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The 1969 season was the Denver Broncos

Denver Broncos

The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

10th and final season in the American Football League

American Football League

The American Football League was a major American Professional Football league that operated from 1960 until 1969, when the established National Football League merged with it. The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence...

. They finished the regular season with a record of 5–8–1, and went 4th in the AFL West for the seventh straight season.

Division standings

Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Western Division
*Oakland Raiders Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...	12	1	1	.923	377	242
Kansas City Chiefs Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...	11	3	0	.786	359	177
San Diego Chargers San Diego Chargers The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...	8	6	0	.571	288	276
Denver Broncos Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...	5	8	1	.385	297	344
Cincinnati Bengals Cincinnati Bengals The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...	4	9	1	.308	280	367

Regular season

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Record
1	Sep 14	Boston Patriots	W 35–7	Mile High Stadium Mile High Stadium Mile High Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, that stood in Denver, Colorado, from 1948 until 2001.It hosted the Denver Broncos, of the AFL and the NFL, from 1960-2000, the Colorado Rockies, of the National League, of the MLB, from 1993-1994, the Colorado Rapids, of MLS, from 1996-2001, the...	1–0
2	Sep 21	New York Jets New York Jets The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...	W 21–19	Mile High Stadium	2–0
3	Sep 28	Buffalo Bills Buffalo Bills The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...	L 28–41	War Memorial Stadium War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo) War Memorial Stadium is the name of a stadium that formerly stood in Buffalo, New York. The stadium was on a rectangular block near the downtown area. Its main entrance was at Jefferson Avenue to the east and Best Street to the south...	2–1
4	Oct 5	Kansas City Chiefs Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...	L 13–26	Mile High Stadium	2–2
5	Oct 12	Oakland Raiders Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...	L 14–24	Mile High Stadium	2–3
6	Oct 19	Cincinnati Bengals Cincinnati Bengals The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...	W 30–23	Nippert Stadium Nippert Stadium Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio is the University of Cincinnati's football stadium, home to their Bearcats football team in rudimentary form since 1901, and as a complete stadium since 1924, making it the fourth oldest playing site and fifth oldest stadium in college football.In 1895, the...	3–3
7	Oct 26	Houston Oilers	L 21–24	Astrodome	3–4
8	Nov 2	San Diego Chargers San Diego Chargers The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...	W 13–0	Mile High Stadium	4–4
9	Nov 9	Oakland Raiders Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...	L 10–41	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	4–5
10	Nov 16	Houston Oilers	T 20–20	Mile High Stadium	4–5–1
11	Nov 23	San Diego Chargers San Diego Chargers The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...	L 24–45	San Diego Stadium	4–6–1
12	Nov 27	Kansas City Chiefs Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...	L 17–31	Municipal Stadium Municipal Stadium (Kansas City) Kansas City Municipal Stadium was a baseball and football stadium that formerly stood in Kansas City, Missouri. It hosted the minor league Kansas City Blues of the American Association from 1923 to 1954 and the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues during the same period...	4–7–1
13	Dec 7	Miami Dolphins Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...	L 24–27	Miami Orange Bowl Miami Orange Bowl The Orange Bowl, formerly Burdine Stadium, was an outdoor athletic stadium in Miami, Florida, west of downtown in Little Havana. Considered a landmark, it was the home stadium for the Miami Hurricanes college football team...	4–8–1
14	Dec 14	Cincinnati Bengals Cincinnati Bengals The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...	W 27–16	Mile High Stadium	5–8–1

Roster

RB Ted Alfen
C Jay Bachman
DT/DE Walt Barnes
TE/G Tom Beer
DB Phil Brady
T/G Sam Brunelli
TE Tom Buckman
Tom Buckman
-Career:Buckman played with the Denver Broncos of the American Football League during the 1969 AFL season. He had also previously been drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the twelfth round of the 1969 NFL Draft....
RB Bobby Burnett
DB George Burrell
LB Tim Casey
DB Grady Cavness
DT/DE Dave Costa
LB Gary Crane
LB Ken Criter
LB Carl Cunningham
T Mike Current
WR/TE Al Denson
T Wallace Dickey
DE/DT Pete Duranko
WR John Embree
G/T/C George Goeddeke
DB Charlie Greer
WR Mike Haffner
G/T/C Walter Highsmith
Walter Highsmith
Walter "Buzz" Highsmith is a former American football player and coach. Highsmith played on the offensive line for three seasons in the American Football League for the Denver Broncos and Houston Oilers. He attended Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University...
DB/P Gus Hollomon
Gus Hollomon
Gus Martin Hollomon is a former professional American football defensive back in the American Football League and the National Football League. He played five seasons for the AFL's Denver Broncos and the NFL's New York Jets ....
K Bobby Howfield
LB John Huard
DT Jerry Inman
DE/LB Rich Jackson
DB Pete Jaquess
RB Henry Jones
C Larry Kaminski
LB Gordon Lambert
QB/DB Pete Liske
RB Floyd Little
RB Fran Lynch
RB Brendan McCarthy
DT/DE Rex Mirich
Rex Mirich
Rex L. Mirich is a former American football defensive lineman in the American Football League and the National Football League . After playing college football for Northern Arizona, Mirich was drafted by both the AFL and the NFL in 1963...
LB Chip Myrtle
Chip Myrtle
Charles Joseph Myrtle III is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for seven seasons for the Denver Broncos and the San Diego Chargers....
DB Tom Oberg
QB Al Pastrana
TE Dave Pivec
RB Frank Quayle
LB Frank Richter
G Mike Schnitker
RB Tom Smiley
DB Jimmy Smith
DT/DE Paul Smith
QB Steve Tensi
DB Billy Thompson
WR/P Bill Van Heusen
RB Wandy Williams
G/DT Bob Young

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