1963 Denver Broncos Statistics
American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 2-11-1
Finishing 4th in the AFL's West Division
Coach: Jack Faulkner (2-11-1)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1963 Denver Broncos RosterTeam Record: 2-11-1
Finishing 4th in the AFL's West Division
Coach: Jack Faulkner (2-11-1)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1963 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the American Football League ended the 1963 season with a record of 2 wins and 11 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the AFL's West Division.
Denver stumbled, scoring only 301 points, while the leaky defense surrendered 473, most in the circuit. Mickey Slaughter threw for 1,689 yards. Lionel Taylor paced pass catchers, hauling in 78 passes for 1,101 yards.
Billy Joe ran for a team-best 646 yards for the Broncos.
Goose Gonsoulin intercepted 6 errant tosses from the opposition.
Jack Faulkner coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Slaughter | 223 | 112 | 50.2 | 1689 | 7.6 | 12 | 5.4 | 15 | 6.7 | 74 | 65.4 |
| Don Breaux | 138 | 70 | 50.7 | 935 | 6.8 | 7 | 5.1 | 6 | 4.3 | 71 | 71.4 |
| John McCormick | 72 | 28 | 38.9 | 417 | 5.8 | 4 | 5.6 | 3 | 4.2 | 72 | 59.8 |
| Frank Tripucka | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 31 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 33.3 | 14 | 13.9 |
| Donnie Stone | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Lionel Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Gene Mingo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 453 | 217 | 47.9 | 3072 | 6.8 | 23 | 5.1 | 29 | 6.4 | 74 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Joe | 154 | 646 | 4.2 | 68 | 4 |
| Donnie Stone | 96 | 382 | 4.0 | 39 | 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 |
| Charley 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 |
| John McCormick | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | -2 | 0 |
| Totals | 380 | 1501 | 4.0 | 68 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel Taylor | 78 | 1101 | 14.1 | 72 | 10 |
| Gene Prebola | 30 | 471 | 15.7 | 57 | 2 |
| Bill Groman | 27 | 437 | 16.2 | 74 | 3 |
| Donnie Stone | 22 | 208 | 9.5 | 55 | 1 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 21 | 463 | 22.0 | 66 | 5 |
| Billy Joe | 15 | 90 | 6.0 | 34 | 1 |
| Hewritt Dixon | 10 | 130 | 13.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Charley Mitchell | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Gene Mingo | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Bob Gaiters | 1 | 74 | 74.0 | 74 | 1 |
| Bo Dickinson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Rychlec | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 217 | 3072 | 14.2 | 74 | 23 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Fraser | 81 | 3596 | 44.4 | 66 |
| Totals | 81 | 3596 | 44.4 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley 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 |
| Totals | 28 | 355 | 12.7 | 47 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Mitchell | 37 | 954 | 25.8 | 90 | 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 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Fraser | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Olson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 78 | 1788 | 22.9 | 90 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goose Gonsoulin | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 42 | 1 |
| Tom 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 |
| Gordy Holz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 152 | 10.1 | 42 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donnie Stone | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Zeman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mickey Slaughter | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Breaux | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Groman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John McCormick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hewritt Dixon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charley Mitchell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John McGeever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gaiters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Joe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bud McFadin | 1 | ||||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Gene Mingo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 35 | 0 | 83 | ||||||
| Lionel Taylor | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||||
| Billy Joe | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Bob Scarpitto | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Donnie Stone | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Bill Groman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Gene Prebola | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||
| Hewritt Dixon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Bud McFadin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Goose Gonsoulin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mickey Slaughter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Charley Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Bob Gaiters | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 10 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 301 |
