The Denver Broncos is an American professional football club based in Denver, Colorado. The Broncos compete as a member club of the Western Football Conference (NFL) Western Division (AFC). They started playing in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) and joined the NFL as part of a merger in 1970. The Broncos are owned by the trust of Pat Bowlen and currently play home games at the Sports Authority Field on Mile High (Formerly known as "Invesco Field at Mile High" from 2001-2011). Before that, they played at Mile High Stadium from 1960 to 2000.
The Broncos were barely competitive for their 10-year AFL and their first seven years at the NFL. They did not finish the winning season until 1973. In 1977, four years later, they qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history and advanced to the Super Bowl XII. Since 1975, the Broncos have become one of the more successful NFL teams, having only suffered seven losing seasons. They have won eight AFC Championships (1977, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1997, 1998, 2013, 2015, and three Super Bowl championships (1997 (XXXII), 1998 (XXXIII), 2015 (50). However, Broncos shared NFL for most Super Bowl losses (5) with the New England Patriots. They have five players in Pro Football Hall of Fame: John Elway, Floyd Little, Shannon Sharpe and Terrell Davis.
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1960-1969: era AFL
The Denver Broncos was founded on August 14, 1959, when Minor League Baseball owner Bob Howsam was awarded the American Football League (AFL) charter franchise. The Broncos won their first AFL match on the Boston Patriots 13-10, on 9 September 1960. On 5 August 1967 they became the first AFL team to beat the NFL team, with a 13-7 win over the Detroit Lions in pre-season games. However, the Broncos did not succeed in the 1960s, setting a 39-97-4 record in the league.
Denver nearly lost the franchise in 1965, until local ownership groups took control and rebuilt the team. The team's first superstar, "Franchise" Floyd Little, played an important role in guarding the team in Denver, due to the signing in 1967 as well as the Pro Bowl efforts on and off the field. The Broncos are the only genuine AFL team that has never played in the title game, as well as the only original AFL team that has never had a winning season while the AFL members over the history of 10 years of beginner league.
1970-1982
In 1972, the Broncos hired former Stanford University coach John Ralston as their head coach. In 1973, he was the AFC UPI Coach of the Year, after Denver achieved his first winning season on 7-5-2. In five seasons with the Broncos, Ralston guided the team to win the season three times. Although Ralston finished the 1976 season with a 9-5 record, the team, as well as in Ralston's previous winning season, still missed the playoffs. After the season, several leading players openly voiced their dissatisfaction with Ralston, who promptly led to his resignation.
Red Miller, an old coach assistant hired and along with Orange Crush Defense (a nickname dating from the early 1970s, also a brand of orange-flavored soft drinks) and an old quarterback of Craig Morton, took the Broncos into what then recorded a regular 12-2 season record and their first playoff appearance in 1977, and finally the first Super Bowl, where they were beaten by the Dallas Cowboys (former Morton team), 27-10.
In 1981, Broncos owner Gerald Phipps, who bought the team in May 1961 from original owner Bob Howsam, sold the team to Canadian financier Edgar Kaiser Jr., grandson of shipbuilding industrialist Henry J. Kaiser. In 1984, the team was bought by Pat Bowlen, who placed team ownership into family trust before 2004 and remained in everyday control until his battle with Alzheimer's disease forced him to hand the team over to Joe Ellis in 2014.
1983-1998: John Elway era
And Reeves became the youngest head coach in the NFL when he joined the Broncos in 1981 as vice president and head coach. Quarterback John Elway, who played college football at Stanford, arrived in 1983 through trade. Originally drafted by the Baltimore Colts as the first draft pick, Elway declared that he would avoid soccer in favor of baseball (he was recruited by the New York Yankees to play in midfield and also the prospect of throwing), unless he traded onto a selected list of other teams , which includes the Broncos. Prior to Elway, the Broncos had over 24 different starting quarterbacks in 23 seasons at the time.
