1964 Denver Broncos Statistics
American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 2-11-1
Finishing 4th in the AFL's West Division
Coach: Mac Speedie (2-7-1)
Coach: Jack Faulkner (0-4)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1964 Denver Broncos RosterTeam Record: 2-11-1
Finishing 4th in the AFL's West Division
Coach: Mac Speedie (2-7-1)
Coach: Jack Faulkner (0-4)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1964 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the American Football League ended the 1964 season with a record of 2 wins and 11 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the AFL's West Division.
Denver managed just 240 points, worst in the league, while the porous defense conceded 438, most in the circuit. Jacky Lee tossed for 1,611 yards. Lionel Taylor paced the receiving corps, hauling in 76 passes for 873 yards.
Charley Mitchell ran for a team-best 590 yards for the Broncos.
The opportunistic defense led the way with 53 turnovers. Willie Brown picked off 9 errant tosses from the opposition.
Mac Speedie and Jack Faulkner coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacky Lee | 265 | 133 | 50.2 | 1611 | 6.1 | 11 | 4.2 | 20 | 7.5 | 82 | 51.6 |
| Mickey Slaughter | 189 | 97 | 51.3 | 930 | 4.9 | 3 | 1.6 | 11 | 5.8 | 39 | 46.4 |
| Charley Mitchell | 1 | 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 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 456 | 230 | 50.4 | 2541 | 5.6 | 14 | 3.1 | 32 | 7.0 | 82 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley 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 |
| Totals | 391 | 1311 | 3.4 | 51 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel Taylor | 76 | 873 | 11.5 | 57 | 7 |
| Hewritt Dixon | 38 | 585 | 15.4 | 62 | 1 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 35 | 375 | 10.7 | 37 | 4 |
| Charley Mitchell | 33 | 225 | 6.8 | 58 | 1 |
| Al Denson | 25 | 383 | 15.3 | 82 | 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 |
| Totals | 230 | 2541 | 11.0 | 82 | 14 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Mingo | 10 | 9 | 90.0 | 12 | 8 | 66.7 | 33 |
| Dick Guesman | 15 | 13 | 86.7 | 22 | 6 | 27.3 | 31 |
| Totals | 25 | 22 | 88.0 | 34 | 14 | 41.2 | 64 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odell Barry | 16 | 149 | 9.3 | 52 | 1 |
| Charley Mitchell | 9 | 110 | 12.2 | 54 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 259 | 10.4 | 54 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odell Barry | 47 | 1245 | 26.5 | 60 | 0 |
| Charley 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 | 15 | 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 |
| Totals | 76 | 1758 | 23.1 | 60 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Tom Janik | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 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 |
| Totals | 32 | 459 | 14.3 | 70 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Cooke | 1 | ||||||
| Odell Barry | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mickey Slaughter | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim McMillin | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Hewritt Dixon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charley Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Joe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jacky Lee | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Al Denson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Lionel Taylor | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
| Charley Mitchell | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| Gene Mingo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 33 | |||||||
| Dick Guesman | 6 | 13 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Bob Scarpitto | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Jacky Lee | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Billy Joe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |||||||
| Al Denson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| Hewritt Dixon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Tom Janik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Odell Barry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Ed Cooke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jim McMillin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Mickey Slaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Willie Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 240 |
