
1962 Denver Broncos Statistics
Team Record: 7-7
Finishing 2nd in the AFL's West Division
Coach: Jack Faulkner (7-7)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1962 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the American Football League ended the 1962 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the AFL's West Division.
The Broncos scored 353 points, and the defensive squad surrendered 334. Frank Tripucka threw for 2,917 yards. Lionel Taylor paced all receivers, hauling in 77 passes for 908 yards. Bo Dickinson provided receiving help, too.
Donnie Stone ran for a team-best 360 yards for Denver, while Gene Mingo also buoyed the ground attack.
Goose Gonsoulin intercepted 7 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Tripucka | 440 | 240 | 54.5 | 2917 | 6.6 | 17 | 3.9 | 25 | 5.7 | 96 | 64.4 |
George Shaw | 110 | 49 | 44.5 | 783 | 7.1 | 4 | 3.6 | 14 | 12.7 | 97 | 41.4 |
Gene Mingo | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 18 | 41.7 |
Donnie Stone | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 47.9 |
Hunter Enis | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 60.4 |
Lionel Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 559 | 292 | 52.2 | 3739 | 6.7 | 21 | 3.8 | 40 | 7.2 | 97 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Donnie Stone | 94 | 360 | 3.8 | 27 | 3 |
Gene Mingo | 54 | 287 | 5.3 | 82 | 4 |
Bo Dickinson | 73 | 247 | 3.4 | 42 | 0 |
Al Frazier | 39 | 168 | 4.3 | 35 | 2 |
Johnny Olszewski | 33 | 114 | 3.5 | 46 | 0 |
James Stinnette | 21 | 87 | 4.1 | 14 | 1 |
Lionel Taylor | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
George Shaw | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 9 | 1 |
Frank Tripucka | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 322 | 1298 | 4.0 | 82 | 12 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lionel Taylor | 77 | 908 | 11.8 | 45 | 4 |
Bo Dickinson | 60 | 554 | 9.2 | 33 | 4 |
Gene Prebola | 41 | 599 | 14.6 | 55 | 1 |
Bob Scarpitto | 35 | 667 | 19.1 | 67 | 6 |
Donnie Stone | 20 | 223 | 11.2 | 56 | 2 |
Gene Mingo | 14 | 107 | 7.6 | 34 | 0 |
Johnny Olszewski | 13 | 150 | 11.5 | 26 | 1 |
James Stinnette | 13 | 109 | 8.4 | 32 | 0 |
Al Frazier | 11 | 211 | 19.2 | 96 | 1 |
Jerry Tarr | 8 | 211 | 26.4 | 97 | 2 |
Totals | 292 | 3739 | 12.8 | 97 | 21 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gene Mingo | 34 | 32 | 94.1 | 39 | 27 | 69.2 | 113 |
Jim Fraser | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | |||
Totals | 36 | 34 | 94.4 | 39 | 27 | 69.2 | 115 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Fraser | 55 | 2400 | 43.6 | 75 |
Wahoo McDaniel | 5 | 173 | 34.6 | 39 |
Totals | 60 | 2573 | 42.9 | 75 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Zeman | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 47 | 0 |
Gene Mingo | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 12 | 0 |
Al Frazier | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 16 | 0 |
Tom Minter | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 19 | 128 | 6.7 | 47 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Frazier | 19 | 388 | 20.4 | 35 | 0 |
Tom Minter | 10 | 227 | 22.7 | 50 | 0 |
Jerry Tarr | 8 | 217 | 27.1 | 50 | 0 |
John McGeever | 5 | 143 | 28.6 | 52 | 0 |
Gene Mingo | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 31 | 0 |
Johnny Olszewski | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 24 | 0 |
James Stinnette | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 21 | 0 |
Bo Dickinson | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
Eldon Danenhauer | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Jim McMillin | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 57 | 1210 | 21.2 | 52 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Goose Gonsoulin | 7 | 88 | 12.6 | 64 | 1 |
Bob Zeman | 6 | 133 | 22.2 | 55 | 1 |
Jim McMillin | 4 | 117 | 29.2 | 48 | 1 |
Wahoo McDaniel | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 18 | 0 |
John McGeever | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 48 | 1 |
Chuck Gavin | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
John Cash | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Tom Erlandson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Jim Fraser | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 27 | 483 | 17.9 | 64 | 4 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Stinnette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jim McMillin | 0 | 1 | |||||
Gene Mingo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lionel Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Al Frazier | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Frank Tripucka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
John McGeever | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Minter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bud McFadin | 1 | ||||||
Donnie Stone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bo Dickinson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Johnny Olszewski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jerry Tarr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gene Prebola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Gene Mingo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 32 | 0 | 137 | ||||||
Bob Scarpitto | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
Donnie Stone | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
Bo Dickinson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Lionel Taylor | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Al Frazier | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
Jerry Tarr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Jim McMillin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Gene Prebola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
Bob Zeman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Bud McFadin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
George Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Frank Tripucka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Goose Gonsoulin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
John McGeever | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
James Stinnette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Johnny Olszewski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Jim Fraser | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
Totals | 12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 351 |