1968 Denver Broncos (original) (raw)

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Record: 5-9-0, Finished 4th in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary

Scored 255 points (18.2/g), 7th of 10 in the AFL.
Allowed 404 points (28.9/g), 9th.
Differential of -149 points (-10.6/g), 8th.
Expected W-L: 3.5-10.5.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.6/g), 7th.

Simple Rating System: Total -8.9, Offense: -2.9, Defense: -6.0, SoS: 1.7, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Lou Saban(5-9-0)

Training Camp: Broncos' Training Facility (Adams County, Colorado)

Team Stats and Rankings

Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 255 3971 889 4.5 217 179 427 2357 20 27 4.9 124 411 1614 11 3.9 75 40 13 18
Team Defense 404 5024 917 5.5 251 217 429 3163 25 20 6.9 145 457 1861 20 4.1 94 32 12 12
Lg Rank Offense 7 7 7 4 6 4 7 7 9 7 8 6 7 5
Lg Rank Defense 9 10 9 7 10 9 7 9 6 7 9 7 8 7

Team Games & Schedule

No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
15 Marlin Briscoe 23 QB 11 5 2-3-0 93 224 41.5 1589 14 6.3 13 5.8 66 7.1 5.7 17.1 144.5 62.9 1 2
13 Steve Tensi 26 qb 7 6 3-3-0 48 119 40.3 709 5 4.2 8 6.7 72 6.0 3.8 14.8 101.3 46.5 1 1
10 Jim M. LeClair 24 qb 3 2 0-2-0 27 54 50.0 401 1 1.9 5 9.3 50 7.4 3.6 14.9 133.7 42.3
11 John McCormick 31 qb 1 1 0-1-0 8 19 42.1 89 0 0.0 1 5.3 18 4.7 2.3 11.1 89.0 34.8
12 Joe DiVito 23 3 0 1 6 16.7 16 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 2.7 2.7 16.0 5.3 39.6
44 Floyd Little* 26 HB/KR/PR 11 11 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
22 Fran Lynch 23 hb 9 4 1 2 50.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 2.0 2.0 4.0 0.4 56.2
84 Mike Haffner 26 wr 14 1 1 1 100.0 18 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 18.0 18.0 18.0 1.3 118.7
Team Total 24.6 14 5-9-0 179 427 41.9 2826 20 4.7 27 6.3 72 6.6 4.7 15.8 201.9 53.9 2 3
Opp Total 14 217 429 50.6 3419 25 5.8 20 4.7 8.0 7.0 15.8 244.2 77.4 31 256 6.9 6.0 6.7
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
44 Floyd Little* 26 HB/KR/PR 11 11 158 584 3 55 3.7 53.1 14.4 19 331 17.4 1 66 1.7 30.1 915 4 6
22 Fran Lynch 23 hb 9 4 66 221 4 19 3.3 24.6 7.3 4 52 13.0 0 22 0.4 5.8 273 4 1
32 Garrett Ford 23 FB 14 3 41 186 1 23 4.5 13.3 2.9 6 40 6.7 0 12 0.4 2.9 226 1 1
15 Marlin Briscoe 23 QB 11 5 41 308 3 34 7.5 28.0 3.7 308 3 3
40 Brendan McCarthy 23 fb 7 5 28 89 0 12 3.2 12.7 4.0 7 69 9.9 2 40 1.0 9.9 158 2 2
46 Terry Erwin 22 rb 9 2 24 76 0 9 3.2 8.4 2.7 2 21 10.5 0 17 0.2 2.3 97 0 1
40 Ron Lamb 24 rb 3 3 22 63 0 17 2.9 21.0 7.3 3 10 3.3 0 10 1.0 3.3 73 0 1
10 Jim M. LeClair 24 qb 3 2 12 40 0 12 3.3 13.3 4.0 40 0 5
13 Steve Tensi 26 qb 7 6 6 2 0 2 0.3 0.3 0.9 2 0 0
48 Alex Moore 23 3 0 4 22 0 10 5.5 7.3 1.3 3 35 11.7 0 16 1.0 11.7 57 0 1
33 Hub Lindsey 23 3 0 4 17 0 7 4.3 5.7 1.3 17 0 1
84 Mike Haffner 26 wr 14 1 2 2 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 12 232 19.3 1 52 0.9 16.6 234 1 0
42 Billy Van Heusen 22 P/se 13 7 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.5 0.1 19 353 18.6 3 50 1.5 27.2 359 3 0
80 Jim Jones 27 13 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 13 190 14.6 2 60 1.0 14.6 189 2 0
12 Joe DiVito 23 3 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.3 0.3 -1 0 1
41 Eric Crabtree 24 FL 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 601 17.2 5 72 2.5 42.9 601 5 0
88 Al Denson 26 SE 8 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 34 586 17.2 5 44 4.3 73.3 586 5 0
85 Tom Beer 24 TE 14 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 276 13.8 1 31 1.4 19.7 276 1 0
89 Chip Myrtle 23 rlb 13 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 18 18.0 0 18 0.1 1.4 18 0 0
81 Dave E. Washington 28 te 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.5 6.0 12 0 0
Team Total 24.6 14 411 1614 11 55 3.9 115.3 29.4 179 2826 15.8 20 72 12.8 201.9 4440 31 28
Opp Total 14 457 1861 20 4.1 132.9 32.6 217 3163 14.6 25 15.5 225.9 5024 45 24
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
44 Floyd Little* 26 HB/KR/PR 11 11 24 261 1 67 10.9 26 649 0 89 25.0 1825
20 Charlie Greer 22 LCB 14 14 9 53 0 12 5.9 2 41 0 32 20.5 94
34 Gus Hollomon 23 ls 13 4 7 194 0 67 27.7 194
25 Tommy Luke 24 db 7 1 3 13 0 10 4.3 2 34 0 20 17.0 47
21 Jesse Stokes 24 2 0 5 106 0 30 21.2 106
48 Alex Moore 23 3 0 4 74 0 28 18.5 131
46 Terry Erwin 22 rb 9 2 3 55 0 25 18.3 152
23 Drake Garrett 22 RCB 14 13 3 77 0 30 25.7 77
43 Pete Jaquess 28 LS 13 11 2 5 0 5 2.5 1 0 0 0 0.0 5
33 Hub Lindsey 23 3 0 3 72 0 29 24.0 89
52 Fred Forsberg 24 RLB 13 7 2 16 0 12 8.0 16
41 Eric Crabtree 24 FL 14 14 1 30 0 30 30.0 631
71 Wallace Dickey 27 10 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Team Total 24.6 14 38 332 1 67 8.7 60 1361 0 89 22.7 6133
Opp Total 14 46 0 29 704 0 24.3
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
42 Billy Van Heusen 22 P/se 13 7 88 3853 68 0 43.8
3 Bobby Howfield 32 K 12 0 3 3 4 2 3 2 8 2 18 9 50.0% 30 30 100.0%
12 Joe DiVito 23 3 0 8 242 47 1 30.3
2 Bob Humphreys 28 k 2 0 2 1 1 2 5 1 20.0% 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 24.6 14 3 3 6 2 4 3 10 2 23 10 43.5% 31 31 100.0% 96 4095 68 1 42.7
Opp Total 14 34 21 61.8% 47 47 100.0% 76 3268 43.0