Reeves and Elway guided the Broncos to six post-season appearances, five AFC West division titles, three AFC championships and three Super Bowl (Super Bowl XXI, XXII and XXIV) appearances over their 12-year span. The Broncos lost Super Bowl XXI to the New York Giants, 39-20; Super Bowl XXII to Washington Redskins, 42-10; and Super Bowl XXIV to San Francisco 49ers, 55-10; the final score remains the most oblique score in the history of the Super Bowl. The last year of the Reeves-Elway era was marked by a feud, as Reeves took a call-play assignment after removing Elway Mike's favorite offensive co-ordinator Mike Shanahan after the 1991 season, as well as Reeves composing Tommy Maddox's quarterback from UCLA instead of going with wide receivers to help Elway. Reeves was fired after the 1992 season and was replaced by protà © à © gà © à © gà © Å © gà © Å © and his friend Wade Phillips, who has served as the Broncos defense coordinator. Phillips was fired after a mediocre 1994 season, where management felt he was losing control of the team.
In 1995, Mike Shanahan, who previously served under Reeves as the offensive coordinator of the Broncos, returned as head coach. Shanahan arranges rookie running back Terrell Davis. In 1996, the Broncos were the top seeds in the AFC with a 13-3 record, dominating most of the team that year. However, the fifth-seeded Jacksonville Jaguars, beating the Broncos 30-27 in the division playoffs, ended the Broncos second round in 1996.
1997-1998: Back-to-Back Super Bowl Champions
During the 1997 season, Elway and Davis helped guide the Broncos to their first ever victory in the Super Bowl, a 31-24 victory over defending champions Green Bay Packers at Super Bowl XXXII. Although Elway only completed 13 of 22 operands, throwing an interception and no touchdown (he did, however, had a hurried touchdown), Davis rushed for 157 yards and the Super Bowl-recorded three goals to earn the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award - -this while overcoming a severe migraine headache that causes her blurred vision. The Broncos repeat as Super Bowl champions the following season, defeating the Atlanta Falcons (led by Elway's longtime head coach Dan Reeves) in Super Bowl XXXIII, 34-19. Elway was named Super Bowl MVP, completing 18 of 29 baits for 336 yards, with an 80-yard touchdown to wide receiver Rod Smith and one interception.
1999-2011: Post-Eagle Era
John Elway retired after the 1998 season, and Brian Griese started in the quarterback for the next four seasons. After a 6-10 record in 1999, the Broncos recovered in 2000, earning a Wild Card playoff spot but lost to Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens. After missing the next two seasons playoffs, former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Jake Plummer replaced Griese in 2003, and led the Broncos into two straight seasons 10-6, resulting in a second-year Wild Card playoff spot. However, the Broncos go on the road to face the Indianapolis Colts in return seasons and are blown by over 20 points in every game, allowing a combined 90 points.
Plummer led the Broncos to a 13-3 record in 2005 and their first AFC West division title since 1998. After the first round match, the Broncos defeated Super Bowl defending champion New England Patriots, 27-13, denying New England to be the first NFL team ever to win three Super Bowl Championship in a row. The Broncos' playoff game ends next week, having lost at home to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship game, 34-17. The Steelers then won the Super Bowl XL.
The Broncos defense started its first five games of the 2006 season allowing just one goal - the NFL record, but struggled in this season. Plummer led the team to a 7-2 record, only to struggle and was replaced by rookie quarterback Jay Cutler. Cutler went 2-3 as a starter, and the Broncos finished with a 9-7 record, losing a tiebreak to Kansas City Chiefs for the final playoff spot. Cutler's first full season as a starter in 2007 became the first season of the Broncos defeat since 1999, with a 7-9 record.
The 2008 season ended in a 52-21 defeat at the San Diego Chargers, giving the Broncos an 8-8 record and the third consecutive season of the playoffs. Mike Shanahan, the longest and most successful head coach in the history of the Broncos franchise, was fired after 14 seasons.
On January 11, 2009, two weeks after Shanahan was dismissed, the Broncos hired former New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels as the new head coach of the team. Three months later, the team earned quarterback Kyle Orton as part of a trade that sent Jay Cutler to the Chicago Bears.
