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1970 Denver Broncos season
OwnerGerald Phipps
General managerLou Saban
Head coachLou Saban
Home fieldMile High Stadium
Results
Record5–8–1
Division place4th AFC West
Playoff finishDid 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. Led by fourth-year head coach and general manager Lou Saban, the Broncos posted a record of five wins, eight losses, and one tie, the same as the previous season, and were last in the new four-team AFC West division.

Denver won four of its first five games,[1] but then had only one win and one tie in the final nine games. Running back Floyd Little became the first player to lead his conference in rushing for a last place team.[2]

Offseason

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NFL draft

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Main article: 1970 NFL draft
1970 Denver Broncos draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 11 Bobby Anderson  RB Colorado
2 37 Alden Roche  DE Southern
3 63 John Kohler  OT South Dakota
4 89 Jerry Hendren  WR Idaho
5 115 Bill McKoy  LB Purdue
6 141 John Mosier  TE Kansas
7 167 Randy Montgomery  CB Weber State
8 208 Louis Porter  RB Southern
9 219 Dave Washington *  LB Alcorn State
10 245 Maurice Fullerton  DT Tuskegee
11 271 Cleve Bryant  QB Ohio
12 297 Greg Jones  RB Wisconsin-Whitewater
13 323 Jim McKoy  DB Parsons
14 349 Jeff Slipp  LB BYU
15 375 Maher Barakat  K South Dakota Tech
16 401 Bob Stewart  QB Northern Arizona
17 427 Frank Kalfoss  K Montana State
      Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel

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Staff

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1970 Denver Broncos staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches




Roster

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1970 Denver Broncos roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams

Practice squad

Reserve


Rookies in italics

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Regular season

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Main article: 1970 NFL season

Schedule

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

Game summaries

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Week 6 (Sunday, October 25, 1970): at San Francisco 49ers

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Week 6: Denver Broncos at San Francisco 49ers – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Broncos (4–2) 7 7 0014
49ers (4–1–1) 3 3 10319

at Kezar Stadium • San Francisco, California

  • Date: October 25
  • Game time: 2:00 p.m. MST
  • Game attendance: 39,515
  • Referee: Jack Reader
  • TV announcers (NBC): Jay Randolph (play–by–play) and Gordie Soltau (color commentator)
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Team Category Player Statistics
DEN Passing
Rushing
Receiving
SF Passing
Rushing
Receiving
  • Point spread: Broncos +6½
  • Time of Game: 2 hours, 46 minutes
Broncos Game Statistics 49ers
15 First downs 16
33–162 Rushes–yards 34–128
134 Passing yards 234
12–27–3 Passes 16–35–0
2–13 Sacked–yards 0–0
121 Net passing yards 234
283 Total yards 362
88 Return yards 71
8–40.6 Punts 7–39.3
0–0 Fumbles–lost 1–0
5–50 Penalties–yards 9–87
Time of possession

Individual stats

Standings

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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

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  • Floyd Little, AFC Rushing champion

References

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  1. ^ "Broncs kick Falcons by 24 to 10". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. October 19, 1970. p. 29.
  2. ^ Sports Illustrated, July 26, 2010, The Unexpected Hero by Gary Smith, p.60, Published by Time Inc.
  3. ^ Pro Football Reference; Denver Broncos at San Francisco 49ers – October 25, 1970
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