Global InformationDenver Broncos information
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| Established August 14, 1959[1][2] First season: 1960 Play in Empower Field at Mile High Denver, Colorado Headquartered at Centura Health Training Center in Dove Valley, Colorado[3][4] | |||||
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American Football League (1960–1969)
National Football League (1970–present)
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| Team colors | Orange, navy blue, white[5][6][7] | ||||
| Mascot | Thunder (live horse) Miles (costume suit) | ||||
| Personnel | |||||
| Owner(s) | Rob Walton[a] | ||||
| CEO | Greg Penner | ||||
| President | Damani Leech | ||||
| General manager | George Paton | ||||
| Head coach | Sean Payton | ||||
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| Championships | |||||
League championships (3)
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Conference championships (8)
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Division championships (15)
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| Playoff appearances (22) | |||||
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The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team is headquartered in Dove Valley, Colorado.
The team began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) and joined the NFL as part of the merger in 1970. The Broncos are currently owned by the Walton-Penner group, and play their home games at Empower Field at Mile High; Denver previously played its home games at Mile High Stadium from its inception in 1960 through the 2000 season.
The Broncos were barely competitive during their 10-year run in the AFL and their first three years in the NFL. They did not have a winning season until 1973 and qualified for their first playoffs in 1977, eventually advancing to Super Bowl XII that season. Since 1975, the Broncos have become one of the NFL's most successful teams, having suffered only eleven losing seasons.[8] They have won eight AFC Championships (1977, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1997, 1998, 2013, 2015), and three Super Bowl championships (1997 (XXXII), 1998 (XXXIII), 2015 (50), and share the NFL record for most Super Bowl losses (5 – tied with the New England Patriots). The Broncos have nine primary members enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame: John Elway, Floyd Little, Shannon Sharpe, Gary Zimmerman, Terrell Davis, Champ Bailey, Steve Atwater, and Randy Gradishar, along with late club owner Pat Bowlen.[9]
According to Forbes, the Broncos are valued at $4.65 billion in July 2022 making them the twelfth most-valuable team in the NFL.[10]
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- ^ "Denver Broncos Team Facts". ProFootballHOF.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
- ^ The postal designation of Englewood, a city eight miles west, is used in the headquarters' mailing address."Contact Info". DenverBroncos.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ^ "Denver Broncos and Centura Health announce 10-year partnership, training facility naming rights agreement". DenverBroncos.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. May 15, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
- ^ Saccomano, Jim (February 20, 2015). "Legend and Legacy: Orange's origin". DenverBroncos.com. NFL Enterprises. Archived from the original on July 30, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ "Broncos Directory" (PDF). 2015 Denver Broncos Media Guide (PDF). NFL Enterprises, LLC. September 26, 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 29, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ "Denver Broncos Team Capsule" (PDF). 2022 Official National Football League Record and Fact Book. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ "Denver Broncos Team Encyclopedia". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
- ^ "Denver Broncos Hall of Famers". ProFootballHOF.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Archived from the original on July 20, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ^ "Denver Broncos on the Forbes NFL Team Valuations List". Forbes. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
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