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The Broncos earned home field advantage, and won its first two playoff games (over perennial AFC powerhouses Pittsburgh [1] and Oakland). With the AFC Championship win over the defending Super Bowl champion Raiders on New Year's Day , [ 2 ] Denver earned a berth in Super Bowl XII , but fell 27–10 to the NFC champion Dallas Cowboys .
The National Football League playoffs for the 1977 season began on December 24, 1977. The postseason tournament concluded with the Dallas Cowboys defeating the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XII , 27–10, on January 15, 1978, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans , Louisiana .
For his career, Roethlisberger finished with a 4–6 record against the Broncos, which included a 1–2 playoff record. The two teams met on September 15, 2024 in Denver, where Russell Wilson returned to Denver after being released on March 4 and subsequently signing with the Steelers. Although Wilson did not play due to injury, the Steelers ...
Empower Field at Mile High, where the Broncos have played their home games since 2001.. The Denver Broncos are an American football franchise based in Denver, Colorado.Founded by Bob Howsam on August 14, 1959, the team was one of the founder members of the American Football League (AFL), which began in 1960, before merging with the National Football League (NFL) ahead of the 1970 season, [1 ...
Team with the lowest winning percentage to win a playoff game, 7–9 (0.438) Seattle Seahawks, 2010. Team with the lowest regular season winning percentage to reach the NFC Championship Game, 8–7 (0.533) Minnesota Vikings, 1987. Team with the lowest regular season winning percentage to reach the AFC Championship Game, 9–7 (0.563)
Only one No. 7 seed has won an NFL playoff game since the league's postseason field expanded to 14 teams before the 2020 season. That was the Green Bay Packers , who earned a 48-32 win over the ...
6 All-time playoff records (NFL/AFL) 7 References. ... rather than via a playoff game (as detailed in the 1933–1966 era above). ... 1977–78: Denver Broncos: 34 ...
The regular season was expanded to 16 games in 1978, with the preseason reduced from six games to four. It was also the final season of the eight-team playoff field in the NFL, before going to ten the following season. The 1977 season is considered the last season of the "Dead Ball Era" of professional football (1970 to 1977).