1972 Denver Broncos (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

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

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
77	Lyle Alzado	RDE	6-3	254	23	Yankton	14	14
11	Bobby Anderson	RB	6-0	208	25	Colorado	9	9
66	Bill Cottrell	OG-C	6-3	262	28	Delaware Valley	11	0
53	Ken Criter	LB	5-11	224	25	Wisconsin	8	0
74	Mike Current	ROT	6-4	267	27	Ohio State	14	14
33	Joe Dawkins	RB	6-2	223	24	Los Angeles CC; Wisconsin	14	5
76	Tom Domres	RDT-LDE	6-3	247	26	Wisconsin	11	3
55	Pete Duranko	RDT-LDE-LDT	6-2	249	29	Notre Dame	14	13
16	Mike Ernst	QB	6-1	190	22	Cerritos JC; Fullerton State	1	0
52	Fred Forsberg	MLB-LLB	6-1	237	28	Washington	9	6
57	Bob Geddes	LLB	6-2	240	26	Riverside CC; UCLA	14	3
67	George Goeddeke	C	6-3	250	27	Notre Dame	2	1
28	Cornell Gordon	S	6-0	187	31	North Carolina A&T State	1	0
83	Tom Graham	MLB	6-2	235	22	Oregon	14	9
20	Charlie Greer	LS	6-0	203	26	Colorado	14	14
82	Dwight Harrison	WR	6-1	183	24	Texas A&M-Kingsville	2	1
87	John Hoffman	LDE	6-7	260	29	Southern California; Hawaii	2	1
13	Don Horn	QB	6-2	195	27	Washington State; Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State	2	0
68	Larron Jackson	LOG	6-3	270	23	Missouri	14	14
87	Rich Jackson	LDE	6-2	258	31	Southern University	4	3
12	Charley Johnson	QB	6-0	191	34	Schreiner Institute JC; New Mexico State	12	9
59	Larry Kaminski	C	6-2	244	27	Purdue	11	9
86	Jim Krieg	WR	5-9	172	23	Taft JC; Washington	6	0
44	Floyd Little	RB	5-10	196	30	Syracuse	14	14
22	Fran Lynch	RB	6-1	203	27	Oklahoma Military Academy JC; Hofstra	14	0
61	Tommy Lyons	ROG	6-2	230	24	Georgia	10	9
50	Bobby Maples	C	6-3	247	30	Baylor	12	4
81	Billy Masters	TE	6-5	236	28	Louisiana State	14	14
58	Billy McKoy	LLB	6-3	233	24	Purdue	14	9
41	Leroy Mitchell	LCB	6-2	192	28	Texas Southern	14	14
78	Marv Montgomery	LOT	6-6	255	24	Los Angeles Valley JC; Southern California	14	14
21	Randy Montgomery	RCB	5-11	182	25	Everett CC; Weber State	14	8
25	Haven Moses	WR	6-2	200	26	Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State	8	6
54	Chip Myrtle	RLB	6-4	225	27	Maryland	14	14
88	Riley Odoms	TE	6-4	230	22	Houston	14	0
56	Don Parish	LLB	6-1	220	24	Stanford	1	1
23	Steve Preece	RS	6-1	195	25	Oregon State	13	8
10	Steve Ramsey	QB	6-2	210	24	North Texas	9	5
26	George Saimes	RS	5-10	188	31	Michigan State	9	4
64	Mike Schnitker	ROG	6-3	235	26	Colorado	14	5
75	Rick Sharp	OT	6-3	265	24	Washington	12	0
84	Rod Sherman	WR	6-0	192	28	UCLA; Pasadena CC; Southern California	14	13
80	Jerry Simmons	WR	6-1	190	30	Bethune-Cookman	9	8
51	Mike Simone	LB	6-0	210	22	Golden West JC; Stanford	14	0
70	Paul Smith	LDT	6-3	254	27	New Mexico	14	14
36	Billy Thompson	RCB-RS	6-1	200	26	Maryland-Eastern Shore	8	8
35	Clem Turner	RB	6-2	230	27	Cincinnati	12	0
15	Jim Turner	K	6-2	206	31	Utah State	14	0
42	Billy Van Heusen	P-WR	6-1	200	26	Maryland	14	0
65	Lloyd Voss	LDE	6-4	256	30	Nebraska	13	7
29	Bill West	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	OT
Team Totals	85	92	54	94
Opponents Totals	35	120	81	114

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	132	92	1783	7.5	13.5	60	14	5.9	14	5.9	12	82	1701	74.6
Steve Ramsey	137	65	65	63	1050	7.7	16.2	55	3	2.2	9	6.6	26	184	866	53.5
Floyd Little	2	2	2	0	43	21.5	21.5	35t	1	50.0	0	0.0	0	0	43	158.3
Bobby Anderson	3	1	1	2	14	4.7	14.0	14t	1	33.3	0	0.0	0	0	14	88.9
Mike Ernst	4	1	1	3	10	2.5	10.0	10	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	10	39.6
Team Totals	384	201	201	160	2900	7.6	14.4	60	19	4.9	23	6.0	38	266	2634	68.7
Opponents Totals	397	206	206	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	RYDS
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	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
Lyle Alzado	0	0	0	5	5	6
Bobby Anderson	2		1	0	1	0
Joe Dawkins	3		0	0	0	0
Fred Forsberg	0	0	0	1	1	0
Tom Graham	0	0	0	1	1	0
Charlie Greer	0	0	0	1	1	0
Larron Jackson	0	0	2	0	2	-10
Charley Johnson	4		3	0	3	-4
Floyd Little	4		0	0	0	-6
Fran Lynch	2		1	0	1	0
Tommy Lyons	0	0	1	0	1	0
Billy Masters	1		0	0	0	0
Randy Montgomery	2		1	1	2	0
Riley Odoms	1		1	0	1	0
Steve Preece	0	0	0	2	2	4
Steve Ramsey	5		2	0	2	-4
Rod Sherman	1		1	0	1	0
Mike Simone	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team Totals	25	12	13	12	25	-14
Opponents Totals	27	12	13	11	24

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