The Seminoles switched to a pro set offense that year and had one of the highest scoring teams in college football, averaging nearly 24 points a game.
[4] Tensi threw for 1,683 yards and 14 TDs in FSU's 10 games, many of which were thrown to first-team All American and future Oakland Raiders great Fred Biletnikoff.
Behind the Tensi to Biletnikoff tandem, and a defense which had four shutouts, Florida State enjoyed its best record up until that time, going 9–1–1.
These five signal callers combined for a ratio of 12 touchdown passes to 30 interceptions, and finished last in the American Football League in scoring.
According to former Broncos executive Jim Saccomano, Tensi's effectiveness and health in Denver was hamstrung by weak pass protection.
[18] After the AFL–NFL merger, Pete Liske took over as the starting quarterback in 1970, but it was Tensi who came off the bench in the season-opener to throw the Broncos' first touchdown pass in the NFL in a come-from-behind victory over the Bills.
"[12] Comments by football scouts on Tensi late in his career noted his excellent size (at 6'5", he was one of the tallest pro quarterbacks of his day) but gave him mixed reviews in other areas.
He's a big tall guy who can throw the ball but he doesn't have the peripheral vision which allows you to look and pick things out.
[9] He married his college sweetheart Barbara Jean, whom he had met at freshman orientation at Florida State.
[12] He later joined his father-in-law in the construction business in Miami and subsequently moved to a small town in North Carolina.