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The Denver Broncos lost their first four Super Bowl appearances before winning back-to-back titles. Here are the results (victories in bold):Super Bowl XII (1-15-78) -- Dallas Cowboys 27, Denver 10.Super Bowl XXI (1-25-87) -- New York Giants 39, Denver 20.Super Bowl XXII (1-31-88) -- Washington Redskins 42, Denver 10.Super Bowl XXIV (1-28-90) -- San Francisco 49ers 55, Denver 10.Super Bowl XXXII (1-25-98) -- Denver 31, Green Bay Packers 21.Super Bowl XXXIII (1-31-99) -- Denver 34, Atlanta Falcons 19.
The notorious exhibition Rubgy League match between Brisbane Broncos (Aus) and Denver Broncos (USA), in 1993, ended after just 32 minutes after some of the Denver players accused the Brisbane team of playing unnecessarily rough and refused to continue play. The accusations were labelled as "rubbish" by the Brisbane captain, Allan Langer, who went on to explain that "It was supposed to be an exhibition [match], but the Americans started making disrespectful comments, trying to say they were tougher - then it turned into a proper game".The referee for the match, Greg McCallum, said afterwards that "Although a few tackles were a bit thunderous, there was nothing illegal", and went on to say that "..Both sides were giving as good as they got so I was surprised when the visitors [Denver Broncos] refused to play on, it was a real shame".The score before the match was abandoned was Brisbane 34 - 3 Denver.
The Denver Broncos lost their first four Super Bowl appearances before winning back-to-back titles. Here are the results (victories in bold):Super Bowl XII (1-15-78) -- Dallas Cowboys 27, Denver 10.Super Bowl XXI (1-25-87) -- New York Giants 39, Denver 20.Super Bowl XXII (1-31-88) -- Washington Redskins 42, Denver 10.Super Bowl XXIV (1-28-90) -- San Francisco 49ers 55, Denver 10.Super Bowl XXXII (1-25-98) -- Denver 31, Green Bay Packers 21.Super Bowl XXXIII (1-31-99) -- Denver 34, Atlanta Falcons 19.
they were in the ABA...then merged to the NBA
The name was changed for the start of the 1971 season when the team moved to Foxborough.