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1963 Denver Broncos
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Record: 2-11-1, Finished 4th in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 301 points (21.5/g), 7th of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 473 points (33.8/g), 8th.
Differential of -172 points (-12.3/g), 8th.
Expected W-L: 3.6-10.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.6/g), 8th.
Coached by Jack Faulkner (2-11-1)
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1963 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Mickey Slaughter | 22 | Rook | 7 | 112 for 223, 1,689 yards, 12 td, 15 int, & 29 rushes for 127 yards and 1 td | Denver Broncos / 7th / 50th pick / 1963 |
| QB | Don Breaux | 23 | Rook | 2 | 70 for 138, 935 yards, 7 td, 6 int, & 11 rushes for 50 yards and 0 td | |
| HB | Donnie Stone | 26 | 2 | 0 | 96 rushes for 382 yards, 3 td, & 22 catches for 208 yards and 1 td | Chicago Bears / 21st / 249th pick / 1959 |
| HB | Hewritt Dixon | 23 | Rook | 0 | 23 rushes for 105 yards, 2 td, & 10 catches for 130 yards and 0 td | Denver Broncos / 8th / 60th pick / 1963 |
| FB | Billy Joe | 23 | Rook | 0 | 154 rushes for 646 yards, 4 td, & 15 catches for 90 yards and 1 td | Denver Broncos / 11th / 85th pick / 1963 |
| FL | Bob Scarpitto | 24 | 2 | 0 | 21 catches for 463 yards, 5 td | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 71st pick / 1961 |
| FL | Bill Groman | 27 | 3 | 0 | 27 catches for 437 yards, 3 td | |
| SE | Lionel Taylor | 28 | 4 | 0 | 78 catches for 1,101 yards, 10 td | |
| TE | Gene Prebola | 25 | 3 | 0 | 30 catches for 471 yards, 2 td | Detroit Lions / 19th / 219th pick / 1960 |
| LT | Harold Olson | 25 | 3 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 13th pick / 1960 |
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| LT | Jim Perkins | 24 | 1 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 86th pick / 1962 |
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| LG | Bob McCullough | 23 | 1 | 0 | ||
| C | Jerry Sturm | 27 | 2 | 0 | ||
| RG | Ernie Barnes | 25 | 3 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 10th / 112th pick / 1960 |
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| RT | Eldon Danenhauer | 28 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ray Jacobs | 25 | Rook | 0 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 7th pick / 1962 |
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| LDT | Bud McFadin* | 35 | 11 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1951 |
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| RDT | Gordy Holz | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 23rd / 270th pick / 1955 |
| RDE | Chuck Gavin | 30 | 3 | 0 | ||
| LLB | John Nocera | 29 | 4 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 16th / 182nd pick / 1957 |
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| LLB | Tom Erlandson | 23 | 1 | 0 | ||
| MLB | Wahoo McDaniel | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RLB | Jim Fraser* | 27 | 1 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 21st / 250th pick / 1959 |
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| LCB | John McGeever | 24 | 1 | 0 | Denver Broncos / 7th / 50th pick / 1962 |
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| LCB | Willie Brown | 23 | Rook | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Charley Mitchell | 23 | Rook | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 4th / 52nd pick / 1963 |
| LS | Bob Zeman | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 119th pick / 1959 |
| RS | Goose Gonsoulin* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 17th / 203rd pick / 1960 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Gene Mingo | 25 | 3 | 0 | 16 of 30 field goals & 35 of 35 extra points | |
| P | Jim Fraser* | 27 | 1 | 0 | 81 punts for a 44.4 average, 3 blocked | Cleveland Browns / 21st / 250th pick / 1959 |
| PR | Charley Mitchell | 23 | Rook | 0 | 12 punt returns for a 11.8 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 4th / 52nd pick / 1963 |
| KR | Charley Mitchell | 23 | Rook | 0 | 37 kick returns for a 25.8 average and 1 td | Chicago Bears / 4th / 52nd pick / 1963 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ernie Barnes | 25 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 247 | 6-3 | North Carolina Central | 7/15/1938 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 10th / 112th pick / 1960 |
| Don Breaux | 23 | QB | 9 | 2 | 205 | 6-1 | McNeese State | 8/3/1940 | Rook | |
| Willie Brown | 23 | DB | 8 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Grambling State | 12/2/1940 | Rook | |
| Donald Coffey | 24 | WR | 3 | 0 | 190 | 6-4 | Memphis | 8/16/1939 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 12th / 164th pick / 1961 |
| Eldon Danenhauer | 28 | T | 9 | 0 | 245 | 6-5 | Emporia State,Pittsburg State | 10/4/1935 | 3 | |
| Bo Dickinson | 28 | FB | 6 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Southern Miss | 7/18/1935 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 72nd pick / 1957 |
| Hewritt Dixon | 23 | RB-TE | 5 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Florida A&M | 1/8/1940 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 8th / 60th pick / 1963 |
| Tom Erlandson | 23 | LB | 11 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Washington State | 3/24/1940 | 1 | |
| Jim Fraser* | 27 | LB-P | 14 | 0 | 236 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 5/29/1936 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 21st / 250th pick / 1959 |
