1973 Denver Broncos (NFL)

2nd place American Football Conference Western Division 7-5-2 .571

Max Coley	Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Backs
Joe Collier	Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs
Dick Coury	Wide Receivers
Jerry Frei	Offensive Line
Myrel Moore	Special Teams
Richard Urich	Defensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/10/1973	A	Washington Redskins	10-14	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	38923
Sat	8/18/1973	H	St. Louis Cardinals	38-17	W	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	39088
Sun	8/26/1973	A	San Francisco 49ers	7-43	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	59097
Fri	8/31/1973	H	Buffalo Bills	16-14	W	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	42336
Sun	9/9/1973	H	Baltimore Colts	10-17	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	41860
Sun	9/16/1973	H	Cincinnati Bengals	28-10	W	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	49059
Sun	9/23/1973	H	San Francisco 49ers	34-36	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	51706
Sun	9/30/1973	H	Chicago Bears	14-33	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	51159
Sun	10/7/1973	A	Kansas City Chiefs	14-16	L	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	71414
Sun	10/14/1973	A	Houston Oilers	48-20	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	32801
Mon	10/22/1973	H	Oakland Raiders	23-23	T	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	51270
Sun	10/28/1973	A	New York Jets	40-28	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	55108
Sun	11/4/1973	A	St. Louis Cardinals	17-17	T	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	46567
Sun	11/11/1973	H	San Diego Chargers	30-19	W	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	51034
Sun	11/18/1973	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	23-13	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48580
Sun	11/25/1973	H	Kansas City Chiefs	14-10	W	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	51331
Sun	12/2/1973	H	Dallas Cowboys	10-22	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	51508
Sun	12/9/1973	A	San Diego Chargers	42-28	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	44954
Sun	12/16/1973	A	Oakland Raiders	17-21	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	51910

