1965 Denver Broncos (AFL)

4th place Western Division 4-10-0 .286

George Dickson	Defensive Backs
Ray Malavasi	Defensive Line
Bus Mertes	Offensive Backs
Red Miller	Offensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/7/1965	H	Kansas City Chiefs	24-30	L	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	17707
Sat	8/14/1965	N	Oakland Raiders	27-17	W	Salt Lake City, UT	Ute Stadium	18000
Sat	8/21/1965	H	San Diego Chargers	6-21	L	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	18913
Sat	8/28/1965	A	Houston Oilers	3-25	L	San Antonio, TX	Alamo Stadium	12666
Sat	9/4/1965	A	Oakland Raiders	20-30	L	Sacramento, CA	Hughes Stadium	14550
Sat	9/11/1965	A	San Diego Chargers	31-34	L	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	27022
Sun	9/19/1965	H	Buffalo Bills	15-30	L	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	30682
Fri	9/24/1965	A	Boston Patriots	27-10	W	Boston, MA	Fenway Park	26782
Sun	10/3/1965	H	New York Jets	16-13	W	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	34988
Sun	10/10/1965	H	Kansas City Chiefs	23-31	L	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	31001
Sun	10/17/1965	H	Houston Oilers	28-17	W	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	32492
Sun	10/24/1965	A	Buffalo Bills	13-31	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	45046
Sun	10/31/1965	A	New York Jets	10-45	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	53717
Sun	11/7/1965	H	San Diego Chargers	21-35	L	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	33073
Sun	11/14/1965	A	Houston Oilers	31-21	W	Houston, TX	Rice Stadium	28126
Sun	11/21/1965	H	Oakland Raiders	20-28	L	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	30369
Sun	12/5/1965	A	Oakland Raiders	13-24	L	Oakland, CA	Frank Youell Field	19023
Sun	12/12/1965	H	Boston Patriots	20-28	L	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	27207
Sun	12/19/1965	A	Kansas City Chiefs	35-45	L	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	14421

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
42	Odell Barry	SE-FL	5-10	180	24	Findlay	12	1
74	Lee Bernet	LOT	6-2	245	21	Wisconsin	14	10
56	John Bramlett	RLB	6-2	216	24	Memphis	14	14
76	Bob Breitenstein	LOT	6-3	265	22	Tulsa	14	4
24	Willie Brown	LCB-LS	6-1	194	25	Grambling State	14	12
22	Gerry Bussell	RS-LS	6-0	190	22	Georgia Tech	6	0
40	Paul Carmichael	HB	6-0	200	21	El Camino JC	3	0
80	Ed Cooke	LDE	6-4	248	30	Maryland	14	13
54	Ed Cummings	MLB	6-2	228	24	Stanford	14	5
75	Eldon Danenhauer	ROT	6-4	242	30	College of College of Emporia Pittsburg State	14	14
88	Al Denson	FL-SE	6-2	208	23	Florida A&M	14	14
30	Hewritt Dixon	TE	6-2	223	25	Florida A&M	14	4
53	Tom Erlandson	LLB	6-3	229	25	Washington State	14	14
44	Miller Farr	RCB	6-1	190	22	Wichita State	7	5
2	Cookie Gilchrist	FB	6-3	249	30	none	14	14
23	Goose Gonsoulin	RS	6-3	209	27	Baylor	14	11
46	John Griffin	RCB	6-1	190	26	Memphis	14	9
29	Wendell Hayes	HB	6-1	221	25	Oakland JC; Humboldt State	14	12
28	Abner Haynes	HB	6-0	188	28	North Texas	14	2
64	Jon Hohman	ROG	6-1	243	23	Wisconsin	10	2
50	Jerry Hopkins	MLB	6-2	236	24	Texas A&M	14	9
83	Ray Jacobs	LDT	6-3	276	26	Navarro JC; Howard Payne	14	14
70	Charlie Janerette	RDT	6-3	253	27	Penn State	14	10
51	Gene Jeter	LLB	6-3	230	23	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	14	0
12	Gary Kroner	K	6-1	200	25	Wisconsin	14	0
52	Ray Kubala	C	6-4	245	23	Texas A&M	14	14
15	Jacky Lee	QB	6-1	186	27	Cincinnati	4	1
81	Max Leetzow	LDE-RDE	6-4	240	22	Idaho	14	2
26	Darrell Lester	FB	6-2	232	25	Louisiana State; McNeese State	12	0
10	John McCormick	QB	6-1	201	28	Boston College; Massachusetts	14	5
67	Bob McCullough	ROG	6-5	244	25	Colorado	14	13
47	John McGeever	LS	6-1	195	26	Auburn	14	9
45	Jim McMillin	RS	5-11	190	26	Diablo Valley JC; Colorado State	12	3
27	Charlie Mitchell	HB	5-11	185	25	Washington	1	0
78	LeRoy Moore	RDE	6-0	231	30	Fort Valley State	14	13
68	Tom Nomina	RDT-LDT	6-5	257	24	Miami (Ohio)	12	4
60	Charlie Parker	ROG-LOG	6-0	246	24	Southern Mississippi	14	1
82	Bob Scarpitto	FL-P	5-11	194	26	Notre Dame	14	9
14	Mickey Slaughter	QB	6-0	190	24	Louisiana Tech	10	8
72	Jerry Sturm	LOG	6-3	257	29	Illinois	14	12
87	Lionel Taylor	SE	6-2	215	30	New Mexico Highlands	14	14
63	Jim Thibert	RLB-TE	6-3	230	25	Toledo	13	0
77	Jim Thompson	RDT	6-3	260	25	Southern Illinois	4	0
48	Nemiah Wilson	LCB	6-0	186	22	Grambling State	14	7

