The only score in the second quarter however was Giants defensive end George Martin's quarterback sack of Elway in the end zone for a safety.

The AFC Championship Game against the Browns was particularly significant because Elway displayed why many NFL experts thought Super Bowl XXI would be the first of many Super Bowls for him.

Denver finally scored a touchdown when Elway found Johnson on a 47-yard bomb later on, which was the 100th recorded Super Bowl touchdown.

Elway had won the NFL Most Valuable Player Award and was selected to start for the AFC in the Pro Bowl, while Williams had played just five regular season games in the 1987 season.

By the end of the game, Elway was sacked five times and threw three interceptions, and Washington scored another touchdown on a 68-yard fourth quarter drive featuring a 25-yard run by Clark on a reverse and three runs by Smith for 43 yards, the last a 4-yard touchdown to bring the game to its final score of 42 – 10.

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.

Then Elway was intercepted again on the Broncos ' ensuing drive, this time by Brooks, who returned the ball 38 yards to the Denver 37-yard line.

Then after the ensuing kickoff, Elway was sacked for a 6-yard loss by defensive end Danny Stubbs.

Elway was held to just 10 completions out of 26 attempts for 108 yards with no touchdowns, and was intercepted 2 times.

It was predicted that this AFC Championship Game would be a shootout between the Bills ' powerful offense and the superb postseason play of Elway.

Much of the pregame hype was centered around Elway confronting his former coach Reeves.

Mike Shanahan was hurt and angered by Reeves ' pregame assertion that Shanahan and Elway had conspired to have him fired during his stint at Denver.

Weller, a Washington graduate, was the guest yell-king during the Huskies ' homecoming football game against the Stanford University Cardinal ( led by junior quarterback John Elway ).

* In the first season of the television show Vegas, there was a scene about the ArenaBowl, where former Broncos QB John Elway and singer Jon Bon Jovi have a ' Battle in the Monteceto.

" Tallis was also a teacher, not only of William Byrd, but also of Elway Bevin, an organist of Bristol Cathedral and gentleman of the Chapel Royal.

Elway was drafted # 1 overall in the 1983 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts before being traded to the Denver Broncos.

Elway was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004 in his first year of eligibility.

) Also an accomplished baseball player, Elway was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 18 < sup > th </ sup > round of the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft.

Elway was bitter about the game afterward, stating that the officials " ruined my last game as a college football player.

In 2000, Elway was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame.

In 2007, Elway was ranked # 15 on ESPN's Top 25 Players In College Football History list.

Thomas Davids, an assistant football coach, said that Elway was the " best looking ball player he had ever seen.

Elway was the nations most highly recruited prep athlete in 1984.

At 38 years old, Elway became the oldest player ever to be named Super Bowl MVP.

In 1999, the Broncos repeated this feat and Elway was awarded the MVP of Super Bowl XXXIII, throwing for 336 yards and one touchdown with one interception, while also scoring a rushing touchdown in Denver's 34 – 19 win over the Atlanta Falcons.

* Elway was named the AFC Offensive MVP in 1993 when he passed for 4, 030 yards and 25 touchdowns.

The Falcons lost Super Bowl XXXIII to John Elway and the Denver Broncos.

Joe Montana became the third to start four Super Bowls, but all were passed by John Elway and Tom Brady.

The Broncos were making their second consecutive Super Bowl, and third overall appearance, after posting a 10-4-1 regular season record, largely through the strength of their quarterback John Elway.

Coming into Super Bowl XXII, the Broncos were favored to win (- 3 as noted on the NFL Today show by Jimmy " the Greek " Snyder ) because most experts thought both teams were equal in terms of talent with Elway presumed to be the superior quarterback to Williams.

Then he caught a 23-yard pass from halfback Steve Sewell, becoming the first quarterback ever to catch a pass in the Super Bowl ( Elway had scored a touchdown on that play during opening day the previous year against the Raiders ).

After the Broncos won Super Bowl XXXII during the previous season, many wondered if 15-year veteran quarterback John Elway would retire now that he finally won a Super Bowl.

John Elway became the first quarterback to start five Super Bowls.

Immediately after the Broncos got the ball back, Smith broke ahead of Falcons safety Eugene Robinson, caught a pass from Elway, and took off for an 80-yard touchdown reception, giving Denver a 17-3 lead ( the fourth 80 + yard touchdown pass play in Super Bowl history ).

( Elway became the second player in Super Bowl history to score a touchdown in four different Super Bowls.

* John Elway, quarterback of the Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos, hit his first professional home run at Dwyer Stadium while playing minor league baseball.

Elway led his teams to six AFC Championship Games and five Super Bowls, winning his last two.

Following the AFC Championship Game, Elway and the Broncos lost in Super Bowl XXI to the New York Giants.

After two more Super Bowl losses, the Broncos entered a period of decline ; however, that would end during the 1997 season, as Elway and Denver won their first Super Bowl title by defeating the Green Bay Packers 31 – 24 in Super Bowl XXXII.

In the 1986 season, Elway led the Broncos to Super Bowl XXI, after defeating the Cleveland Browns on a famous possession at the end of the fourth quarter that became known as " The Drive ".

Elway and the Broncos started out the Super Bowl against the New York Giants very well, building a 10 – 7 lead and then driving to the Giants 1-yard line in the second quarter.