1970 Denver Broncos season

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1970 Denver Broncos season
Owner Gerald Phipps
General manager Lou Saban
Head coach Lou Saban
Home stadium Mile High Stadium
Results
Record5–8–1
Division place4th AFC West
PlayoffsDid not qualify

The 1970 Denver Broncos season was the team's 11th season in professional football and first in the National Football League (NFL) after the merger. Led by fourth-year head coach and general manager Lou Saban, the Broncos posted a record of five wins, eight losses, and one tie, the same as the previous season, and were last in the new four-team AFC West division.

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Denver won four of its first five games, [1] but then had only one win and one tie in the final nine games. Running back Floyd Little became the first player to lead his conference in rushing for a last place team. [2]

Offseason

NFL draft

1970 Denver Broncos draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
111 Bobby Anderson   RB Colorado
237 Alden Roche   DE Southern
363John Kohler  OT South Dakota
489 Jerry Hendren   WR Idaho
5115 Bill McKoy   LB Purdue
6141 John Mosier   TE Kansas
7167 Randy Montgomery   CB Weber State
8208 Louis Porter   RB Southern
9219 Dave Washington *  LB Alcorn State
10245Maurice Fullerton  DT Tuskegee
11271 Cleve Bryant   QB Ohio
12297Greg Jones  RB Wisconsin-Whitewater
13323Jim McKoy  DB Parsons
14349Jeff Slipp  LB BYU
15375Maher Barakat  K South Dakota Tech
16401Bob Stewart  QB Northern Arizona
17427Frank Kalfoss  K Montana State
      Made roster    †    Pro Football Hall of Fame     *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel

Staff / Coaches

1970 Denver Broncos staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches



Roster

1970 Denver Broncos roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

 Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

 Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams (ST)

 Practice squad

Reserve


Rookies in italics

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Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendanceRecap
1September 20at Buffalo Bills W 25–101–0 War Memorial Stadium 34,882 Recap
2September 27 Pittsburgh Steelers W 16–132–0 Mile High Stadium 50,705 Recap
3October 4 Kansas City Chiefs W 26–133–0Mile High Stadium50,705 Recap
4October 11at Oakland Raiders L 23–353–1 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 54,436 Recap
5October 18 Atlanta Falcons W 24–104–1Mile High Stadium50,705 Recap
6 October 25at San Francisco 49ers L 14–194–2 Kezar Stadium 39,515 Recap
7November 1 Washington Redskins L 3–194–3Mile High Stadium50,705 Recap
8November 8at San Diego Chargers L 21–244–4 San Diego Stadium 48,327 Recap
9November 15 Oakland Raiders L 19–244–5Mile High Stadium50,959 Recap
10November 22at New Orleans Saints W 31–65–5 Tulane Stadium 66,837 Recap
11November 29at Houston Oilers L 21–315–6 Astrodome 35,733 Recap
12December 6at Kansas City Chiefs L 0–165–7 Municipal Stadium 50,454 Recap
13December 13 San Diego Chargers T 17–175–7–1Mile High Stadium50,959 Recap
14December 20 Cleveland Browns L 13–275–8–1Mile High Stadium51,001 Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 6 (Sunday, October 25, 1970): at San Francisco 49ers

Week 6: Denver Broncos at San Francisco 49ers – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Broncos (4–2)770014
49ers (4–1–1)3310319

at Kezar Stadium • San Francisco, California

TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
DENPassing
Rushing
Receiving
SFPassing
Rushing
Receiving
  • Point spread: Broncos +6½
  • Time of Game: 2 hours, 46 minutes
BroncosGame Statistics49ers
15First downs16
33–162Rushes–yards34–128
134Passing yards234
12–27–3Passes16–35–0
2–13Sacked–yards0–0
121Net passing yards234
283Total yards362
88Return yards71
8–40.6Punts7–39.3
0–0Fumbles–lost1–0
5–50Penalties–yards9–87
Time of possession

Individual stats

Standings

AFC West
WLTPCTDIVCONFPFPASTK
Oakland Raiders 842.6674–0–27–2–2300293L1
Kansas City Chiefs 752.5832–3–17–3–1272244L2
San Diego Chargers 563.4552–2–24–4–3282278W1
Denver Broncos 581.3851–4–13–6–1253264L1
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ "Broncs kick Falcons by 24 to 10". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. October 19, 1970. p. 29.
  2. ↑ Sports Illustrated, July 26, 2010, The Unexpected Hero by Gary Smith, p.60, Published by Time Inc.
  3. ↑ Pro Football Reference ; Denver Broncos at San Francisco 49ers – October 25, 1970
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