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The Broncos first (pre season) game of the 2014-2014 season is tonight against the Seattle Seahawks. If you are as excited as I am I bet you cant wait for kickoff! Here are some fun facts about the Denver Broncos to tide you over until the game starts.
The Broncos team was founded in 1960
When John Elway retired he had thrown exactly 300 touchdown passes
The Broncos have had a total of 14 coaches
Gene Mingo holds the Broncos’ record for the longest touchdown run at 82 yards
Shannon Sharp caught 41 touchdown passes from John Elway, the most of any tight end ever playing with Elway
The Broncos have been to a total of 7 Super Bowls and have a 2-5 record
In 2010 when the Denver Broncos drafted Tim Tebow this was the first time in the team’s history that they drafted a winner of the Heisman Trophy.
In the first AFL game ever the Broncos defeated the Boston Patriots 13-10
Over the 7 seasons from 2002 to 2009 the Broncos had a different leading rusher each season (Clinton Portis, Ruben Droughns, Mike Anderson, Tatum Bell, Selvin Young, Peyton Hillis, and Knowshon Moreno)
Peyton Manning has a standing appointment with his brother Eli every Thursday evening during football season
The original team colors were brown, white and mustard yellow
Frank Filchock was the first Broncos coach but was fired after just two seasons
Bucky, the fiberglass horse that sits above the Broncos’ scoreboard is 27 feet tall and weighs 1,600 pounds
Rod Smith is the only undrafted free agent to ever exceed 10,000 yards receiving during their career
Dennis Smith, Karl Mecklenburg and Steve Atwater are the only Broncos defensive plays to ever obtain more than 1,000 tackles during their careers
Miles is the name of the Broncos’ mascot
The first season the Broncos made it to the playoffs was in 1977 and they made it all the way to the Super Bowl
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