1975 Denver Broncos Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: John Ralston (6-8)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1975 Denver Broncos RosterTeam Record: 6-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: John Ralston (6-8)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1975 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 1975 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
The Broncos chalked up 254 points, but the defensive squad conceded 307. Jon Keyworth ran for a team-best 725 yards for Denver.
Steve Ramsey passed for 1,562 yards, and Charley Johnson spent time under center also. Jon Keyworth paced the receiving corps, hauling in 42 passes, while Riley Odoms accumulated 544 receiving yards, while Jack Dolbin and Haven Moses contributed to the receiving game as well.
Randy Gradishar intercepted 3 errant tosses from the opposition.
John Ralston 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 | 233 | 128 | 54.9 | 1562 | 6.7 | 9 | 3.9 | 14 | 6.0 | 66 | 23 | 187 | 63.6 |
| Charley Johnson | 142 | 65 | 45.8 | 1021 | 7.2 | 5 | 3.5 | 12 | 8.5 | 90 | 10 | 79 | 46.7 |
| John Hufnagel | 51 | 16 | 31.4 | 287 | 5.6 | 1 | 2.0 | 8 | 15.7 | 80 | 13 | 84 | 18.6 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Rick Upchurch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.0 | ||||
| Totals | 427 | 210 | 49.2 | 2900 | 6.8 | 15 | 3.5 | 34 | 8.0 | 90 | 47 | 359 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Keyworth | 182 | 725 | 4.0 | 34 | 3 |
| Floyd Little | 125 | 445 | 3.6 | 19 | 2 |
| Fran Lynch | 57 | 218 | 3.8 | 20 | 3 |
| Otis Armstrong | 31 | 155 | 5.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Oliver Ross | 42 | 121 | 2.9 | 21 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 16 | 97 | 6.1 | 15 | 1 |
| Jack Dolbin | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 25 | 0 |
| John Hufnagel | 8 | 47 | 5.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Steve Ramsey | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Charley Johnson | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Franckowiak | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 490 | 1993 | 4.1 | 34 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Keyworth | 42 | 314 | 7.5 | 19 | 1 |
| Riley Odoms | 40 | 544 | 13.6 | 43 | 3 |
| Haven Moses | 29 | 505 | 17.4 | 42 | 2 |
| Floyd Little | 29 | 308 | 10.6 | 66 | 2 |
| Jack Dolbin | 22 | 421 | 19.1 | 41 | 3 |
| Rick Upchurch | 18 | 436 | 24.2 | 90 | 2 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 15 | 246 | 16.4 | 28 | 1 |
| Oliver Ross | 7 | 69 | 9.9 | 30 | 0 |
| Fran Lynch | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 19 | 1 |
| Boyd Brown | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Otis Armstrong | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 210 | 2900 | 13.8 | 90 | 15 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Van Heusen | 63 | 2515 | 39.9 | 64 |
| Totals | 63 | 2515 | 39.9 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Upchurch | 27 | 312 | 11.6 | 51 | 0 |
| Bill Thompson | 13 | 158 | 12.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Fran Lynch | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 470 | 11.5 | 51 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Upchurch | 40 | 1084 | 27.1 | 58 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 16 | 307 | 19.2 | 32 | 0 |
| Jeff Severson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Oliver Ross | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bobby Maples | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 59 | 1446 | 24.5 | 58 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Gradishar | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 44 | 1 |
| Bill Thompson | 2 | 97 | 48.5 | 49 | 0 |
| Earlie Thomas | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Louis Wright | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim O'Malley | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Bob Swenson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| John Rowser | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Calvin Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray May | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16 | 293 | 18.3 | 49 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Grant | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lyle Alzado | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Smith | 0 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oliver Ross | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Severson | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Rowser | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Ramsey | 2 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fran Lynch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rick Upchurch | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim O'Malley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Current | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Howard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Floyd Little | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Riley Odoms | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Earlie Thomas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Gradishar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Dolbin | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Louis Wright | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Olsen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Poltl | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Haven Moses | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jon Keyworth | 4 | 0 | -2 | 0 | |||
| Ray May | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Otis Armstrong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 28 | 29 | 56 | 3 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Jim Turner | 21 | 23 | 0 | 86 | ||||||||||
| Fran Lynch | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Jon Keyworth | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Floyd Little | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Jack Dolbin | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Riley Odoms | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Haven Moses | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Randy Gradishar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Paul Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 254 |
