1972 Denver Broncos 8-5-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Denver 76 99 66 95 0 336 Opponent 105 92 58 88 0 343 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 336 343 1-0 35 Houston 23 First Downs 279 281 1-1 10 @San Diego 13 Rush 101 114 1-2 20 Kansas City 27 Pass 162 145 2-2 38 @Cincinnati 28 Pen 16 22 3-2 31 Minnesota 10 Penalties 86 68 3-3 0 @Oakland 37 Yards 793 644 4-3 20 Cleveland 16 4-4 13 @New York(N) 28 Rushing Att 467 477 5-4 31 @Los Angeles 24 Yards 2111 2019 5-4 1 49 Oakland 49 Ave 4.5 4.2 6-4 1 31 @Atlanta 24 TD 12 16 6-5 1 3 @Kansas City 20 7-5 1 31 San Diego 30 Passing Att 382 387 8-5 1 24 New England 14 Comp 226 219 % 59.2 56.6 Int 20 13 % 5.2 3.4 TD 26 21 % 6.8 5.4 Yards 3032 2659 Sacked 29 40 Punt Return 34 33 Yards 313 180 Ave 9.2 5.5 Kick Return 72 66 Yards 1673 1305 Ave 23.2 19.8 Punts 57 67 Yards 2250 2759 Ave 39.5 41.2 FG Att 24 33 Made 14 24 % 58.3 72.7 Third Downs 181 181 Made 74 66 % 40.9 36.5 Fourth Downs 15 13 Made 11 7 % 73.3 53.8 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 30 30 Lost 17 8 Turnovers 37 21 Net Offense 4940 4394 Per Play 5.6 4.9 1972 Denver Broncos Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Little 242 1144 4.7 25 50 47 6 Sherman 44 2 721 16.4 7 36 63 5 Anderson,B 83 353 4.3 4 18 15 4 Little 36 5 408 11.3 2 20 44 2 Dawkins 62 274 4.4 4 14 19 0 Masters 27 2 426 15.8 3 21 52 5 Lynch 34 201 5.9 6 10 30 2 Anderson,B 27 1 320 11.9 4 19 31 2 Odoms 5 62 12.4 3 3 27 0 Odoms 23 3 269 11.7 1 18 27 2 Turner,Cl 6 25 4.2 1 1 15 0 Dawkins 19 1 267 14.1 1 16 52 2 Van Heusen 2 25 12.5 1 1 29 0 Moses 19 1 276 14.5 3 15 65 6 Johnson,C 10 15 1.5 0 1 3 0 Simmons 18 0 231 12.8 4 10 35 1 Moses 1 12 12.0 1 1 12 0 Lynch 7 0 50 7.1 0 2 12 0 Sherman 1 9 9.0 0 1 9 0 Van Heusen 5 1 47 9.4 0 3 16 1 Ramsey 13 2 0.2 0 1 4 0 Turner,Cl 1 0 17 17.0 0 1 17 0 Ernst 4 2 0.5 0 0 5 0 226 16 3032 13.4 25162 65 26 Krieg 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Masters 3 -13 -4.3 0 0 0 0 467 2111 4.5 45 101 47 12 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Johnson,C 249 160 64.3 2155 13.5 65 20 19 13 5.2 10 21 8.4 98.1 Little 2 1 50.0 17 17.0 17 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 79.2 Ramsey 129 65 50.4 860 13.2 52 12 6 7 5.4 18 5 3.9 62.2 Anderson,B 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 39.6 382 226 59.2 3032 13.4 65 32 25 20 5.2 29 26 6.8 85.3 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Turner,J 42 42 100.0 24 14 58.3 16.7 0.0 40 84 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Van Heusen 57 2250 62 5 1 13 33 180 34.6 39.5 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Montgomery 41 1076 26.2 101 1 Greer 5 0 102 20.4 76 1 Dawkins 17 385 22.6 35 0 Little 11 7 75 6.8 14 0 Lynch 9 137 15.2 26 0 Sherman 18 8 136 7.6 15 0 Little 5 