1976 Denver Broncos season

1976 Denver Broncos season
Head Coach	John Ralston
Home Field	Mile High Stadium
Results
Record	9–5
Place	2nd AFC West
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1975	1977

The 1976 Denver Broncos season was the team's 17th year in professional football and its seventh with the National Football League. The team finished the season with a winning record for the third time in the last four seasons. It was John Ralston's final season as the team's head coach.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Record	Attendance
1	September 12	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 7–17	Riverfront Stadium	0–1	53,464
2	September 19	New York Jets	W 46–3	Mile High Stadium	1–1	62,669
3	September 26	Cleveland Browns	W 44–13	Mile High Stadium	2–1	62,975
4	October 3	San Diego Chargers	W 26–0	Mile High Stadium	3–1	63,369
5	October 10	at Houston Oilers	L 3–17	Astrodome	3–2	45,298
6	October 17	Oakland Raiders	L 17–10	Mile High Stadium	3–3	63,431
7	October 24	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 35–26	Arrowhead Stadium	4–3	57,961
8	October 31	at Oakland Raiders	L 6–19	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	4–4	52,169
9	November 7	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 48–13	Mile High Stadium	5–4	62,703
10	November 14	at San Diego Chargers	W 17–0	San Diego Stadium	6–4	32,017
11	November 21	New York Giants	W 14–13	Mile High Stadium	7–4	63,151
12	November 28	at New England Patriots	L 14–38	Schaefer Stadium	7–5	61,128
13	December 5	Kansas City Chiefs	W 17–16	Mile High Stadium	8–5	58,170
14	December 12	at Chicago Bears	W 28–14	Soldier Field	9–5	44,459

Standings

AFC West
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Oakland Raiders	13	1	0	.929	350	237
Denver Broncos	9	5	0	.643	315	206
San Diego Chargers	6	8	0	.429	248	285
Kansas City Chiefs	5	9	0	.357	290	376
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0	14	0	.000	125	412

References

• Broncos on Pro Football Reference
• Broncos Schedule on jt-sw.com