1978 Denver Broncos season
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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.
1978 Denver Broncos season | |
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General manager | Fred Gehrke |
Head coach | Red Miller |
Home field | Mile High Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 10–6 |
Division place | 1st AFC West |
Playoff finish | Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Steelers) 10–33 |
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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]