1982 Denver Broncos season

1982 Denver Broncos season
1982 Denver Broncos season
Owner	Edgar Kaiser
General manager	Grady Alderman
Head coach	Dan Reeves
Home stadium	Mile High Stadium
Results
Record	2–7
Division place	12th AFC
Playoffs	Did not qualify
	← 1981; Broncos seasons; 1983 →;

The 1982 Denver Broncos season was the team's 23rd year in professional football and its 13th with the National Football League (NFL). The Broncos played only nine games this season, owing to the strike imposed by the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA). The Broncos were looking to improve on their 10–6 record from 1981. But due to many injuries plus the strike, the Broncos only won two games and lost seven. This was their worst record since 1971, their first losing season since 1975, and their first with fewer than three wins since 1964. Both of the Broncos’ wins came against interconference teams, and the team only won one home game the entire season, against the reigning Super Bowl champion San Francisco 49ers. Their only other win was against the Los Angeles Rams. The Broncos went winless against AFC foes in 1982, although all their non-division AFC games^[i] were cancelled by the strike.

OwnerEdgar Kaiser

General managerGrady Alderman

Head coachDan Reeves

Home stadiumMile High Stadium

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1982 Denver Broncos draft
1	21	Gerald Willhite	RB	San Jose State
2	50	Orlando McDaniel	WR	LSU
4	106	Dan Plater	WR	BYU
5	131	Sammy Winder *	RB	Southern Mississippi
7	189	Alvin Ruben	DE	Houston
9	243	Keith Uecker	OT	Auburn
10	274	Ken Woodard	LB	Tuskegee
11	300	Stuart Yatsko	G	Oregon
12	327	Brian Clark	G	Clemson
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Player	Position	College
Tim Koegel	Quarterback	Notre Dame
Danny Rich	Linebacker	Weber State

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	August 14	at Los Angeles Rams	W 33–20	1–0	Anaheim Stadium	57,482
2	August 21	Miami Dolphins	W 17–14	2–0	Mile High Stadium	77,465
3	August 28	Minnesota Vikings	W 27–17	3–0	Mile High Stadium	73,371
4	September 4	at New York Jets	W 20–13	4–0	Giants Stadium	43,820

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 12	San Diego Chargers	L 3–23	0–1	Mile High Stadium	73,564
2	September 19	San Francisco 49ers	W 24–21	1–1	Mile High Stadium	73,899
N/a	September 26	at New Orleans Saints	Cancelled due to the NFLPA Players' strike †
N/a	October 3	Pittsburgh Steelers
N/a	October 10	at New York Jets
N/a	October 17	at Houston Oilers
N/a	October 24	Los Angeles Raiders
N/a	October 31	Buffalo Bills
N/a	November 7	at Seattle Seahawks	Postponed until January 2, 1983 due to the NFLPA Players' strike
N/a	November 14	at Kansas City Chiefs	Cancelled due to the NFLPA Players' strike †
10	November 21	Seattle Seahawks	L 10–17	1–2	Mile High Stadium	73,996
11	November 28	at San Diego Chargers	L 20–30	1–3	Jack Murphy Stadium	47,629
12	December 5	Atlanta Falcons	L 27–34	1–4	Mile High Stadium	73,984
13	December 12	at Los Angeles Rams	W 27–24	2–4	Anaheim Stadium	48,112
14	December 19	Kansas City Chiefs	L 16–37	2–5	Mile High Stadium	74,192
15	December 26	at Los Angeles Raiders	L 10–27	2–6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	44,160
16	January 2, 1983	at Seattle Seahawks	L 11–13	2–7	Kingdome	43,145
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
SD	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
DEN	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

1982 Denver Broncos season

NFL draft

Undrafted free agents

Personnel

Staff

Roster

Preseason

Schedule

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1 (Sunday, September 12, 1982): vs. San Diego Chargers

Week 2 (Sunday, September 19, 1982): vs. San Francisco 49ers

Week 10 (Sunday, November 21, 1982): vs. Seattle Seahawks

Week 11 (Sunday, November 28, 1982): at San Diego Chargers

Week 12 (Sunday, December 5, 1982): vs. Atlanta Falcons

Week 13 (Sunday, December 12, 1982): at Los Angeles Rams

Week 14 (Sunday, December 19, 1982): vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Week 15 (Sunday, December 26, 1982): at Los Angeles Raiders

Week 16 (Sunday, January 2, 1983): at Seattle Seahawks

Standings

Notes

References

External links

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Chargers	Game statistics	Broncos
	First downs
	Rushes–yards
	Passing yards
	Passes
	Sacked–yards
	Net passing yards
	Total yards
	Return yards
	Punts
	Fumbles–lost
	Penalties–yards
	Time of possession

AFC West
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Los Angeles Raiders⁽¹⁾	8	1	0	.889	5–0	5–1	260	200	W5
San Diego Chargers⁽⁵⁾	6	3	0	.667	2–3	5–3	288	221	L1
Seattle Seahawks	4	5	0	.444	2–1	3–5	127	147	W1
Kansas City Chiefs	3	6	0	.333	2–1	3–3	176	184	W1
Denver Broncos	2	7	0	.222	0–6	0–6	148	226	L3

AFC v t e
#	Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Seeded postseason qualifiers
1	Los Angeles Raiders	8	1	0	.889	260	200	W5
2^[a]	Miami Dolphins	7	2	0	.778	198	131	W3
3^[a]	Cincinnati Bengals	7	2	0	.778	232	177	W2
4^[b]^[c]	Pittsburgh Steelers	6	3	0	.667	204	146	W2
5^[b]^[c]	San Diego Chargers	6	3	0	.667	288	221	L1
6^[c]	New York Jets	6	3	0	.667	245	166	L1
7	New England Patriots	5	4	0	.556	143	157	W1
8^[d]	Cleveland Browns	4	5	0	.444	140	182	L1
Did not qualify for the postseason
9^[d]	Buffalo Bills	4	5	0	.444	150	154	L3
10^[d]	Seattle Seahawks	4	5	0	.444	127	147	W1
11	Kansas City Chiefs	3	6	0	.333	176	184	W1
12	Denver Broncos	2	7	0	.222	148	226	L3
13	Houston Oilers	1	8	0	.111	136	245	L7
14	Baltimore Colts	0	8	1	.056	113	236	L2
Tiebreakers
[a] Miami finished ahead of Cincinnati based on better conference record (6–1 to Cincinnati’s 6–2). [b] Pittsburgh finished ahead of San Diego based on better record against common opponents (3–1 to Chargers' 2–1). Conference tiebreak was initially used to eliminate New York Jets. [c] Pittsburgh and San Diego finished ahead of New York Jets based on conference record (Pittsburgh and San Diego 5–3 against Jets’ 2–3) [d] Cleveland finished ahead of Buffalo and Buffalo ahead of Seattle based on conference record (4–3 to Buffalo’s 3–3 to Seattle’s 3–5).

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Chargers	3	3	10	7	23
Broncos	0	3	0	0	3

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
49ers	14	7	0	0	21
Broncos	7	7	0	10	24

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	0	7	10	17
Broncos	0	7	3	0	10

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	3	7	7	3	20
Chargers	0	17	3	10	30