1963 Denver Broncos (AFL) |
| 4th place Western Division 2-11-1 .154 |
| Head Coach: Jack Faulkner |
| Dale Dodrill | Defensive Line |
| Ed Hughes | Defensive Backs |
| Red Miller | Offensive Line |
| Mac Speedie | Offensive Ends |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/3/1963 | H | Houston Oilers | 27-10 | W | Denver, CO | University of Denver Stadium | 11445 | |
| Sun | 8/11/1963 | A | Oakland Raiders | 19-35 | L | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 9655 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1963 | H | San Diego Chargers | 31-25 | W | Denver, CO | University of Denver Stadium | 11135 | |
| Fri | 8/23/1963 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 16-30 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 6865 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1963 | H | Buffalo Bills | 14-21 | L | Winston-Salem, NC | Bowman Gray Stadium | 7000 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1963 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-59 | L | Denver, CO | University of Denver Stadium | 21115 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1963 | A | Houston Oilers | 14-20 | L | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 23147 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1963 | H | Boston Patriots | 14-10 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 18636 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1963 | H | San Diego Chargers | 50-34 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 18428 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1963 | H | Houston Oilers | 24-33 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 24087 | |
| Fri | 10/18/1963 | A | Boston Patriots | 21-40 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 25418 | |
| Sat | 10/26/1963 | A | New York Jets | 35-35 | T | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 20377 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1963 | H | Buffalo Bills | 28-30 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 19424 | |
| Sat | 11/9/1963 | A | Buffalo Bills | 17-27 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 30989 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1963 | H | New York Jets | 9-14 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 14247 | |
| Thu | 11/28/1963 | H | Oakland Raiders | 10-26 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 14763 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1963 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 21-52 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 17443 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1963 | A | Oakland Raiders | 31-35 | L | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 15223 | |
| Sun | 12/22/1963 | A | San Diego Chargers | 20-58 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 31312 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| Schedule Notes |
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 62 | Ernie Barnes | ROG | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | North Carolina Central | 14 | 14 |
| 19 | Don Breaux | QB | 6-1 | 203 | 23 | McNeese State | 9 | 2 |
| 24 | Willie Brown | LCB | 6-1 | 194 | 23 | Grambling State | 8 | 6 |
| 26 | Don Coffey | FL | 6-2 | 190 | 24 | Memphis | 3 | 0 |
| 75 | Eldon Danenhauer | ROT | 6-4 | 242 | 28 | College of Emporia; Pittsburg State | 13 | 13 |
| 35 | Bo Dickinson | FB | 6-2 | 218 | 28 | Southern Mississippi | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | Hewritt Dixon | HB | 6-2 | 223 | 23 | Florida A&M | 5 | 1 |
| 53 | Tom Erlandson | LLB | 6-3 | 229 | 23 | Washington State | 11 | 4 |
| 55 | Jim Fraser | RLB-P | 6-3 | 236 | 27 | Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
| 42 | Al Frazier | SE | 5-11 | 180 | 28 | Florida A&M | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | Bob Gaiters | HB | 5-10 | 210 | 25 | Santa Ana JC; New Mexico State | 6 | 0 |
| 61 | Chuck Gavin | RDE | 6-0 | 243 | 30 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
| 23 | Goose Gonsoulin | RS-RCB | 6-3 | 209 | 25 | Baylor | 14 | 13 |
| 89 | Bill Groman | FL | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | Heidelberg | 14 | 4 |
| 74 | Gordy Holz | RDT-LDE | 6-4 | 264 | 30 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| 50 | Jerry Hopkins | LLB-MLB | 6-2 | 236 | 22 | Texas A&M | 7 | 0 |
| 83 | Ray Jacobs | LDE | 6-3 | 276 | 24 | Navarro JC; Howard Payne | 7 | 6 |
| 26 | Tommy Janik | RCB-LCB-RS-LS | 6-3 | 198 | 23 | Texas A&M; Texas A&M-Kingsville | 14 | 9 |
| 3 | Billy Joe | FB | 6-2 | 243 | 23 | Villanova | 14 | 13 |
| 73 | Ike Lassiter | LDE | 6-5 | 270 | 23 | St. Augustine's | 7 | 6 |
| 10 | John McCormick | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 26 | Boston College; Massachusetts | 9 | 3 |
| 67 | Bob McCullough | LOG | 6-5 | 244 | 23 | Colorado | 14 | 13 |
| 54 | Wahoo McDaniel | MLB | 6-0 | 235 | 25 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 |
| 64 | Bud McFadin | LDT | 6-3 | 260 | 35 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
| 47 | John McGeever | LCB-LS | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Auburn | 13 | 8 |
| 21 | Gene Mingo | HB-K | 6-1 | 199 | 25 | none | 14 | 2 |
| 27 | Charlie Mitchell | RCB-HB | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Washington | 14 | 9 |
| 80 | Ron Nery | LDE-RDE | 6-6 | 236 | 29 | Kansas State | 4 | 1 |
| 68 | John Nocera | LLB | 6-1 | 220 | 29 | Iowa | 9 | 8 |
