1970 Denver Broncos season

1970 Denver Broncos season
General manager	Lou Saban
Head coach	Lou Saban
Home field	Mile High Stadium
Results
Record	5–8–1
Division place	4th AFC West
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1970 Denver Broncos season was the team's 11th season in professional football and first in the National Football League (NFL) after the merger. The Broncos duplicated their record from the previous season with five wins, eight losses, and one tie. They placed last in the new AFC West. Floyd Little became the first player to lead his conference in rushing for a last place team.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1970 NFL draft

1970 Denver Broncos draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	11	Bobby Anderson	Running Back	Colorado
2	37	Alden Roche	Defensive end	Southern
Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel

Staff

1970 Denver Broncos staff

Front office Chairman of the Board – Gerald Phipps President – Allan Phipps General Manager – Lou Saban Director of Player Personnel – Fred Gehrke Director of Scouting – Carroll Hardy Head coaches Head Coach – Lou Saban Offensive coaches Offensive Backs – Hunter Enis Wide Receivers – Sam Rutigliano Offensive Line – Whitey Dovell

Defensive coaches Defensive Line – Stan Jones Linebackers – Dick MacPherson Defensive Backfield – Joe Collier

Roster

1970 Denver Broncos roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 14 Pete Liske 12 Alan Pastrana 13 Steve Tensi Running backs (RB) 25 Ted Alflen 11 Bobby Anderson 33 Willis Crenshaw 44 Floyd Little 22 Fran Lynch 35 Clem Turner 29 Wandy Williams Wide receivers (WR) 88 Al Denson 89 John Embree 84 Mike Haffner 86 Jerry Hendren Tight ends (TE) 81 Billy Masters 83 Jim Whalen

Offensive linemen (OL) 68 Steve Alexakos G 56 Jay Bachman C 72 Sam Brunelli T 74 Mike Current T 67 George Goeddeke G 59 Larry Kaminski C 64 Mike Schnitker G 60 Bob Young G Defensive linemen (DL) 63 Dave Costa DT 55 Pete Duranko DE 62 Jerry Inman DT 87 Rich Jackson DE 77 Alden Roche DE 70 Paul Smith DT

Linebackers (LB) 78 Ken Criter 50 Carl Cunningham 52 Fred Forsberg 58 Bill McKoy 54 Chip Myrtle 56 Dave Washington Defensive backs (DB) {{{defensive_back}}} Special teams 3 Bobby Howfield K 42 Billy Van Heusen

Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Record	Attendance
1	September 20	at Buffalo Bills	W 25–10	War Memorial Stadium	1–0	34,882
2	September 27	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 16–13	Mile High Stadium	2–0	50,705
3	October 4	Kansas City Chiefs	W 26–13	Mile High Stadium	3–0	50,705
4	October 11	at Oakland Raiders	L 23–35	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	3–1	54,436
5	October 18	Atlanta Falcons	W 24–10	Mile High Stadium	4–1	50,705
6	October 25	at San Francisco 49ers	L 14–19	Kezar Stadium	4–2	39,515
7	November 1	Washington Redskins	L 3–19	Mile High Stadium	4–3	50,705
8	November 8	at San Diego Chargers	L 21–24	San Diego Stadium	4–4	48,327
9	November 15	Oakland Raiders	L 19–24	Mile High Stadium	4–5	50,959
10	November 22	at New Orleans Saints	W 31–6	Tulane Stadium	5–5	66,837
11	November 29	at Houston Oilers	L 21–31	Astrodome	5–6	35,733
12	December 6	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 0–16	Municipal Stadium	5–7	50,454
13	December 13	San Diego Chargers	T 17–17	Mile High Stadium	5–7–1	50,959
14	December 20	Cleveland Browns	L 13–27	Mile High Stadium	5–8–1	51,001

Standings

AFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Oakland Raiders	8	4	2	.667	4–0–2	7–2–2	300	293	L1
Kansas City Chiefs	7	5	2	.583	2–3–1	7–3–1	272	244	L2
San Diego Chargers	5	6	3	.455	2–2–2	4–4–3	282	278	W1
Denver Broncos	5	8	1	.385	1–4–1	3–6–1	253	264	L1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Awards and honors

• Floyd Little, AFC Rushing champion

External links

• 1970 Denver Broncos at Pro-Football-Reference.com