1970 Denver Broncos season
The 1970 Denver Broncos season was the team's 11th season in professional football and first in the National Football League 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, 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.
Regular season
Game summaries
Week 6 (Sunday, October 25, 1970): at [1970 [San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]]
- 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 | 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 | 7–39.3 | |
| 0–0 | Fumbles–lost | 1–0 |
| 5–50 | Penalties–yards | 9–87 |
| Time of possession |
'''Individual stats'''
Awards and honors
- Floyd Little, AFC Rushing champion