Under McDaniels and Orton, the Broncos jumped to a surprising 6-0 start in 2009. However, the team lost eight of the next ten games, finishing 8-8 for the second season in a row and losing the playoffs. The next season (2010), the Broncos set a new franchise record for losses in a single season, with a 4-12 record. McDaniels was sacked before the end of the 2010 season following a combination of the team's poor record and fallout from the published videotape tape scandal. Coach ran back Eric Studesville was named the interim coach for the last four games of the 2010 season. He chose to start the rookie draft of Tim Tebow's first choice in the quarterback for the last three games.
After the 2010 season, Joe Ellis was promoted from Chief Operating Officer to the presidential team, while John Elway returned to the organization as Executive Vice President of the Football Operations Team. In addition, the Broncos hired John Fox as head coach of the 14th team. Fox previously served as head coach of the Carolina Panthers from 2002 to 2010.
After 1-4 start of the 2011 season, Tim Tebow replaced Kyle Orton as an early quarterback of the Broncos, and led the Broncos to an 8-8 record and a playoff title and first division division team since 2005. The Broncos beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Wild Card round on an 80- an impressive yard from Tebow to wide receiver Demaryius Thomas in the first game of overtime, setting the record for the fastest overtime in NFL history. However, the Broncos were destroyed by the New England Patriots in the Divisional round.
2012-2015: Peyton Manning Era
In March 2012, the Broncos reached an agreement on a five-year deal, $ 96 million with former Indianapolis Colts midfielder Peyton Manning, who had just missed the entire 2011 season after several neck surgeries. This resulted in the Broncos then traded quarterback Tim Tebow to the New York Jets. Broncos finished with a record 13-3 and No. AFC. 1 in the playoffs of 2012, but was defeated by the Baltimore Ravens in the Divisional round.
Like 2012, the Broncos finished with a record 13-3 and No. AFC. 1 in 2013. In the 2013 playoffs, the Broncos beat the San Diego Fans in the Divisional and New England Patriots in the AFC Championship. However, the Broncos were defeated by the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLVIII with a score of 43-8, the first place of the Super Bowl Broncos since winning Super-to-back Super Bowl in 1997 and 1998.
Prior to the start of the 2014 season, the Broncos announced that Pat Bowlen, the team owner since 1984, relinquished control of the team because of a battle with Alzheimer's disease, so team president Joe Ellis and general manager John Elway assumed control of the team. The Broncos ended the 2014 season with a record of 12-4 and No. No. 2 from AFC. However, the Broncos were defeated by the Indianapolis Colts in the Division round of the 2014 playoffs, marking the third time in four seasons that the Broncos lost in the playoff division. Quarterback Peyton Manning has been playing with a tense thigh for the final months of the 2014 season.
2015: Super Bowl 50 Champions and Manning End
On 12 January 2015, one day after the Divisional playoffs defeat of the Colts, the Broncos and head coach John Fox mutually agreed to split up. Fox left the Broncos with a.719 percentage win in four seasons as head coach of the Broncos - the highest in franchise history. One week later, the Broncos hired Gary Kubiak as head coach of the 15th team. Kubiak served as reserve quarterback for executive vice president/general manager John Elway from 1983 to 1991, as well as the Broncos offensive coordinator from 1995 to 2005. Shortly after Kubiak became head coach, the Broncos underwent many changes to their coaching staff, including hiring defensive coordinators Wade Phillips, under which the Broncos defense was ranked No. 1. 1 in the NFL during the 2015 season. The Broncos finished with a record of 12-4 and No. AFC. 1 seed, although Peyton Manning had the worst statistical season since the rookie year with the Indianapolis Colts in 1998 and Brock Osweiler quarterback filled in for Manning during the second half of the regular season as Manning suffered a leg injury. In the playoffs, the Broncos beat Pittsburgh Steelers 23-16 in Divisional Round, New England Patriots 20-18 in the AFC Championship, and defeated the Carolina Panthers 24-10 in the Super Bowl 50 - the Super Bowl third Broncos title.
