1971 Denver Broncos 5-8-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Denver 37 52 51 71 0 211 Opponent 98 89 20 78 0 285 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 211 285 0-1 23 Miami 31 First Downs 233 239 0-2 17 @Green Bay 21 Rush 99 106 0-3 10 Kansas City 22 Pass 118 123 0-4 3 Oakland 13 Pen 16 10 0-5 21 San Diego 34 Penalties 68 82 1-5 20 @Cleveland 17 Yards 645 678 1-6 0 @Philadelphia 24 2-6 20 Detroit 13 Rushing Att 515 503 3-6 17 Cincinnati 10 Yards 2114 2040 3-7 7 @Kansas City 31 Ave 4.1 4.1 3-7 1 20 @Pittsburgh 20 TD 8 14 4-7 1 19 Chicago 0 5-7 1 25 @San Diego 14 Passing Att 318 313 5-8 1 9 @Oakland 35 Comp 179 184 % 56.3 58.8 Int 23 10 % 7.2 3.2 TD 10 17 % 3.1 5.4 Yards 2079 2426 Sacked 24 38 Punt Return 47 43 Yards 274 312 Ave 5.8 7.3 Kick Return 61 53 Yards 1107 1072 Ave 18.1 20.2 Punts 68 70 Yards 2889 2981 Ave 42.5 42.6 FG Att 32 28 Made 23 18 % 71.9 64.3 Third Downs 178 181 Made 58 64 % 32.6 35.4 Fourth Downs 8 9 Made 2 5 % 25.0 55.6 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 31 34 Lost 13 16 Turnovers 36 26 Net Offense 4028 4196 Per Play 4.7 4.9 1971 Denver Broncos Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Little 292 1134 3.9 24 50 40 5 Anderson,B 36 2 404 11.2 3 24 38 2 Anderson,B 143 590 4.1 11 28 36 3 Masters 31 6 315 10.2 1 21 29 2 Lynch 28 185 6.6 5 11 21 0 Little 30 0 243 8.1 1 12 27 2 Turner,Cl 17 55 3.2 0 3 8 0 Simmons 29 5 397 13.7 3 21 29 0 Masters 7 50 7.1 3 1 15 0 Harrison 21 2 271 12.9 1 13 49 1 Harrison 4 21 5.3 2 2 11 0 Gehrke 16 2 271 16.9 2 15 46 2 Simmons 2 20 10.0 1 1 14 0 Turner,Cl 7 0 73 10.4 1 4 26 0 Ramsey 12 19 1.6 0 0 7 0 Lynch 4 0 54 13.5 1 3 31 1 Mosier 1 15 15.0 1 1 15 0 Mosier 3 0 37 12.3 0 3 13 0 Van Heusen 1 15 15.0 1 1 15 0 Bowdell 1 0 10 10.0 0 1 10 0 Horn 6 6 1.0 0 0 5 0 Van Heusen 1 0 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Gehrke 1 4 4.0 0 1 4 0 179 17 2079 11.6 13117 49 10 Goeddeke 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 515 2114 4.1 48 99 40 8 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Horn 136 78 57.4 862 11.1 49 5 4 11 8.1 6 6 4.4 57.3 Ramsey 181 101 55.8 1217 12.0 46 9 9 12 6.6 18 4 2.2 56.3 Anderson,B 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 39.6 318 179 56.3 2079 11.6 49 14 13 23 7.2 24 10 3.1 56.6 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Turner,J 20 20 100.0 32 23 71.9 66.7 0.0 48 89 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Van Heusen 68 2889 54 6 2 14 43 312 36.1 42.5 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Turner,Cl 5 114 22.8 26 0 Greer 8 0 17 2.1 6 0 Little 19 402 21.2 47 0 Thompson 39 1 257 6.6 28 0 Montgomery 2 37 18.5 23 0 47 1 274 5.8 28 0 Criter 7 113 16.1 30 0 Anderson,B 28 441 15.8 31 0 Goeddeke 1 0 0.0 0 0 61 1107 18.1 47 0 Fumbles Thompson 9 Anderson 6 Turner,C 2 