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Record: 12-2-0, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
1977 AFC Champions
Scored 274 points (19.6/g), 10th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 148 points (10.6/g), 3rd.
Differential of 126 points (9.0/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 11.4-2.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (0.9/g), 5th.
Simple Rating System: Total 11.3, Offense: 1.9, Defense: 9.4, SoS: 2.3, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Red Miller
Defensive Coordinator: Joe Collier
Training Camp: Colorado State (Fort Collins, Colorado)
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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 18 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | St. Louis Cardinals | 7 | 0 | 15 | 258 | 122 | 136 | 4 | 12 | 273 | 204 | 69 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 25 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | Buffalo Bills | 26 | 6 | 17 | 296 | 93 | 203 | 2 | 8 | 129 | 63 | 66 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Sun | October 2 | boxscore | W | 3-0 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 24 | 13 | 19 | 330 | 177 | 153 | 2 | 19 | 272 | 191 | 81 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 9 | boxscore | W | 4-0 | Kansas City Chiefs | 23 | 7 | 16 | 312 | 188 | 124 | 2 | 14 | 166 | 80 | 86 | 6 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 16 | boxscore | W | 5-0 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 30 | 7 | 8 | 200 | 98 | 102 | 21 | 326 | 239 | 87 | 8 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 23 | boxscore | W | 6-0 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 24 | 13 | 16 | 335 | 155 | 180 | 14 | 336 | 159 | 177 | 3 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 30 | boxscore | L | 6-1 | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 24 | 19 | 278 | 180 | 98 | 3 | 17 | 270 | 70 | 200 | |||
| 8 | Sun | November 6 | boxscore | W | 7-1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21 | 7 | 12 | 174 | 75 | 99 | 19 | 216 | 97 | 119 | 2 | |||
| 9 | Sun | November 13 | boxscore | W | 8-1 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 17 | 14 | 14 | 222 | 120 | 102 | 3 | 13 | 320 | 192 | 128 | 2 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 20 | boxscore | W | 9-1 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 7 | 21 | 376 | 127 | 249 | 3 | 14 | 300 | 160 | 140 | 2 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 27 | boxscore | W | 10-1 | Baltimore Colts | 27 | 13 | 11 | 317 | 143 | 174 | 2 | 23 | 330 | 240 | 90 | 3 | ||
| 12 | Sun | December 4 | boxscore | W | 11-1 | @ | Houston Oilers | 24 | 14 | 23 | 332 | 163 | 169 | 2 | 11 | 251 | 139 | 112 | 1 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 11 | boxscore | W | 12-1 | San Diego Chargers | 17 | 9 | 20 | 298 | 142 | 156 | 3 | 17 | 324 | 260 | 64 | 3 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 18 | boxscore | L | 12-2 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 14 | 12 | 178 | 80 | 98 | 1 | 15 | 262 | 150 | 112 | 2 | |
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | December 24 | boxscore | W | 13-2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 34 | 21 | 15 | 258 | 155 | 103 | 1 | 18 | 304 | 177 | 127 | 4 | ||
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 1 | boxscore | W | 14-2 | Oakland Raiders | 20 | 17 | 16 | 308 | 217 | 91 | 1 | 20 | 298 | 204 | 94 | 3 | ||
| SuperBowl | Sun | January 15 | boxscore | L | 14-3 | N | Dallas Cowboys | 10 | 27 | 11 | 156 | 35 | 121 | 8 | 17 | 325 | 182 | 143 | 2 | |