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1969 Denver Broncos Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-8-1, 4th in AFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Lou Saban (5-8-1)

Points For: 297 (21.2/g) 4th of 10

Points Against: 344 (24.6/g) 8th of 10

Expected W-L: 5.8-8.2

SRS: -2.00 (6th of 10), SOS: 1.36

Other Notable Asst.: Joe Collier (Defensive Backs), Dick MacPherson (Linebackers) and Sam Rutigliano (WR Coach)

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	297	4161	841	4.9	31	8	243	192	403	2524	23	23	5.6	130	394	1637	12	4.2	87	80	753	26
Opp. Stats	344	4641	918	5.1	28	14	276	223	437	2932	19	14	6.1	151	436	1709	15	3.9	95	84	901	30
Lg Rank Offense	4	6			2	2	6		6	5	2	6	5		7	6	4	4
Lg Rank Defense	8	8			10	7	8		9	10	5	10	5		6	7	8	6

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 14		boxscore	W		1-0		Boston Patriots	35	7	16	321	186	135		21	326	237	89	4
2	Sun	September 21		boxscore	W		2-0		New York Jets	21	19	18	292	141	151	3	22	370	262	108	3
3	Sun	September 28		boxscore	L		2-1	@	Buffalo Bills	28	41	20	302	233	69	5	28	406	247	159	1
4	Sun	October 5		boxscore	L		2-2		Kansas City Chiefs	13	26	15	212	132	80	1	19	350	182	168
5	Sun	October 12		boxscore	L		2-3		Oakland Raiders	14	24	18	234	113	121	2	20	323	244	79
6	Sun	October 19		boxscore	W		3-3	@	Cincinnati Bengals	30	23	17	421	149	272	3	20	256	159	97	3
7	Sun	October 26		boxscore	L		3-4	@	Houston Oilers	21	24	17	314	218	96		19	458	239	219	2
8	Sun	November 2		boxscore	W		4-4		San Diego Chargers	13	0	19	313	199	114	2	10	70	20	50
9	Sun	November 9		boxscore	L		4-5	@	Oakland Raiders	10	41	21	302	177	125	1	20	359	270	89
10	Sun	November 16		boxscore	T		4-5-1		Houston Oilers	20	20	8	212	113	99	2	19	454	364	90	5
11	Sun	November 23		boxscore	L		4-6-1	@	San Diego Chargers	24	45	23	363	329	34	3	27	462	227	235	2
12	Thu	November 27		boxscore	L		4-7-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	17	31	17	236	151	85	2	17	285	133	152	2
13	Sun	December 7		boxscore	L		4-8-1	@	Miami Dolphins	24	27	13	244	176	68	4	20	222	76	146	3
14	Sun	December 14		boxscore	W		5-8-1		Cincinnati Bengals	27	16	21	395	207	188	3	14	300	272	28	3

Passing

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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 Tensi	27	QB	13	12	4-7-1	131	286	45.8	1990	14	4.9	12	4.2	79	7.0	6.05	15.2	153.1	68.1	29	208	9.21	5.66	4.83	0	0
2	Pete Liske	27	QB	7	2	1-1-0	61	115	53.0	845	9	7.8	11	9.6	71	7.3	4.61	13.9	120.7	63.4	15	103	11.54	5.71	3.28	1	1
3	Floyd Little	27	RB	9	9		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	PB,AP-1
	Team Totals			14	14	5-8-1	192	403	47.6	2524	23	5.7	23	5.7	79	7.0	4.84	14.8	180.3	66.3	44	311	9.84	5.65	4.36	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

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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	27	RB	9	9	146	729	6	48	5.0	81.0	16.2	19	218	11.5	1	67	2.1	24.2	165	5.7	947	7	2	PB,AP-1
2	Al Denson	27	WR	13	13	1	9	0	9	9.0	0.7	0.1	53	809	15.3	10	62	4.1	62.2	54	15.1	818	10	0	PB
3	Mike Haffner	27	WR	9	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	35	563	16.1	5	46	3.9	62.6	35	16.1	563	5	0
4	Fran Lynch	24	RB	11	7	96	407	2	54	4.2	37.0	8.7	9	86	9.6	0	19	0.8	7.8	105	4.7	493	2	1
5	John Embree	25	WR	13	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	29	469	16.2	5	79	2.2	36.1	29	16.2	469	5	0
6	Frank Quayle	22	RB	11	2	57	183	0	17	3.2	16.6	5.2	11	167	15.2	0	71	1.0	15.2	68	5.1	350	0	1
7	Tom Beer	25	TE	9	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	200	22.2	0	48	1.0	22.2	9	22.2	200	0	0
8	Tommie Smiley	25	RB	14	9	56	166	3	26	3.0	11.9	4.0	5	23	4.6	1	17	0.4	1.6	61	3.1	189	4	3
9	Dave Pivec	26	TE	14	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	117	13.0	0	18	0.6	8.4	9	13.0	117	0	0
10	Wandy Williams	23	RB	11	2	10	18	1	8	1.8	1.6	0.9	5	56	11.2	0	14	0.5	5.1	15	4.9	74	1	0
11	Billy Van Heusen	23	WR	5	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	64	21.3	0	36	0.6	12.8	3	21.3	64	0	0
12	Steve Tensi	27	QB	13	12	12	63	0	17	5.3	4.8	0.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	12	5.3	63	0	1
13	Pete Liske	27	QB	7	2	10	50	0	19	5.0	7.1	1.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	10	5.0	50	0	1
14	Tom Buckman	22	TE	7	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	48	12.0	1	20	0.6	6.9	4	12.0	48	1	0
15	Alan Pastrana	25	QB	2	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	15	15.0	0	15	0.5	7.5	1	15.0	15	0	0
16	Bobby Burnett	26	RB	3	0	5	9	0	5	1.8	3.0	1.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	1.8	9	0	0
17	Henry Jones	23	RB	2	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	1.5	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	3.0	3	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	394	1637	12	54	4.2	116.9	28.1	192	2835	14.8	23	79	13.7	202.5	586	7.6	4472	35	15

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Grady Cavness	22	LCB	14	14	2	30	0	29	0	2	17	0	0.0	0
2	Dave Costa	28	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	0	PB
3	Carl Cunningham	25	LLB	14	14	2	10	0	5	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
4	Pete Duranko	26	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	7.0	0
5	John Huard	25	MLB	14	14	2	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Rich Jackson	28	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12.5	0	PB,AP-1
7	Bill Thompson	23	RCB	14	14	3	92	1	57	4	3	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
8	Steve Tensi	27	QB	13	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Jerry Inman	29	LDT	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
10	Charlie Greer	23	SS	12	9	2	13	0	13	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Floyd Little	27	RB	9	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
12	Chip Myrtle	24	RLB	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
13	Tommie Smiley	25	RB	14	9	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	George Burrell	21	FS	14	7	2	65	1	38	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Fran Lynch	24	RB	11	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Tom Oberg	24	FS	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0.0	0
17	Gus Hollomon	24	SS	14	5	1	0	0	0	2	2	6	0	0.0	0
18	Frank Richter	25	RLB	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
19	Pete Liske	27	QB	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Rex Mirich	28	DT	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
21	Frank Quayle	22	RB	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Paul Smith	24	DT	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
23	Wallace Dickey	28	T	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Pete Jaquess	29	DB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	14	0	2		15	7	30	0	45	0

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