1980 Denver Broncos season

1980 Denver Broncos season
Head coach	Red Miller
General manager	Fred Gehrke
Owner	Gerald Phipps
Home field	Mile High Stadium
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	4th AFC West
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1980 Denver Broncos season was the team's 21st year in professional football and its 11th with the National Football League (NFL). It was Red Miller's final season as the team's head coach.

Personnel

Staff

1980 Denver Broncos staff
	Front office Chairman of the Board – Gerald Phipps President – Allan Phipps Vice President/General Manager – Fred Gehrke Director of Player Personnel – Carroll Hardy Director of Pro Personnel – John Beake Head coaches Head Coach – Red Miller Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Rod Dowhower Offensive Backs – Paul Roach Wide Receivers – Fran Polsfoot Offensive Line – Whitey Dovell			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Joe Collier Defensive Line – Stan Jones Linebackers – Bob Zeman Defensive Backs – Richie McCabe Special teams coaches Special Teams – Marv Braden

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Attendance	Record
1	Sep 7	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 6–27	Veteran's Stadium	70,307	0–1
2	Sep 14	Dallas Cowboys	W 41–20	Mile High Stadium	74,919	1–1
3	Sep 21	San Diego Chargers	L 13–30	Mile High Stadium	74,970	1–2
4	Sep 29	at New England Patriots	L 14–23	Schaefer Stadium	60,153	1–3
5	Oct 5	at Cleveland Browns	W 19–16	Municipal Stadium	81,065	2–3
6	Oct 13	Washington Redskins	W 20–17	Mile High Stadium	74,657	3–3
7	Oct 19	Kansas City Chiefs	L 17–23	Mile High Stadium	74,459	3–4
8	Oct 26	at New York Giants	W 14–9	Giants Stadium	67,598	4–4
9	Nov 2	Houston Oilers	L 16–20	Mile High Stadium	74,717	4–5
10	Nov 9	at San Diego Chargers	W 20–13	San Diego Stadium	51,435	5–5
11	Nov 16	New York Jets	W 31–24	Mile High Stadium	72,114	6–5
12	Nov 23	Seattle Seahawks	W 36–20	Mile High Stadium	73,274	7–5
13	Dec 1	at Oakland Raiders	L 3–9	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	51,593	7–6
14	Dec 7	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 14–31	Arrowhead Stadium	40,237	7–7
15	Dec 14	Oakland Raiders	L 21–24	Mile High Stadium	73,974	7–8
16	Dec 21	at Seattle Seahawks	W 25–17	Kingdome	51,853	8–8

Game summaries

Week 10

1 2 3 4 Total • Broncos 0 7 6 7 20 Chargers 0 6 0 7 13 Date: November 9 Location: Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, California Game start: 1:00 p.m. Game weather: 61°F, wind 6 mph

Scoring summary 2 SD Rolf Benirschke 30 yard field goal Chargers 3–0 2 SD Rolf Benirschke 34 yard field goal Chargers 6–0 2 DEN Rob Lytle 3 yard run (Fred Steinfort kick) Broncos 7–6 3 DEN Fred Steinfort 28 yard field goal Broncos 10–6 3 DEN Fred Steinfort 42 yard field goal Broncos 13–6 4 DEN Dave Preston 4 yard run (Fred Steinfort kick) Broncos 20–6 4 SD John Jefferson 3 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) Broncos 20–13

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Standings

AFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
San Diego Chargers^(1)	11	5	0	.688	6–2	9–3	418	327	W2
Oakland Raiders^(4)	11	5	0	.688	6–2	9–3	364	306	W2
Kansas City Chiefs	8	8	0	.500	4–4	6–8	319	336	W1
Denver Broncos	8	8	0	.500	3–5	5–7	310	323	W1
Seattle Seahawks	4	12	0	.250	1–7	3–9	291	408	L9

References

1. Pro-Football-Reference.com

External links

• 1980 Denver Broncos at Pro-Football-Reference.com