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1973 Denver Broncos Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-5-2, 3rd in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: John Ralston (7-5-2)

Points For: 354 (25.3/g) 3rd of 26

Points Against: 296 (21.1/g) 15th of 26

Expected W-L: 8.5-5.5

SRS: 2.92 (10th of 26), SOS: -1.23

Offensive Coordinator: Max Coley

Defensive Coordinator: Joe Collier

Other Notable Asst.: Dick Coury (Wide Receivers) and Richard Urich (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Mile High Stadium

Majority Owner/Chairman of the Board of Directors: Gerald Phipps

Partial Owner/President: Allan Phipps

Head Coach/General Manager: John Ralston

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Cal Poly Pomona (Pomona, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	354	4473	892	5.0	29	9	253	196	378	2519	22	20	6.2	127	487	1954	16	4.0	111	83	745	15
Opp. Stats	296	4235	878	4.8	29	15	239	202	387	2440	15	14	5.8	121	455	1795	14	3.9	97	84	824	21
Lg Rank Offense	3	6			8	1	5		7	3	3	18	4		17	14	6	14
Lg Rank Defense	15	19			22	16	16		24	24	13	21	18		5	6	16	9

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Cincinnati Bengals	28	10	23	343	190	153	1	22	344	211	133	1
2	Sun	September 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1		San Francisco 49ers	34	36	22	355	240	115	6	16	347	212	135	1
3	Sun	September 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		Chicago Bears	14	33	25	366	295	71	7	19	325	123	202	1
4	Sun	October 7	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3	@	Kansas City Chiefs	14	16	10	270	112	158	1	19	349	170	179	1
5	Sun	October 14	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3	@	Houston Oilers	48	20	21	447	214	233		20	215	98	117	5
6	Mon	October 22	9:00PM ET	boxscore	T		2-3-1		Oakland Raiders	23	23	13	216	102	114	2	21	417	270	147	3
7	Sun	October 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3-1	@	New York Jets	40	28	20	432	235	197	1	17	315	229	86	3
8	Sun	November 4	2:00PM ET	boxscore	T		3-3-2	@	St. Louis Cardinals	17	17	15	294	190	104	1	18	261	168	93	2
9	Sun	November 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3-2		San Diego Chargers	30	19	21	413	234	179	3	14	221	101	120	2
10	Sun	November 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3-2	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	23	13	20	257	73	184		12	300	217	83	3
11	Sun	November 25	3:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3-2		Kansas City Chiefs	14	10	12	219	137	82	1	17	242	103	139	2
12	Sun	December 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-4-2		Dallas Cowboys	10	22	12	229	147	82	3	14	263	189	74
13	Sun	December 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4-2	@	San Diego Chargers	42	28	23	423	231	192		14	341	215	126	3
14	Sun	December 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-5-2	@	Oakland Raiders	17	21	16	209	119	90	3	16	295	134	161	2

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Charley Johnson	35	QB	14	14	7-5-2	184	346	53.2	2465	20	5.8	17	4.9	62	7.1	6.07	13.4	176.1	74.9	26	177	6.99	6.15	5.17	2	2
2	Steve Ramsey	25	QB	5	0		10	27	37.0	194	2	7.4	2	7.4	76	7.2	5.33	19.4	38.8	56.7	0	0	0.00	7.19	5.33	0	0
3	Bobby Anderson	26	RB	12	0		2	3	66.7	47	0	0.0	0	0.0	28	15.7	15.67	23.5	3.9	109.7	0	0	0.00	15.67	15.67	0	0
4	Jim Turner	32	K	14	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.00	0	0
5	Billy Van Heusen	27	P	14	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	1	10	50.00	-5.00	-5.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	7-5-2	196	378	51.9	2519	22	5.8	20	5.3	76	7.2	5.45	13.8	179.9	72.5	27	187	6.67	6.22	5.08	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Floyd Little	31	RB	14	13	256	979	12	47	3.8	69.9	18.3	41	423	10.3	1	50	2.9	30.2	297	4.7	1402	13	3	PB
2	Joe Dawkins	25	FB	14	14	160	706	2	72	4.4	50.4	11.4	30	329	11.0	0	42	2.1	23.5	190	5.4	1035	2	4
3	Riley Odoms	23	TE	14	14	5	53	0	21	10.6	3.8	0.4	43	629	14.6	7	47	3.1	44.9	48	14.2	682	7	1	PB
4	Haven Moses	27	WR	14	14	3	25	1	22	8.3	1.8	0.2	28	518	18.5	8	76	2.0	37.0	31	17.5	543	9	1	PB
5	Jerry Simmons	31	WR	14	13	1	-4	0	-4	-4.0	-0.3	0.1	13	249	19.2	1	53	0.9	17.8	14	17.5	245	1	0
6	Bobby Anderson	26	RB	12	0	19	61	1	11	3.2	5.1	1.6	15	153	10.2	0	29	1.3	12.8	34	6.3	214	1	0
7	Billy Van Heusen	27	P	14	1	4	34	0	32	8.5	2.4	0.3	8	149	18.6	1	62	0.6	10.6	12	15.3	183	1	0
8	Gene Washington	29	WR	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	10	150	15.0	3	28	0.7	10.7	10	15.0	150	3	0
9	Otis Armstrong	23	RB	14	1	26	90	0	24	3.5	6.4	1.9	2	43	21.5	1	36	0.1	3.1	28	4.8	133	1	1
10	Billy Masters	29	TE	11	0	1	-9	0	-9	-9.0	-0.8	0.1	5	65	13.0	0	28	0.5	5.9	6	9.3	56	0	1
11	Oliver Ross	24	RB	4	0	5	21	0	8	4.2	5.3	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	4.2	21	0	0
12	Larron Jackson	24	LG	13	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	0.1	-0.2	1	-2.0	-2	0	0
13	Charley Johnson	35	QB	14	14	7	-2	0		-0.3	-0.1	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	-0.3	-2	0	5
	Team Totals			14	14	487	1954	16	72	4.0	139.6	34.8	196	2706	13.8	22	76	14.0	193.3	683	6.8	4660	38	21

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Lyle Alzado	24	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.0	0
2	Barney Chavous	22	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.0	0
3	Joe Dawkins	25	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Pete Duranko	30	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.0	0
5	Tom Graham	23	MLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
6	Charley Johnson	35	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	5	3	-6	0	0.0	0
7	Calvin Jones	22	RCB	14	14	4	69	0	31	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Tommy Lyons	25	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Haven Moses	27	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
10	Riley Odoms	23	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
11	Paul Smith	28	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11.0	0	PB
12	Bill Thompson	27	SS	14	14	3	96	1	59	2	2	80	1	1.0	0
13	Floyd Little	31	RB	14	13	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
14	Leroy Mitchell	29	LCB	12	12	2	43	1	40	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Bill Laskey	30	LLB	11	11	2	3	0	3	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Charlie Greer	27	FS	10	10	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
17	Ray May	28	RLB	11	10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
18	Mike Simone	23	LB	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Maurice Tyler	23	DB	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0.0	0
20	Otis Armstrong	23	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Ken Criter	26	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0.0	1
22	Fred Forsberg	29	LB	3	0	1	7	0	7	1	0	0	0	1.0	0
23	John Grant	23	DT	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	0.0	0
24	Billy Masters	29	TE	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Jim O'Malley	22	LB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Steve Ramsey	25	QB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	14	0	2		21	12	91	1	36	1

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