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1972 Denver Broncos Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-9-0, 3rd in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: John Ralston (5-9-0)

Points For: 325 (23.2/g) 9th of 26

Points Against: 350 (25.0/g) 21st of 26

Expected W-L: 6.4-7.6

SRS: -1.85 (17th of 26), SOS: -0.07

Offensive Coordinator: Max Coley

Defensive Coordinator: Joe Collier

Other Notable Asst.: Dick Coury (Wide Receivers) and Richard Urich (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Mile High Stadium

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

Partial Owner/President: Allan Phipps

Head Coach/General Manager: John Ralston

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Cal Poly Pomona (Pomona, California)

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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	325	4472	831	5.4	34	11	237	201	384	2634	19	23	6.2	132	409	1838	17	4.5	87	89	827	18
Opp. Stats	350	3851	877	4.4	22	12	251	206	397	2183	19	10	5.0	123	439	1668	15	3.8	102	83	784	26
Lg Rank Offense	9	5			15	8	12		4	3	7	19	7		21	18	6	5
Lg Rank Defense	21	9			26	19	20		25	16	20	24	6		8	4	17	5

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 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Houston Oilers	30	17	18	478	239	239	3	12	196	142	54	2
2	Sun	September 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	San Diego Chargers	14	37	17	313	218	95	6	18	317	175	142	2
3	Sun	October 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		Kansas City Chiefs	24	45	21	332	184	148	4	14	305	175	130	1
4	Sun	October 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3	@	Cincinnati Bengals	10	21	11	167	37	130		13	199	109	90	1
5	Sun	October 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-4		Minnesota Vikings	20	23	15	336	175	161	2	21	305	177	128	1
6	Sun	October 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-4	@	Oakland Raiders	30	23	15	409	396	13	1	23	316	189	127	1
7	Sun	October 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-5		Cleveland Browns	20	27	17	272	126	146	1	26	343	171	172	1
8	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-6	@	New York Giants	17	29	17	330	147	183	3	23	316	178	138	1
9	Sun	November 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-6	@	Los Angeles Rams	16	10	13	245	112	133	2	9	183	110	73	3
10	Sun	November 19	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-7		Oakland Raiders	20	37	13	208	170	38	3	25	337	140	197	2
11	Sun	November 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-8	@	Atlanta Falcons	20	23	17	315	213	102	1	13	250	170	80	1
12	Sun	December 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-9	@	Kansas City Chiefs	21	24	22	328	191	137	5	12	189	76	113	1
13	Sun	December 10	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-9		San Diego Chargers	38	13	15	257	85	172	3	20	335	236	99	5
14	Sun	December 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-9		New England Patriots	45	21	26	482	341	141		22	260	135	125

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	Charley Johnson	34	QB	12	9	4-5-0	132	238	55.5	1783	14	5.9	14	5.9	60	7.5	6.0	13.5	148.6	74.6	12	82	4.80	6.80	5.4	1	1
2	Steve Ramsey	24	QB	9	5	1-4-0	65	137	47.4	1050	3	2.2	9	6.6	55	7.7	5.1	16.2	116.7	53.5	26	184	15.95	5.31	3.2	0	0
3	Floyd Little	30	RB	14	14		2	2	100.0	43	1	50.0	0	0.0	35	21.5	31.5	21.5	3.1	158.3	0	0	0.00	21.50	31.5	0	0
4	Bobby Anderson	25	FB	9	9		1	3	33.3	14	1	33.3	0	0.0	14	4.7	11.3	14.0	1.6	88.9	0	0	0.00	4.67	11.3	0	0
5	Mike Ernst	22	QB	1	0		1	4	25.0	10	0	0.0	0	0.0	10	2.5	2.5	10.0	10.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	2.50	2.5	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	5-9-0	201	384	52.3	2634	19	4.9	23	6.0	60	7.6	5.8	14.4	188.1	68.7	38	266	9.00	6.24	4.69	1	1

