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1971 Denver Broncos Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-9-1, 4th in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Lou Saban (2-6-1) and Jerry Smith (2-3-0)

Points For: 203 (14.5/g) 24th of 26

Points Against: 275 (19.6/g) 11th of 26

Expected W-L: 4.6-9.4

SRS: -4.52 (21st of 26), SOS: .62

Other Notable Asst.: Joe Collier (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Mile High Stadium

Majority Owner/Chairman of the Board of Directors: Gerald Phipps

Partial Owner/President: Allan Phipps

Head Coach/General Manager: Lou Saban

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Denver Broncos Training Facility (Adams County, Colorado)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	203	4158	892	4.7	39	12	217	175	358	2065	8	27	5.4	105	512	2093	9	4.1	102	67	781	10
Opp. Stats	275	3819	826	4.6	40	20	206	150	356	1985	18	20	5.0	91	426	1834	11	4.3	90	78	771	25
Lg Rank Offense	24	11			15	4	16		15	17	26	21	14		2	10	20	13
Lg Rank Defense	11	10			8	5	5		14	5	21	15	5		7	14	10	19

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	T		0-0-1		Miami Dolphins	10	10	13	261	157	104	1	15	239	121	118	5
2	Sun	September 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1-1	@	Green Bay Packers	13	34	19	327	246	81	7	15	303	89	214	4
3	Sun	October 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2-1		Kansas City Chiefs	3	16	9	222	160	62	5	11	159	66	93	3
4	Sun	October 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3-1		Oakland Raiders	16	27	11	319	220	99	3	20	269	113	156	1
5	Sun	October 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-3-1		San Diego Chargers	20	16	17	296	71	225	2	15	288	212	76	4
6	Sun	October 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3-1	@	Cleveland Browns	27	0	18	365	85	280		6	60	36	24	4
7	Sun	October 31	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	16	17	19	272	102	170	5	9	123	77	46	1
8	Sun	November 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-5-1		Detroit Lions	20	24	20	360	157	203	2	19	418	190	228	2
9	Sun	November 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-6-1		Cincinnati Bengals	10	24	10	221	99	122	1	19	473	260	213	1
10	Sun	November 21	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-7-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	10	28	15	319	190	129	3	16	387	255	132	3
11	Sun	November 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-7-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	22	10	14	276	150	126	2	12	225	67	158	3
12	Sun	December 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-7-1		Chicago Bears	6	3	10	224	54	170	4	9	66	-7	73	4
13	Sun	December 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-8-1	@	San Diego Chargers	17	45	19	330	163	167	3	24	498	343	155	1
14	Sun	December 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-9-1	@	Oakland Raiders	13	21	23	366	211	155	1	16	311	163	148	4

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Steve Ramsey	23	QB	9	5	2-3-0	84	178	47.2	1120	5	2.8	13	7.3	47	6.3	3.6	13.3	124.4	46.6	13	105	6.81	5.31	2.8	0	2
2	Don Horn	26	QB	9	9	2-6-1	89	173	51.4	1056	3	1.7	14	8.1	74	6.1	2.8	11.9	117.3	42.4	8	67	4.42	5.46	2.3	0	0
3	Bobby Anderson	24	FB	13	13		1	3	33.3	48	0	0.0	0	0.0	48	16.0	16.0	48.0	3.7	81.9	1	6	25.00	10.50	10.5	0	0
4	Jack Gehrke	25	WR	14	11		1	2	50.0	19	0	0.0	0	0.0	19	9.5	9.5	19.0	1.4	83.3	0	0	0.00	9.50	9.5	0	0
5	Floyd Little	29	RB	14	13		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0	PB
6	Billy Van Heusen	25	P	14	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	4-9-1	175	358	48.9	2065	8	2.2	27	7.5	74	6.3	3.3	12.8	147.5	44.9	22	178	5.79	5.43	2.66	0	2

