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9 unusual facts about Denver Broncos


Andrew Cappuccino

Cappuccino has served on the medical staff of the Buffalo Bills for many years, and in this capacity was the treating surgeon for Kevin Everett, the Bills tight end who suffered a cervical fracture and dislocation (broken neck) in the 2007 home-opener against the Denver Broncos.

Chip Beake

In 2006 he spent the NFL season serving as offensive quality control coach for the Denver Broncos, marking his sixth year working in the NFL.

His experience with coaching began when he was still young, with his father, John, who worked for the Denver Broncos for 22 years, including as general manager from 1985-1998, and who is now NFL Europa's Managing Director of Operations.

Christopher Asher

Asher has coached professional athletes Derek Knight (top-5 USA ranked 110mHH), Sergio Santos (1st round MLB pick for the Arizona Diamondbacks), Reuben Droughns (NFL-Detroit Lions, Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns, New York Giants) and Trevor Ariza (NBA- New York Knicks, Orlando Magic, L.A. Lakers).

Daniel Schlereth

Schlereth's father, Mark, was a professional football player who spent twelve seasons in the NFL with the Washington Redskins and Denver Broncos, and was a starting guard on three Super Bowl championship teams.

Frankie O'Dell

In 2007, he eliminated the final table in little over 3 hours while wearing a Denver Broncos Jersey.

J. Jon Bruno

He was also briefly a professional football player under contract to the Denver Broncos before an injury sustained early on prevented further activity with the team.

Lee Bernet

An offensive tackle, he played college football at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and played professionally for the American Football League's Denver Broncos in 1965 and 1966.

Similarity score

Pro Football Prospectus (written by Football Outsiders) has their own system (dubbed "KUBIAK" after longtime Broncos backup quarterback Gary Kubiak) for projecting future performance.


1970 New Orleans Saints season

Dempsey's record stood alone until it was tied by Jason Elam of the Denver Broncos in 1998 and equaled by Sebastian Janikowski of the Oakland Raiders in 2011 and David Akers of the San Francisco 49ers in 2012.

1994 Denver Broncos season

The 1994 Denver Broncos season was the team's 35th year in professional football and its 25th with the National Football League.

2005 Denver Broncos season

In 2005 the Denver Broncos ended the 2005 regular season with a 13–3 record, the franchise's second-best number of wins of all time and their third best win percentage ever.

2006 Denver Broncos season

The 2006 Denver Broncos season began with the team trying to improve on their 13–3 record and make a return to (at least) the AFC Championship Game as they did in 2005.

2006 Detroit Lions season

The game also featured a "Super Bowl"-esque halftime show featuring John Fogerty, who also performed at the Denver Broncos/Kansas City Chiefs game.

Andy Maurer

Andrew Lee Maurer (born September 30, 1948 in Silverton, Oregon) was an American football offensive lineman in the NFL for the Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, Minnesota Vikings, San Francisco 49ers, and the Denver Broncos.

Blake Brockermeyer

Blake Weeks Brockermeyer (born April 11, 1973 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American football offensive tackle who formerly played for the Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, and Denver Broncos in the NFL.

Chauncey Billups

Billups chose the number 7 jersey to honor Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway, since two of his other favorite numbers, 1 and 4, were already worn by J.R. Smith and Kenyon Martin, respectively.

Chris Verhulst

Christopher Sean Verhulst (born May 16, 1966 in Sacramento, California) is a former professional American football player who played tight end for the Houston Oilers and the Denver Broncos.

DeWayne Patmon

After playing his first game for the Giants against the Denver Broncos, Patmon flew with the team to Newark on September 11, 2001, arriving at 6:00 a.m., before the attack on the World Trade Center.

Garces Memorial High School

Greg Robinson, former defensive coordinator, Michigan; former head coach, Syracuse; former two-time Super Bowl-winning defensive coordinator of Denver Broncos.

