1976 Denver Broncos Video Yearbook

[@lesschoenberger3070]

At 10:00 and 20:30 number 15 on the Giants is Craig Morton throwing those interceptions! The next year he was on Denver and made it to the Super Bowl.

[@BroncosCountry58]

Oh wow I didn't even notice that was Morton! I thought he went straight from the Cowboys to the Broncos

[@lesschoenberger3070]

@@BroncosCountry58 No he suffered in New York on some bad teams for awhile!

[@lesdavis3596]

Man, those classic 70s uniforms should be the standard! Beautiful!

[@triplennnoflaf]

If John Ralston stays on as head coach of the Broncos for 3 more years through the 1979 season. Denver would have won a Superbowl !!!!!!!!!!!! Bronco players loved Ralston !!!!!!!! Red Miller ruined the Broncos in the late 1970's......The year they went to the Superbowl in 1977 that was really Ralston's team !!!!!!!!! Miller also ruined Otis Armstrong career......never used him right. 1974-1976 Armstrong was one of the best running backs in the NFL until Red Miller became head coach 1977 then #24 went right down the tube. Sad day when John Ralston and the Broncos parted ways !!!!!!!!!

[@1959ASAM]

I agree John Ralston was a very good football mind & HC he built the 1977 Team

[@lesschoenberger3070]

Well, Ralston had a very good eye for talent and yes he built the team that went to the Super Bowl in 1977 except for quarterback. Ralston kept saying he was going to replace Steve Ramsey and tried to trade for Greg Landry and Jim Plunkett but when the trades fell through he tried to sell the team on Ramsey. He had to step in this year when OC Max Coley was in the hospital when they played at Houston and called the plays and they only scored 3 points, he was lost. The "Dirty Dozen" was formed in an effort to get Ralston out of there, they felt they had the talent to go far but didn't believe that they could do so under Ralston's leadership, so he was let go. But yes, his draft picks were the reason why they went to Super Bowl 12.

[@frontierjetrio]

Wrong. The players formed the “Dirty Dozen” in an effort to get management to replace John. He had been extremely successful adding talent via the draft but fell short on W-L results. Red Miller far from “ruined the Broncos.” He won a ton of games, made the playoffs three years in a row and took the team to their first Super Bowl. The success of ‘77 is also heavily linked to the arrival of Craig Morton, a true pro who the players respected immensely. As another commenter posted, the debacle in Houston caused Coach Coley to phone Woody Paige one evening at home and tell him how Ralston couldn’t run the offense. John was a great guy, excellent judge of talent and definitely “people oriented”….. but he couldn’t lead the team to the next level.

[@1959ASAM]

​@frontierjetrio still John Ralston drafted alot of those players & yes they did turn on him I remember that season it was my senior year of HS.

[@frontierjetrio]

@@1959ASAMyes he drafted many of the starters….but the assertion that Red “ruined” the Broncos is absurd. Ralston was a much better talent evaluator than coach. The Broncos weren’t going to get anywhere near the next level with him as head coach….