1975 Denver Broncos (NFL)

2nd place American Football Conference Western Division 6-8-0 .429

Max Coley	Offensive Coordinator/Backs
Joe Collier	Defensive Coordinator
Kay Dalton	Wide Receivers
Jerry Frei	Offensive Line
Bob Gambold	Defensive Backs
Myrel Moore	Linebackers/Special Teams
Richard Urich	Defensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/9/1975	H	Baltimore Colts	20-23	L	OT	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	35269
Sat	8/16/1975	A	New Orleans Saints	21-24	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	40089
Sat	8/23/1975	H	Houston Oilers	27-21	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	33813
Sat	8/30/1975	A	Chicago Bears	13-0	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	30128
Sun	9/7/1975	A	San Francisco 49ers	10-44	L		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	45686
Sun	9/14/1975	H	St. Louis Cardinals	21-17	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	45631
Sun	9/21/1975	H	Kansas City Chiefs	37-33	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	51858
Mon	9/29/1975	H	Green Bay Packers	23-13	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	52491
Sun	10/5/1975	A	Buffalo Bills	14-38	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	79798
Sun	10/12/1975	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	9-20	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49164
Sun	10/19/1975	H	Cleveland Browns	16-15	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	52540
Sun	10/26/1975	A	Kansas City Chiefs	13-26	L		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	70043
Sun	11/2/1975	H	Oakland Raiders	17-42	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	52330
Sun	11/9/1975	H	Cincinnati Bengals	16-17	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	49702
Sun	11/16/1975	A	San Diego Chargers	27-17	W		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	26048
Sun	11/23/1975	A	Atlanta Falcons	21-35	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	28686
Sun	11/30/1975	H	San Diego Chargers	13-10	W	OT	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	44982
Mon	12/8/1975	A	Oakland Raiders	10-17	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	51075
Sun	12/14/1975	H	Philadelphia Eagles	25-10	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	36860
Sat	12/20/1975	A	Miami Dolphins	13-14	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	43064

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
81	Bill Adams	TE	6-2	225	29	San Mateo JC; Pacific	2	0
77	Lyle Alzado	RDT	6-3	254	26	Yankton	14	14
24	Otis Armstrong	RB	5-10	196	25	Purdue	4	3
87	Boyd Brown	TE	6-4	216	23	Alcorn State	12	0
68	Rubin Carter	LDE-LDT-RDE	6-0	254	23	Miami (Florida)	14	8
79	Barney Chavous	LDE	6-3	254	24	South Carolina State	9	9
74	Mike Current	ROT	6-4	267	30	Ohio State	7	7
82	Jack Dolbin	WR	5-10	180	27	Wake Forest	14	1
31	Mike Franckowiak	RB	6-3	220	22	Central Michigan	14	0
52	Randy Gradishar	MLB	6-3	233	23	Ohio State	14	14
63	John Grant	RDE	6-3	235	25	Southern California	13	13
22	Steve Haggerty	WR	5-10	170	22	Colorado; Nevada-Las Vegas	1	0
23	Alfred Haywood	RB	5-11	215	27	Bethune-Cookman	2	0
23	George Hoey	CB	5-10	174	29	Michigan	1	0
60	Paul Howard	ROG	6-3	260	25	Brigham Young	14	14
16	John Hufnagel	QB	6-1	194	24	Penn State	5	1
57	Tom Jackson	RLB-LLB	5-11	220	24	Louisville	14	14
12	Charley Johnson	QB	6-0	191	37	Schreiner Institute JC; New Mexico State	14	6
26	Calvin Jones	RCB	5-7	169	24	Washington	8	8
32	Jon Keyworth	RB	6-3	230	25	Colorado	14	14
54	Mike Lemon	LB	6-2	220	24	Ellsworth CC; Kansas	1	0
44	Floyd Little	RB	5-10	196	33	Syracuse	14	10
22	Fran Lynch	RB	6-1	203	30	Oklahoma Military Academy JC; Hofstra	14	1
61	Tommy Lyons	LOG	6-2	230	27	Georgia	10	10
50	Bobby Maples	C	6-3	247	33	Baylor	14	14
56	Ray May	RLB-LLB	6-1	233	30	Los Angeles CC; Southern California	8	8
71	Claudie Minor	LOT	6-4	278	24	Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego CC; San Diego State	14	14
78	Marv Montgomery	ROT-LOG-LOT	6-6	255	27	Los Angeles Valley JC; Southern California	14	7
25	Haven Moses	WR	6-2	200	29	Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State	14	14
88	Riley Odoms	TE	6-4	230	25	Houston	14	14
58	Phil Olsen	LDE-RDE-LDT-RDT	6-5	260	27	Utah State	14	1
66	Jim O'Malley	LLB-MLB	6-1	230	24	Notre Dame	14	0
48	John Pitts	S	6-4	219	30	Santa Ana JC; Arizona State	1	0
21	Randy Poltl	FS-SS	6-3	190	23	Stanford	13	1
10	Steve Ramsey	QB	6-2	210	27	North Texas	11	7
59	Joe Rizzo	LLB-RLB	6-1	220	25	Merchant Marine	14	6
73	Stan Rogers	ROT	6-4	255	23	Maryland	14	2
30	Oliver Ross	RB	6-0	210	26	Alabama A&M	14	0
46	John Rowser	RS-LCB	6-1	183	31	Michigan	13	13
67	Carl Schaukowitch	LOG-ROG	6-2	237	24	Penn State	11	2
45	Jeff Severson	FS	6-1	183	26	Long Beach State	14	3
70	Paul Smith	LDT	6-3	254	30	New Mexico	13	12
51	Bob Swenson	RLB	6-3	222	22	California	14	0
48	Earlie Thomas	RCB	6-1	190	30	Colorado State	10	6
36	Billy Thompson	SS	6-1	200	29	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	14
15	Jim Turner	K	6-2	206	34	Utah State	14	0
80	Rick Upchurch	WR	5-10	173	23	Indian Hills JC; Minnesota	14	0
42	Billy Van Heusen	WR-P	6-1	200	29	Maryland	14	13
20	Louis Wright	LCB	6-3	200	22	Arizona State; Bakersfield CC; San Jose State	11	11

