They began play in 1993, sharing Mile High Stadium with the National Football League's Denver Broncos their first two seasons while Coors Field was constructed.

On the first play after the missed field goal, Hughes recovered Denver tight end Riley Odoms's fumble at the Broncos 28-yard line.

But on the next play, Dallas gave the ball right back to Denver after Broncos linebacker Tom Jackson recovered tight end Billy Joe Dupree's fumble.

The Broncos won the AFC West with an 11 – 5 regular season record, largely through the play of their quarterback John Elway.

In what became known as The Drive, the Broncos started from their own 2-yard line, trailing 20-13, with 5: 32 left to play.

On the Broncos ' first play after receiving the opening kickoff, quarterback John Elway faked a handoff, then spun around and ran in the opposite direction for a 10-yard gain to the Denver 34-yard line.

The Browns took the ball back and drove to the Denver 8-yard line, but the drive ended with a play that became known as The Fumble resulting more bad luck in Cleveland professional sports lore: Denver defensive back Jeremiah Castille stripped the football from Browns running back Ernest Byner and recovered the ensuing fumble as Byner was rushing in for the potential tying touchdown, securing the Broncos ' win.

After forcing Washington to go 3 and out, the Broncos ' scored on their first play from scrimmage, when quarterback John Elway threw a 56-yard touchdown pass to wide open receiver Ricky Nattiel, giving Denver a quick 7 – 0 lead after just 1: 57 had elapsed in the game.

Linebacker Mike Walter intercepted Broncos quarterback John Elway's first pass of the third quarter, and Montana threw a 28-yard touchdown reception to Rice on the next play.

With this appearance, the Broncos became the first team to play in Super Bowls televised on all four major broadcast networks in the United States ( CBS-XII, XXI and XXIV, ABC-XXII, NBC-XXXII, and Fox-XXXIII ).

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 ).

The Western Michigan University Broncos, who compete in the NCAA Division I Mid-American Conference, play at the following on-campus venues:

The Reynosa Broncos ( los Broncos de Reynosa ) are a Mexican team that play in the Adolfo Lopez Mateos stadium in the city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas.

The Broncos de Reynosa play in the Liga Mexicana de Beisbol and it's part of the Zona Norte division.

The Broncos were selected to play the Oklahoma Sooners in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl on January 1, 2007.

Harlequins, a rugby union club and London Broncos, a rugby league club play at the Twickenham Stoop.

* March 10 – Auckland, New Zealand: newly-formed Auckland Warriors club play their first match: a 25-22 loss to the Brisbane Broncos at Ericsson Stadium before 29, 220.

Tom Brady in Denver, Colorado, on December 18, 2011, as the Patriots and Denver Broncos | Broncos were set to play.

On December 4, 2011, it was announced that the Western Michigan Broncos of the MAC and the Purdue Boilermakers of the Big Ten will play in the 2011 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.

The Kansas City Chiefs, Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, Denver Broncos, Houston Texans, Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Seattle Seahawks, Arizona Cardinals and Indianapolis Colts are all teams who have recently received a significant amount of public financing to either construct or upgrade the stadiums in which they currently play.

Its sports teams are known as the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos and play in the NCAA Division II as part of the California Collegiate Athletic Association ( CCAA ).

On October 29, 2007, a record crowd of 77, 160 watched the Broncos lose to the Green Bay Packers 19 – 13 on Monday Night Football on the first play from scrimmage in overtime.

The Dallas Texans were back home Monday with their third victory in four American Football League starts -- a 19-12 triumph over the Denver Broncos -- but their visit will be a short one.

However, in their first-ever Super Bowl appearance, they were defeated 34 – 19, by the defending champion Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXXIII.

These coaches in turn have their own disciples who have utilized Walsh's West Coast system such as Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak first a quarterback coach with the 49ers, then offensive coordinator for Shanahan at the Denver Broncos.

* Fulham Rugby League Club, now London Broncos, played at Craven Cottage between 1980 and 1984, hosting their largest attendance.

The Jags postseason would end quickly as they fell in their first game, a 42 – 17 defeat against the eventual Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos at Mile High Stadium.

The Giants defeated the 49ers 49 – 3 in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs and the Redskins 17 – 0 in the NFC championship game, advancing to their first Super Bowl, Super Bowl XXI, against the Denver Broncos at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

Led by MVP Simms who completed 22 of 25 passes for a Super Bowl record 88 % completion percentage, they defeated the Broncos 39 – 20, to win their first championship since 1956.

