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1968 Denver Broncos

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Record: 5-9-0, Finished 4th in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary

Scored 255 points (18.2/g), 7th of 10 in the AFL.
 Allowed 404 points (28.9/g), 9th.
 Differential of -149 points (-10.6/g), 8th.
 Expected W-L: 3.5-10.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.6/g), 7th.

Coached by Lou Saban (5-9-0)

1968 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 15 box L 0-1 @ Cincinnati Bengals 10 24 15 199 121 78 1 11 289 185 104
2 Sun September 22 box L 0-2 @ Kansas City Chiefs 2 34 13 245 194 51 4 17 341 196 145 2
3 Sun September 29 box L 0-3 Boston Patriots 17 20 15 234 85 149 3 14 212 143 69 1
4 Sun October 6 box W 1-3 Cincinnati Bengals 10 7 11 211 112 99 15 247 136 111 1
5 Sun October 13 box W 2-3 @ New York Jets 21 13 12 222 174 48 18 460 331 129 5
6 Sun October 20 box L 2-4 @ San Diego Chargers 24 55 26 476 295 181 5 20 581 370 211 1
7 Sun October 27 box W 3-4 Miami Dolphins 21 14 20 323 127 196 4 17 340 216 124 4
8 Sun November 3 box W 4-4 @ Boston Patriots 35 14 18 470 232 238 4 15 175 98 77 4
9 Sun November 10 box L 4-5 Oakland Raiders 7 43 11 175 85 90 3 22 487 280 207 2
10 Sun November 17 box L 4-6 @ Houston Oilers 17 38 11 228 126 102 2 22 377 220 157 2
11 Sun November 24 box W 5-6 Buffalo Bills 34 32 15 386 302 84 3 14 220 132 88 2
12 Sun December 1 box L 5-7 San Diego Chargers 23 47 15 287 177 110 2 27 496 335 161 1
13 Sun December 8 box L 5-8 @ Oakland Raiders 27 33 16 267 204 63 5 24 497 338 159 6
14 Sat December 14 box L 5-9 Kansas City Chiefs 7 30 19 249 124 125 4 15 302 183 119 1

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 255 3971 889 4.5 217 179 427 2357 20 27 4.9 124 411 1614 11 3.9 75 40 13 18
Team Defense 404 5024 917 5.5 408 217 429 3163 25 20 6.9 145 457 1861 20 4.1 251 32 12 12
Lg Rank Offense 7 7 7 4 6 4 7 7 9 7 8 6 7 5
Lg Rank Defense 9 10 9 7 10 9 7 9 6 7 9 7 8 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Marlin Briscoe 23 QB 11 5 2-3-0 93 224 41.5 1589 14 6.3 13 5.8 66 7.1 5.1 17.1 144.5 62.9
Steve Tensi 26 qb 7 6 3-3-0 48 119 40.3 709 5 4.2 8 6.7 72 6.0 3.4 14.8 101.3 46.5
Jim M. LeClair 24 3 2 0-2-0 27 54 50.0 401 1 1.9 5 9.3 50 7.4 3.4 14.9 133.7 42.3
John McCormick 31 1 1 0-1-0 8 19 42.1 89 0 0.0 1 5.3 18 4.7 2.3 11.1 89.0 34.8
Joe DiVito 23 3 0 1 6 16.7 16 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 2.7 2.7 16.0 5.3 39.6
Floyd Little* 26 HB 11 11 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Fran Lynch 23 hb 9 4 1 2 50.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 2.0 2.0 4.0 0.4 56.2
Mike Haffner 26 14 1 1 1 100.0 18 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 18.0 18.0 18.0 1.3 118.7
Team Total 24.6 14 5-9-0 179 427 41.9 2826 20 4.7 27 6.3 72 6.6 4.2 15.8 201.9 53.9
Opp Total 14 217 429 50.6 3163 25 5.8 20 4.7 7.4 5.9 14.6 225.9 75.0 31 256 6.9 4.9

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Floyd Little* 26 HB 11 11 158 584 3 55 3.7 53.1 14.4 19 331 17.4 1 66 1.7 30.1 915 4 6
Fran Lynch 23 hb 9 4 66 221 4 19 3.3 24.6 7.3 4 52 13.0 0 22 0.4 5.8 273 4 1
Garrett Ford 23 FB 14 3 41 186 1 23 4.5 13.3 2.9 6 40 6.7 0 12 0.4 2.9 226 1 1
Marlin Briscoe 23 QB 11 5 41 308 3 34 7.5 28.0 3.7 308 3 3
Brendan McCarthy 23 fb 7 5 28 89 0 12 3.2 12.7 4.0 7 69 9.9 2 40 1.0 9.9 158 2 2
Terry Erwin 22 9 2 24 76 0 9 3.2 8.4 2.7 2 21 10.5 0 17 0.2 2.3 97 0 1
Ron Lamb 24 3 3 22 63 0 17 2.9 21.0 7.3 3 10 3.3 0 10 1.0 3.3 73 0 1
Jim M. LeClair 24 3 2 12 40 0 12 3.3 13.3 4.0 40 0 5
Steve Tensi 26 qb 7 6 6 2 0 2 0.3 0.3 0.9 2 0 0
Alex Moore 23 3 0 4 22 0 10 5.5 7.3 1.3 3 35 11.7 0 16 1.0 11.7 57 0 1
Hub Lindsey 23 3 0 4 17 0 7 4.3 5.7 1.3 17 0 1
Mike Haffner 26 14 1 2 2 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 12 232 19.3 1 52 0.9 16.6 234 1 0
Billy Van Heusen 22 se 13 7 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.5 0.1 19 353 18.6 3 50 1.5 27.2 359 3 0
Jim Jones 27 fl 13 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 13 190 14.6 2 60 1.0 14.6 189 2 0
Joe DiVito 23 3 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.3 0.3 -1 0 1
Eric Crabtree 24 FL 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 601 17.2 5 72 2.5 42.9 601 5 0
Al Denson 26 SE 8 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 34 586 17.2 5 44 4.3 73.3 586 5 0
Tom Beer 24 TE 14 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 276 13.8 1 31 1.4 19.7 276 1 0
Chip Myrtle 23 rlb 13 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 18 18.0 0 18 0.1 1.4 18 0 0
Dave E. Washington 28 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.5 6.0 12 0 0
Team Total 24.6 14 411 1614 11 55 3.9 115.3 29.4 179 2826 15.8 20 72 12.8 201.9 4440 31 28
Opp Total 14 457 1861 20 4.1 132.9 32.6 217 3163 14.6 25 15.5 225.9 5024 45 24

