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Empower Field at Mile High, where the Broncos have played their home games since 2001.. The Denver Broncos are an American football franchise based in Denver, Colorado.Founded by Bob Howsam on August 14, 1959, the team was one of the founder members of the American Football League (AFL), which began in 1960, before merging with the National Football League (NFL) ahead of the 1970 season, [1 ...
The following season, the Broncos began the year by winning their first 13 games. The first loss of the season came at the hands of the Giants, as Kent Graham hit Amani Toomer late in the fourth quarter to steal a 20–16 victory.
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. [15] In 1972, the Broncos hired former Stanford University coach John Ralston as their head coach. [16]
The Broncos are back in the playoffs for the first time since winning Super Bowl 50 on Feb. 7, 2016. Their eight-year playoff drought was the longest for a team that hoisted the Lombardi Trophy. ...
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[3] [4] Shanahan was the first Broncos head coach to win a Super Bowl following the 1997 season, and repeated the feat following the 1998 season. The Broncos next Super Bowl victory was for Super Bowl 50 following the 2015 season under the leadership of coach Gary Kubiak who had previously played for Denver and served as an assistant coach.
The Broncos gave up three touchdown drives in the second half, including a six-play, 90-yard touchdown drive that put the game out of reach. Denver was outscored 21-6 after halftime.
† In Week 12 of the 2020 NFL season against the New Orleans Saints, backup quarterback Jeff Driskel tested positive for COVID-19 and all of Denver's quarterbacks were ruled ineligible due to being close contacts with him. As a result, practice squad receiver Kendall Hinton, who had some experience at quarterback, was activated t