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How many times have the Broncos started a season 0-4?

By Travis Wakeman

LOS ANGELES - JANUARY 9: Head coach Wade Phillips of the Denver Broncos watches from the sideline with assistant coach Charlie Waters against the Los Angeles Raiders in the 1993 AFC Wild Card Game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on January 9, 1994 in Los Angeles, California. The Raiders defeated the Broncos 42-24. (Photo by E. Bakke/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES - JANUARY 9: Head coach Wade Phillips of the Denver Broncos watches from the sideline with assistant coach Charlie Waters against the Los Angeles Raiders in the 1993 AFC Wild Card Game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on January 9, 1994 in Los Angeles, California. The Raiders defeated the Broncos 42-24. (Photo by E. Bakke/Getty Images) /
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San Diego Chargers halfback Paul Lowe (23) runs into a wall of Denver Broncos, lead by defensive back John McGeever (47) during a 42-14 Chargers victory on October 18, 1964, at Balboa Stadium in San Diego, California. (Photo by Charles Aqua Viva/Getty Images) /

1964

Final record: 2-11-1

Head coach: Jack Faulkner

In the early days of the AFL, the Broncos were not a good team. In 1964, they were coming off of a 2-11-1 season but things got off to a rocky start following a blowout loss in the opener to the Jets. That game took place at the old Shea Stadium and the Jets won it 30-6.

The next three weeks didn’t go much better for the Broncos as they were outscored 107-40. Following that start, the team chose to dismiss head coach Jack Faulkner, who was in just his third year with the team.

The Broncos stumbled to the finish line with Mac Speedie as the new head coach that year. An identical 2-11-1 finish to the 1963 season is where the Broncos finished which was good for dead last in the AFC West division.

One of the more notable things from the 1964 season was a news rumor that floated around at the time indicating that Arthur Allyn, Jr., who was the owner of the Chicago White Sox at the time, intended to purchase the Broncos and move the team to Chicago. The plan was for the team to play its games at Comiskey Park.

That sure would have changed history.

It would take a long time to build a contender in Denver and it would not happen until the AFL and NFL merged following the 1969 season. The Broncos never made the playoffs in the AFL.

However, despite a win-loss record of 21-48-1 from 1965-69, the team didn’t start 0-4 again for a very long time.

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