1975 Denver Broncos: 6-8-0
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Home record: 5-2-0 (147 points scored, 140 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (103 points scored, 167 allowed) Head Coach: John Ralston
250 points scored (17th of 26 teams), 307 points allowed (18th) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
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Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 210 427 2,541 ( 7) 5.36 15 34 490 1,993 (13) 4.1 9 4,534 (10) 48
Defense: 181 348 2,032 ( 8) 5.42 14 16 526 1,974 (13) 3.8 19 4,006 (10) 32
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Steve Ramsey QB 11 6'2 210 27 6 North Texas State 12 Charley Johnson QB 14 6'0 190 36 15 New Mexico State 15 Jim Turner K 14 6'2 205 34 12 Utah State 16 John Hufnagel QB 5 6'1 194 24 2 Penn State 20 Louis Wright DB 11 6'2 195 22 R San Jose State 21 Randy Poltl DB 13 6'3 190 23 2 Stanford 22 Fran Lynch RB 14 6'1 205 29 9 Hofstra 22 Steve Haggerty DB 1 5'10 175 22 R Nevada-Las Vegas 23 George Hoey DB 1 5'10 180 28 5 Michigan 23 Al Haywood RB 2 5'11 215 27 1 Bethune-Cookman 24 Otis Armstrong RB 4 5'10 196 24 3 Purdue 25 Haven Moses WR 14 6'3 208 29 8 San Diego State 26 Calvin Jones DB 8 5'7 170 24 3 Washington 30 Oliver Ross RB 14 6'0 210 26 3 Alabama A&M 31 Mike Franckowiak RB 14 6'3 220 22 R Central Michigan 32 Jon Keyworth RB 14 6'3 230 24 2 Colorado 36 Bill Thompson DB 14 6'1 200 29 7 Maryland Eastern Shore 42 Billy Van Heusen WR 14 6'1 200 29 8 Maryland 44 Floyd Little RB 14 5'10 195 33 9 Syracuse 45 Jeff Severson DB 14 6'1 185 26 4 Long Beach State 46 John Rowser DB 13 6'1 190 31 9 Michigan 48 Earlie Thomas DB 10 6'1 190 29 6 Colorado State 48 John Pitts DB 1 6'4 218 30 9 Arizona State 50 Bobby Maples C 14 6'3 250 32 11 Baylor 51 Bob Swenson LB 14 6'3 220 22 R California 52 Randy Gradishar LB 14 6'3 235 23 2 Ohio State 54 Mike Lemon LB 1 6'2 215 24 R Kansas 56 Ray May LB 8 6'1 230 30 9 Southern California 57 Tom Jackson LB 14 5'11 220 24 3 Louisville 58 Phil Olsen DT 14 6'5 260 27 5 Utah State 59 Joe Rizzo LB 14 6'1 220 24 2 Kings Point 60 Paul Howard OG 14 6'3 260 25 3 Brigham Young 61 Tommy Lyons OG 10 6'2 230 27 5 Georgia 63 John Grant DE 14 6'3 235 25 3 Southern California 66 Jim O'Malley LB 14 6'1 230 24 3 Notre Dame 67 Carl Schaukowitch OG 11 6'2 237 24 1 Penn State 68 Rubin Carter DT 14 6'0 256 22 R Miami 70 Paul Smith DT 13 6'3 256 30 8 New Mexico 71 Claudie Minor OT 14 6'4 285 24 2 San Diego State 73 Stan Rogers OT 14 6'4 255 23 R Maryland 74 Mike Current OT 7 6'4 258 30 9 Ohio State 77 Lyle Alzado DE 14 6'3 265 26 5 Yankton 78 Marv Montgomery OT 14 6'6 255 27 5 Southern California 79 Barney Chavous DE 9 6'3 252 24 3 South Carolina State 80 Rick Upchurch WR 14 5'10 170 23 R Minnesota 81 Bob Adams TE 2 6'2 220 29 6 Pacific 82 Jack Dolbin WR 14 5'10 180 27 1 Wake Forest 87 Boyd Brown TE 12 6'4 216 23 2 Alcorn State 88 Riley Odoms TE 14 6'4 230 25 4 Houston
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Steve Ramsey 233 128 54.9 1,562 6.70 12.2 9 3.9 14 6.0 23 187 63.6
Charley Johnson 142 65 45.8 1,021 7.19 15.7 5 3.5 12 8.5 10 79 46.7
John Hufnagel 51 16 31.4 287 5.63 17.9 1 2.0 8 15.7 13 84 18.6