75 15.0 21 0 34 15 313 9.2 76 1 Anderson,B 1 0 0.0 0 0 72 1673 23.2 101 1 Fumbles Little 7 Johnson, 3 Montgome 3 Odoms 2 Masters 1 Dawkins 6 Lynch 3 Greer 2 Sherman 2 Van Heus 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Smith,P 13 Smith,P 8 Smith,P 10 Greer 9 Duranko 4 Voss 3 Alzado 12 Duranko 7 Alzado 9 Mitchell 9 Greer 4 Little 2 Duranko 8 Alzado 7 Voss 8 Thompson 8 Mitchell 4 Masters 2 Voss 4 Voss 2 Forsberg 6 Graham 6 Forsberg 3 Alzado 2 Myrtle 1 Myrtle 5 Duranko 4 Alzado 2 Forsberg 1 Domres,T 1 Graham 4 Forsberg 4 Myrtle 2 Graham 1 Graham 1 Duranko 4 Preece 3 Smith,P 2 Greer 1 Alzado 2 Voss 2 Jackson, 1 Smith,P 2 Parish 1 Johnson, 1 Myrtle 2 Saimes 1 Current 1 Domres,T 1 Simmons 1 Maples 1 Voss 1 Simone 1 Domres,T 1 Graham 1 Sharp 1 Hoffman 1 Sherman 1 West,B 1 Smith,P 1 Duranko 1 Tackles Myrtle 109 Thompson 53 Mitchell 29 Criter 13 Krieg 8 Graham 86 Voss 48 Geddes,B 22 Montgome 13 Gordon 5 Smith,P 81 Duranko 47 Parish 17 Hoffman 12 Moses 3 Greer 78 Preece 41 Simone 15 Saimes 10 Simmons 2 Alzado 64 Forsberg 41 West,B 15 Domres,T 9 McKoy 2 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Mitchell, 4 28 7.0 11 0 Graham 3 1 0.3 1 0 Thompson 3 19 6.3 16 0 Greer 2 4 2.0 4 0 Preece 1 0 0.0 0 0 13 52 4.0 16 0 1972 Denver Broncos Coach:John Ralston Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Ernst,Mike 2 O 2 1 QB Johnson,Charley 4 O 2 1 QB Ramsey,Steve 3 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Anderson,Bobby 1 0 4 B 3 3 KR RB Dawkins,Joe 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Little,Floyd 1 0 5 B 3 3 RET RB Lynch,Fran 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Turner,Clem 1 0 4 B 3 3 KR WR Krieg,Jim 0 0 2 O 1 3 RET WR Moses,Haven 0 0 2 O 1 1 WR Sherman,Rod 0 0 5 O 1 1 PR WR Simmons,Jerry 0 0 3 O 1 1 WR Van Heusen,Bill 0 0 5 O 1 3 P TE Masters,Billy 2 0 5 O 1 1 TE Odoms,Riley 2 0 5 O 1 3 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Cottrell,Bill 3 3 3 G Jackson,Larron 7 7 5 G Schnitker,Mike 4 4 5 T Current,Mike 6 6 5 T Montgomery,Marv 7 7 4 T Sharp,Rick 3 3 4 C Kaminski,Larry 3 3 3 C Maples,Bobby 6 6 4 G-T Goeddeke,George 4 4 2 C-G Lyons,Tommy 5 5 3 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Domres,Tom 4 3 0 1 3 DT Smith,Paul 8 5 0 3 5 DL Duranko,Pete 6 4 0 2 5 DL Voss,Lloyd 6 5 0 1 4 DE Alzado,Lyle 7 4 0 3 5 DE Hoffman,John 3 2 0 1 2 ILB Criter,Ken 3 2 1 0 2 ILB Graham,Tom 6 3 2 1 5 LB Forsberg,Fred 5 3 2 0 3 LB Geddes,Bob 4 3 1 0 5 OLB McKoy,Bill 4 3 1 0 5 OLB Myrtle,Chip 6 3 3 0 5 OLB Parish,Don 3 2 1 0 2 OLB Simone,Mike 4 3 1 0 5 CB Gordon,Cornell 3 0 3 0 2 CB Mitchell,Leroy 6 0 6 0 5 CB Montgomery,Randy 4 0 4 0 5 KR CB Thompson,Billy 6 0 6 0 5 PR CB West,Bill 3 0 3 0 2 S Greer,Charlie 6 1 5 0 5 PR S Preece,Steve 6 1 5 0 4 S Saimes,George 4 1 3 0 3 Special Teams K Turner,Jim