1978 Denver Broncos season

American football team season December 2013 February 2026 Denver Broncos 1978 10–6 1st AFC West Red Miller Fred Gehrke Mile High Stadium Lost Divisional Playoffs(at Steelers) 10–33 Broncos seasons thumb | right | Broncos 1968-1996 uniforms The 1978 Denver Broncos season was the team's 19th year in professional football and its ninth with the National Football League (NFL). Led by second-year head coach Red Miller, the Broncos were 10–6, repeated as champions of the AFC West, and made the playoffs for the second straight season. In the AFC divisional round, Denver lost on the road to the top-seeded Pittsburgh Steelers,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xhRWAAAAIBAJ&pg=4629%2C9525207 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Steelers draw their curtain on Denver, 33–10 December 31, 1978 7Bhttps://www.si.com/vault/1979/01/08/823276/wrong-is-just-right-the-steelers-deep-sixed-the-broncos-by-throwing-to-the-quotwrongquot-wide-receiver-john-stallworth-who-caught-a-record-10-passes Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins Wrong is just right January 8, 1979 18 33–10, whom they had lost to two weeks earlier in the regular season finale at Mile High Stadium;https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=atMdAAAAIBAJ&pg=6771%2C411031 Pittsburgh Press Sheeley Glenn Steelers avoid crushing loss December 17, 1978 D1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uBRWAAAAIBAJ&pg=2582%2C5471403 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon wire service reports It took Steelers until final play to nail down win over Denver December 17, 1978 4B Denver had clinched their division title six days earlier with a win over struggling Kansas City, while runners-up Oakland and Seattle both lost and fell to 8–7 with San Diego, two games back with one to play.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sxRWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6483%2C3643138 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Kansas City can't handle Morton's arm December 11, 1978 3B The Broncos were fifteenth in the league in scoring offense, while the defense finished second in points allowed and sixth in yards allowed.https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/den/1978.htm#all_team_stats 1978 Denver Broncos Statistics & Players Pro-Football-Reference.com Offseason NFL draft 1978 NFL draft 1978 Denver Broncos 1 27 Don Latimer DT Miami (FL) yes 2 55 Bill Gay TE USC yes 8 221 Frank Smith OT Alabama A&M 10 277 Vince Kinney WR Maryland yes 11 305 Lacy Brumley OT Clemson Personnel Staff 1978 Denver Broncos Owner / Chairman of the Board – Gerald Phipps Team President – Allan Phipps Vice President/General Manager – Fred Gehrke Director of Player Personnel – Carroll Hardy Head Coach – Red Miller Quarterbacks – Babe Parilli Offensive Backfield – Paul Roach Wide Receivers – Fran Polsfoot Offensive Line – Ken Gray Defensive Coordinator – Joe Collier Defensive Line – Stan Jones Linebackers – Bob Zeman Defensive Backs – Richie McCabe Defensive Assistant/Special Teams Assistant – Bill Belichick Special Teams – Marv Braden 1978 Denver Broncos Media Guide http://media.denverbroncos.com/section_display.cfm?section_id=140 4 December 22, 2013 Roster 1978 Denver Broncos  7 Craig Morton 12 Craig Penrose 14 Norris Weese 24 Otis Armstrong 35 Larry Canada 32 Jon Keyworth 41 Rob Lytle 33 Lonnie Perrin 46 Dave Preston American football 82 Jack Dolbin 84 Vince Kinney y 25 Haven Moses 80 Rick Upchurch 87 Bob Moore American football 88 Riley Odoms 64 Billy Bryan C 62 Tom Glassic G 60 Paul Howard American football G 65 Glenn Hyde G/T 50 Bobby Maples C 71 Claudie Minor T 76 Tom Neville offensive tackle T 67 Steve Schindler G 77 Lyle Alzado DE 68 Rubin Carter American football NT 79 Barney Chavous DE 63 John Grant American football NT 72 Don Latimer y NT 66 Brison Manor DE 56 Larry Evans American football OLB 53 Randy Gradishar ILB 57 Tom Jackson American football, born 1951 OLB 58 Rob Nairne OLB 59 Joe Rizzo American football ILB 51 Bob Swenson OLB 55 Godwin Turk ILB 43 Steve Foley defensive back CB 27 Maurice Harvey y CB 29 Bernard Jackson defensive back FS 23 Chris Pane CB/S 36 Bill Thompson American football SS 40 Charlie West FS American football 20 Louis Wright American football CB 10 Bucky Dilts P 15 Jim Turner placekicker K 85 Ron Egloff TE IR 30 Jim Jensen running back RB IR 86 John Schultz American football WR IR -- Gary Silvestri y DE IR -- Franky Smith y T IR Source: Regular season 1978 NFL season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 3 Oakland Raiders W 14–6 1–0 Mile High Stadium 75,092 2 September 11 at Minnesota Vikings L 9–12 (OT) 1–1 Metropolitan Stadium 46,508 3 September 17 San Diego Chargers W 27–14 2–1 Mile High Stadium 74,983 4 September 24 at Kansas City Chiefs W 23–17 (OT) 3–1 Arrowhead Stadium 60,593 5 October 1 Seattle Seahawks W 28–7 4–1 Mile High Stadium 74,989 6 October 8 at San Diego Chargers L 0–23 4–2 San Diego Stadium 50,077 7 October 16 Chicago Bears W 16–7 5–2 Mile High Stadium 75,008 8 October 22 at Baltimore Colts L 6–7 5–3 Memorial Stadium 54,057 9 October 29 at Seattle Seahawks W 20–17 (OT) 6–3 Kingdome 62,948 10 November 5 New York Jets L 28–31 6–4 Mile High Stadium 74,983 11 November 12 at Cleveland Browns W 19–7 7–4 Cleveland Stadium 70,856 12 November 19 Green Bay Packers W 16–3 8–4 Mile High Stadium 74,965 13 November 23 at Detroit Lions L 14–17 8–5 Pontiac Silverdome 71,785 14 December 3 at Oakland Raiders W 21–6 9–5 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 53,932 15 December 10 Kansas City Chiefs W 24–3 10–5 Mile High Stadium 74,149 16 December 16 Pittsburgh Steelers L 17–21 10–6 Mile High Stadium 74,104 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Monday night (September 11, October 16),https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wPlVAAAAIBAJ&pg=4350%2C3307376 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon UPI Viks lose on call, win on field goal September 12, 1978 3Chttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mFcdAAAAIBAJ&pg=3963%2C345770 Pittsburgh Press UPI Determined Broncos prevail October 17, 1978 B3 Thursday (November 23: Thanksgiving),https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=h39IAAAAIBAJ&pg=5819%2C4785435 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Lions outlast Broncos on King's late score November 24, 1978 17 Saturday (December 16) This was the first NFL regular season with 16 games. Standings Playoffs 1978–79 NFL playoffs Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Venue Attendance Divisional December 30 at Pittsburgh Steelers (1) L 10–33 0–1 Three Rivers Stadium 48,921 Source: References 2 External links Denver Broncos – 1978 media guide 1978 Denver Broncos season at jt-sw.com 1978 Denver Broncos at Pro-Football-Reference.com Denver Broncos Category:Denver Broncos seasons Category:AFC West championship seasons Category:1978 in sports in Colorado Category:Long stubs with short prose