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	17	Louis Wright	DB	San Jose State
2	43	Charlie Smith	DE	North Carolina Central
3	54	Mike Franckowiak	QB	Central Michigan
3	69	Drew Mahalic	LB	Notre Dame
4	84	Steve Taylor	DB	Georgia
4	95	Rick Upchurch	WR	Minnesota
5	107	Stan Rogers	T	Maryland
5	121	Rubin Carter	DT	Miami (Florida)
8	199	Steve Foley	QB	Tulane
9	225	Rousell Williams	DB	Arizona
10	240	Hank Englehardt	C	Pacific
10	251	Steve Haggerty	WR	Nevada-Las Vegas
12	303	Harry Walters	LB	Maryland
13	329	Eric Penick	RB	Notre Dame
14	355	Jerry Arnold	G	Oklahoma
15	381	Ken Shelton	TE	Virginia
16	409	Bubba Bridges	DL	Colorado
17	433	Lester Sherman	RB	Albany State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	36	86	44	85	3
Opponents Totals	54	81	88	84	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		268	109	137	22	84/212 39.6%	/ %	92	790
Opponents Totals		247	119	106	22	76/209 36.4%	/ %	88	786

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Jim Turner	0	23	26	88.5	21	28	75.0	86
Jack Dolbin	4	0	0		0	0		24
Jon Keyworth	4	0	0		0	0		24
Floyd Little	4	0	0		0	0		24
Fran Lynch	4	0	0		0	0		24
Riley Odoms	4	0	0		0	0		24
Rick Upchurch	3	0	0		0	0		18
Haven Moses	2	0	0		0	0		12
Randy Gradishar	1	0	0		0	0		6
Paul Smith	1	0	0		0	0		6
Billy Van Heusen	1	0	0		0	0		6
(Team)	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0
Team Totals	28	23	28	82.1	21	28	75.0	254
Opponents Totals	35	34	35	97.1	21	28	75.0	307

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jim Turner	21	28	75.0	1/1	7/9	7/9	4/6	2/3
Team Totals	21	28	75.0	1/1	7/9	7/9	4/6	2/3
Opponents Totals	21	28	75.0	2/2	8/9	4/6	1/3	1/4

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jon Keyworth	182	725	4.0	34	3
Floyd Little	125	445	3.6	19	2
Fran Lynch	57	218	3.8	20	3
Otis Armstrong	31	155	5.0	33	0
Oliver Ross	42	121	2.9	21	0
Rick Upchurch	16	97	6.1	15	1
Jack Dolbin	5	72	14.4	25	0
John Hufnagel	8	47	5.9	13	0
Steve Ramsey	6	38	6.3	17	0
Riley Odoms	5	27	5.4	12	0
Billy Van Heusen	2	26	13.0	24	0
Charley Johnson	10	21	2.1	13	0
Mike Franckowiak	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	490	1993	4.1	34	9
Opponents Totals	526	1974	3.8	65	19

