1968 Denver Broncos Statistics

American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 5-9
Finishing 4th in the AFL's West Division
Coach: Lou Saban (5-9)
Location: Denver, Colorado

1968 Denver Broncos Roster
1968 Denver Broncos Results

The Denver Broncos of the American Football League ended the 1968 season with a record of 5 wins and 9 losses, finishing fourth in the AFL's West Division.

The Broncos chalked up 255 points, but the wobbly defensive unit surrendered 404. Marlin Briscoe threw for 1,589 yards. Eric Crabtree hauled in 35 passes for 601 yards. Al Denson provided receiving help as well.

Floyd Little ran for a team-best 584 yards for Denver.

Pete Jaquess picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition.

Lou Saban coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Marlin Briscoe	224	93	41.5	1589	7.1	14	6.2	13	5.8	66	62.9
Steve Tensi	119	48	40.3	709	6.0	5	4.2	8	6.7	72	46.5
Jim LeClair	54	27	50.0	401	7.4	1	1.9	5	9.3	50	42.3
John McCormick	19	8	42.1	89	4.7	0	0.0	1	5.3	18	34.8
Mike Haffner	1	1	100.0	18	18.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	18	118.8
Joe DiVito	6	1	16.7	16	2.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	16	39.6
Fran Lynch	2	1	50.0	4	2.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	56.3
Floyd Little	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	427	179	41.9	2826	6.6	20	4.7	27	6.3	72

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Floyd Little	158	584	3.7	55	3
Marlin Briscoe	41	308	7.5	34	3
Fran Lynch	66	221	3.3	19	4
Garrett Ford	41	186	4.5	23	1
Brendan McCarthy	28	89	3.2	12	0
Terry Erwin	24	76	3.2	9	0
Ron Lamb	22	63	2.9	17	0
Jim LeClair	12	40	3.3	12	0
Alex Moore	4	22	5.5	10	0
Hub Lindsey	4	17	4.2	7	0
Billy Van Heusen	1	6	6.0	6	0
Mike Haffner	2	2	1.0	1	0
Steve Tensi	6	2	0.3	2	0
Jim Jones	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Joe DiVito	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Totals	411	1614	3.9	55	11

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Eric Crabtree	35	601	17.2	72	5
Al Denson	34	586	17.2	44	5
Tom Beer	20	276	13.8	31	1
Billy Van Heusen	19	353	18.6	50	3
Floyd Little	19	331	17.4	66	1
Jim Jones	13	190	14.6	60	2
Mike Haffner	12	232	19.3	52	1
Brendan McCarthy	7	69	9.9	40	2
Garrett Ford	6	40	6.7	12	0
Fran Lynch	4	52	13.0	22	0
Alex Moore	3	35	11.7	16	0
Ron Lamb	3	10	3.3	10	0
Terry Erwin	2	21	10.5	17	0
Chip Myrtle	1	18	18.0	18	0
Dave Washington	1	12	12.0	12	0
Totals	179	2826	15.8	72	20

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Bobby Howfield	30	30	100.0	18	9	50.0	57
Bob Humphreys	1	1	100.0	5	1	20.0	4
Totals	31	31	100.0	23	10	43.5	61

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Billy Van Heusen	88	3853	43.8	68
Joe DiVito	8	242	30.2	47
Totals	96	4095	42.7	68

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Floyd Little	24	261	10.9	67	1
Charlie Greer	9	53	5.9	12	0
Tommy Luke	3	13	4.3	10	0
Pete Jaquess	2	5	2.5	5	0
Totals	38	332	8.7	67	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Floyd Little	26	649	25.0	89
Gus Hollomon	7	194	27.7	67
Jesse Van Stokes	5	106	21.2	30
Drake Garrett	3	77	25.7	30
Alex Moore	4	74	18.5	28
Hub Lindsey	3	72	24.0	29
Terry Erwin	3	55	18.3	25
Charlie Greer	2	41	20.5	32
Tommy Luke	2	34	17.0	20
Eric Crabtree	1	30	30.0	30
Fred Forsberg	2	16	8.0	12
Wallace Dickey	1	13	13.0	13
Pete Jaquess	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	60	1361	22.7	89

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Pete Jaquess	5	64	12.8	28
Charlie Greer	4	18	4.5	14
Tom Oberg	3	17	5.7	16
John Huard	2	35	17.5	26
Drake Garrett	2	6	3.0	6
Gus Hollomon	1	16	16.0	16
Fred Forsberg	1	6	6.0	6
Carl Cunningham	1	3	3.0	3
Jack Lentz	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	20	165	8.2	28

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Jim LeClair			5	3	-27	0
Floyd Little			6	3	0
Dave Costa			0	2	0	0
Bob Young			0	2	0	0
George Goeddeke			0	2	0	0
Tom Beer			0	1	0
Drake Garrett		0	1	1	0	0
Gus Hollomon		0	2	1	0	0
Ron Lamb			1	1	-1	0
Jack Lentz		0	0	1	0	0
Charlie Greer		0	1	1	0	0
George Gaiser			0	1	0	0
Billy Van Heusen			0	1	0
Joe DiVito			1	1	0	0
Tom Oberg		0	0	1	0	0
Larry Kaminski			0	1	0	0
Jerry Inman			0	1	0	0
Fran Lynch			1	1	0
Frank Richter			0	1	0	0
Jesse Van Stokes			0	1	0	0
Hub Lindsey			1	0	0	0
Terry Erwin			1	0	0	0
Alex Moore			1	0	0	0
Brendan McCarthy			2	0	0
Garrett Ford			1	0	0
Pete Jaquess		0	1	0	0	0
Marlin Briscoe			3	0	0
Totals	0	0	28	27	-28	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Bobby Howfield									9	30	0			57
Eric Crabtree		5		0					0	0	0			30
Floyd Little	3	1	1	0					0	0	0			30
Al Denson		5							0	0	0			30
Fran Lynch	4	0							0	0	0			24
Billy Van Heusen	0	3							0	0	0			18
Marlin Briscoe	3								0	0	0			18
Brendan McCarthy	0	2							0	0	0			12
Jim Jones	0	2							0	0	0			12
Garrett Ford	1	0							0	0	0			6
Mike Haffner	0	1							0	0	0			6
Tom Beer		1							0	0	0			6
Bob Humphreys									1	1	0			4
Chip Myrtle		0							0	0	0		1	2
Totals	11	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	31	0	0	1	255