1964 Denver Broncos (AFL) |
| 4th place • Western Division • 2-11-1 .154 |
| Head Coach: Jack Faulkner (0-4-0); Mac Speedie (2-7-1) |
| George Dickson | Defensive Backs |
| Ray Malavasi | Defensive Line |
| Bill Meek | Offensive Backs |
| Red Miller | Offensive Line |
| Mac Speedie | Offensive Ends |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/8/1964 | A | San Diego Chargers | 20-34 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 26293 | |
| Fri | 8/14/1964 | H | Oakland Raiders | 7-20 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 13545 | |
| Thu | 8/20/1964 | A | Houston Oilers | 32-20 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 32127 | |
| Fri | 8/28/1964 | N | Kansas City Chiefs | 10-14 | L | Fort Worth, TX | Farrington Field | 19500 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1964 | H | Boston Patriots | 28-17 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 20568 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1964 | A | New York Jets | 6-30 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 45665 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1964 | A | Buffalo Bills | 13-30 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 28501 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1964 | H | Houston Oilers | 17-38 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 22651 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1964 | H | Boston Patriots | 10-39 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 15485 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1964 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 33-27 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 16285 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1964 | A | San Diego Chargers | 14-42 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 23332 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1964 | A | Oakland Raiders | 7-40 | L | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 17858 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1964 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 39-49 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 15053 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1964 | H | San Diego Chargers | 20-31 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 19670 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1964 | H | New York Jets | 20-16 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 11309 | |
| Fri | 11/20/1964 | A | Boston Patriots | 7-12 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 24979 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1964 | H | Oakland Raiders | 20-20 | T | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 15958 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1964 | H | Buffalo Bills | 19-30 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 14431 | |
| Sun | 12/20/1964 | A | Houston Oilers | 15-34 | L | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 15839 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Billy Atkins | 28 | DB | 6-1 | 196 | 30 | Auburn | 3 | 0 |
| Frank Atkinson | 74 | DE | 6-3 | 245 | 23 | Menlo JC; Stanford | 3 | 0 |
| Ernie Barnes | 62 | LOG-C | 6-3 | 250 | 26 | North Carolina Central | 11 | 6 |
| Odell Barry | 42 | FL-SE-HB-FB | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | Findlay | 14 | 1 |
| Norm Bass | 46 | LS-RS-LCB | 6-3 | 210 | 25 | Pacific | 1 | 0 |
| Willie Brown | 24 | LCB | 6-1 | 194 | 24 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Ed Cooke | 80 | LDE-RDE | 6-4 | 248 | 29 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
| Eldon Danenhauer | 75 | ROT-LOG | 6-4 | 242 | 29 | College of Emporia; Pittsburg State | 14 | 12 |
| Al Denson | 88 | TE-FL-SE | 6-2 | 208 | 22 | Florida A&M | 14 | 6 |
| Hewritt Dixon | 30 | TE-HB-FB-FL | 6-2 | 223 | 24 | Florida A&M | 14 | 12 |
| Tom Erlandson | 53 | LLB | 6-3 | 229 | 24 | Washington State | 5 | 5 |
| Stan Fanning | 86 | LDE | 6-6 | 267 | 27 | Idaho | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Fraser | 51 | RLB-P | 6-3 | 236 | 28 | Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
| Austin Gonsoulin | 23 | RS | 6-3 | 209 | 26 | Baylor | 14 | 10 |
| John Griffin | 46 | RCB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Memphis | 7 | 3 |
| Dick Guesman | 77 | RDT-LDT-RDE-K | 6-4 | 255 | 26 | West Virginia | 14 | 8 |
| Gary Henson | 89 | TE | 6-3 | 200 | 24 | Colorado | 1 | 0 |
| Jerry Hopkins | 50 | MLB-LLB | 6-2 | 236 | 23 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Ray Jacobs | 83 | LDT-LDE | 6-3 | 276 | 25 | Navarro JC; Howard Payne | 14 | 10 |
| Charlie Janerette | 70 | RDT | 6-3 | 253 | 26 | Penn State | 14 | 12 |
| Tommy Janik | 26 | RS-LS-P | 6-3 | 198 | 24 | Texas A&M; Texas A&M-Kingsville | 9 | 7 |
| Billy Joe | 3 | FB | 6-2 | 243 | 24 | Villanova | 14 | 12 |
| Larry Jordan | 54 | LLB | 6-6 | 230 | 26 | Youngstown State | 8 | 0 |
| Ray Kubala | 52 | C | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Texas A&M | 8 | 0 |
| Ike Lassiter | 73 | LDE-LDT | 6-5 | 270 | 24 | St. Augustine's | 2 | 1 |
