1970 Denver Broncos Roster

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-8-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Lou Saban (5-8-1)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1970 Denver Broncos Statistics
1970 Denver Broncos Results

The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 1970 season with a record of 5 wins and 8 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.

The Broncos scored 253 points, and the defense surrendered 264. Floyd Little ran for a team-best 901 yards for Denver.

Pete Liske tossed for 1,340 yards. Al Denson paced all receivers, hauling in 47 passes for 646 yards, while Jim Whalen contributed to the receiving game, too.

Paul Martha picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition.

Lou Saban coached the team.

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# Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown GP GS
68Steve AlexakosGDecember 15, 19466'2"250Arizona St.Lowell, MA USA81
11Bobby AndersonKROctober 11, 19476'0"208ColoradoMidland, MI USA140
56Jay BachmanCDecember 8, 19456'3"250CincinnatiHamilton, OH USA111
73Walt BarnesDT-DEJanuary 19, 19446'3"245NebraskaChicago, IL USA60
72Sam BrunelliLTDecember 13, 19436'2"270Colorado St.Fort Morgan, CO USA1312
51Bill ButlerLBAugust 4, 19476'4"226Cal State-NorthridgeLos Angeles, CA USA140
63Dave CostaRDTOctober 27, 19416'2"250UtahYonkers, NY USA1414
33Willis CrenshawFBJuly 16, 19416'2"230Kansas St.St. Louis, MO USA1212
78Ken CriterLBFebruary 17, 19476'0"225WisconsinFond du Lac, WI USA141
50Carl CunninghamLLBJuly 23, 19446'4"230HoustonHouston, TX USA1414
74Mike CurrentRTSeptember 17, 19456'5"274Ohio St.Lima, OH USA1414
32Dick DavisRBNovember 28, 19465'11"215NebraskaOmaha, NE USA20
88Al DensonWRJanuary 2, 19426'2"208Florida A&MJacksonville, FL USA1414
55Pete DurankoRDEDecember 15, 19436'2"250Notre DameJohnstown, PA USA1414
24Booker EdgersonDBJuly 5, 19395'10"183West. IllinoisBaxter, AR USA60
89John EmbreeFLJuly 13, 19446'4"194Compton CC (CA)St. Louis, MO USA71
52Fred ForsbergMLBJuly 4, 19446'1"235WashingtonTacoma, WA USA1413
23Drake GarrettDBMarch 19, 19465'9"183Michigan St.Dayton, OH USA10
67George GoeddekeLGJuly 29, 19456'3"253Notre DameDetroit, MI USA1414
28Cornell GordonLCBJanuary 6, 19416'0"187North Carolina A&TNorfolk, VA USA1414
20Charlie GreerSSApril 4, 19466'0"205ColoradoAtlanta, GA USA1414
84Mike HaffnerWRJuly 7, 19426'2"200UCLAWaterloo, IA USA116
86Jerry HendrenWRNovember 4, 19476'2"187IdahoSpokane, WA USA100
3Bobby HowfieldKDecember 3, 19365'9"180noneBushey, England140
62Jerry InmanDTFebruary 4, 19406'2"256Boise St.Manhattan, KS USA111
87Rich JacksonLDEJuly 22, 19416'3"255SouthernNew Orleans, LA USA1414
43Pete JaquessDBDecember 25, 19406'0"185East. New MexicoEarth, TX USA132
59Larry KaminskiCJanuary 6, 19456'2"245PurdueCleveland, OH USA1414
14Pete LiskeQBMay 24, 19426'3"200Penn St.Plainfield, NJ USA119
44Floyd LittleRBJuly 4, 19425'10"196SyracuseNew Haven, CT USA1414
22Fran LynchRBDecember 3, 19456'1"205HofstraBridgeport, CT USA142
47Paul MarthaFSJune 22, 19426'0"187PittsburghPittsburgh, PA USA1312
81Billy MastersTEMarch 15, 19446'5"240LSUGrayson, LA USA142
58Bill McKoyLBJuly 17, 19486'3"235PurdueWinston-Salem, NC USA20
49Alvin MitchellDBOctober 18, 19436'3"195Morgan St.Philadelphia, PA USA21
54Chip MyrtleLBFebruary 6, 19456'2"225MarylandHyattsville, MD USA142
12Alan PastranaQBNovember 20, 19446'1"190MarylandAnnapolis, MD USA53
77Alden RocheDEApril 9, 19456'4"255SouthernNew Orleans, LA USA140
26George SaimesDBSeptember 1, 19415'11"186Michigan St.Canton, OH USA82
64Mike SchnitkerGDecember 30, 19466'3"245ColoradoAtcheson County, MO USA142
70Paul SmithLDTAugust 13, 19456'3"256New MexicoAda, OK USA1414
13Steve TensiQBDecember 8, 19426'5"215Florida St.Cincinnati, OH USA72
36Bill ThompsonPROctober 10, 19466'1"201Md-Eastern ShoreGreenville, SC USA99
35Clem TurnerRB,HB/TEMay 28, 19456'1"236CincinnatiCincinnati, OH USA110
42Billy Van HeusenPAugust 27, 19466'1"200MarylandNew Rochelle, NY USA145
37Bob WadeDBDecember 9, 19446'2"200Morgan St.Baltimore, MD USA32
56Dave WashingtonRLBSeptember 12, 19486'5"223Alcorn St.Tuscaloosa, AL USA1311
83Jim WhalenTEMay 20, 19436'2"210Boston Col.Cambridge, MA USA1413
29Wandy WilliamsRBJanuary 3, 19466'1"189KansasBrooklyn, NY USA10
60Bob YoungRGSeptember 3, 19426'1"270TexasMarshall, TX USA1412



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