For pretty much all of the 1960’s and most of the 1970’s, the Denver Broncos were largely regarded as a laughing-stock of professional football.
That all changed in 1977 when the Orange Crush defense and an offense marshalled by quarterback Craig Morton took the Mile High City to Super Bowl XII in New Orleans. While they were overlooked and disregarded by just about everyone an any time zone not called Mountain, there was no denying the rocky mountain region was crazy for football. The consecutive stadium sellout streak the Broncos enjoy today was just seven years-old then, beginning in week 1 of the 1970 season.