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Denver Broncos

April 27, 2023

The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver, Colorado. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team is headquartered in Dove Valley, Colorado.

Denver Broncos
Current season
Established August 14, 1959; 63 years ago (August 14, 1959)[1]
First season: 1960
Play in Empower Field at Mile High
Denver, Colorado
Headquartered at UCHealth Training Center in Dove Valley, Colorado[2]
LogoWordmark
League/conference affiliations

American Football League (1960–1969)

  • Western Division (1960–1969)

National Football League (1970–present)

Current uniform
Team colorsOrange, navy blue, white[3][4][5]
     
MascotThunder (live horse)
Miles (costume suit)
Personnel
Owner(s)Walton-Penner Family Group[6][7]
CEOGreg Penner
PresidentDamani Leech
General managerGeorge Paton[8]
Head coachSean Payton[9]
Team history
  • Denver Broncos (1960–present)
Team nicknames
Championships
League championships (3)
Conference championships (8)
Division championships (15)
Playoff appearances (22)
Home fields

The team began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) and joined the NFL as part of the merger in 1970. The Broncos are currently owned by the Walton-Penner group, and play their home games at Empower Field at Mile High; Denver previously played its home games at Mile High Stadium from its inception in 1960 through the 2000 season.

The Broncos were barely competitive during their 10-year run in the AFL and their first seven years in the NFL. They did not have a winning season until 1973 and qualified for their first playoffs in 1977, eventually advancing to Super Bowl XII that season. Since 1975, the Broncos have become one of the NFL's most successful teams, having suffered only eleven losing seasons.[10] 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), and share the NFL record for most Super Bowl losses (5 — tied with the New England Patriots). The Broncos have eight primary members enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame: John Elway, Floyd Little, Shannon Sharpe, Gary Zimmerman, Terrell Davis, Champ Bailey, and Steve Atwater, along with late club owner Pat Bowlen.[11]

Franchise history

Further information: History of the Denver Broncos

Bob Howsman/Gerald Phipps era (1960–1980)

The Denver Broncos were founded on August 14, 1959, when minor league baseball owner Bob Howsam was awarded an American Football League (AFL) charter franchise.[12] The Broncos won the first-ever AFL game over the Boston Patriots 13–10, on September 9, 1960. Seven years later on August 5, 1967, they became the first-ever AFL team to defeat an NFL team, with a 13–7 win over the Detroit Lions in a preseason game.[12] However, the Broncos were not successful in the 1960s, winning more than five games only once (7–7, 1962), compiling a 39–97–4 (.293) record during the ten seasons of the AFL.[13]

Denver came close to losing its franchise in 1965, until a local ownership group took control,[14][15] and rebuilt the team.[16] The team's first superstar, "Franchise" Floyd Little, was instrumental in keeping the team in Denver, due to his signing in 1967 as well as his Pro Bowl efforts on and off the field. The Broncos were the only original AFL team that never played in the title game, as well as the only original AFL team never to have a winning season while a member of the AFL during the upstart league's 10-year history.[17]

In 1972, the Broncos hired former Stanford University coach John Ralston as their head coach. In 1973, he was the UPI's AFC Coach of the Year, after Denver achieved its first winning season at 7–5–2. In five seasons with the Broncos, Ralston guided the team to three winning seasons. Though Ralston finished the 1976 season with a 9–5 record, the team, as was the case in Ralston's previous winning seasons, still missed the playoffs. Following the season, several prominent players publicly voiced their discontent with Ralston, which soon led to his resignation.[18]

 
The Broncos defeated the Raiders in the 1977–78 AFC Championship Game to earn their first trip to the Super Bowl.

Red Miller, a long-time assistant coach, was hired and along with the Orange Crush Defense (a nickname originated in 1977, also the brand of the popular orange-flavored soft drink) and aging quarterback Craig Morton, took the Broncos to what was then a record-setting 12–2 regular-season record and their first playoff appearance in 1977, and ultimately made their first Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XII, in which they were defeated by the Dallas Cowboys (Morton's former team), 27–10.[19]

Edgar Kaiser/Pat Bowlen era (1981–2018)

In 1981, Broncos' owner Gerald Phipps, who had purchased the team in May 1961 from the original owner Bob Howsam, sold the team to Canadian financier Edgar Kaiser Jr., grandson of shipbuilding industrialist Henry J. Kaiser.[20] In 1984, the team was purchased by another Canadian, Pat Bowlen, who placed team ownership into a family trust sometime before 2004 and remained in day-to-day control until his battle with Alzheimer's disease forced him to cede the team to Joe Ellis in 2014.[21][22][23]

Dan Reeves years (1981–1992)

Dan 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 via a trade. Originally drafted by the Baltimore Colts as the first pick of the draft, Elway proclaimed that he would shun football in favor of baseball (he was drafted by the New York Yankees to play center field and was also a pitching prospect), unless he was traded to a selected list of other teams, which included the Broncos.[24] Prior to Elway, the Broncos had over 24 different starting quarterbacks in its 23 seasons to that point.[25]

 
A ticket for the 1987–88 AFC Championship Game between the Browns and the Broncos.
 
John Elway (right) hands the ball for a rushing play against the Packers in 1984.

Reeves and Elway guided the Broncos to six post-season appearances, five AFC West divisional titles, three AFC championships and three Super Bowl appearances (Super Bowl XXI, XXII and XXIV) during their 12-year span together. The Broncos lost Super Bowl XXI to the New York Giants, 39–20; Super Bowl XXII to the Washington Redskins, 42–10; and Super Bowl XXIV to the San Francisco 49ers, 55–10; the latter score remains the most lopsided scoring differential in Super Bowl history. The last year of the Reeves-Elway era were marked by feuding, due to Reeves taking on play-calling duties after ousting Elway's favorite offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan after the 1991 season, as well as Reeves drafting quarterback Tommy Maddox out of UCLA instead of going with a wide receiver to help Elway. Reeves was fired after the 1992 season and replaced by his protégé and friend Wade Phillips, who had been serving as the Broncos' defensive coordinator.[26][27][28] Phillips was fired after a mediocre 1994 season, in which management felt he lost control of the team.

Mike Shanahan years (1995–2008)

In 1995, Mike Shanahan, who had formerly served under Reeves as the Broncos' offensive coordinator, returned as head coach. Shanahan drafted rookie running back Terrell Davis. In 1996, the Broncos were the top seed in the AFC with a 13–3 record, dominating most of the teams that year. The fifth-seeded Jacksonville Jaguars, however, upset the Broncos 30–27 in the divisional round of the playoffs, ending the Broncos' 1996 run.[18]

Super Bowl XXXII champions (1997)

During the 1997 season, Elway and Davis helped guide the Broncos to their first Super Bowl victory, a 31–24 win over the defending champion Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXII. Though Elway completed only 13 of 22 passes, throwing one interception and no touchdowns (he did, however, have a rushing touchdown), Davis rushed for 157 yards and a Super Bowl-record three touchdowns to earn the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award—this while overcoming a severe migraine headache that caused him blurred vision.[29]

Super Bowl XXXIII champions (1998)

The Broncos repeated 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 passes for 336 yards, with an 80-yard touchdown to wide receiver Rod Smith and one interception.[28]

 
Broncos' quarterback Jay Cutler in 2007.

John Elway retired following the 1998 season, and Brian Griese started at quarterback for the next four seasons. After a 6–10 record in 1999, mostly due to a season-ending injury to Terrell Davis, the Broncos recovered in 2000, earning a Wild Card playoff berth, but losing to the eventual Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens. After missing the playoffs the following two seasons, former Arizona Cardinals' quarterback Jake Plummer replaced Griese in 2003, and led the Broncos to two straight 10–6 seasons, earning Wild Card playoff berths both years. However, the Broncos went on the road to face the Indianapolis Colts in back-to-back seasons and were blown out by more than 20 points in each game, allowing a combined 90 points.[18]

In the years following the back-to-back championships, a league investigation revealed that the team had cheated the salary cap in both seasons and the 1996 season by deferring additional money to Elway and Davis outside of the salary cap. In addition, they purposefully avoided waiving certain players before a certain date. Denver claimed the moves did not give them additional competitive avantage. Between two separate punishments, they were stripped of their third-round picks in both the 2002 and 2005 drafts and fined nearly $2 million combined. [30][31]

Plummer led the Broncos to a 13–3 record in 2005 and their first AFC West division title since 1998. After a first-round bye, the Broncos defeated the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, 27–13, denying New England from becoming the first NFL team ever to win three consecutive Super Bowl championships. They were the first team to beat the Patriots in the playoffs during the Tom Brady era. The Broncos' playoff run came to an end the next week, after losing at home to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship game, 34–17. The Steelers went on to win Super Bowl XL.

The Broncos' defense began the first five games of the 2006 season allowing only one touchdown - an NFL record that still stands. ESPN commentator and Super Bowl-winning QB Joe Theismann gave the 2006 defense the name “Bad Blue” on Monday Night Football as they played the Ravens. However, the team struggled down the season stretch. Plummer led the team to a 7–2 record, but struggled individually with inconsistent performance and more interceptions than touchdown passes. As a result, he would be replaced by rookie quarterback Jay Cutler. Cutler went 2–3 as a starter, and the Broncos finished with a 9–7 record, losing the tiebreaker to the Kansas City Chiefs for the final playoff spot. Cutler's first full season as a starter in 2007 became the Broncos' first losing season since 1999, with a 7–9 record.

The 2008 season ended in a 52–21 loss at the San Diego Chargers, giving the Broncos an 8–8 record and their third straight season out of the playoffs. Mike Shanahan, the longest-tenured and most successful head coach in Broncos' franchise history, was fired after 14 seasons.[32]

Josh McDaniels years (2009–2010)

On January 11, 2009, two weeks after Shanahan was fired, the Broncos hired former New England Patriots' offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels as the team's new head coach.[33] Three months later, the team acquired quarterback Kyle Orton as part of a trade that sent Jay Cutler to the Chicago Bears.

Under McDaniels and Orton, the Broncos jumped out to a surprising 6–0 start in 2009. However, the team lost eight of their next ten games, finishing 8–8 for a second consecutive season and missing the playoffs. The next season (2010), the Broncos set a new franchise record for losses in a single season, with a 4–12 record.[34] McDaniels was fired before the end of the 2010 season following a combination of the team's poor record and the fallout from a highly publicized videotaping scandal. Running backs coach Eric Studesville was named interim coach for the final four games of the 2010 season.[35] He chose to start rookie first-round draft choice Tim Tebow at quarterback for the final three games.

John Fox years (2011–2014)

Following the 2010 season, Joe Ellis was promoted from Chief Operating Officer to team president, while John Elway returned to the organization as the team's Executive Vice President of Football Operations.[36] In addition, the Broncos hired John Fox as the team's 14th head coach. Fox previously served as the Carolina Panthers' head coach from 2002 to 2010.[37]

Following a 1–4 start to the 2011 season, Tim Tebow replaced Kyle Orton as the Broncos' starting quarterback, and “Tebow Time” was born. Tebow led the Broncos with toughness, determination and miraculous come-from-behind victories which gave the Broncos hope and were the catalyst for better things to come. Tebow led the Broncos to an 8–8 record and garnered the team's first playoff berth and division title since 2005. The Broncos defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Wild Card round on a memorable 80-yard touchdown pass from Tebow to wide receiver Demaryius Thomas on the first play of overtime, setting a record for the fastest overtime in NFL history.[38] However, the Broncos lost to the New England Patriots in the Divisional round.[39]

In March 2012, the Broncos reached an agreement on a five-year, $96 million contract with former longtime Indianapolis Colts' quarterback Peyton Manning, who had recently missed the entire 2011 season following multiple neck surgeries.[40][41] This resulted in the Broncos subsequently trading incumbent quarterback Tim Tebow to the New York Jets.[42] The Broncos finished with a 13–3 record and the AFC's No. 1 seed in the 2012 playoffs, but were defeated by the Baltimore Ravens in the Divisional round.[43]

Like in 2012, the 2013 Broncos finished with a 13–3 record and the AFC's No. 1 seed. The Broncos broke all offensive records and QB Peyton Manning shattered many QB records that season as well. In the 2013 playoffs, they defeated the San Diego Chargers in the Divisional round and the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship. However, the Broncos lost to the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLVIII by a score of 43–8, the Broncos' first Super Bowl berth since winning back-to-back Super Bowls in 1997 and 1998.[44]

Prior to the start of the 2014 season, the Broncos announced that Pat Bowlen, the team's owner since 1984, relinquished control of the team due to his battle with Alzheimer's disease, resulting in team president Joe Ellis and general manager John Elway assuming control of the team.[23] The Broncos finished the 2014 season with a 12–4 record and the AFC's No. 2 seed. However, the Broncos were defeated by the Indianapolis Colts in the Divisional round of the 2014 playoffs, marking the third time in four seasons that the Broncos lost in the Divisional round of the playoffs. Quarterback Peyton Manning had been playing with strained quadriceps for the final month of the 2014 season.[45]

 
Gary Kubiak won Super Bowl 50 in his first season as the Broncos head coach.

