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 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.

* In the 1983 NFL Draft, Elway was selected as the first overall pick by the Baltimore Colts, and on May 2, was traded to the Denver Broncos.

* Elway was selected to the Pro Bowl nine times during his 16 seasons with the Broncos, a franchise record.

Little was one of the first players selected for the Broncos ' Ring of Fame in 1984.

After starting his NSWRL Premiership coaching career with the Canberra Raiders, in 1988 Bennett was appointed the inaugural coach of the new Brisbane Broncos club, later winning several premierships with them, and in 1998 was first selected to coach the Australian national team.

Lelie was selected by the Denver Broncos with their first pick ( 19th overall ) in the 2002 draft.

Knowing that Atwater would be available in the later parts of the first round, the Broncos traded down to the 20th overall pick owned by the Cleveland Browns who selected Eric Metcalf with Denver's 13th overall pick.

Croel was selected by the Broncos in the first round of the 1991 NFL Draft.

He was selected by the Denver Broncos in the first round ( 28th overall ) of the 1997 NFL Draft.

Pryce was selected by the Denver Broncos in the first round ( 28th overall ) in the 1997 NFL Draft.

He was selected to two Pro Bowls during his four-year tenure with the Detroit Lions, and also played for the Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers.

Frerotte, who was selected to the 1997 Pro Bowl while with the Redskins, also played for the Detroit Lions, Denver Broncos, Cincinnati Bengals, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, and St. Louis Rams.

On January 13, 2011, Fox was selected to be the 14th head coach of the Denver Broncos.

Indeed 1987, the year before the Broncos commenced playing, was the last year that a BRL player would be selected to play for Queensland in the State of Origin series.

* Jason Hill-Division I NCAA Football Player ( Washington State University ), 3rd Round 12th Pick ( 76 overall ) selected by the San Francisco 49ers 2007 NFL Draft, current wide receiver of the Denver Broncos, and former wide receiver of the San Francisco 49ers and Jacksonville Jaguars

Despite not playing in the top flight, London Broncos were selected by the RFL to be part of the new Super League competition in 1996 on the basis that it was essential for the sport to have a high profile representative in the capital.

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 play their home games on campus at Bronco Stadium, widely known for its unique blue playing surface, which is the first non-green playing field in the history of American football.

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.