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Record: 5-8-1, Finished 4th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 253 points (18.1/g), 18th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 264 points (18.9/g), 12th.
Differential of -11 points (-0.8/g), 16th.
Expected W-L: 6.6-7.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.6/g), 21st.
Coached by Lou Saban (5-8-1)
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1970 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 20 | box | W | 1-0 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 25 | 10 | 11 | 282 | 146 | 136 | 3 | 8 | 149 | 56 | 93 | 4 |
| 2 | Sun | September 27 | box | W | 2-0 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 13 | 12 | 226 | 144 | 82 | 4 | 14 | 245 | 227 | 18 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sun | October 4 | box | W | 3-0 | Kansas City Chiefs | 26 | 13 | 17 | 240 | 100 | 140 | 1 | 14 | 121 | 33 | 88 | 5 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 11 | box | L | 3-1 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 23 | 35 | 13 | 285 | 140 | 145 | 1 | 25 | 522 | 348 | 174 | 1 |
| 5 | Sun | October 18 | box | W | 4-1 | Atlanta Falcons | 24 | 10 | 18 | 223 | 132 | 91 | 1 | 15 | 216 | 140 | 76 | 5 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 25 | box | L | 4-2 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 19 | 15 | 283 | 121 | 162 | 3 | 16 | 362 | 234 | 128 | |
| 7 | Sun | November 1 | box | L | 4-3 | Washington Redskins | 3 | 19 | 14 | 246 | 106 | 140 | 5 | 12 | 199 | 102 | 97 | 2 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 8 | box | L | 4-4 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 21 | 24 | 21 | 341 | 151 | 190 | 1 | 18 | 235 | 144 | 91 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 15 | box | L | 4-5 | Oakland Raiders | 19 | 24 | 20 | 312 | 196 | 116 | 3 | 16 | 325 | 258 | 67 | 2 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 22 | box | W | 5-5 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 31 | 6 | 25 | 452 | 302 | 150 | 1 | 11 | 263 | 214 | 49 | 3 |
| 11 | Sun | November 29 | box | L | 5-6 | @ | Houston Oilers | 21 | 31 | 14 | 247 | 164 | 83 | 5 | 12 | 332 | 234 | 98 | 3 |
| 12 | Sun | December 6 | box | L | 5-7 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 0 | 16 | 7 | 146 | 70 | 76 | 6 | 8 | 222 | 18 | 204 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 13 | box | T | 5-7-1 | San Diego Chargers | 17 | 17 | 14 | 264 | 152 | 112 | 3 | 15 | 231 | 145 | 86 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 20 | box | L | 5-8-1 | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 27 | 16 | 280 | 101 | 179 | 4 | 15 | 283 | 201 | 82 | 3 | |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 253 | 3827 | 883 | 4.3 | 217 | 183 | 403 | 2025 | 11 | 28 | 4.5 | 112 | 436 | 1802 | 17 | 4.1 | 84 | 41 | 13 | 21 |
| Team Defense | 264 | 3705 | 838 | 4.4 | 331 | 191 | 379 | 2354 | 20 | 16 | 5.5 | 118 | 409 | 1351 | 7 | 3.3 | 199 | 32 | 16 | 14 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 18 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 7 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 12 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 5 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Liske | 28 | QB | 11 | 9 | 112 | 238 | 47.1 | 1340 | 7 | 2.9 | 11 | 4.6 | 74 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 12.0 | 121.8 | 55.3 | 28 | 228 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 10.5 |
| Steve Tensi | 28 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 80 | 47.5 | 539 | 3 | 3.8 | 8 | 10.0 | 42 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 14.2 | 77.0 | 42.7 | 6 | 35 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 7.0 | |
| Chuck Pastrana | 26 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 75 | 38.7 | 420 | 1 | 1.3 | 9 | 12.0 | 58 | 5.6 | 0.3 | 14.5 | 84.0 | 22.5 | 8 | 60 | 4.3 | -0.4 | 9.6 | |
| Bobby Anderson | 23 | RET | 14 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 59 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 14.8 | 4.2 | 84.8 | 1 | 5 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 12.5 |
| Floyd Little* | 28 | RB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 1 | 5 | -1.7 | -1.7 | 33.3 | |
| Billy Van Heusen | 24 | wr | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 183 | 403 | 45.4 | 2358 | 11 | 2.7 | 28 | 6.9 | 74 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 12.9 | 168.4 | 44.5 | 44 | 333 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 9.8 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 191 | 379 | 50.4 | 2354 | 20 | 5.3 | 16 | 4.2 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 12.3 | 168.1 | 70.0 | 50 | 456 | 5.5 | 3.2 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Floyd Little* | 28 | RB | 14 | 14 | 209 | 901 | 3 | 80 | 4.3 | 64.4 | 14.9 | 17 | 161 | 9.5 | 0 | 39 | 1.2 | 11.5 | 1062 | 3 | 6 |
| Bobby Anderson | 23 | RET | 14 | 0 | 83 | 368 | 4 | 27 | 4.4 | 26.3 | 5.9 | 9 | 140 | 15.6 | 0 | 37 | 0.6 | 10.0 | 508 | 4 | 1 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 29 | FB | 12 | 12 | 69 | 200 | 5 | 25 | 2.9 | 16.7 | 5.8 | 18 | 105 | 5.8 | 1 | 35 | 1.5 | 8.8 | 305 | 6 | 3 |
| Clem Turner | 25 | 11 | 0 | 29 | 106 | 2 | 14 | 3.7 | 9.6 | 2.6 | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 0 | 11 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 129 | 2 | 0 | |
| Fran Lynch | 25 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 81 | 1 | 19 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 7 | 69 | 9.9 | 0 | 36 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 150 | 1 | 1 | |
| Chuck Pastrana | 26 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 89 | 1 | 14 | 6.4 | 17.8 | 2.8 | 89 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Pete Liske | 28 | QB | 11 | 9 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 14 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 42 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Steve Tensi | 28 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Mike Haffner | 28 | WR | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 12 | 196 | 16.3 | 1 | 28 | 1.1 | 17.8 | 197 | 1 | 1 |