Gary Kubiak years (2015–2016)

On January 12, 2015, one day after the divisional playoff loss to the Colts, the Broncos and head coach John Fox mutually agreed to part ways.[46] Fox left the Broncos with a .719 winning percentage in his four seasons as the Broncos' head coach—the highest in franchise history.[47] One week later, the Broncos hired Gary Kubiak as the team's 15th head coach. Kubiak served as a backup quarterback to executive vice president/general manager John Elway from 1983 to 1991, as well as the Broncos' offensive coordinator from 1995 to 2005.[48]

Super Bowl 50 champions (2015)

Shortly after Kubiak became head coach, the Broncos underwent numerous changes to their coaching staff and players, including the hiring of defensive coordinator, defensive mastermind Wade Phillips, under whom the Broncos' defense went from middle of the road to being ranked No. 1 in the NFL. By the 2015 season, it would go on to be considered one of the greatest NFL defenses of all time - along with the 1985 Bears, 2000 Ravens and 2002 Buccaneers.[49] The Broncos finished with a 12–4 record and the AFC's No. 1 seed, despite Peyton Manning having his worst statistical season since his rookie year with the Indianapolis Colts in 1998.[50] Backup quarterback Brock Osweiler started the last six games of the regular season due to Manning suffering from a foot injury. Manning led the Broncos throughout the playoffs. The Broncos defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 23–16 in the Divisional Round and the New England Patriots 20–18 in the AFC Championship. They were victorious against the Carolina Panthers 24–10 in Super Bowl 50 for their third Super Bowl title.[51]

On March 7, 2016, quarterback Peyton Manning retired after 18 NFL seasons during a press conference at the team's Dove Valley headquarters.[52][53]

Following Manning's retirement, the Broncos scrambled to find the team's next starting quarterback after backup quarterback Brock Osweiler departed on a four-year contract to the Houston Texans. The Broncos acquired Mark Sanchez from the Philadelphia Eagles and selected Paxton Lynch during the 2016 draft. Sanchez, Lynch and second-year quarterback Trevor Siemian competed for the starting quarterback spot during the off-season and preseason. Prior to the regular season, Sanchez was released and Siemian was named the starter. 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 retirement, citing health as the main reason for retiring.[54] The Broncos hired Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Vance Joseph as head coach on January 11, 2017.[55] The Broncos finished 5–11 in 2017 as a result of an unimpressive offense led by a quarterback committee of Trevor Siemian, Brock Osweiler, and Paxton Lynch.

In an effort to address poor production from the offense, the Broncos signed quarterback Case Keenum on March 14, 2018, and traded away Trevor Siemian to the Minnesota Vikings on March 19, 2018.

On May 1, 2018, the Broncos signed local undrafted free agent running back Phillip Lindsay, who became a fan favorite due to his underdog mentality, explosive play style and local roots. Lindsay became the first undrafted player in NFL history with 100+ scrimmage yards in each of their first two games[56] and on December 18, 2018, Lindsay was voted to the 2019 Pro Bowl, making him the first undrafted offensive rookie in NFL history to be voted to a Pro Bowl.[57]

After getting off to a strong start, their 2018 season was up and down, eventually finishing with a 6–10 record and placing third in the AFC West. Coupled with the 5–11 season in 2017, the Broncos had back-to-back losing seasons for the first time since 1971–1972.[58] Shortly after the conclusion of the regular season, head coach Vance Joseph was fired after recording a poor 11–21 record in two seasons.[59]

Vic Fangio years (2019–2021)

On January 10, 2019, the Broncos hired Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio to become the 17th head coach in franchise history.[60] Fangio was chosen over Mike Munchak, the Broncos' offensive line coach. Fangio received a four-year contract with a team option for an additional season.[61]

On February 13, 2019, Joe Flacco was announced as the new starting quarterback. On October 6, 2019, the Broncos defeated the Los Angeles Chargers for their 500th win, bringing their win–loss record to 500–432.[62]

On December 1, 2019, the Broncos started Mizzou rookie quarterback Drew Lock for the first time. He led the Broncos to a 4–1 record to end the 2019 season. The Broncos finished 2nd place in the AFC West Division at 7–9, missing the playoffs for a fourth consecutive year. In five games, Lock finished with 1,020 passing yards, seven touchdowns, and three interceptions.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 NFL season did not have a preseason or full training camps,[63] which likely contributed to an abnormally large amount of injuries that plagued the Broncos and other NFL teams. Star linebacker Von Miller suffered a season-ending ankle tendon injury before the regular season started, and starting wide receiver Courtland Sutton suffered a season-ending torn ACL during a week two game.

On November 29, 2020, after all three of the Broncos' quarterbacks were placed in COVID-19 protocol, the Broncos were forced to turn to undrafted wide receiver and former college quarterback Kendall Hinton as the emergency quarterback. Hinton completed only one pass for 13 yards in 9 attempts—the fewest pass completions in a single game in franchise history—and was intercepted twice. The Broncos' only scoring play was a 58-yard field goal by placekicker Brandon McManus in a 31–3 loss to the New Orleans Saints. In July 2021, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced that Hinton's quarterback wristband would be added to the Hall of Fame as part of a display.[64]

The Broncos finished the 2020 season with a record of 5–11, last in the AFC West, and missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year.

Following another season of uninspiring quarterback performances, the Broncos were the subject of multiple quarterback trade rumors during the 2021 offseason. Aaron Rodgers and Deshaun Watson were two names rumored to be of interest for the Broncos, but ultimately the Broncos traded for quarterback Teddy Bridgewater on April 28, 2021. Bridgewater won the subsequent quarterback competition between himself and Drew Lock during the preseason, and he was named the Broncos' starting quarterback on August 25, 2021.

The Broncos also made notable improvements in the defensive secondary, signing former All-Pro cornerback Kyle Fuller and cornerback Ronald Darby, as well as drafting Alabama cornerback Patrick Surtain II with the ninth overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. Running back Phillip Lindsay was replaced by UNC rookie running back Javonte Williams, who was drafted in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft by the Broncos.

On October 31, 2021, Peyton Manning (who won two AFC Championships, Super Bowl 50, and an NFL MVP during his four seasons as a Bronco) was inducted to the Broncos' Ring of Fame during a game against Washington.[65]

On November 1, 2021, the Broncos traded franchise legend Von Miller to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for a 2nd and 3rd round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft.[66] At the time of the trade, Miller was the longest-tenured Bronco on the team, and the only remaining non-special teams player from Denver's Super Bowl 50 roster.

After another mediocre performance in the 2021 season with the Broncos going 7–10, head coach Vic Fangio was dismissed on January 8, 2022, after losing to the Kansas City Chiefs.[67] The Broncos announced the hiring of Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett as head coach on January 27, 2022.[68]

The Broncos then announced on February 1, 2022, that they were now up for sale and that they would be parting ways with the Bowlen family, the former owners of the franchise.[69]

Hackett's first hire as head coach was Justin Outten as offensive coordinator. He was hired on February 2, 2022.

On March 16, 2022, the Broncos traded Drew Lock, Noah Fant, Shelby Harris, Denver's 2022 first-round pick (No. 9), its 2022 second-round pick (No. 40), its 2023 first- and second-round picks, and its 2022 fifth-round round pick for Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks' 2022 fourth-round pick.[70]

Walton-Penner Era (2022–present)

On June 7, 2022, the Broncos announced that the Walton-Penner family, led by Rob Walton, had entered in an agreement to acquire the Denver Broncos for $4.65 billion (a North American record) subject to approval by the NFL Finance Committee and 3/4 of the league's team owners.[71][72] The Broncos announced that Condoleezza Rice would join the ownership group on July 11, 2022.[73]

On August 10, 2022, the Broncos formally introduced the new ownership group to the media and Denver community. The full group comprises Rob Walton, Carrie Walton Penner, Greg Penner, Mellody Hobson, Condoleezza Rice and Lewis Hamilton.[74]

On December 26, with the Broncos sitting at 4–11 following a 51–14 Christmas Day loss to the Los Angeles Rams, Hackett was fired and replaced by interim head coach Jerry Rosburg. He became the fifth head coach to not finish his first season after Lou Holtz in 1976, Pete McCulley in 1978, Bobby Petrino in 2007, and Urban Meyer in 2021. Jerry Rosburg was released from the staff on January 25.

Rivalries

Divisional

See also: American Football League

The Denver Broncos have three AFC West rivals—the Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers. All teams, along with the Broncos, were charter members of the American Football League (AFL), with each team placed in the AFL Western Division. The Broncos were barely competitive during the AFL years (1960–69), going a combined 10–49–1 against the Chiefs, Chargers and Raiders.

Kansas City Chiefs

Further information: Broncos–Chiefs rivalry

The Broncos have had several memorable matchups with the Chiefs, particularly during the years in which John Elway was the Broncos' starting quarterback (1983–98). The Broncos defeated the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in the divisional round of the 1997 NFL playoffs, en route to their first Super Bowl victory. The Chiefs currently hold a 69–55 series lead over the Broncos, including the aforementioned 1997 divisional playoff game.

Las Vegas Raiders

Further information: Broncos–Raiders rivalry

The rivalry with the Raiders was ignited in 1977, when the Broncos advanced to their first Super Bowl by defeating the defending champion Raiders in the 1977 AFC Championship. The rivalry intensified in the mid-1990s, when Mike Shanahan was hired as the Broncos' head coach in 1995. Shanahan coached the Raiders in 1988 before being fired four games into the 1989 season. The Raiders currently hold a 70–54–2 series lead over the Broncos, including 1–1 in the playoffs.

Los Angeles Chargers

Further information: Broncos–Chargers rivalry

Unlike their records against the Chiefs and Raiders, the Broncos currently have a winning record against the Chargers, with a 70–54–1 series lead, including 1–0 in the playoffs. The Broncos pulled off one of the largest comebacks in Monday Night Football history, when Peyton Manning led the Broncos from a 24–0 halftime deficit to a 35–24 win at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium during the 2012 season. The two teams met in the playoffs for the first time on January 12, 2014, at Denver's Sports Authority Field at Mile High, with the Broncos winning 24–17.

Historical

Aside from the aforementioned AFC West teams, the Broncos have had intra-conference rivalries over the years with the Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots. The Broncos and Seattle Seahawks were also former AFC West rivals from 1977–2001, after which Seattle was realigned to the NFC West.

Cleveland Browns

See also: The Drive (American football) and The Fumble

The Broncos had a brief rivalry with the Browns that arose from three AFC championship matches in 1986, 1987 and 1989. In the 1986 AFC Championship, quarterback John Elway led The Drive to secure a tie in the waning moments at Cleveland Municipal Stadium; the Broncos went on to win in 23–20 in overtime.[75] One year later, the two teams met again in the 1987 AFC Championship at Mile High Stadium. Denver took a 21–3 lead, but Browns' quarterback Bernie Kosar threw four touchdown passes to tie the game at 31–31 halfway through the 4th quarter. After a long drive, John Elway threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to running back Sammy Winder to give Denver a 38–31 lead. Cleveland advanced to Denver's 8-yard line with 1:12 left, but Broncos' safety Jeremiah Castille stripped Browns' running back Earnest Byner of the football at the 2-yard line—a play that has been called The Fumble by Browns' fans. The Broncos recovered it, gave Cleveland an intentional safety, and went on to win 38–33.[76] The two teams met yet again in the 1989 AFC Championship at Mile High Stadium, which the Broncos easily won by a score of 37–21.[77] The Broncos did not win the Super Bowl after any of the championship games where they defeated the Browns, losing by an aggregate of 136–40.

