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1973 Denver Broncos: 7-5-2
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Home record: 3-3-1 (153 points scored, 153 allowed) Road record: 4-2-1 (201 points scored, 143 allowed) Head Coach: John Ralston 354 points scored (3rd of 26 teams), 296 points allowed (15th) NFL Averages: 19.5 points/game (272.3 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: 196 378 2,521 ( 3) 6.22 22 20 487 1,954 (14) 4.0 16 4,475 ( 6) 29 Defense: 202 387 2,440 (24) 5.77 15 14 455 1,795 ( 6) 3.9 14 4,235 (19) 29


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Steve Ramsey QB 5 6'2 210 25 4 North Texas State 11 Bobby Anderson RB 12 6'0 208 26 4 Colorado 12 Charley Johnson QB 14 6'0 190 34 13 New Mexico State 15 Jim Turner K 14 6'2 205 32 10 Utah State 20 Charlie Greer DB 10 6'0 205 27 6 Colorado 21 Randy Montgomery DB 9 5'11 182 26 3 Weber State 22 Fran Lynch RB 9 6'1 205 27 7 Hofstra 23 Maurice Tyler DB 14 6'0 188 23 2 Morgan State 24 Otis Armstrong RB 14 5'10 196 22 R Purdue 25 Haven Moses WR 14 6'3 205 27 6 San Diego State 26 Calvin Jones DB 14 5'7 170 22 R Washington 30 Oliver Ross RB 4 6'0 210 24 R Alabama A&M 33 Joe Dawkins RB 14 5'11 223 25 4 Wisconsin 36 Bill Thompson DB 14 6'1 200 27 5 Maryland Eastern Shore 41 Leroy Mitchell DB 12 6'2 190 29 6 Texas Southern 42 Billy Van Heusen P 14 6'1 200 27 6 Maryland 44 Floyd Little RB 14 5'10 196 31 7 Syracuse 45 Bill Laskey LB 11 6'2 235 30 8 Michigan 48 John Pitts DB 7 6'4 218 28 7 Arizona State 48 Dale Hackbart DB 3 6'3 210 35 12 Wisconsin 50 Bobby Maples C 14 6'3 250 30 9 Baylor 51 Mike Simone LB 14 6'0 210 23 2 Stanford 52 Fred Forsberg LB 3 6'1 235 29 5 Washington 53 Ken Criter LB 14 5'11 223 26 5 Wisconsin 55 Pete Duranko DT 14 6'2 250 29 6 Notre Dame 56 Ray May LB 11 6'1 230 28 7 Southern California 57 Tom Jackson LB 8 5'11 220 22 R Louisville 58 Tom Graham LB 14 6'2 235 23 2 Oregon 59 Larry Kaminski C 12 6'2 245 28 8 Purdue 60 Paul Howard OG 14 6'3 260 23 R Brigham Young 61 Tommy Lyons OG 14 6'2 228 25 3 Georgia 62 Jerry Inman DT 8 6'3 256 33 7 Oregon 63 John Grant DE 13 6'3 235 23 R Southern California 64 Mike Schnitker OG 14 6'3 245 26 5 Colorado 66 Jim O'Malley LB 12 6'1 230 22 R Notre Dame 68 Larron Jackson OG 13 6'3 270 24 3 Missouri 70 Paul Smith DT 14 6'3 256 28 6 New Mexico 73 Mike Askea OT 4 6'4 260 22 R Stanford 74 Mike Current OT 14 6'4 274 28 7 Ohio State 75 Ed Smith DE 5 6'5 240 23 R Colorado College 77 Lyle Alzado DE 14 6'3 252 24 3 Yankton 78 Marv Montgomery OT 10 6'6 255 25 3 Southern California 79 Barney Chavous DE 14 6'3 252 22 R South Carolina State 80 Jerry Simmons WR 14 6'1 190 30 8 Bethune-Cookman 81 Billy Masters TE 11 6'5 240 29 7 Louisiana State 84 Gene Washington WR 14 6'3 205 29 7 Michigan State 88 Riley Odoms TE 14 6'4 230 23 2 Houston
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Charley Johnson 346 184 53.2 2,465 7.12 13.4 20 5.8 17 4.9 26 177 74.9 Steve Ramsey 27 10 37.0 194 7.19 19.4 2 7.4 2 7.4 0 0 56.7 Bobby Anderson 3 2 66.7 47 15.67 23.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 109.7 Jim Turner 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 Billy Van Heusen 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 10 39.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Riley Odoms            43    629   14.6    7
Floyd Little           41    423   10.3    1
Joe Dawkins            30    329   11.0    0
Haven Moses            28    518   18.5    8
Bobby Anderson         15    153   10.2    0
Jerry Simmons          13    249   19.2    1
Gene Washington        10    150   15.0    3
Billy Van Heusen        8    149   18.6    1
Billy Masters           5     65   13.0    0
Otis Armstrong          2     43   21.5    1
Larron Jackson          1     -2   -2.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Floyd Little          256    979    3.8   12
Joe Dawkins           160    706    4.4    2
Otis Armstrong         26     90    3.5    0
Bobby Anderson         19     61    3.2    1
Riley Odoms             5     53   10.6    0
Billy Van Heusen        4     34    8.5    0
Haven Moses             3     25    8.3    1
Oliver Ross             5     21    4.2    0
Charley Johnson         7     -2   -0.3    0
Jerry Simmons           1     -4   -4.0    0
Billy Masters           1     -9   -9.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Otis Armstrong         20    472   23.6    0
Joe Dawkins            10    222   22.2    0
Bill Thompson           1     25   25.0    0
Maurice Tyler           1     23   23.0    0
Randy Montgomery        1     22   22.0    0
Fran Lynch              1     14   14.0    0
Fred Forsberg           1     12   12.0    0
Mike Simone             1      3    3.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Bill Thompson          30    366   12.2    6    0
Maurice Tyler           4     20    5.0    0    0
Charlie Greer           3     11    3.7    3    0
Floyd Little            1      7    7.0    0    0
Ken Criter              1      0    0.0    0    0
Leroy Mitchell          1      0    0.0    0    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Billy Van Heusen 69 3,114 45.1 0 0 0 0 0 45.1 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Jim Turner 5/5 5/5 8/9 3/9 1/5 22/33 40/40 106 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Lyle Alzado 9.0 Barney Chavous 6.0 Pete Duranko 6.0 Fred Forsberg 1.0 1 7 0 Tom Graham 1.0 Charlie Greer 1 1 0 Calvin Jones 4 69 0 Bill Laskey 2 3 0 Ray May 3.0 1 1 0 Leroy Mitchell 2 43 1 Paul Smith 11.0 Bill Thompson 1.0 3 96 1
1973 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 9 RB Otis Armstrong 96 Purdue 2 36 DE Barney Chavous 183 South Carolina State 3 54 OG Paul Howard 187 Brigham Young [pick acquired from NO via WAS, CLE] 3 70 DT John Wood 2 LSU [pick acquired from SF via WAS, SD] 4 88 LB Tom Jackson 191 Louisville 5 113 DB Charles McTorry Tennessee State 7 165 OT Mike Askea 4 Stanford 7 166 DE John Grant 99 USC [pick acquired from BAL] 9 217 DB Lyle Blackwood 176 Texas Christian 10 244 WR Al Marshall 4 Boise State 11 269 DE Elton Brown Utah State 12 296 LB Jim O'Malley 40 Notre Dame 13 319 DE Ed Smith 18 Colorado College [pick acquired from BUF] 13 321 RB Ed White Tulsa 14 348 QB John Hufnagel 9 Penn State 15 373 DB Calvin Jones 46 Washington 16 398 RB Oliver Ross 35 Alabama A&M [pick acquired from BUF] 16 400 C Ken Muhlbeier Idaho 17 425 TE Kenneth Morgan Elon