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
77	Lyle Alzado	RDE	6-3	254	24	Yankton	14	14
11	Bobby Anderson	RB	6-0	208	26	Colorado	12	0
24	Otis Armstrong	RB	5-10	196	23	Purdue	14	1
73	Mike Askea	LOT	6-4	260	22	Sequoias JC; Stanford	4	0
79	Barney Chavous	LDE	6-3	254	22	South Carolina State	14	14
53	Ken Criter	MLB	5-11	224	26	Wisconsin	14	0
74	Mike Current	ROT	6-4	267	28	Ohio State	14	14
33	Joe Dawkins	RB	6-2	223	25	Los Angeles CC; Wisconsin	14	14
55	Pete Duranko	RDT	6-2	249	30	Notre Dame	14	14
52	Fred Forsberg	LB	6-1	237	29	Washington	3	0
58	Tom Graham	MLB	6-2	235	23	Oregon	14	14
63	John Grant	LDE	6-3	235	23	Southern California	13	0
20	Charlie Greer	RS	6-0	203	27	Colorado	10	10
48	Dale Hackbart	RS	6-3	210	35	Wisconsin	3	2
60	Paul Howard	ROG	6-3	260	23	Brigham Young	14	0
62	Jerry Inman	LDT	6-3	255	33	Boise JC; Oregon	8	0
68	Larron Jackson	LOG-LOT	6-3	270	24	Missouri	13	12
57	Tom Jackson	LLB-RLB	5-11	220	22	Louisville	8	4
12	Charley Johnson	QB	6-0	191	35	Schreiner Institute JC; New Mexico State	14	14
26	Calvin Jones	RCB	5-7	169	22	Washington	14	14
59	Larry Kaminski	C	6-2	244	28	Purdue	12	0
45	Bill Laskey	LLB	6-2	237	30	Michigan	11	11
44	Floyd Little	RB	5-10	196	31	Syracuse	14	13
22	Fran Lynch	RB	6-1	203	28	Oklahoma Military Academy JC; Hofstra	9	0
61	Tommy Lyons	ROG	6-2	230	25	Georgia	14	14
50	Bobby Maples	C	6-3	247	31	Baylor	14	14
81	Billy Masters	TE	6-5	236	29	Louisiana State	11	0
56	Ray May	RLB	6-1	233	28	Los Angeles CC; Southern California	11	10
41	Leroy Mitchell	LCB	6-2	192	29	Texas Southern	12	12
78	Marv Montgomery	LOT	6-6	255	25	Los Angeles Valley JC; Southern California	10	10
21	Randy Montgomery	LCB	5-11	182	26	Everett CC; Weber State	9	2
25	Haven Moses	WR	6-2	200	27	Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State	14	14
88	Riley Odoms	TE	6-4	230	23	Houston	14	14
66	Jim O'Malley	LLB	6-1	230	22	Notre Dame	12	0
48	John Pitts	LLS	6-4	219	28	Santa Ana JC; Arizona State	7	0
10	Steve Ramsey	QB	6-2	210	25	North Texas	5	0
30	Oliver Ross	RB	6-0	210	24	Alabama A&M	4	0
66	Mike Schnitker	LOG	6-3	235	27	Colorado	14	6
80	Jerry Simmons	WR	6-1	190	31	Bethune-Cookman	14	3
51	Mike Simone	RLB	6-0	210	23	Golden West JC; Stanford	14	3
75	Ed Smith	LDT	6-5	241	23	Colorado College	5	0
70	Paul Smith	LDT	6-3	254	28	New Mexico	14	14
36	Billy Thompson	LS	6-1	200	27	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	14
15	Jim Turner	K	6-2	206	32	Utah State	14	0
23	Maurice Tyler	RS	6-0	186	23	Baltimore JC; Morgan State	14	2
42	Billy Van Heusen	P-WR	6-1	200	27	Maryland	14	1
84	Gene Washington	WR	6-3	212	29	Michigan State	14	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	9	Otis Armstrong	RB	Purdue
2	36	Barney Chavous	DE	South Carolina State
3	54	Paul Howard	G	Brigham Young
3	70	John Wood	DT	Louisiana State
4	88	Tom Jackson	LB	Louisville
5	113	Charles McTorry	DB	Tennessee State
7	165	Mike Askea	T	Stanford
7	166	John Grant	DE	Southern California
9	217	Lyle Blackwood	DB	Texas Christian
10	244	Al Marshall	WR	Boise State
11	269	Elton Brown	DE	Utah State
12	296	Jim O'Malley	LB	Notre Dame
13	319	Ed Smith	DE	Colorado College
13	321	Ed White	RB	Tulsa
14	348	John Hufnagel	QB	Penn State
15	373	Calvin Jones	DB	Washington
16	398	Oliver Ross	RB	Alabama A&M
16	400	Ken Muhlbeier	C	Idaho
17	425	Ken Morgan	TE	Elon

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	79	83	80	112
Opponents Totals	57	98	72	69

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		253	111	127	15	80/206 38.8%	/ %	83	745
Opponents Totals		239	97	121	21	77/203 37.9%	/ %	84	824

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Jim Turner	0	40	40	100.0	22	33	66.7	0	106
Floyd Little	13	0	0		0	0		0	78
Haven Moses	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Riley Odoms	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Gene Washington	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Joe Dawkins	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Billy Thompson	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bobby Anderson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Otis Armstrong	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Leroy Mitchell	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jerry Simmons	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Billy Van Heusen	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ken Criter	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	41	40	41	97.6	22	33	66.7	1	354
Opponents Totals	31	30	31	96.8	26	35	74.3	1	296

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jim Turner	22	33	66.7	5/5	5/5	8/9	3/9	1/5
Team Totals	22	33	66.7	5/5	5/5	8/9	3/9	1/5
Opponents Totals	26	35	74.3	8/8	6/8	6/7	8/10	0/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Floyd Little	256	979	3.8	47	12
Joe Dawkins	160	706	4.4	72t	2
Otis Armstrong	26	90	3.5	24	0
Bobby Anderson	19	61	3.2	11	1
Riley Odoms	5	53	10.6	21	0
Billy Van Heusen	4	34	8.5	32	0
Haven Moses	3	25	8.3	22t	1
Oliver Ross	5	21	4.2	8	0
Charley Johnson	7	-2	-0.3	0	0
Jerry Simmons	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Billy Masters	1	-9	-9.0	-9	0
Team Totals	487	1954	4.0	72t	16
Opponents Totals	455	1795	3.9	30	14