Pittsburgh Steelers

Further information: Broncos–Steelers rivalry

As of the end of the 2015 season, the Broncos and Steelers have met in postseason play eight times, tied with five other pairings for the second–most frequent playoff matchups in NFL playoff history. The Broncos currently own a 5–3 playoff record vs. the Steelers.[78] Perhaps the most memorable postseason matchup occurred in the 1997 AFC Championship, in which the Broncos defeated the Steelers 24–21 at Three Rivers Stadium, en route to their first Super Bowl victory. Eight years later, the Steelers returned the favor at INVESCO Field at Mile High, defeating the Broncos 34–17 in the 2005 AFC Championship, and subsequently won Super Bowl XL.[79] In the Wild Card round of the 2011 playoffs, in a game dubbed The 3:16 game, the Broncos stunned the Steelers 29–23 on the first play of overtime, when quarterback Tim Tebow connected with wide receiver Demaryius Thomas on an 80-yard game-winning touchdown pass.[80] The teams met again in the Divisional round of the 2015 playoffs at Denver, where the Broncos defeated the Steelers 23–16 on their way to a victory in Super Bowl 50.[81]

New England Patriots

See also: Broncos–Patriots rivalry and Tom Brady–Peyton Manning rivalry

The Broncos and Patriots met twice annually during the American Football League (AFL) years from 1960 to 1969, and played in the first-ever AFL game on September 9, 1960.[82] Since 1995, the two teams have met frequently during the regular season, including nine consecutive seasons from 1995 to 2003.[83] As of the end of the 2015 season, the two teams have met in the playoffs five times, with the Broncos owning a 4–1 record.[84] The teams' first playoff match on January 4, 1987, was John Elway's first career playoff win,[85] while the teams' second playoff match on January 14, 2006, game was the Broncos' first playoff win since Elway's retirement after the 1998 season.[86] The game was also notable for Champ Bailey's 100-yard interception that resulted in a touchdown-saving tackle by Benjamin Watson at the 1-yard line.[87] On October 11, 2009, the two teams met with former Patriots' offensive coordinator, Josh McDaniels as the Broncos' head coach. Both teams wore their AFL 50th anniversary jerseys.[88] 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 that resulted in a 41-yard game-winning field goal by Matt Prater.[89] The two teams met in the Divisional round of the 2011 playoffs, with the Patriots blowing out Tim Tebow and the Broncos by a score of 45–10.[39] The Broncos' rivalry with the Patriots later intensified when longtime Indianapolis Colts' quarterback Peyton Manning became the Broncos' starting quarterback from 2012 to 2015. Manning and Patriots' quarterback Tom Brady maintained a legendary rivalry from 2001[90] until Manning's retirement after the 2015 season.[91] Though Brady dominated Manning in regular season play, winning nine of twelve meetings, Manning won three of five playoff meetings, including the Broncos' 26–16 win in the 2013 AFC Championship and the Broncos' 20–18 win in the 2015 AFC Championship.[92]

Seattle Seahawks

Main article: Broncos–Seahawks rivalry

The Broncos had an old rivalry with the Seattle Seahawks, who were members of the AFC West from 1977 to 2001, prior to the Seahawks' move to the NFC West as part of the NFL's 2002 re-alignment.[93] During the 25 years in which the Seahawks resided in the AFC West, the Broncos went 32–18 against the Seahawks, including a loss at Seattle in the 1983 NFL playoffs. Since 2002, the Broncos have won three of five interconference meetings,[94] and the two teams met in Super Bowl XLVIII on February 2, 2014, with the Seahawks winning by a score of 43–8.[95]

Facilities

 
Mile High Stadium was the home of the Broncos from 1960 to 2000

For most of their history, the Denver Broncos played in Mile High Stadium. The AFL Broncos played at the University of Denver's Hilltop Stadium from time to time, including the first victory of an AFL team over an NFL team: The Broncos beat the Detroit Lions on August 5, 1967, in a preseason 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 replacement games during the 1987 strike (but both were sold out before the strike).

During home games, the attendance is announced to the crowd, along with the number of no-shows (the fans subsequently boo the no-shows). The fans are also known to chant "IN-COM-PLETE!" every time the visiting team throws an incomplete pass.[96] The stadium's legendary home-field advantage is regarded as one of the best in the NFL, especially during the playoffs. The Broncos had the best home record in pro football over a 32-year span from 1974 to 2006 (191–65–1). Mile High Stadium was one of the NFL's loudest stadiums, with steel flooring instead of concrete, which may have given the Broncos an advantage over opponents, plus the advantage of altitude conditioning for the Broncos. In 2001, the team moved into then-named Invesco Field at Mile High, built next to the former site of the since-demolished Mile High Stadium. Sportswriter Woody Paige, along with many of Denver's fans, however, often refused to call the stadium by its full name, preferring to use "Mile High Stadium" because of its storied history and sentimental import. Additionally, The Denver Post had an official policy of referring to the stadium as simply "Mile High Stadium" in protest, but dropped this policy in 2004.[97]

 
Empower Field at Mile High has been the Broncos' home since 2001

Prior to the 2011 season, Englewood-based sporting goods retailer Sports Authority claimed the naming rights of Invesco Field, which became known as Sports Authority Field at Mile High.[98][99] However, in the summer of 2016, Sports Authority went bankrupt, the stadium was renamed Broncos Stadium at Mile High, and the Broncos sought out a naming rights sponsor until September 2019 when they agreed to rename the stadium Empower Field at Mile High.[100]

The altitude has also been attributed as part of the team's home success. The stadium displays multiple references to the stadium's location of 5,280 feet (1.000 mi) above sea level, including a prominent mural just outside the visiting team's locker room. The team training facility, the UCHealth Training Center (formerly known as the Paul D. Bowlen Memorial Broncos Centre), is a state-of-the-art facility located in Dove Valley. With 13.5 acres (5.5 ha) of property, the facility hosts three full-size fields, a complete weight and training facility, and a cafeteria.[101][102]

In their more than half-century of existence, the Broncos have never been shut out at home, a streak of over 400 games as of the 2016 season.[103]

In late 2012, the Broncos announced that the stadium would receive $30 million upgrades including a new video board in the south end zone three times larger than the previous display. The renovations were finished before kickoff of the 2013 season.[104]

Logos and uniforms

1968–1996

 
Wordmark previously used by the Broncos (1968 - 1996)
 
Denver Broncos uniform set from 1968 to 1996. The logo was designed by Edwin Guy Taylor of Denver. A contest was held through Public Service of Denver to come up with a new logo for the team. Taylor's submission was selected late in 1967 and adopted soon after. The team briefly wore orange pants with the away jerseys between 1969–1971 and 1978–1979.

When the Broncos debuted in 1960, their original uniforms drew as much attention as their play on the field. They featured white and mustard yellow jerseys, with contrasting brown helmets, brown pants and vertically striped socks. Two years later, the team unveiled a new logo featuring a bucking horse, and changed their team colors to orange, royal blue and white. The 1962 uniform consisted of white pants, orange helmets, and either orange or white jerseys.[3]

In 1968, the Broncos debuted a design that became known as the "Orange Crush". Their logo was redesigned so that the horse was coming out of a "D." Additionally, the helmets were changed to royal blue, with thin stripes placed onto the sleeves, and other minor modifications were added. From 1969 to 1971, and again from 1978 to 1979, the team wore orange pants with their white jerseys.[105] The facemasks became white (from grey) in 1975.

The Broncos wore their white jerseys at home throughout the 1971 season, as well as for 1980 home games vs. the San Diego Chargers and Dallas Cowboys, the latter in hopes to bring out the "blue jersey jinx" which has followed the Cowboys for decades (it worked, the Broncos won 41–20). The Broncos wore their white jerseys for 1983 home games vs. the Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Raiders and Cincinnati Bengals, but did not wear white at home again for two decades — see next section.[105][106]

In 1994, in honor of the 75th anniversary season of the NFL, the Broncos wore their 1965 throwback uniforms for two games—a Week 3 home game against the Raiders, as well a road game at the Buffalo Bills the following week.[105]

1997–2011

 
Thunder (mascot)

The Broncos radically changed their logo and uniforms in 1997, a design that the team continues to use to this day. The new logos and uniforms were unveiled on February 4, 1997.[107] Navy blue replaced royal blue on the team's color scheme. The current logo is a profile of a horse's head, with an orange mane and navy blue outlines.[108] The Broncos' popular live animal mascot Thunder was the inspiration to incorporate a horse-head profile as part of the logo on the team's helmets.[109] During a February 4, 1997, press conference introducing the new logo, the team president and the art director for Nike, who were the creators of the new design, described it as "a powerful horse with a fiery eye and mane."[110]

The Broncos began wearing navy blue jerseys, replacing their longtime orange jerseys that had been the team's predominant home jersey color since 1962. This new uniform design features a new word mark, numbering font and a streak that runs up and down the sides of both the jerseys and the pants. On the navy blue jerseys, the streak is orange, with an orange collar and white numerals trimmed in orange, while on the road white jerseys, the streak is navy blue, with a thin orange accent strip on both sides, a navy collar and navy numerals trimmed in orange; the helmet facemasks became navy blue. When they debuted, these uniforms were vilified by the press and fans, until the Broncos won their first-ever Super Bowl in the new design that same season. The navy blue jerseys served as the team's primary home jersey until the end of the 2011 season — see next section.[108]

In 2002, the Broncos introduced an alternate orange jersey that is a mirror image of the aforementioned navy blue jerseys, but with orange and navy trading places. Like the road white jerseys, the white pants with the navy blue streaks running down the sides are worn with this uniform. This jersey was used only once in the 2002 and 2004 seasons, and were used twice per season from 2008 to 2011. Mike Shanahan, the team's head coach from 1995 to 2008, was not a big fan of the alternate orange jerseys.[111] The Broncos previously wore orange jerseys as a throwback uniform in a Thanksgiving Day game at the Dallas Cowboys in 2001.[112]

The team also introduced navy blue pants in 2003, with orange side streaks to match with the navy blue jerseys. Though they were part of the uniform change in 1997 (in fact, they were worn for a couple of 1997 preseason games) and most players wanted to wear them, the only player who vetoed wearing them was John Elway, thereby delaying their eventual introduction.[113] From 2003 to 2011, these pants were primarily used for select prime-time and late-season home games (excluding the 2008 season), and since 2012, are used exclusively with the now-alternate navy blue jerseys — see next section.

