
1970 Denver Broncos Roster
Team Record: 5-8-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Lou Saban (5-8-1)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1970 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 1970 season with a record of 5 wins and 8 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
Denver scored 253 points, while the defense surrendered 264. Floyd Little ran for a team-best 901 yards for the Broncos.
Pete Liske tossed for 1,340 yards. Al Denson paced all receivers, hauling in 47 passes for 646 yards, while Jim Whalen was targeted regularly, too.
Paul Martha picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition.
Lou Saban coached the team.
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# | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
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68 | Steve Alexakos | G | December 15, 1946 | 6'2" | 250 | Arizona St. | Lowell, MA USA | 8 | 1 |
11 | Bobby Anderson | KR | October 11, 1947 | 6'0" | 208 | Colorado | Midland, MI USA | 14 | 0 |
56 | Jay Bachman | C | December 8, 1945 | 6'3" | 250 | Cincinnati | Hamilton, OH USA | 11 | 1 |
73 | Walt Barnes | DT-DE | January 19, 1944 | 6'3" | 245 | Nebraska | Chicago, IL USA | 6 | 0 |
72 | Sam Brunelli | LT | December 13, 1943 | 6'2" | 270 | Colorado St. | Fort Morgan, CO USA | 13 | 12 |
51 | Bill Butler | LB | August 4, 1947 | 6'4" | 226 | Cal State-Northridge | Los Angeles, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
63 | Dave Costa | RDT | October 27, 1941 | 6'2" | 250 | Utah | Yonkers, NY USA | 14 | 14 |
33 | Willis Crenshaw | FB | July 16, 1941 | 6'2" | 230 | Kansas St. | St. Louis, MO USA | 12 | 12 |
78 | Ken Criter | LB | February 17, 1947 | 6'0" | 225 | Wisconsin | Fond du Lac, WI USA | 14 | 1 |
50 | Carl Cunningham | LLB | July 23, 1944 | 6'4" | 230 | Houston | Houston, TX USA | 14 | 14 |
74 | Mike Current | RT | September 17, 1945 | 6'5" | 274 | Ohio St. | Lima, OH USA | 14 | 14 |
32 | Dick Davis | RB | November 28, 1946 | 5'11" | 215 | Nebraska | Omaha, NE USA | 2 | 0 |
88 | Al Denson | WR | January 2, 1942 | 6'2" | 208 | Florida A&M | Jacksonville, FL USA | 14 | 14 |
55 | Pete Duranko | RDE | December 15, 1943 | 6'2" | 250 | Notre Dame | Johnstown, PA USA | 14 | 14 |
24 | Booker Edgerson | DB | July 5, 1939 | 5'10" | 183 | West. Illinois | Baxter, AR USA | 6 | 0 |
89 | John Embree | FL | July 13, 1944 | 6'4" | 194 | Compton CC (CA) | St. Louis, MO USA | 7 | 1 |
52 | Fred Forsberg | MLB | July 4, 1944 | 6'1" | 235 | Washington | Tacoma, WA USA | 14 | 13 |
23 | Drake Garrett | DB | March 19, 1946 | 5'9" | 183 | Michigan St. | Dayton, OH USA | 1 | 0 |
67 | George Goeddeke | LG | July 29, 1945 | 6'3" | 253 | Notre Dame | Detroit, MI USA | 14 | 14 |
28 | Cornell Gordon | LCB | January 6, 1941 | 6'0" | 187 | North Carolina A&T | Norfolk, VA USA | 14 | 14 |