| 68 | Tom Nomina | LOG-ROG-LDT | 6-5 | 257 | 22 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 1 |
| 76 | Harold Olson | LOT-ROT | 6-3 | 259 | 25 | Clemson | 14 | 5 |
| 71 | Jim Perkins | LOT | 6-5 | 250 | 24 | Colorado | 14 | 9 |
| 77 | Anton Peters | LDT-RDT-RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Florida | 10 | 0 |
| 88 | Gene Prebola | TE | 6-3 | 220 | 25 | Boston University | 14 | 14 |
| 80 | Tom Rychlec | TE | 6-2 | 220 | 29 | American International | 3 | 0 |
| 82 | Bob Scarpitto | FL | 5-11 | 194 | 24 | Notre Dame | 11 | 10 |
| 51 | Leon Simmons | LLB | 6-0 | 225 | 25 | Grambling State | 2 | 2 |
| 45 | John Sklopan | DB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Southern Mississippi | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Mickey Slaughter | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 22 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 7 |
| 34 | Donnie Stone | HB-FB | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Arkansas | 14 | 8 |
| 72 | Jerry Sturm | C | 6-3 | 257 | 27 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| 87 | Lionel Taylor | SE | 6-2 | 215 | 28 | New Mexico Highlands | 14 | 14 |
| 18 | Frank Tripucka | QB | 6-2 | 192 | 36 | Notre Dame | 2 | 2 |
| 30 | Clarence Walker | HB | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Southern Illinois | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Bob Zeman | LS | 6-1 | 202 | 26 | Wisconsin | 14 | 13 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Kermit Alexander | HB | UCLA |
| 2 | 11 | Ray Poage | FB | Texas |
| 2 | 13 | Tom Nomina | T | Miami (Ohio) |
| 3 | 21 | Tommy Janik | HB | Texas A&M-Kingsville |
| 4 | 29 | Lou Slaby | LB | Pittsburgh |
| 5 | 37 | Ray Mansfield | C | Washington |
| 6 | 45 | Anton Peters | T | Florida |
| 7 | 50 | Mickey Slaughter | QB | Louisiana Tech |
| 7 | 53 | Paul Flatley | E | Northwestern |
| 8 | 60 | Hewritt Dixon | FB | Florida A&M |
| 8 | 61 | John Griffin | HB | Memphis |
| 9 | 69 | Marv Fleming | E | Utah |
| 10 | 77 | Lonnie Sanders | HB | Michigan State |
| 10 | 78 | Pat Richter | E | Wisconsin |
| 11 | 85 | Billy Joe | FB | Villanova |
| 12 | 93 | John Gamble | E | Pacific |
| 13 | 101 | Jim Maples | C | Baylor |
| 15 | 117 | Winston Freeman | E | North Texas |
| 16 | 125 | Dave Crossan | G | Maryland |
| 17 | 133 | Bob Paremore | HB | Florida A&M |
| 18 | 141 | Charlie Mitchell | HB | Washington |
| 19 | 149 | Frank Baker | FB | Toledo |
| 20 | 157 | Dan Grimm | G | Colorado |
| 21 | 165 | Ross Nolan | E | Louisiana-Monroe |
| 22 | 173 | Dave Mathieson | QB | Washington State |
| 23 | 181 | Billy Joe Moody | HB | Arkansas |
| 24 | 189 | C.B. Simons | LB | Stanford |
| 25 | 197 | Forest Farmer | LB | Purdue |
| 26 | 205 | Monte Day | T | Fresno State |
| 27 | 213 | John Sellers | T | Bakersfield CC |
| 28 | 221 | Bill Redell | HB | Occidental |
| 29 | 229 | Kern Carson | HB | San Diego State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 40 | 96 | 64 | 101 | |
| Opponents Totals | 121 | 113 | 127 | 112 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 230 | 84 | 133 | 13 | / % | / % | 65 | 548 | |
| Opponents Totals | 254 | 92 | 145 | 17 | / % | / % | 61 | 516 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Mingo | 0 | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 29 | 55.2 | 0 | 83 |
| Lionel Taylor | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Billy Joe | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bob Scarpitto | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Donnie Stone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bill Groman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Gene Prebola | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Hewritt Dixon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Gaiters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Goose Gonsoulin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bud McFadin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charlie Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mickey Slaughter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 36 | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 29 | 55.2 | 0 | 301 |
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 55 | 56 | 98.2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 32 | 46.9 | 2 | 473 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Mingo | 16 | 29 | 55.2 | 0 | 52 | 4/5 | 3/3 | 3/5 | 4/11 | 2/5 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 29 | 55.2 | 0 | 42 | 4/5 | 3/3 | 3/5 | 4/11 | 2/5 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 32 | 46.9 | 5/ | 3/ | 5/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Joe | 154 | 646 | 4.2 | 68t | 4 |
| Donnie Stone | 96 | 382 | 4.0 | 39t | 2 |
| Mickey Slaughter | 29 | 127 | 4.4 | 19 | 1 |
| Hewritt Dixon | 23 | 105 | 4.6 | 18 | 2 |
| Gene Mingo | 24 | 90 | 3.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Don Breaux | 11 | 50 | 4.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 24 | 41 | 1.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Bo Dickinson | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Gaiters | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Clarence Walker | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ernie Barnes | 0 | 2 | 2L | 0 | |
