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#Broncos play by play pro
#Broncos play by play professional

Following the season, several prominent players publicly voiced their discontent with Ralston, which soon led to his resignation. 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. In five seasons with the Broncos, Ralston guided the team to winning seasons three times. In 1973, he was the UPI's AFC Coach of the Year, after Denver achieved its first winning season at 7–5–2. In 1972, the Broncos hired former Stanford University coach John Ralston as their head coach. 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.

#Broncos play by play pro

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. ĭenver came close to losing its franchise in 1965, until a local ownership group took control, and rebuilt the team.

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. 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. The Broncos won the first-ever AFL game over the Boston Patriots 13–10, on September 9, 1960. 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.

1.2.2.2 Super Bowl XXXIII champions (1998)įurther information: History of the Denver Broncos Bob Howsman/Gerald Phipps era (1960–1980).

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. 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). Since 1975, the Broncos have become one of the NFL's most successful teams, having suffered only eleven losing seasons. 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. The Broncos were barely competitive during their 10-year run in the AFL and their first seven years in the NFL.

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

#Broncos play by play professional

The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. Empower Field at Mile High (2001–present).