Billy Van Heusen 1 1 100.0 30 30.00 30.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Rick Upchurch 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 9 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Jon Keyworth 42 314 7.5 1 Riley Odoms 40 544 13.6 3 Haven Moses 29 505 17.4 2 Floyd Little 29 308 10.6 2 Jack Dolbin 22 421 19.1 3 Rick Upchurch 18 436 24.2 2 Billy Van Heusen 15 246 16.4 1 Oliver Ross 7 69 9.9 0 Fran Lynch 6 33 5.5 1 Boyd Brown 1 14 14.0 0 Otis Armstrong 1 10 10.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Jon Keyworth 182 725 4.0 3 Floyd Little 125 445 3.6 2 Fran Lynch 57 218 3.8 3 Otis Armstrong 31 155 5.0 0 Oliver Ross 42 121 2.9 0 Rick Upchurch 16 97 6.1 1 Jack Dolbin 5 72 14.4 0 John Hufnagel 8 47 5.9 0 Steve Ramsey 6 38 6.3 0 Riley Odoms 5 27 5.4 0 Billy Van Heusen 2 26 13.0 0 Charley Johnson 10 21 2.1 0 Mike Franckowiak 1 1 1.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Rick Upchurch 40 1,084 27.1 0 Floyd Little 16 307 19.2 0 Oliver Ross 1 20 20.0 0 Jeff Severson 1 20 20.0 0 Bobby Maples 1 15 15.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Rick Upchurch 27 312 11.6 4 0 Bill Thompson 13 158 12.2 1 0 Fran Lynch 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1975 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 17 DB Louis Wright 166 San Jose State 2 43 DE Charles Smith North Carolina Central 3 54 QB Mike Franckowiak 57 Central Michigan [pick acquired from NYG] 3 69 LB Drew Mahalic 49 Notre Dame 4 84 DB Steve Taylor Georgia [pick acquired from KC] 4 95 WR Rick Upchurch 119 Minnesota 5 107 OT Stan Rogers 14 Maryland [pick acquired from ATL] 5 121 DT Rubin Carter 166 Miami 8 199 QB Steve Foley 150 Tulane 9 225 DB Roussell Williams Arizona 10 240 C Hank Engelhardt Pacific [pick acquired from KC] 10 251 WR Steve Haggerty 1 Nevada-Las Vegas 12 303 LB Harry Walters Maryland 13 329 RB Eric Penick Notre Dame 14 355 OG Jerry Arnold Oklahoma 15 381 TE Ken Shelton Virginia 16 409 DT Bubba Bridges Colorado 17 433 RB Lester Sherman Albany State (Ga.)
Traded draft picks: #6 to WAS (Mark Doak), #7 to BUF (Reggie Cherry), #11 to WAS (Ardell Johnson)
Transactions:
| 01-1975 | traded Charlie Greer, Jerry Simmons and Denver's #6 pick in the 1976 draft to Falcons for Clarence Ellis |
| 01-1975 | traded Otto Stowe, Denver's #3 pick in the 1976 draft and #6 pick in the 1977 draft to Rams for Phil Olsen |
| 01-1975 | traded Billy Masters to Chiefs for past considerations |
| 01-28-1975 | traded Larron Jackson to Falcons for Greg Marx and Atlanta's #5 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 02-03-1975 | traded Bill Laskey to Lions for Chuck Walton |
| 06-13-1975 | traded Maurice Tyler to Chargers for Reggie Berry |
| 07-29-1975 | traded a draft pick to Giants for Rob Spicer |
| 08-05-1975 | traded Denver's #7 pick in the 1976 draft to Oilers for Jeff Severson |
| 08-12-1975 | traded Greg Marx to Giants for Henry Reed |
1975 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/21/75 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 37-33 1-0-0 09/29/75 vs Green Bay Packers W 23-13 2-0-0 10/05/75 at Buffalo Bills L 10-38 2-1-0 10/12/75 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 9-20 2-2-0 10/19/75 vs Cleveland Browns W 16-15 3-2-0 10/26/75 at Kansas City Chiefs L 13-26 3-3-0 11/02/75 vs Oakland Raiders L 17-42 3-4-0 11/09/75 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 16-17 3-5-0 11/16/75 at San Diego Chargers W 27-17 4-5-0 11/23/75 at Atlanta Falcons L 21-35 4-6-0 11/30/75 vs San Diego Chargers W 13-10 (OT) 5-6-0 12/08/75 at Oakland Raiders L 10-17 5-7-0 12/14/75 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 25-10 6-7-0 12/20/75 at Miami Dolphins L 13-14 6-8-0
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