1972 Denver Broncos (NFL) |
| 3rd place • American Football Conference • Western Division • 5-9-0 .357 |
| Head Coach: John Ralston |
| Max Coley | Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Backs |
| Joe Collier | Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs |
| Dick Coury | Wide Receivers |
| Jerry Frei | Offensive Line |
| Bob Gambold | Linebackers |
| Myrel Moore | Special Teams |
| Richard Urich | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/11/1972 | A | Washington Redskins | 0-41 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 46043 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1972 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 13-17 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 34506 | |
| Sun | 8/27/1972 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 27-24 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 58115 | |
| Sat | 9/2/1972 | H | New England Patriots | 49-24 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 37128 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1972 | H | Baltimore Colts | 13-20 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 49635 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1972 | H | Houston Oilers | 30-17 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 51656 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1972 | A | San Diego Chargers | 14-37 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 49048 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1972 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 24-45 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 51656 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1972 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 10-21 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55812 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1972 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 20-23 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 51656 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1972 | A | Oakland Raiders | 30-23 | W | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 53551 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1972 | H | Cleveland Browns | 20-27 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 51656 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1972 | A | New York Giants | 17-29 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62689 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1972 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 16-10 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 65398 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1972 | H | Oakland Raiders | 20-37 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 51656 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1972 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 20-23 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 58850 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1972 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 21-24 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 66725 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1972 | H | San Diego Chargers | 38-13 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 51478 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1972 | H | New England Patriots | 45-21 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 51656 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Lyle Alzado | 77 | RDE | 6-3 | 254 | 23 | Yankton | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Anderson | 11 | RB | 6-0 | 208 | 25 | Colorado | 9 | 9 |
| Bill Cottrell | 66 | OG-C | 6-3 | 262 | 28 | Delaware Valley | 11 | 0 |
| Ken Criter | 53 | LB | 5-11 | 224 | 25 | Wisconsin | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Current | 74 | ROT | 6-4 | 267 | 27 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Dawkins | 33 | RB | 6-2 | 223 | 24 | Los Angeles CC; Wisconsin | 14 | 5 |
| Tom Domres | 76 | RDT-LDE | 6-3 | 247 | 26 | Wisconsin | 11 | 3 |
| Pete Duranko | 55 | RDT-LDE-LDT | 6-2 | 249 | 29 | Notre Dame | 14 | 13 |
| Mike Ernst | 16 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Cerritos JC; Fullerton State | 1 | 0 |
| Fred Forsberg | 52 | MLB-LLB | 6-1 | 237 | 28 | Washington | 9 | 6 |
| Bob Geddes | 57 | LLB | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Riverside CC; UCLA | 14 | 3 |
| George Goeddeke | 67 | C | 6-3 | 250 | 27 | Notre Dame | 2 | 1 |
| Cornell Gordon | 28 | S | 6-0 | 187 | 31 | North Carolina A&T State | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Graham | 83 | MLB | 6-2 | 235 | 22 | Oregon | 14 | 9 |
| Charlie Greer | 20 | LS | 6-0 | 203 | 26 | Colorado | 14 | 14 |
| Dwight Harrison | 82 | WR | 6-1 | 183 | 24 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 2 | 1 |
| John Hoffman | 87 | LDE | 6-7 | 260 | 29 | Southern California; Hawaii | 2 | 1 |
| Don Horn | 13 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | Washington State; Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State | 2 | 0 |
| Larron Jackson | 68 | LOG | 6-3 | 270 | 23 | Missouri | 14 | 14 |
| Rich Jackson | 87 | LDE | 6-2 | 258 | 31 | Southern University | 4 | 3 |
| Charley Johnson | 12 | QB | 6-0 | 191 | 34 | Schreiner Institute JC; New Mexico State | 12 | 9 |
| Larry Kaminski | 59 | C | 6-2 | 244 | 27 | Purdue | 11 | 9 |
| Jim Krieg | 86 | WR | 5-9 | 172 | 23 | Taft JC; Washington | 6 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 44 | RB | 5-10 | 196 | 30 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| Fran Lynch | 22 | RB | 6-1 | 203 | 27 | Oklahoma Military Academy JC; Hofstra | 14 | 0 |
