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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 304 points (19.0/g), 12th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 235 points (14.7/g), 3rd.
Differential of 69 points (4.3/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 10.4-5.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.5/g), 6th.
Simple Rating System: Total 3.4, Offense: 0.3, Defense: 3.1, SoS: -0.9, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Dan Reeves
Offensive Coordinator: Mike Shanahan
Defensive Coordinator: Wade Phillips
Training Camp: University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, 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 1 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | Cincinnati Bengals | 45 | 14 | 25 | 471 | 286 | 185 | 10 | 246 | 193 | 53 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Sun | September 8 | boxscore | L | 1-1 | @ | Los Angeles Raiders | 13 | 16 | 12 | 247 | 214 | 33 | 1 | 16 | 273 | 140 | 133 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 15 | boxscore | W | 2-1 | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | 10 | 16 | 345 | 246 | 99 | 2 | 17 | 362 | 312 | 50 | 4 | ||
| 4 | Sun | September 22 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | San Diego Chargers | 27 | 19 | 18 | 360 | 216 | 144 | 2 | 17 | 297 | 126 | 171 | 2 | ||
| 5 | Sun | September 29 | boxscore | W | 4-1 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 6 | 17 | 242 | 63 | 179 | 1 | 15 | 324 | 121 | 203 | 3 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 6 | boxscore | L | 4-2 | @ | Houston Oilers | 14 | 42 | 23 | 363 | 272 | 91 | 3 | 17 | 378 | 327 | 51 | 2 | |
| 7 | Bye Week | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Sun | October 20 | boxscore | W | 5-2 | Kansas City Chiefs | 19 | 16 | 14 | 324 | 229 | 95 | 22 | 328 | 209 | 119 | ||||
| 9 | Sun | October 27 | boxscore | W | 6-2 | @ | New England Patriots | 9 | 6 | 14 | 243 | 141 | 102 | 1 | 15 | 287 | 146 | 141 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 3 | boxscore | W | 7-2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 20 | 13 | 17 | 274 | 130 | 144 | 2 | 19 | 309 | 163 | 146 | 1 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 10 | boxscore | L | 7-3 | Los Angeles Raiders | 16 | 17 | 23 | 383 | 183 | 200 | 3 | 13 | 244 | 126 | 118 | |||
| 12 | Sun | November 17 | boxscore | W | 8-3 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 24 | 20 | 14 | 259 | 87 | 172 | 21 | 417 | 292 | 125 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Sun | November 24 | boxscore | L | 8-4 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 10 | 13 | 12 | 210 | 112 | 98 | 4 | 11 | 199 | 53 | 146 | 4 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 1 | boxscore | W | 9-4 | New England Patriots | 20 | 3 | 19 | 325 | 209 | 116 | 1 | 14 | 252 | 202 | 50 | 4 | ||
| 15 | Sun | December 8 | boxscore | W | 10-4 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 17 | 7 | 17 | 290 | 200 | 90 | 1 | 9 | 181 | 80 | 101 | 1 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 15 | boxscore | W | 11-4 | Phoenix Cardinals | 24 | 19 | 22 | 365 | 243 | 122 | 3 | 13 | 231 | 158 | 73 | |||
| 17 | Sun | December 22 | boxscore | W | 12-4 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 17 | 14 | 21 | 311 | 166 | 145 | 1 | 13 | 221 | 107 | 114 | 4 | |
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | January 4 | boxscore | W | 13-4 | Houston Oilers | 26 | 24 | 26 | 418 | 267 | 151 | 1 | 23 | 422 | 325 | 97 | 1 | ||
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 12 | boxscore | L | 13-5 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 7 | 10 | 20 | 304 | 223 | 81 | 2 | 12 | 213 | 109 | 104 | 2 | |