On November 16, 2003, the Broncos wore their white jerseys at home for the first time since 1983, in a game vs. the San Diego Chargers. This was compensation for a uniform mix-up, after the teams' first meeting at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium in Week 2 earlier that season, when the Chargers were the team that was supposed to declare their uniform color. The Chargers were planning to wear their white jerseys, but the visiting Broncos came to the stadium in white, and were fined $25,000 by the NFL as a result. When the two teams met at INVESCO Field at Mile High later that season (Week 11), the NFL allowed the visiting Chargers to choose their uniform color in advance, and they chose navy blue, forcing the Broncos to wear their white jerseys at home.[113]

In 2009, in honor of their 50th anniversary season as one of the eight original American Football League teams, the Broncos wore their 1960 throwback uniforms (brown helmets, mustard yellow and brown jerseys) for games against two fellow AFL rivals—a Week 5 home game vs. the New England Patriots, as well as the following week at the San Diego Chargers.[114][115]

2012–present

Beginning in 2012, the orange jerseys that served as the alternate colored jerseys from 2002 to 2011 became the primary home jersey, while the navy blue jerseys that served as the primary home jersey from 1997 to 2011 switched to alternate designation. The change was made due to overwhelming popularity with the fans, who pressured the Broncos to return to orange as the team's primary home jersey color.[108] Since the 2012 uniform change, the team has worn the alternate navy blue jerseys for at least one home game per season, with the exception of 2013, in which the Broncos wore their alternate navy blue uniforms for an October 6, 2013, road game at the Dallas Cowboys, which the Broncos won in a shootout, 51–48.[116] The team will either wear the navy blue or the white pants — with the orange side stripes — to match with the alternate navy blue jerseys. The team initially did not wear the white pants with the orange side stripes, until a November 1, 2015, game vs. the Green Bay Packers, in which the Broncos wore said design in order to match the uniform ensemble that was used during the team's Super Bowl XXXII win over the Packers.[117] On October 30, 2022, the Broncos debuted a new combination of white jerseys and alternate navy blue pants in an NFL London Game at the Jacksonville Jaguars, with mismatched side stripes of navy blue (white jersey) and orange (navy blue pants).[118]

As the designated home team in Super Bowl 50, the Broncos — who have a 0–4 Super Bowl record when using their standard orange jerseys — chose to wear their white jerseys as the designated "home" team.[119][120]

In 2016, the Broncos' unveiled a new Color Rush uniform, which the team wore for a Thursday Night game at the San Diego Chargers on October 13, 2016. The uniform kit contained the following features: orange pants, which the team wore for the first time since 1979, orange socks and shoes, along with block-style numerals trimmed in navy blue that mirrored the team's 1968–1996 uniform style. Due to the NFL's one-helmet rule implemented in 2013, the helmets remained the same, with the team temporarily replacing the modern primary logo with the throwback "D-horse" logo.[121] The same uniform was used for a Thursday night game against the Indianapolis Colts during the 2017 season and again during a 2018 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.[122]

Super Bowl jersey colors

Super Bowl Date Opponent Favorite Jersey Color Result
XII (12) January 15, 1978 Dallas Cowboys Cowboys by 6 Orange L 27–10
XXI (21) January 25, 1987 New York Giants Giants by 9.5 White L 39–20
XXII (22) January 31, 1988 Washington Redskins Broncos by 3 Orange L 42–10
XXIV (24) January 28, 1990 San Francisco 49ers 49ers by 12 Orange L 55–10
XXXII (32) January 25, 1998 Green Bay Packers Packers by 11 Navy blue W 31–24
XXXIII (33) January 31, 1999 Atlanta Falcons Broncos by 7.5 White W 34–19
XLVIII (48) February 2, 2014 Seattle Seahawks Broncos by 2 Orange L 43–8
50 (L) February 7, 2016 Carolina Panthers Panthers by 5.5 White W 24–10

Statistics and records

Season-by-season records

Main article: List of Denver Broncos seasons

Players of note

Current roster

Denver Broncos roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams


Rookies in italics

Roster updated April 26, 2023

  • Depth chart
  • Transactions

72 active

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50th Anniversary Team (2009)

The Denver Broncos announced the club's 50th anniversary team on September 15, 2009. The anniversary team was voted on by users at DenverBroncos.com from June 6 – September 4, 2009.[123]

Retired numbers

Denver Broncos retired numbers
No. Player Position Career Retired
7 John Elway QB 1983–1998 September 13, 1999
18 Frank Tripucka QB 1960–1963 1963–2012
Peyton Manning QB 2012–2015 † 2016 †
44 Floyd Little RB 1967–1975 1984

† Note: No. 18 was re-issued for Peyton Manning after Tripucka gave his approval; it was used by Manning from the 2012 season until his retirement after the 2015 season.[124] Manning's name was added to the retired number's banner as an honorable mention.[125][126][127]

Pro Football Hall of Famers

 
Hall of Fame CB Champ Bailey
 
Hall of Fame RB Terrell Davis
 
Hall of Fame QB John Elway
 
Hall of Fame RB Floyd Little
 
Hall of Fame TE Shannon Sharpe
Denver Broncos Hall of Famers
Players
No. Name Position(s) Season(s) Inducted
24 Brown, WillieWillie Brown CB 1963–1966 1984
33 Tony Dorsett RB 1988 1994
7 John Elway QB 1983–1998 2004
65 Gary Zimmerman OT 1993–1997 2008
44 Floyd Little RB 1967–1975 2010
19 Jerry Rice WR 2005 2010
84 Shannon Sharpe TE 1990–1999
2002–2003		 2011
30 Terrell Davis RB 1995–2001 2017
20 Brian Dawkins SS 2009–2011 2018
24 Champ Bailey CB 2004–2013 2019
26 Ty Law CB 2009 2019
27 Steve Atwater FS 1989–1998 2020
47 John Lynch SS 2004–2007 2021
18 Peyton Manning QB 2012–2015 2021
94 DeMarcus Ware LB 2014–2016 2023
Coaches and Contributors
Name Position(s) Season(s) Inducted
Mike Munchak OL Coach 2019–2021 2001
Pat Bowlen Owner/CEO 1984–2019 2019

Ring of Fame

The Broncos have a Ring of Fame on the Level 5 facade of Empower Field at Mile High, which honors the following:

Denver Broncos Ring of Fame
No. Name Position(s) Seasons Inducted
23 Goose Gonsoulin S 1960–1966 1984
87 Rich Jackson DE 1967–1972 1984
44 Floyd Little RB 1967–1975 1984
87 Lionel Taylor WR 1960–1966 1984
— Gerald Phipps Owner 1961–1981 1985
12 Charley Johnson QB 1972–1975 1986
70 Paul Smith DE 1968–1978 1986
18 Frank Tripucka QB 1960–1963 1986
36 Billy Thompson CB/S 1969–1981 1987
7 Craig Morton QB 1977–1982 1988
25 Haven Moses WR 1972–1981 1988
15 Jim Turner PK 1971–1979 1988
53 Randy Gradishar LB 1974–1983 1989
57 Tom Jackson LB 1973–1986 1992
20 Louis Wright CB 1975–1986 1993
7 John Elway QB
General manager		 1983–1998
2011–2020		 1999
77 Karl Mecklenburg LB 1983–1995 2001
49 Dennis Smith SS 1981–1994 2001
65 Gary Zimmerman OT 1993–1997 2003
27 Steve Atwater SS 1989–1998 2005
30 Terrell Davis RB 1995–2001 2007
84 Shannon Sharpe TE 1990–1999, 2002–2003 2009
80 Rod Smith WR 1994–2006 2012
66 Tom Nalen C 1994–2007 2013
21 Gene Mingo RB, K, RS 1960–1964 2014
— Dan Reeves Head coach 1981–1992 2014
80 Rick Upchurch WR, RS 1975–1983 2014
— Pat Bowlen Owner 1984–2013 2015
1 Jason Elam PK 1993–2007 2016
73 Simon Fletcher LB/DE 1985–1995 2016
47 John Lynch SS 2004–2007 2016
— Red Miller Head coach 1977–1980 2017
24 Champ Bailey CB 2004–2013 2019
— Mike Shanahan Head coach 1984-1987 (WR Coach / QB Coach / Offensive Coordinator)
1989–1991 (QB Coach / Offensive Coordinator)
1995–2008 (Head Coach)		 2020
18 Peyton Manning QB 2012–2015 2021

Super Bowl MVPs

Super Bowl MVP Winners
Super Bowl Player Position
XXXII Terrell Davis RB
XXXIII John Elway QB
50 Von Miller LB

Colorado Sports Hall of Fame

Main article: Colorado Sports Hall of Fame

Staff and head coaches

Head coaches

Main article: List of Denver Broncos head coaches

The most recent head coach of the Broncos was Nathaniel Hackett.[128] On December 26, 2022, ownership announced that Hackett had been fired after he led the team to a disappointing 4-11 record despite entering the season with high expectations.[129]

Current staff

Denver Broncos staff
Front office
  • Owners – Walton-Penner Family Ownership Group
  • CEO – Greg Penner
  • President – Damani Leech
  • General manager – George Paton
  • Assistant general manager – Darren Mougey
  • Director of player personnel – Reed Burckhardt
  • Director of pro personnel – A. J. Durso
  • Executive director of football operations – Kelly Kleine
  • Vice president of football administration – Rich Hurtado
  • Vice president of football operation and compliance – Mark Thewes
  • Vice president of player development – Ray Jackson
  • Director of college scouting – Brian Stark
  • Senior personnel executive – Roman Phifer
  • Assistant director of college scouting – Nick Schiralli
Head coach
Offensive coaches
  
Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and Conditioning
  • Vice president of player health and performance – Beau Lowery
  • Head strength and conditioning – Dan Dalrymple
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Korey Jones
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Shaun Snee

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In the media and popular culture

Radio and television

Main article: List of Denver Broncos broadcasters

The Broncos' flagship radio station is currently KOA, 850AM, a 50,000-watt station owned by iHeartMedia. Dave Logan is the play-by-play announcer, with former Broncos' wide receiver Ed McCaffrey serving as the color commentator beginning in 2012, replacing Brian Griese.[142] Ed McCaffrey was replaced by Rick Lewis. Until 2010, preseason games not selected for airing on national television were shown on KCNC, channel 4, which is a CBS owned-and-operated station, as well as other CBS affiliates around the Rocky Mountain region. On May 26, 2011, the Broncos announced that KUSA channel 9, an NBC affiliate also known as 9NEWS in the Rocky Mountain region, will be the team's new television partner for preseason games.[143]

In 2011, the Broncos began 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 a half-hour weekly TV show on KCEC, the local Univision affiliate operated by Entravision Communications.[143]

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Further reading

  • Dater, Adrian (2007) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Denver Broncos: Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping, and Gut-Wrenching Moments from Denver Broncos History. Triumph Books. ISBN 1-57243-975-0
  • Frei, Terry (2009) '77: Denver, The Broncos, and A Coming of Age . Taylor Trade Publishing. ISBN 1-58979-213-0
  • Morton, Craig and Dater, Adrian (2008) Then Morton Said to Elway...: The Best Denver Broncos Stories Ever Told, Triumph Books. ISBN 1-60078-121-7
  • Saccomano, Jim (2007) Game of My Life: Denver Broncos: Memorable Stories of Broncos Football. Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 1-59670-091-2
  • Saccomano, Jim and Elway, John (2009) Denver Broncos: The Complete Illustrated History. MBI Publishing Company, ISBN 0-7603-3476-5
  • Sandler, Michael (2007) John Elway and the Denver Broncos: Super Bowl XXXIII. Bearport Publishing Company. ISBN 1-59716-536-0
  • Stewart, Mark (2006)The Denver Broncos. Norwood House Press. ISBN 1-59953-066-X
  • Zimmer, Larry (2004) Denver Broncos: Colorful Tales of the Orange and Blue. Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 0-7627-2766-7

