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1969 Denver Broncos
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Record: 5-8-1, Finished 4th in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 297 points (21.2/g), 4th of 10 in the AFL.
Allowed 344 points (24.6/g), 8th.
Differential of -47 points (-3.4/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 5.8-8.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 7th.
Coached by Lou Saban (5-8-1)
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1969 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 | Steve Tensi | 27 | 4 | 12 | 131 for 286, 1,990 yards, 14 td, 12 int, & 12 rushes for 63 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 30th pick / 1965 |
| HB | Floyd Little*+ | 27 | 2 | 9 | 146 rushes for 729 yards, 6 td, & 19 catches for 218 yards and 1 td | Denver Broncos / 1st / 6th pick / 1967 |
| FB | Tommie Smiley | 25 | 1 | 9 | 56 rushes for 166 yards, 3 td, & 5 catches for 23 yards and 1 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 55th pick / 1968 |
| FB | Fran Lynch | 24 | 2 | 7 | 96 rushes for 407 yards, 2 td, & 9 catches for 86 yards and 0 td | Denver Broncos / 5th / 110th pick / 1967 |
| FL | Mike Haffner | 27 | 1 | 9 | 35 catches for 563 yards, 5 td | |
| FL | John Embree | 25 | Rook | 5 | 29 catches for 469 yards, 5 td | |
| SE | Al Denson* | 27 | 5 | 13 | 53 catches for 809 yards, 10 td, & 1 rush for 9 yards and 0 td | Denver Broncos / 6th / 47th pick / 1964 |
| TE | Tom Beer | 25 | 2 | 8 | 9 catches for 200 yards, 0 td | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1967 |
| TE | Dave Pivec | 26 | 3 | 5 | 9 catches for 117 yards, 0 td | Chicago Bears / 14th / 185th pick / 1965 |
| LT | Sam Brunelli | 26 | 3 | 14 | ||
| LG | George Goeddeke* | 24 | 2 | 14 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 59th pick / 1967 |
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| C | Larry Kaminski | 24 | 3 | 14 | ||
| RG | Bob Young | 27 | 3 | 14 | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 261st pick / 1964 |
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| RT | Mike Current* | 24 | 2 | 14 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 58th pick / 1967 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Rich Jackson*+ | 28 | 3 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LDT | Jerry Inman | 29 | 3 | 12 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDT | Dave Costa* | 28 | 6 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 29th pick / 1963 |
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| RDE | Pete Duranko | 26 | 2 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 61st pick / 1966 |
| LLB | Carl Cunningham | 25 | 2 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 4th / 85th pick / 1967 |
| MLB | John Huard | 25 | 2 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 5th / 113th pick / 1967 |
| RLB | Chip Myrtle | 24 | 2 | 9 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RLB | Frank Richter | 25 | 2 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 7th / 165th pick / 1967 |
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| LCB | Grady Cavness | 22 | Rook | 14 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 36th pick / 1969 |
| RCB | Bill Thompson | 23 | Rook | 14 | 3 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 61st pick / 1969 |
| LS | Charlie Greer | 23 | 1 | 9 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 13th / 330th pick / 1968 |
| LS | Gus Hollomon | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 4th / 111th pick / 1968 |
| LS | Tom Oberg | 24 | 1 | 7 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RS | George Burrell | 21 | Rook | 7 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bobby Howfield | 33 | 1 | 0 | 13 of 29 field goals & 36 of 37 extra points | |
| P | Gus Hollomon | 24 | 1 | 5 | 47 punts for a 39.7 average, 1 blocked | Denver Broncos / 4th / 111th pick / 1968 |
| PR | Bill Thompson | 23 | Rook | 14 | 25 punt returns for a 11.5 average and 0 td | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 61st pick / 1969 |
| KR | Wandy Williams | 23 | Rook | 2 | 23 kick returns for a 25.0 average and 0 td | Denver Broncos / 6th / 131st pick / 1969 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ted Alflen | 22 | RB | 4 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Springfield | 1/3/1947 | Rook | |
| Jay Bachman | 24 | C | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Cincinnati | 12/8/1945 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 132nd pick / 1967 |
| Walt Barnes | 25 | DT-DE | 9 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 1/19/1944 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 21st pick / 1966 |
| Tom Beer | 25 | TE-G | 9 | 8 | 235 | 6-4 | Detroit Mercy,Houston | 12/21/1944 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1967 |
| Philip Brady | 26 | DB | 4 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | BYU | 4/22/1943 | Rook | |
| Sam Brunelli | 26 | T-G | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-2 | Colorado State | 12/13/1943 | 3 | |
| Tom Buckman | 22 | TE | 7 | 1 | 230 | 6-4 | Texas A&M | 3/7/1947 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 12th / 298th pick / 1969 |
| Bobby Burnett | 26 | RB | 3 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 1/4/1943 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 33rd pick / 1966 |
| George Burrell | 21 | DB | 14 | 7 | 180 | 5-10 | Pennsylvania | 1/1/1948 | Rook | |
| Tim Casey | 25 | LB | 2 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Oregon | 2/29/1944 | Rook | |
| Grady Cavness | 22 | DB | 14 | 14 | 187 | 5-11 | Texas-El Paso | 3/1/1947 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 36th pick / 1969 |
| Dave Costa* | 28 | DT-DE | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-2 | Utah | 10/27/1941 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 29th pick / 1963 |
