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1 Offseason  


1.1  NFL Draft  






2 Personnel  


2.1  Staff  




2.2  Roster  






3 Regular season  


3.1  Schedule  




3.2  Standings  






4 Playoffs  




5 References  




6 External links  













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1978 Denver Broncos season
General managerFred Gehrke
Head coachRed Miller
Home fieldMile High Stadium
Results
Record10–6
Division place1st AFC West
Playoff finishLost Divisional Playoffs
(atSteelers) 10–33
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    • 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,[1][2] 33–10, whom they had lost to two weeks earlier in the regular season finale at Mile High Stadium;[3][4] 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.[5]

    The Broncos were fifteenth in the league in scoring offense, while the defense finished second in points allowed and sixth in yards allowed. [6]

    Offseason[edit]

    NFL Draft[edit]

    Main article: 1978 NFL Draft
    1978 Denver Broncos draft
    Round Pick Player Position College Notes
    1 27 Don Latimer  DT Miami (FL)
    2 55 Bill Gay *  TE USC
    8 221 Frank Smith  OT Alabama A&M
    10 277 Vince Kinney  WR Maryland
    11 305 Lacy Brumley  OT Clemson
          Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

    Personnel[edit]

    Staff[edit]

    1978 Denver Broncos staff

    Front office

    Head coaches

    Offensive coaches

    		Defensive coaches

    Special teams coaches


    [7]

    Roster[edit]

    1978 Denver Broncos roster
    Quarterbacks

    Running backs

    Wide receivers

    Tight ends

    		Offensive linemen

    Defensive linemen

    		Linebackers

    Defensive backs

    Special teams

    		Reserve lists


    Practice squad



    Rookies in italics

    Source:

    Regular season[edit]

    Main article: 1978 NFL season

    Schedule[edit]

    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 atMinnesota 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 atKansas 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 atSan 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 atBaltimore Colts L 6–7 5–3 Memorial Stadium 54,057
    9 October 29 atSeattle 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 atCleveland 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 atDetroit Lions L 14–17 8–5 Pontiac Silverdome 71,785
    14 December 3 atOakland 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.

    Standings[edit]

    AFC West
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    		•  W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
    Denver Broncos(3) 10 6 0 .625 7–1 8–4 282 198 L1
    Oakland Raiders 9 7 0 .563 3–5 5–7 311 283 W1
    Seattle Seahawks 9 7 0 .563 4–4 6–6 345 358 W1
    San Diego Chargers 9 7 0 .563 5–3 7–5 355 309 W3
    Kansas City Chiefs 4 12 0 .250 1–7 4–10 243 327 L2

    Playoffs[edit]

    Main article: 1978–79 NFL playoffs
    Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Venue Attendance
    Divisional December 30 atPittsburgh Steelers (1) L 10–33 0–1 Three Rivers Stadium 48,921
    Source:[1][2]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b "Steelers draw their curtain on Denver, 33–10". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 31, 1978. p. 7B.
  • ^ a b Jenkins, Dan (January 8, 1979). "Wrong is just right". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
  • ^ a b Sheeley, Glenn (December 17, 1978). "Steelers avoid crushing loss". Pittsburgh Press. p. D1.
  • ^ a b "It took Steelers until final play to nail down win over Denver". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire service reports. December 17, 1978. p. 4B.
  • ^ "Kansas City can't handle Morton's arm". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 11, 1978. p. 3B.
  • ^ "1978 Denver Broncos Statistics & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  • ^ 1978 Denver Broncos Media Guide. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  • ^ "Viks lose on call, win on field goal". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. September 12, 1978. p. 3C.
  • ^ "Determined Broncos prevail". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. October 17, 1978. p. B3.
  • ^ "Lions outlast Broncos on King's late score". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. November 24, 1978. p. 17.

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