1971 Denver Broncos

1971 Denver Broncos Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Steve Ramsey	178	84	47.2	1120	6.29	47	5	2.8	13	7.3	13	105	46.6
Don Horn	173	89	51.4	1056	6.10	74	3	1.7	14	8.1	8	67	42.4
Bobby Anderson	3	1	33.3	48	16.00	48	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	6	81.9
Jack Gehrke	2	1	50.0	19	9.50	19	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	83.3
Floyd Little	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Billy Van Heusen	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
TOTALS	358	175	48.9	2243	6.27	74	8	2.2	27	7.5	0	0	44.9

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Bobby Anderson 37 353 9.5 1 31 Billy Masters 27 382 14.1 1 25 Floyd Little 26 255 9.8 0 74 Jerry Simmons 25 403 16.1 1 47 Dwight Harrison 19 265 13.9 2 43t Jack Gehrke 14 254 18.1 0 48 Jim Whalen 7 124 17.7 0 35 Clem Turner 7 65 9.3 1 17 Dickie Post 4 46 11.5 1 15 John Mosier 3 36 12.0 0 19 Fran Lynch 2 42 21.0 1 40t Gordon Bowdell 1 19 19.0 0 19 Billy Van Heusen 1 10 10.0 0 10 Dave Washington 1 0 0.0 0 0 Mike Schnitker 1 -11 -11.0 0 -11 TOTALS 175 2243 12.8 8 74

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Floyd Little 284 1133 4.0 6 40 Bobby Anderson 139 533 3.8 3 36 Fran Lynch 26 162 6.2 0 23 Billy Masters 7 71 10.1 0 37 Dickie Post 18 44 2.4 0 16 Clem Turner 17 43 2.5 0 9 Dwight Harrison 5 36 7.2 0 16 John Mosier 4 31 7.8 0 29 Don Horn 6 15 2.5 0 10 Billy Van Heusen 1 10 10.0 0 10 Jerry Simmons 1 7 7.0 0 7 Steve Ramsey 3 6 2.0 0 6 Jack Gehrke 1 2 2.0 0 2 TOTALS 512 2093 4.1 9 40

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Floyd Little 7 199 28.4 0 48 Bobby Anderson 8 187 23.4 0 33 Dickie Post 5 116 23.2 0 37 Billy Thompson 5 105 21.0 0 30 Clem Turner 5 100 20.0 0 41 Ken Criter 5 81 16.2 0 28 Randy Montgomery 4 80 20.0 0 34 Joe Dawkins 2 34 17.0 0 18 Jay Bachman 2 20 10.0 0 13 Fred Forsberg 1 19 19.0 0 19 Fran Lynch 0 19 0.0 0 19 TOTALS 44 960 21.8 0 48

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Billy Thompson 29 274 9.4 4 0 28 Charlie Greer 11 46 4.2 0 0 14 Leroy Mitchell 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 TOTALS 41 320 7.8 4 0 28

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Billy Van Heusen	76	3176	41.8	62	--	--	1	--	--	--
TOTALS	76	3176	41.8	62	0	0	1	0	0	--

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Jim Turner	8/9	3/5	8/11	6/12	0/1	25/38	49	18/18	93
TOTALS	8/9	3/5	8/11	6/12	0/1	25/38	49	18/18	93

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Fred Forsberg	--	--	3	75	25.0	1	40t
Cornell Gordon	--	--	2	21	10.5	0	21
Charlie Greer	--	--	3	32	10.7	0	30
Leroy Mitchell	--	--	2	0	0.0	0	0
Chip Myrtle	--	--	3	64	21.3	0	30
Billy Thompson	--	--	5	83	16.6	0	42
Olen Underwood	--	--	1	5	5.0	0	5
Dave Washington	--	--	1	8	8.0	0	8
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	20	288	14.4	1	42

Sam Adams' Open Mic: Woeful Raiders headed for a fall
Rocky Mountain News | November 22, 2008
Know what? Nobody gives much credence to first place in the AFC West right now — especially when that team ranks No. 27 in points allowed (27 per game) and No. 29 out of the league’s 32 teams in yards allowed (387 per game) on defense.

Broncos' Larsen: Two-way throwback
Denver Post | November 21, 2008
Spencer Larsen, a Broncos rookie, conjured up memories of Chuck Bednarik on Sunday when he started on both offense and defense in a 24-20 victory against the Atlanta Falcons.

Bad hamstring ends Jackson's season
Denver Post | November 21, 2008
Just when it seemed the Broncos might make it through the week without a serious injury, Nate Jackson suffered a season-ending hamstring injury while running a route in practice Wednesday.