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The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver Colorado The Broncos compete in the National Football League NFL as a member club of the league s American Football Conference AFC West division The team is headquartered in Dove Valley Colorado Denver BroncosCurrent seasonEstablished August 14 1959 63 years ago August 14 1959 1 First season 1960Play in Empower Field at Mile HighDenver ColoradoHeadquartered at UCHealth Training Center in Dove Valley Colorado 2 LogoWordmarkLeague conference affiliationsAmerican Football League 1960 1969 Western Division 1960 1969 National Football League 1970 present American Football Conference 1970 present AFC West 1970 present Current uniformTeam colorsOrange navy blue white 3 4 5 MascotThunder live horse Miles costume suit PersonnelOwner s Walton Penner Family Group 6 7 CEOGreg PennerPresidentDamani LeechGeneral managerGeorge Paton 8 Head coachSean Payton 9 Team historyDenver Broncos 1960 present Team nicknamesOrange Crush defense 1977 1983 No Fly Zone defense 2014 2018 ChampionshipsLeague championships 3 Super Bowl championships 3 1997 XXXII 1998 XXXIII 2015 50 Conference championships 8 AFC 1977 1986 1987 1989 1997 1998 2013 2015Division championships 15 AFC West 1977 1978 1984 1986 1987 1989 1991 1996 1998 2005 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015Playoff appearances 22 NFL 1977 1978 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1989 1991 1993 1996 1997 1998 2000 2003 2004 2005 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015Home fieldsHilltop Stadium 1960 Mile High Stadium 1960 2000 Empower Field at Mile High 2001 present The team began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League AFL and joined the NFL as part of the merger in 1970 The Broncos are currently owned by the Walton Penner group and play their home games at Empower Field at Mile High Denver previously played its home games at Mile High Stadium from its inception in 1960 through the 2000 season The Broncos were barely competitive during their 10 year run in the AFL and their first seven years in the NFL They did not have a winning season until 1973 and qualified for their first playoffs in 1977 eventually advancing to Super Bowl XII that season Since 1975 the Broncos have become one of the NFL s most successful teams having suffered only eleven losing seasons 10 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 and share the NFL record for most Super Bowl losses 5 tied with the New England Patriots The Broncos have eight primary members enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame John Elway Floyd Little Shannon Sharpe Gary Zimmerman Terrell Davis Champ Bailey and Steve Atwater along with late club owner Pat Bowlen 11 Contents 1 Franchise history 1 1 Bob Howsman Gerald Phipps era 1960 1980 1 2 Edgar Kaiser Pat Bowlen era 1981 2018 1 2 1 Dan Reeves years 1981 1992 1 2 2 Mike Shanahan years 1995 2008 1 2 2 1 Super Bowl XXXII champions 1997 1 2 2 2 Super Bowl XXXIII champions 1998 1 2 3 Josh McDaniels years 2009 2010 1 2 4 John Fox years 2011 2014 1 2 5 Gary Kubiak years 2015 2016 1 2 5 1 Super Bowl 50 champions 2015 1 2 6 Vic Fangio years 2019 2021 1 2 7 Walton Penner Era 2022 present 2 Rivalries 2 1 Divisional 2 1 1 Kansas City Chiefs 2 1 2 Las Vegas Raiders 2 1 3 Los Angeles Chargers 2 2 Historical 2 2 1 Cleveland Browns 2 2 2 Pittsburgh Steelers 2 2 3 New England Patriots 2 2 4 Seattle Seahawks 3 Facilities 4 Logos and uniforms 4 1 1968 1996 4 2 1997 2011 4 3 2012 present 4 4 Super Bowl jersey colors 5 Statistics and records 5 1 Season by season records 6 Players of note 6 1 Current roster 6 2 50th Anniversary Team 2009 6 3 Retired numbers 6 4 Pro Football Hall of Famers 6 5 Ring of Fame 6 6 Super Bowl MVPs 6 7 Colorado Sports Hall of Fame 7 Staff and head coaches 7 1 Head coaches 7 2 Current staff 8 In the media and popular culture 9 Radio and television 10 References 11 External linksFranchise history EditFurther information History of the Denver Broncos Bob Howsman Gerald Phipps era 1960 1980 Edit The Denver Broncos were founded on August 14 1959 when minor league baseball owner Bob Howsam was awarded an American Football League AFL charter franchise 12 The Broncos won the first ever AFL game over the Boston Patriots 13 10 on September 9 1960 Seven years later on August 5 1967 they became the first ever AFL team to defeat an NFL team with a 13 7 win over the Detroit Lions in a preseason game 12 However the Broncos were not successful in the 1960s winning more than five games only once 7 7 1962 compiling a 39 97 4 293 record during the ten seasons of the AFL 13 Denver came close to losing its franchise in 1965 until a local ownership group took control 14 15 and rebuilt the team 16 The team s first superstar Franchise Floyd Little was instrumental in keeping the team in Denver due to his signing in 1967 as well as his Pro Bowl efforts on and off the field The Broncos were the only original AFL team that never played in the title game as well as the only original AFL team never to have a winning season while a member of the AFL during the upstart league s 10 year history 17 In 1972 the Broncos hired former Stanford University coach John Ralston as their head coach In 1973 he was the UPI s AFC Coach of the Year after Denver achieved its first winning season at 7 5 2 In five seasons with the Broncos Ralston guided the team to three winning seasons Though Ralston finished the 1976 season with a 9 5 record the team as was the case in Ralston s previous winning seasons still missed the playoffs Following the season several prominent players publicly voiced their discontent with Ralston which soon led to his resignation 18 The Broncos defeated the Raiders in the 1977 78 AFC Championship Game to earn their first trip to the Super Bowl Red Miller a long time assistant coach was hired and along with the Orange Crush Defense a nickname originated in 1977 also the brand of the popular orange flavored soft drink and aging quarterback Craig Morton took the Broncos to what was then a record setting 12 2 regular season record and their first playoff appearance in 1977 and ultimately made their first Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XII in which they were defeated by the Dallas Cowboys Morton s former team 27 10 19 Edgar Kaiser Pat Bowlen era 1981 2018 Edit In 1981 Broncos owner Gerald Phipps who had purchased the team in May 1961 from the original owner Bob Howsam sold the team to Canadian financier Edgar Kaiser Jr grandson of shipbuilding industrialist Henry J Kaiser 20 In 1984 the team was purchased by another Canadian Pat Bowlen who placed team ownership into a family trust sometime before 2004 and remained in day to day control until his battle with Alzheimer s disease forced him to cede the team to Joe Ellis in 2014 21 22 23 Dan Reeves years 1981 1992 Edit Dan 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 via a trade Originally drafted by the Baltimore Colts as the first pick of the draft Elway proclaimed that he would shun football in favor of baseball he was drafted by the New York Yankees to play center field and was also a pitching prospect unless he was traded to a selected list of other teams which included the Broncos 24 Prior to Elway the Broncos had over 24 different starting quarterbacks in its 23 seasons to that point 25 A ticket for the 1987 88 AFC Championship Game between the Browns and the Broncos John Elway right hands the ball for a rushing play against the Packers in 1984 Reeves and Elway guided the Broncos to six post season appearances five AFC West divisional titles three AFC championships and three Super Bowl appearances Super Bowl XXI XXII and XXIV during their 12 year span together The Broncos lost Super Bowl XXI to the New York Giants 39 20 Super Bowl XXII to the Washington Redskins 42 10 and Super Bowl XXIV to the San Francisco 49ers 55 10 the latter score remains the most lopsided scoring differential in Super Bowl history The last year of the Reeves Elway era were marked by feuding due to Reeves taking on play calling duties after ousting Elway s favorite offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan after the 1991 season as well as Reeves drafting quarterback Tommy Maddox out of UCLA instead of going with a wide receiver to help Elway Reeves was fired after the 1992 season and replaced by his protege and friend Wade Phillips who had been serving as the Broncos defensive coordinator 26 27 28 Phillips was fired after a mediocre 1994 season in which management felt he lost control of the team Mike Shanahan years 1995 2008 Edit In 1995 Mike Shanahan who had formerly served under Reeves as the Broncos offensive coordinator returned as head coach Shanahan drafted rookie running back Terrell Davis In 1996 the Broncos were the top seed in the AFC with a 13 3 record dominating most of the teams that year The fifth seeded Jacksonville Jaguars however upset the Broncos 30 27 in the divisional round of the playoffs ending the Broncos 1996 run 18 Super Bowl XXXII champions 1997 Edit During the 1997 season Elway and Davis helped guide the Broncos to their first Super Bowl victory a 31 24 win over the defending champion Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXII Though Elway completed only 13 of 22 passes throwing one interception and no touchdowns he did however have a rushing touchdown Davis rushed for 157 yards and a Super Bowl record three touchdowns to earn the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award this while overcoming a severe migraine headache that caused him blurred vision 29 Super Bowl XXXIII champions 1998 EditThe Broncos repeated 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 passes for 336 yards with an 80 yard touchdown to wide receiver Rod Smith and one interception 28 Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler in 2007 John Elway retired following the 1998 season and Brian Griese started at quarterback for the next four seasons After a 6 10 record in 1999 mostly due to a season ending injury to Terrell Davis the Broncos recovered in 2000 earning a Wild Card playoff berth but losing to the eventual Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens After missing the playoffs the following two seasons former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Jake Plummer replaced Griese in 2003 and led the Broncos to two straight 10 6 seasons earning Wild Card playoff berths both years However the Broncos went on the road to face the Indianapolis Colts in back to back seasons and were blown out by more than 20 points in each game allowing a combined 90 points 18 In the years following the back to back championships a league investigation revealed that the team had cheated the salary cap in both seasons and the 1996 season by deferring additional money to Elway and Davis outside of the salary cap In addition they purposefully avoided waiving certain players before a certain date Denver claimed the moves did not give them additional competitive avantage Between two separate punishments they were stripped of their third round picks in both the 2002 and 2005 drafts and fined nearly 2 million combined 30 31 Plummer led the Broncos to a 13 3 record in 2005 and their first AFC West division title since 1998 After a first round bye the Broncos defeated the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots 27 13 denying New England from becoming the first NFL team ever to win three consecutive Super Bowl championships They were the first team to beat the Patriots in the playoffs during the Tom Brady era The Broncos playoff run came to an end the next week after losing at home to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship game 34 17 The Steelers went on to win Super Bowl XL The Broncos defense began the first five games of the 2006 season allowing only one touchdown an NFL record that still stands ESPN commentator and Super Bowl winning QB Joe Theismann gave the 2006 defense the name Bad Blue on Monday Night Football as they played the Ravens However the team struggled down the season stretch Plummer led the team to a 7 2 record but struggled individually with inconsistent performance and more interceptions than touchdown passes As a result he would be replaced by rookie quarterback Jay Cutler Cutler went 2 3 as a starter and the Broncos finished with a 9 7 record losing the tiebreaker to the Kansas City Chiefs for the final playoff spot Cutler s first full season as a starter in 2007 became the Broncos first losing season since 1999 with a 7 9 record The 2008 season ended in a 52 21 loss at the San Diego Chargers giving the Broncos an 8 8 record and their third straight season out of the playoffs Mike Shanahan the longest tenured and most successful head coach in Broncos franchise history was fired after 14 seasons 32 Josh McDaniels years 2009 2010 Edit On January 11 2009 two weeks after Shanahan was fired the Broncos hired former New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels as the team s new head coach 33 Three months later the team acquired quarterback Kyle Orton as part of a trade that sent Jay Cutler to the Chicago Bears Under McDaniels and Orton the Broncos jumped out to a surprising 6 0 start in 2009 However the team lost eight of their next ten games finishing 8 8 for a second consecutive season and missing the playoffs The next season 2010 the Broncos set a new franchise record for losses in a single season with a 4 12 record 34 McDaniels was fired before the end of the 2010 season following a combination of the team s poor record and the fallout from a highly publicized videotaping scandal Running backs coach Eric Studesville was named interim coach for the final four games of the 2010 season 35 He chose to start rookie first round draft choice Tim Tebow at quarterback for the final three games John Fox years 2011 2014 Edit