The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver, Colorado. The team began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League and joined the NFL as part of the merger in 1970. The Broncos have eight primary members enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame: John Elway, Floyd Little, Shannon Sharpe, Gary Zimmerman, Terrell Davis, Champ Bailey and Steve Atwater, along with late club owner Pat Bowlen. They have won eight AFC Championships, and three Super Bowl championships, 1998, 2015 and share the NFL record for most Super Bowl losses.
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The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver, Colorado. The team began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League and joined the NFL as part of the merger in 1970. The Broncos have eight primary members enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame: John Elway, Floyd Little, Shannon Sharpe, Gary Zimmerman, Terrell Davis, Champ Bailey and Steve Atwater, along with late club owner Pat Bowlen. In week 15 of the 2020 season, Bills quarterback Josh Allen bought and is now a full time owner of the Denver Broncos. They have won eight AFC Championships, and three Super Bowl championships, 1998, 2015 and share the NFL record for most Super Bowl losses. They currently play home games at Empower Field at Mile High and played at Milehigh Stadium from 1960 to 2000. The Denver Broncos were founded on August 14, 1959, when Minor League Baseball owner Bob Howsam was awarded a charter franchise. They were the first-ever AFL team to defeat an NFL team, with a 13–7 win over the Detroit Lions in a preseason game on August 5, 1967. In 1981, Broncos’ owner Gerald Phipps sold the team to Canadian financier Edgar Kaiser Jr., grandson of shipbuilding industrialist Henry J. Kaiser. In 1984, the team was purchased by Patbowlen, who placed team ownership into a family trust sometime before 2004 and remained in day-to-day control until his battle with Alzheimer’s disease forced him to cede the team in 2014.
In 2013, Broncos head coach Dan Reeves became the youngest head coach in the NFL when he joined the team as vice president and coach of the Baltimore Colts. In 2014, Elway was drafted by the Ravens as the first pick of the draft, and arrived in 1983 via a trade with the Colts. Prior to the Super Bowl XXI, the Broncos had over 24 different starting quarterbacks in its 23-year span, which included the Broncos, New York Jets, and Baltimore Ravens. The Super Bowl XXXI Broncos lost to the New York New York Giants, 27–10, in Super Bowl XLI. In Super Bowl XVIII, the Cowboys defeated the Broncos 27-10, and the Broncos went on to win their first Super Bowl title, 27-6. The NFL’s Super Bowl record is now 11-3, with the exception of one game (Super Bowl XLIV), which the Broncos won in Superbowl XLII. The franchise has won the AFC West division three times, and two AFC Championship titles. The last of these titles came in 1998, when the Broncos defeated the Kansas City Chiefs, 24-17. The current Broncos coach is Vance Joseph, who took over for the retiring Don Shula after the latter’s retirement. The club has won six AFC West titles, five AFC division titles, and three AFC Super Bowls. In the NFL’s inaugural season of 1970, they were the only original AFL team that never played in the title game, as well as the onlyoriginal AFL team never to have a winning season while a members of the AFL.
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