| Jacky Lee | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 186 | 26 | Cincinnati | 14 | 11 |
| Marv Matuszak | 55 | MLB-LLB | 6-3 | 232 | 33 | Tulsa | 14 | 8 |
| Bob McCullough | 67 | ROG | 6-5 | 244 | 24 | Colorado | 14 | 14 |
| John McGeever | 57 | LS | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Auburn | 14 | 13 |
| Jim McMillin | 45 | RCB | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Diablo Valley JC; Colorado State | 7 | 4 |
| Gene Mingo | 21 | HB-K | 6-1 | 199 | 26 | none | 7 | 1 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 27 | HB | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Washington | 14 | 12 |
| Leroy Moore | 78 | RDE | 6-0 | 231 | 29 | Fort Valley State | 14 | 11 |
| Tom Nomina | 68 | LOG | 6-5 | 257 | 23 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | 8 |
| Harold Olson | 76 | LOT-ROT | 6-3 | 259 | 26 | Clemson | 14 | 3 |
| Jim Perkins | 71 | LOT | 6-5 | 250 | 25 | Colorado | 14 | 11 |
| Jim Price | 56 | LLB | 6-2 | 228 | 24 | Auburn | 6 | 1 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 82 | FL-SE | 5-11 | 194 | 25 | Notre Dame | 14 | 9 |
| Don Shackelford | 65 | LOG-ROG | 6-4 | 255 | 21 | Pacific | 8 | 0 |
| Mickey Slaughter | 7 | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 23 | Louisiana Tech | 14 | 3 |
| Matt Snorton | 84 | TE | 6-5 | 250 | 21 | Michigan State | 5 | 2 |
| Donnie Stone | 34 | FB | 6-2 | 205 | 27 | Arkansas | 9 | 1 |
| Jerry Sturm | 72 | C | 6-3 | 257 | 28 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Lionel Taylor | 87 | SE | 6-2 | 215 | 29 | West Virginia State; New Mexico Highlands | 14 | 14 |
| Willie West | 20 | RCB | 5-10 | 188 | 26 | Oregon | 7 | 7 |
| Jim Wright | 41 | S | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Memphis | 10 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Bob Brown | T | Nebraska |
| 3 | 17 | Marv Woodson | DB | Indiana |
| 3 | 20 | Matt Snorton | E | Michigan State |
| 6 | 41 | Don Shackelford | T | Pacific |
| 6 | 47 | Al Denson | FL | Florida A&M |
| 7 | 49 | Ray Kubala | C-T | Texas A&M |
| 7 | 54 | Jerry Richardson | LB | West Texas A&M |
| 8 | 57 | Wally Hilgenberg | G-LB | Iowa |
| 9 | 65 | John Mims | T | Rice |
| 12 | 89 | Paul Krause | DB | Iowa |
| 13 | 97 | Charlie Parker | G | Southern Mississippi |
| 14 | 105 | Bob Hayes | HB | Florida A&M |
| 15 | 113 | Chuck Logan | OE | Northwestern |
| 16 | 121 | Bob Cherry | E | Wittenberg |
| 17 | 129 | Jim McNaughton | E | Utah State |
| 18 | 137 | George Mira | QB | Miami (Florida) |
| 19 | 145 | Odell Barry | FL | Findlay |
| 21 | 161 | Dick Herzing | T | Drake |
| 22 | 169 | Gary Lewis | HB | Arizona State |
| 23 | 177 | Ken Brusven | T | Oregon State |
| 24 | 185 | Mickey Bitsko | LB | Dayton |
| 25 | 193 | Jimmy Jones | E | Wisconsin |
| 26 | 201 | Bob Berry | QB | Oregon |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 36 | 67 | 71 | 66 | 240 |
| Opponents Totals | 120 | 125 | 65 | 128 | 438 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 207 | 78 | 116 | 13 | / % | / % | 76 | 774 | |
| Opponents Totals | 271 | 100 | 148 | 23 | / % | / % | 63 | 573 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel Taylor | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Charlie Mitchell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Gene Mingo | 0 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 66.7 | 0 | 33 |
| Dick Guesman | 0 | 13 | 15 | 86.7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 27.3 | 0 | 31 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jacky Lee | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Billy Joe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Al Denson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Odell Barry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Cooke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Hewritt Dixon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tommy Janik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim McMillin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Willie Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mickey Slaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 28 | 22 | 25 | 88.0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 34 | 41.2 | 1 | 240 |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 52 | 52 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 25 | 88.0 | 4 | 438 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Mingo | 8 | 12 | 66.7 | 0 | 51 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 1/3 |
| Dick Guesman | 6 | 22 | 27.3 | 0 | 45 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 3/10 | 3/8 | 0/3 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 34 | 41.2 | 0 | 51 | 2/3 | 1/1 | 5/13 | 5/11 | 1/6 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 25 | 88.0 | 7/ | 6/ | 4/ | 4/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Mitchell | 177 | 590 | 3.3 | 33 | 5 |
| Billy Joe | 112 | 415 | 3.7 | 51 | 2 |
| Jacky Lee | 42 | 163 | 3.9 | 16 | 3 |