| Gary Crane | 23 | LB | 6 | 0 | 230 | 6-5 | Arkansas State | 5/19/1946 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 14th / 348th pick / 1969 |
| Ken Criter | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | Wisconsin | 2/17/1947 | Rook | |
| Carl Cunningham | 25 | LB | 14 | 14 | 230 | 6-4 | Houston | 7/23/1944 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 85th pick / 1967 |
| Mike Current* | 24 | T | 14 | 14 | 274 | 6-5 | Ohio State | 9/17/1945 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 58th pick / 1967 |
| Al Denson* | 27 | FL-TE-SE-WR | 13 | 13 | 208 | 6-2 | Florida A&M | 1/2/1942 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 6th / 47th pick / 1964 |
| Wallace Dickey | 28 | T | 12 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Texas State | 2/15/1941 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 15th / 207th pick / 1965 |
| Pete Duranko | 26 | DE-DT | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 12/15/1943 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 61st pick / 1966 |
| John Embree | 25 | FL-WR | 13 | 5 | 194 | 6-4 | Compton Community College (CA) | 7/13/1944 | Rook | |
| George Goeddeke* | 24 | G-C-T | 14 | 14 | 253 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 7/29/1945 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 59th pick / 1967 |
| Charlie Greer | 23 | DB | 12 | 9 | 205 | 6-0 | Colorado | 4/4/1946 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 13th / 330th pick / 1968 |
| Mike Haffner | 27 | WR-FL | 9 | 9 | 200 | 6-2 | UCLA | 7/7/1942 | 1 | |
| Buzz Highsmith | 26 | G-T-C | 9 | 0 | 247 | 6-3 | Florida A&M | 8/27/1943 | 1 | |
| Gus Hollomon | 24 | DB-P | 14 | 5 | 195 | 6-3 | Houston | 10/23/1945 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 111th pick / 1968 |
| Bobby Howfield | 33 | K | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-9 | none | 12/3/1936 | 1 | |
| John Huard | 25 | LB | 14 | 14 | 228 | 6-0 | Maine | 3/9/1944 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 113th pick / 1967 |
| Jerry Inman | 29 | DT | 14 | 12 | 256 | 6-2 | Boise State,Oregon | 2/4/1940 | 3 | |
| Rich Jackson*+ | 28 | DE-LB | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-3 | Southern | 7/22/1941 | 3 | |
| Pete Jaquess | 29 | DB | 7 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Eastern New Mexico | 12/25/1940 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 20th / 158th pick / 1964 |
| Henry Jones | 23 | RB | 2 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 2/24/1946 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 9th / 217th pick / 1969 |
| Larry Kaminski | 24 | C | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-2 | Purdue | 1/6/1945 | 3 | |
| Gordon Lambert | 24 | LB | 4 | 0 | 245 | 6-5 | Tennessee-Martin,West Virginia | 7/5/1945 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 91st pick / 1968 |
| Pete Liske | 27 | QB | 7 | 2 | 200 | 6-3 | Penn State | 5/24/1942 | 5 | New York Jets / 15th / 115th pick / 1963 |
| Floyd Little*+ | 27 | RB | 9 | 9 | 196 | 5-10 | Syracuse | 7/4/1942 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 6th pick / 1967 |
| Fran Lynch | 24 | RB | 11 | 7 | 205 | 6-1 | Hofstra | 12/3/1945 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 110th pick / 1967 |
| Brendan McCarthy | 24 | RB | 1 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Boston College | 8/6/1945 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 92nd pick / 1968 |
| Rex Mirich | 28 | DT-DE | 7 | 2 | 250 | 6-4 | Northern Arizona | 3/11/1941 | 5 | Oakland Raiders / 20th / 153rd pick / 1963 |
| Chip Myrtle | 24 | LB | 12 | 9 | 225 | 6-2 | Maryland | 2/6/1945 | 2 | |
| Tom Oberg | 24 | DB | 7 | 7 | 185 | 6-0 | Oregon State,Portland State | 8/7/1945 | 1 | |
| Chuck Pastrana | 25 | QB | 2 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Maryland | 11/20/1944 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 11th / 270th pick / 1969 |
| Dave Pivec | 26 | TE | 14 | 5 | 240 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 9/25/1943 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 14th / 185th pick / 1965 |
| Frank Quayle | 22 | RB | 11 | 2 | 195 | 5-10 | Virginia | 1/15/1947 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 5th / 113th pick / 1969 |
| Frank Richter | 25 | LB | 14 | 5 | 235 | 6-3 | Georgia | 12/24/1944 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 7th / 165th pick / 1967 |
| Mike Schnitker | 23 | G | 7 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Colorado | 12/30/1946 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 4th / 84th pick / 1969 |
| Tommie Smiley | 25 | RB | 14 | 9 | 235 | 6-1 | Arizona,Lamar | 2/18/1944 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 55th pick / 1968 |
| Jimmy Smith | 24 | DB | 2 | 0 | 190 | 6-3 | Utah State | 7/12/1945 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 10th / 244th pick / 1969 |
| Paul Smith | 24 | DT-DE | 14 | 1 | 256 | 6-3 | New Mexico | 8/13/1945 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 9th / 222nd pick / 1968 |
| Steve Tensi | 27 | QB | 13 | 12 | 215 | 6-5 | Florida State | 12/8/1942 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 30th pick / 1965 |
| Bill Thompson | 23 | DB | 14 | 14 | 201 | 6-1 | Md-Eastern Shore | 10/10/1946 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 61st pick / 1969 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 23 | WR-SE-P | 5 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Maryland | 8/27/1946 | 1 | |
| Wandy Williams | 23 | RB | 11 | 2 | 189 | 6-1 | Hofstra,Kansas | 1/3/1946 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 6th / 131st pick / 1969 |
| Bob Young | 27 | G-DE-DT | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-1 | Howard Payne,Texas,Texas State | 9/3/1942 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 261st pick / 1964 |
| Team Total | 25.0 | 14 | 223.2 | 6-2.0 | 1.6 |