Forsberg 1 Ramsey 8 Little 4 Harrison 1 Myrtle 1 2 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Jackson, 10 Jackson, 10 Alzado 15 Thompson 11 Forsberg 6 Myrtle 5 Smith,P 10 Alzado 5 Jackson, 15 Saimes 8 Smith,P 5 Forsberg 4 Alzado 8 Smith,P 5 Smith,P 14 Smith,P 6 Costa 4 Costa 4 Costa 6 Costa 4 Costa 6 Mitchell 4 Jackson, 3 Smith,P 4 Myrtle 3 Myrtle 2 Forsberg 6 Greer 4 Barnes,W 3 Underwoo 3 Forsberg 1 Underwoo 6 Jackson, 3 Mitchell 2 Alzado 2 Myrtle 4 Underwoo 3 Campbell 2 Ramsey 2 Criter 2 Alzado 2 Inman 1 Greer 2 Greer 2 Byrd 1 Bowdell 1 Little 2 Mitchell 1 Costa 1 McKoy 1 Gordon 1 McKoy 1 Forsberg 1 Gehrke 1 Lynch 1 Myrtle 1 Montgome 1 Masters 1 Myrtle 1 Goeddeke 1 Greer 1 Harrison 1 Thompson 1 Saimes 1 Underwoo 1 Jackson, 1 Jackson, 1 Tackles Greer 82 Smith,P 64 Thompson 51 Domres,T 19 Montgome 13 Inman 5 Jackson, 75 Costa 62 Alzado 49 Campbell 19 Gordon 13 Gehrke 4 Forsberg 74 Saimes 54 Mitchell 38 Byrd 15 McKoy 8 Criter 4 Underwoo 73 Myrtle 52 Barnes,W 20 Bowdell 14 Harrison 6 Washingt 2 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Thompson 4 66 16.5 25 0 Myrtle 2 38 19.0 20 0 Underwood 2 13 6.5 10 0 Mitchell, 1 0 0.0 0 0 Greer 1 0 0.0 0 0 10 117 11.7 25 0 1971 Denver Broncos Coach:Jerry Smith Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Horn,Don 3 O 2 1 QB Ramsey,Steve 4 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Anderson,Bobby 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Little,Floyd 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Lynch,Fran 1 0 3 B 3 4 KR RB Turner,Clem 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR WR Bowdell,Gordon 0 0 2 O 1 1 WR Gehrke,Jack 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Harrison,Dwight 0 0 4 O 1 3 WR Simmons,Jerry 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Van Heusen,Bill 0 0 5 O 1 1 P TE Masters,Billy 2 0 5 O 1 3 TE Mosier,John 2 0 5 O 1 3 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Jackson,Larron 6 6 5 G Schnitker,Mike 6 6 4 T Current,Mike 7 7 5 T Montgomery,Marv 4 4 4 T Shoals,Roger 6 6 5 C Kaminski,Larry 5 5 2 C-G Bachman,Jay 4 4 5 KR G-T Brunelli,Sam 3 3 2 C-G Goeddeke,George 6 6 5 C-G Lyons,Tommy 4 4 3 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Costa,Dave 6 4 0 2 5 DT Inman,Jerry 4 3 0 1 5 DT Smith,Paul 7 4 0 3 5 DL Domres,Tom 4 3 0 1 3 DE Alzado,Lyle 5 3 0 2 4 DE Barnes,Walt 3 2 0 1 2 DE Jackson,Rich 8 5 0 3 5 ILB Campbell,Carter 3 2 1 0 5 ILB Criter,Ken 4 3 1 0 3 KR ILB Forsberg,Fred 5 3 2 0 5 KR OLB McKoy,Bill 4 3 1 0 5 OLB Myrtle,Chip 5 2 2 1 5 OLB Underwood,Olen 4 2 2 0 5 OLB Washington,Dave 4 2 2 0 5 CB Mitchell,Leroy 5 0 5 0 5 PR CB Montgomery,Randy 3 0 3 0 2 KR CB Thompson,Billy 7 0 7 0 5 PR DB Byrd,Butch 3 0 3 0 5 DB Gordon,Cornell 4 0 4 0 5 S Greer,Charlie 6 1 5 0 4 PR S Saimes,George 6 1 5 0 5 Special Teams K Turner,Jim