1972 Denver Broncos 7-6-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1972 Denver 70 76 78 92 0 316 Opponent 63 106 44 74 0 287 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 316 287 1-0 19 Houston 13 60ø 0-5 First Downs 267 221 1-1 10 @San Diego 41 76ø Rush 102 98 1-2 6 Kansas City 24 56ø 0-5 Pass 151 115 1-3 10 @Cincinnati 37 61ø 5-15 Pen 14 8 2-3 28 Minnesota 17 57ø Penalties 80 79 2-4 3 @Oakland 42 75ø 5-15 Yards 627 665 3-4 64 Cleveland 3 61ø 0-5 3-5 7 @New York(N) 28 74ø 0-5 Rain Rushing Att 440 465 4-5 24 @Los Angeles 13 69ø Light Rain Yards 1780 1947 4-5 1 17 Oakland 17 33ø Ave 4.0 4.2 4-6 1 16 @Atlanta 24 56ø 0-5 TD 17 21 5-6 1 27 @Kansas City 7 35ø 0-5 6-6 1 23 San Diego 14 42ø 0-5 Passing Att 388 313 7-6 1 62 New England 7 36ø Comp 209 152 % 53.9 48.6 Int 29 10 % 7.5 3.2 TD 15 13 % 3.9 4.2 Yards 3123 2096 Sacked 49 32 Punt Return 45 21 Yards 366 158 Ave 8.1 7.5 Kick Return 61 71 Yards 1295 1568 Ave 21.2 22.1 Punts 50 73 Yards 2042 3059 Ave 40.8 41.9 FG Att 33 25 Made 26 13 % 78.8 52.0 Third Downs 179 182 Made 74 67 % 41.3 36.8 Fourth Downs 8 10 Made 4 1 % 50.0 10.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 26 22 Lost 10 9 Turnovers 39 19 Net Offense 4590 3834 Per Play 5.2 4.7 1972 Denver Broncos Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Little 234 882 3.8 14 46 42 7 Sherman 42 8 757 18.0 7 37 49 2 Anderson,B 76 313 4.1 5 20 16 2 Little 33 7 350 10.6 0 17 24 1 Dawkins 63 294 4.7 6 14 14 5 Masters 28 6 410 14.6 3 22 53 1 Lynch 34 183 5.4 8 14 16 2 Odoms 22 2 310 14.1 3 18 31 3 Van Heusen 4 54 13.5 2 2 30 0 Anderson 20 2 272 13.6 1 14 34 0 Ramsey 10 32 3.2 0 1 7 1 Dawkins 19 0 239 12.6 3 8 55 1 Odoms 4 20 5.0 2 2 20 0 Simmons 19 3 340 17.9 4 15 57 2 Sherman 1 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 Moses 18 2 318 17.7 3 16 42 3 Turner,Cl 4 4 1.0 0 0 6 0 Krieg 5 1 105 21.0 1 5 29 1 Johnson,C 5 -4 -0.8 0 1 1 0 Lynch 5 1 63 12.6 0 3 23 0 Moses 2 -4 -2.0 0 0 0 0 Montgomery 1 0 6 6.0 0 0 6 0 Ernst 1 -5 -5.0 0 0 0 0 Turner 1 0 11 11.0 0 0 11 0 Krieg 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 0 0 Van Heusen 1 1 12 12.0 0 1 12 1 440 1780 4.0 37 100 42 17 214 33 3193 14.9 25 156 57 15 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Johnson,C 264 149 56.4 2061 13.8 53 24 15 18 6.8 32 11 4.2 67.1 Ramsey 119 59 49.6 1059 17.9 57 11 10 10 8.4 17 4 3.4 56.7 Ernst 3 1 33.3 3 3.0 3 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 42.4 Anderson,B 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 0 1 50.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 388 209 53.9 3123 14.9 57 37 25 29 7.5 49 15 3.9 62.3 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Turner,J 34 34 100.0 33 26 78.8 70.0 0.0 47 112 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Van Heusen 50 2042 69 2 1 13 21 158 36.9 40.8 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Montgomery 34 805 23.7 68 0 Little 12 2 94 7.8 16 0 Dawkins 15 314 20.9 34 0 Greer 4 0 45 11.3 58 1 Little 3 52 17.3 24 0 Thompson 5 0 34 6.8 14 0 Lynch 4 64 16.0 23 0 Krieg 2 0 5 2.5 6 0 Turner,Cl 2 26 13.0 17 0 Sherman 22 8 188 8.5 15 0 Jackson,L 1 12 12.0 12 0 45 10 366 8.1 58 1 Krieg 2 22 11.0 12 0 61 1295 21.2 68 0 Fumbles Johnson, 5 Ramsey 4 Montgome 2 Lynch 1 Jackson, 1 Ernst 1 Little 