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1975 Denver Broncos Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-8-0, 2nd in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: John Ralston (6-8-0)

Points For: 254 (18.1/g) 17th of 26

Points Against: 307 (21.9/g) 18th of 26

Expected W-L: 5.5-8.5

SRS: -3.45 (14th of 26), SOS: .34

Offensive Coordinator: Max Coley

Defensive Coordinator: Joe Collier

Other Notable Asst.: Kay Dalton (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	254	4534	964	4.7	48	14	268	210	427	2541	15	34	5.4	137	490	1993	9	4.1	109	92	790	22
Opp. Stats	307	4006	901	4.4	32	16	247	181	348	2032	14	16	5.4	106	526	1974	19	3.8	119	88	786	22
Lg Rank Offense	17	10			23	8	10		7	7	15	26	13		14	13	23	10
Lg Rank Defense	18	9			19	12	10		3	7	7	18	14		16	13	18	6

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 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Kansas City Chiefs	37	33	15	425	298	127	4	18	312	166	146	2
2	Mon	September 29	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Green Bay Packers	23	13	18	337	175	162	2	22	313	242	71	3
3	Sun	October 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1	@	Buffalo Bills	14	38	13	305	258	47	4	29	436	143	293	1
4	Sun	October 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	9	20	17	277	153	124	4	14	327	190	137	2
5	Sun	October 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2		Cleveland Browns	16	15	18	325	217	108	6	17	271	127	144	2
6	Sun	October 26	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-3	@	Kansas City Chiefs	13	26	22	352	201	151	4	17	303	106	197	1
7	Sun	November 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-4		Oakland Raiders	17	42	24	327	177	150	3	21	328	144	184	4
8	Sun	November 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-5		Cincinnati Bengals	16	17	19	305	213	92	2	20	344	181	163	1
9	Sun	November 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-5	@	San Diego Chargers	27	17	22	337	225	112	2	17	307	202	105	2
10	Sun	November 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-6	@	Atlanta Falcons	21	35	17	233	131	102	6	20	277	129	148	4
11	Sun	November 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	5-6		San Diego Chargers	13	10	24	336	8	328	6	3	123	64	59	2
12	Mon	December 8	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-7	@	Oakland Raiders	10	17	18	254	107	147	4	16	178	78	100	3
13	Sun	December 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-7		Philadelphia Eagles	25	10	20	369	172	197	1	17	284	170	114	5
14	Sat	December 20	3:30PM ET	boxscore	L		6-8	@	Miami Dolphins	13	14	21	352	206	146		16	203	90	113

Passing

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	Steve Ramsey	27	QB	11	7	3-4-0	128	233	54.9	1562	9	3.9	14	6.0	66	6.7	4.77	12.2	142.0	63.6	23	187	8.98	5.37	3.61	1	2
2	Charley Johnson	37	QB	14	6	3-3-0	65	142	45.8	1021	5	3.5	12	8.5	90	7.2	4.09	15.7	72.9	46.7	10	79	6.58	6.20	3.30	1	1
3	John Hufnagel	24	QB	5	1	0-1-0	16	51	31.4	287	1	2.0	8	15.7	80	5.6	-1.04	17.9	57.4	18.6	13	84	20.31	3.17	-2.14	0	1
4	Billy Van Heusen	29	WR	14	13		1	1	100.0	30	0	0.0	0	0.0	30	30.0	30.00	30.0	2.1	118.7	0	0	0.00	30.00	30.00	0	0
5	Rick Upchurch	23	WR	14	0		0	0		0	0		0						0.0		1	9	100.00	-9.00	-9.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	6-8-0	210	427	49.2	2541	15	3.5	34	8.0	90	6.8	3.91	13.8	181.5	49.9	47	359	9.92	5.36	2.77	2	4