2016-present: Defense era
On March 7, 2016, quarterback Peyton Manning retired after 18 NFL seasons during a press conference at the Dove Valley team's headquarters. After Manning's retirement, the Broncos have undergone changes in the quarterback position, including free agent departure from Brock Osweiler reserve quarterback to Houston Texans, trade acquisition of Mark Sanchez of the Philadelphia Eagles and Paxton Lynch elections during the 2016 draft. Sanchez, Lynch, and quarterback Trevor Siemian second year competing in early quarterback positions during off-season and pre-season; However, Sanchez was released and Siemian was named the starter before the start of the season. The Broncos finished the season 9-7 and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2010. On January 2, 2017, coach Gary Kubiak announced his resignation, calling health a key reason for retiring. The Broncos then hired Vance Joseph as their new head coach on January 11, 2017. The Broncos have since entered their dominant defense era which consists of Land Control, and the Unlit Zone. The Broncos finished 5-11 in 2017 due to a bad offense, and signed the Keenum Quarterback Case in 2018.
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Rivalry
Divisional
The Denver Broncos has three West AFC rivals - Kansas City Chief, Los Angeles Carrier, and Oakland Raiders. All teams, together with the Broncos, are members of the American Football League (AFL) charter, with each team stationed in the AFL West Division. The Broncos were barely competitive during the AFL (1960-1969) year, a combined 10-49-1 against Chiefs, Chargers and Raiders.
Kansas City Chief
The Broncos have had some impressive matches with the Chiefs, especially during the years where John Elway was the early quarterback of the Broncos (1983-98). The Broncos defeated the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in the division round of the 1997 NFL playoffs, en route to their first win at the Super Bowl. The current head holds a series lead 61-55 above the Broncos, including the previously mentioned 1997 division playoff game.
Oakland Raiders
The rivalry with the Raiders was lit in 1977, when the Broncos advanced to their first Super Bowl by defeating defending champions Raiders in the 1977 AFC Championship. Competition increased in the mid-1990s, when Mike Shanahan was employed as head coach of the Broncos in 1995. Shanahan coached the Raiders in 1988 before being fired four games in the 1989 season. The Raiders currently hold a 63-52-2 series lead over the Broncos, including 1-1 in the playoffs.
San Diego/Los Angeles Charger
Unlike their record against Chiefs and Raiders, the Broncos currently have a winning record against Chargers, leading the series 65-51-1 , including 1-0 in the playoffs. The Broncos took off one of the biggest comebacks in the history of Monday Night Football, when Peyton Manning led the Broncos from a 24-0 part-time deficit to a 35-24 victory at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium during the 2012 season. The two teams met in the playoffs for the first time on 12 January 2014, at the Denver Field Authority Authority on Mile High, with the Broncos winning 24-17.
Seattle Seahawks
The Broncos had an old rivalry with Seattle Seahawks, who became an AFC West member from 1977 to 2001, before moving to the Northwest as part of the 2002 NFL re-alignment. For 25 years in which the Seahawks lived in AFC West, the Broncos went 32-18 against the Seahawks, including losses in Seattle in the 1983 NFL playoffs. Since 2002, the two teams have divided four interference meetings, and both teams meet at the Super Bowl XLVIII on February 2 2014, with a Seahawks victory with a score of 43-8.
Historical
Aside from the West AFC team mentioned above, the Broncos have been experiencing a rivalry between conferences over the years with Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots.
Cleveland Browns
The Broncos had a brief rivalry with Browns who emerged from three AFC championship games from 1986-1989. In the 1986 AFC Championship, John Elway's quarterback led The Drive to secure a tie in his waning moments at Cleveland City Stadium; The Broncos won 23-20 in extra time. One year later, the two teams met again in the 1987 AFC Championship at Mile High Stadium. Denver led 21-3, but Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar threw four goals through to tie the game at 31-31 midway through the 4th quarter. After a long trip, John Elway scored a quick 20-yard goal to return Sammy Winder to give Denver a 38-31 advantage. Cleveland drove into the 8-yard line of Denver with 1:12 remaining time, but the Broncos safety, Jeremiah Castille, beat the Browns, run back, Earnest Byner from football on the 2-yard line - a game called The Fumble by Browns fans. The Broncos restored it, gave Cleveland a deliberate security, and then won 38-33. The two teams met again at the 1989 AFC Championship at Mile High Stadium, where the Broncos easily won by a score of 37-21. Interestingly, the Broncos will not win the Super Bowl after one of the championship games in which they beat the Browns.
