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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)
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1968 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Marlin Briscoe | 23 | Rook | 5 | 93 for 224, 1,589 yards, 14 td, 13 int, & 41 rushes for 308 yards and 3 td | Denver Broncos / 14th / 357th pick / 1968 |
| QB | Steve Tensi | 26 | 3 | 6 | 48 for 119, 709 yards, 5 td, 8 int, & 6 rushes for 2 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 30th pick / 1965 |
| HB | Floyd Little* | 26 | 1 | 11 | 158 rushes for 584 yards, 3 td, & 19 catches for 331 yards and 1 td | Denver Broncos / 1st / 6th pick / 1967 |
| HB | Fran Lynch | 23 | 1 | 4 | 66 rushes for 221 yards, 4 td, & 4 catches for 52 yards and 0 td | Denver Broncos / 5th / 110th pick / 1967 |
| FB | Garrett Ford | 23 | Rook | 3 | 41 rushes for 186 yards, 1 td, & 6 catches for 40 yards and 0 td | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 58th pick / 1968 |
| FB | Brendan McCarthy | 23 | Rook | 5 | 28 rushes for 89 yards, 0 td, & 7 catches for 69 yards and 2 td | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 92nd pick / 1968 |
| FL | Eric Crabtree | 24 | 2 | 14 | 35 catches for 601 yards, 5 td | Denver Broncos / 13th / 112th pick / 1966 |
| FL | Jim Jones | 27 | 3 | 0 | 13 catches for 190 yards, 2 td, & 1 rush for -1 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 6th / 84th pick / 1964 |
| SE | Al Denson | 26 | 4 | 7 | 34 catches for 586 yards, 5 td | Denver Broncos / 6th / 47th pick / 1964 |
| SE | Billy Van Heusen | 22 | Rook | 7 | 19 catches for 353 yards, 3 td, & 1 rush for 6 yards and 0 td | |
| TE | Tom Beer | 24 | 1 | 13 | 20 catches for 276 yards, 1 td | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1967 |
| LT | Sam Brunelli | 25 | 2 | 13 | ||
| LG | George Goeddeke | 23 | 1 | 14 | 2 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 59th pick / 1967 |
| C | Larry Kaminski | 23 | 2 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RG | Bob Young | 26 | 2 | 7 | 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 261st pick / 1964 |
| RT | Mike Current | 23 | 1 | 14 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 58th pick / 1967 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Pete Duranko | 25 | 1 | 12 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 61st pick / 1966 |
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| LDE | Paul Smith | 23 | Rook | 3 | Denver Broncos / 9th / 222nd pick / 1968 |
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| LDT | Jerry Inman | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LDT | Rex Mirich | 27 | 4 | 10 | Oakland Raiders / 20th / 153rd pick / 1963 |
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| RDT | Dave Costa* | 27 | 5 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 29th pick / 1963 |
| RDE | Rich Jackson*+ | 27 | 2 | 14 | ||
| LLB | Carl Cunningham | 24 | 1 | 14 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 4th / 85th pick / 1967 |
| MLB | John Huard | 24 | 1 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 5th / 113th pick / 1967 |
| RLB | Fred Forsberg | 24 | Rook | 7 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 14th / 121st pick / 1966 |
| RLB | Chip Myrtle | 23 | 1 | 1 | ||
| LCB | Charlie Greer | 22 | Rook | 14 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 13th / 330th pick / 1968 |
| RCB | Drake Garrett | 22 | Rook | 13 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 4th / 102nd pick / 1968 |
| LS | Pete Jaquess | 28 | 4 | 11 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 20th / 158th pick / 1964 |
| LS | Gus Hollomon | 23 | Rook | 4 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 4th / 111th pick / 1968 |
| RS | Jack Lentz | 23 | 1 | 7 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 16th / 399th pick / 1967 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bobby Howfield | 32 | Rook | 0 | 9 of 18 field goals & 30 of 30 extra points | |
| P | Billy Van Heusen | 22 | Rook | 7 | 88 punts for a 43.8 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Floyd Little* | 26 | 1 | 11 | 24 punt returns for a 10.9 average and 1 td | Denver Broncos / 1st / 6th pick / 1967 |
