broncos have been to super bowl eight times.
broncos have been to super bowl eight times.
how many times have broncos been to super bowl?
eight
in 2015, the broncos, sporting the nfl's top-ranked defense, completed a 12-4 regular season en route to the franchise's nfl-record-tying eighth super bowl at levi's stadium in santa clara, california. the season began with a seven-game winning streak interrupted by a road loss to manning's old team. peyton manning broke the all-time passing yardage record previously held by brett favre in a week nine home loss to the kansas city chiefs. however, the day's celebration was hollow as manning was intercepted four times and ultimately benched during the game in favor of backup quarterback brock osweiler. osweiler helped the broncos to five wins in seven starts in relief of the injured manning, including overtime triumphs over eventual playoff teams cincinnati and new england. manning returned to the lineup during the final week of the regular season, helping the broncos rally to a victory over the san diego chargers. a patriots loss to miami coupled with the broncos' win, allowed denver to enjoy the afc's top seed and home-field advantage for the playoffs. denver defeated the pittsburgh steelers 23-16 in the divisional round and got a second victory over the patriots in the afc championship game by the score of 20-18. the broncos' victory was sealed when cornerback bradley roby intercepted a 2-point conversion attempt with less than a minute to go in the game. super bowl 50 pitted the broncos against the favored carolina panthers. the broncos' defense created three lost fumbles and an interception and scored a defensive touchdown to power the team to a 24-10 victory, the third nfl title for the franchise. von miller, who had 2.5 sacks and two forced fumbles, was named the game's most valuable player. peyton manning made history as the first quarterback to start and win a super bowl for two teams. gary kubiak became the fourth coach to win a super bowl in his first year with a new team. the broncos' third championship tied them for seventh-most super bowl wins all-time, along with the washington redskins and oakland raiders.
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since super bowl xiii in january 1979, the home team is given the choice of wearing their colored or white jerseys. originally, the designated home team had to wear their colored jerseys, which resulted in dallas donning their less exposed dark blue jerseys for super bowl v. while most of the home teams in the super bowl have chosen to wear their colored jerseys, there have been six (6) exceptions: the dallas cowboys during super bowl xiii and xxvii, the washington redskins during super bowl xvii, the pittsburgh steelers during super bowl xl, the denver broncos during super bowl 50, and the new england patriots in super bowl lii. the cowboys, since , have worn white jerseys at home. the redskins wore white at home under coach joe gibbs starting in through , continued by richie petitbon and norv turner through , then again when gibbs returned from through . meanwhile, the steelers, who have always worn their black jerseys at home since the afl–nfl merger in , opted for the white jerseys after winning three consecutive playoff games on the road, wearing white. the steelers' decision was compared with the new england patriots in super bowl xx; the patriots had worn white jerseys at home during the season, but after winning road playoff games against the new york jets and miami dolphins wearing red jerseys, new england opted to switch to crimson for the super bowl as the designated home team. for the broncos in super bowl 50, denver general manager john elway simply stated, "we've had super bowl success in our white uniforms"; they previously had been in super bowls when wearing their orange jerseys. the broncos' decision is also perceived to be made out of superstition, losing all super bowl games with the orange jerseys in terrible fashion. it is unclear why the patriots chose to wear their white jerseys for super bowl lii. during the pairing of bill belichick and tom brady, new england has mostly worn their blue jerseys for home games, but have worn white for a home game in the , , and seasons. the new england patriots were 3–0 in their white uniforms in super bowls prior to super bowl lii with belichick and brady, and they may have been going on recent trends of teams who wear white for the super bowl game. white-shirted teams have won 33 of 52 super bowls to date (63%). the only teams to win in their dark-colored uniform in more recent years are the green bay packers against the pittsburgh steelers in super bowl xlv and the philadelphia eagles against the new england patriots in super bowl lii, with teams in white winning 12 of the last 14 super bowls.
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