the broncos played dallas cowboys in their last super bowl.
who did the broncos play in their last super bowl?
dallas cowboys
in 2015, the broncos, sporting the nfl's top-ranked defense, completed a 12-4 regular season en route to the franchise's nfl-record-tying eighth super bowl at levi's stadium in santa clara, california. the season began with a seven-game winning streak interrupted by a road loss to manning's old team. peyton manning broke the all-time passing yardage record previously held by brett favre in a week nine home loss to the kansas city chiefs. however, the day's celebration was hollow as manning was intercepted four times and ultimately benched during the game in favor of backup quarterback brock osweiler. osweiler helped the broncos to five wins in seven starts in relief of the injured manning, including overtime triumphs over eventual playoff teams cincinnati and new england. manning returned to the lineup during the final week of the regular season, helping the broncos rally to a victory over the san diego chargers. a patriots loss to miami coupled with the broncos' win, allowed denver to enjoy the afc's top seed and home-field advantage for the playoffs. denver defeated the pittsburgh steelers 23-16 in the divisional round and got a second victory over the patriots in the afc championship game by the score of 20-18. the broncos' victory was sealed when cornerback bradley roby intercepted a 2-point conversion attempt with less than a minute to go in the game. super bowl 50 pitted the broncos against the favored carolina panthers. the broncos' defense created three lost fumbles and an interception and scored a defensive touchdown to power the team to a 24-10 victory, the third nfl title for the franchise. von miller, who had 2.5 sacks and two forced fumbles, was named the game's most valuable player. peyton manning made history as the first quarterback to start and win a super bowl for two teams. gary kubiak became the fourth coach to win a super bowl in his first year with a new team. the broncos' third championship tied them for seventh-most super bowl wins all-time, along with the washington redskins and oakland raiders.
history of the denver broncos
this broadcast was the last for nbc as the afc network after 33 years (cbs has held the afc broadcast rights ever since), their last nfl broadcast overall until 2006, when they signed on to televise "sunday night football", and their last super bowl broadcast until 2009 (super bowl xliii). this was also the last time channel 4 in the uk would show the super bowl – and their last nfl coverage until 2010 – after they had been showing the event since 1983 (super bowl xvii). only sky sports would show it live until five joined them in 2003 (super bowl xxxvii). it also marked the last super bowl until 2007 for ctv in canada after airing the nfl and the event since super bowl xvi; from 1999 to 2006 the super bowl aired on the global television network. ctv had aired nfl football since 1970 and the super bowl since 1982 (super bowl xvi). it was also the final nfl game for gma network in the philippines until the 2006 season; gma had aired nfl football since 1986 and the super bowl since super bowl xxi in 1987. the super bowl would be broadcast on abc 5, also from 1999 until 2006. it was also the final super bowl in which the televisa family of networks aired on its own in mexico, also until 2007, being broadcast on canal 5; televisa had aired nfl football since 1970 and the super bowl since 1988 (at the time, the only other super bowl in san diego). azteca 13 likewise would exclusively air the super bowl from 1999 until 2006, including super bowl xxxvii which would be the next super bowl to be played at qualcomm stadium.
super bowl xxxii