1977 Denver Broncos season
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Cardinals |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| • Broncos |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Bills |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| • Broncos |
3 |
7 |
13 |
3 |
26 |
|
|
| Scoring summary |
|
| Q1 |
|
DEN |
Turner 48 yard field goal |
DEN 3–0 |
|
| Q2 |
|
BUF |
Cornell 22 yard fumble return (kick failed) |
BUF 6–3 |
|
| Q2 |
|
DEN |
Morton 5 yard run (Turner kick) |
DEN 10–6 |
|
| Q3 |
|
DEN |
Armstrong 1 yard run (kick failed) |
DEN 16–6 |
|
| Q3 |
|
DEN |
Odoms 1 yard pass from Morton (Turner kick) |
DEN 23–6 |
|
| Q4 |
|
DEN |
Turner 26 yard field goal |
DEN 26–6 |
|
| Scoring summary |
|
| Q1 |
|
DEN |
Turner 48 yard field goal |
DEN 3–0 |
|
| Q2 |
|
BUF |
Cornell 22 yard fumble return (kick failed) |
BUF 6–3 |
|
| Q2 |
|
DEN |
Morton 5 yard run (Turner kick) |
DEN 10–6 |
|
| Q3 |
|
DEN |
Armstrong 1 yard run (kick failed) |
DEN 16–6 |
|
| Q3 |
|
DEN |
Odoms 1 yard pass from Morton (Turner kick) |
DEN 23–6 |
|
| Q4 |
|
DEN |
Turner 26 yard field goal |
DEN 26–6 |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| • Broncos |
0 |
14 |
3 |
7 |
24 |
| Oilers |
0 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
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Date: December 4
-
Location: Houston Astrodome
-
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
-
Game attendance: 46,875
-
Game weather: Indoors (dome)
|
|
| Scoring summary |
|
| Q2 |
|
HOU |
Coleman 2 yard run (Fritsch kick) |
HOU 7–0 |
|
| Q2 |
|
DEN |
Odoms 13 yard pass from Morton (Turner kick) |
Tie 7–7 |
|
| Q2 |
|
DEN |
Upchurch 13 yard pass from Morton (Turner kick) |
DEN 14–7 |
|
| Q3 |
|
DEN |
Turner 42 yard field goal |
DEN 17–7 |
|
| Q3 |
|
HOU |
Burrough 29 yard pass from Pastorini (Fritsch kick) |
DEN 17–14 |
|
| Q4 |
|
DEN |
Weese 5 yard run (Turner kick) |
DEN 24–14 |
|
| Scoring summary |
|
| Q2 |
|
HOU |
Coleman 2 yard run (Fritsch kick) |
HOU 7–0 |
|
| Q2 |
|
DEN |
Odoms 13 yard pass from Morton (Turner kick) |
Tie 7–7 |
|
| Q2 |
|
DEN |
Upchurch 13 yard pass from Morton (Turner kick) |
DEN 14–7 |
|
| Q3 |
|
DEN |
Turner 42 yard field goal |
DEN 17–7 |
|
| Q3 |
|
HOU |
Burrough 29 yard pass from Pastorini (Fritsch kick) |
DEN 17–14 |
|
| Q4 |
|
DEN |
Weese 5 yard run (Turner kick) |
DEN 24–14 |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Raiders |
3 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
17 |
| • Broncos
|
7 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
20 |
-
Date: January 1
-
Location: Mile High Stadium • Denver, Colorado
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Game start: 12:00 p.m. MST
-
Game attendance: 74,982
-
Game weather: 13°F • Wind 6
-
TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Len Dawson
|
|
| Scoring summary |
|
| 1 |
|
OAK |
Errol Mann 20 yard field goal |
Raiders 3–0 |
|
| 1 |
|
DEN |
Haven Moses 74 yard pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) |
Broncos 7–3 |
|
| 3 |
|
DEN |
Jon Keyworth 1 yard run (Jim Turner kick) |
Broncos 14–3 |
|
| 4 |
|
OAK |
Dave Casper 7 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Errol Mann kick) |
Broncos 14–10 |
|
| 4 |
|
DEN |
Haven Moses 12 yard pass from Craig Morton (kick failed) |
Broncos 20–10 |
|
| 4 |
|
OAK |
Dave Casper 17 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Errol Mann kick) |
Broncos 20–17 |
|
| Scoring summary |
|
| 1 |
|
OAK |
Errol Mann 20 yard field goal |
Raiders 3–0 |
|
| 1 |
|
DEN |
Haven Moses 74 yard pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) |
Broncos 7–3 |
|
| 3 |
|
DEN |
Jon Keyworth 1 yard run (Jim Turner kick) |
Broncos 14–3 |
|
| 4 |
|
OAK |
Dave Casper 7 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Errol Mann kick) |
Broncos 14–10 |
|
| 4 |
|
DEN |
Haven Moses 12 yard pass from Craig Morton (kick failed) |
Broncos 20–10 |
|
| 4 |
|
OAK |
Dave Casper 17 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Errol Mann kick) |
Broncos 20–17 |
The 1977 Denver Broncos season was the team's 18th year in professional football and its eighth with the National Football League (NFL).
The team had by far its best season to date, finishing first in the AFC West and making the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. The Broncos won the first two playoff games in franchise history (over perennial AFC powerhouses Pittsburgh and Oakland) and won their first AFC Championship, earning a berth in Super Bowl XII, where they fell to the NFC champion Dallas Cowboys, 27–10.
Still, 1977 was a major leap for the Broncos, who had never won more than nine games in a season. Coach Red Miller — in his first season as the Broncos' head coach — was named NFL Coach of the Year, and quarterback Craig Morton was named NFL Comeback Player of the Year.
Denver's 1977 season is chronicled in Terry Frei's 2008 book, '77: Denver, the Broncos and a Coming of Age.
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