Thursday's game against the Chargers marked the Broncos' first ever visit to San Diego in which George Pernicano did not attend the game.
Pernicano passed away peacefully Oct. 6 at the age of 98.
And until the very moment of his death, he had missed just two Chargers games ever — both of which were road games — and he never missed a game played in San Diego.
When the Chargers struggled in Los Angeles during their inaugural American Football League season in 1960, it was George who organized four other San Diego businessmen and pushed Barron Hilton to bring his franchise south to San Diego.