| Tommy Lyons | 61 | ROG | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Georgia | 10 | 9 |
| Bobby Maples | 50 | C | 6-3 | 247 | 30 | Baylor | 12 | 4 |
| Billy Masters | 81 | TE | 6-5 | 236 | 28 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| Billy McKoy | 58 | LLB | 6-3 | 233 | 24 | Purdue | 14 | 9 |
| Leroy Mitchell | 41 | LCB | 6-2 | 192 | 28 | Texas Southern | 14 | 14 |
| Marv Montgomery | 78 | LOT | 6-6 | 255 | 24 | Los Angeles Valley JC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Randy Montgomery | 21 | RCB | 5-11 | 182 | 25 | Everett CC; Weber State | 14 | 8 |
| Haven Moses | 25 | WR | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State | 8 | 6 |
| Chip Myrtle | 54 | RLB | 6-4 | 225 | 27 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
| Riley Odoms | 88 | TE | 6-4 | 230 | 22 | Houston | 14 | 0 |
| Don Parish | 56 | LLB | 6-1 | 220 | 24 | Stanford | 1 | 1 |
| Steve Preece | 23 | RS | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Oregon State | 13 | 8 |
| Steve Ramsey | 10 | QB | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | North Texas | 9 | 5 |
| George Saimes | 26 | RS | 5-10 | 188 | 31 | Michigan State | 9 | 4 |
| Mike Schnitker | 64 | ROG | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | Colorado | 14 | 5 |
| Rick Sharp | 75 | OT | 6-3 | 265 | 24 | Washington | 12 | 0 |
| Rod Sherman | 84 | WR | 6-0 | 192 | 28 | UCLA; Pasadena CC; Southern California | 14 | 13 |
| Jerry Simmons | 80 | WR | 6-1 | 190 | 30 | Bethune-Cookman | 9 | 8 |
| Mike Simone | 51 | LB | 6-0 | 210 | 22 | Golden West JC; Stanford | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Smith | 70 | LDT | 6-3 | 254 | 27 | New Mexico | 14 | 14 |
| Billy Thompson | 36 | RCB-RS | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 8 | 8 |
| Clem Turner | 35 | RB | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Cincinnati | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Turner | 15 | K | 6-2 | 206 | 31 | Utah State | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 42 | P-WR | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | Maryland | 14 | 0 |
| Lloyd Voss | 65 | LDE | 6-4 | 256 | 30 | Nebraska | 13 | 7 |
| Bill West | 29 | CB | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Tennessee State | 8 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Riley Odoms | TE | Houston |
| 3 | 58 | Bill Phillips | LB | Arkansas State |
| 4 | 102 | Tom Graham | LB | Oregon |
| 5 | 118 | Jim Krieg | WR | Washington |
| 8 | 186 | Ronnie Estay | DT-LB | Louisiana State |
| 9 | 214 | Floyd Priester | DB | Boston University |
| 10 | 239 | Richard Wilkins | DE | Maryland-Eastern Shore |
| 11 | 263 | Larry Brunson | WR | Colorado |
| 12 | 292 | Randy McDougall | WR-DB | Weber State |
| 13 | 317 | Bob Warner | RB | Bloomsburg |
| 14 | 342 | Jerry Kundich | G | Texas-El Paso |
| 15 | 370 | Skip Parmenter | DT | Massachusetts |
| 16 | 395 | Tom Bougus | RB | Boston College |
| 17 | 420 | Lou Harris | RB | Southern California |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 85 | 92 | 54 | 94 | 325 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 120 | 81 | 114 | 350 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 237 | 87 | 132 | 18 | 70/174 40.2% | / % | 89 | 827 | |
| Opponents Totals | 251 | 102 | 123 | 26 | 75/193 38.9% | / % | 83 | 784 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Turner | 0 | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 20 | 29 | 69.0 | 0 | 97 |
| Floyd Little | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||
| Haven Moses | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Billy Masters | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Rod Sherman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bobby Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Joe Dawkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Fran Lynch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Steve Ramsey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jerry Simmons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Charlie Greer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Randy Montgomery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 37 | 38 | 97.4 | 20 | 29 | 69.0 | 0 | 325 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 39 | 41 | 95.1 | 21 | 33 | 63.6 | 1 | 350 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Turner | 20 | 29 | 69.0 | 1 | 49 | 6/6 | 2/3 | 6/8 | 6/11 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 29 | 69.0 | 1 | 49 | 6/6 | 2/3 | 6/8 | 6/11 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 33 | 63.6 | 4/4 | 5/5 | 4/7 | 7/14 | 1/3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Little | 216 | 859 | 4.0 | 55t | 9 |
| Bobby Anderson | 72 | 319 | 4.4 | 40 | 1 |
| Joe Dawkins | 56 | 243 | 4.3 | 19 | 2 |
| Fran Lynch | 34 | 164 | 4.8 | 28 | 2 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 66t | 1 |
| Riley Odoms | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Jim Krieg | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 0 |
| Clem Turner | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Steve Ramsey | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 18 | 2 |
