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1975 Denver Broncos season

1975 Denver Broncos season
Gerald Phipps
John Ralston
John Ralston
Mile High Stadium
6–8
2nd AFC West
Did not qualify

Uniforms worn by the NFL franchise Denver Broncos from 1968 to 1996.

The 1975 Denver Broncos season was the team's 16th year in professional football and its sixth with the National Football League (NFL). Led by fourth-year head coach and general manager John Ralston, the Broncos were 6–8, second in the AFC West, but five games behind the Oakland Raiders, who clinched in late November.

Denver opened the season with two wins at home, against the Chiefs and Packers, but won only four of their last twelve games. In their sixteen years of existence, the Broncos had yet to reach the postseason.

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1975 Denver Broncos draft
1	17	Louis Wright *	CB	San Jose State
2	43	Charles Smith	DE	North Carolina Central
3	54	Mike Franckowiak	FB	Central Michigan
3	69	Drew Mahalic	LB	Notre Dame
4	84	Steve Taylor	DB	Georgia
4	95	Rick Upchurch *	WR	Minnesota
5	107	Stan Rogers	T	Maryland
5	121	Rubin Carter	DT	Miami (FL)
8	199	Steve Foley	DB	Tulane
9	225	Rousell Williams	DB	Arizona
10	240	Hank Englehardt	C	Pacific
10	251	Steve Haggerty	WR	UNLV
12	303	Harry Walters	LB	Maryland
13	329	Eric Penick	RB	Notre Dame
14	355	Jerry Arnold	G	Oklahoma
15	381	Ken Shelton	TE	Virginia
16	409	Bubba Bridges	DT	Colorado
17	433	Lester Sherman	RB	Albany State
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	Front office

Owner / Chairman of the Board – Gerald Phipps Team President – Allan Phipps Assistant General Manager/Director of Player Personnel – Fred Gehrke Director of Scouting – Carroll Hardy Head coaches

Vice President/General Manager/Head Coach – John Ralston Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Backfield – Max Coley Wide Receivers – Kay Dalton Offensive Line – Jerry Frei | | | Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Joe Collier Defensive Line – Doc Urich Defensive Backs – Bob Gambold Special teams coaches

Special Teams/Linebackers – Myrel Moore |

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Quarterbacks (QB)
16 John Hufnagel
12 Charley Johnson
10 Steve Ramsey
Running backs (RB)

31 Mike Franckowiak 23 Alfred Haywood 32 Jon Keyworth 44 Floyd Little 22 Fran Lynch 30 Oliver Ross Wide receivers (WR)

82 Jack Dolbin 25 Haven Moses 80 Rick Upchurch 42 Billy Van Heusen P Tight ends (TE)

81 Bob Adams 88 Riley Odoms | | Offensive linemen (OL) 62 Brian Goodman G 60 Paul Howard G 50 Bobby Maples C 71 Claudie Minor T 78 Marv Montgomery T/G 73 Stan Rogers T 75 Tom Walker G Defensive linemen (DL)

77 Lyle Alzado DT 68 Rubin Carter DE/DT 79 Barney Chavous DE 63 John Grant DE 58 Phil Olsen DE 70 Paul Smith DT | | Linebackers (LB) 52 Randy Gradishar MLB 57 Tom Jackson OLB 66 Jim O'Malley MLB 59 Joe Rizzo OLB 51 Bob Swenson OLB Defensive backs (DB)

26 Calvin Jones CB 21 Randy Poltl SS 46 John Rowser FS/CB 45 Jeff Severson FS 48 Earlie Thomas CB 36 Bill Thompson SS 20 Louis Wright CB Special teams (ST)

15 Jim Turner K | | Reserve

24 Otis Armstrong RB (IR) 87 Boyd Brown TE (IR) 74 Mike Current T (IR) —- Clarence Ellis FS (IR) 61 Tommy Lyons G (IR) 56 Ray May LB (IR) 67 Carl Schaukowitch G (IR) 64 Mike Schnitker G (IR) -- Ed Smith DE (IR) -- Charlie Smith DE (IR)

Rookies in italics |

Source:

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue
September 21	Kansas City Chiefs	W 37–33	1–0	Mile High Stadium	51,858
.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}September 29	Green Bay Packers	W 23–13	2–0	Mile High Stadium	52,621
October 5	at Buffalo Bills	L 14–38	2–1	Rich Stadium	79,864
October 12	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 9–20	2–2	Three Rivers Stadium	49,169
October 19	Cleveland Browns	W 16–15	3–2	Mile High Stadium	52,590
October 26	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 13–26	3–3	Arrowhead Stadium	70,043
November 2	Oakland Raiders	L 17–42	3–4	Mile High Stadium	52,505
November 9	Cincinnati Bengals	L 16–17	3–5	Mile High Stadium	49,919
November 16	at San Diego Chargers	W 27–17	4–5	San Diego Stadium	26,048
November 23	at Atlanta Falcons	L 21–35	4–6	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	28,686
November 30	San Diego Chargers	W 13–10 OT	5–6	Mile High Stadium	44,982
December 8	at Oakland Raiders	L 10–17	5–7	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	51,075
December 14	Philadelphia Eagles	W 25–10	6–7	Mile High Stadium	36,860
December 20	at Miami Dolphins	L 13–14	6–8	Orange Bowl	43,064
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

AFC West
Oakland Raiders(2)	11	3	.786	5–1	8–3	375	255	W1
Denver Broncos	6	8	.429	3–3	4–7	254	307	L1
Kansas City Chiefs	5	9	.357	3–3	3–8	282	341	L4
San Diego Chargers	2	12	.143	1–5	2–9	189	345	L1

Denver Broncos – 1975 media guide
1975 Denver Broncos season at jt-sw.com
1975 Denver Broncos at Pro-Football-Reference.com

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