Pittsburgh Steelers
By the end of the 2015 season, the Broncos and Steelers have met in the postseason play eight times, tied with five other couples for the most frequent playoffs in NFL playoff history. The Broncos currently have a 5-3 playoff record vs. Steelers. Perhaps the most impressive postseason match took place in the 1997 AFC Championship, where the Broncos defeated Steelers 24-21 at Three Rivers Stadium, en route to their first victory at the Super Bowl. Eight years later, Steelers retaliated at INVESCO Field on Mile High, defeating the Broncos 34-17 in the 2005 AFC Championship, and then won the Super Bowl XL. In the Wild Card round of the 2011 playoffs, in a game dubbed The 3:16 game , the Broncos shocked the Steelers 29-23 in the first overtime game, when Tim Tebow's quarterback connected with wide receiver Demaryius Thomas on a touchdown pass 80-yard winner of the match. The team meet again in the Divisional round of the 2015 playoff in Denver, where the Broncos defeated the Steelers 23-16 on their way to victory in the Super Bowl 50.
New England Patriots
The Broncos and Patriots meet twice each year during the American Football League (AFL) of the year from 1960 to 1969, and played in the first AFL match on September 9, 1960. Since 1995, the two teams have often met during the regular season, including nine seasons respectively from 1995 to 2003. By the end of the 2015 season, the two teams have met in the playoffs five times, with the Broncos having a 4-1 record. The team's first playoff game on January 4, 1987 was John Elway's first playoff victory, while the second playoff game of the January 14, 2006 game was the Broncos' first playoff victory since Elway's retirement after the 1998 season. The game is also famous for the Champ Bailey's 100 yard interception. generating a saving-touchdown by Benjamin Watson on the 1-yard line. On October 11, 2009, both teams met the former Patriots offensive coordinator, Josh McDaniels as head coach of the Broncos. Both teams wear their AFL 50th anniversary shirt. The game featured a 98-yard drive in the fourth quarter, with a game-tying touchdown pass from Kyle Orton to Brandon Marshall, followed by an overtime drive led by Orton who produced a 41-yard victory on goal by Matt Prater. The two teams meet in the division round of the 2011 playoffs, with the Patriots blowing Tim Tebow and Broncos with a score of 45-10. The Broncos rivalry with the Patriots then intensified when the old Indianapolis Colts midfielder Peyton Manning became the Broncos 'early quarterback from 2012 to 2015. Manning and Patriots' quarterback Tom Brady defended the legendary competition from 2001 until Manning retired after the 2015 season. Although Brady dominated Manning in the regular season , winning nine of the twelve meetings, Manning won three of the five playoffs, the last being a 20-18 Broncos victory at the 2015 AFC Championship.
Logo and uniform
1960-1996
When the Broncos debuted in 1960, their original uniforms drew as much attention as their games on the field. They feature white yellow and mustard shirts, with contrasting brown helmets, brown pants and vertical striped socks. Two years later, the team launched a new logo featuring bucking horses, and changed the color of their teams to orange, blue and white. The 1962 uniform consists of white pants, an orange helmet, and an orange or white shirt.
In 1968, the Broncos debuted a design known as "Orange Crush." Their logo was redesigned so the horse came out of "D." In addition, the helmet is converted into royal blue, with thin stripes placed into the arm, and other minor modifications are added. From 1969 to 1971, and again from 1978 to 1979, the team wore orange trousers with their white shirts.
The Broncos wore their white shirts at home throughout the 1971 season, as well as for 1980 home games vs. San Diego Chargers and Dallas Cowboys, the latter in hopes of issuing "blue jersey jinx" who have followed the Cowboys for decades. (That worked, Broncos won 41-20). The Broncos wore their white shirts for the 1983 home game vs. Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Raiders and Cincinnati Bengals, but will not wear white at home again for two decades - see next section .
