1980 Denver Broncos season
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The 1980 Denver Broncos season was the team's 21st year in professional football and its 11th with the National Football League (NFL). Led by fourth-year head coach Red Miller the Broncos were 8–8, tied for third in the AFC West (fourth via tiebreaker), and missed the playoffs for the first time in four seasons.[1]
It was Miller's final season; ownership changed in February 1981 and front office changes were made in March.[2][3][4]
Offseason
NFL draft
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Personnel
Staff
Roster
Preseason
Schedule
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| 1 | Template:Dow tooltip | Cincinnati Bengals | W 17–6 | 1–0 | Mile High Stadium | 67,532 |
| 2 | Template:Dow tooltip | at New York Giants | L 6–9 | 1–1 | Giants Stadium | 30,904 |
| 3 | Template:Dow tooltip | Los Angeles Rams | L 13–26 | 1–2 | Mile High Stadium | 73,946 |
| 4 | Template:Dow tooltip | at Green Bay Packers | W 38–0 | 2–2 | Lambeau Field | 53,060 |
Regular season
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Schedule
Game summaries
Week 1 (Sunday, September 7, 1980): at Philadelphia Eagles
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| Broncos | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Eagles | 7 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
at Veterans Stadium • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Game time: 2:00 p.m. MDT
- Game attendance: 70,307
- Referee: Chuck Heberling
- TV announcers (NBC): Don Criqui (play–by–play) and John Brodie (color commentator)
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- Time of Game: 3 hours, 13 minutes
| style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLAltPrimaryStyle"|Broncos | Game Statistics | style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle"|Eagles |
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| Return yards | ||
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| Time of possession |
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Week 2 (Sunday, September 14, 1980): vs. Dallas Cowboys
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| Cowboys | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Broncos | 7 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 41 |
at Mile High Stadium • Denver, Colorado
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- Game time: 2:00 p.m. MDT
- Game attendance: 74,919
- Referee: Jerry Markbreit
- TV announcers (CBS): Lindsey Nelson (play–by–play) and Sonny Jurgensen (color commentator)
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| style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLAltPrimaryStyle"|Cowboys | Game Statistics | style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle"|Broncos |
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| Return yards | ||
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| Fumbles–lost | ||
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| Time of possession |
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Week 3 (Sunday, September 21, 1980): vs. San Diego Chargers
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| Chargers | 3 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 30 |
| Broncos | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
at Mile High Stadium • Denver, Colorado
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- Game time: 2:00 p.m. MDT
- Game attendance: 74,970
- Referee: Fred Silva
- TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg (play–by–play) and Merlin Olsen (color commentator)
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| style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLAltPrimaryStyle"|Chargers | Game Statistics | style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle"|Broncos |
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| Total yards | ||
| Return yards | ||
| Punts | ||
| Fumbles–lost | ||
| Penalties–yards | ||
| Time of possession |
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Week 4 (Monday, September 29, 1980): at New England Patriots
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| Broncos | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Patriots | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
at Schaefer Stadium • Foxborough, Massachusetts
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- Game time: 7:00 p.m. MDT
- Game attendance: 60,153
- Referee: Red Cashion
- TV announcers (ABC): Frank Gifford (play–by–play), Howard Cosell (color commentator) and Don Meredith (color commentator)
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- Time of Game: 2 hours, 54 minutes
| style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLAltPrimaryStyle"|Broncos | Game Statistics | style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle"|Patriots |
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Week 5 (Sunday, October 5, 1980): at Cleveland Browns
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| Broncos | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| Browns | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
at Municipal Stadium • Cleveland, Ohio
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- Game time: 11:00 a.m. MDT
- Game attendance: 81,065
- Referee: Jerry Seeman
- TV announcers (NBC): Sam Nover (play–by–play) and Bob Trumpy (color commentator)
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| style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLAltPrimaryStyle"|Broncos | Game Statistics | style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle"|Browns |
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Week 6 (Monday, October 13, 1980): vs. Washington Redskins
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| Redskins | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Broncos | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
