1969 Denver Broncos season

1969 Denver Broncos season
Owner(s)	{{{owner}}}
Head Coach	Lou Saban
Home Field	Mile High Stadium
Results
Record	5–8–1
Place	4th AFL West
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1968	1970

The 1969 season was the Denver Broncos 10th and final season in the American Football League. They finished the regular season with a record of 5–8–1, and went 4th in the AFL West for the seventh straight season.

Season summary

Division standings

Western Division
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
*Oakland Raiders	12	1	1	.923	377	242
Kansas City Chiefs	11	3	0	.786	359	177
San Diego Chargers	8	6	0	.571	288	276
Denver Broncos	5	8	1	.385	297	344
Cincinnati Bengals	4	9	1	.308	280	367

Regular season

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Record	Attendance
1	September 14	Boston Patriots	W 35–7	Mile High Stadium	1–0	43,482
2	September 21	New York Jets	W 21–19	Mile High Stadium	2–0	50,583
3	September 28	at Buffalo Bills	L 28–41	War Memorial Stadium	2–1	40,302
4	October 5	Kansas City Chiefs	L 13–26	Mile High Stadium	2–2	50,564
5	October 12	Oakland Raiders	L 14–24	Mile High Stadium	2–3	49,511
6	October 19	at Cincinnati Bengals	W 30–23	Nippert Stadium	3–3	27,920
7	October 26	at Houston Oilers	L 21–24	Astrodome	3–4	45,348
8	November 2	San Diego Chargers	W 13–0	Mile High Stadium	4–4	45,511
9	November 9	at Oakland Raiders	L 10–41	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	4–5	54,416
10	November 16	Houston Oilers	T 20–20	Mile High Stadium	4–5–1	45,002
11	November 23	at San Diego Chargers	L 24–45	San Diego Stadium	4–6–1	34,664
12	November 27	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 17–31	Municipal Stadium	4–7–1	48,773
13	December 7	at Miami Dolphins	L 24–27	Miami Orange Bowl	4–8–1	25,332
14	December 14	Cincinnati Bengals	W 27–16	Mile High Stadium	5–8–1	42,198

Roster

• RB Ted Alfen
• C Jay Bachman
• DT/DE Walt Barnes
• TE/G Tom Beer
• DB Phil Brady
• T/G Sam Brunelli
• TE Tom Buckman
• RB Bobby Burnett
• DB George Burrell
• LB Tim Casey
• DB Grady Cavness
• DT/DE Dave Costa
• LB Gary Crane
• LB Ken Criter
• LB Carl Cunningham
• T Mike Current
• WR/TE Al Denson
• T Wallace Dickey
• DE/DT Pete Duranko
• WR John Embree
• G/T/C George Goeddeke
• DB Charlie Greer
• WR Mike Haffner
• G/T/C Walter Highsmith
• DB/P Gus Hollomon
• K Bobby Howfield
• LB John Huard
• DT Jerry Inman
• DE/LB Rich Jackson
• DB Pete Jaquess
• RB Henry Jones
• C Larry Kaminski
• LB Gordon Lambert
• QB/DB Pete Liske
• RB Floyd Little
• RB Fran Lynch
• RB Brendan McCarthy
• DT/DE Rex Mirich
• LB Chip Myrtle
• DB Tom Oberg
• QB Al Pastrana
• TE Dave Pivec
• RB Frank Quayle
• LB Frank Richter
• G Mike Schnitker
• RB Tom Smiley
• DB Jimmy Smith
• DT/DE Paul Smith
• QB Steve Tensi
• DB Billy Thompson
• WR/P Bill Van Heusen
• RB Wandy Williams
• G/DT Bob Young

References

• Pro Football Reference.com Accessed 19 November 2007