| Al Denson | 28 | WR | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 47 | 646 | 13.7 | 2 | 42 | 3.4 | 46.1 | 646 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jim Whalen | 27 | TE | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36 | 503 | 14.0 | 3 | 34 | 2.6 | 35.9 | 503 | 3 | 1 | |
| Billy Van Heusen | 24 | wr | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16 | 382 | 23.9 | 2 | 74 | 1.1 | 27.3 | 382 | 2 | 1 | |
| Billy Masters | 26 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 83 | 9.2 | 2 | 18 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 83 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Embree | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | 20 | 0.6 | 7.1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 436 | 1802 | 17 | 80 | 4.1 | 128.7 | 31.1 | 183 | 2358 | 12.9 | 11 | 74 | 13.1 | 168.4 | 4160 | 28 | 23 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 409 | 1351 | 7 | 3.3 | 96.5 | 29.2 | 191 | 2354 | 12.3 | 20 | 13.6 | 168.1 | 3705 | 27 | 35 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Bill Thompson | 24 | RCB | 9 | 9 | 23 | 233 | 0 | 45 | 10.1 | 9 | 188 | 0 | 29 | 20.9 | 421 |
| Floyd Little* | 28 | RB | 14 | 14 | 22 | 187 | 0 | 24 | 8.5 | 6 | 126 | 0 | 28 | 21.0 | 1375 |
| Bobby Anderson | 23 | RET | 14 | 0 | 21 | 520 | 0 | 39 | 24.8 | 1028 | |||||
| Charlie Greer | 24 | SS | 14 | 14 | 14 | 123 | 0 | 38 | 8.8 | 123 | |||||
| Jerry Hendren | 23 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 197 | 0 | 30 | 24.6 | 197 | ||||||
| Pete Jaquess | 30 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 3.3 | 13 | ||||||
| Ken Criter | 23 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 20 | ||||||
| Chip Myrtle | 25 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||||
| Clem Turner | 25 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 | 160 | ||||||
| Dave Washington | 22 | RLB | 13 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 63 | 556 | 0 | 45 | 8.8 | 49 | 1114 | 0 | 39 | 22.7 | 5830 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 56 | 0 | 24 | 544 | 0 | 22.7 | ||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 24 | wr | 14 | 5 | 87 | 3732 | 64 | 0 | 42.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Howfield | 34 | K | 14 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 56.3% | 28 | 27 | 96.4% | |||||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 56.3% | 28 | 27 | 96.4% | 87 | 3732 | 64 | 0 | 42.9 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 36 | 23 | 63.9% | 28 | 27 | 96.4% | 89 | 3996 | 44.9 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Bobby Anderson | 23 | RET | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sam Brunelli | 27 | LT | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Costa | 29 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willis Crenshaw | 29 | FB | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Criter | 23 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Carl Cunningham | 26 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Booker Edgerson | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Fred Forsberg | 26 | MLB | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cornell Gordon | 29 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Greer | 24 | SS | 14 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Haffner | 28 | WR | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Larry Kaminski | 25 | C | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pete Liske | 28 | QB | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Floyd Little* | 28 | RB | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fran Lynch | 25 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Paul Martha | 28 | FS | 13 | 12 | 6 | 99 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||||||
| Chip Myrtle | 25 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Pastrana | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Steve Tensi | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bill Thompson | 24 | RCB | 9 | 9 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 24 | wr | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Wade | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Dave Washington | 22 | RLB | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jim Whalen | 27 | TE | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 16 | 220 | 0 | 50 | 23 | 25 | 50 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 44 | 35 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Howfield | 34 | K | 14 | 0 | 27 | 18 | 81 | |||||||||
| Willis Crenshaw | 29 | FB | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 36 | |||||||||
| Bobby Anderson | 23 | RET | 14 | 0 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Floyd Little* | 28 | RB | 14 | 14 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Jim Whalen | 27 | TE | 14 | 13 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Al Denson | 28 | WR | 14 | 14 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Billy Masters | 26 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Clem Turner | 25 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 24 | wr | 14 | 5 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Mike Haffner | 28 | WR | 11 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Pete Liske | 28 | QB | 11 | 9 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Fran Lynch | 25 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Pastrana | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Dave Washington | 22 | RLB | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 251 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 23 | 264 |