Denver Native (Carol)
01-20-2016, 10:52 PM
It was New Year's Day in 1978 and the Denver Broncos had just completed a 12-2 season that had taken them into the NFL playoffs for the first time.
It seems like old hat to Bronco fans now, so accustomed as we are to what seem like routine playoff appearances and even seven trips to the Super Bowl.
But it was all new then, and the entire city was awash in a sea of orange. People painted their houses orange, one local company designed an orange toilet seat, and there were even stories of people who could not sell a car, painted it orange, and sold it immediately for more money than they had asked for in the first place!
However, the Broncos had to play the Oakland Raiders, and not only were they the defending Super Bowl champions, but Denver had won just three games against the Raiders from 1963 through and including that 1977 season, and neither had come in Denver. In fact, during that 15-year span the Broncos were 0-13-2 at home against the Raiders.
rest - http://www.denverbroncos.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Sacco-Sez-The-Broncos-first-championship-game/b25af371-a7b9-4bb9-9ebb-dcf1cc989583
It seems like old hat to Bronco fans now, so accustomed as we are to what seem like routine playoff appearances and even seven trips to the Super Bowl.
But it was all new then, and the entire city was awash in a sea of orange. People painted their houses orange, one local company designed an orange toilet seat, and there were even stories of people who could not sell a car, painted it orange, and sold it immediately for more money than they had asked for in the first place!
However, the Broncos had to play the Oakland Raiders, and not only were they the defending Super Bowl champions, but Denver had won just three games against the Raiders from 1963 through and including that 1977 season, and neither had come in Denver. In fact, during that 15-year span the Broncos were 0-13-2 at home against the Raiders.
rest - http://www.denverbroncos.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Sacco-Sez-The-Broncos-first-championship-game/b25af371-a7b9-4bb9-9ebb-dcf1cc989583