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Steve Ramsey	233	128	54.9	91	1562	6.7	12.2	66t	9	3.9	14	6.0	23	187	1375	63.6
Charley Johnson	142	65	45.8	65	1021	7.2	15.7	90t	5	3.5	12	8.5	10	79	942	46.7
John Hufnagel	51	16	31.4	27	287	5.6	17.9	80t	1	2.0	8	15.7	13	84	203	18.6
Billy Van Heusen	1	1	100.0	0	30	30.0	30.0	30	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	30	118.8
Rick Upchurch	0	0			0				0		0		1	9	-9
Team Totals	427	210	49.2	183	2900	6.8	13.8	90t	15	3.5	34	8.0	47	359	2541	49.9
Opponents Totals	348	181	52.0	151	2245	6.5	12.4	69	14	4.0	16	4.6	27	313	1932	66.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jon Keyworth	42	314	7.5	19t	1
Riley Odoms	40	544	13.6	43	3
Haven Moses	29	505	17.4	42	2
Floyd Little	29	308	10.6	66t	2
Jack Dolbin	22	421	19.1	41	3
Rick Upchurch	18	436	24.2	90t	2
Billy Van Heusen	15	246	16.4	28	1
Oliver Ross	7	69	9.9	30	0
Fran Lynch	6	33	5.5	19	1
Boyd Brown	1	14	14.0	14	0
Otis Armstrong	1	10	10.0	10	0
Team Totals	210	2900	13.8	90t	15
Opponents Totals	181	2245	12.4	69	14

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Randy Gradishar	3	77	25.7	44t	1
Billy Thompson	2	97	48.5	49	0
Earlie Thomas	2	66	33.0	36	0
Louis Wright	2	9	4.5	9	0
Tom Jackson	2	0	0.0	0	0
Jim O'Malley	1	38	38.0	38	0
Bob Swenson	1	4	4.0	4	0
John Rowser	1	2	2.0	2	0
Calvin Jones	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ray May	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	16	293	18.3	49	1
Opponents Totals	34	447	13.1	41	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Billy Van Heusen	63	2515	39.9	64	0	534
Team Totals	63	2515	39.9	64	0	534
Opponents Totals	76	3200	42.1	64	1	470

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rick Upchurch	27	4	312	11.6	51	0
Billy Thompson	13	1	158	12.2	24	0
Fran Lynch	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	41	5	470	11.5	51	0
Opponents Totals	39	4	534	13.7	64	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Rick Upchurch	40	1084	27.1	58
Floyd Little	16	307	19.2	32
Oliver Ross	1	20	20.0	20
Jeff Severson	1	20	20.0	20
Bobby Maples	1	15	15.0	15
Team Totals	59	1446	24.5	58
Opponents Totals	57	1273	22.3	39

SACKS	NO	YDS
Lyle Alzado	7.0
Barney Chavous	4.5
Paul Smith	4.5
Randy Gradishar	3.0
Tom Jackson	3.0
Rubin Carter	2.0
John Grant	2.0
Phil Olsen	1.0
Team Totals	27.0	313.0
Opponents Totals	47.0	359.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Lyle Alzado	0	0	0	3	3	14	0
Otis Armstrong	2		0	0	0	0	0
Mike Current	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jack Dolbin	0	0	1	0	1	2	1
Randy Gradishar	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Grant	0	0	1	2	3	2	0
Paul Howard	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Charley Johnson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jon Keyworth	4		0	0	0	-2	0
Floyd Little	2		1	0	1	0	0
Fran Lynch	1		1	0	1	0	0
Ray May	1		0	0	0	0	0
Haven Moses	1		0	0	0	0	0
Riley Odoms	2		1	0	1	0	1
Phil Olsen	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jim O'Malley	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Randy Poltl	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Ramsey	2		2	0	2	-6	0
Oliver Ross	5		2	0	2	0	0
John Rowser	0	0	1	1	2	-4	0
Jeff Severson	1		0	2	2	5	0
Paul Smith	0	0	0	2	2	38	1
Earlie Thomas	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Billy Thompson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Rick Upchurch	3		1	0	1	0	0
Billy Van Heusen	1		0	0	0	0	0
Louis Wright	1		1	0	1	4	0
Team Totals	28	15	13	16	29	56	3
Opponents Totals	37	16	19	14	33		0