1983 Denver Broncos season

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 season was the team's 24th year in professional football and its 14th with the National Football League. The franchise experienced a turning point as it traded for quarterback John Elway.

Personnel

Staff

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 Head Coach – Dan Reeves Assistant Head Coach/Defense – Joe Collier Offensive coaches Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers – John Hadl Running Backs – Nick Nicolau Tight Ends – Fran Polsfoot Offensive Line – Dan Radakovich Special Assistant – Marvin Bass			Defensive coaches Defensive Line – Stan Jones Linebackers – Myrel Moore Defensive Backs – Charlie West Special teams coaches Special Teams – Fran Polsfoot Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – I. J. Gorman

Regular season

Schedule

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

AFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Los Angeles Raiders	12	4	0	.750	442	338
Seattle Seahawks	9	7	0	.563	403	397
Denver Broncos	9	7	0	.563	302	327
San Diego Chargers	6	10	0	.375	358	462
Kansas City Chiefs	6	10	0	.375	386	367

Playoffs

Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Attendance
Wild Card Playoffs	December 24	at Seattle Seahawks	L 7–31	Kingdome	60,752

External links

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