1974 Denver Broncos (NFL)

2nd place American Football Conference Western Division 7-6-1 .536

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

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/3/1974	H	New York Jets	19-41	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	27599
Sat	8/10/1974	H	Minnesota Vikings	27-21	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	23822
Sun	8/18/1974	A	San Francisco 49ers	10-3	W		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	29908
Sat	8/24/1974	A	Green Bay Packers	31-21	W		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	56257
Sat	8/31/1974	N	New England Patriots	27-21	W		Spokane, WA	Joe Albi Stadium	18000
Sun	9/8/1974	H	Atlanta Falcons	14-20	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	43253
Sun	9/15/1974	H	Los Angeles Rams	10-17	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	56981
Sun	9/22/1974	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	35-35	T	OT	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	50858
Mon	9/30/1974	A	Washington Redskins	3-30	L		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	54395
Sun	10/6/1974	A	Kansas City Chiefs	17-14	W		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	67298
Sun	10/13/1974	H	New Orleans Saints	33-17	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	50751
Sun	10/20/1974	H	San Diego Chargers	27-7	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	50748
Sun	10/27/1974	A	Cleveland Browns	21-23	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	60478
Sun	11/3/1974	H	Oakland Raiders	17-28	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	45766
Sun	11/10/1974	A	Baltimore Colts	17-6	W		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	32244
Mon	11/18/1974	H	Kansas City Chiefs	34-42	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	50236
Sun	11/24/1974	A	Oakland Raiders	20-17	W		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	51224
Thu	11/28/1974	A	Detroit Lions	31-27	W		Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	51157
Sun	12/8/1974	H	Houston Oilers	37-14	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	46942
Sun	12/15/1974	A	San Diego Chargers	0-17	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	35756

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	25	Yankton	14	14
24	Otis Armstrong	RB	5-10	196	24	Purdue	14	14
65	LeFrancis Arnold	OG	6-3	295	22	Oregon	2	0
87	Boyd Brown	TE	6-4	216	22	Alcorn State	14	0
79	Barney Chavous	LDE	6-3	254	23	South Carolina State	14	14
54	Ralph Cindrich	LB	6-1	227	25	Pittsburgh	1	0
76	Steve Coleman	DE	6-4	252	24	Delaware State	2	0
53	Ken Criter	MLB	5-11	224	27	Wisconsin	14	0
74	Mike Current	ROT	6-4	267	29	Ohio State	14	14
76	Tom Drougas	OT	6-4	257	25	Oregon	4	0
55	Pete Duranko	RDT	6-2	249	31	Notre Dame	14	9
52	Randy Gradishar	MLB-RLB	6-3	233	22	Ohio State	14	3
58	Tom Graham	LLB	6-2	235	24	Oregon	6	0
63	John Grant	LDT-RDT	6-3	235	24	Southern California	13	13
20	Charlie Greer	RS	6-0	203	28	Colorado	11	10
43	Lonnie Hepburn	LCB-RCB	5-11	185	25	Texas Southern	14	4
60	Paul Howard	ROG	6-3	260	24	Brigham Young	14	5
16	John Hufnagel	QB	6-1	194	23	Penn State	4	0
68	Larron Jackson	LOG	6-3	270	25	Missouri	14	8
57	Tom Jackson	RLB-LLB	5-11	220	23	Louisville	13	12
12	Charley Johnson	QB	6-0	191	36	Schreiner Institute JC; New Mexico State	14	12
26	Calvin Jones	RCB	5-7	169	23	Washington	14	14
72	Bob Kampa	LDT	6-4	252	23	Gavilan JC; California	4	1
32	Jon Keyworth	RB	6-3	230	24	Colorado	14	5
45	Bill Laskey	LLB	6-2	237	31	Michigan	14	10
44	Floyd Little	RB	5-10	196	32	Syracuse	14	9
22	Fran Lynch	RB	6-1	203	29	Oklahoma Military Academy JC; Hofstra	12	0
61	Tommy Lyons	ROG	6-2	230	26	Georgia	14	14
50	Bobby Maples	C	6-3	247	32	Baylor	14	14
81	Billy Masters	TE	6-5	236	30	Louisiana State	13	1
56	Ray May	MLB	6-1	233	29	Los Angeles CC; Southern California	14	12
71	Claudie Minor	LOT	6-4	278	23	Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego CC; San Diego State	14	14
78	Marv Montgomery	OT	6-6	255	26	Los Angeles Valley JC; Southern California	4	0
25	Haven Moses	WR	6-2	200	28	Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State	13	13
88	Riley Odoms	TE	6-4	230	24	Houston	14	14
66	Jim O'Malley	RLB	6-1	230	23	Notre Dame	14	5
48	John Pitts	FS-SS	6-4	219	29	Santa Ana JC; Arizona State	13	4
10	Steve Ramsey	QB	6-2	210	26	North Texas	7	2
59	Joe Rizzo	LB	6-1	220	24	Merchant Marine	11	0
30	Oliver Ross	RB	6-0	210	25	Alabama A&M	7	0
46	John Rowser	LCB	6-1	183	30	Michigan	11	10
64	Mike Schnitker	LOG	6-3	235	28	Colorado	12	10
80	Jerry Simmons	WR	6-1	190	32	Bethune-Cookman	14	2
51	Mike Simone	RLB	6-0	210	24	Golden West JC; Stanford	14	0
75	Ed Smith	RDT-LDE-RDE	6-5	241	24	Colorado College	11	3
70	Paul Smith	LDT	6-3	254	29	New Mexico	4	2
17	Larry Steele	P	5-10	182	24	Santa Rosa JC	1	0
85	Otto Stowe	WR	6-2	188	25	Iowa State	8	0
36	Billy Thompson	SS	6-1	200	28	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	14
15	Jim Turner	K	6-2	206	33	Utah State	14	0
23	Maurice Tyler	FS	6-0	186	24	Baltimore JC; Morgan State	14	0
42	Billy Van Heusen	WR-P	6-1	200	28	Maryland	14	12

