1971 Denver Broncos Statistics
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 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.
Denver labored to change the scoreboard with just 203 points, while the defensive squad yielded 275. Floyd Little ran for a team-best 1,133 yards for the Broncos.
Steve Ramsey tossed for 1,120 yards, and Don Horn took a significant amount of snaps as well. Bobby Anderson paced all receivers, hauling in 37 passes, while Jerry Simmons accumulated 403 receiving yards, while Billy Masters was targeted regularly, too.
Bill Thompson intercepted 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Totals | 175 | 2243 | 12.8 | 74 | 8 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Van Heusen | 76 | 3176 | 41.8 | 62 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |||
| Dave Costa | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Floyd Little | 4 | 2 | 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Dickie Post | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rich Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clem Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Ramsey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 33 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Jim Turner | 25 | 18 | 0 | 93 | ||||||||||
| Floyd Little | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Bobby Anderson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Dwight Harrison | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Fran Lynch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| Jerry Simmons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Fred Forsberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Billy Masters | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Clem Turner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Dickie Post | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 203 |
