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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

1996 Denver BroncosW1996 Denver Broncos↗

NFL · AFC West · 13–3 (.812) · 1st in division · PF 391 · PA 275 · Coach Mike Shanahan · Lost Divisional Playoffs (vs. Jaguars) 27–30

◀ 1995 1997 ▶

Schedule (19 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
1996-08-03	1	@ San Francisco 49ers	W 20–17		3Com Park
1996-08-23	4	vs Jacksonville Jaguars	L 24–31		Mile High Stadium
1996-09-01	1	vs New York Jets	W 31–6	1–0	Mile High Stadium	70,595
1996-09-08	2	@ Seattle Seahawks	W 30–20	2–0	Kingdome	43,671
1996-09-15	3	vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 27–23	3–0	Mile High Stadium	71,535
1996-09-22	4	@ Kansas City Chiefs	L 14–17	3–1	Arrowhead Stadium	79,439
1996-09-29	5	@ Cincinnati Bengals	W 14–10	4–1	Cinergy Field	51,798
1996-10-06	6	vs San Diego Chargers	W 28–17	5–1	Mile High Stadium	75,058
1996-10-20	8	vs Baltimore Ravens	W 45–34	6–1	Mile High Stadium	70,453
1996-10-27	9	vs Kansas City Chiefs	W 34–7	7–1	Mile High Stadium	75,652
1996-11-04	10	@ Oakland Raiders	W 22–21	8–1	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	61,179
1996-11-10	11	vs Chicago Bears	W 17–12	9–1	Mile High Stadium	75,555
1996-11-17	12	@ New England Patriots	W 34–8	10–1	Foxboro Stadium	59,457
1996-11-24	13	@ Minnesota Vikings	W 21–17	11–1	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	59,142
1996-12-01	14	vs Seattle Seahawks	W 34–7	12–1	Mile High Stadium	74,982
1996-12-08	15	@ Green Bay Packers	L 6–41	12–2	Lambeau Field	60,712
1996-12-15	16	vs Oakland Raiders	W 24–19	13–2	Mile High Stadium	75,466
1996-12-22	17	@ San Diego Chargers	L 10–16	13–3	Jack Murphy Stadium	46,801
1997-01-04	Divisional	vs Jacksonville Jaguars	L 27–30		Mile High Stadium	75,678

Roster (56)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
0	T.J. Rubley	QB	6-3	212	Tulsa		ACT
7	John Elway	QB	6-3	215	Stanford		ACT
8	Jeff Lewis	QB	6-2	211	Northern Arizona		ACT
14	Bill Musgrave	QB	6-2	215	Oregon		RES
22	Vaughn Hebron	RB	5-8	192	Virginia Tech		ACT
29	Aaron Craver	RB	6-0	232	Fresno State; El Camino		ACT
30	Terrell Davis	RB	5-11	210	Georgia; California State - Long Beach		ACT
38	Reggie Rivers	RB	6-1	215	Texas State-San Marcos		ACT
42	Detron Smith	RB	5-10	229	Texas A&M		ACT
80	Rod Smith	WR	6-0	200	Missouri Southern		ACT
81	Todd Kinchen	WR	5-11	187	LSU		ACT
82	Patrick Jeffers	WR	6-3	218	Virginia		ACT
83	Anthony Miller	WR	5-11	190	Tennessee; San Diego State; Pasadena College		ACT
87	Ed McCaffrey	WR	6-5	215	Stanford		ACT
88	Mike Sherrard	WR	6-1	185	UCLA		ACT
84	Shannon Sharpe	TE	6-2	228	Savannah State College		ACT
86	Byron Chamberlain	TE	6-1	264	Wayne State College; Missouri		ACT
89	Dwayne Carswell	TE	6-3	290	Liberty		ACT
20	Tory James	DB	6-2	192	LSU		ACT
21	Randy Hilliard	DB	5-11	165	Northwestern State (LA)		ACT
25	Darrius Johnson	DB	5-9	185	Oklahoma		ACT
27	Steve Atwater	DB	6-3	220	Arkansas		ACT
31	Rondell Jones	DB	6-2	210	North Carolina		ACT
34	Tyrone Braxton	DB	5-11	190	North Dakota State		ACT
37	Tim Hauck	DB	5-10	187	Montana; Pacific University (Or)		ACT
39	Ray Crockett	DB	5-10	185	Baylor		ACT
48	Lionel Washington	DB	6-0	185	Tulane		ACT
67	Mark Campbell	DL	6-1	290			ACT
72	Ernest Jones	DL	6-2	255	Oregon		ACT
79	Jumpy Geathers	DL	6-7	283	Wichita State University		ACT
90	Dan Williams	DL	6-4	290	Toledo; Tennessee State		ACT
91	Alfred Williams	DL	6-6	265	Colorado		ACT
94	Jeff Robinson	DL	6-4	250	Idaho		ACT
95	Michael Dean Perry	DL	6-1	285	Clemson		ACT
96	Harald Hasselbach	DL	6-6	285	Washington		ACT
97	Mike Lodish	DL	6-3	270	UCLA		ACT
98	Maa Tanuvasa	DL	6-2	270	Hawaii		ACT
51	John Mobley	LB	6-1	236	Kutztown		ACT
53	Bill Romanowski	LB	6-4	245	Boston College		ACT
54	Britt Hager	LB	6-1	242	Texas		ACT
56	Keith Burns	LB	6-2	235	Oklahoma State; Navarro		ACT
57	Allen Aldridge	LB	6-1	254	Houston; Tyler JC		ACT
59	Glenn Cadrez	LB	6-2	247	Houston; Chaffey College		ACT
63	David Diaz-Infante	OL	6-3	295	San Jose State		ACT
64	Ralph Tamm	OL	6-4	285	West Chester State University		ACT
65	Gary Zimmerman	OL	6-6	294	Oregon		ACT
66	Tom Nalen	OL	6-3	286	Boston College		ACT
68	Reggie McElroy	OL	6-6	290	West Texas State		ACT
69	Mark Schlereth	OL	6-3	287	Idaho		ACT
70	Jamie Brown	OL	6-8	318	Florida A&M		ACT
75	Brian Habib	OL	6-7	299	Washington		ACT
76	Broderick Thompson	OL	6-5	295	Kansas; Cerritos College		ACT
77	Jason Childs	OL	6-4	292	North Dakota		PUP
79	Chris Banks	OL	6-1	315	Kansas		CUT
1	Jason Elam	SPEC	5-11	194	Hawaii		ACT
16	Tom Rouen	SPEC	6-3	225	Colorado; Colorado State		ACT