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1970 Denver Broncos
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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.
Simple Rating System: Total -2.6, Offense: -2.5, Defense: -0.1, SoS: -1.8, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Lou Saban (5-8-1)
Training Camp: Broncos Headquarters (Adams County, Colorado)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Pete Liske | 28 | 6 | 9 | 112 for 238, 1,340 yards, 7 td, 11 int, & 7 rushes for 42 yards and 1 td | New York Jets / 15th / 115th pick / 1963 Philadelphia Eagles / 10th / 130th pick / 1963 |
| RB | Floyd Little* | 28 | 3 | 14 | 209 rushes for 901 yards, 3 td, & 17 catches for 161 yards and 0 td | Denver Broncos / 1st / 6th pick / 1967 |
| FB | Willis Crenshaw | 29 | 6 | 12 | 69 rushes for 200 yards, 5 td, & 18 catches for 105 yards and 1 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 114th pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 26th / 204th pick / 1963 |
| WR | Al Denson | 28 | 6 | 14 | 47 catches for 646 yards, 2 td | Denver Broncos / 6th / 47th pick / 1964 Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 72nd pick / 1964 |
| WR | Mike Haffner | 28 | 2 | 6 | 12 catches for 196 yards, 1 td, & 1 rush for 1 yards and 0 td | |
| WR | Billy Van Heusen | 24 | 2 | 5 | 16 catches for 382 yards, 2 td | |
| TE | Jim Whalen | 27 | 5 | 13 | 36 catches for 503 yards, 3 td | Boston Patriots / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1965 Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 51st pick / 1965 |
| LT | Sam Brunelli | 27 | 4 | 12 | 2 fumbles recovered | |
| LG | George Goeddeke | 25 | 3 | 14 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 59th pick / 1967 | |
| C | Larry Kaminski | 25 | 4 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RG | Bob Young | 28 | 4 | 12 | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 261st pick / 1964 | |
| RT | Mike Current | 25 | 3 | 14 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 58th pick / 1967 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Rich Jackson*+ | 29 | 4 | 14 | ||
| LDT | Paul Smith | 25 | 2 | 14 | Denver Broncos / 9th / 222nd pick / 1968 | |
| RDT | Dave Costa | 29 | 7 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 29th pick / 1963 Oakland Raiders / 7th / 49th pick / 1963 |
| RDE | Pete Duranko | 27 | 3 | 14 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 61st pick / 1966 | |
| LLB | Carl Cunningham | 26 | 3 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 4th / 85th pick / 1967 |
| MLB | Fred Forsberg | 26 | 2 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 14th / 121st pick / 1966 |
| RLB | Dave Washington | 22 | Rook | 11 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 9th / 219th pick / 1970 |
| LCB | Cornell Gordon | 29 | 5 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 23rd / 179th pick / 1964 San Francisco 49ers / 16th / 211th pick / 1964 |
| RCB | Bill Thompson | 24 | 1 | 9 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 61st pick / 1969 |
| SS | Charlie Greer | 24 | 2 | 14 | 4 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 13th / 330th pick / 1968 |
| FS | Paul Martha | 28 | 6 | 12 | 6 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 10th pick / 1964 Buffalo Bills / 9th / 69th pick / 1964 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bobby Howfield | 34 | 2 | 0 | 18 of 32 field goals & 27 of 28 extra points | |
| P | Billy Van Heusen | 24 | 2 | 5 | 87 punts for a 42.9 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Bill Thompson | 24 | 1 | 9 | 23 punt returns for a 10.1 average and 0 td | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 61st pick / 1969 |
| KR | Bobby Anderson | 23 | Rook | 0 | 21 kick returns for a 24.8 average and 0 td | Denver Broncos / 1st / 11th pick / 1970 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | Steve Alexakos | 24 | G | 8 | 1 | 250 | 6-2 | Arizona St.,San Jose St. | 12/15/1946 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 9th / 209th pick / 1969 |
