Broncos white in '86?

[Captain Poncho]

The 41-20 butt-whoopin we hung on the Cowpokers, in Mile High, while dressed in white, happened in 1980.

FTR, Reeves pissed me right off when he did that, and I was only 7.

[perfesser]

Here's a website that has extensive information on the Broncos' uniform history.

http://endzone.pscoggin.com/jerseys.htm

Now, some of the information on this site contradicts the athlegraphics database. For example, the endzone site states that the Broncos wore orange pants with their white jerseys from '68-'71 and in '78 and '79. Athlegraphics only shows the orange pants in '68 and '78. The endzone site offers some footnotes to support their claim on this, as well as pictures of each year's uniform. But Craig Wheeler does a great job with Football Uniforms P&P, so its an unclear situation.

Now the key piece of information, when the Broncos wore white at home, is not addressed on the endzone site. HOWEVER, check the .pdf of the 1980 uniforms.

http://endzone.pscoggin.com/Uni_1980.pdf

This purports to show the Broncos wearing white in 1980 against the Chargers. San Diego wore white at home during this era. I can't tell from the background where the picture was taken, but this might demonstrate that the Broncos wore white at home against the Chargers in 1980. Of course there are a number of other possibilities.

Edit: Further digging shows that the Broncos did beat Dallas 41-20 in Week 2 of the 1980 season at home. The next week, they lost 30-13 at home to the Chargers. Could it be that Reeves thought white at home was lucky after beating Dallas and wore them the next week against the Chargers? Or did he just think he could throw off Air Coryell by making them wear the jerseys they seldom used?

[Chiefster2000]

Any pictures of this?

[perfesser]

The pics are in the .pdf, if that's what you're asking about.

[Blue Falcon]

It looks like the Broncs wore white vs. the Chargers in 1980, since Matt Robinson (seen in the picture from the .pdf file) only played with them that year. Also, Red Miller was the coach, not Dan Reeves. He could have pulled the superstition card when they beat the Cowboys the previous week wearing white at home.