In 1994, in honor of the 75th anniversary of the NFL, the Broncos wore their 1965 race uniforms for two games - 3rd home games against the Raiders, as well as road games at Buffalo Bills the following week.
1997-2011
Broncos radically changed their logos and uniforms in 1997, a design that continues to be used by teams to this day. New logos and uniforms were introduced on February 4, 1997. Blue navy replaced royal blue in the team's color scheme. The current logo is the profile of the horse's head, with orange mane and the navy blue line. The popular live animal mascot of the Broncos, Thunder is the inspiration for incorporating the horse head profile as part of the logo on the team helmet. During a press conference February 4, 1997 introduced a new logo, team leader and art director for Nike, who was the creator of the new design, describing it as "a strong horse with fiery eyes and a fiery mane."
The Broncos started wearing dark blue shirts, replacing their old orange shirts that became the home team's main colors since 1962. The new uniform design has a new wording, font numbering and streak that runs up and down from both sides of the shirt and pants. In a navy blue shirt, the line is orange, with orange collar and white figures trimmed in orange, while in a white shirt the road, the line is navy blue, with a thin orange accent on both sides, naval and naval collar numbers are trimmed in orange. When they debuted, the uniforms were slandered by the press and fans, until the Broncos won their first Super Bowl in a new design in the same season. The navy blue shirt serves as the team's main home jersey until the end of the 2011 season - see next section .
In 2002, the Broncos introduced an alternate orange jersey that was a mirror image of the navy blue shirt, but with an orange and blue trading venue. Like a street white T-shirt, white pants with a navy blue line stretched on the sides are worn with this uniform. This Jersey is only used once in the 2002 and 2004 seasons, and is used twice per season from 2008 to 2011. Mike Shanahan, head coach of the team from 1995 to 2008, is not a huge fan of alternative orange shirts. The Broncos previously wore orange shirts as a backstroke setback in the Thanksgiving Day game at the Dallas Cowboys in 2001.
The team also introduced dark blue trousers in 2003, with orange side lines to be matched with the navy blue shirt. Although they were part of a uniform change in 1997 (in fact, they were charged for some pre-season games of 1997) and most players wanted to wear them, the only player who vetoed them was John Elway, thus delaying their eventual introduction. From 2003 to 2011, these pants are mainly used to select the main game at the end of the season and the end of the season (excluding the 2008 season), and since 2012, used exclusively with the current navy blue shirt - see next section .
On November 16, 2003, the Broncos wore their white shirts at home for the first time since 1983, in a vs. match. San Diego Chargers. It was a compensation for a mixed uniform, after the team's first meeting at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium on Sunday 2 of the season's start, when Chargers were the team that should have declared their uniform color. The Chargers plan to wear their white shirts, but the visiting Broncos come to the stadium in white, and are fined $ 25,000 by the NFL as a result. When the two teams met on INVESCO Field at Mile High that week (Sunday 11), the NFL allowed visiting Chargers to choose their uniform color in advance, and they chose blue sea, forcing the Broncos to wear their white shirts at home.
In 2009, to celebrate their 50th anniversary as one of the original eight American Football League teams, the Broncos wore a 1960 uniform (brown, yellow and brown mustard) for a game against two AFL rivals - Sunday 5 home games versus New England Patriots, as well as the following week at the San Diego Chargers.
2012-present
Beginning in 2012, orange shirts that serve as alternate colored shirts from 2002 to 2011 become the main house shirts, while the navy blue jersey used as the main home jersey from 1997 to 2011 turned to alternative designations. The change was made due to the tremendous popularity with the fans, who pressured the Broncos to return to orange as the home team's main colors. Since the 2012 uniform change, the team has been wearing a navy blue shirt alternately for at least one home game per season, with the exception of 2013, where the Broncos wore their alternative navy blue uniform for the October 6, 2013 road game at the Dallas Cowboys. The team will wear dark blue or white pants - with orange side lines - to be matched with alternate navy blue shirts. The team initially did not wear white pants with orange side lines, until the match of 1 November 2015 vs. Green Bay Packers, where the Broncos wear the design to match the ensemble uniforms used during the Super Bowl XXXII team win over the Packers.