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Charley Johnson	346	184	53.2	145	2465	7.1	13.4	62t	20	5.8	17	4.9	26	177	2288	74.9
Steve Ramsey	27	10	37.0	15	194	7.2	19.4	76t	2	7.4	2	7.4	0	0	194	56.7
Bobby Anderson	3	2	66.7	1	47	15.7	23.5	28	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	47	109.7
Billy Van Heusen	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	1	10	-10	39.6
Jim Turner	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	378	196	51.9	162	2706	7.2	13.8	76t	22	5.8	20	5.3	27	187	2519	72.5
Opponents Totals	387	202	52.2	171	2766	7.1	13.7	80t	15	3.9	14	3.6	36	326	2440	73.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Riley Odoms	43	629	14.6	47t	7
Floyd Little	41	423	10.3	50t	1
Joe Dawkins	30	329	11.0	42	0
Haven Moses	28	518	18.5	76t	8
Bobby Anderson	15	153	10.2	29	0
Jerry Simmons	13	249	19.2	53	1
Gene Washington	10	150	15.0	28	3
Billy Van Heusen	8	149	18.6	62t	1
Billy Masters	5	65	13.0	28	0
Otis Armstrong	2	43	21.5	36t	1
Larron Jackson	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Team Totals	196	2706	13.8	76t	22
Opponents Totals	202	2766	13.7	80t	15

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Calvin Jones	4	69	17.3	31	0
Billy Thompson	3	96	32.0	59t	1
Leroy Mitchell	2	43	21.5	40t	1
Bill Laskey	2	3	1.5	3	0
Fred Forsberg	1	7	7.0	7	0
Charlie Greer	1	1	1.0	1	0
Ray May	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	14	220	15.7	59t	2
Opponents Totals	20	331	16.6	80t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Billy Van Heusen	69	3114	45.1	78	0	3	15	257	2797	40.5
Team Totals	69	3114	45.1	78	0	3	15	257	2797	40.5
Opponents Totals	69	2988	43.3	68	1			404

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Billy Thompson	30	6	366	12.2	53
Maurice Tyler	4	0	20	5.0	6
Charlie Greer	3	3	11	3.7	11
Floyd Little	1	0	7	7.0	7
Ken Criter	1	0	0	0.0	0
Leroy Mitchell	1	0	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	40	9	404	10.1	53
Opponents Totals	31	12	257	8.3	44

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Otis Armstrong	20	472	23.6	50	0
Joe Dawkins	10	222	22.2	31	0
Billy Thompson	1	25	25.0	25	0
Maurice Tyler	1	23	23.0	23	0
Randy Montgomery	1	22	22.0	22	0
Fran Lynch	1	14	14.0	14	0
Fred Forsberg	1	12	12.0	12	0
Mike Simone	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	36	793	22.0	50	0
Opponents Totals	61	1244	20.4	82t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Paul Smith	9.0
Lyle Alzado	8.0
Barney Chavous	5.0
Pete Duranko	5.0
Ray May	3.0
Charlie Greer	1.0
Fred Forsberg	1.0
Bill Laskey	1.0
Billy Thompson	1.0
(Team)	2.0
Team Totals	36.0	326.0
Opponents Totals	27.0	187.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Lyle Alzado	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Otis Armstrong	1		0	0	0	0	0
Barney Chavous	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ken Criter	0	0	1	1	2	2	0
Joe Dawkins	4		1	0	1	0	0
Pete Duranko	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Fred Forsberg	1		0	0	0	0	0
Tom Graham	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Grant	0	0	0	1	1	10	0
Charlie Greer	1		1	1	2	0	0
Charley Johnson	5		3	0	3	-6	0
Calvin Jones	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Laskey	1		0	1	1	0	0
Floyd Little	3		0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Lyons	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Billy Masters	1		1	0	1	0	0
Haven Moses	1		0	0	0	0	0
Riley Odoms	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jim O'Malley	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Ramsey	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Simone	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Paul Smith	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Thompson	2		1	1	2	80	1
Maurice Tyler	0	0	0	2	2	5	0
Team Totals	21	10	11	15	26	91	1
Opponents Totals	26	15	10	9	19		0