| Haven Moses | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Dwight Harrison | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Ernst | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Rod Sherman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Charley Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Masters | 3 | -15 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 409 | 1838 | 4.5 | 66t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 439 | 1668 | 3.8 | 51 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Johnson | 238 | 132 | 55.5 | 92 | 1783 | 7.5 | 13.5 | 60 | 14 | 5.9 | 14 | 5.9 | 12 | 82 | 1701 | 74.6 |
| Steve Ramsey | 137 | 65 | 47.4 | 63 | 1050 | 7.7 | 16.2 | 55 | 3 | 2.2 | 9 | 6.6 | 26 | 184 | 866 | 53.5 |
| Floyd Little | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 43 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 35t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 158.3 |
| Bobby Anderson | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 14 | 4.7 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 88.9 |
| Mike Ernst | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 10 | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 39.6 |
| Team Totals | 384 | 201 | 52.3 | 160 | 2900 | 7.6 | 14.4 | 60 | 19 | 4.9 | 23 | 6.0 | 38 | 266 | 2634 | 68.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 397 | 206 | 51.9 | 181 | 2540 | 6.4 | 12.3 | 57t | 19 | 4.8 | 10 | 2.5 | 41 | 357 | 2183 | 77.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Sherman | 38 | 661 | 17.4 | 55 | 3 |
| Floyd Little | 28 | 367 | 13.1 | 40 | 4 |
| Billy Masters | 25 | 393 | 15.7 | 27 | 3 |
| Bobby Anderson | 23 | 215 | 9.3 | 40 | 1 |
| Riley Odoms | 21 | 320 | 15.2 | 48 | 1 |
| Joe Dawkins | 18 | 242 | 13.4 | 60 | 0 |
| Jerry Simmons | 17 | 235 | 13.8 | 35t | 2 |
| Haven Moses | 15 | 224 | 14.9 | 33 | 5 |
| Fran Lynch | 7 | 75 | 10.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Krieg | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 37 | 0 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Clem Turner | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 201 | 2900 | 14.4 | 60 | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 206 | 2540 | 12.3 | 57t | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy Mitchell | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Charlie Greer | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tom Graham | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Preece | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Randy Montgomery | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 109 | 10.9 | 30 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 441 | 19.2 | 61t | 6 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Van Heusen | 60 | 2408 | 40.1 | 60 | 1 | 249 | ||||
| Team Totals | 60 | 2408 | 40.1 | 60 | 1 | 249 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 2980 | 45.2 | 69 | 0 | 310 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Sherman | 10 | 5 | 89 | 8.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 8 | 2 | 64 | 8.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Billy Thompson | 4 | 1 | 82 | 20.5 | 59 | 0 |
| Charlie Greer | 4 | 0 | 67 | 16.8 | 65t | 1 |
| Mike Simone | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Krieg | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 8 | 310 | 11.1 | 65t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 19 | 249 | 8.9 | 66t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Montgomery | 29 | 756 | 26.1 | 94t | 1 | |
| Joe Dawkins | 15 | 357 | 23.8 | 31 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Fran Lynch | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Clem Turner | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Jim Krieg | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Bobby Anderson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Steve Preece | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Simone | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 55 | 1256 | 22.8 | 94t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 1246 | 23.1 | 43 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Lyle Alzado | 10.5 | |
| Paul Smith | 10.5 | |
| Pete Duranko | 4.5 | |
| Tom Graham | 3.0 | |
| Billy McKoy | 3.0 | |
| Chip Myrtle | 2.5 | |
| Rich Jackson | 2.0 | |
| Tom Domres | 1.0 | |
| Fred Forsberg | 1.0 | |
| Bob Geddes | 1.0 | |
| John Hoffman | 1.0 | |
| (Team) | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 41.0 | 357.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 38.0 | 266.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyle Alzado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Bobby Anderson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Dawkins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Forsberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Graham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Greer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larron Jackson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -10 | 0 |
| Charley Johnson | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | |
| Fran Lynch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Lyons | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Masters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Montgomery | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Preece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Ramsey | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | |
| Rod Sherman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Simone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 25 | -14 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 0 |
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