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Floyd Little* 26 HB 11 11 24 261 1 67 10.9 26 649 0 89 25.0 1825
Charlie Greer 22 LCB 14 14 9 53 0 12 5.9 2 41 0 32 20.5 94
Gus Hollomon 23 ls 13 4 7 194 0 67 27.7 194
Tommy Luke 24 7 1 3 13 0 10 4.3 2 34 0 20 17.0 47
Jesse Stokes 24 2 0 5 106 0 30 21.2 106
Alex Moore 23 3 0 4 74 0 28 18.5 131
Terry Erwin 22 9 2 3 55 0 25 18.3 152
Drake Garrett 22 RCB 14 13 3 77 0 30 25.7 77
Pete Jaquess 28 LS 13 11 2 5 0 5 2.5 1 0 0 0 0.0 5
Hub Lindsey 23 3 0 3 72 0 29 24.0 89
Fred Forsberg 24 RLB 13 7 2 16 0 12 8.0 16
Eric Crabtree 24 FL 14 14 1 30 0 30 30.0 631
Wallace Dickey 27 10 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Team Total 24.6 14 38 332 1 67 8.7 60 1361 0 89 22.7 6133
Opp Total 14 46 0 29 704 0 24.3

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Billy Van Heusen 22 se 13 7 88 3853 68 0 43.8
Bobby Howfield 32 K 12 0 3 3 4 2 3 2 8 2 18 9 50.0% 30 30 100.0%
Joe DiVito 23 3 0 8 242 47 1 30.3
Bob Humphreys 28 2 0 2 1 1 2 5 1 20.0% 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 24.6 14 3 3 6 2 4 3 10 2 23 10 43.5% 31 31 100.0% 96 4095 68 1 42.7
Opp Total 14 34 21 61.8% 47 47 100.0% 76 3268 43.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Tom Beer 24 TE 14 13 0 1 0 0
Marlin Briscoe 23 QB 11 5 3 0 0 0
Dave Costa* 27 RDT 14 14 0 2 0 0
Carl Cunningham 24 LLB 14 14 1 3 0 3
Joe DiVito 23 3 0 1 1 0 0
Terry Erwin 22 9 2 1 0 0 0
Garrett Ford 23 FB 14 3 1 0 0 0
Fred Forsberg 24 RLB 13 7 1 6 0 6
George Gaiser 23 10 7 0 1 0 0
Drake Garrett 22 RCB 14 13 2 6 0 6 1 1 0 0
George Goeddeke 23 LG 14 14 0 2 0 0
Charlie Greer 22 LCB 14 14 4 18 0 14 1 1 0 0
Gus Hollomon 23 ls 13 4 1 16 0 16 2 1 0 0
John Huard 24 MLB 14 14 2 35 0 26
Jerry Inman 28 LDT 7 4 0 1 0 0
Pete Jaquess 28 LS 13 11 5 64 0 28 1 0 0 0
Larry Kaminski 23 C 14 14 0 1 0 0
Ron Lamb 24 3 3 1 1 -1 0
Jim M. LeClair 24 3 2 5 3 -27 0
Jack Lentz 23 RS 12 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Hub Lindsey 23 3 0 1 0 0 0
Floyd Little* 26 HB 11 11 6 3 0 0
Fran Lynch 23 hb 9 4 1 1 0 0
Brendan McCarthy 23 fb 7 5 2 0 0 0
Alex Moore 23 3 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Oberg 23 9 6 3 17 0 16 0 1 0 0
Frank Richter 24 11 6 0 1 0 0
Jesse Stokes 24 2 0 0 1 0 0
Billy Van Heusen 22 se 13 7 0 1 0 0
Bob Young 26 RG 14 7 0 2 0 0
Team Total 24.6 14 20 165 0 28 28 27 -28 0 1
Opp Total 14 51 24 12 2

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Bobby Howfield 32 K 12 0 30 9 57
Eric Crabtree 24 FL 14 14 5 30
Al Denson 26 SE 8 7 5 30
Floyd Little* 26 HB 11 11 3 1 1 30
Fran Lynch 23 hb 9 4 4 24
Marlin Briscoe 23 QB 11 5 3 18
Billy Van Heusen 22 se 13 7 3 18
Jim Jones 27 fl 13 0 2 12
Brendan McCarthy 23 fb 7 5 2 12
Tom Beer 24 TE 14 13 1 6
Garrett Ford 23 FB 14 3 1 6
Mike Haffner 26 14 1 1 6
Bob Humphreys 28 2 0 1 1 4
Chip Myrtle 23 rlb 13 1 1 2
Team Total 24.6 14 11 20 1 31 10 1 255
Opp Total 14 20 25 47 21 2 404