1977 Denver Broncos season

1977 Denver Broncos season
Head Coach	Robert (Red) Miller
Home Field	Mile High Stadium
Results
Record	12–2
Place	1st AFC West
Playoff Finish	Lost Super Bowl XII
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1976	1978

The 1977 Denver Broncos season was the team's 18th year in professional football and its 8th with the National Football League. The team had its best season by far finishing first in the AFC West and making the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Record	Attendance
1	September 18	St. Louis Cardinals	W 7–0	Mile High Stadium	1–0	75,002
2	September 25	Buffalo Bills	W 26–6	Mile High Stadium	2–0	74,897
3	October 2	at Seattle Seahawks	W 24–13	Kingdome	3–0	53,108
4	October 9	Kansas City Chiefs	W 23–7	Mile High Stadium	4–0	74,878
5	October 16	at Oakland Raiders	W 30–7	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	5–0	53,616
6	October 23	at Cincinnati Bengals	W 30–7	Riverfront Stadium	6–0	54,395
7	October 30	Oakland Raiders	L 14–24	Mile High Stadium	6–1	75,007
8	November 6	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 21–7	Mile High Stadium	7–1	74,967
9	November 13	at San Diego Chargers	W 17–14	San Diego Stadium	8–1	45,211
10	November 20	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 14–7	Arrowhead Stadium	9–1	54,050
11	November 27	Baltimore Colts	W 27–13	Mile High Stadium	10–1	74,939
12	December 4	at Houston Oilers	W 24–14	Astrodome	11–1	46,875
13	December 11	San Diego Chargers	W 17–9	Mile High Stadium	12–1	74,905
14	December 18	at Dallas Cowboys	L 6–14	Texas Stadium	12–2	63,752

Playoffs

Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Attendance
Divisional Playoffs	December 24	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 34–21	Mile High Stadium	75,011
AFC Championship	January 1	Oakland Raiders	W 20–17	Mile High Stadium	74,982
Super Bowl XII	January 15	Dallas Cowboys	L 10–27	Louisiana Superdome	76,400

Standings

AFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Denver Broncos	12	2	0	.857	274	148	L-1
Oakland Raiders	11	3	0	.786	351	230	W-2
San Diego Chargers	7	7	0	.500	222	205	L-2
Seattle Seahawks	5	9	0	.357	282	373	W-2
Kansas City Chiefs	2	12	0	.143	225	349	L-6

Roster

Defensive Starters CB Louis Wright ⋅ CB Steve Foley ⋅ Offensive Starters WR Jack Dolbin ⋅ LT LG C RG RT Andy Maurer Tom Glassic Mike Montler Paul Howard Claudie Minor ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ TE Riley Odoms ⋅ WR Haven Moses ⋅ QB Craig Morton ⋅ RB Otis Armstrong ⋅ FB Jon Keyworth Lonnie Perrin Special Teams PK Jim Turner P Bucky Dilts KR Rick Upchurch PR Rick Upchurch

References

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