The 1978 Denver Broncos season was the team's 19th year in professional football and its 9th with the National Football League . The team finished first in the AFC West , and made the playoffs for the second straight season.
Schedule [ ]
Week
Date
Opponent
Result
Game site
Record
Attendance
1
September 3
Oakland Raiders
W 14–6
Mile High Stadium
1–0
75,092
2
September 11
at Minnesota Vikings
L 9–12 (OT)
Metropolitan Stadium
1–1
46,508
3
September 17
San Diego Chargers
W 27–14
Mile High Stadium
2–1
74,983
4
September 24
at Kansas City Chiefs
W 23–17 (OT)
Arrowhead Stadium
3–1
60,593
5
October 1
Seattle Seahawks
W 28–7
Mile High Stadium
4–1
74,989
6
October 8
at San Diego Chargers
L 0–23
San Diego Stadium
4–2
50,077
7
October 16
Chicago Bears
W 16–7
Mile High Stadium
5–2
75,008
8
October 22
at Baltimore Colts
L 6–7
Memorial Stadium
5–3
54,057
9
October 29
at Seattle Seahawks
W 20–17 (OT)
Kingdome
6–3
62,948
10
November 5
New York Jets
L 28–31
Mile High Stadium
6–4
74,983
11
November 12
at Cleveland Browns
W 19–7
Cleveland Stadium
7–4
70,856
12
November 19
Green Bay Packers
W 16–3
Mile High Stadium
8–4
74,965
13
November 23
at Detroit Lions
L 14–17
Pontiac Silverdome
8–5
71,785
14
December 3
at Oakland Raiders
W 21–6
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
9–5
53,932
15
December 10
Kansas City Chiefs
W 24–3
Mile High Stadium
10–5
74,149
16
December 16
Pittsburgh Steelers
L 17–24
Mile High Stadium
10–6
74,104
Playoffs [ ]
Standings [ ]
[1]
References [ ]
↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2 , p. 295
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