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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.
Their next game was on the road against the Denver Broncos, who had earned the AFC's top seed with a 13 – 3 record and were widely regarded as the best team in the AFC, if not the NFL.
By that time, the Broncos were 6 – 0, and had a 3 game lead over the Chargers.
Karlis later admitted his two misses in the first half were devastating to the Broncos.
Parcells had entertained the possibility of running a fake punt and later said that if the Broncos were not going to pick up on Rutledge being used as a decoy for a potential fake, he would take advantage.
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.
Elway would eventually be replaced by Gary Kubiak, who took a sack to end the game, and the Giants were victorious in a 39-20 rout of the Broncos.
Defensively ; while the Broncos managed to bottle up Lawrence Taylor, Carl Banks had 14 tackles, 10 of which were unassisted and four of those for negative yardage, while Leonard Marshall had two sacks and forced a fumble.
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.
The Broncos, who posted an 11-5 regular season record, were looking to avoid tying the Minnesota Vikings with four Super Bowl losses.
The Broncos were trying to avoid becoming the second team, after the Vikings, to lose a fourth Super Bowl.
Once again, the Broncos were forced to punt three plays after the ensuing kickoff, and the 49ers advanced 69 yards in 13 plays to score another touchdown.
Buffalo then played against Denver Broncos, who were coming off a 26 – 24 win over the Houston Oilers in which quarterback John Elway led them on an 87-yard drive to set up kicker David Treadwell's game-winning field goal with only 16 seconds left.
Some writers and fans were starting to compare Buffalo to the Super Bowls losers Minnesota Vikings and the Denver Broncos.
The Broncos then reached the Atlanta 8-yard line on their ensuing possession, but were forced to settle for kicker Jason Elam's 26-yard yard field goal to increase their lead, 10 – 3.
They were originally intended to be one of two WHA teams in Alberta ( the other one being the Calgary Broncos ).
However, when the Broncos relocated to Cleveland, Ohio, before the WHA's first season began, the Oilers were renamed the Alberta Oilers.
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.
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 were selected to play the Oklahoma Sooners in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl on January 1, 2007.
The Cowboys would be the WHA's second attempt at Calgary, as the Calgary Broncos were slated to start playing there for the inaugural WHA season.
Although the Broncos were playoff contenders for his early years, Elway went through the normal growing pains of a young NFL quarterback.
Broncos and driving
The Broncos opened the second half by driving 74 yards to the Atlanta 20-yard line, but ended up scoring no points after Elam's 38-yard field goal attempt sailed wide right.
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.
However, Broncos kicker David Treadwell missed 3 field goals ( hitting the uprights twice and driving the other attempt wide right ).
The Broncos responded by driving 55 yards and scoring with a field goal from Jason Elam.
Broncos and game
While the Broncos scored two touchdowns early in the game, after the first quarter, the Jaguars largely dominated.
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.
After beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday December 21, 2008, the Chargers stood at 7 – 8, one game behind the Denver Broncos.
From that point on, however, the Chargers began a six game skid with losses to the Jets, Chiefs, Packers, Raiders, Bears and Broncos with the first four by only a score and against Denver in overtime.
Super Bowl XII was an American football game between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion Dallas Cowboys and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Denver Broncos to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 1977 season.
However, the Broncos main offensive strength was their rushing game.
On the Broncos ' second drive of the game, Cowboys linemen Randy White and Harvey Martin forced Morton to hurry his throw, and defensive back Randy Hughes intercepted the rushed pass at the Broncos 25-yard line.
Pittsburgh entered the game after posting a 14-2 regular season record and playoff wins over the Denver Broncos and the Houston Oilers.
Super Bowl XXI was an American football game between the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Denver Broncos and the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion New York Giants to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 1986 season.
The game was tight in the first half, with the Broncos holding a 10-9 halftime lead, the narrowest margin in Super Bowl history.
The Broncos then won in overtime after Elway led them 60 yards in 9 plays to set up kicker Rich Karlis ' game winning field goal.
He also was the Broncos ' leading rusher in the game, with 27 rushing yards and a touchdown on 6 carries.
Super Bowl XXII was an American football game between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion Washington Redskins and American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Denver Broncos to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 1987 season.
The Broncos routed the Houston Oilers in the Divsional round of the playoffs, 34 – 10, jumping to a 14 – 0 first quarter lead off of two quick Oilers turnovers, with Elway completing 14 of 25 passes for 259 yards and two touchdowns in the game.
The Broncos seemed to be in control of the game during the first half, taking a 21-3 lead.
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.
Super Bowl XXIV was an American football game between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion San Francisco 49ers and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Denver Broncos to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 1989 season.
Then after Pittsburgh scored 2 field goals to take a 23 – 17 fourth quarter lead, Elway led the Broncos on a 71-yard drive to score on the Melvin Bratton's 1-yard game winning touchdown run.
In this game, the Broncos seemed to be in complete control at first, building up a 24 – 7 lead.
The Broncos responded with a 49-yard scoring drive, mainly on plays by running back Bobby Humphrey, who rushed 4 times for 22 yards and caught a 27-yard shovel pass, Elway's longest completion of the game.
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