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	30	RB	14	14	216	859	9	55	4.0	61.4	15.4	28	367	13.1	4	40	2.0	26.2	244	5.0	1226	13	4
2	Rod Sherman	28	WR	14	13	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	38	661	17.4	3	55	2.7	47.2	39	17.0	663	3	1
3	Bobby Anderson	25	FB	9	9	72	319	1	40	4.4	35.4	8.0	23	215	9.3	1	40	2.6	23.9	95	5.6	534	2	2
4	Joe Dawkins	24	FB	14	5	56	243	2	19	4.3	17.4	4.0	18	242	13.4	0	60	1.3	17.3	74	6.6	485	2	3
5	Riley Odoms	22	TE	14	0	5	72	0	27	14.4	5.1	0.4	21	320	15.2	1	48	1.5	22.9	26	15.1	392	1	1
6	Billy Masters	28	TE	14	14	3	-15	0		-5.0	-1.1	0.2	25	393	15.7	3	27	1.8	28.1	28	13.5	378	3	1
7	Fran Lynch	27	RB	14	0	34	164	2	28	4.8	11.7	2.4	7	75	10.7	0	17	0.5	5.4	41	5.8	239	2	2
8	Haven Moses	26	WR	8	6	2	11	0	14	5.5	1.4	0.3	15	224	14.9	5	33	1.9	28.0	17	13.8	235	5	0
9	Jerry Simmons	30	WR	9	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	17	235	13.8	2	35	1.9	26.1	17	13.8	235	2	0
10	Jim Krieg	23	WR	6	0	1	63	0	63	63.0	10.5	0.2	4	99	24.8	0	37	0.7	16.5	5	32.4	162	0	0
11	Billy Van Heusen	26	P	14	0	3	76	1	66	25.3	5.4	0.2	4	59	14.8	0	25	0.3	4.2	7	19.3	135	1	0
12	Clem Turner	27	RB	12	0	5	16	0	13	3.2	1.3	0.4	1	10	10.0	0	10	0.1	0.8	6	4.3	26	0	0
13	Steve Ramsey	24	QB	9	5	6	15	2	8	2.5	1.7	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	2.5	15	2	5
14	Dwight Harrison	24	WR	2	1	1	9	0	9	9.0	4.5	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	9.0	9	0	0
15	Mike Ernst	22	QB	1	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	4.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	4.0	4	0	0
16	Charley Johnson	34	QB	12	9	3	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	0.0	0	0	4
	Team Totals			14	14	409	1838	17	66	4.5	131.3	29.2	201	2900	14.4	19	60	14.4	207.1	610	7.8	4738	36	23

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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	Lyle Alzado	23	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	0	10.5	0
2	Pete Duranko	29	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	0
3	Charlie Greer	26	SS	14	14	2	18	0	17	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Larron Jackson	23	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	-10	0	0.0	0
5	Floyd Little	30	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	4	0	-6	0	0.0	0
6	Billy Masters	28	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Leroy Mitchell	28	LCB	14	14	3	27	0	27	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Chip Myrtle	27	RLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
9	Paul Smith	27	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.5	0	PB
10	Rod Sherman	28	WR	14	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Bobby Anderson	25	FB	9	9	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Tom Graham	22	MLB	14	9	2	10	0	7	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
13	Charley Johnson	34	QB	12	9	0	0	0	0	4	3	-4	0	0.0	0
14	Tommy Lyons	24	RG	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Bill McKoy	24	MLB	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
16	Randy Montgomery	25	RCB	14	8	1	20	0	20	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
17	Steve Preece	25	FS	13	8	1	30	0	30	0	2	4	0	0.0	0
18	Bill Thompson	26	RCB	8	8	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Fred Forsberg	28	LLB	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
20	Joe Dawkins	24	FB	14	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Steve Ramsey	24	QB	9	5	0	0	0	0	5	2	-4	0	0.0	0
22	Rich Jackson	31	DE	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
23	Bob Geddes	26	LB	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
24	Tom Domres	26	DT	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
25	John Hoffman	29	DE	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
26	Fran Lynch	27	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Riley Odoms	22	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Mike Simone	22	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	10	109	0	30	25	25	-14	0	38.0	0

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