Later, in Georgetown, then-folk singer John Denver, Taffy Nivert and Bill Danoff wrote a song called " Take Me Home, Country Roads ", which launched Denver's career as one of the most popular singers in the country.

Mike Kobluk, Joe Frazier and David Boise later left the music industry, Chad Mitchell released a number of solo albums before retiring from music, and Denver's time with the trio became the springboard to his highly successful solo career.

The Texans made themselves a comforting break on the opening kickoff when Denver's Al Carmichael was jarred loose from the ball when Dave Grayson, the speedy halfback, hit him and Guard Al Reynolds claimed it for Dallas.

5 plays later, defensive back Mark Washington intercepted another errant Morton pass and returned it 27 yards to Denver's 35-yard line with just 6 seconds left in the period, but Herrera missed yet another field goal attempt, this time from 44 yards out as time expired in the first half.

On Denver's first drive of the second quarter, Elway dropped back to pass from his own 18-yard line on third down.

Two plays later from Denver's 6-yard line, Simms threw a pass to Bavaro in the endzone.

After backup quarterback Gary Kubiak scored Denver's only touchdown with less than two minutes to go, the Bills then clinched the victory when defensive back Kirby Jackson forced and recovered a fumble from running back Steve Sewell on Denver's final drive of the game.

Reeves was Denver's head coach from 1981 to 1992 NFL season, leading the Elway-led Broncos to Super Bowls XXI, XXII, and XXIV.

Griffith took the ball to the end zone from there with two consecutive running plays, the second a 1-yard run to increase Denver's lead to 24-6.

The Bulls then acquired Ömer Aşık from the Portland Trail Blazers ( selected with the 36th pick ) for Denver's 2009 regular second-round draft pick, New York's 2009 regular second-round draft pick, and the Bulls ' 2010 regular second-round draft pick.

Cathcart was killed by a bullet from Denver's revolver, and Denver's only alibi is that he was out for a walk at the time Cathcart died.

The big left field stand was originally planned to be capable of sliding toward or away from the gridiron ( as Denver's Mile High Stadium later would be ), but that part of the project was never realized.

Goldberg hired former University of Minnesota coach Bill Musselman and, with a completely different roster, color scheme, set of uniforms and just about everything else, sought to repeat Denver's turnaround, in 1974-75, from mediocrity to championship contender.

moving toward revolutionary industrial unionism, Denver's labor radicals were not building from scratch ; rather, they drew upon and elaborated ideas and strategies generated by the previous twenty years of Denver's labor history ... the labor wars of 1903-4 may have triggered the formation of the IWW, the ideological synthesis it would uphold had been worked out in the American Labor Union's leadership by the summer of 1903 ...

The Rockies played their first two seasons, 1993 and 1994, in Mile High Stadium before moving to Coors Field, two blocks from Union Station in Denver's Lower Downtown ( or LoDo ) neighborhood.

He also caught 86 passes for 906 yards that year and was the NFL's leader in total yards from scrimmage with an astounding 2, 227, beating out Denver's MVP running back Terrell Davis by 2 yards, while also finishing 4th in the league in receptions.

It was written by John Martin Sommers, a guitar / fiddle player in Denver's backup band, on December 31, 1973 ( Denver's thirtieth birthday ) when he was driving from his home in Aspen, Colorado to Los Angeles.

Denver's most illustrious native son was William Alexander Graham ( September 5, 1804 – August 11, 1875 ) who was a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1840 to 1843, Governor of North Carolina from 1845 to 1849 and United States Secretary of the Navy from 1850 to 1852.

Auraria is easily confused with, but is entirely distinct from the City of Aurora, Denver's neighbor some six miles to the east.

On the Broncos ' next possession, Morton was intercepted again when his pass was tipped by linebacker Bob Breunig into the arms of defensive back Aaron Kyle, who then returned the ball 19 yards to Denver's 35-yard line.

But Denver's defense made a great stand in the opening minutes of the second quarter, tackling Anderson for no gain on third down and 1, and then stopping him for a 2-yard loss on a fourth down conversion attempt.

In 1965, Denver joined the Chad Mitchell Trio, a folk group that had been renamed " The Mitchell Trio " prior to Chad Mitchell's departure and before Denver's arrival, and then " Denver, Boise, and Johnson " ( John Denver, David Boise, and Michael Johnson ).

