1983 Denver Broncos season
Head Coach Dan Reeves
General Manager Hein Poulus
Home Field Mile High Stadium
Results
Record 9–7
Place 3rd AFC West
Playoff Finish Lost AFC Wild Card
Timeline
Previous season
Next season
1982
1984
The 1983 Denver Broncos seasonNational Football League . The franchise experienced a turning point as it traded for quarterback John Elway .
Personnel
1983 Denver Broncos staff
Front office
Owner – Edgar Kaiser
Vice President/General Manager – Hein Poulus
Director of Football Operations – John Beake
Coordinator of College Scouting – Reed Johnson
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Special Teams – Fran Polsfoot
Strength and conditioning
Strength and Conditioning – I. J. Gorman
[1]
Regular season
Week
Date
Opponent
Result
Game site
Record
Attendance
1
September 4
at Pittsburgh Steelers
W 14–10
Three Rivers Stadium
1–0
58,233
2
September 11
at Baltimore Colts
W 17–10
Memorial Stadium
2–0
52,613
3
September 18
Philadelphia Eagles
L 10–13
Mile High Stadium
2–1
74,202
4
September 25
Los Angeles Raiders
L 7–22
Mile High Stadium
2–2
x74,289
5
October 2
at Chicago Bears
L 14–31
Soldier Field
2–3
58,210
6
October 9
at Houston Oilers
W 26–14
Astrodome
3–3
44,209
7
October 16
Cincinnati Bengals
W 24–17
Mile High Stadium
4–3
74,305
8
October 23
San Diego Chargers
W 14–6
Mile High Stadium
5–3
74,581
9
October 30
Kansas City Chiefs
W 27–24
Mile High Stadium
6–3
74,640
10
November 6
at Seattle Seahawks
L 19–27
Kingdome
6–4
61,189
11
November 13
at Los Angeles Raiders
L 20–22
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
6–5
51,945
12
November 20
Seattle Seahawks
W 38–27
Mile High Stadium
7–5
74,710
13
November 27
at San Diego Chargers
L 7–31
San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium
7–6
43,650
14
December 4
Cleveland Browns
W 27–6
Mile High Stadium
8–6
70,912
15
December 11
Baltimore Colts
W 21–19
Mile High Stadium
9–6
74,864
16
December 18
at Kansas City Chiefs
L 17–48
Arrowhead Stadium
9–7
11,377
Standings [2] References External links v · d · e Denver Broncos Founded in 1960 • Based in Denver Colorado The Franchise Stadiums Culture Lore Head Coaches Retired Numbers Super Bowl titles Conference titles Other titles
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