One of the bright spots of that season was a win over the Denver Broncos in week 15, giving the Broncos their first loss of the season after starting 13 – 0.

On December 17, the Chargers defeated the Denver Broncos 17 – 7 for their first AFC West division title since the AFL-NFL merger before a national Monday Night Football television audience and their home crowd.

The Chargers would go on to lose their season finale to the Broncos, with Brees suffering a dislocated shoulder to end the Chargers ' 9 – 7 season.

They would go on to win the AFC West, ( their 4th straight division title, only Oakland with five straight 1972 – 1976 is better ), along the way blowing out the Denver Broncos with a convincing 32 – 3 victory at Denver and defeating every NFC East team.

On August 11, 2012, the Seahawks wore their Nike home blue jerseys for the first time against the Tennessee Titans, and on August 18, 2012, they wore their Nike white away jerseys for the first time against the Denver Broncos.

The Cowboys defeated the Broncos by the score of 27 – 10 to win their second Super Bowl.

The Broncos, led by Morton and the Orange Crush Defense, made their first Super Bowl appearance after also posting a 12-2 regular season record and postseason wins over the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Oakland Raiders.

However, the Broncos main offensive strength was their rushing game.

The backbone of the Broncos was their defense, a unit known as the " Orange Crush ," which used a 3-4 formation anchored by four superb linebackers, including Randy Gradishar ( 3 interceptions, 4 fumble recoveries ) and Tom Jackson ( 4 interceptions, 93 return yards, 1 touchdown ).

Meanwhile, the Broncos earned their first ever trip to the Super Bowl in team history by defeating the two previous league champions: the Pittsburgh Steelers, 34-21, and the Oakland Raiders, 20-17, in the playoffs.

The Giants defeated the Broncos by the score of 39 – 20, winning their first ever Super Bowl and their first NFL title since 1956.

After the newly founded Calgary Broncos folded prior to commencement of the inaugural WHA season, the Oilers were renamed the Alberta Oilers as it was planned to split their home games between Edmonton and Calgary.

As of December 3, 2011, the Broncos are 82 – 3 at home since the 1999 season with the only losses being to Washington State in 2001, AP # 18 Boston College in the 2005 MPC Computers Bowl and to TCU in 2011.

The Broncos won 47 straight home conference games from 1999 to 2011 and were undefeated in conference during their 10 years in the WAC ( 40 – 0 ).

The Broncos are 78 – 2 in regular season home games since 1999.

His home town International Falls high school nickname is the Broncos in his honor.

The Town of Meadow is served by the Meadow Independent School District and home to the Meadow High School Broncos.

In 1987, the Vikings ' home date with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers scheduled for the same day as Game 2 of the World Series was moved to Tampa, and the Vikings ' game with the Denver Broncos scheduled for the same day as Game 7 was pushed back to the following Monday night.

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

In 1998, the Jets went to the playoffs with a 12 – 4 record, which was good enough for second place in the conference and earned the Jets their third home playoff game since moving to New Jersey in 1984 ( their first home playoff game was against the New England Patriots following the 1985 season ), but lost to the eventual Super Bowl-champion Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship Game.

Pepsi Center was constructed as part of a large six-year sporting venue upgrade in Denver along with Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies, and Sports Authority Field at Mile High ( formerly Invesco Field at Mile High ), home of the Denver Broncos.

On 7 August 1999, a National Football League ( American Football ) exhibition game was played between the Denver Broncos and the San Diego Chargers, bringing home former Australian Football League player Darren Bennett, the Chargers ' punter.

The 1987 Redskins made the playoffs and again defeated the Chicago Bears 21 – 17 on the road in the divisional round, then beat the Minnesota Vikings 17 – 10 at home in the NFC Championship Game, then at Super Bowl XXII, they rode on the arm of quarterback Doug Williams to blow out the Denver Broncos 42 – 10.

It is best known as the home of the Denver Broncos of the National Football League.

It is the home field for Denver's National Football League team, the Denver Broncos.

The stadium has sold out every Denver Broncos home game since its inception in 2001, carrying over the " sold-out " tradition from Mile High Stadium, where every home game had been sold out since 1970 ( though due to NFL policy, local TV broadcasts did not start until 1973 ).

In a pre-game ceremony, Broncos legends John Elway, Steve Atwater, Randy Gradishar, Haven Moses, Billy Thompson, Floyd Little, Dennis Smith, and Karl Mecklenburg helped to " Move the Thunder " from the old Mile High Stadium to the new home of the Broncos.

They then faced the Broncos at home in round 13, and were, again, disappointing going down 34-16.