1968A Denver Broncos Season Summary - Thru Week 5 Injuries
Record (3-1)
Wk Result Opponent
2 L 13-26 at Cincinnati
3 W 20-14 at Kansas City
4 W 20-15 Boston
5 W 27-20 Cincinnati
6 at NY Jets
7 at San Diego
8 Miami
9 at Boston
10 Oakland
11 at Houston
12 Buffalo
13 San Diego
14 at Oakland
15 Kansas City
Team Statistics
Broncos Opp.
Total First Downs 77 53
Rushing 34 20
Passing 42 30
Penalty 1 3
Third Down: Made/Att 33-61 17-52
Third Down Pct. 54.1 32.7
Fourth Down: Made/Att 0-1 2-3
Fourth Down Pct. 0.0 66.7
Rez Zone: Made/Att 9-12 8-10
Red Zone Pct. 75.0 80.0
Total Net Yards 1351 1063
Avg.Per Game 337.8 265.8
Total Plays 276 227
Avg.Per Play 4.9 4.7
Net Yards Rushing 639 436
Avg.Per Game 159.8 109.0
Total Rushes 154 107
Net Yards Passing 712 627
Avg.Per Game 178.0 156.8
Sacked-Yds Lost 11-76 14-102
Gross Yards 1427 1165
Att-Completions 111-64 106-48
Completion Pct. 57.7 45.3
Had Intercepted 7 4
Punts-Avg. 15-45.6 23-45.8
Net Punting Avg. 43.4 41.3
Penalties-Yards Lost 21-168 10-84
Fumbles-Ball Lost 9-2 11-4
Touchdowns 9 8
Rushing 4 2
Passing 5 5
Returns 0 1
Total Pts. 80 75
Avg. Time of Poss. 34:46 25:14
PASSING Att Cmp Pct Yds Lng TD Int Sk SkY Rate
M.Briscoe 10 9 90.0 105 36 1 0 2 20 143.8
S.Tensi 7 4 57.1 38 15 0 0 4 28 72.3
J.Leclair 92 50 54.3 644 45 4 7 5 28 59.3
F.Lynch 2 1 50.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 56.2
Broncos 111 64 57.7 788 45 5 7 11 76 68.4
Opponents 106 48 45.3 729 93 5 4 14 102 68.5
SCORING R P Ret PAT FG Saf Pts
B.Howfield 0 0 0 8/8 6/11 0 26
J.Leclair 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
E.Crabtree 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
B.Van Heusen 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
M.Briscoe 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
F.Lynch 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
T.J.Beer 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Broncos 4 5 0 8/8 6/11 0 80
Opponents 2 5 1 7/7 6/8 1 75
FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50
B.Howfield 0/1 2/2 3/3 1/5 0/0
Broncos 0/1 2/2 3/3 1/5 0/0
Opponents 1/1 2/2 1/1 2/4 0/0
RUSHING Att Yards Avg Long TD
F.Little 44 218 5.0 64 0
F.Lynch 49 169 3.4 18 1
J.Leclair 23 101 4.4 14 2
G.Ford 18 65 3.6 14 0
M.Briscoe 7 44 6.3 10 1
T.Erwin 11 39 3.5 12 0
B.McCarthy 2 3 1.5 3 0
Broncos 154 639 4.1 64 4
Opponents 107 436 4.1 34 2
RECEIVING Rec Yards Avg Long TD
E.Crabtree 11 171 15.5 45 2
B.Van Heusen 10 96 9.6 25 2
T.J.Beer 9 125 13.9 36 1
J.C.Jones 8 90 11.2 22 0
M.Haffner 7 108 15.4 28 0
F.Little 6 56 9.3 14 0
F.Lynch 5 55 11.0 18 0
G.Ford 5 43 8.6 15 0
A.Denson 3 44 14.7 22 0
Broncos 64 788 12.3 45 5
Opponents 48 729 15.2 93 5
PUNT RETURNS No FC Yds Avg Lng TD
F.Little 5 2 48 9.6 25 0
C.Greer 8 1 36 4.5 9 0
Broncos 13 3 84 6.5 25 0
Opponents 11 1 13 1.2 7 0
KO RETURNS No Yds Avg Long TD
F.Little 3 78 26.0 27 0
G.Hollomon 9 202 22.4 27 0
J.Stokes 2 43 21.5 24 0
A.Moore 1 20 20.0 20 0
Broncos 15 343 22.9 27 0
Opponents 12 270 22.5 34 0
PUNTING Att Yds GAvg In20 Long
B.Van Heusen 15 684 45.6 2 64
Broncos 15 684 45.6 2 64
Opponents 23 1,054 45.8 8 68
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg Long TD
C.Greer 1 9 9.0 9 0
J.Huard 1 36 36.0 36 0
F.Forsberg 1 3 3.0 3 0
P.Jaquess 1 9 9.0 9 0
Broncos 4 57 14.2 36 0
Opponents 7 100 14.3 49 0
SACKS No Yds Avg SAF
R.Jackson 4 22 5.5 0
D.Costa 4 31 7.8 0
P.Duranko 3 31 10.3 0
R.Mirich 1 7 7.0 0
J.Huard 1 6 6.0 0
C.Myrtle 1 5 5.0 0
Broncos 14 102 7.3 0
Opponents 11 76 6.9 1