Thread: What was your first bronco game?

Who was the QB?

Mine was like about 1967...

The QB was Steve Tinsi. He had blond hair that was just creeping out from under his helmet and the two old geezers next to my Dad kept calling him a dirty hippy.

That was before Mile High... it was called Bears Stadium.

I think I was 5 or 6.....Morton was the QB......don't remember much as I was to young to enjoy it truly......




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Originally Posted by PAINTERDAVE

Who was the QB?

Mine was like about 1967...

The QB was Steve Tinsi. He had blond hair that was just creeping out from under his helmet and the two old geezers next to my Dad kept calling him a dirty hippy.

That was before Mile High... it was called Bears Stadium.

I saw them all from day one.

Tensi was the name reminded me of Elway big and blond could not run a lick though Got him from SAN because of his arm. but after awhile every time he'd call signals he'd flinch when the ball was hiked to him. Cause he knew he was gonna get hit. The old OLINE really sucked.

IN fact one of my HS football coaches was Eldon Danahower (sp) a former OT from the broncos. One big SOB, no one argued with him.

Originally Posted by Jrwiz

I saw them all from day one.

Tensi was the name reminded me of Elway big and blond could not run a lick though Got him from SAN because of his arm. but after awhile every time he'd call signals he'd flinch when the ball was hiked to him. Cause he knew he was gonna get hit. The old OLINE really sucked.

IN fact one of my HS football coaches was Eldon Danahower (sp) a former OT from the broncos. One big SOB, no one argued with him.

BTW Welcome to the BLUE ZONE!!

The second year the broncs were around... we had the first black QB ever to play in the league.

Originally Posted by PAINTERDAVE

Who was the QB?

Mine was like about 1967...

The QB was Steve Tinsi. He had blond hair that was just creeping out from under his helmet and the two old geezers next to my Dad kept calling him a dirty hippy.

That was before Mile High... it was called Bears Stadium.

Mine was October 9th, 2006.

Jake Plummer was the QB and we played the Ravens. We won, but it was cold!!!

December 12, 2004 Miami at Denver

Jake was the starter.

This game was even greater for me since...

1) Tatum Bell was my favorite player and it was his first ever NFL start

2) Up until I was about 5, I was a Miami Dolphin fan because of my grandpa. I came to my senses when I saw how cool John Elway was, but it was still cool to see my favorite and former favorite team in the same game, with my grandpa

Broncos won 20-17

You know, I was going to move this over into the "What's On Your Mind" forum,
but this is a "getting to know you" thread and a great addition to this forum.
I think I'll leave it right here.


My first game? September 9, 1960, Denver Broncos vs. Boston Patriots.
Denver's logo is the very same as my avvy. I didn't know anything about
those striped socks yet, though, because everything was black & white on
TV back then . . . on our TV, anyway.

Not many AFL games would be televised for some time because of sheer lack
of respect for the league, but this game was a novelty, being the first AFL
game ever played.

Well, by the time the dust settled and the blood level on the field had come
down to ankle height, Denver had won its first game, and our $25,000
franchise was a reality. And quarterback Frank Tripucka had his first win
under his belt, on his way to having his #18 retired by the Broncos.

As the game started, I was a Green Bay Packers fan. By the final gun, I
was a Denver Broncos fan. And I stayed that way through fourteen years
of loss and humiliation for our beloved franchise, before our first winning
season.

Fourteen years. They don't call me bandwagon around these parts.

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Originally Posted by PAINTERDAVE

The second year the broncs were around... we had the first black QB ever to play in the league.

Malin Briscoe. Strong arm, no accuracy.

Could throw the rock into the second deck . . . and often did.

We wasted his talent here, so he moved on and became an all-star receiver
for the Miami Dolphins, I believe.

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1996, Denver @ Greenbay.

We were 12-1, and everything was clinched up in the division, Elway was resting so we had Jeff Lewis as the quarterback, and we lost 41-6.

I was tormented by packer fans the whole entire time...and that is partially why I HATE the packers and their fans.

Don't know if it was the first Broncos game I've seen, but it is the first one I remember...

1985 - 49ers @ Denver... Broncos won 17-16 with the famous "snowball" FG miss by SF...
Then I saw later SD vs Den... With another comeback and a win in overtime (with a blocked punt if my memory is correct)...

That wasn't the first football games I've seen... But that was the year I discovered football... Then I discovered Broncos & Elway... Magical... And I became a fan... (of both football and Broncos)...

In 1991 the Broncos finally visted Foxboro for the first time since 1980.

They won 9-6 in a yawner but it was the first time I saw
Elway play. This game Hugh Millen tried to score on the last play of the game in FG range and got tacked at about the 5 yrd line and then the time ran out

Originally Posted by Skywalker

December 12, 2004 Miami at Denver

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That was my first home game too!

My first game overall was at the LA Coliseum against the Silver and Black. Their fans were so nice - when John completed a long pass that sealed the game for us, I stood up to cheer and received a beer and soda shower

I was like 7-8 I think. I have the exact date on the ticket at home somewhere...dont know if off the top of my head.

Elway was the QB we were playing the Chiefs. WE WON!

Even though I was pretty little I am still so grateful that I got to see Elway play a couple times in person!

I think I have two...but can't remember which one came first.

It was either the Monday Night game against the Raiders at home where we had a 28-0 lead at the half or something rediculous and they came back to win...

--or--

It was a game against the Colts and Eric D ickerson ran all over us and once again we lost.