1974 Denver Broncos Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-6-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: John Ralston (7-6-1)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1974 Denver Broncos RosterTeam Record: 7-6-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: John Ralston (7-6-1)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1974 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 7 wins and 6 losses and 1 ties, finishing second in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
Denver scored 302 points, while the defensive squad surrendered 294. Otis Armstrong powered the ground game, running for a 1,407 yards for the Broncos.
Charley Johnson threw for 1,969 yards. Riley Odoms paced all receivers, hauling in 42 passes for 639 yards. Haven Moses and Otis Armstrong were targeted regularly, too.
Calvin Jones and Bill Thompson each picked off 5 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 | 244 | 136 | 55.7 | 1969 | 8.1 | 13 | 5.3 | 9 | 3.7 | 73 | 36 | 270 | 84.5 |
| Steve Ramsey | 74 | 41 | 55.4 | 580 | 7.8 | 5 | 6.8 | 7 | 9.5 | 43 | 9 | 55 | 64.0 |
| John Hufnagel | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 70 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 41.7 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 41 | 41.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 329 | 184 | 55.9 | 2660 | 8.1 | 18 | 5.5 | 17 | 5.2 | 73 | 46 | 332 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otis Armstrong | 263 | 1407 | 5.3 | 43 | 9 |
| Jon Keyworth | 81 | 374 | 4.6 | 30 | 10 |
| Floyd Little | 117 | 312 | 2.7 | 22 | 1 |
| Riley Odoms | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 31 | 0 |
| John Hufnagel | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Oliver Ross | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Otto Stowe | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Fran Lynch | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Ramsey | 5 | -2 | -0.4 | 1 | 0 |
| Charley Johnson | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 486 | 2157 | 4.4 | 43 | 20 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Odoms | 42 | 639 | 15.2 | 41 | 6 |
| Otis Armstrong | 38 | 405 | 10.7 | 48 | 3 |
| Haven Moses | 34 | 559 | 16.4 | 42 | 2 |
| Floyd Little | 29 | 344 | 11.9 | 72 | 0 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 16 | 421 | 26.3 | 73 | 4 |
| Jon Keyworth | 12 | 109 | 9.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Jerry Simmons | 10 | 161 | 16.1 | 36 | 2 |
| Otto Stowe | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 1 |
| Oliver Ross | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Totals | 184 | 2660 | 14.5 | 73 | 18 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Van Heusen | 75 | 3024 | 40.3 | 61 |
| Totals | 75 | 3024 | 40.3 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Thompson | 26 | 350 | 13.5 | 60 | 0 |
| Charlie Greer | 13 | 90 | 6.9 | 22 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Totals | 43 | 474 | 11.0 | 60 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otis Armstrong | 16 | 386 | 24.1 | 41 | 0 |
| Bill Thompson | 13 | 325 | 25.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 8 | 171 | 21.4 | 31 | 0 |
| Oliver Ross | 7 | 117 | 16.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 4 | 85 | 21.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Boyd Brown | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Ken Criter | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Totals | 54 | 1188 | 22.0 | 41 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Thompson | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 38 | 1 |
| Calvin Jones | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| John Rowser | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Ray May | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Tom Jackson | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Charlie Greer | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bill Laskey | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ed Smith | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| John Pitts | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Maurice Tyler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 289 | 13.1 | 39 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Johnson | 4 | 3 | -9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lyle Alzado | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barney Chavous | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Thompson | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Greer | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray May | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Current | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Maples | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jon Keyworth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Otis Armstrong | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Floyd Little | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Simone | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Turner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Laskey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Oliver Ross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Ramsey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Otis Armstrong | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||||||
| Jim Turner | 11 | 35 | 0 | 68 | ||||||||||
| Jon Keyworth | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
| Riley Odoms | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Jerry Simmons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Haven Moses | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Floyd Little | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Bill Thompson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Otto Stowe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 302 |
