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5 incredible memories from the Pat Bowlen era

By Sayre Bedinger

30 Dec 1990: Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen looks on during a game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Broncos won the game, 22-13. Mandatory Credit: Tim de Frisco /Allsport
30 Dec 1990: Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen looks on during a game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Broncos won the game, 22-13. Mandatory Credit: Tim de Frisco /Allsport /
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25 Jan 1998: Terrell Davis #30 of the Denver Broncos in action during the NFL Super Bowl XXXII Game against the Green Bay Packers at the Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The Broncos defeated the Packers 31-24. Mandatory Credit: Doug Pensinger /Allsport /

“This one’s for John.”

Bowlen purchased the Denver Broncos in 1984, the year after the team acquired John Elway in a draft day trade with the Baltimore Colts.

With Elway at QB and Bowlen running the organization, the Broncos went to three Super Bowls in four years in the late 80s and early 90s.

After three crushing defeats, they would not return to the Super Bowl until the 1997 season. At this point, many were probably wondering if it was ever going to happen, but the Broncos did it. Despite being pretty big underdogs against the Green Bay Packers, they did it.

They won their first title, and as easy as it would have been for Bowlen to take the credit, he dedicated the team’s first championship to his QB, Elway.

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This moment is one of Broncos Country’s all-time favorites, and rightly so.

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