1979 Denver Broncos season

1979 Denver Broncos season
Head coach Red Miller
General manager Fred Gehrke
Home field Mile High Stadium
Results
Record 10–6
Division place 2nd AFC West
Playoff finish Lost AFC Wild Card
Timeline
Previous season Next season
< 1978 1980 >

The 1979 Denver Broncos season was the team's 20th year in professional football and its 10th with the National Football League (NFL).

Personnel

Staff

colspan="7" style="background: #F9461C; color:white; border: 2px solid #002395" text-align: center;" | 1979 Denver Broncos staff
Front office
  • Chairman of the Board – Gerald Phipps
  • President – Allan Phipps
  • Vice President/General Manager – Fred Gehrke
  • Director of Player Personnel – Carroll Hardy
  • Pro Scouting – John Beake

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

 Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special Teams – Marv Braden

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Game site Record Attendance
1 September 2 Cincinnati Bengals W 10–0 Mile High Stadium 1–0
74,788
2 September 6 Los Angeles Rams L 9–13 Mile High Stadium 1–1
74,884
3 September 16 at Atlanta Falcons W 20–17 (OT) Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium 2–1
57,677
4 September 23 Seattle Seahawks W 37–34 Mile High Stadium 3–1
74,879
5 September 30 at Oakland Raiders L 3–27 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 3–2
52,632
6 October 7 San Diego Chargers W 7–0 Mile High Stadium 4–2
74,997
7 October 14 at Kansas City Chiefs W 24–10 Arrowhead Stadium 5–2
74,292
8 October 22 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–42 Three Rivers Stadium 5–3
49,699
9 October 28 Kansas City Chiefs W 20–3 Mile High Stadium 6–3
74,908
10 November 4 New Orleans Saints W 10–3 Mile High Stadium 7–3
74,482
11 November 11 New England Patriots W 45–10 Mile High Stadium 8–3
74,379
12 November 18 at San Francisco 49ers W 38–28 Candlestick Park 9–3
42,910
13 November 25 Oakland Raiders L 10–14 Mile High Stadium 9–4
74,186
14 December 2 at Buffalo Bills W 19–16 Rich Stadium 10–4
37,886
15 December 8 at Seattle Seahawks L 23–28 Kingdome 10–5
60,038
16 December 17 at San Diego Chargers L 7–17 San Diego Stadium 10–6
51,906

Game summaries

Week 1

1 234Total
Bengals 0 000 0
• Broncos 0 370 10
  • Date: September
  • Location: Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado
  • Game start: 2:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 69°F, wind 6 mph

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Standings

AFC West
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
San Diego Chargers(1) 12 4 0 .750 6–2 9–3 411 246 W2
Denver Broncos(5) 10 6 0 .625 4–4 7–5 289 262 L2
Seattle Seahawks 9 7 0 .563 3–5 6–6 378 372 W2
Oakland Raiders 9 7 0 .563 3–5 5–7 365 337 L1
Kansas City Chiefs 7 9 0 .438 4–4 7–7 238 262 L1

Playoffs

Round Date Opponent Result Game site Attendance
Wild Card Playoffs December 23 at Houston Oilers L 7–13 Astrodome
48,776

References

  1. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com

External links