| KR | Floyd Little* | 26 | 1 | 11 | 26 kick returns for a 25.0 average and 0 td | Denver Broncos / 1st / 6th pick / 1967 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Jay Bachman | 23 | C | 6 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Cincinnati | 12/8/1945 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 132nd pick / 1967 |
| Tom Beer | 24 | TE-G | 14 | 13 | 235 | 6-4 | Detroit Mercy,Houston | 12/21/1944 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1967 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 23 | WR-QB-FL | 11 | 5 | 178 | 5-11 | Nebraska-Omaha | 9/10/1945 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 14th / 357th pick / 1968 |
| Sam Brunelli | 25 | T-G | 14 | 13 | 270 | 6-2 | Colorado State | 12/13/1943 | 2 | |
| Tom Cichowski | 24 | T | 2 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Maryland | 6/13/1944 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 30th pick / 1966 |
| Dave Costa* | 27 | DT-DE | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-2 | Utah | 10/27/1941 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 29th pick / 1963 |
| Larry Cox | 25 | DT | 9 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Abilene Christian | 11/12/1943 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 10th / 85th pick / 1966 |
| Eric Crabtree | 24 | WR-SE-FL-DB | 14 | 14 | 185 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 11/3/1944 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 13th / 112th pick / 1966 |
| Carl Cunningham | 24 | LB | 14 | 14 | 230 | 6-4 | Houston | 7/23/1944 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 85th pick / 1967 |
| Mike Current | 23 | T | 14 | 14 | 274 | 6-5 | Ohio State | 9/17/1945 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 58th pick / 1967 |
| Al Denson | 26 | FL-TE-SE-WR | 8 | 7 | 208 | 6-2 | Florida A&M | 1/2/1942 | 4 | Denver Broncos / 6th / 47th pick / 1964 |
| Wallace Dickey | 27 | T | 10 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Texas State | 2/15/1941 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 15th / 207th pick / 1965 |
| Joe DiVito | 23 | QB-P | 3 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Boston College | 9/2/1945 | Rook | |
| Pete Duranko | 25 | DE-DT | 14 | 12 | 250 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 12/15/1943 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 61st pick / 1966 |
| Terry Erwin | 22 | RB | 9 | 2 | 190 | 6-0 | Boston College | 8/30/1946 | Rook | |
| Garrett Ford | 23 | RB | 14 | 3 | 230 | 6-2 | West Virginia | 5/4/1945 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 58th pick / 1968 |
| Fred Forsberg | 24 | LB | 13 | 7 | 235 | 6-1 | Washington | 7/4/1944 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 14th / 121st pick / 1966 |
| George Gaiser | 23 | T-G | 10 | 7 | 255 | 6-4 | SMU | 5/9/1945 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 181st pick / 1967 |
| Drake Garrett | 22 | DB | 14 | 13 | 183 | 5-9 | Michigan State | 3/19/1946 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 4th / 102nd pick / 1968 |
| George Goeddeke | 23 | G-C-T | 14 | 14 | 253 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 7/29/1945 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 59th pick / 1967 |
| Charlie Greer | 22 | DB | 14 | 14 | 205 | 6-0 | Colorado | 4/4/1946 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 13th / 330th pick / 1968 |
| Mike Haffner | 26 | WR-FL | 14 | 1 | 200 | 6-2 | UCLA | 7/7/1942 | Rook | |
| Buzz Highsmith | 25 | G-T-C | 14 | 1 | 247 | 6-3 | Florida A&M | 8/27/1943 | Rook | |
| Gus Hollomon | 23 | DB-P | 13 | 4 | 195 | 6-3 | Houston | 10/23/1945 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 4th / 111th pick / 1968 |
| Bobby Howfield | 32 | K | 12 | 0 | 180 | 5-9 | none | 12/3/1936 | Rook | |
| John Huard | 24 | LB | 14 | 14 | 228 | 6-0 | Maine | 3/9/1944 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 113th pick / 1967 |
| Bob Humphreys | 28 | K | 2 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | Wichita State | 3/30/1940 | 1 | |