Hopewell Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

One-time National Football League player and Hall-of-Famer Tony Dorsett played football for the Hopewell Vikings, setting several records during his high school career, then moving to the Pitt Panthers, and the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos of the NFL, setting even more records and ensuring his enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Lawrence McCutcheon

Lawrence McCutcheon (born June 2, 1950, in Plainview, Texas) is a former American football running back for the Los Angeles Rams from 1972–1980, the Denver Broncos & Seattle Seahawks in 1980 and finished his playing career in 1981 with the Buffalo Bills, reuniting with his former Rams coach Chuck Knox.

Mallory Holtman

The three also participated in a 12th man flag raising ceremony before the start of the August 22, 2009 pre season game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos NFL teams at Qwest Field in Seattle.

Mass Transit Super Bowl

Mass Transit Super Bowl is a public transportation plan and marketing strategy conceived for Super Bowl XLVIII and Super Bowl Week, a series of events leading up to the football game on February 2, 2014 between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks.

Nancilea Foster

Foster also came from a sporting family, where her sister Holly Jo was a successful Big Ten diver at Ohio State University, and her father Olen Underwood, a retired state administrative judge, played for the New York Giants, Houston Oilers, and Denver Broncos in the National Football League (NFL).

Orlando Franklin

Franklin was selected 14th in the 2nd round, 46th overall, by the Denver Broncos in the 2011 NFL Draft.

Ron Zook

Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley sought to replace him with either Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan or Oklahoma's Bob Stoops, but after a media frenzy surrounding Foley's personal visits to both men, they each decided to remain with their respective teams.

Stefan Fatsis

Fatsis trained as a placekicker and spent the summer of 2006 as a member of the Denver Broncos during the team's training camp (similar to the premise of George Plimpton's 1966 book Paper Lion).

Tommy Brooker

On September 8, 1963, in the Chiefs’ inaugural game since moving from Dallas, Brooker converted eight extra points in a 59-7 victory over the Denver Broncos.

Tyrone Braxton

Tyrone Scott Braxton (born December 17, 1964 in Madison, Wisconsin) is a former American football defensive back who played for the Denver Broncos for most of his career from 1987 to 1999.

Will Furrer

William Mason Furrer (born February 5, 1968, Danville, Pennsylvania) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears, Phoenix Cardinals, Denver Broncos, Houston Oilers, St. Louis Rams, and Jacksonville Jaguars.

Zone run

However, this blocking scheme came to prominence when used by the Denver Broncos, under offensive line coach Alex Gibbs (formerly the offensive line coach for the Seattle Seahawks), and head coach Mike Shanahan.


see also

Anquan Boldin

They joined Detroit's Herman Moore and Brett Perriman, who accomplished the feat in 1995, and Denver Broncos tandem Ed McCaffrey and Rod Smith, who did it in 2000.

Bébé's Kids

Demaryius Thomas, a WR with the Denver Broncos and formerly with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, goes by the nickname "Bay Bay".

Edgar Kaiser

Edgar Kaiser, Jr (1942–2012), financier and owner of the Denver Broncos football team

Gronkowski

Chris Gronkowski an American football fullback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League.

Hal Lewis

Hal Lewis (American football, born 1944), American football player for the Denver Broncos, see List of American Football League players

Macon, Mississippi

Nate Wayne, former NFL football player with Green Bay Packers, Denver Broncos, and Philadelphia Eagles.

Neil Cornrich

Cornrich represents a number NFL players, including Phil Dawson, Dallas Clark, Ted Ginn, Jr., and Montee Ball, the 2012 Doak Walker Award winner from the University of Wisconsin selected by the Denver Broncos in the 2013 NFL Draft.

Paul Woodside

Woodside was featured in A Few Seconds of Panic (2008), journalist Stefan Fatsis's everyman account of attending the 2006 Denver Broncos training camp as a 43-year-old placekicker.

Prevent defense

In Super Bowl XXXII, Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan famously instructed his defensive coordinators to keep playing the same defense as the Green Bay Packers attempted to drive downfield in the final two minutes of the game.

Studdard

Dave Studdard, former tackle in the National Football League for the Denver Broncos

Wayne State College

Byron Chamberlain was a seventh round draft pick of the Denver Broncos in 1995 and later became a Pro Bowl tight end with the Minnesota Vikings in 2001.