20 | Charlie Greer | SS | April 4, 1946 | 6'0" | 205 | Colorado | Atlanta, GA USA | 14 | 14 |
84 | Mike Haffner | WR | July 7, 1942 | 6'2" | 200 | UCLA | Waterloo, IA USA | 11 | 6 |
86 | Jerry Hendren | WR | November 4, 1947 | 6'2" | 187 | Idaho | Spokane, WA USA | 10 | 0 |
3 | Bobby Howfield | K | December 3, 1936 | 5'9" | 180 | none | Bushey, England | 14 | 0 |
62 | Jerry Inman | DT | February 4, 1940 | 6'2" | 256 | Boise St. | Manhattan, KS USA | 11 | 1 |
87 | Rich Jackson | LDE | July 22, 1941 | 6'3" | 255 | Southern | New Orleans, LA USA | 14 | 14 |
43 | Pete Jaquess | DB | December 25, 1940 | 6'0" | 185 | East. New Mexico | Earth, TX USA | 13 | 2 |
59 | Larry Kaminski | C | January 6, 1945 | 6'2" | 245 | Purdue | Cleveland, OH USA | 14 | 14 |
14 | Pete Liske | QB | May 24, 1942 | 6'3" | 200 | Penn St. | Plainfield, NJ USA | 11 | 9 |
44 | Floyd Little | RB | July 4, 1942 | 5'10" | 196 | Syracuse | New Haven, CT USA | 14 | 14 |
22 | Fran Lynch | RB | December 3, 1945 | 6'1" | 205 | Hofstra | Bridgeport, CT USA | 14 | 2 |
47 | Paul Martha | FS | June 22, 1942 | 6'0" | 187 | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 13 | 12 |
81 | Billy Masters | TE | March 15, 1944 | 6'5" | 240 | LSU | Grayson, LA USA | 14 | 2 |
58 | Bill McKoy | LB | July 17, 1948 | 6'3" | 235 | Purdue | Winston-Salem, NC USA | 2 | 0 |
49 | Alvin Mitchell | DB | October 18, 1943 | 6'3" | 195 | Morgan St. | Philadelphia, PA USA | 2 | 1 |
54 | Chip Myrtle | LB | February 6, 1945 | 6'2" | 225 | Maryland | Hyattsville, MD USA | 14 | 2 |
12 | Alan Pastrana | QB | November 20, 1944 | 6'1" | 190 | Maryland | Annapolis, MD USA | 5 | 3 |
77 | Alden Roche | DE | April 9, 1945 | 6'4" | 255 | Southern | New Orleans, LA USA | 14 | 0 |
26 | George Saimes | DB | September 1, 1941 | 5'11" | 186 | Michigan St. | Canton, OH USA | 8 | 2 |
64 | Mike Schnitker | G | December 30, 1946 | 6'3" | 245 | Colorado | Atcheson County, MO USA | 14 | 2 |
70 | Paul Smith | LDT | August 13, 1945 | 6'3" | 256 | New Mexico | Ada, OK USA | 14 | 14 |
13 | Steve Tensi | QB | December 8, 1942 | 6'5" | 215 | Florida St. | Cincinnati, OH USA | 7 | 2 |
36 | Bill Thompson | PR | October 10, 1946 | 6'1" | 201 | Md-Eastern Shore | Greenville, SC USA | 9 | 9 |
35 | Clem Turner | RB,HB/TE | May 28, 1945 | 6'1" | 236 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH USA | 11 | 0 |
42 | Billy Van Heusen | P | August 27, 1946 | 6'1" | 200 | Maryland | New Rochelle, NY USA | 14 | 5 |
37 | Bob Wade | DB | December 9, 1944 | 6'2" | 200 | Morgan St. | Baltimore, MD USA | 3 | 2 |
56 | Dave Washington | RLB | September 12, 1948 | 6'5" | 223 | Alcorn St. | Tuscaloosa, AL USA | 13 | 11 |
83 | Jim Whalen | TE | May 20, 1943 | 6'2" | 210 | Boston Col. | Cambridge, MA USA | 14 | 13 |
29 | Wandy Williams | RB | January 3, 1946 | 6'1" | 189 | Kansas | Brooklyn, NY USA | 1 | 0 |
60 | Bob Young | RG | September 3, 1942 | 6'1" | 270 | Texas | Marshall, TX USA | 14 | 12 |