| Mickey Slaughter | 20 | 54 | 2.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Gene Mingo | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 12 | 26 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Hewritt Dixon | 18 | 25 | 1.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Odell Barry | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 391 | 1311 | 3.4 | 51 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 424 | 2064 | 4.9 | 58 | 21 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacky Lee | 265 | 133 | 50.2 | 112 | 1611 | 6.1 | 12.1 | 82t | 11 | 4.2 | 20 | 7.5 | 51.6 | |||
| Mickey Slaughter | 189 | 97 | 51.3 | 81 | 930 | 4.9 | 9.6 | 39 | 3 | 1.6 | 11 | 5.8 | 46.4 | |||
| Charlie Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Lionel Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 456 | 230 | 50.4 | 194 | 2541 | 5.6 | 11.0 | 82 | 14 | 3.1 | 32 | 7.0 | 61 | 520 | 2021 | 48.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 440 | 215 | 48.9 | 193 | 3353 | 7.6 | 15.6 | 66 | 29 | 6.6 | 32 | 7.3 | 44 | 447 | 2906 | 66.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel Taylor | 76 | 873 | 11.5 | 57 | 7 |
| Hewritt Dixon | 38 | 585 | 15.4 | 62t | 1 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 35 | 375 | 10.7 | 37t | 4 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 33 | 225 | 6.8 | 58t | 1 |
| Al Denson | 25 | 383 | 15.3 | 82t | 1 |
| Billy Joe | 12 | 16 | 1.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Odell Barry | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Gene Mingo | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 230 | 2541 | 11.0 | 82t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 215 | 3353 | 15.6 | 66 | 29 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Brown | 9 | 140 | 15.6 | 45 | 0 |
| Goose Gonsoulin | 7 | 125 | 17.9 | 36 | 0 |
| John McGeever | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Marv Matuszak | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jerry Hopkins | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| LeRoy Moore | 1 | 70 | 70.0 | 70 | 0 |
| Tommy Janik | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Jim Wright | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim McMillin | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Fraser | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Willie West | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 459 | 14.3 | 70 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 441 | 13.8 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Fraser | 72 | 3225 | 44.8 | 67 | 1 | |||||
| Tommy Janik | 10 | 374 | 37.4 | 49 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 83 | 3599 | 43.4 | 67 | 1 | 526 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 2441 | 41.4 | 71 | 0 | 259 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odell Barry | 16 | 149 | 9.3 | 52 | 1 | |
| Charlie Mitchell | 9 | 110 | 12.2 | 54 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 25 | 259 | 10.4 | 54 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 526 | 13.2 | 82t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odell Barry | 47 | 1245 | 26.5 | 60 | 0 | |
| Charlie Mitchell | 10 | 221 | 22.1 | 28 | 0 | |
| Gene Mingo | 8 | 163 | 20.4 | 42 | 0 | |
| Hewritt Dixon | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 24 | 0 | |
| Harold Olson | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Don Shackelford | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Larry Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Sturm | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 76 | 1758 | 23.1 | 60 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 1166 | 26.5 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Barnes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Odell Barry | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Cooke | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Al Denson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hewritt Dixon | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Jim Fraser | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Goose Gonsoulin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dick Guesman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Hopkins | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Janerette | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Billy Joe | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Jacky Lee | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Marv Matuszak | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| John McGeever | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jim McMillin | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Charlie Mitchell | 3 | 0 | |||||
| LeRoy Moore | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Don Shackelford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mickey Slaughter | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Lionel Taylor | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 27 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 74 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 27 | 0 |
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