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 |
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:
| 01-1973 | traded Buffalo's #10 pick in the 1974 draft to Rams for Dale Hackbart |
| 01-23-1973 | traded Tom Bougas to Bills for a 1973 draft pick |
| 01-27-1973 | traded Don Horn to Browns for Cleveland's #3 and #6 picks in the 1974 draft |
| 05-02-1973 | traded Clem Turner and Jack Gehrke to Bills for a draft pick |
| 05-22-1973 | traded a draft pick to Steelers for Carl Winfrey |
| 07-02-1973 | traded Bill McKoy to Oilers for a #7 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 07-03-1973 | traded Lloyd Voss to Patriots for a #8 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 07-12-1973 | claimed Matthew Reed on waivers from Bills |
| 08-01-1973 | traded cash to Chargers for Ray Jones |
| 08-06-1973 | traded John Wood to Chiefs for a draft pick |
| 08-14-1973 | traded Denver's #7 pick in the 1974 draft to Colts for Bill Laskey |
| 08-22-1973 | 49ers claimed J.D. Smith on waivers |
| 08-28-1973 | traded Rod Sherman and Denver's #5 pick in the 1974 draft to Vikings for Gene Washington |
| 10-03-1973 | traded Fred Forsberg to Bills for John Pitts |
| 10-03-1973 | traded 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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