Denver Broncos seasons

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Invesco Field at Mile High, where the Broncos have played their home games since 2001.

This is a list of seasons completed by the Denver Broncos American football franchise of the National Football League. The list documents the season-by-season records of the Broncos franchise from 1960 to the present, including post-season records, and league awards for individual players or head coaches.

The Broncos franchise was founded in 1959 by Barron Hilton and played the 1960 season in Denver as part of the original American Football League (AFL).^[1]

The franchise has experienced two major periods of success. The first was from 1976 to 1981, where the Broncos did not have any losing seasons and were AFC West champions twice and AFC champions once. The second was from 1983 to 1998, when the Broncos had only two losing seasons, were AFC champions five times and Super Bowl champions two years in a row. This second period of success is best remembered for John Elway being the team's quarterback. The Broncos have also experienced one notable periods of decline. From 1960 to 1975, when they never made the playoffs and had only two winning seasons. They also had their two worst seasons ever, winning only two of fourteen games in 1963 and 1964.^[2]

The Broncos have been division champions ten times, all of them in the AFC West. They have also earned wild card berths six times. They have been conference champions six times and Super Bowl champions twice. But they never made the playoffs prior to the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. As of the end of the 2007 season, the Broncos had played over 750 regular and post-season games in 48 seasons, and have appeared in the post-season sixteen times.^[2]

[edit] Seasons

Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any post-season play.

[edit] Footnotes

• ^a As a result of the AFL-NFL Merger, the league was broken into two conferences, with the AFL teams moving into the American Football Conference.
• ^b 1982 was a strike-shortened season so the league was divided up into two conferences instead of its normal divisional alignment.
• ^c This game included The Drive.
• ^d The strike of 1987 reduced the regular season schedule from sixteen to fifteen games.
• ^e This game included The Fumble.
• ^f Ties can not occur in the playoffs.

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