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1970 Denver Broncos Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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

Coach: Lou Saban (5-8-1)

Points For: 253 (18.1/g) 18th of 26

Points Against: 264 (18.9/g) 12th of 26

Expected W-L: 6.6-7.4

SRS: -2.60 (19th of 26), SOS: -1.81

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	253	3827	883	4.3	41	13	217	183	403	2025	11	28	4.5	112	436	1802	17	4.1	84	94	887	21
Opp. Stats	264	3705	838	4.4	32	16	199	191	379	2354	20	16	5.5	118	409	1351	7	3.3	67	82	817	14
Lg Rank Offense	18	18			22	7	17		8	19	23	24	25		15	9	2	9
Lg Rank Defense	12	7			16	5	4		15	18	22	21	9		7	3	4	4

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 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Buffalo Bills	25	10	11	282	146	136	3	8	149	56	93	4
2	Sun	September 27	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Pittsburgh Steelers	16	13	12	226	144	82	4	14	245	227	18	3
3	Sun	October 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0		Kansas City Chiefs	26	13	17	240	100	140	1	14	121	33	88	5
4	Sun	October 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-1	@	Oakland Raiders	23	35	13	285	140	145	1	25	522	348	174	1
5	Sun	October 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1		Atlanta Falcons	24	10	18	223	132	91	1	15	216	140	76	5
6	Sun	October 25	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-2	@	San Francisco 49ers	14	19	15	283	121	162	3	16	362	234	128
7	Sun	November 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3		Washington Redskins	3	19	14	246	106	140	5	12	199	102	97	2
8	Sun	November 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4	@	San Diego Chargers	21	24	21	341	151	190	1	18	235	144	91
9	Sun	November 15	3:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5		Oakland Raiders	19	24	20	312	196	116	3	16	325	258	67	2
10	Sun	November 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-5	@	New Orleans Saints	31	6	25	452	302	150	1	11	263	214	49	3
11	Sun	November 29	3:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-6	@	Houston Oilers	21	31	14	247	164	83	5	12	332	234	98	3
12	Sun	December 6	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-7	@	Kansas City Chiefs	0	16	7	146	70	76	6	8	222	18	204
13	Sun	December 13	4:00PM ET	boxscore	T		5-7-1		San Diego Chargers	17	17	14	264	152	112	3	15	231	145	86	1
14	Sun	December 20	3:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-8-1		Cleveland Browns	13	27	16	280	101	179	4	15	283	201	82	3

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	Pete Liske	28	QB	11	9	5-4-0	112	238	47.1	1340	7	2.9	11	4.6	74	5.6	4.1	12.0	121.8	55.3	28	228	10.53	4.18	2.8	0	0
2	Steve Tensi	28	QB	7	2	0-2-0	38	80	47.5	539	3	3.8	8	10.0	42	6.7	3.0	14.2	77.0	42.7	6	35	6.98	5.86	2.4	0	0
3	Alan Pastrana	26	QB	5	3	0-2-1	29	75	38.7	420	1	1.3	9	12.0	58	5.6	0.5	14.5	84.0	22.5	8	60	9.64	4.34	-0.3	1	0
4	Bobby Anderson	23	RB	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	12.50	6.75	6.8	0	0
5	Floyd Little	28	RB	14	14		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	1	5	33.33	-1.67	-1.7	0	0	PB
6	Billy Van Heusen	24	WR	14	5		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	5-8-1	183	403	45.4	2025	11	2.7	28	6.9	74	5.9	3.3	12.9	144.6	44.5	44	333	9.84	4.53	2.20	1	0

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	28	RB	14	14	209	901	3	80	4.3	64.4	14.9	17	161	9.5	0	39	1.2	11.5	226	4.7	1062	3	6	PB
2	Al Denson	28	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	47	646	13.7	2	42	3.4	46.1	47	13.7	646	2	0
3	Bobby Anderson	23	RB	14	0	83	368	4	27	4.4	26.3	5.9	9	140	15.6	0	37	0.6	10.0	92	5.5	508	4	1
4	Jim Whalen	27	TE	14	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	36	503	14.0	3	34	2.6	35.9	36	14.0	503	3	1
5	Billy Van Heusen	24	WR	14	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	16	382	23.9	2	74	1.1	27.3	16	23.9	382	2	1
6	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	87	3.5	305	6	3
7	Mike Haffner	28	WR	11	7	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	12	196	16.3	1	28	1.1	17.8	13	15.2	197	1	1
8	Fran Lynch	25	RB	14	2	20	81	1	19	4.1	5.8	1.4	7	69	9.9	0	36	0.5	4.9	27	5.6	150	1	1
9	Clem Turner	25	RB	11	0	29	106	2	12	3.7	9.6	2.6	8	23	2.9	0	11	0.7	2.1	37	3.5	129	2	0
10	Alan Pastrana	26	QB	5	3	14	89	1	14	6.4	17.8	2.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	14	6.4	89	1	1
11	Billy Masters	26	TE	14	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	83	9.2	2	18	0.6	5.9	9	9.2	83	2	0
12	John Embree	26	WR	7	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	50	12.5	0	20	0.6	7.1	4	12.5	50	0	0
13	Pete Liske	28	QB	11	9	7	42	1	14	6.0	3.8	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	6.0	42	1	3
14	Steve Tensi	28	QB	7	2	4	14	0	15	3.5	2.0	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	3.5	14	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	436	1802	17	80	4.1	128.7	31.1	183	2358	12.9	11	74	13.1	168.4	619	6.7	4160	28	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	29	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	9.0	0
2	Carl Cunningham	26	LLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1.0	0
3	Pete Duranko	27	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	0
4	Cornell Gordon	29	LCB	14	14	3	26	0	24	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Charlie Greer	24	SS	14	14	4	20	0	15	2	4	25	0	1.0	0
6	Rich Jackson	29	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	0	PB,AP-1
7	Larry Kaminski	25	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Floyd Little	28	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
9	Paul Smith	25	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	0
10	Fred Forsberg	26	MLB	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Jim Whalen	27	TE	14	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Sam Brunelli	27	LT	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0	0
13	Willis Crenshaw	29	FB	12	12	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Paul Martha	28	FS	13	12	6	99	0	50	1	2	14	0	0.0	0
15	Dave Washington	22	RLB	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	5.5	1
16	Pete Liske	28	QB	11	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Bill Thompson	24	RCB	9	9	2	65	0	33	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Mike Haffner	28	WR	11	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Billy Van Heusen	24	WR	14	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Alan Pastrana	26	QB	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Ken Criter	23	LB	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Fran Lynch	25	RB	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Chip Myrtle	25	LB	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
24	Steve Tensi	28	QB	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Bob Wade	26	DB	3	2	1	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Bobby Anderson	23	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Booker Edgerson	31	DB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Jerry Inman	30	DT	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
29	Alden Roche	25	DE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
	Team Totals			14	14	16	220	0	50	23	25	50	0	49.0	1

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