1969 Denver Broncos Statistics
American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 5-8-1
Finishing 4th in the AFL's West Division
Coach: Lou Saban (5-8-1)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1969 Denver Broncos RosterTeam Record: 5-8-1
Finishing 4th in the AFL's West Division
Coach: Lou Saban (5-8-1)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1969 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the American Football League ended the 1969 season with a record of 5 wins and 8 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the AFL's West Division.
The Broncos racked up 297 points, but the defensive squad surrendered 344. Steve Tensi tossed for 1,990 yards. Al Denson hauled in 53 passes for 809 yards.
Floyd Little ran for a team-best 729 yards for Denver.
Bill Thompson intercepted 3 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 | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Tensi | 286 | 131 | 45.8 | 1990 | 7.0 | 14 | 4.9 | 12 | 4.2 | 79 | 29 | 208 | 68.1 |
| Pete Liske | 115 | 61 | 53.0 | 845 | 7.3 | 9 | 7.8 | 11 | 9.6 | 71 | 15 | 103 | 63.4 |
| Floyd Little | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 403 | 192 | 47.6 | 2835 | 7.0 | 23 | 5.7 | 23 | 5.7 | 79 | 44 | 311 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Little | 146 | 729 | 5.0 | 48 | 6 |
| Fran Lynch | 96 | 407 | 4.2 | 54 | 2 |
| Frank Quayle | 57 | 183 | 3.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Tommie Smiley | 56 | 166 | 3.0 | 26 | 3 |
| Steve Tensi | 12 | 63 | 5.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Pete Liske | 10 | 50 | 5.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Wandy Williams | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 8 | 1 |
| Al Denson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Burnett | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Henry Jones | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 394 | 1637 | 4.2 | 54 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Denson | 53 | 809 | 15.3 | 62 | 10 |
| Mike Haffner | 35 | 563 | 16.1 | 46 | 5 |
| John Embree | 29 | 469 | 16.2 | 79 | 5 |
| Floyd Little | 19 | 218 | 11.5 | 67 | 1 |
| Frank Quayle | 11 | 167 | 15.2 | 71 | 0 |
| Tom Beer | 9 | 200 | 22.2 | 48 | 0 |
| Dave Pivec | 9 | 117 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Fran Lynch | 9 | 86 | 9.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Wandy Williams | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Tommie Smiley | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 17 | 1 |
| Tom Buckman | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Alan Pastrana | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 192 | 2835 | 14.8 | 79 | 23 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Hollomon | 47 | 1868 | 39.7 | 57 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 25 | 1021 | 40.8 | 61 |
| Totals | 72 | 2889 | 40.1 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Thompson | 25 | 288 | 11.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 52 | 0 |
| George Burrell | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 42 | 0 |
| Charlie Greer | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 450 | 12.2 | 52 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wandy Williams | 23 | 574 | 25.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Bill Thompson | 18 | 513 | 28.5 | 63 | 0 |
| George Burrell | 6 | 108 | 18.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ken Criter | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Walt Barnes | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Chip Myrtle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Hollomon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 56 | 1323 | 23.6 | 63 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Thompson | 3 | 92 | 30.7 | 57 | 1 |
| George Burrell | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 38 | 1 |
| Grady Cavness | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 29 | 0 |
| John Huard | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Charlie Greer | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Carl Cunningham | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gus Hollomon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 14 | 228 | 16.3 | 57 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Duranko | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Thompson | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grady Cavness | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gus Hollomon | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chip Myrtle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Oberg | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommie Smiley | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wallace Dickey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Greer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Inman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Tensi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Jaquess | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Floyd Little | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Liske | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fran Lynch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Quayle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bobby Howfield | 13 | 36 | 0 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Al Denson | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
| Floyd Little | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
| Mike Haffner | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| John Embree | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Tommie Smiley | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Fran Lynch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Wandy Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Tom Buckman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| George Burrell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Bill Thompson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 297 |