at Mile High Stadium • Denver, Colorado
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- Game time: 7:00 p.m. MDT
- Game attendance: 74,657
- Referee: Fred Wyant
- TV announcers (ABC): Frank Gifford (play–by–play), Howard Cosell (color commentator) and Don Meredith (color commentator)
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| style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLAltPrimaryStyle"|Redskins | Game Statistics | style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle"|Broncos |
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| Return yards | ||
| Punts | ||
| Fumbles–lost | ||
| Penalties–yards | ||
| Time of possession |
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Week 7 (Sunday, October 19, 1980): vs. Kansas City Chiefs
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| Chiefs | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| Broncos | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
at Mile High Stadium • Denver, Colorado
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- Game time: 12:00 p.m. MDT
- Game attendance: 74,459
- Referee: Chuck Heberling
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| style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLAltPrimaryStyle"|Chiefs | Game Statistics | style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle"|Broncos |
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Week 8 (Sunday, October 26, 1980): at New York Giants
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| Broncos | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Giants | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
at Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, New Jersey
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- Game time: 11:00 a.m. MST
- Game attendance: 67,598
- Referee: Gordon McCarter
- TV announcers (NBC): Marv Albert (play–by–play) and Gene Washington (color commentator)
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| style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLAltPrimaryStyle"|Broncos | Game Statistics | style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle"|Giants |
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| Return yards | ||
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Week 9 (Sunday, November 2, 1980): vs. Houston Oilers
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| Oilers | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| Broncos | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
at Mile High Stadium • Denver, Colorado
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- Game time: 2:00 p.m. MST
- Game attendance: 74,717
- Referee: Gene Barth
- TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg (play–by–play) and Merlin Olsen (color commentator)
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| style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLAltPrimaryStyle"|Oilers | Game Statistics | style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle"|Broncos |
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| Return yards | ||
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Week 10 (Sunday, November 9, 1980): at San Diego Chargers
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| Broncos | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| Chargers | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
at Jack Murphy Stadium • San Diego, California
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- Game time: 2:00 p.m. MST
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- Game attendance: 51,435
- Referee: Jerry Markbreit
- TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones (play–by–play) and Len Dawson (color commentator)
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| style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLAltPrimaryStyle"|Broncos | Game Statistics | style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle"|Chargers |
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| Sacked–yards | ||
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| Total yards | ||
| Return yards | ||
| Punts | ||
| Fumbles–lost | ||
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| Time of possession |
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Week 11 (Sunday, November 16, 1980): vs. New York Jets
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| Jets | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Broncos | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
at Mile High Stadium • Denver, Colorado
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- Game time: 2:00 p.m. MST
- Game attendance: 72,114
- Referee: Cal Lepore
- TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones (play–by–play) and Len Dawson (color commentator)
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| style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLAltPrimaryStyle"|Jets | Game Statistics | style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle"|Broncos |
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Week 12 (Sunday, November 23, 1980): vs. Seattle Seahawks
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| Seahawks | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Broncos | 7 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 36 |
at Mile High Stadium • Denver, Colorado
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- Game time: 2:00 p.m. MST
- Game attendance: 73,274
- Referee: Jerry Seeman
- TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones (play–by–play) and Len Dawson (color commentator)
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Week 13 (Monday, December 1, 1980): at Oakland Raiders
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| Broncos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Raiders | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum • Oakland, California