| Jerry Inman | 28 | DT | 7 | 4 | 256 | 6-2 | Boise State,Oregon | 2/4/1940 | 2 | |
| Rich Jackson*+ | 27 | DE-LB | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-3 | Southern | 7/22/1941 | 2 | |
| Pete Jaquess | 28 | DB | 13 | 11 | 185 | 6-0 | Eastern New Mexico | 12/25/1940 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 20th / 158th pick / 1964 |
| Jim Jones | 27 | SE-FL-WR | 13 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 3/3/1941 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 84th pick / 1964 |
| Larry Kaminski | 23 | C | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-2 | Purdue | 1/6/1945 | 2 | |
| Ron Lamb | 24 | RB | 3 | 3 | 225 | 6-2 | South Carolina | 2/3/1944 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 13th / 190th pick / 1966 |
| Gordon Lambert | 23 | LB | 10 | 0 | 245 | 6-5 | Tennessee-Martin,West Virginia | 7/5/1945 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 4th / 91st pick / 1968 |
| Jim M. LeClair | 24 | QB | 3 | 2 | 200 | 6-1 | C.W. Post | 3/23/1944 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 16th / 241st pick / 1966 |
| Jack Lentz | 23 | DB | 12 | 7 | 190 | 6-0 | Holy Cross | 2/22/1945 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 16th / 399th pick / 1967 |
| Hal Lewis | 24 | DB | 1 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Arizona State | 8/1/1944 | Rook | |
| Hub Lindsey | 23 | RB | 3 | 0 | 196 | 5-11 | Wyoming | 3/17/1945 | Rook | |
| Floyd Little* | 26 | RB | 11 | 11 | 196 | 5-10 | Syracuse | 7/4/1942 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 6th pick / 1967 |
| Tommy Luke | 24 | DB | 7 | 1 | 190 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 1/26/1944 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 207th pick / 1967 |
| Fran Lynch | 23 | RB | 9 | 4 | 205 | 6-1 | Hofstra | 12/3/1945 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 110th pick / 1967 |
| Brendan McCarthy | 23 | RB | 7 | 5 | 220 | 6-3 | Boston College | 8/6/1945 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 92nd pick / 1968 |
| John McCormick | 31 | QB | 1 | 1 | 208 | 6-1 | Boston College,Massachusetts | 5/26/1937 | 6 | |
| Rex Mirich | 27 | DT-DE | 14 | 10 | 250 | 6-4 | Northern Arizona | 3/11/1941 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 20th / 153rd pick / 1963 |
| Alex Moore | 23 | RB | 3 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Norfolk State | 5/22/1945 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 14th / 369th pick / 1968 |
| Bobby Moten | 25 | WR | 3 | 0 | 212 | 6-4 | Bishop | 1/29/1943 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 9th / 215th pick / 1967 |
| Chip Myrtle | 23 | LB | 13 | 1 | 225 | 6-2 | Maryland | 2/6/1945 | 1 | |
| Tom Oberg | 23 | DB | 9 | 6 | 185 | 6-0 | Oregon State,Portland State | 8/7/1945 | Rook | |
| Frank Richter | 24 | LB | 11 | 6 | 235 | 6-3 | Georgia | 12/24/1944 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 7th / 165th pick / 1967 |
| Paul Smith | 23 | DT-DE | 12 | 3 | 256 | 6-3 | New Mexico | 8/13/1945 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 9th / 222nd pick / 1968 |
| Jesse Stokes | 24 | DB | 2 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Corpus Christi | 8/27/1944 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 19th / 284th pick / 1966 |
| Steve Tensi | 26 | QB | 7 | 6 | 215 | 6-5 | Florida State | 12/8/1942 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 30th pick / 1965 |
| Dave Tobey | 25 | LB | 7 | 0 | 231 | 6-3 | Oregon | 3/17/1943 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 130th pick / 1965 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 22 | WR-SE-P | 13 | 7 | 200 | 6-1 | Maryland | 8/27/1946 | Rook | |
| Bob Vaughn | 23 | G | 1 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 6/8/1945 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 75th pick / 1968 |
| Dave E. Washington | 28 | TE | 2 | 1 | 228 | 6-4 | USC | 12/28/1940 | Rook | |
| Bob Young | 26 | G-DE-DT | 14 | 7 | 270 | 6-1 | Howard Payne,Texas,Texas State | 9/3/1942 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 261st pick / 1964 |
| Team Total | 24.6 | 14 | 222.1 | 6-1.8 | 1.0 |