Seasons
Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any post-season play.
| Super Bowl Champions (1970–present) | Conference Champions | Division Champions | Wild Card Berth |
| AFL/NFL Season | Team's season | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Post-season results | Awards | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | |||||||
| 1960 | 1960 | AFL | West | 4th | 4 | 9 | 1 | |||
| 1961 | 1961 | AFL | West | 3rd | 3 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 1962 | 1962 | AFL | West | 2nd | 7 | 7 | 0 | Jack Faulkner (Coach of the Year) | ||
| 1963 | 1963 | AFL | West | 4th | 2 | 11 | 1 | |||
| 1964 | 1964 | AFL | West | 4th | 2 | 11 | 1 | |||
| 1965 | 1965 | AFL | West | 4th | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 1966 | 1966 | AFL | West | 4th | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 1967 | 1967 | AFL | West | 4th | 3 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | 1968 | AFL | West | 4th | 5 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 1969 | 1969 | AFL | West | 4th | 5 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 1970a | 1970 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 5 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 1971 | 1971 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 4 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 1972 | 1972 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1973 | 1973 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 2 | John Ralston | |
| 1974 | 1974 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 7 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 1975 | 1975 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1976 | 1976 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 9 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1977 | 1977 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 12 | 2 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Steelers) Won Conference Championship (Raiders) Lost Super Bowl XII (Cowboys) |
Red Miller (AFC Coach of the Year)
Craig Morton (Comeback Player of the Year) |
| 1978 | 1978 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Steelers) | Randy Gradishar (Defensive Player of the Year) |
| 1979 | 1979 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wild card Playoffs (Oilers) | |
| 1980 | 1980 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1981 | 1981 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1982b | 1982 | NFL | AFC | 12th | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 1983 | 1983 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Lost Wild card Playoffs (Seahawks) | |
| 1984 | 1984 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 13 | 3 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Steelers) | |
| 1985 | 1985 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 11 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1986 | 1986 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Patriots) Won Conference Championship (Browns) c Lost Super Bowl XXI (Giants) |
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| 1987d | 1987 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 10 | 4 | 1 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Oilers) Won Conference Championship (Browns) e Lost Super Bowl XXII (Redskins) |
John Elway (NFL MVP) |
| 1988 | 1988 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1989 | 1989 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Steelers) Won Conference Championship (Browns) Lost Super Bowl XXIV (49ers) |
Dan Reeves (AFC Coach of the Year) |
| 1990 | 1990 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1991 | 1991 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 12 | 4 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Oilers) Lost Conference Championship (Bills) |
Dan Reeves (AFC Coach of the Year)
Mike Croel (Defensive Rookie of the Year) |
| 1992 | 1992 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1993 | 1993 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Lost Wild card Playoffs (Raiders) | |
| 1994 | 1994 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1995 | 1995 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1996 | 1996 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 13 | 3 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Jaguars) | Terrell Davis (Offensive Player of the Year) |
| 1997 | 1997 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 12 | 4 | 0 | Won Wild card Playoffs (Jaguars) Won Divisional Playoffs (Chiefs) Won Conference Championship (Steelers) Won Super Bowl XXXII (Packers) |
Terrell Davis (Super Bowl MVP) |
| 1998 | 1998 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 14 | 2 | 0 | Won Division Playoffs (Dolphins) Won Conference Championship (Jets) Won Super Bowl XXXIII (Falcons) |
Terrell Davis (NFL MVP) (Offensive Player of the Year) John Elway (Super Bowl MVP) |
| 1999 | 1999 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | 2000 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost Wild card Playoffs (Ravens) | Mike Anderson (Offensive Rookie of the Year) |
| 2001 | 2001 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2002 | 2002 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Clinton Portis (Offensive Rookie of the Year) | |
| 2003 | 2003 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wild card Playoffs (Colts) | |
| 2004 | 2004 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wild card Playoffs (Colts) | |
| 2005 | 2005 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 13 | 3 | 0 | Won Division Playoffs (Patriots) Lost Conference Championship (Steelers) |
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| 2006 | 2006 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 9 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | 2007 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | 2008 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | 2009 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | 2010 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | 2011 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 8 | 8 | 0 | Won Wild card Playoffs (Steelers) (OT) Lost Division Playoffs (Patriots) |
Tim Tebow (GMC Never Say Never Award)
Von Miller (Defensive Rookie of the Year) |
| 2012 | 2012 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 13 | 3 | 0 | Lost Division Playoffs (Ravens) | |
| Total | 406 | 372 | 10 | (1960–2011, includes only regular season) | ||||||
| 18 | 16 | -- | (1960–2011, includes only playoffs) | |||||||
| 424 | 388 | 10 | (1960–2011, includes both regular season and playoffs; 2 NFL Championships) | |||||||
^a As a result of the AFL-NFL Merger, the league was broken into two conferences, with the AFL teams moving into the American Football Conference.
^b Due to the 1982 strike-shortened season, the league was broken up into two conferences instead of its normal divisional alignment.
^c This game included The Drive, where Elway led the Broncos on a 98 yard drive to tie the game with less than a minute left.
^d The strike of 1987 reduced the regular season schedule from sixteen to fifteen games.
^e This game included The Fumble where Browns running back Earnest Byner fumbled at the Broncos 3-yard line, enabling the Broncos to win the game.
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