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- Game time: 7:00 p.m. MST
- Game attendance: 51,593
- Referee: Red Cashion
- TV announcers (ABC): Frank Gifford (play–by–play), Howard Cosell (color commentator) and Don Meredith (color commentator)
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| Return yards | ||
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Week 14 (Sunday, December 7, 1980): at Kansas City Chiefs
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| Broncos | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Chiefs | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 31 |
at Arrowhead Stadium • Kansas City, Missouri
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- Game time: 2:00 p.m. MST
- Game attendance: 40,237
- Referee: Fred Wyant
- TV announcers (NBC): Jay Randolph (play–by–play) and Mike Haffner (color commentator)
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| style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLAltPrimaryStyle"|Broncos | Game Statistics | style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle"|Chiefs |
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Week 15 (Sunday, December 14, 1980): vs. Oakland Raiders
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| Raiders | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Broncos | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
at Mile High Stadium • Denver, Colorado
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- Game time: 2:00 p.m. MST
- Game attendance: 73,974
- Referee: Dick Jorgensen
- TV announcers (NBC): Don Criqui (play–by–play) and John Brodie (color commentator)
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Individual stats
Week 16 (Sunday, December 21, 1980): at Seattle Seahawks
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| Broncos | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 25 |
| Seahawks | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
at Kingdome • Seattle, Washington
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- Game time: 2:00 p.m. MST
- Game weather: indoors (dome)
- Game attendance: 51,853
- Referee: Bob McElwee
- TV announcers (NBC): Jay Randolph (play–by–play) and Gene Washington (color commentator)
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| style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLAltPrimaryStyle"|Broncos | Game Statistics | style="width:30%;" style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle"|Seahawks |
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Individual stats
Standings
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References
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- ↑ Pro Football Reference; Denver Broncos at Philadelphia Eagles – September 7, 1980
- ↑ The Football Database; Denver Broncos at Philadelphia Eagles – September 7, 1980
- ↑ Pro Football Reference; Dallas Cowboys at Denver Broncos – September 14, 1980
- ↑ The Football Database; Dallas Cowboys at Denver Broncos – September 14, 1980
- ↑ Pro Football Reference; San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos – September 21, 1980
- ↑ The Football Database; San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos – September 21, 1980
- ↑ Pro Football Reference; Denver Broncos at New England Patriots – September 29, 1980
- ↑ The Football Database; Denver Broncos at New England Patriots – September 29, 1980
- ↑ Pro Football Reference; Denver Broncos at Cleveland Browns – October 5, 1980
- ↑ The Football Database; Denver Broncos at Cleveland Browns – October 5, 1980
- ↑ Pro Football Reference; Washington Redskins at Denver Broncos – October 13, 1980
- ↑ The Football Database; Washington Redskins at Denver Broncos – October 13, 1980
- ↑ Pro Football Reference; Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos – October 19, 1980
- ↑ The Football Database; Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos – October 19, 1980
- ↑ Pro Football Reference; Denver Broncos at New York Giants – October 26, 1980
- ↑ The Football Database; Denver Broncos at New York Giants – October 26, 1980
- ↑ Pro Football Reference; Houston Oilers at Denver Broncos – November 2, 1980
- ↑ The Football Database; Houston Oilers at Denver Broncos – November 2, 1980
- ↑ Pro Football Reference; Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers – November 9, 1980
- ↑ The Football Database; Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers – November 9, 1980
- ↑ Pro Football Reference; New York Jets at Denver Broncos – November 16, 1980
- ↑ The Football Database; New York Jets at Denver Broncos – November 16, 1980
- ↑ Pro Football Reference; Seattle Seahawks at Denver Broncos – November 23, 1980
- ↑ The Football Database; Seattle Seahawks at Denver Broncos – November 23, 1980
- ↑ Pro Football Reference; Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders – December 1, 1980
- ↑ The Football Database; Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders – December 1, 1980
- ↑ Pro Football Reference; Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs – December 7, 1980
- ↑ The Football Database; Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs – December 7, 1980
- ↑ Pro Football Reference; Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos – December 14, 1980
- ↑ The Football Database; Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos – December 14, 1980
- ↑ Pro Football Reference; Denver Broncos at Seattle Seahawks – December 21, 1980
- ↑ The Football Database; Denver Broncos at Seattle Seahawks – December 21, 1980
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External links
- Denver Broncos – 1980 media guide
- 1980 Denver Broncos season at jt-sw.com
- 1980 Denver Broncos at Pro-Football-Reference.com
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