Following the 2010 season Joe Ellis was promoted from Chief Operating Officer to team president while John Elway returned to the organization as the team s Executive Vice President of Football Operations 36 In addition the Broncos hired John Fox as the team s 14th head coach Fox previously served as the Carolina Panthers head coach from 2002 to 2010 37 Following a 1 4 start to the 2011 season Tim Tebow replaced Kyle Orton as the Broncos starting quarterback and Tebow Time was born Tebow led the Broncos with toughness determination and miraculous come from behind victories which gave the Broncos hope and were the catalyst for better things to come Tebow led the Broncos to an 8 8 record and garnered the team s first playoff berth and division title since 2005 The Broncos defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Wild Card round on a memorable 80 yard touchdown pass from Tebow to wide receiver Demaryius Thomas on the first play of overtime setting a record for the fastest overtime in NFL history 38 However the Broncos lost to the New England Patriots in the Divisional round 39 In March 2012 the Broncos reached an agreement on a five year 96 million contract with former longtime Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning who had recently missed the entire 2011 season following multiple neck surgeries 40 41 This resulted in the Broncos subsequently trading incumbent quarterback Tim Tebow to the New York Jets 42 The Broncos finished with a 13 3 record and the AFC s No 1 seed in the 2012 playoffs but were defeated by the Baltimore Ravens in the Divisional round 43 Like in 2012 the 2013 Broncos finished with a 13 3 record and the AFC s No 1 seed The Broncos broke all offensive records and QB Peyton Manning shattered many QB records that season as well In the 2013 playoffs they defeated the San Diego Chargers in the Divisional round and the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship However the Broncos lost to the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLVIII by a score of 43 8 the Broncos first Super Bowl berth since winning back to back Super Bowls in 1997 and 1998 44 Prior to the start of the 2014 season the Broncos announced that Pat Bowlen the team s owner since 1984 relinquished control of the team due to his battle with Alzheimer s disease resulting in team president Joe Ellis and general manager John Elway assuming control of the team 23 The Broncos finished the 2014 season with a 12 4 record and the AFC s No 2 seed However the Broncos were defeated by the Indianapolis Colts in the Divisional round of the 2014 playoffs marking the third time in four seasons that the Broncos lost in the Divisional round of the playoffs Quarterback Peyton Manning had been playing with strained quadriceps for the final month of the 2014 season 45 Gary Kubiak won Super Bowl 50 in his first season as the Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak years 2015 2016 Edit On January 12 2015 one day after the divisional playoff loss to the Colts the Broncos and head coach John Fox mutually agreed to part ways 46 Fox left the Broncos with a 719 winning percentage in his four seasons as the Broncos head coach the highest in franchise history 47 One week later the Broncos hired Gary Kubiak as the team s 15th head coach Kubiak served as a backup quarterback to executive vice president general manager John Elway from 1983 to 1991 as well as the Broncos offensive coordinator from 1995 to 2005 48 Super Bowl 50 champions 2015 Edit Shortly after Kubiak became head coach the Broncos underwent numerous changes to their coaching staff and players including the hiring of defensive coordinator defensive mastermind Wade Phillips under whom the Broncos defense went from middle of the road to being ranked No 1 in the NFL By the 2015 season it would go on to be considered one of the greatest NFL defenses of all time along with the 1985 Bears 2000 Ravens and 2002 Buccaneers 49 The Broncos finished with a 12 4 record and the AFC s No 1 seed despite Peyton Manning having his worst statistical season since his rookie year with the Indianapolis Colts in 1998 50 Backup quarterback Brock Osweiler started the last six games of the regular season due to Manning suffering from a foot injury Manning led the Broncos throughout the playoffs The Broncos defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 23 16 in the Divisional Round and the New England Patriots 20 18 in the AFC Championship They were victorious against the Carolina Panthers 24 10 in Super Bowl 50 for their third Super Bowl title 51 On March 7 2016 quarterback Peyton Manning retired after 18 NFL seasons during a press conference at the team s Dove Valley headquarters 52 53 Following Manning s retirement the Broncos scrambled to find the team s next starting quarterback after backup quarterback Brock Osweiler departed on a four year contract to the Houston Texans The Broncos acquired Mark Sanchez from the Philadelphia Eagles and selected Paxton Lynch during the 2016 draft Sanchez Lynch and second year quarterback Trevor Siemian competed for the starting quarterback spot during the off season and preseason Prior to the regular season Sanchez was released and Siemian was named the starter 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 retirement citing health as the main reason for retiring 54 The Broncos hired Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Vance Joseph as head coach on January 11 2017 55 The Broncos finished 5 11 in 2017 as a result of an unimpressive offense led by a quarterback committee of Trevor Siemian Brock Osweiler and Paxton Lynch In an effort to address poor production from the offense the Broncos signed quarterback Case Keenum on March 14 2018 and traded away Trevor Siemian to the Minnesota Vikings on March 19 2018 On May 1 2018 the Broncos signed local undrafted free agent running back Phillip Lindsay who became a fan favorite due to his underdog mentality explosive play style and local roots Lindsay became the first undrafted player in NFL history with 100 scrimmage yards in each of their first two games 56 and on December 18 2018 Lindsay was voted to the 2019 Pro Bowl making him the first undrafted offensive rookie in NFL history to be voted to a Pro Bowl 57 After getting off to a strong start their 2018 season was up and down eventually finishing with a 6 10 record and placing third in the AFC West Coupled with the 5 11 season in 2017 the Broncos had back to back losing seasons for the first time since 1971 1972 58 Shortly after the conclusion of the regular season head coach Vance Joseph was fired after recording a poor 11 21 record in two seasons 59 Vic Fangio years 2019 2021 Edit On January 10 2019 the Broncos hired Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio to become the 17th head coach in franchise history 60 Fangio was chosen over Mike Munchak the Broncos offensive line coach Fangio received a four year contract with a team option for an additional season 61 On February 13 2019 Joe Flacco was announced as the new starting quarterback On October 6 2019 the Broncos defeated the Los Angeles Chargers for their 500th win bringing their win loss record to 500 432 62 On December 1 2019 the Broncos started Mizzou rookie quarterback Drew Lock for the first time He led the Broncos to a 4 1 record to end the 2019 season The Broncos finished 2nd place in the AFC West Division at 7 9 missing the playoffs for a fourth consecutive year In five games Lock finished with 1 020 passing yards seven touchdowns and three interceptions Due to the COVID 19 pandemic the 2020 NFL season did not have a preseason or full training camps 63 which likely contributed to an abnormally large amount of injuries that plagued the Broncos and other NFL teams Star linebacker Von Miller suffered a season ending ankle tendon injury before the regular season started and starting wide receiver Courtland Sutton suffered a season ending torn ACL during a week two game On November 29 2020 after all three of the Broncos quarterbacks were placed in COVID 19 protocol the Broncos were forced to turn to undrafted wide receiver and former college quarterback Kendall Hinton as the emergency quarterback Hinton completed only one pass for 13 yards in 9 attempts the fewest pass completions in a single game in franchise history and was intercepted twice The Broncos only scoring play was a 58 yard field goal by placekicker Brandon McManus in a 31 3 loss to the New Orleans Saints In July 2021 the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced that Hinton s quarterback wristband would be added to the Hall of Fame as part of a display 64 The Broncos finished the 2020 season with a record of 5 11 last in the AFC West and missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year Following another season of uninspiring quarterback performances the Broncos were the subject of multiple quarterback trade rumors during the 2021 offseason Aaron Rodgers and Deshaun Watson were two names rumored to be of interest for the Broncos but ultimately the Broncos traded for quarterback Teddy Bridgewater on April 28 2021 Bridgewater won the subsequent quarterback competition between himself and Drew Lock during the preseason and he was named the Broncos starting quarterback on August 25 2021 The Broncos also made notable improvements in the defensive secondary signing former All Pro cornerback Kyle Fuller and cornerback Ronald Darby as well as drafting Alabama cornerback Patrick Surtain II with the ninth overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft Running back Phillip Lindsay was replaced by UNC rookie running back Javonte Williams who was drafted in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft by the Broncos On October 31 2021 Peyton Manning who won two AFC Championships Super Bowl 50 and an NFL MVP during his four seasons as a Bronco was inducted to the Broncos Ring of Fame during a game against Washington 65 On November 1 2021 the Broncos traded franchise legend Von Miller to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for a 2nd and 3rd round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft 66 At the time of the trade Miller was the longest tenured Bronco on the team and the only remaining non special teams player from Denver s Super Bowl 50 roster After another mediocre performance in the 2021 season with the Broncos going 7 10 head coach Vic Fangio was dismissed on January 8 2022 after losing to the Kansas City Chiefs 67 The Broncos announced the hiring of Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett as head coach on January 27 2022 68 The Broncos then announced on February 1 2022 that they were now up for sale and that they would be parting ways with the Bowlen family the former owners of the franchise 69 Hackett s first hire as head coach was Justin Outten as offensive coordinator He was hired on February 2 2022 On March 16 2022 the Broncos traded Drew Lock Noah Fant Shelby Harris Denver s 2022 first round pick No 9 its 2022 second round pick No 40 its 2023 first and second round picks and its 2022 fifth round round pick for Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks 2022 fourth round pick 70 Walton Penner Era 2022 present Edit On June 7 2022 the Broncos announced that the Walton Penner family led by Rob Walton had entered in an agreement to acquire the Denver Broncos for 4 65 billion a North American record subject to approval by the NFL Finance Committee and 3 4 of the league s team owners 71 72 The Broncos announced that Condoleezza Rice would join the ownership group on July 11 2022 73 On August 10 2022 the Broncos formally introduced the new ownership group to the media and Denver community The full group comprises Rob Walton Carrie Walton Penner Greg Penner Mellody Hobson Condoleezza Rice and Lewis Hamilton 74 On December 26 with the Broncos sitting at 4 11 following a 51 14 Christmas Day loss to the Los Angeles Rams Hackett was fired and replaced by interim head coach Jerry Rosburg He became the fifth head coach to not finish his first season after Lou Holtz in 1976 Pete McCulley in 1978 Bobby Petrino in 2007 and Urban Meyer in 2021 Jerry Rosburg was released from the staff on January 25 Rivalries EditDivisional Edit See also American Football League The Denver Broncos have three AFC West rivals the Kansas City Chiefs Las Vegas Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers All teams along with the Broncos were charter members of the American Football League AFL with each team placed in the AFL Western Division The Broncos were barely competitive during the AFL years 1960 69 going a combined 10 49 1 against the Chiefs Chargers and Raiders Kansas City Chiefs Edit Further information Broncos Chiefs rivalry The Broncos have had several memorable matchups with the Chiefs particularly during the years in which John Elway was the Broncos starting quarterback 1983 98 The Broncos defeated the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in the divisional round of the 1997 NFL playoffs en route to their first Super Bowl victory The Chiefs currently hold a 69 55 series lead over the Broncos including the aforementioned 1997 divisional playoff game Las Vegas Raiders Edit Further information Broncos Raiders rivalry The rivalry with the Raiders was ignited in 1977 when the Broncos advanced to their first Super Bowl by defeating the defending champion Raiders in the 1977 AFC Championship The rivalry intensified in the mid 1990s when Mike Shanahan was hired as the Broncos head coach in 1995 Shanahan coached the Raiders in 1988 before being fired four games into the 1989 season The Raiders currently hold a 70 54 2 series lead over the Broncos including 1 1 in the playoffs Los Angeles Chargers Edit Further information Broncos Chargers rivalry Unlike their records against the Chiefs and Raiders the Broncos currently have a winning record against the Chargers with