| Al Frazier | 28 | FL-HB | 3 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Florida A&M | 5/28/1935 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 20th / 240th pick / 1957 |
| Bob Gaiters | 25 | HB | 6 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | New Mexico State | 2/26/1938 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 1st pick / 1961 |
| Chuck Gavin | 30 | DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-1 | Tennessee State | 12/26/1933 | 3 | |
| Goose Gonsoulin* | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Baylor | 6/7/1938 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 17th / 203rd pick / 1960 |
| Bill Groman | 27 | WR-FL | 14 | 0 | 194 | 6-0 | Heidelberg | 7/17/1936 | 3 | |
| Gordy Holz | 30 | DT-T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 5/24/1933 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 23rd / 270th pick / 1955 |
| Jerry Hopkins | 22 | LB | 7 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 1/24/1941 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 4th / 31st pick / 1963 |
| Ray Jacobs | 25 | DT-DE | 7 | 0 | 285 | 6-3 | Howard Payne | 11/21/1938 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 1st / 7th pick / 1962 |
| Tom Janik | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-3 | Texas A&M,Texas A&M-Kingsville | 9/6/1940 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 21st pick / 1963 |
| Billy Joe | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Villanova | 10/14/1940 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 11th / 85th pick / 1963 |
| Ike Lassiter | 23 | DE-DT | 7 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | St. Augustine's | 11/15/1940 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 9th / 115th pick / 1962 |
| John McCormick | 26 | QB | 9 | 3 | 208 | 6-1 | Boston College,Massachusetts | 5/26/1937 | 1 | |
| Bob McCullough | 23 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Colorado | 11/18/1940 | 1 | |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 6/19/1938 | 3 | |
| Bud McFadin* | 35 | DT-DG-LB-G | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Texas | 8/21/1928 | 11 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1951 |
| John McGeever | 24 | DB | 13 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Auburn | 2/14/1939 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 7th / 50th pick / 1962 |
| Gene Mingo | 25 | HB-K | 14 | 0 | 216 | 6-2 | none | 9/22/1938 | 3 | |
| Charley Mitchell | 23 | HB-DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Washington | 5/25/1940 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 4th / 52nd pick / 1963 |
| Ron Nery | 29 | DE | 4 | 0 | 247 | 6-6 | Kansas State | 12/30/1934 | 3 | New York Giants / 7th / 81st pick / 1956 |
| John Nocera | 29 | LB | 9 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Iowa | 5/4/1934 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 16th / 182nd pick / 1957 |
| Tom Nomina | 22 | DT-G | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Miami (OH) | 12/27/1941 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 13th pick / 1963 |
| Harold Olson | 25 | T | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Clemson | 1/19/1938 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 13th pick / 1960 |
| Jim Perkins | 24 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Colorado | 6/16/1939 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 86th pick / 1962 |
| Anton Peters | 22 | DT | 10 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Florida | 2/3/1941 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 6th / 45th pick / 1963 |
| Gene Prebola | 25 | TE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Boston University | 6/30/1938 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 19th / 219th pick / 1960 |
| Tom Rychlec | 29 | E | 3 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | American International College | 9/11/1934 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 119th pick / 1957 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 24 | FL-WR-P | 11 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 1/7/1939 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 71st pick / 1961 |
| Leon Simmons | 25 | LB | 2 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | Grambling State | 9/27/1938 | Rook | |
| John Sklopan | 23 | DB | 3 | 0 | 200 | 5-10 | Southern Miss | 9/12/1940 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 64th pick / 1963 |
| Mickey Slaughter | 22 | QB | 13 | 7 | 204 | 6-2 | Louisiana Tech | 8/22/1941 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 7th / 50th pick / 1963 |
| Donnie Stone | 26 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Arkansas | 1/5/1937 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 21st / 249th pick / 1959 |
| Jerry Sturm | 27 | C-T-G | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Illinois | 12/31/1936 | 2 | |
| Lionel Taylor | 28 | E-WR-FL | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | New Mexico Highlands | 8/15/1935 | 4 | |
| Frank Tripucka | 36 | QB | 2 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 12/8/1927 | 14 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 9th pick / 1949 |
| Clarence Walker | 25 | HB | 1 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Southern Illinois | 9/23/1938 | Rook | |
| Bob Zeman | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 2/22/1937 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 119th pick / 1959 |
| Team Total | 25.6 | 14 | 224.1 | 6-1.9 | 2.1 |