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Floyd Little	29	RB	14	13	284	1133	6	40	4.0	80.9	20.3	26	255	9.8	0	74	1.9	18.2	310	4.5	1388	6	4	PB
2	Bobby Anderson	24	FB	13	13	139	533	3	36	3.8	41.0	10.7	37	353	9.5	1	31	2.8	27.2	176	5.0	886	4	6
3	Billy Masters	27	TE	14	12	7	71	0	37	10.1	5.1	0.5	27	382	14.1	1	25	1.9	27.3	34	13.3	453	1	1
4	Jerry Simmons	29	WR	14	12	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.5	0.1	25	403	16.1	1	47	1.8	28.8	26	15.8	410	1	0
5	Dwight Harrison	23	WR	10	4	5	36	0	16	7.2	3.6	0.5	19	265	13.9	2	43	1.9	26.5	24	12.5	301	2	1
6	Jack Gehrke	25	WR	14	11	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	14	254	18.1	0	48	1.0	18.1	15	17.1	256	0	0
7	Fran Lynch	26	RB	10	1	26	162	0	23	6.2	16.2	2.6	2	42	21.0	1	40	0.2	4.2	28	7.3	204	1	0
8	Jim Whalen	28	TE	3	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	124	17.7	0	35	2.3	41.3	7	17.7	124	0	0
9	Clem Turner	26	RB	14	0	17	43	0	9	2.5	3.1	1.2	7	65	9.3	1	17	0.5	4.6	24	4.5	108	1	1
10	Dickie Post	26	RB	6	1	18	44	0	16	2.4	7.3	3.0	4	46	11.5	1	15	0.7	7.7	22	4.1	90	1	0
11	John Mosier	23	TE	11	1	4	31	0	29	7.8	2.8	0.4	3	36	12.0	0	19	0.3	3.3	7	9.6	67	0	0
12	Billy Van Heusen	25	P	14	0	1	10	0	10	10.0	0.7	0.1	1	10	10.0	0	10	0.1	0.7	2	10.0	20	0	0
13	Gordon Bowdell	23	WR	2	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	19	19.0	0	19	0.5	9.5	1	19.0	19	0	0
14	Don Horn	26	QB	9	9	6	15	0	10	2.5	1.7	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	2.5	15	0	4
15	Steve Ramsey	23	QB	9	5	3	6	0	6	2.0	0.7	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	2.0	6	0	2
16	Dave Washington	23	LLB	14	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	0	0.0	0		0.1	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
17	Mike Schnitker	25	RG	13	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	-11	-11.0	0	-11	0.1	-0.8	1	-11.0	-11	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	512	2093	9	40	4.1	149.5	36.6	175	2243	12.8	8	74	12.5	160.2	687	6.3	4336	17	19

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Dave Costa	30	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6.0	0
2	Mike Current	26	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0	0
3	Fred Forsberg	27	MLB	14	14	3	75	1	40	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
4	Leroy Mitchell	27	LCB	14	14	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Chip Myrtle	26	RLB	14	14	3	64	0	30	0	5	0	0	1.0	0
6	Paul Smith	26	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12.0	0
7	Bill Thompson	25	RCB	14	14	5	83	0	42	5	2	15	0	0.0	0
8	Bobby Anderson	24	FB	13	13	0	0	0	0	6	4	4	0	0.0	0
9	Charlie Greer	25	SS	13	13	3	32	0	30	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Floyd Little	29	RB	14	13	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
11	George Saimes	30	FS	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0.0	0
12	Mike Schnitker	25	RG	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Billy Masters	27	TE	14	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Lyle Alzado	22	RDE	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	0
15	Jack Gehrke	25	WR	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
16	Dave Washington	23	LLB	14	10	1	8	0	8	0	1	1	0	1.0	0
17	Don Horn	26	QB	9	9	0	0	0	0	4	2	-4	0	0.0	0
18	Rich Jackson	30	LDE	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.5	0
19	Tom Domres	25	LDT	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
20	Steve Ramsey	23	QB	9	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Dwight Harrison	23	WR	10	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Olen Underwood	29	LB	14	4	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
23	Jerry Inman	31	DT	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
24	Carter Campbell	24	DE	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
25	Cornell Gordon	30	DB	14	1	2	21	0	21	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Fran Lynch	26	RB	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
27	Clem Turner	26	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	20	288	1	42	25	32	24	0	43.5	1

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