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1979 Denver Broncos
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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 2nd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 289 points (18.1/g), 20th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 262 points (16.4/g), 5th.
Differential of 27 points (1.7/g), 12th.
Expected W-L: 8.9-7.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 16th.
Coached by Red Miller (10-6-0)
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1979 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 2 | box | W | 1-0 | Cincinnati Bengals | 10 | 0 | 22 | 399 | 200 | 199 | 16 | 232 | 137 | 95 | |||
| 2 | Thu | September 6 | box | L | 1-1 | Los Angeles Rams | 9 | 13 | 12 | 179 | 106 | 73 | 2 | 15 | 277 | 181 | 96 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 16 | box | W | 2-1 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 20 | 17 | 18 | 369 | 201 | 168 | 2 | 19 | 382 | 326 | 56 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 23 | box | W | 3-1 | Seattle Seahawks | 37 | 34 | 23 | 344 | 254 | 90 | 3 | 22 | 350 | 197 | 153 | 4 | |
| 5 | Sun | September 30 | box | L | 3-2 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 3 | 27 | 21 | 291 | 210 | 81 | 3 | 16 | 277 | 187 | 90 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 7 | box | W | 4-2 | San Diego Chargers | 7 | 0 | 11 | 193 | 33 | 160 | 1 | 19 | 374 | 305 | 69 | 4 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 14 | box | W | 5-2 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 24 | 10 | 21 | 344 | 207 | 137 | 1 | 16 | 166 | 68 | 98 | 2 |
| 8 | Mon | October 22 | box | L | 5-3 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 42 | 16 | 329 | 276 | 53 | 3 | 27 | 530 | 294 | 236 | 3 |
| 9 | Sun | October 28 | box | W | 6-3 | Kansas City Chiefs | 20 | 3 | 20 | 381 | 269 | 112 | 2 | 12 | 210 | 108 | 102 | 3 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 4 | box | W | 7-3 | New Orleans Saints | 10 | 3 | 19 | 349 | 201 | 148 | 3 | 13 | 239 | 117 | 122 | 1 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 11 | box | W | 8-3 | New England Patriots | 45 | 10 | 21 | 289 | 182 | 107 | 3 | 8 | 92 | 34 | 58 | 3 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 18 | box | W | 9-3 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 38 | 28 | 22 | 369 | 225 | 144 | 2 | 18 | 240 | 166 | 74 | 2 |
| 13 | Sun | November 25 | box | L | 9-4 | Oakland Raiders | 10 | 14 | 22 | 382 | 167 | 215 | 3 | 15 | 376 | 203 | 173 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 2 | box | W | 10-4 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 19 | 16 | 11 | 226 | 129 | 97 | 4 | 19 | 398 | 298 | 100 | 7 |
| 15 | Sat | December 8 | box | L | 10-5 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 23 | 28 | 27 | 363 | 222 | 141 | 3 | 21 | 382 | 308 | 74 | 2 |
| 16 | Mon | December 17 | box | L | 10-6 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 7 | 17 | 20 | 335 | 224 | 111 | 5 | 17 | 327 | 230 | 97 | 4 |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sun | December 23 | box | L | 10-7 | @ | Houston Oilers | 7 | 13 | ||||||||||