| 11 | Bobby Anderson | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 208 | 6-0 | Colorado | 10/11/1947 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 1st / 11th pick / 1970 |
| 56 | Jay Bachman | 25 | C | 11 | 1 | 250 | 6-3 | Cincinnati | 12/8/1945 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 132nd pick / 1967 |
| 73 | Walt Barnes | 26 | DT-DE | 6 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 1/19/1944 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 21st pick / 1966 Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1966 |
| 72 | Sam Brunelli | 27 | T-G | 13 | 12 | 270 | 6-2 | Colorado St. | 12/13/1943 | 4 | |
| 51 | Bill M. Butler | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 226 | 6-4 | Cal State-Northridge | 8/4/1947 | Rook | |
| 63 | Dave Costa | 29 | DT-DE | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-2 | Utah | 10/27/1941 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 29th pick / 1963 Oakland Raiders / 7th / 49th pick / 1963 |
| 33 | Willis Crenshaw | 29 | RB | 12 | 12 | 230 | 6-2 | Kansas St. | 7/16/1941 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 114th pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 26th / 204th pick / 1963 |
| 78 | Ken Criter | 23 | LB | 14 | 1 | 225 | 6-0 | Wisconsin | 2/17/1947 | 1 | |
| 50 | Carl Cunningham | 26 | LB | 14 | 14 | 230 | 6-4 | Houston | 7/23/1944 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 85th pick / 1967 |
| 74 | Mike Current | 25 | T | 14 | 14 | 274 | 6-5 | Ohio St. | 9/17/1945 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 58th pick / 1967 |
| 32 | Dick Davis | 24 | RB | 2 | 0 | 215 | 5-11 | Nebraska | 11/28/1946 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 12th / 306th pick / 1969 |
| 88 | Al Denson | 28 | FL-TE-SE-WR | 14 | 14 | 208 | 6-2 | Florida A&M | 1/2/1942 | 6 | Denver Broncos / 6th / 47th pick / 1964 Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 72nd pick / 1964 |
| 55 | Pete Duranko | 27 | DE-DT | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 12/15/1943 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 61st pick / 1966 |
| 24 | Booker Edgerson | 31 | DB | 6 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | West. Illinois | 7/5/1939 | 8 | |
| 89 | John Embree | 26 | FL-WR | 7 | 1 | 194 | 6-4 | Compton CC (CA) | 7/13/1944 | 1 | |
| 52 | Fred Forsberg | 26 | LB | 14 | 13 | 235 | 6-1 | Washington | 7/4/1944 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 14th / 121st pick / 1966 |
| 23 | Drake Garrett | 24 | DB | 1 | 0 | 183 | 5-9 | Michigan St. | 3/19/1946 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 102nd pick / 1968 |
| 67 | George Goeddeke | 25 | G-C-T | 14 | 14 | 253 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 7/29/1945 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 59th pick / 1967 |
| 28 | Cornell Gordon | 29 | DB | 14 | 14 | 187 | 6-0 | North Carolina A&T | 1/6/1941 | 5 | New York Jets / 23rd / 179th pick / 1964 San Francisco 49ers / 16th / 211th pick / 1964 |
| 20 | Charlie Greer | 24 | DB | 14 | 14 | 205 | 6-0 | Colorado | 4/4/1946 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 13th / 330th pick / 1968 |
| 84 | Mike Haffner | 28 | WR-FL | 11 | 6 | 200 | 6-2 | UCLA | 7/7/1942 | 2 | |
| 86 | Jerry Hendren | 23 | WR | 10 | 0 | 187 | 6-2 | Idaho | 11/4/1947 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 4th / 89th pick / 1970 |
| 3 | Bobby Howfield | 34 | K | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-9 | none | 12/3/1936 | 2 | |
| 62 | Jerry Inman | 30 | DT | 11 | 1 | 256 | 6-2 | Boise St.,Oregon | 2/4/1940 | 4 | |
| 87 | Rich Jackson*+ | 29 | DE-LB | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-3 | Southern | 7/22/1941 | 4 | |
