |
| 02-01-1972 | George Goeddeke retired |
| 02-15-1972 | traded a draft pick to Saints for Bill Harris |
| 04-13-1972 | traded Dave Washington to Bills for Al Andrews |
| 07-26-1972 | Bears claimed Bob Warner on waivers |
| 07-26-1972 | Bears claimed John Embree on waivers |
| 07-31-1972 | traded a #7 pick in the 1973 draft to Patriots for Eric Crabtree |
| 08-1972 | traded Denver's #6 pick in the 1973 draft to Steelers for Bobby Maples |
| 08-01-1972 | traded Dave Costa to Chargers for Eddie Ray and San Francisco's #3 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 08-03-1972 | traded a 1973 draft pick to Steelers for Dennis Onkontz |
| 08-16-1972 | traded Denver's #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Oilers for Charley Johnson |
| 08-31-1972 | traded cash to Raiders for Rod Sherman |
| 09-06-1972 | traded New Orleans' #5 pick in the 1973 draft to Steelers for Lloyd Voss |
| 09-11-1972 | traded John Mosier to Colts for Baltimore's #7 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 09-13-1972 | claimed Bill West on waivers from Raiders |
| 09-14-1972 | placed Bill Phillips on injured reserve |
| 09-20-1972 | traded Denver's #8 pick in the 1973 draft to Steelers for Rick Sharp |
| 09-21-1972 | claimed Steve Preece on waivers from Eagles |
| 10-11-1972 | traded Rich Jackson to Browns for New Orleans' #3 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 10-11-1972 | claimed Don Parish on waivers from Cardinals |
| 10-16-1972 | traded Dwight Harrison to Bills for Haven Moses |
1972 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/17/72 vs Houston Oilers W 30-17 1-0-0 09/24/72 at San Diego Chargers L 14-37 1-1-0 10/01/72 vs Kansas City Chiefs L 24-45 1-2-0 10/08/72 at Cincinnati Bengals L 10-21 1-3-0 10/15/72 vs Minnesota Vikings L 20-23 1-4-0 10/22/72 at Oakland Raiders W 30-23 2-4-0 10/29/72 vs Cleveland Browns L 20-27 2-5-0 11/05/72 at New York Giants L 17-29 2-6-0 11/12/72 at Los Angeles Rams W 16-10 3-6-0 11/19/72 vs Oakland Raiders L 20-37 3-7-0 11/26/72 at Atlanta Falcons L 20-23 3-8-0 12/03/72 at Kansas City Chiefs L 21-24 3-9-0 12/10/72 vs San Diego Chargers W 38-13 4-9-0 12/17/72 vs New England Patriots W 45-21 5-9-0