Rushing & Receiving

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	Jon Keyworth	25	FB	14	14	182	725	3	34	4.0	51.8	13.0	42	314	7.5	1	19	3.0	22.4	224	4.6	1039	4	4
2	Floyd Little	33	RB	14	10	125	445	2	19	3.6	31.8	8.9	29	308	10.6	2	66	2.1	22.0	154	4.9	753	4	2
3	Riley Odoms	25	TE	14	14	5	27	0	12	5.4	1.9	0.4	40	544	13.6	3	43	2.9	38.9	45	12.7	571	3	2	PB,AP-1
4	Rick Upchurch	23	WR	14	0	16	97	1	15	6.1	6.9	1.1	18	436	24.2	2	90	1.3	31.1	34	15.7	533	3	3
5	Haven Moses	29	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	29	505	17.4	2	42	2.1	36.1	29	17.4	505	2	1
6	Jack Dolbin	27	WR	14	1	5	72	0	25	14.4	5.1	0.4	22	421	19.1	3	41	1.6	30.1	27	18.3	493	3	0
7	Billy Van Heusen	29	WR	14	13	2	26	0	24	13.0	1.9	0.1	15	246	16.4	1	28	1.1	17.6	17	16.0	272	1	1
8	Fran Lynch	30	RB	14	1	57	218	3	20	3.8	15.6	4.1	6	33	5.5	1	19	0.4	2.4	63	4.0	251	4	1
9	Oliver Ross	26	RB	14	0	42	121	0	21	2.9	8.6	3.0	7	69	9.9	0	30	0.5	4.9	49	3.9	190	0	5
10	Otis Armstrong	25	RB	4	3	31	155	0	33	5.0	38.8	7.8	1	10	10.0	0	10	0.3	2.5	32	5.2	165	0	2
11	John Hufnagel	24	QB	5	1	8	47	0	13	5.9	9.4	1.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	5.9	47	0	0
12	Steve Ramsey	27	QB	11	7	6	38	0	17	6.3	3.5	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	6.3	38	0	2
13	Charley Johnson	37	QB	14	6	10	21	0	13	2.1	1.5	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	10	2.1	21	0	1
14	Boyd Brown	23	TE	12	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	14	14.0	0	14	0.1	1.2	1	14.0	14	0	0
15	Mike Franckowiak	22	RB	14	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	1.0	1	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	490	1993	9	34	4.1	142.4	35.0	210	2900	13.8	15	90	15.0	207.1	700	7.0	4893	24	24

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Defense & Fumbles

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	26	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	0	7.0	0
2	Randy Gradishar	23	MLB	14	14	3	77	1	44	0	1	0	0	3.0	0	PB
3	Paul Howard	25	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Tom Jackson	24	LLB	14	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
5	Jon Keyworth	25	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	4	0	-2	0	0.0	0
6	Haven Moses	29	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Riley Odoms	25	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
8	Bill Thompson	29	SS	14	14	2	97	0	49	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	John Grant	25	LDT	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2.0	0
10	John Rowser	31	FS	13	13	1	2	0	2	0	2	-4	0	0.0	0
11	Billy Van Heusen	29	WR	14	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Paul Smith	30	RDT	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	38	1	4.5	0
13	Louis Wright	22	LCB	11	11	2	9	0	9	1	1	4	0	0.0	0
14	Floyd Little	33	RB	14	10	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Barney Chavous	24	LDE	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	0
16	Calvin Jones	24	RCB	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Ray May	30	RLB	8	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Rubin Carter	23	LDT	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
19	Mike Current	30	RT	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Steve Ramsey	27	QB	11	7	0	0	0	0	2	2	-6	0	0.0	0
21	Charley Johnson	37	QB	14	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Earlie Thomas	30	RCB	10	6	2	66	0	36	0	1	3	0	0.0	0
23	Otis Armstrong	25	RB	4	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Jeff Severson	26	DB	14	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0.0	0
25	Jack Dolbin	27	WR	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0.0	0
26	Fran Lynch	30	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Phil Olsen	27	DE	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
28	Randy Poltl	23	DB	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Jim O'Malley	24	LB	14	0	1	38	0	38	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Oliver Ross	26	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0
31	Bob Swenson	22	LB	14	0	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
32	Rick Upchurch	23	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	16	293	1	49	28	29	56	3	27.0	0

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