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
2	9	Dick Butkus	LB	Illinois
3	18	Glenn Ressler	C	Penn State
4	25	George Donnelly	DB	Illinois
5	34	Bob Breitenstein	T	Tulsa
5	35	Max Leetzow	DT	Idaho
6	41	Tom Wilhelm	T	Syracuse
7	50	Jim Garcia	DE	Purdue
8	57	Jon Hohman	G	Wisconsin
9	66	Gerry Bussell	DB	Georgia Tech
10	73	Gene Jeter	LB	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
11	82	Tommy Vaughn	HB	Iowa State
12	89	Tom Myers	QB	Northwestern
13	98	Mike Strofolino	LB	Villanova
14	105	John Frick	G	Ohio University
15	114	Jeff Jordan	DB	Tulsa
16	121	Brian Schweda	T	Kansas
18	140	Larry Dupree	HB	Florida
19	146	Ron Oelshlager	HB	Kansas
20	153	Terry Methner	G	Albion

DRAFT LIST - REDSHIRT
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	2	Miller Farr	HB	Wichita State
2	9	Walter Johnson	G	Los Angeles State
3	18	Marv Davis	DE	Wichita State
4	25	Barry Brown	E	Florida
5	34	Mike Tilleman	T	Montana
6	41	Jerry Inman	T	Oregon
7	50	Dave Tobey	LB	Oregon
8	57	John Maddox	E	Mississippi
9	66	Phil Vandersea	FB	Massachusetts
10	73	Merlin Walet	FB	McNeese State
11	82	Jerry Fishman	LB	Maryland
12	89	Biff Bracy	HB	Duke

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	50	78	72	103
Opponents Totals	69	168	75	80

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		255	111	117	27	/ %	/ %	69	750
Opponents Totals		244	87	138	19	/ %	/ %	86	836

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Gary Kroner	0	32	32	100.0	0	1	13	29	44.8	71
Wendell Hayes	7	0	0		1	1	0	0		44
Cookie Gilchrist	7	0	0		0	0	0	0		42
Abner Haynes	6	0	0		0	0	0	0		36
Lionel Taylor	6	0	0		0	0	0	0		36
Bob Scarpitto	5	0	0		0	0	0	0		30
John Bramlett	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
Hewritt Dixon	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
John Griffin	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
Nemiah Wilson	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Goose Gonsoulin	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		2
Jacky Lee	0	0	0		0	2	0	0		0
Mickey Slaughter	0	0	0		0	1	0	0		0
Team Totals	38	32	32	100.0	2	6	13	29	44.8	303
Opponents Totals	50	50	50	100.0	0	0	14	23	60.9	392

