
1972 Denver Broncos Statistics
Team Record: 5-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: John Ralston (5-9)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1972 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 1972 season with a record of 5 wins and 9 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
Denver chalked up 325 points, while the defense allowed 350. Charley Johnson passed for 1,783 yards, and Steve Ramsey spent time under center, too. Rod Sherman hauled in 38 passes for 661 yards.
Floyd Little ran for a team-best 859 yards for the Broncos.
Leroy Mitchell intercepted 3 errant tosses from the opposition.
John Ralston coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charley Johnson | 238 | 132 | 55.5 | 1783 | 7.5 | 14 | 5.9 | 14 | 5.9 | 60 | 12 | 82 | 74.6 |
Steve Ramsey | 137 | 65 | 47.4 | 1050 | 7.7 | 3 | 2.2 | 9 | 6.6 | 55 | 26 | 184 | 53.5 |
Floyd Little | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 43 | 21.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
Bobby Anderson | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 14 | 4.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 88.9 |
Mike Ernst | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 384 | 201 | 52.3 | 2900 | 7.6 | 19 | 4.9 | 23 | 6.0 | 60 | 38 | 266 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Floyd Little | 216 | 859 | 4.0 | 55 | 9 |
Bobby Anderson | 72 | 319 | 4.4 | 40 | 1 |
Joe Dawkins | 56 | 243 | 4.3 | 19 | 2 |
Fran Lynch | 34 | 164 | 4.8 | 28 | 2 |
Billy Van Heusen | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 66 | 1 |
Riley Odoms | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 27 | 0 |
Jim Krieg | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 0 |
Clem Turner | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 13 | 0 |
Steve Ramsey | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 8 | 2 |
Haven Moses | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 14 | 0 |
Dwight Harrison | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Mike Ernst | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Rod Sherman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Charley Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Masters | 3 | -15 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 409 | 1838 | 4.5 | 66 | 17 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rod Sherman | 38 | 661 | 17.4 | 55 | 3 |
Floyd Little | 28 | 367 | 13.1 | 40 | 4 |
Billy Masters | 25 | 393 | 15.7 | 27 | 3 |
Bobby Anderson | 23 | 215 | 9.3 | 40 | 1 |
Riley Odoms | 21 | 320 | 15.2 | 48 | 1 |
Joe Dawkins | 18 | 242 | 13.4 | 60 | 0 |
Jerry Simmons | 17 | 235 | 13.8 | 35 | 2 |
Haven Moses | 15 | 224 | 14.9 | 33 | 5 |
Fran Lynch | 7 | 75 | 10.7 | 17 | 0 |
Jim Krieg | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 37 | 0 |
Billy Van Heusen | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 25 | 0 |
Clem Turner | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Totals | 201 | 2900 | 14.4 | 60 | 19 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Van Heusen | 60 | 2408 | 40.1 | 60 |
Totals | 60 | 2408 | 40.1 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rod Sherman | 10 | 89 | 8.9 | 18 | 0 |
Bill Thompson | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 59 | 0 |
Charlie Greer | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 65 | 1 |
Floyd Little | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 29 | 0 |
Mike Simone | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Jim Krieg | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 28 | 310 | 11.1 | 65 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Randy Montgomery | 29 | 756 | 26.1 | 94 | 1 |
Joe Dawkins | 15 | 357 | 23.8 | 31 | 0 |
Floyd Little | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 22 | 0 |
Fran Lynch | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
Clem Turner | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
Jim Krieg | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Bobby Anderson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Steve Preece | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Simone | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
Totals | 55 | 1256 | 22.8 | 94 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leroy Mitchell | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 27 | 0 |
Charlie Greer | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
Tom Graham | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
Steve Preece | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
Randy Montgomery | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Bill Thompson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 10 | 109 | 10.9 | 30 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lyle Alzado | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charley Johnson | 4 | 3 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Randy Montgomery | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Preece | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Ramsey | 5 | 2 | -4 | 0 | |||
Larron Jackson | 0 | 2 | -10 | 0 | 0 | ||
Riley Odoms | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bobby Anderson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Fran Lynch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Tom Graham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Charlie Greer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fred Forsberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tommy Lyons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rod Sherman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mike Simone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Floyd Little | 4 | 0 | -6 | 0 | |||
Billy Masters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Joe Dawkins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 | -14 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Jim Turner | 20 | 37 | 0 | 97 | ||||||||||
Floyd Little | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||||||
Haven Moses | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
Billy Masters | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Rod Sherman | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Fran Lynch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Bobby Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Steve Ramsey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Jerry Simmons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Joe Dawkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Charlie Greer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Randy Montgomery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Riley Odoms | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 17 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 325 |