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1987 Denver Broncos
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Record: 10-4-1, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
1987 AFC Champions
Scored 379 points (25.3/g), 4th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 288 points (19.2/g), 7th.
Differential of 91 points (6.1/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 9.9-5.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +11 (0.7/g), 4th.
Coached by Dan Reeves (10-4-1)
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1987 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 13 | box | W | 1-0 | Seattle Seahawks | 40 | 17 | 25 | 504 | 338 | 166 | 2 | 15 | 277 | 169 | 108 | 5 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 20 | box | T | 1-0-1 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 17 | 17 | 29 | 478 | 281 | 197 | 6 | 14 | 234 | 100 | 134 | 1 |
| 3 | Sun | October 4 | box | L | 1-1-1 | Houston Oilers | 10 | 40 | 14 | 220 | 182 | 38 | 3 | 20 | 414 | 260 | 154 | 2 | |
| 4 | Mon | October 12 | box | W | 2-1-1 | Los Angeles Raiders | 30 | 14 | 24 | 346 | 142 | 204 | 2 | 16 | 270 | 168 | 102 | 5 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 18 | box | W | 3-1-1 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 26 | 17 | 23 | 373 | 275 | 98 | 4 | 16 | 247 | 125 | 122 | 3 |
| 6 | Mon | October 26 | box | L | 3-2-1 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 27 | 34 | 21 | 329 | 206 | 123 | 1 | 27 | 393 | 196 | 197 | 5 |
| 7 | Sun | November 1 | box | W | 4-2-1 | Detroit Lions | 34 | 0 | 28 | 460 | 248 | 212 | 1 | 14 | 191 | 128 | 63 | 2 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 8 | box | L | 4-3-1 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 21 | 12 | 215 | 139 | 76 | 2 | 25 | 428 | 170 | 258 | 3 |
| 9 | Mon | November 16 | box | W | 5-3-1 | Chicago Bears | 31 | 29 | 26 | 439 | 341 | 98 | 2 | 24 | 446 | 300 | 146 | 2 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 22 | box | W | 6-3-1 | @ | Los Angeles Raiders | 23 | 17 | 20 | 403 | 276 | 127 | 1 | 17 | 271 | 122 | 149 | 1 |
| 11 | Sun | November 29 | box | W | 7-3-1 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 31 | 17 | 31 | 522 | 347 | 175 | 1 | 18 | 378 | 312 | 66 | 2 |
| 12 | Sun | December 6 | box | W | 8-3-1 | New England Patriots | 31 | 20 | 21 | 371 | 259 | 112 | 3 | 20 | 369 | 158 | 211 | 6 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 13 | box | L | 8-4-1 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 21 | 28 | 20 | 380 | 308 | 72 | 2 | 24 | 367 | 226 | 141 | 4 |
| 14 | Sat | December 19 | box | W | 9-4-1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 20 | 17 | 22 | 369 | 226 | 143 | 2 | 20 | 377 | 254 | 123 | 1 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 27 | box | W | 10-4-1 | San Diego Chargers | 24 | 0 | 15 | 215 | 86 | 129 | 4 | 7 | 151 | 108 | 43 | 5 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sun | January 10 | box | W | 11-4-1 | Houston Oilers | 34 | 10 | |||||||||||
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 17 | box | W | 12-4-1 | Cleveland Browns | 38 | 33 | |||||||||||
| SuperBowl | Sun | January 31 | box | L | 12-5-1 | N | Washington Redskins | 10 | 42 | ||||||||||