| 43 | Pete Jaquess | 30 | DB | 13 | 2 | 185 | 6-0 | East. New Mexico | 12/25/1940 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 20th / 158th pick / 1964 |
| 59 | Larry Kaminski | 25 | C | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-2 | Purdue | 1/6/1945 | 4 | |
| 14 | Pete Liske | 28 | QB | 11 | 9 | 200 | 6-3 | Penn St. | 5/24/1942 | 6 | New York Jets / 15th / 115th pick / 1963 Philadelphia Eagles / 10th / 130th pick / 1963 |
| 44 | Floyd Little* | 28 | RB | 14 | 14 | 196 | 5-10 | Syracuse | 7/4/1942 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 6th pick / 1967 |
| 22 | Fran Lynch | 25 | RB | 14 | 2 | 205 | 6-1 | Hofstra | 12/3/1945 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 110th pick / 1967 |
| 47 | Paul Martha | 28 | DB-SE-WR-HB | 13 | 12 | 187 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 6/22/1942 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 10th pick / 1964 Buffalo Bills / 9th / 69th pick / 1964 |
| 81 | Billy Masters | 26 | TE-SE | 14 | 2 | 240 | 6-5 | LSU | 3/15/1944 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 77th pick / 1967 |
| 58 | Bill McKoy | 22 | LB | 2 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Purdue | 7/17/1948 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 5th / 115th pick / 1970 |
| 49 | Alvin Mitchell | 27 | DB | 2 | 1 | 195 | 6-3 | Morgan St. | 10/18/1943 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 267th pick / 1968 |
| 54 | Chip Myrtle | 25 | LB | 14 | 2 | 225 | 6-2 | Maryland | 2/6/1945 | 3 | |
| 12 | Chuck Pastrana | 26 | QB | 5 | 3 | 190 | 6-1 | Maryland | 11/20/1944 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 11th / 270th pick / 1969 |
| 77 | Alden Roche | 25 | DE | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Southern | 4/9/1945 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 37th pick / 1970 |
| 26 | George Saimes | 29 | DB | 8 | 2 | 186 | 5-11 | Michigan St. | 9/1/1941 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 48th pick / 1963 Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 71st pick / 1963 |
| 64 | Mike Schnitker | 24 | G | 14 | 2 | 245 | 6-3 | Colorado | 12/30/1946 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 84th pick / 1969 |
| 70 | Paul Smith | 25 | DT-DE | 14 | 14 | 256 | 6-3 | New Mexico | 8/13/1945 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 9th / 222nd pick / 1968 |
| 13 | Steve Tensi | 28 | QB | 7 | 2 | 215 | 6-5 | Florida St. | 12/8/1942 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 30th pick / 1965 Baltimore Colts / 16th / 224th pick / 1965 |
| 36 | Bill Thompson | 24 | DB | 9 | 9 | 201 | 6-1 | Md-Eastern Shore | 10/10/1946 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 61st pick / 1969 |
| 35 | Clem Turner | 25 | RB | 11 | 0 | 236 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 5/28/1945 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 83rd pick / 1969 |
| 42 | Billy Van Heusen | 24 | WR-SE-P | 14 | 5 | 200 | 6-1 | Maryland | 8/27/1946 | 2 | |
| 37 | Bob Wade | 26 | DB | 3 | 2 | 200 | 6-2 | Morgan St. | 12/9/1944 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 385th pick / 1967 |
| 56 | Dave Washington | 22 | LB-TE | 13 | 11 | 223 | 6-5 | Alcorn St. | 9/12/1948 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 9th / 219th pick / 1970 |
| 83 | Jim Whalen | 27 | TE | 14 | 13 | 210 | 6-2 | Boston Col. | 5/20/1943 | 5 | Boston Patriots / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1965 Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 51st pick / 1965 |
| 29 | Wandy Williams | 24 | RB | 1 | 0 | 189 | 6-1 | Kansas,Hofstra | 1/3/1946 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 6th / 131st pick / 1969 |
| 60 | Bob Young | 28 | G-DE-DT | 14 | 12 | 270 | 6-1 | Texas,Texas St.,Howard Payne | 9/3/1942 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 261st pick / 1964 |
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 220.8 | 6-1.7 | 2.8 |