As the designated host team at the Super Bowl 50, the Broncos - who have a 0-4 Super Bowl record while using their standard orange shirt - chose to wear their white shirts as the designated "home" team.
In 2016, the Broncos unveiled the new Rush Color uniform, which the team used for the Thursday Night game in San Diego Chargers on October 13, 2016. The uniform device contains the following features: pants orange, which the team used for the first time since 1979, orange socks and shoes, along with a blueprint-style blueprint that reflects the 1968-1996 team uniform style. Due to the NFL's one-helmet regulation adopted in 2013, the helmet remains the same, while the team replaces the modern main logo with the "D-horse" logo. The same uniform is used for Thursday Night matches against the Indianapolis Colts during the 2017 season.
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Home field
For much of their history, the Denver Broncos play at Mile High Stadium. The AFL Broncos played at Denver Hilltop Stadium from time to time, including the AFL team's first win over the NFL team: The Broncos beat the Detroit Lions on 5 August 1967, in a pre-season game. The team has sold out every home game (including post-season games) since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970, with the exception of two substitute games during the 1987 strike (but both were sold out before the strike).
During the home game, attendance was announced to the audience, along with the amount of absenteeism (the fans then boo no-show). Fans are also known to sing "IN-COM-PLETE!" whenever the visitors made an incomplete toss. The legendary home-field benefits of the stadium are considered to be one of the best in the NFL, especially during the playoffs. The Broncos had the best home record in pro football over the 32-year span from 1974 to 2006 (191-65-1). Mile High Stadium is one of the loudest NFL stadiums, with non-concrete steel floors, which may have given Broncos more advantage than opponents, plus the advantage of heightening conditioning for the Broncos. In 2001, the team moved to Invesco Field on Mile High, built next to the former site of the ruined Galton High Stadium. Sports writer Woody Paige, along with many Denver fans, however, often refuses to call a new stadium with his full name, preferring to use "Mile High Stadium" because of his multilevel history and sentimental imports. In addition, The Denver Post has an official policy to refer to the stadium as "Mile High Stadium" in protest, but dropped this policy in 2004.
Prior to the 2011 season, Sportsport Oporter Sports Authority based in Englewood, Colorado claimed the naming rights of Invesco Field, later known as the Field Sports Authority at Mile High . However, in the summer of 2016, the Sports Authority went bankrupt, and the Broncos have been looking for new corporate sponsors for their stadium ever since.
The altitude has also been linked as part of the team's home success. The stadium features several references to the location of the 5,280 foot (1,000 m) stadium above sea level, including a well-known mural outside the visitors' locker room. Team training facility, UCHealth Training Center (formerly known as Paul D. Bowlen Memorial Broncos Center), is a state-of-the-art facility located in Dove Valley, Colorado. With 13.5 hectares of property, the facility has three full-size areas, heavy facilities and complete training, and a cafeteria.
In more than half a century of its existence, the Broncos never closed at home, streaking more than 400 matches in the 2016 season.
By the end of 2012, the Broncos announced that the stadium will receive a $ 30 million increase including new video boards in the southern end zone that are planned to be three times larger than the previous view. Renovations finished before kickoff of 2013 season.
Statistics
season-by-season record
Notepad
List of current names
50th Anniversary Team (2009)
The Denver Broncos announced the club's 50th anniversary team on September 15, 2009. The commemorative team was selected by users at DenverBroncos.com from June 6 - September 4, 2009.
Retired number
Note: No. 18 was reissued for Peyton Manning after Tripucka gave his consent; it was used by Manning from the 2012 season until retirement after the 2015 season. The Manning name was added to the banners of the pension number as a respectable designation.
