1981 Denver Broncos season
Schedule
Columns: Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Game site | Record | Attendance
1 | September 6 | Oakland Raiders | W 9–7 | Mile High Stadium | 1–0 | 74796 | 2 | September 13 | at Seattle Seahawks | L 10–13 | Kingdome | 1–1 | 58513 | 3 | September 20 | Baltimore Colts | W 28–10 | Mile High Stadium | 2–1 | 74804 | 4 | September 27 | San Diego Chargers | W 42–24 | Mile High Stadium | 3–1 | 74822 | 5 | October 4 | at Oakland Raiders | W 17–0 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 4–1 | 51035 | 6 | October 11 | Detroit Lions | W 27–21 | Mile High Stadium | 5–1 | 74816 | 7 | October 18 | at Kansas City Chiefs | L 14–28 | Arrowhead Stadium | 5–2 | 74672 | 8 | October 25 | at Buffalo Bills | L 7–9 | Rich Stadium | 5–3 | 77757 | 9 | November 2 | Minnesota Vikings | W 19–17 | Mile High Stadium | 6–3 | 74834 | 10 | November 8 | Cleveland Browns | W 23–20 (OT) | Mile High Stadium | 7–3 | 74859 | 11 | November 15 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 24–7 | Tampa Stadium | 8–3 | 64518 | 12 | November 22 | at Cincinnati Bengals | L 21–38 | Riverfront Stadium | 8–4 | 57207 | 13 | November 29 | at San Diego Chargers | L 17–34 | Jack Murphy Stadium | 8–5 | 51533 | 14 | December 6 | Kansas City Chiefs | W 16–13 | Mile High Stadium | 9–5 | 74744 | 15 | December 13 | Seattle Seahawks | W 23–13 | Mile High Stadium | 10–5 | 74527 | 16 | December 20 | at Chicago Bears | L 24–35 | Soldier Field | 10–6 | 40125