| John McCormick | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 380 | 1503 | 4.0 | 68 | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 403 | 1710 | 4.2 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Slaughter | 223 | 112 | 50.2 | 97 | 1689 | 7.6 | 15.1 | 74t | 13 | 5.8 | 14 | 6.3 | 68.8 | |||
| Don Breaux | 138 | 70 | 50.7 | 62 | 935 | 6.8 | 13.4 | 71 | 7 | 5.1 | 6 | 4.3 | 71.4 | |||
| John McCormick | 72 | 28 | 38.9 | 41 | 417 | 5.8 | 14.9 | 72t | 4 | 5.6 | 3 | 4.2 | 59.8 | |||
| Frank Tripucka | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 2487 | 31 | 2.1 | 4.4 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 33.3 | 13.9 | |||
| Gene Mingo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Lionel Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Donnie Stone | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 453 | 217 | 47.9 | 208 | 3072 | 6.8 | 14.2 | 74t | 24 | 5.3 | 28 | 6.2 | 61 | 585 | 2487 | 62.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 408 | 204 | 50.0 | 188 | 3366 | 8.3 | 16.5 | 40 | 9.8 | 16 | 3.9 | 19 | 178 | 3188 | 94.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel Taylor | 78 | 1101 | 14.1 | 72t | 10 |
| Gene Prebola | 30 | 471 | 15.7 | 57 | 2 |
| Bill Groman | 27 | 437 | 16.2 | 74t | 3 |
| Donnie Stone | 22 | 208 | 9.5 | 55 | 2 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 21 | 463 | 22.0 | 66t | 5 |
| Billy Joe | 15 | 90 | 6.0 | 34t | 1 |
| Hewritt Dixon | 10 | 130 | 13.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Gene Mingo | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Bob Gaiters | 1 | 74 | 74.0 | 74t | 1 |
| Bo Dickinson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Rychlec | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 217 | 3072 | 14.2 | 74t | 24 |
| Opponents Totals | 204 | 3366 | 16.5 | 40 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goose Gonsoulin | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 42t | 1 |
| Tommy Janik | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Zeman | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Jerry Hopkins | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Willie Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordy Holz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John McGeever | 0 | 18 | 18L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 15 | 170 | 11.3 | 42t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Fraser | 78 | 3595 | 46.1 | 66 | 3 | 466 | ||||
| Team Totals | 81 | 3595 | 44.4 | 66 | 3 | 466 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 2664 | 43.7 | 387 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Mitchell | 12 | 141 | 11.8 | 28 | 0 | |
| Gene Mingo | 7 | 85 | 12.1 | 45 | 0 | |
| Hewritt Dixon | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 47 | 0 | |
| Al Frazier | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Willie Brown | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bob Zeman | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 387 | 12.9 | 47 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 466 | 10.8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Mitchell | 37 | 954 | 25.8 | 90t | 1 | |
| Bob Gaiters | 11 | 225 | 20.5 | 29 | 0 | |
| Hewritt Dixon | 9 | 195 | 21.7 | 37 | 0 | |
| Al Frazier | 7 | 185 | 26.4 | 49 | 0 | |
| Gene Mingo | 7 | 151 | 21.6 | 31 | 0 | |
| Willie Brown | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 54 | 0 | |
| Harold Olson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Scarpitto | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Jim Fraser | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Groman | 0 | 9 | 9L | 0 | ||
| Goose Gonsoulin | 0 | 4 | 4L | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 78 | 1801 | 23.1 | 90t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 1310 | 25.7 | 99t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Breaux | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hewritt Dixon | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Erlandson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jim Fraser | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Al Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Gaiters | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chuck Gavin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Goose Gonsoulin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bill Groman | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gordy Holz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Billy Joe | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ike Lassiter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| John McCormick | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wahoo McDaniel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bud McFadin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| John McGeever | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Charlie Mitchell | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Ron Nery | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tom Nomina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Anton Peters | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mickey Slaughter | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Donnie Stone | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jerry Sturm | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bob Zeman | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 34 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 2 |
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