1960 Denver Broncos season
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1960 Denver Broncos season
Head coach Frank Filchock
General manager Dean Griffing
Owner Bob Howsam
Home field Bears Stadium
Local radio KHOW
Results
Record 4–9–1
Division place 4th AFL Western
Playoff finish did not qualify
Broncos seasons 1961 →
The 1960 Denver Broncos season was the team's inaugural year in the… More American Football League. Led by head coach Frank Filchock, the Broncos recorded four wins, nine losses, and one tie, finishing last in the AFL's Western Division.

Contents
1 Personnel
1.1 Staff
1.2 Roster
2 Regular season
3 Standings
4 External links
Personnel[edit]
Staff[edit]
1960 Denver Broncos staff
Front Office
President – Robert L Howsam
Chairman of the Board – Lee W Howsam
Vice President – Earl R Howsam
General Manager – Dean Griffing
Head Coach

Head Coach – Frank Filchock
Assistant Coaches

Backfield Coach – Jim Cason
Defensive Line Coach – Dale Dodrill
Roster[edit]
1960 Denver Broncos final roster
Quarterbacks
18 Frank Tripucka
Running backs

24 Don Allen FB
20 Henry Bell HB
36 J. W. Brodnax FB
40 Al Carmichael HB
21 Gene Mingo HB/K
35 Dave Rolle FB
Wide receivers

41 Bob McNamara
Tight ends

85 Jim Greer
81 Bill Jessup
Offensive linemen
60 Ken Adamson
54 Frank Kuchta
Defensive linemen

Linebackers
62 Buddy Alliston
Defensive backs

43 Frank Bernardi
Special teams

Reserve lists

Practice squad

Rookies in italics
13 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 Practice squad

Regular season[edit]
Week Date Opponent Result Game site Record Attendance
1 September 9, 1960 at Boston Patriots W 13–10 Nickerson Field 1–0
21,597
2 September 18, 1960 at Buffalo Bills W 27–21 War Memorial Stadium 2–0
15,229
3 September 23, 1960 at New York Titans L 24–28 Polo Grounds 2–1
20,462
4 October 2, 1960 Oakland Raiders W 31–14 Bears Stadium 3–1
18,372
6 October 16, 1960 Los Angeles Chargers L 19–23 Bears Stadium 3–2
19,141
7 October 23, 1960 Boston Patriots W 31–24 Bears Stadium 4–2
12,683
8 October 30, 1960 Dallas Texans L 14–17 Bears Stadium 4–3
13,002
9 November 6, 1960 Houston Oilers L 25–45 Bears Stadium 4–4
14,489
10 November 13, 1960 at Dallas Texans L 7–34 Cotton Bowl 4–5
21,000
11 November 20, 1960 at Houston Oilers L 10–20 Jeppesen Stadium 4–6
20,778
12 November 27, 1960 Buffalo Bills T 38–38 Bears Stadium 4–6–1
7,785
13 December 4, 1960 New York Titans L 27–30 Bears Stadium 4–7–1
5,861
14 December 10, 1960 at Los Angeles Chargers L 33–41 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 4–8–1
9,928
15 December 17, 1960 at Oakland Raiders L 10–48 Candlestick Park 4–9–1
7,000
Standings[edit]
AFL Western Division
viewtalkedit W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Los Angeles Chargers 10 4 0 .714 5–1 373 336 W4
Dallas Texans 8 6 0 .571 4–2 362 253 W3
Oakland Raiders 6 8 0 .429 2–4 319 388 W1
Denver Broncos 4 9 1 .308 1–5 309 393 L3
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

External links Less

1966–1969: NFL vs. AFL—The beginning of the Super Bowl era[edit]
For a list of AFL Championship Games and winners, see American Football League Championship Game.
For a list of NFL Championship Games and winners, see List of NFL champions (1920–69).
For a list of AFL-NFL World Championship games, see List of Super Bowl champions § AFL-NFL World Championships.
In 1966, the success of the rival AFL, the… More spectre of the NFL's losing more stars to the AFL, and concern over a costly "bidding war" for players precipitated by the NFL's Giants' signing of Pete Gogolak, who was under contract to the AFL's Buffalo Bills, led the two leagues to discuss a merger. Pivotal to this was approval by Congress of a law (PL 89-800) that would waive jeopardy to anti-trust statutes for the merged leagues. The major point of the testimony given by the leagues to obtain the law was that if the merger were permitted, "Professional football operations will be preserved in the 23 cities and 25 stadiums where such operations are presently being conducted." The merger was announced on June 8, 1966, and became fully effective in 1970.