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Gary Kroner	13	29	44.8	3/6	4/5	6/11	0/4	0/3
Team Totals	13	29	44.8	3/6	4/5	6/11	0/4	0/3
Opponents Totals	14	23	60.9	4/	4/	3/	3/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Cookie Gilchrist	252	954	3.8	44t	6
Wendell Hayes	130	526	4.0	43	5
Abner Haynes	41	166	4.0	47	3
Bob Scarpitto	4	94	23.5	44	0
Mickey Slaughter	20	75	3.8	13	0
Odell Barry	2	19	9.5	11	0
Jacky Lee	2	1	0.5	2	0
John McCormick	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Al Denson	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Team Totals	453	1829	4.0	47	14
Opponents Totals	384	1337	3.5	41	24

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Mickey Slaughter	147	75	51.0	60	864	5.9	11.5	51	6	4.1	12	8.2				48.7
John McCormick	253	103	40.7	136	1292	5.1	12.5	90t	7	2.8	14	5.5				43.5
Jacky Lee	80	44	55.0	33	692	8.7	15.7	66	5	6.3	3	3.8				89.2
Wendell Hayes	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0				0.0
Abner Haynes	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Team Totals	482	222	46.1	230	2848	5.9	12.8	90t	18	3.7	30	6.2	24	208	2640	51.6
Opponents Totals	440	202	45.9	213	3265	7.4	16.2	78	23	5.2	25	5.7	26	305	2960	65.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lionel Taylor	85	1131	13.3	63	6
Bob Scarpitto	32	585	18.3	90t	5
Abner Haynes	26	216	8.3	71t	2
Hewritt Dixon	25	354	14.2	59	2
Wendell Hayes	24	294	12.3	66	2
Cookie Gilchrist	18	154	8.6	29t	1
Al Denson	9	102	11.3	19	0
Odell Barry	2	11	5.5	9	0
Bob McCullough	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	222	2848	12.8	90t	18
Opponents Totals	202	3265	16.2	78	23

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Goose Gonsoulin	6	91	15.2	32	0
John Griffin	4	109	27.3	44t	1
Nemiah Wilson	3	118	39.3	65t	1
Ed Cooke	3	36	12.0	28	0
Miller Farr	2	22	11.0	17	0
Willie Brown	2	18	9.0	18	0
John McGeever	1	36	36.0	36	0
John Bramlett	1	25	25.0	25t	1
Jerry Hopkins	1	7	7.0	7	0
Tom Erlandson	1	3	3.0	3	0
Charlie Janerette	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	25	465	18.6	65t	3
Opponents Totals	30	426	14.2		2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Bob Scarpitto	67	2833	42.3	74	0
John McCormick	1	45	45.0	45	0
Team Totals	68	2878	42.3	74	0	343
Opponents Totals	73	3347	45.8	73	1	355

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Odell Barry	21	210	10.0	38	0
Abner Haynes	14	121	8.6	57t	1
Gerry Bussell	2	24	12.0	21	0
Team Totals	37	355	9.6	57t	1
Opponents Totals	26	343	13.2	71t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Abner Haynes	34	901	26.5	60
Odell Barry	26	611	23.5	64
Gerry Bussell	5	103	20.6	32
Wendell Hayes	4	93	23.3	30
Paul Carmichael	1	15	15.0	15
Hewritt Dixon	1	8	8.0	8
Team Totals	71	1731	24.4	64
Opponents Totals	58	1197	20.6

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	TD
Odell Barry	1					0
John Bramlett	0	0				1
Gerry Bussell	1					0
Cookie Gilchrist	8					0
Wendell Hayes	5					0
Abner Haynes	5					0
Jacky Lee	1					0
John McCormick	2					0
Bob Scarpitto	1					0
Mickey Slaughter	5					0
Team Totals	29	16	13	16	29	1
Opponents Totals	27	14	13	16	29	0