Arrowhead Stadium; House of Horrors

by Zappa on Sep 29, 2008 11:11 AM MDT

I am still angry about yesterday, but I also felt I needed to add some historical perspective to this game and therefore downplay the horrible outing for our football team. The Denver Broncos are now 13-35 when playing away games against the Chiefs franchise. Arrowhead Stadium only opened in 1972, so it really can't be the reason for away games being a horrific excursion nearly every year.

That said, Arrowhead Stadium has become our House of Horrors each and every season. Our most successful run was during the Orange Crush days when we won five games in six years and that came after losing the previous fourteen. John Elway, our greatest of field generals, was a respectable 6-10 in Arrowhead Stadium. Mike Shanahan is now a less than respectable 3-11.

The Denver Broncos will now be called out as a pretender to the AFC West crown by all the "experts" and our power rankings will plummet. Look for the 2-2 Chargers to surpass us even though they barely dispatched the Raiders this week and that we are 1-0 against the Chargers. I doubt our beloved Broncos even remain in the top 10. In any case, we should not be discouraged. The only thing that happened, was we lost in Arrowhead for the 35th time in 48 tries.

We lost 37-10 in our Super Bowl run in 1986 and we also lost 24-22 in our Super Bowl run in 1997. We even lost the two times we advanced to the AFC Championship game without getting to the Super Bowl. In 1990, we lost 31-20 and in 2005, we lost 31-27. Arrowhead Stadium IS the House of Horrors for the Denver Broncos. We are still 3-1, we have a 1.5 game lead on the Chargers and it is now time to completely focus on the 3-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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1968. 34-2

Go safety!

That is a rare score to end a game with. They had the chiefs backed up once, but never got close enough for a field goal on offense?

InYoFace Hasek! InYoFace

by InYoFace on Sep 29, 2008 11:32 AM MDT 0 recs

1960's=Don't Ask. lol

Back then, every stadium we played in(even our own) was a House of Horrors.

If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08

by Zappa on Sep 29, 2008 11:37 AM MDT up 0 recs

cold be worse

If you take away the 0-10 from the 60’s Denver is a respectable 13-25 there. Its just as tough for KC to win in Denver were Denver is 32-8 in the last 40. Denver was due for a letdown and it happened. It is the NFL and the chefs and Broncos are a true rival. Unlike there clowns here in SD where this is no such rival, unless you listen to the talking heads here who try to create one. Friggin Oakland choked

Love is a razor and I have walked the line on that silver blade

by broncfanstuckinsd on Sep 29, 2008 11:41 AM MDT 0 recs

Yea, taking away the 60's isn't fair either.

We’d have to take away the last decade for Oakland if that was the case. The fact is, our team was a laughing stock in the 60’s and we must not forget that. We’re still 2-8 in the last decade. 0-10 isn’t much worse than our current run at Arrowhead. lol

If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08

by Zappa on Sep 29, 2008 11:51 AM MDT up 0 recs

I was trying to be upbeat

find a silver lining. Iwas at a bar yesterday for the Bronco game then the fader/whiners game. I must say the whiners are the biggest bunch of poor winners I have ever seen in my life. I thought I would never ever say this but the fader fans are more classy than the whiners. They are just like that clown from the bolts site (aztec or whatever that morons name is) I have never ever wanted this team to lose as much as I do now. They are like husker fan. total and zero class. That being said, people like that give real good bolt fans like Dabolt a bad name. Its just too bad

Love is a razor and I have walked the line on that silver blade

by broncfanstuckinsd on Sep 29, 2008 11:58 AM MDT up 0 recs

Don't need to tell me that...Niner fans are the absolute worst.

I hate them bastards, 55-10. I must have heard those two numbers put together a thousand times in the early 90’s while in grade school. Caused more than a few scuffles, since I too had pride back then.

If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08

by Zappa on Sep 29, 2008 12:56 PM MDT up 0 recs

i also was taunted with that

and this one speed limit 55 Broncos 10. That was when the speed limit was 55

Love is a razor and I have walked the line on that silver blade

by broncfanstuckinsd on Sep 29, 2008 1:14 PM MDT up 0 recs

A county road out near my old hometown

had a 55 speed limit sign that someone wrote “Broncos 10” with a black marker underneath it. At least its gone now though…

If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08

by Zappa on Sep 29, 2008 1:19 PM MDT up 0 recs

Good post Zappa

puts the loss in perspective.

That’s ok with me. We’re playing for wins, not media publicity....HT 9/11/08

by firstfan on Sep 29, 2008 12:27 PM MDT 0 recs

Let's hope we show up the next two games--they are at least at home.

I would hate to be proven to be complete pretenders going into the bye week.

The best defense is a good offense!
I hope.

by Mike Clark on Sep 29, 2008 12:58 PM MDT 0 recs

The would be a complete disaster.

I am close to agreeing with Guru in his Year 2 of a 3 year rebuilding plan. Tampa Bay has been flying under the radar this year and we are going to have our hands full with them this week. Brian Griese is getting the job done so far and we don’t have anyone left on our football team that might be able to show any vendetta against him. The only vendetta out there is the one Griese may have for us…that is a dangerous situation.

If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08

by Zappa on Sep 29, 2008 1:13 PM MDT up 0 recs

Zappa--I don't want to agree with Guru--so I won't.

I’m not as close as you to ‘the Guru path’ but one more "No-Shows’ by our offense in the next three games will put me on the path. Its obvious that Cutler and company need to carry this team—I hope this was just a young team getting too many pats on the back—resulting in an untimely burp (complete with spit-up on the only time you had no towel on your shoulder).

The best defense is a good offense!
I hope.

by Mike Clark on Sep 29, 2008 9:59 PM MDT up 0 recs

I am starting to wonder if we just need to survive early on and then hinge all of our hopes and dreams on

the shoulders of Ryan Torain….an unproven rookie. Because right now, with zero carries and zero yards and zero minutes played, he looks like our best option at RB. We will not, repeat, will not win very many playoff games with our current running game. Any successful team must be able to pound the rock in order to put games away.

If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08

by Zappa on Sep 29, 2008 10:38 PM MDT up 0 recs

After last year I know this sounds stupid--but I think we should take chances on stopping the run.

Even after what Johnson did to us we need to pay less attention to the run—at least for a little while we need to pull a man out of the box and let our corners get ‘out of the zone’. We have already had several red-zone stops—and most of those stops against rushes. I have to believe that teams have seen something—and I think it is because Bly and Champ are just, ‘covering’ on those plays. Champ and Bly need to be turned loose—a reckless dual of go-for-it.

The best defense is a good offense!
I hope.

by Mike Clark on Sep 30, 2008 12:25 AM MDT up 0 recs

It's the BBQ sauce!

Just figured out the problem at Arrowhead. Never been there, but I keep hearing that it’s the best tail gate arena in the NFL. Broncos had to walk through the aroma of all the Arthur Bryant’s Original sauce and other fine sauces, and smell it throughout the game. Like a narcotic! That accounts for the glazed look on the Broncos faces. Meanwhile, the Chiefs ate the whole Bull before the game.
Memo to Coach Shanahan: next year, take the team to the best rib house in KC the night before the game!
So that explains yesterday. Onward and upward.

If there's gonna be a collision, you better start it. Larry Csonka..

by bradley on Sep 29, 2008 2:09 PM MDT 0 recs