Pro Football Hall of Famers
Ring of Fame
The Broncos has the Ring of Fame at Level 5 façade of the Sports Field Authority at Mile High, which respects the following:
Super Bowl MVP
Colorado Sports Hall of Fame
Staff
Head coach
Current staff
Radio and television
Broncos's current flagship radio station is KOA, 850AM, 50,000 watt Clear Channel Communications station. Dave Logan is a play-by-play announcer, with former Broncos wide receiver Ed McCaffrey serving as a color commentator starting in 2012, replacing Brian Griese. Until 2010, pre-season games not selected for broadcast on national television are featured on KCNC, channel 4, which is CBS-owned and operated station, as well as other CBS affiliates around the Rocky Mountain area. On May 26, 2011, Broncos announced that the channel KUSA 9, an NBC affiliate also known as 9NEWS in the Rocky Mountain area, will become the team's new television partner for pre-season games.
In 2011, Broncos started a partnership with KJMN, 92.1 FM, a leading Spanish language radio station owned by Entravision Communications (EVC). The partnership also includes broadcasting rights for the weekly half-hour TV show at KCEC, a local Univision affiliate operated by Entravision Communications.
Fans and leading media
- Tim McKernan, a.k.a. Barrel Man, began wearing a barrel in 1977 after making a $ 10 bet with his brother Scott, that by wearing him he could appear on television. McKernan won the bet, and the painted barrel to look like Orange Crush soda can be his typical costume, and make it one of the most famous fans in the Broncos and popular mascots. McKernan died on December 5, 2009.
- The animated television show South Park , in Park County, Colorado, often mentions the Denver Broncos; show creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, raised in Colorado as devout Broncos fans.
- In The Simpsons episode You Only Move Twice, Hank Scorpio gave Homer Simpson Denver Broncos a gift of thanks for helping him. Homer complained that he wanted to have the Dallas Cowboys, because the Broncos team had just arrived playing a very reckless football in his front yard (referring to a team that lost four Super Bowl appearances, three with significant margins including Super Bowl XII against Dallas). Incidentally, the Broncos were 13-3 in the 1996 season, and won the Super Bowl 2 the following season. In the episode, "The Bonfire of the Manatees", Homer chose the Broncos to win the Super Bowl at Seattle Seahawks. The two teams then played against each other on Super Bowl XLVIII which aired on Fox, the US home of The Simpsons.
- In Mork & amp; Mindy episode of "Hold That Mork", the Mork character, played by Robin Williams, became the first male cheerleader in Broncos history. As a member of "Pony Express", he ran out on the field at Mile High Stadium during the actual Broncos game vs. New England Patriots on November 11, 1979. The episode aired exactly two weeks later.
- Many former Broncos are now in broadcasting, including Shannon Sharpe, Mark Schlereth, Alfred Williams, Tom Jackson, Ed McCaffrey, Brian Griese, David Diaz-Infante, Terrell Davis, and John Lynch.
Notes and references
Further reading
- Denver Broncos: The Complete Illustrated History (2009), by Jim Saccomano & amp; John Elway, MBI Publishing Company, ISBN 0-7603-3476-5
- Then Morton Says to Elway...: The Best Broncos Story of Denver Ever Told (2008), by Craig Morton & amp; Adrian Dater, Triumph Books, ISBN 1-60078-121-7
- Game of My Life: Denver Broncos: The Impressive Story of the Football Broncos (2007), by Jim Saccomano, Sports Publishing LLC, ISBN 1-59670-091-2
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Denver Broncos: Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping, and Gut-Wrenching Moments from Denver Broncos History (2007), By Adrian Dater - Triumph Books, ISBN 1-57243-975-0
- John Elway and Denver Broncos: Super Bowl XXXIII (2007), by Michael Sandler, Bearport Pub Company, ISBN 1-59716-536-0
- The Denver Broncos (2006), by Mark Stewart - Norwood House Press, ISBN 1-59953-066-X
- Denver Broncos: The Colorful Story of Orange and Blue (2004), by Larry Zimmer, Globe Pequot Press, ISBN 0-7627-2766-7
- Broncos Power Rating Around the Web: (2017), by Taylor Kothe, SB Nation: Mile High Report Bye Week https://www.milehighreport.com/2017/10/4/16409056/broncos-nfl power rating
External links
- Official website
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