4 Dawkins 3 Sherman 2 Masters 1 Anderson 1 Van Heus 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Duranko 7 Alzado 10 Alzado 12 Greer 10 Duranko 3 Jackson, 4 Smith,P 7 Smith,P 8 Duranko 8 Mitchell 7 Alzado 3 Duranko 3 Alzado 6 Duranko 5 Voss 7 Thompson 5 Myrtle 3 Greer 2 Hoffman 4 Graham 2 Smith,P 6 Preece 4 Smith,P 3 Moses 2 Myrtle 3 Hoffman 1 Myrtle 3 Myrtle 4 Thompson 3 Anderson 2 Voss 3 Myrtle 1 Hoffman 3 Graham 4 Mitchell 2 Johnson, 2 Graham 2 Voss 1 Graham 2 Duranko 2 Montgome 1 Alzado 2 Geddes,B 1 Alzado 2 Graham 1 Voss 2 Forsberg 1 Smith,P 2 Parish 1 Lyons 1 Mitchell 1 Forsberg 2 Hoffman 1 Maples 1 Thompson 1 Saimes 1 Greer 1 Masters 1 Preece 1 Voss 1 Gordon 1 Montgome 1 Ramsey 1 Simmons 1 Turner,C 1 Little 1 Tackles Graham 83 Alzado 59 Geddes,B 24 Montgome 9 Krieg 7 Sherman 3 Myrtle 74 Duranko 52 Hoffman 23 Parish 9 Domres,T 6 Simmons 2 Smith,P 63 Thompson 51 Forsberg 23 Simone 8 Maples 6 Greer 62 Preece 38 Gordon 13 Saimes 8 West,B 4 Mitchell 61 Voss 31 Criter 10 McKoy 7 Moses 3 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Mitchell, 3 28 9.3 20 1 Greer 2 29 14.5 16 0 Graham 2 23 11.5 19 0 Forsberg 1 0 0.0 0 0 Preece 1 0 0.0 0 0 Thompson 1 1 1.0 1 0 10 81 8.1 20 1 1972 Denver Broncos Coach: John Ralston Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Ernst,Mike 1 O 2 1 QB Johnson,Charley 4 O 2 1 QB Ramsey,Steve 3 O 2 1 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Little,Floyd 2 1 5 216 859 55 4.0 5 28 367 40 13.1 RET RB Anderson,Bobby 2 1 3 72 319 40 4.4 6 23 215 40 9.3 KR RB Dawkins,Joe 2 1 5 56 243 19 4.3 3 18 242 60 13.4 KR RB Lynch,Fran 2 1 5 34 164 28 4.8 1 7 75 17 10.7 KR RB Turner,Clem 2 1 4 5 16 7 3.2 1 1 10 10 10.0 KR WR Sherman,Rod 0 0 5 1 2 2 2.0 7 38 661 55 17.4 PR WR Moses,Haven 0 0 4 2 11 6 5.5 4 18 284 33 15.8 WR Simmons,Jerry 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 4 17 235 35 13.8 WR Krieg,Jim 0 0 2 1 63 63 63.0 2 4 99 32 24.8 RET WR Van Heusen,Bill 0 0 5 3 76 66 25.3 1 4 59 19 14.8 P TE Masters,Billy 4 2 5 3 -15 -1 -5.0 4 25 393 27 15.7 TE Odoms,Riley 4 2 5 5 72 27 14.4 4 21 320 48 15.2 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Maples,Bobby 6 6 4 C Kaminski,Larry 3 3 4 G Jackson,Larron 7 7 5 G Schnitker,Mike 4 4 5 G Cottrell,Bill 3 3 4 T Montgomery,Marv 7 7 4 T Current,Mike 6 6 5 T Sharp,Rick 3 3 4 C-G Lyons,Tommy 5 5 4 G-T Goeddeke,George 4 4 1 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Smith,Paul 8 7 0 4 5 11 0 DT Domres,Tom 4 4 0 1 4 1 0 DE Alzado,Lyle 7 5 0 6 5 11 0 DE Hoffman,John 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 DL Duranko,Pete 6 5 0 3 5 8 0 DL Voss,Lloyd 6 6 0 1 4 4 0 ILB Graham,Tom 6 4 3 1 5 3 2 ILB Criter,Ken 3 2 1 0 3 0 0 OLB Myrtle,Chip 6 4 3 1 5 2 0 OLB McKoy,Bill 4 4 1 0 5 0 0 OLB Simone,Mike 4 4 1 0 5 0 0 OLB Parish,Don 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 LB Forsberg,Fred 5 4 2 0 3 1 0 LB Geddes,Bob 4 4 1 0 5 0 0 CB Mitchell,Leroy 6 0 6 0 5 0 3 CB Thompson,Billy 6 0 6 0 5 0 1 PR CB Montgomery,Randy 4 0 4 0 5 0 1 KR CB Gordon,Cornell 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 CB West,Bill 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 S Greer,Charlie 6 2 4 0 5 0 2 PR S Preece,Steve 6 2 4 0 4 0 1 S Saimes,George 4 1 3 0 3 0 0 Special Teams K Turner,Jim