a 70 54 1 series lead including 1 0 in the playoffs The Broncos pulled off one of the largest comebacks in Monday Night Football history when Peyton Manning led the Broncos from a 24 0 halftime deficit to a 35 24 win at San Diego s Qualcomm Stadium during the 2012 season The two teams met in the playoffs for the first time on January 12 2014 at Denver s Sports Authority Field at Mile High with the Broncos winning 24 17 Historical Edit Aside from the aforementioned AFC West teams the Broncos have had intra conference rivalries over the years with the Cleveland Browns Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots The Broncos and Seattle Seahawks were also former AFC West rivals from 1977 2001 after which Seattle was realigned to the NFC West Cleveland Browns Edit See also The Drive American football and The Fumble The Broncos had a brief rivalry with the Browns that arose from three AFC championship matches in 1986 1987 and 1989 In the 1986 AFC Championship quarterback John Elway led The Drive to secure a tie in the waning moments at Cleveland Municipal Stadium the Broncos went on to win in 23 20 in overtime 75 One year later the two teams met again in the 1987 AFC Championship at Mile High Stadium Denver took a 21 3 lead but Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar threw four touchdown passes to tie the game at 31 31 halfway through the 4th quarter After a long drive John Elway threw a 20 yard touchdown pass to running back Sammy Winder to give Denver a 38 31 lead Cleveland advanced to Denver s 8 yard line with 1 12 left but Broncos safety Jeremiah Castille stripped Browns running back Earnest Byner of the football at the 2 yard line a play that has been called The Fumble by Browns fans The Broncos recovered it gave Cleveland an intentional safety and went on to win 38 33 76 The two teams met yet again in the 1989 AFC Championship at Mile High Stadium which the Broncos easily won by a score of 37 21 77 The Broncos did not win the Super Bowl after any of the championship games where they defeated the Browns losing by an aggregate of 136 40 Pittsburgh Steelers Edit Further information Broncos Steelers rivalry As of the end of the 2015 season the Broncos and Steelers have met in postseason play eight times tied with five other pairings for the second most frequent playoff matchups in NFL playoff history The Broncos currently own a 5 3 playoff record vs the Steelers 78 Perhaps the most memorable postseason matchup occurred in the 1997 AFC Championship in which the Broncos defeated the Steelers 24 21 at Three Rivers Stadium en route to their first Super Bowl victory Eight years later the Steelers returned the favor at INVESCO Field at Mile High defeating the Broncos 34 17 in the 2005 AFC Championship and subsequently won Super Bowl XL 79 In the Wild Card round of the 2011 playoffs in a game dubbed The 3 16 game the Broncos stunned the Steelers 29 23 on the first play of overtime when quarterback Tim Tebow connected with wide receiver Demaryius Thomas on an 80 yard game winning touchdown pass 80 The teams met again in the Divisional round of the 2015 playoffs at Denver where the Broncos defeated the Steelers 23 16 on their way to a victory in Super Bowl 50 81 New England Patriots Edit See also Broncos Patriots rivalry and Tom Brady Peyton Manning rivalry The Broncos and Patriots met twice annually during the American Football League AFL years from 1960 to 1969 and played in the first ever AFL game on September 9 1960 82 Since 1995 the two teams have met frequently during the regular season including nine consecutive seasons from 1995 to 2003 83 As of the end of the 2015 season the two teams have met in the playoffs five times with the Broncos owning a 4 1 record 84 The teams first playoff match on January 4 1987 was John Elway s first career playoff win 85 while the teams second playoff match on January 14 2006 game was the Broncos first playoff win since Elway s retirement after the 1998 season 86 The game was also notable for Champ Bailey s 100 yard interception that resulted in a touchdown saving tackle by Benjamin Watson at the 1 yard line 87 On October 11 2009 the two teams met with former Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels as the Broncos head coach Both teams wore their AFL 50th anniversary jerseys 88 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 that resulted in a 41 yard game winning field goal by Matt Prater 89 The two teams met in the Divisional round of the 2011 playoffs with the Patriots blowing out Tim Tebow and the Broncos by a score of 45 10 39 The Broncos rivalry with the Patriots later intensified when longtime Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning became the Broncos starting quarterback from 2012 to 2015 Manning and Patriots quarterback Tom Brady maintained a legendary rivalry from 2001 90 until Manning s retirement after the 2015 season 91 Though Brady dominated Manning in regular season play winning nine of twelve meetings Manning won three of five playoff meetings including the Broncos 26 16 win in the 2013 AFC Championship and the Broncos 20 18 win in the 2015 AFC Championship 92 Seattle Seahawks Edit Main article Broncos Seahawks rivalry The Broncos had an old rivalry with the Seattle Seahawks who were members of the AFC West from 1977 to 2001 prior to the Seahawks move to the NFC West as part of the NFL s 2002 re alignment 93 During the 25 years in which the Seahawks resided in the AFC West the Broncos went 32 18 against the Seahawks including a loss at Seattle in the 1983 NFL playoffs Since 2002 the Broncos have won three of five interconference meetings 94 and the two teams met in Super Bowl XLVIII on February 2 2014 with the Seahawks winning by a score of 43 8 95 Facilities Edit Mile High Stadium was the home of the Broncos from 1960 to 2000 For most of their history the Denver Broncos played in Mile High Stadium The AFL Broncos played at the University of Denver s Hilltop Stadium from time to time including the first victory of an AFL team over an NFL team The Broncos beat the Detroit Lions on August 5 1967 in a preseason 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 replacement games during the 1987 strike but both were sold out before the strike During home games the attendance is announced to the crowd along with the number of no shows the fans subsequently boo the no shows The fans are also known to chant IN COM PLETE every time the visiting team throws an incomplete pass 96 The stadium s legendary home field advantage is regarded as one of the best in the NFL especially during the playoffs The Broncos had the best home record in pro football over a 32 year span from 1974 to 2006 191 65 1 Mile High Stadium was one of the NFL s loudest stadiums with steel flooring instead of concrete which may have given the Broncos an advantage over opponents plus the advantage of altitude conditioning for the Broncos In 2001 the team moved into then named Invesco Field at Mile High built next to the former site of the since demolished Mile High Stadium Sportswriter Woody Paige along with many of Denver s fans however often refused to call the stadium by its full name preferring to use Mile High Stadium because of its storied history and sentimental import Additionally The Denver Post had an official policy of referring to the stadium as simply Mile High Stadium in protest but dropped this policy in 2004 97 Empower Field at Mile High has been the Broncos home since 2001 Prior to the 2011 season Englewood based sporting goods retailer Sports Authority claimed the naming rights of Invesco Field which became known as Sports Authority Field at Mile High 98 99 However in the summer of 2016 Sports Authority went bankrupt the stadium was renamed Broncos Stadium at Mile High and the Broncos sought out a naming rights sponsor until September 2019 when they agreed to rename the stadium Empower Field at Mile High 100 The altitude has also been attributed as part of the team s home success The stadium displays multiple references to the stadium s location of 5 280 feet 1 000 mi above sea level including a prominent mural just outside the visiting team s locker room The team training facility the UCHealth Training Center formerly known as the Paul D Bowlen Memorial Broncos Centre is a state of the art facility located in Dove Valley With 13 5 acres 5 5 ha of property the facility hosts three full size fields a complete weight and training facility and a cafeteria 101 102 In their more than half century of existence the Broncos have never been shut out at home a streak of over 400 games as of the 2016 season 103 In late 2012 the Broncos announced that the stadium would receive 30 million upgrades including a new video board in the south end zone three times larger than the previous display The renovations were finished before kickoff of the 2013 season 104 Logos and uniforms Edit1968 1996 Edit Wordmark previously used by the Broncos 1968 1996 Denver Broncos uniform set from 1968 to 1996 The logo was designed by Edwin Guy Taylor of Denver A contest was held through Public Service of Denver to come up with a new logo for the team Taylor s submission was selected late in 1967 and adopted soon after The team briefly wore orange pants with the away jerseys between 1969 1971 and 1978 1979 When the Broncos debuted in 1960 their original uniforms drew as much attention as their play on the field They featured white and mustard yellow jerseys with contrasting brown helmets brown pants and vertically striped socks Two years later the team unveiled a new logo featuring a bucking horse and changed their team colors to orange royal blue and white The 1962 uniform consisted of white pants orange helmets and either orange or white jerseys 3 In 1968 the Broncos debuted a design that became known as the Orange Crush Their logo was redesigned so that the horse was coming out of a D Additionally the helmets were changed to royal blue with thin stripes placed onto the sleeves and other minor modifications were added From 1969 to 1971 and again from 1978 to 1979 the team wore orange pants with their white jerseys 105 The facemasks became white from grey in 1975 The Broncos wore their white jerseys at home throughout the 1971 season as well as for 1980 home games vs the San Diego Chargers and Dallas Cowboys the latter in hopes to bring out the blue jersey jinx which has followed the Cowboys for decades it worked the Broncos won 41 20 The Broncos wore their white jerseys for 1983 home games vs the Philadelphia Eagles Los Angeles Raiders and Cincinnati Bengals but did not wear white at home again for two decades see next section 105 106 In 1994 in honor of the 75th anniversary season of the NFL the Broncos wore their 1965 throwback uniforms for two games a Week 3 home game against the Raiders as well a road game at the Buffalo Bills the following week 105 1997 2011 Edit Thunder mascot The Broncos radically changed their logo and uniforms in 1997 a design that the team continues to use to this day The new logos and uniforms were unveiled on February 4 1997 107 Navy blue replaced royal blue on the team s color scheme The current logo is a profile of a horse s head with an orange mane and navy blue outlines 108 The Broncos popular live animal mascot Thunder was the inspiration to incorporate a horse head profile as part of the logo on the team s helmets 109 During a February 4 1997 press conference introducing the new logo the team president and the art director for Nike who were the creators of the new design described it as a powerful horse with a fiery eye and mane 110 The Broncos began wearing navy blue jerseys replacing their longtime orange jerseys that had been the team s predominant home jersey color since 1962 This new uniform design features a new word mark numbering font and a streak that runs up and down the sides of both the jerseys and the pants On the navy blue jerseys the streak is orange with an orange collar and white numerals trimmed in orange while on the road white jerseys the streak is navy blue with a thin orange accent strip on both sides a navy collar and navy numerals trimmed in orange the helmet facemasks became navy blue When they debuted these uniforms were vilified by the press and fans until the Broncos won their first ever Super Bowl in the new design that same season The navy blue jerseys served as the team s primary home jersey until the end of the 2011 season see next section 108 In 2002 the Broncos introduced an alternate orange jersey that is a mirror image of the aforementioned navy blue jerseys but with orange and navy trading places Like the road white jerseys the white pants with the navy blue streaks running down the sides are worn with this uniform This jersey was used only once in the 2002 and 2004 seasons and were used twice per season from 2008 to 2011 Mike Shanahan the team s head coach from 1995 to 2008 was not a big fan of the alternate orange jerseys 111 The Broncos previously wore orange jerseys as a throwback uniform in a Thanksgiving Day game at the Dallas Cowboys in 2001 112 The team also introduced navy blue pants in 2003 with orange side streaks to match with the navy blue jerseys Though they were part of the uniform change in 1997 in fact they were worn for a couple of 1997 preseason games and most players wanted to wear them the only player who vetoed wearing them was John Elway thereby delaying their eventual introduction 113 From 2003 to 2011 these pants were primarily used for select prime time and late season home games excluding the 2008 season and since 2012 are used exclusively with the now alternate navy blue jerseys see next section On November 16 2003 the Broncos wore their white jerseys at home for the first time since 1983 in a game vs the San Diego Chargers This was compensation for a uniform mix up after the teams first meeting at San Diego s Qualcomm Stadium in Week 2 earlier that