Broncos making long-awaited return to Super Bowl (Reuters)

By Julian Linden NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Denver Broncos, one of the National Football League's most elite franchises, are back in the Super Bowl for the first time in 15 years. Now, all that stands between them and the Vince Lombardi Trophy is their showdown with the Seattle Seahawks in New Jersey on February 2. Established in 1960 in the now-defunct American Football League, the Broncos joined the NFL in 1970 when the two leagues merged but failed to make a single playoff in their first 17 seasons. It wasn't until 1977 that the Broncos made their first appearance in the postseason after adopting a near impenetrable defensive system that became popularly known as the Orange Crush, partly in reference to the team's colors.



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