The Packers defeated the Chiefs in the first AFL–NFL Championship Game (Super Bowl I)
After expanding to enfranchise the New Orleans Saints in 1967, the NFL split its 16 teams into two conferences with two divisions each: the Capitol and Century Divisions in the Eastern Conference, and the Coastal and Central Divisions in the Western Conference. The playoff format was expanded from a single championship game to a four-team tournament, with the four divisional champions participating. The two division winners in each conference met in the "Conference Championships", with the winners advancing to the NFL Championship Game. Again, the home team for each playoff game was determined by a yearly divisional or conference rotation.

The AFL on the other hand, raised its total franchise number to ten with the Miami Dolphins joining the Eastern Division in 1966 and the Cincinnati Bengals joining the Western Division in 1968. The league until 1969 kept using the one-game-playoff format except when division tie-breakers were needed. In its final season, 1969, the AFL adopted a four-team playoff to determine its champion.

Following the NFL and AFL Championship Games for the 1966 through 1969 seasons, the NFL champion played the AFL champion in Super Bowls I through IV, the only true inter-league championship games in the history of professional football. The first two of these games were known as the AFL-NFL Championship Game, as the title Super Bowl was not chosen until 1968. Thus the third AFL-NFL matchup was dubbed "Super Bowl III" and the first two matches were retronamed as Super Bowls I and II. The first two games were convincingly won by the NFL's Packers, the last two by the AFL's New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs, leaving the leagues even at 2-2 in "Championship" competition when they subsequently merged.

All participants in those four AFL-NFL championship games were either AFL champions or NFL champions in the record books, no matter the outcome of the Super Bowl. Three of the four league champions who lost one of the first four Super Bowls would eventually win at least one. The exception is the Minnesota Vikings which went to three others and lost all of them. Less

1960–1969: AFL Championship Game
For a list of AFL Championship Games and winners, see American Football League Championship Game.
With its creation in 1960, the AFL determined its champion via a single playoff game between the winners of its two divisions, the Eastern and Western. The AFL Championship games featured classics such as the 1962 double-overtime championship game between the Dallas Texa… Morens and the defending champion Houston Oilers. At the time it was the longest professional football championship game ever played. Also in 1963, an Eastern Division playoff was needed to determine the division winner between the Boston Patriots and Buffalo Bills. Less

Dener Broncos 1960
AFL Western Division
viewtalkedit W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Los Angeles Chargers 10 4 0 .714 5–1 373 336 W4
Dallas Texans 8 6 0 .571 4–2 362 253 W3
Oakland Raiders 6 8 0 .429 2–4 319 388 W1
Denver Broncos 4 9 1 .308 1–5 309 393 L3
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Oakland Raiders
V.S.
Denver Broncos
December 17, 1960
at Oakland Raiders L 10–48 Candlestick Park 4–9–1
7,000

Los Angeles Chargers
V.S.
Denver Broncos
December 10, 1960
at Los Angeles Chargers L 33–41 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 4–8–1
9,928

New York Titans
V.S
Denver Broncos
December 4, 1960
New York Titans L 27–30 Bears Stadium 4–7–1
5,861

Buffalo Bills
V.S.
Denver Broncos
November 20, 1960 at Houston Oilers L 10–20 Jeppesen Stadium 4–6
20,778

Dallas Texans
v.s.
Denver Broncos
November 13, 1960
at Dallas Texans L 7–34 Cotton Bowl 4–5
21,000

Denver Broncos
V.S.
Houston Oilers
November 6, 1960
Houston Oilers L 25–45 Bears Stadium 4–4
14,489