1969 Denver Broncos season
Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site Attendance
1 September 14 Boston Patriots W 35-7 1-0 Mile High Stadium 43,482
2 September 21 New York Jets W 21-19 2-0 Mile High Stadium 50,583
3 September 28 at Buffalo Bills L 28-41 2-1 War Memorial Stadium 40,302
4 October 5 Kansas City Chiefs L 13-26 2-2 Mile High Stadium 50,564
5 October 12 Oakland Raiders L 14-24 2-3 Mile High Stadium 49,511
6 October 19 at Cincinnati Bengals W 30-23 3-3 Nippert Stadium 27,920
7 October 26 at Houston Oilers L 21-24 3-4 Astrodome 45,348
8 November 2 San Diego Chargers W 13-0 4-4 Mile High Stadium 45,511
9 November 9 at Oakland Raiders L 10-41 4-5 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 54,416
10 November 16 Houston Oilers T 20-20 4-5-1 Mile High Stadium 45,002
11 November 23 at San Diego Chargers L 24-45 4-6-1 San Diego Stadium 34,664
12 November 27 at Kansas City Chiefs L 17-31 4-7-1 Municipal Stadium 48,773
13 December 7 at Miami Dolphins L 24-27 4-8-1 Orange Bowl 25,332
14 December 14 Cincinnati Bengals W 27-16 5-8-1 Mile High Stadium 42,198
Regular season -- Schedule
The 1969 Denver Broncos season was the team's tenth season as a franchise, and their final season in the American Football League (AFL) before the league merged with the National Football League (NFL). Led by third-year head coach and general manager Lou Saban, the Broncos were 5-8-1, fourth place in the AFL West for the seventh straight season. Denver opened with two victories at home, but were winless in their previous five games entering the season finale; they avoided the division cellar with a home win over Cincinnati in the final AFL game for both. Of the original eight franchises, Denver was the only one to never play in the AFL postseason. Six of the teams won league titles; the other exception was Boston, who won their sole division title via a tiebreaker game in 1963. The Broncos posted their first winning record in 1973 and made their first postseason in 1977, advancing to Super Bowl XII.