1965 Denver Broncos (AFL) |
4th place • Western Division • 4-10-0 .286 |
Head Coach: Mac Speedie |
George Dickson | Defensive Backs |
Ray Malavasi | Defensive Line |
Bus Mertes | Offensive Backs |
Red Miller | Offensive Line |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
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.
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ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Odell Barry | 42 | SE-FL | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Findlay | 12 | 1 |
Lee Bernet | 74 | LOT | 6-2 | 245 | 21 | Wisconsin | 14 | 9 |
John Bramlett | 56 | RLB | 6-2 | 216 | 24 | Memphis | 14 | 14 |
Bob Breitenstein | 76 | LOT | 6-3 | 265 | 22 | Tulsa | 14 | 5 |
Willie Brown | 24 | LCB-LS | 6-1 | 194 | 25 | Grambling State | 14 | 12 |
Gerry Bussell | 22 | RS-LS | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 0 |
Paul Carmichael | 40 | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 21 | El Camino JC | 3 | 0 |
Ed Cooke | 80 | LDE | 6-4 | 248 | 30 | Maryland | 14 | 13 |
Ed Cummings | 54 | MLB | 6-2 | 228 | 24 | Stanford | 14 | 5 |
Eldon Danenhauer | 75 | ROT | 6-4 | 242 | 30 | College of Emporia; Pittsburg State | 14 | 14 |
Al Denson | 88 | FL-SE | 6-2 | 208 | 23 | Florida A&M | 14 | 4 |
Hewritt Dixon | 30 | TE | 6-2 | 223 | 25 | Florida A&M | 14 | 14 |
Tom Erlandson | 53 | LLB | 6-3 | 229 | 25 | Washington State | 14 | 14 |
Miller Farr | 44 | RCB | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Wichita State | 7 | 5 |
Cookie Gilchrist | 2 | FB | 6-3 | 249 | 30 | none | 14 | 14 |
Goose Gonsoulin | 23 | RS | 6-3 | 209 | 27 | Baylor | 14 | 11 |
John Griffin | 46 | RCB | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Memphis | 14 | 9 |
Wendell Hayes | 29 | HB | 6-1 | 221 | 25 | Oakland JC; Cal Poly (Humboldt) | 14 | 12 |
Abner Haynes | 28 | HB | 6-0 | 188 | 28 | North Texas | 14 | 2 |
Jon Hohman | 64 | ROG | 6-1 | 243 | 23 | Wisconsin | 10 | 2 |
Jerry Hopkins | 50 | MLB | 6-2 | 236 | 24 | Texas A&M | 14 | 9 |
Ray Jacobs | 83 | LDT | 6-3 | 276 | 26 | Navarro JC; Howard Payne | 14 | 14 |
Charlie Janerette | 70 | RDT | 6-3 | 253 | 27 | Penn State | 14 | 10 |
Gene Jeter | 51 | LLB | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 14 | 0 |
Gary Kroner | 12 | K | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
Ray Kubala | 52 | C | 6-4 | 245 | 23 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
Jacky Lee | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 186 | 27 | Cincinnati | 4 | 1 |
Max Leetzow | 81 | LDE-RDE | 6-4 | 240 | 22 | Idaho | 14 | 2 |
Darrell Lester | 26 | FB | 6-2 | 232 | 25 | Louisiana State; McNeese State | 12 | 0 |
John McCormick | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 28 | Boston College; Massachusetts | 14 | 6 |
Bob McCullough | 67 | ROG | 6-5 | 244 | 25 | Colorado | 14 | 13 |
John McGeever | 47 | LS | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Auburn | 14 | 9 |
Jim McMillin | 45 | RS | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Diablo Valley JC; Colorado State | 12 | 3 |
Charlie Mitchell | 27 | HB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Washington | 1 | 0 |
LeRoy Moore | 78 | RDE | 6-0 | 231 | 30 | Fort Valley State | 14 | 13 |
Tom Nomina | 68 | RDT-LDT | 6-5 | 257 | 24 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 4 |
Charlie Parker | 60 | ROG-LOG | 6-0 | 246 | 24 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 1 |
Bob Scarpitto | 82 | FL-P | 5-11 | 194 | 26 | Notre Dame | 14 | 9 |
Mickey Slaughter | 14 | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 24 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 7 |
Jerry Sturm | 72 | LOG | 6-3 | 257 | 29 | Illinois | 14 | 12 |
Lionel Taylor | 87 | SE | 6-2 | 215 | 30 | New Mexico Highlands | 14 | 14 |
Jim Thibert | 63 | RLB-TE | 6-3 | 230 | 25 | Toledo | 13 | 0 |
Jim Thompson | 77 | RDT | 6-3 | 260 | 25 | Southern Illinois | 4 | 0 |
Nemiah Wilson | 48 | LCB | 6-0 | 186 | 22 | Grambling State | 14 | 7 |
DRAFT LIST | |||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
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 | |||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
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 | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 50 | 78 | 72 | 103 | 303 |
Opponents Totals | 69 | 168 | 75 | 80 | 392 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Kroner | 0 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 44.8 | 0 | 71 |
Wendell Hayes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | ||
Cookie Gilchrist | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Abner Haynes | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Lionel Taylor | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Bob Scarpitto | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
John Bramlett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Hewritt Dixon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
John Griffin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Nemiah Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Austin Gonsoulin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Jacky Lee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mickey Slaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Team Totals | 38 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 44.8 | 0 | 303 |
Opponents Totals | 50 | 50 | 50 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 60.9 | 0 | 392 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Kroner | 13 | 29 | 44.8 | 5 | 37 | 3/6 | 4/5 | 6/11 | 0/3 | 0/4 |
Team Totals | 13 | 29 | 44.8 | 5 | 37 | 3/6 | 4/5 | 6/11 | 0/3 | 0/4 |
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 | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | FC | 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 | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abner Haynes | 34 | 901 | 26.5 | 60 | 0 | |
Odell Barry | 26 | 611 | 23.5 | 64 | 0 | |
Gerry Bussell | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 32 | 0 | |
Wendell Hayes | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 30 | 0 | |
Paul Carmichael | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
Hewritt Dixon | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 71 | 1731 | 24.4 | 64 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 58 | 1197 | 20.6 | 0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Odell Barry | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
John Bramlett | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Gerry Bussell | 1 | 0 | |||||
Al Denson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Hewritt Dixon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Tom Erlandson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
Miller Farr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Cookie Gilchrist | 8 | 0 | |||||
Wendell Hayes | 5 | 0 | |||||
Abner Haynes | 5 | 0 | |||||
Jerry Hopkins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Charlie Janerette | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Jacky Lee | 1 | 0 | |||||
Max Leetzow | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
John McCormick | 2 | 0 | |||||
John McGeever | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Bob Scarpitto | 1 | 0 | |||||
Mickey Slaughter | 5 | 0 | |||||
Team Totals | 29 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 27 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 0 |
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