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(This is my first fanpost, so I hope you guys like it.)

Here's a little Broncos trivia to wet your lips during the offseason.  Since you guys are really knowledgable about the Broncos, I figured I'd try to make this a little more difficult.        

I'll post the answers tomorrow evening. 

Star-divide

 

1)   The Broncos first home was:  

a) County Stadium     b) Mile High Stadium    c) Bears Stadium    d) Denver Park    e) War Memorial Stadium

 

2)   How many FGs did Jason Elam make of 60 yards or longer in his Broncos career?

a) 1     b) 2     c) 3     d) 4     e) 5

 

3)   Until this year, which Bronco held the NFL record for most rushing yards in a game by a rookie?

a) Floyd Little     b) Bobby Humphrey     c) Terrell Daivs     d) Mike Anderson     e) Clinton Portis    

 

4)   How many players in Broncos history made the Broncos final roster the season after playing for the Raiders?

a) 1     b) 2     c) 3     d) 4     e) 5

 

5)   Of Elway's 47 4th Quarter comebacks, how many times were the winning points scored with less than 2 minutes left in regulation?

a) 7     b) 11     c) 14     d) 18     e) 21 

 

6)   Of Elway's 47 4th Quarter comebacks, how many came in the playoffs?

a) 3     b) 4     c) 5     d) 6     e) 7

 

7)   How many Broncos wore #7?

a) 1     b) 2     c) 3     d) 4     e) 5

 

8)   Which Bronco holds the NCAA record for most TDs in a game?

a) Floyd Little     b) Otis Armstrong     c) Tony Dorsett     d) Glyn Milburn     e) Howard Griffith

 

9)   In 1965, the Denver Broncos drafted which Hall of Famer with their first pick (2nd Round)?

a)  Carl Eller      b) Dick Butkus      c) Gene Upshaw      d) Gale Sayers      e) Bob Griese 

 

10)   The Broncos and one other team have only finished a season with a losing record an NFL-best four times since 1983.  (Note: 8-8 does not count) Who is the other team?

a) Green Bay      b) Miami      c) Dallas     d) Houston / Tennessee      e) San Francisco

    

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Solid quiz!!

No cheating everyone!

-TSG

www.milehighreport.com

by John Bena on May 22, 2008 5:11 AM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Questions 4 and 8 stumped me.

You going to come out with the answers in a couple of days? :)

by Tim Lynch on May 22, 2008 7:54 AM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Great first post

looking forward to the answers

Until Terrell Davis makes it into the Hall of Fame, I refuse to acknowledge the existence of such a place other than the Ring of Fame at Mile High!

Davis to the Hall!

by Jon Tollerud on May 22, 2008 8:11 AM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Awesome.........

I love trivia. I’ve got my answers written down and I’ll be anxiously looking forward to the answers. LOL Some of the questions are before my time but I took a shot at em anyway. This is a fun way to learn more about the Broncos.

The player who thinks he can and the player who knows he can are two different players, which one are you???

by Broncofan on May 22, 2008 8:17 AM MDT reply actions   0 recs

THE ANSWERS...

Okay, here are the answers. Even I got 1 wrong. So, we can all throw out #4. I went line-by-line through the Broncos and Radiers all-time rosters and found some other players I had not seen before. All of these players appeared in at least one game for the Broncos in the following season after playing the previous season for the Raiders (I already checked).

1) c – Bears Stadium. Bears Stadium was the original home for the Broncos. It was later renamed Mile High Stadium in 1968. Ironically, Bob Howsam, the first owner of the Broncos, was in huge debt after expandind the stadium for baseball and went to the AFL looking for a sports team after being rejected by MLB for a team. Thus, the dubious beginning of the Broncos. Thank God things got better from there!

2) a – 1 Elam’s only successful kick of 60+ yards was his 63-yarder on Oct. 25, 1998 against Jacksonville to tie Dempsey’s NFL record for longest FG made.

3) d – Mike Anderson. Mike rushed for 251 yards at New Orleans on Dec 3, 2000.

4) Okay, I really screwed this one up when trying to verify the answer. (Sorry.) In total, there are nine (9) players who played for the Raiders the year before playing for the Broncos. Jerry Rice could have been #10. When you see the names, you’ll understand how I could have undercounted. The players:

1- Ken Lanier T Raiders 93 Denver 81-92, 94
2- Jim McMillin DB Raiders 63-64 Denver 60-62, 64-65
3- Rex Mirish DE Raiders 64-66 Denver 67-69
4- Joe Nedney K Raiders 99 Denver 00
5- Kerry Porter RB Raiders 89 Denver 90
6- Gene Prebola TE Raiders 60 Denver 61-63
7- Richard Tyson G Raiders 66 Denver 67
8- Lionel Washington DB Raiders 87-94,97 Denver 95-96
9- Chris Woods WR Raiders 87-88 Denver 89
(Note: Woods played in one game for the Broncos at PR and KR.)

5) e – 21

6) d – 6 (The Drive, The Fumble, ‘89 Divisional vs. Pitts. (Jan ‘90), The Drive II, ‘97 Divisional vs. K.C (Jan ‘98), Super Bowl XXXII vs. G.B.)

7) c – 3 (Mickey Slaughter, Craig Morton, and John Elway)

8) e – Howard Griffith. Howard scored 8 TDs for Illinois against Southern Illinois University. Rather than celebrate his achievement, some Illini alumni scorned him for breaking the record held by Illinois legend Red Grange.

9) b- Dick Butkus. Dick was also drafted by the Chicago Bears of the NFL and decided to play there instead. Ironically, the Bears other 1st Round draft pick was another HOFer, Gale Sayers, who was also drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs.

10) b – Miami. Since 1983, Miami has only finished the season with a losing record in 1988, 2004, 2006, and 2007. Since, the AFL-NFL merger in 1970, Miami has only posted 5 losing seasons. (Yet, they still can’t sell out their stadium!)

Sorry for the screw-up. Hope you enjoyed it anyway!

by Bronco Billy on May 22, 2008 8:15 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, sorry I missed that one. Actually denverbroncos.com transposed the numbers for his years played with the team. I just didn’t catch it. (I should have know that one anyway.) They listed him as playing from 1976-72, when it should have been 1967-72. Thanks for the catch. I’ll drop them an email too.

"On the Plains of Hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions, who, at the Dawn of Victory, sat down to wait, and waiting--died!" - George W. Cecil

by Bronco Billy on May 22, 2008 9:36 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

i'd be too expensive

fader nation is a conquered nation

by mdierk on May 23, 2008 10:12 AM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seriously, this is the greatest Broncos site on the web. For true insight, there’s no better place to go – not even denverbroncos.com.

"On the Plains of Hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions, who, at the Dawn of Victory, sat down to wait, and waiting--died!" - George W. Cecil

by Bronco Billy on May 23, 2008 7:22 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree

So careful of the type it seems, So careless of the single life. - Tennyson

by firstfan on May 24, 2008 12:12 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

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