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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.
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Quarterback John Elway had another excellent season, passing for 3, 198 yards and 19 touchdowns.
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.
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 ).
But neither Elway nor the Bills offense had much success in the 10-7 Bills victory over a game totally dominated by defense.
Bennett had another great game, constantly pressuring Elway and tackling Denver rushers behind the line of scrimmage three times.
The Broncos ' offense, under the leadership of Elway and running back Terrell Davis, had another outstanding regular season, ranking 2nd in the NFL with 501 points and gaining 6, 276 yards ( 3rd in the league ).
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.
Later in the quarter, Falcons defensive back Ronnie Bradford intercepted a pass from Elway ( that had bounced off Shannon Sharpe ) and returned it to the Broncos 35-yard line.
Although Elway never led his team to a bowl game, he had an accomplished college career.
Thomas Davids, an assistant football coach, said that Elway was the " best looking ball player he had ever seen.
By then, Elway had played one summer of minor league baseball for the New York Yankees organization, and threatened to join the Yankees full-time unless the Colts traded him.
Still, Elway had an impressive performance, throwing for 304 yards and a touchdown, with one interception, while also leading Denver in rushing with 27 yards and a touchdown on the ground.
The Browns had jumped to a 20-13 lead and the Broncos had muffed the ensuing kickoff when Elway took over, first-and-10 on their own 2-yard line, with 5: 32 to play in the game.
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.
Morton wore number 7 for the Broncos, and retired just before the arrival of John Elway in 1983, who also wore the same number and has had it since retired in his honor.
Manning had made it clear he was not interested in playing for the Chargers, in a similar fashion to John Elway in 1983 when selected by the Baltimore Colts.
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The Broncos won the AFC West with an 11 – 5 regular season record, largely through the play of their quarterback John Elway.
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.
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.
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 1987, Elway was selected to start in the American Football Conference's ( AFC ) Pro Bowl team and won the NFL Most Valuable Player Award.
Mike Shanahan won two Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos in 1997 & 1998, utilizing the leadership and passing skills of quarterback John Elway.
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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.
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.
* John Elway – NFL player
* John Elway ( Denver Broncos NFL ) and Wayne Gretzky ( Edmonton Oilers NHL ) have summer homes here.
John Albert Elway, Jr. ( born June 28, 1960 ) is a former American football quarterback and currently is the executive vice president of football operations for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League ( NFL ).
Elway was drafted # 1 overall in the 1983 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts before being traded to the Denver Broncos.
In the 1983 NFL Draft, Elway was selected as the first overall pick by the Baltimore Colts.
Elway is one of three quarterbacks in the history of the NFL Draft ( started in 1936 ) to be drafted # 1 and go on to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Elway joined Denver as one of the most highly anticipated athletes in the history of the NFL.
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 sacked 516 times, second to Favre for most times sacked in NFL history.
Against Houston 3 weeks later Manning claimed his 34th comeback win in the 4th quarter, tying him with John Elway and Johnny Unitas for the second most in NFL history.
NFL hall-of-fame quarterback John Elway batted. 318 over 45 games in 1982 for the Oneonta Yankees in his brief professional baseball career.
Walter also surpassed NFL legend John Elway as the Pac-10's all time touchdown leader.
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Visser also, in 2007, received the Emily Couric Leadership Award — previously given to Sandra Day O ' Connor, Caroline Kennedy and Donna Brazile — and in 2007, she was honored at the 22nd Annual Sports Legend Dinner, along with Magic Johnson, Gary Player and John Elway to benefit the Buoniconti fund to cure paralysis.
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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.
Denver finally scored a touchdown when Elway found Johnson on a 47-yard bomb later on, which was the 100th recorded Super Bowl touchdown.
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.
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 voted MVP of that Super Bowl, which would prove to be the last game of his career.
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.
Elway was the nations most highly recruited prep athlete in 1984.
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