Traded draft picks: #3 to BAL via HOU (Bill Olds), #6 to PIT (Ron Bell), #8 to PIT (Loren Toews)


Transactions:
01-1973traded Buffalo's #10 pick in the 1974 draft to Rams for Dale Hackbart
01-23-1973traded Tom Bougas to Bills for a 1973 draft pick
01-27-1973traded Don Horn to Browns for Cleveland's #3 and #6 picks in the 1974 draft
05-02-1973traded Clem Turner and Jack Gehrke to Bills for a draft pick
05-22-1973traded a draft pick to Steelers for Carl Winfrey
07-02-1973traded Bill McKoy to Oilers for a #7 pick in the 1974 draft
07-03-1973traded Lloyd Voss to Patriots for a #8 pick in the 1974 draft
07-12-1973claimed Matthew Reed on waivers from Bills
08-01-1973traded cash to Chargers for Ray Jones
08-06-1973traded John Wood to Chiefs for a draft pick
08-14-1973traded Denver's #7 pick in the 1974 draft to Colts for Bill Laskey
08-22-197349ers claimed J.D. Smith on waivers
08-28-1973traded Rod Sherman and Denver's #5 pick in the 1974 draft to Vikings for Gene Washington
10-03-1973traded Fred Forsberg to Bills for John Pitts
10-03-1973traded Denver's #3 and #8 picks in the 1974 draft to Colts for Ray May


1973 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/16/73    vs Cincinnati Bengals      W 28-10       1-0-0
09/23/73    vs San Francisco 49ers     L 34-36       1-1-0
09/30/73    vs Chicago Bears           L 14-33       1-2-0
10/07/73    at Kansas City Chiefs      L 14-16       1-3-0
10/14/73    at Houston Oilers          W 48-20       2-3-0
10/22/73    vs Oakland Raiders         T 23-23       2-3-1
10/28/73    at New York Jets           W 40-28       3-3-1
11/04/73    at St. Louis Cardinals     T 17-17       3-3-2
11/11/73    vs San Diego Chargers      W 30-19       4-3-2
11/18/73    at Pittsburgh Steelers     W 23-13       5-3-2
11/25/73    vs Kansas City Chiefs      W 14-10       6-3-2
12/02/73    vs Dallas Cowboys          L 10-22       6-4-2
12/09/73    at San Diego Chargers      W 42-28       7-4-2
12/16/73    at Oakland Raiders         L 17-21       7-5-2

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