season when the Chargers were the team that was supposed to declare their uniform color The Chargers were planning to wear their white jerseys but the visiting Broncos came to the stadium in white and were fined 25 000 by the NFL as a result When the two teams met at INVESCO Field at Mile High later that season Week 11 the NFL allowed the visiting Chargers to choose their uniform color in advance and they chose navy blue forcing the Broncos to wear their white jerseys at home 113 In 2009 in honor of their 50th anniversary season as one of the eight original American Football League teams the Broncos wore their 1960 throwback uniforms brown helmets mustard yellow and brown jerseys for games against two fellow AFL rivals a Week 5 home game vs the New England Patriots as well as the following week at the San Diego Chargers 114 115 2012 present Edit Beginning in 2012 the orange jerseys that served as the alternate colored jerseys from 2002 to 2011 became the primary home jersey while the navy blue jerseys that served as the primary home jersey from 1997 to 2011 switched to alternate designation The change was made due to overwhelming popularity with the fans who pressured the Broncos to return to orange as the team s primary home jersey color 108 Since the 2012 uniform change the team has worn the alternate navy blue jerseys for at least one home game per season with the exception of 2013 in which the Broncos wore their alternate navy blue uniforms for an October 6 2013 road game at the Dallas Cowboys which the Broncos won in a shootout 51 48 116 The team will either wear the navy blue or the white pants with the orange side stripes to match with the alternate navy blue jerseys The team initially did not wear the white pants with the orange side stripes until a November 1 2015 game vs the Green Bay Packers in which the Broncos wore said design in order to match the uniform ensemble that was used during the team s Super Bowl XXXII win over the Packers 117 On October 30 2022 the Broncos debuted a new combination of white jerseys and alternate navy blue pants in an NFL London Game at the Jacksonville Jaguars with mismatched side stripes of navy blue white jersey and orange navy blue pants 118 As the designated home team in Super Bowl 50 the Broncos who have a 0 4 Super Bowl record when using their standard orange jerseys chose to wear their white jerseys as the designated home team 119 120 In 2016 the Broncos unveiled a new Color Rush uniform which the team wore for a Thursday Night game at the San Diego Chargers on October 13 2016 The uniform kit contained the following features orange pants which the team wore for the first time since 1979 orange socks and shoes along with block style numerals trimmed in navy blue that mirrored the team s 1968 1996 uniform style Due to the NFL s one helmet rule implemented in 2013 the helmets remained the same with the team temporarily replacing the modern primary logo with the throwback D horse logo 121 The same uniform was used for a Thursday night game against the Indianapolis Colts during the 2017 season and again during a 2018 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers 122 Super Bowl jersey colors Edit Super Bowl Date Opponent Favorite Jersey Color ResultXII 12 January 15 1978 Dallas Cowboys Cowboys by 6 Orange L 27 10XXI 21 January 25 1987 New York Giants Giants by 9 5 White L 39 20XXII 22 January 31 1988 Washington Redskins Broncos by 3 Orange L 42 10XXIV 24 January 28 1990 San Francisco 49ers 49ers by 12 Orange L 55 10XXXII 32 January 25 1998 Green Bay Packers Packers by 11 Navy blue W 31 24XXXIII 33 January 31 1999 Atlanta Falcons Broncos by 7 5 White W 34 19XLVIII 48 February 2 2014 Seattle Seahawks Broncos by 2 Orange L 43 850 L February 7 2016 Carolina Panthers Panthers by 5 5 White W 24 10Statistics and records EditSeason by season records Edit Main article List of Denver Broncos seasonsPlayers of note EditCurrent roster Edit Denver Broncos rosterviewtalkedit Quarterbacks 11 Jarrett Guarantano Jarrett Stidham 3 Russell WilsonRunning backs 36 Tyler Badie Michael Burton FB 28 Damarea Crockett Tony Jones Jr 39 Tyreik McAllister Samaje Perine 33 Javonte WilliamsWide receivers Marquez Callaway 1 K J Hamler 9 Kendall Hinton Lil Jordan Humphrey 10 Jerry Jeudy 89 Brandon Johnson 81 Tim Patrick 14 Courtland Sutton 15 Jalen Virgil 12 Montrell WashingtonTight ends 80 Greg Dulcich Chris Manhertz 85 Albert Okwuegbunam Offensive linemen 75 Quinn Bailey T 72 Garett Bolles T 79 Lloyd Cushenberry C 67 Christian DiLauro T 65 Parker Ferguson G Kyle Fuller C Mike McGlinchey T 77 Quinn Meinerz G Ben Powers G Isaiah Prince T 78 William Sherman T 68 Hunter Thedford T 60 Luke Wattenberg GDefensive linemen Zach Allen DE 95 Elijah Garcia DE 92 Jonathan Harris DE 91 Matt Henningsen DE Jordan Jackson DE 97 D J Jones NT 98 Mike Purcell NT 96 Eyioma Uwazurike DE Linebackers 45 Christopher Allen OLB 42 Nik Bonitto OLB 56 Baron Browning OLB 53 Jonathon Cooper OLB 5 Randy Gregory OLB 50 Jonas Griffith ILB 47 Josey Jewell ILB 54 Jacob Martin OLB 94 Aaron Patrick OLB 49 Alex Singleton ILB 40 Justin Strnad ILB 43 Ray Wilborn OLBDefensive backs 34 Essang Bassey CB 29 Faion Hicks CB 13 Delonte Hood CB 38 Devon Key FS 6 P J Locke FS 27 Damarri Mathis CB 35 Ja Quan McMillian CB 31 Justin Simmons FS Tremon Smith CB 30 Caden Sterns SS 2 Patrick Surtain II CB 32 Delarrin Turner Yell SS 21 K Waun Williams CBSpecial teams Riley Dixon P 48 Mitchell Fraboni LS 8 Brandon McManus K Rookies in italicsRoster updated April 26 2023 Depth chartTransactions 72 active AFC rosters NFC rosters50th Anniversary Team 2009 Edit The Denver Broncos announced the club s 50th anniversary team on September 15 2009 The anniversary team was voted on by users at DenverBroncos com from June 6 September 4 2009 123 Retired numbers Edit Denver Broncos retired numbersNo Player Position Career Retired7 John Elway QB 1983 1998 September 13 199918 Frank Tripucka QB 1960 1963 1963 2012Peyton Manning QB 2012 2015 2016 44 Floyd Little RB 1967 1975 1984 Note No 18 was re issued for Peyton Manning after Tripucka gave his approval it was used by Manning from the 2012 season until his retirement after the 2015 season 124 Manning s name was added to the retired number s banner as an honorable mention 125 126 127 Pro Football Hall of Famers Edit Hall of Fame CB Champ Bailey Hall of Fame RB Terrell Davis Hall of Fame QB John Elway Hall of Fame RB Floyd Little Hall of Fame TE Shannon Sharpe Denver Broncos Hall of FamersPlayersNo Name Position s Season s Inducted24 Brown Willie Willie Brown CB 1963 1966 198433 Tony Dorsett RB 1988 19947 John Elway QB 1983 1998 200465 Gary Zimmerman OT 1993 1997 200844 Floyd Little RB 1967 1975 201019 Jerry Rice WR 2005 201084 Shannon Sharpe TE 1990 19992002 2003 201130 Terrell Davis RB 1995 2001 201720 Brian Dawkins SS 2009 2011 201824 Champ Bailey CB 2004 2013 201926 Ty Law CB 2009 201927 Steve Atwater FS 1989 1998 202047 John Lynch SS 2004 2007 202118 Peyton Manning QB 2012 2015 202194 DeMarcus Ware LB 2014 2016 2023Coaches and ContributorsName Position s Season s InductedMike Munchak OL Coach 2019 2021 2001Pat Bowlen Owner CEO 1984 2019 2019Ring of Fame Edit The Broncos have a Ring of Fame on the Level 5 facade of Empower Field at Mile High which honors the following Denver Broncos Ring of FameNo Name Position s Seasons Inducted23 Goose Gonsoulin S 1960 1966 198487 Rich Jackson DE 1967 1972 198444 Floyd Little RB 1967 1975 198487 Lionel Taylor WR 1960 1966 1984 Gerald Phipps Owner 1961 1981 198512 Charley Johnson QB 1972 1975 198670 Paul Smith DE 1968 1978 198618 Frank Tripucka QB 1960 1963 198636 Billy Thompson CB S 1969 1981 19877 Craig Morton QB 1977 1982 198825 Haven Moses WR 1972 1981 198815 Jim Turner PK 1971 1979 198853 Randy Gradishar LB 1974 1983 198957 Tom Jackson LB 1973 1986 199220 Louis Wright CB 1975 1986 19937 John Elway QBGeneral manager 1983 19982011 2020 199977 Karl Mecklenburg LB 1983 1995 200149 Dennis Smith SS 1981 1994 200165 Gary Zimmerman OT 1993 1997 200327 Steve Atwater SS 1989 1998 200530 Terrell Davis RB 1995 2001 200784 Shannon Sharpe TE 1990 1999 2002 2003 200980 Rod Smith WR 1994 2006 201266 Tom Nalen C 1994 2007 201321 Gene Mingo RB K RS 1960 1964 2014 Dan Reeves Head coach 1981 1992 201480 Rick Upchurch WR RS 1975 1983 2014 Pat Bowlen Owner 1984 2013 20151 Jason Elam PK 1993 2007 201673 Simon Fletcher LB DE 1985 1995 201647 John Lynch SS 2004 2007 2016 Red Miller Head coach 1977 1980 201724 Champ Bailey CB 2004 2013 2019 Mike Shanahan Head coach 1984 1987 WR Coach QB Coach Offensive Coordinator 1989 1991 QB Coach Offensive Coordinator 1995 2008 Head Coach 202018 Peyton Manning QB 2012 2015 2021Super Bowl MVPs Edit Super Bowl MVP WinnersSuper Bowl Player PositionXXXII Terrell Davis RBXXXIII John Elway QB50 Von Miller LBColorado Sports Hall of Fame Edit Main article Colorado Sports Hall of FameStaff and head coaches EditHead coaches Edit Main article List of Denver Broncos head coaches The most recent head coach of the Broncos was Nathaniel Hackett 128 On December 26 2022 ownership announced that Hackett had been fired after he led the team to a disappointing 4 11 record despite entering the season with high expectations 129 Current staff Edit Denver Broncos staffvte Front officeOwners Walton Penner Family Ownership Group CEO Greg Penner President Damani Leech General manager George Paton Assistant general manager Darren Mougey Director of player personnel Reed Burckhardt Director of pro personnel A J Durso Executive director of football operations Kelly Kleine Vice president of football administration Rich Hurtado Vice president of football operation and compliance Mark Thewes Vice president of player development Ray Jackson Director of college scouting Brian Stark Senior personnel executive Roman Phifer Assistant director of college scouting Nick SchiralliHead coachHead coach Sean Payton Assistant head coach Mike Westhoff Assistant to the head coach Paul KellyOffensive coachesOffensive coordinator Joe Lombardi Pass game coordinator John Morton Quarterbacks Davis Webb Running backs Lou Ayeni Wide receivers Keary Colbert Tight ends Declan Doyle Offensive line Zach Strief Assistant offensive line Austin King Offensive quality control Zack Grossi Offensive quality control Logan Kilgore Offensive quality control Favian Upshaw Defensive coachesDefensive coordinator Vance Joseph Defensive line Marcus Dixon Outside linebackers Michael Wilhoite Inside linebackers Greg Manusky Defensive backs Christian Parker Senior defensive assistant Joe Vitt Defense quality control Addison Lynch Defense quality control Isaac Shewmaker Pass rush specialist Jamar CainSpecial teams coachesSpecial teams coordinator Ben Kotwica Assistant special teams Chris BanjoStrength and ConditioningVice president of player health and performance Beau Lowery Head strength and conditioning Dan Dalrymple Assistant strength and conditioning Korey Jones Assistant strength and conditioning Shaun Snee Coaching staff Management More NFL staffsIn the media and popular culture EditTim McKernan a k a Barrel Man began wearing a barrel in 1977 after making a 10 equivalent to 40 in 2021 bet with his brother Scott that by wearing one he could get on television McKernan won the bet and the barrel he had painted to look like an Orange Crush soda can became his signature costume and resulted in him becoming one of the Broncos most recognized fans and a popular mascot McKernan died on December 5 2009 130 The animated television show South Park set in Park County often mentions the Denver Broncos show creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone both grew up in Colorado as devout Broncos fans 131 In The Simpsons season 5 episode Cape Feare when the family are to be given new identities Homer imagines himself as John Elway scoring a consolation touchdown against San Francisco Conversely in the 1996 episode You Only Move Twice Hank Scorpio gives Homer Simpson the Denver Broncos as a thank you gift for helping him However Homer complains that he wanted to own the Dallas Cowboys as the Broncos team that just arrived are playing very sloppy football on his front lawn a reference to the team losing four Super Bowl appearances three by significant margins including Super Bowl XII against Dallas Incidentally the Broncos were 13 3 in the 1996 season and won the Super Bowl the next two seasons Only two seasons later in the Super Bowl centric episode Sunday Cruddy Sunday Homer chooses Denver as his Super Bowl XXXIII pick over Moe s choice of the Atlanta Falcons In the episode The Bonfire of the Manatees Homer picks the Broncos to win the Super Bowl over the Seattle Seahawks The two teams later did play against each other in Super Bowl XLVIII which aired on Fox the U S home of The Simpsons but the result was a Seahawks victory instead In the 1979 Mork amp Mindy episode Hold That Mork Mork s character played by Robin Williams became the first male cheerleader in Broncos history As a member of the Pony Express he trotted out on the field at Mile High Stadium during an actual Broncos game vs the New England Patriots on November 11 1979 The episode aired exactly two weeks later 132 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 Brandon Stokley Some former Broncos work in radio KKFN and KDFD in Denver Colorado Former tight end and wide receiver Nate Jackson has written and published two nonfiction books Slow Getting Up 133 and Fantasy Man 134 His writing about the NFL has appeared in Slate 135 Deadspin 136 The Daily Beast 137 The New York Times 138 The Wall Street Journal 139 and BuzzFeed 140 among others Jackson also co hosts the Caveman Poet Society 141 Radio and television EditMain article List of Denver Broncos broadcasters The Broncos flagship radio station is currently KOA 850AM a 50 000 watt station owned by iHeartMedia Dave Logan is the play by play announcer with 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