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	14	Randy Gradishar	LB	Ohio State
2	42	Carl Wafer	DT	Tennessee State
3	68	Claudie Minor	T	San Diego State
4	92	Ozell Collier	DB	Colorado
6	145	John Winesberry	WR	Stanford
10	248	Charlie Johnson	DB	Southern University
11	276	Steve Buchanan	RB	Holy Cross
12	301	Larry Cameron	LB	Alcorn State
13	326	Johnny Clerkley	DT	Fort Valley State
14	354	Rich Marks	DB	Northern Illinois
15	379	Peil Pennington	QB	Massachusetts
16	404	Darrell Austin	T	South Carolina
17	432	Boyd Brown	TE	Alcorn State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	80	80	91	51	0
Opponents Totals	65	88	73	68	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		258	120	118	20	64/177 36.2%	/ %	76	632
Opponents Totals		265	109	135	21	89/210 42.4%	/ %	78	595

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Otis Armstrong	12	0	0		0	0		0	72
Jim Turner	0	35	38	92.1	11	21	52.4	0	68
Jon Keyworth	10	0	0		0	0		0	60
Riley Odoms	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Billy Van Heusen	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Haven Moses	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Jerry Simmons	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Floyd Little	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Otto Stowe	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Billy Thompson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	39	35	39	89.7	11	21	52.4	0	302
Opponents Totals	35	34	35	97.1	16	24	66.7	1	294

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jim Turner	11	21	52.4	0/1	3/4	6/7	2/8	0/1
Team Totals	11	21	52.4	0/1	3/4	6/7	2/8	0/1
Opponents Totals	16	24	66.7	2/2	8/9	4/6	1/3	1/4

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Otis Armstrong	263	1407	5.3	43	9
Jon Keyworth	81	374	4.6	30t	10
Floyd Little	117	312	2.7	22	1
Riley Odoms	4	25	6.3	31	0
John Hufnagel	2	22	11.0	18	0
Haven Moses	2	16	8.0	11	0
Oliver Ross	3	8	2.7	7	0
Otto Stowe	1	1	1.0	1	0
Billy Van Heusen	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Fran Lynch	3	-2	-0.7	1	0
Steve Ramsey	5	-2	-0.4	1	0
Charley Johnson	4	-3	-0.8	0	0
Team Totals	486	2157	4.4	43	20
Opponents Totals	487	1808	3.7	27	17

