1971 Denver Broncos Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-9-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Jerry Smith (2-3)
Coach: Lou Saban (2-6-1)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1971 Denver Broncos RosterTeam Record: 4-9-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Jerry Smith (2-3)
Coach: Lou Saban (2-6-1)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1971 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 4 wins and 9 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
Jerry Smith and Lou Saban coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Steve Ramsey | 178 | 84 | 47.2 | 1120 | 6.3 | 5 | 2.8 | 13 | 7.3 | 47 | 13 | 105 | 46.6 | Don Horn | 173 | 89 | 51.4 | 1056 | 6.1 | 3 | 1.7 | 14 | 8.1 | 74 | 8 | 67 | 42.4 | Bobby Anderson | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 1 | 6 | 81.9 | Jack Gehrke | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 83.3 | Floyd Little | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 358 | 175 | 48.9 | 2243 | 6.3 | 8 | 2.2 | 27 | 7.5 | 74 | 22 | 178 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Floyd Little | 284 | 1133 | 4.0 | 40 | 6 | Bobby Anderson | 139 | 533 | 3.8 | 36 | 3 | Fran Lynch | 26 | 162 | 6.2 | 23 | 0 | Billy Masters | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 37 | 0 | Dickie Post | 18 | 44 | 2.4 | 16 | 0 | Clem Turner | 17 | 43 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 | Dwight Harrison | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 16 | 0 | John Mosier | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 29 | 0 | Don Horn | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 | Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Jerry Simmons | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Steve Ramsey | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | Jack Gehrke | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
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| Totals | 512 | 2093 | 4.1 | 40 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bobby Anderson | 37 | 353 | 9.5 | 31 | 1 | Billy Masters | 27 | 382 | 14.1 | 25 | 1 | Floyd Little | 26 | 255 | 9.8 | 74 | 0 | Jerry Simmons | 25 | 403 | 16.1 | 47 | 1 | Dwight Harrison | 19 | 265 | 13.9 | 43 | 2 | Jack Gehrke | 14 | 254 | 18.1 | 48 | 0 | Jim Whalen | 7 | 124 | 17.7 | 41 | 0 | Clem Turner | 7 | 65 | 9.3 | 17 | 1 | Dickie Post | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 15 | 1 | John Mosier | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 | Fran Lynch | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 40 | 1 | Gordon Bowdell | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Dave Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Schnitker | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
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| Totals | 175 | 2243 | 12.8 | 74 | 8 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Billy Van Heusen | 76 | 3176 | 41.8 | 62 |
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| Totals | 76 | 3176 | 41.8 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bill Thompson | 29 | 274 | 9.4 | 28 | 0 | Charlie Greer | 11 | 46 | 4.2 | 14 | 0 | Leroy Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 41 | 320 | 7.8 | 28 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Floyd Little | 7 | 199 | 28.4 | 48 | 0 | Bobby Anderson | 8 | 187 | 23.4 | 33 | 0 | Dickie Post | 5 | 116 | 23.2 | 37 | 0 | Bill Thompson | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 30 | 0 | Clem Turner | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 41 | 0 | Ken Criter | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 28 | 0 | Randy Montgomery | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 34 | 0 | Joe Dawkins | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 18 | 0 | Jay Bachman | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 | Fred Forsberg | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
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| Totals | 44 | 941 | 21.4 | 48 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bill Thompson | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 42 | 0 | Fred Forsberg | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 40 | 1 | Chip Myrtle | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 30 | 0 | Charlie Greer | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 30 | 0 | Cornell Gordon | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 | Leroy Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Washington | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Olen Underwood | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
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| Totals | 20 | 288 | 14.4 | 42 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Chip Myrtle | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Anderson | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Dave Costa | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Floyd Little | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Gehrke | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Thompson | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | Mike Current | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Don Horn | 4 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | Leroy Mitchell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Washington | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Inman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dwight Harrison | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Domres | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Schnitker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Saimes | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Billy Masters | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dickie Post | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rich Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clem Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Ramsey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 33 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Jim Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 93 | Floyd Little | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Bobby Anderson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Dwight Harrison | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Fran Lynch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | Jerry Simmons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Fred Forsberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Billy Masters | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Clem Turner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dickie Post | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 203 |
