1963 Denver Broncos (AFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

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

Schedule Notes
12/22/1963	San Diego Chargers	Postponed from 11/23

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Ernie Barnes	62	ROG	6-3	250	25	North Carolina Central	14	14
Don Breaux	19	QB	6-1	203	23	McNeese State	9	2
Willie Brown	24	LCB	6-1	194	23	Grambling State	8	6
Don Coffey	26	FL	6-2	190	24	Memphis	3	0
Eldon Danenhauer	75	ROT	6-4	242	28	College of Emporia; Pittsburg State	14	13
Bo Dickinson	35	FB	6-2	218	28	Southern Mississippi	6	0
Hewritt Dixon	30	HB	6-2	223	23	Florida A&M	5	1
Tom Erlandson	53	LLB	6-3	229	23	Washington State	11	4
Jim Fraser	55	RLB-P	6-3	236	27	Wisconsin	14	14
Al Frazier	42	SE	5-11	180	28	Florida A&M	3	0
Bob Gaiters	28	HB	5-10	210	25	Santa Ana JC; New Mexico State	6	0
Chuck Gavin	61	RDE	6-0	243	30	Tennessee State	14	14
Austin Gonsoulin	23	RS-RCB	6-3	209	25	Baylor	14	13
Bill Groman	89	FL-OE	6-0	195	27	Heidelberg	14	4
Gordy Holz	74	RDT-LDE	6-4	264	30	Minnesota	14	14
Jerry Hopkins	50	LLB-MLB	6-2	236	22	Texas A&M	7	0
Ray Jacobs	83	LDE	6-3	276	24	Navarro JC; Howard Payne	7	6
Tommy Janik	26	RCB-LCB-RS-LS	6-3	198	23	Texas A&M; Texas A&M-Kingsville	14	12
Billy Joe	3	FB	6-2	243	23	Villanova	14	13
Ike Lassiter	73	LDE	6-5	270	23	St. Augustine's	7	7
John McCormick	10	QB	6-1	201	26	Boston College; Massachusetts	12	3
Bob McCullough	67	LOG	6-5	244	23	Colorado	14	13
Wahoo McDaniel	54	MLB	6-0	235	25	Oklahoma	14	14
Bud McFadin	64	LDT	6-3	260	35	Texas	14	14
John McGeever	47	LCB-LS	6-1	195	24	Auburn	13	7
Gene Mingo	21	HB-K	6-1	199	25	none	14	2
Charlie Mitchell	27	RCB-HB	5-11	185	23	Washington	14	9
Ron Nery	80	LDE-RDE	6-6	236	29	Kansas State	4	1
John Nocera	68	LLB	6-1	220	29	Iowa	9	8
Tom Nomina	68	LOG-ROG-LDT	6-5	257	22	Miami (Ohio)	14	1
Harold Olson	76	LOT-ROT	6-3	259	25	Clemson	14	5
Jim Perkins	71	LOT	6-5	250	24	Colorado	14	9
Anton Peters	77	LDT-RDT-RDE	6-4	245	22	Florida	10	0
Gene Prebola	88	TE	6-3	220	25	Boston University	14	14
Tom Rychlec	80	TE	6-2	220	29	American International	3	0
Bob Scarpitto	82	FL	5-11	194	24	Notre Dame	11	10
Leon Simmons	51	LLB	6-0	225	25	Grambling State	2	2
John Sklopan	45	DB	5-11	190	23	Southern Mississippi	3	0
Mickey Slaughter	7	QB	6-1	202	22	Louisiana Tech	13	7
Donnie Stone	34	HB-FB	6-2	205	26	Arkansas	14	8
Jerry Sturm	72	C	6-3	257	27	Illinois	14	14
Lionel Taylor	87	SE	6-2	215	28	New Mexico Highlands	14	14
Frank Tripucka	18	QB	6-2	192	36	Notre Dame	2	2
Clarence Walker	30	HB	6-1	205	25	Southern Illinois	1	0
Bob Zeman	46	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	PTS
Team Totals	40	96	64	101	301
Opponents Totals	121	113	127	112	473

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
Austin 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	3
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	10
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	12	5.4	14	6.3				67.3
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	3	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	23	5.1	28	6.2	61	585	2487	61.5
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	472	15.7	57	2
Bill Groman	27	436	16.2	74t	3
Donnie Stone	22	208	9.5	55	1
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	23
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	RYDS
Jim Fraser	81	3596	44.4	66	3	466
Team Totals	81	3596	44.4	66	3	466
Opponents Totals	61	2664	43.7			387

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Charlie Mitchell	12	141	11.8	28
Gene Mingo	7	85	12.1	45
Hewritt Dixon	3	58	19.3	47
Al Frazier	3	42	14.0	19
Willie Brown	3	29	9.7	17
Bob Zeman	2	32	16.0	18
Team Totals	30	387	12.9	47
Opponents Totals	43	466	10.8

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	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	28	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
Austin 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	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

Dale Dodrill	Defensive Line
Ed Hughes	Defensive Backs
Red Miller	Offensive Line
Mac Speedie	Offensive Ends