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Charley Johnson	244	136	55.7	99	1969	8.1	14.5	73t	13	5.3	9	3.7	36	270	1699	84.5
Steve Ramsey	74	41	55.4	26	580	7.8	14.1	43t	5	6.8	7	9.5	9	55	525	64.0
John Hufnagel	10	6	60.0	3	70	7.0	11.7	28	0	0.0	1	10.0	1	7	63	41.7
Billy Van Heusen	1	1	100.0	0	41	41.0	41.0	41	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	41	118.8
Team Totals	329	184	55.9	128	2660	8.1	14.5	73t	18	5.5	17	5.2	46	332	2328	79.1
Opponents Totals	426	237	55.6	167	2805	6.6	11.8	61t	14	3.3	22	5.2	32	222	2583	65.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Riley Odoms	42	639	15.2	41	6
Otis Armstrong	38	405	10.7	48t	3
Haven Moses	34	559	16.4	42	2
Floyd Little	29	344	11.9	72	0
Billy Van Heusen	16	421	26.3	73t	4
Jon Keyworth	12	109	9.1	18	0
Jerry Simmons	10	161	16.1	36	2
Otto Stowe	2	9	4.5	5	1
Oliver Ross	1	13	13.0	13	0
Team Totals	184	2660	14.5	73t	18
Opponents Totals	237	2805	11.8	61t	14

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Thompson	5	105	21.0	38t	1
Calvin Jones	5	19	3.8	11	0
John Rowser	4	56	14.0	33	0
Ray May	2	40	20.0	25	0
Tom Jackson	1	39	39.0	39	0
Charlie Greer	1	23	23.0	23	0
Bill Laskey	1	3	3.0	3	0
John Pitts	1	2	2.0	2	0
Ed Smith	1	2	2.0	2	0
Maurice Tyler	1	0	0.0	0	0
Lonnie Hepburn	0	22		22L	0
Team Totals	22	311	14.1	39	1
Opponents Totals	17	304	17.9	55t	3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Billy Van Heusen	75	3024	40.3	61	1	529
Team Totals	75	3024	40.3	61	1	529
Opponents Totals	70	2985	42.6	66	0	474

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Billy Thompson	26	1	350	13.5	60
Charlie Greer	13	5	90	6.9	22
Floyd Little	4	1	34	8.5	17
Team Totals	43	7	474	11.0	60
Opponents Totals	45	1	529	11.8	72

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Otis Armstrong	16	386	24.1	41	0
Billy Thompson	13	325	25.0	37	0
Floyd Little	8	171	21.4	31	0
Oliver Ross	7	117	16.7	31	0
Jon Keyworth	4	85	21.3	26	0
Boyd Brown	3	56	18.7	22	0
Ken Criter	3	48	16.0	20	0
Team Totals	54	1188	22.0	41	0
Opponents Totals	57	1369	24.0	84t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Lyle Alzado	13.0
Barney Chavous	9.0
Tom Jackson	4.0
Pete Duranko	1.0
John Grant	1.0
Ray May	1.0
John Pitts	1.0
Mike Simone	1.0
Ed Smith	1.0
Team Totals	32.0	222.0
Opponents Totals	46.0	332.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Lyle Alzado	0	0	0	2	2	0
Otis Armstrong	6		1	0	1	0
Barney Chavous	0	0	0	2	2	0
Mike Current	0	0	1	0	1	0
Charlie Greer	2		1	1	2	3
Charley Johnson	4		3	0	3	-9
Jon Keyworth	1		1	0	1	0
Bill Laskey	0	0	0	1	1	0
Floyd Little	2		1	0	1	0
Bobby Maples	0	0	1	0	1	0
Ray May	0	0	0	1	1	0
Haven Moses	1		0	0	0	0
Steve Ramsey	3		0	0	0	0
Oliver Ross	1		0	0	0	0
Mike Simone	0	0	0	1	1	17
Ed Smith	1		1	0	1	0
Billy Thompson	1		0	2	2	0
Jim Turner	0	0	0	1	1	0
Billy Van Heusen	1		0	0	0	0
Team Totals	23	13	10	11	21	11
Opponents Totals	22	11	10	13	23