Plummer's 18-yard completion to Rod Smith helped the Broncos advance to the Indianapolis 37-yard line on Denver's next possession, but then he threw an interception to defensive back David Macklin, who returned it 21 yards to the Colts 45-yard line.

While the compositions and performances were credited to " Jimmy Thudpucker ", they were in fact co-written and sung by Brewer, who also co-wrote and provided the vocals for " Ginny's Song ", a 1976 single on the Warner Bros. Label, and Jimmy Thudpucker's Greatest Hits, an LP released by Windsong Records, John Denver's subsidiary of RCA Records ).

Denver's longest play of the game was just 21 yards, which occurred on their opening drive.

The Broncos were forced to punt on their next drive, and receiver Phil McConkey returned the punt 25 yards to Denver's 36-yard line.

The Redskins managed to halt Denver's drive on the 6-yard line, but kicker Rich Karlis kicked a field goal to increase the Broncos lead to 10 – 0.

Back-up quarterback Jay Schroeder was sacked by Denver's Karl Mecklenburg on his first snap, continuing the Redskins ' offensive woes.

He was also Denver's second leading rusher with 32 yards on 3 carries ; this would be the only Super Bowl in which Elway did not score a rushing touchdown.

Denver's defense forced San Francisco to punt on their next drive after 3 plays, and receiver Vance Johnson gave his team good field position with a 7-yard return to the Broncos ' 49-yard line.

Denver's lone touchdown came on their next possession, a 61-yard, 5-play drive.

San Francisco responded to Denver's score with an 11-play, 75-yard drive that took 6: 56 off the clock, and ended with Rathman's 3-yard touchdown run on the first play of the fourth quarter.

She also provided a prominent, but uncredited, vocal on John Denver's " Fly Away " single which was succeeded by her own single, " Let It Shine "/" He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother ," at No. 1 on the AC chart.

Denver's music appeared on a variety of charts, including country and western, the Billboard Hot 100, and adult contemporary, in all earning him 12 gold and 4 platinum albums with his signature songs " Take Me Home, Country Roads ", " Rocky Mountain High ", and " Sunshine on My Shoulders ".

Between 1974 and 1975, Denver experienced an impressive chart dominance, with a string of four No. 1 songs (" Sunshine on My Shoulders ", " Annie's Song ", " Thank God I'm a Country Boy ", and " I'm Sorry ") and three No. 1 albums ( John Denver's Greatest Hits, Back Home Again, and Windsong ).

His manager, Jerry Weintraub, insisted on a significant number of television appearances, including a series of half-hour shows in England, despite Denver's protests at the time, " I've had no success in Britain ... I mean none.

In light of this unpleasant walking atmosphere and Denver's increasing addiction to the automobile, the number of people on the street declined.

This was done by the network to promote Denver's face and make him more familiar to the viewing audience since Gilligan's Island was about to go on air.

Decades later, the footage was eventually aired on one of Denver's local PBS stations in a documentary called " Murder in Midair " produced by Don Kinney.

The Falcons offense gained a total of 337 yards, were not penalized once, and had driven inside Denver's 30-yard line 7 times.

Realizing he had lost control of the situation, Soapy left for the mining boomtown of Skagway, Alaska, in 1897, ceding control of Denver's underworld to Lou Blonger.

Denver's longtime CBS affiliate, KMGH-TV, went to ABC because KMGH's then-owner, McGraw-Hill, had recently struck an affiliation deal with ABC, while longtime ABC affiliate KUSA-TV took the NBC affiliation ( although KUSA's owner, Gannett, already owned a number of NBC affiliates, and today, most of Gannett's stations are still NBC affiliates ).

KMAS had been Denver's Telemundo station, and brought its programming into Denver itself by way of low-powered satellites.

Elway attempted a middle screen pass to running back Steve Sewell ( which had been Denver's most effective play ), but it was tipped by Bills defensive lineman Jeff Wright into the arms of linebacker Carlton Bailey.

In October's first debate, Ritter had led his opponent with as much as 17 points in recent media polls and had been endorsed by both of Denver's major papers The Rocky Mountain News and The Denver Post.