1970 Denver Broncos Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
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 RosterTeam 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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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Liske | 238 | 112 | 47.1 | 1340 | 5.6 | 7 | 2.9 | 11 | 4.6 | 74 | 28 | 228 | 55.3 |
| Steve Tensi | 80 | 38 | 47.5 | 539 | 6.7 | 3 | 3.8 | 8 | 10.0 | 42 | 6 | 35 | 42.7 |
| Alan Pastrana | 75 | 29 | 38.7 | 420 | 5.6 | 1 | 1.3 | 9 | 12.0 | 58 | 8 | 60 | 22.5 |
| Bobby Anderson | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 59 | 8.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 84.8 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Floyd Little | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 403 | 183 | 45.4 | 2358 | 5.9 | 11 | 2.7 | 28 | 6.9 | 74 | 44 | 333 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Little | 209 | 901 | 4.3 | 80 | 3 |
| Bobby Anderson | 83 | 368 | 4.4 | 27 | 4 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 69 | 200 | 2.9 | 25 | 5 |
| Clem Turner | 29 | 106 | 3.7 | 14 | 2 |
| Alan Pastrana | 14 | 89 | 6.4 | 14 | 1 |
| Fran Lynch | 20 | 81 | 4.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Pete Liske | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Steve Tensi | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Haffner | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 436 | 1802 | 4.1 | 80 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Denson | 47 | 646 | 13.7 | 42 | 2 |
| Jim Whalen | 36 | 503 | 14.0 | 34 | 3 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 18 | 105 | 5.8 | 35 | 1 |
| Floyd Little | 17 | 161 | 9.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 16 | 382 | 23.9 | 74 | 2 |
| Mike Haffner | 12 | 196 | 16.3 | 28 | 1 |
| Bobby Anderson | 9 | 140 | 15.6 | 37 | 0 |
| Billy Masters | 9 | 83 | 9.2 | 18 | 2 |
| Clem Turner | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Fran Lynch | 7 | 69 | 9.9 | 36 | 0 |
| John Embree | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Totals | 183 | 2358 | 12.9 | 74 | 11 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Van Heusen | 87 | 3732 | 42.9 | 64 |
| Totals | 87 | 3732 | 42.9 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Thompson | 23 | 233 | 10.1 | 45 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 22 | 187 | 8.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Charlie Greer | 14 | 123 | 8.8 | 38 | 0 |
| Pete Jaquess | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 63 | 556 | 8.8 | 45 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Anderson | 21 | 520 | 24.8 | 39 | 0 |
| Jerry Hendren | 8 | 197 | 24.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Bill Thompson | 9 | 188 | 20.9 | 29 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 6 | 126 | 21.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Clem Turner | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Dave Washington | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ken Criter | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Chip Myrtle | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 49 | 1103 | 22.5 | 39 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Martha | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Charlie Greer | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Cornell Gordon | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Bill Thompson | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Bob Wade | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 16 | 220 | 13.8 | 50 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Greer | 0 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Costa | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Washington | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Sam Brunelli | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Martha | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Cunningham | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Criter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willis Crenshaw | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Thompson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chip Myrtle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Kaminski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Booker Edgerson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Forsberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Tensi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alan Pastrana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Haffner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Whalen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fran Lynch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Liske | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 23 | 25 | 50 | 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 | 18 | 27 | 0 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Willis Crenshaw | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Bobby Anderson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Floyd Little | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Jim Whalen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Billy Masters | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Al Denson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Clem Turner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Alan Pastrana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Fran Lynch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Pete Liske | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mike Haffner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Dave Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 251 |
