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Colorful Year at INVESCO Field at Mile High

August 4th, 2009 - 11:29am by jim_saccomano

Denver Broncos fans will see the most colorful uniform variety in team history for the home games at INVESCO Field at Mile High this year.

Of course, the team’s primary home uniform remains the dark blue jersey and white pants.

By now fans are well aware of the fact that the Broncos are celebrating their 50th season of play and the American Football League this year. As a result, Denver will don the notorious 1960 uniform, featuring seal brown pants and helmet, gold jersey (kind of a mustard yellow), and the infamous gold and brown vertically striped socks.

The Broncos will wear than uniform when they take on the New England (née Boston) Patriots on October 11, and the Patriots will wear their AFL throwback uniforms on that day as well.

Not to be outdone, the game officials that day will be wearing what the AFL officials wore at that time, which means there will still be an orange uniform on the playing field. The officials’ shirts for all AFL throwback games are white and orange striped.

Meanwhile, the Broncos will once again wear their very popular alternate orange jersey (the one that is part of the current uniform as a third jersey) twice, donning that fabric against Dallas on October 4 and again vs. Pittsburgh on Monday night, November 9.

This is the greatest variety ever worn by the Broncos at home. A quick analysis of the dates shows that the Broncos will not wear the blue jerseys at home for two regular season games in a row until the November 22 game vs. the San Diego Chargers and the Thanksgiving Day game against the New York Giants four days later.

New team, new coach, new philosophies, old uniforms — and the same winning tradition.

Fans can look forward to all of that at INVESCO Field at Mile High in 2009.

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48 Responses to “Colorful Year at INVESCO Field at Mile High”

  1. Broncosnl says:

    First post! So excited to see we’ll see the orange jersey’s again! Love them!

  2. CharlieSouthStands says:

    Away Uni – must be: BLUE PANTS – WHITE JERSEY!

    Why do we never do this?… all white, boring.

  3. CharlieSouthStands says:

    Speaking of Uni’s – why not sell Gradishar and TJ’s old orange crush jerseys in the throwback section????????

  4. Dr.Chris24 says:

    charlie, I agree. all white is boring. I also think we need our home jerseys to be orange with blue pants.

  5. ocrush4ever says:

    I thought about that too, Charlie. If I remember right, the swooshie stripe on the white shirt is a different color than the one on the dark pants. I think the one on the shirt is blue, and the one on the pants is orange, and it’s supposed to look like one long swooshie. That may be why they don’t combine the two.

  6. mrbroncofan says:

    I still like the new alternate orange jerseys the best. They should make them the normal jerseys and the blue jerseys can be the alternate.

  7. RSH says:

    Mr. Saccomano, thank you for your post.

    Do you have any idea if the Broncos plan on wearing the blue home jerseys with blue pants at all this season? Possibly on Thanksgiving Night against the Giants?

    Will Josh McDaniels follow the Patriot Way and have the Broncos wear white jerseys in the home opener against Cleveland? I ask because the Patriots the past two seasons have worn white jerseys at home for their first two home games. The Broncos have only worn white jerseys at home once if memory serves me correct. They were white jerseys against San Diego in Week 11 of the 2003 season as punishment because the Broncos showed up with road white uniforms in Week 2 in San Diego that season when the Chargers had told them that they planned on wearing white at home for that game.

    Also, something tells me that the Broncos will be introducing a new logo, helmets and uniforms for the 2010 season. I don’t know why, but I am getting that feeling.

  8. Marshallman-15 says:

    i almost got a customized dumervil jersey for the afl anniversary, but decided to do it in blue. by the way, im not sure if its the adult jerseys, customized jerseys, or what, but the numbers are different on mine and tear very easily (kind of a waste of $100, i shoulda gone to http//nflhotshop.com ). i jsut suggest you get the regular replica or get cheap authentics at nflhotshop….

  9. broncofanlvnm says:

    I wouldn’t mind seeing an all orange uniform for home games sometimes.

  10. Marshallman-15 says:

    does anyone know when the deadline is for the 53-man roster?

  11. RSH says:

    The deadline is Sept. 5.

  12. eeerockski says:

    I like the all dark blue uni’s myself. Then the orange ones secondary.

  13. SBXXXII..Iwzthr! says:

    I LOVE the orange jerseys!!! However, I’m dissapointed that they don’t have them for women….boo!!

    The 50th jerseys, not in love with, but being born and raised in Wyoming I’ll feel like I’m watching my Cowboys so I can handle that!!

    Getting closer and closer to the season and loving it!!!

    GO BRONCOS!!!

  14. broncofanlvnm says:

    How many games are they going to use the throw backs this year?

  15. TheOrangeCrush24 says:

    I like the all white uniform best, think it looks very neat and tidy, and I also like the full blue one more than I like the blue jerseys and white pants, so I ask, will we ever be wearing the full dark blue uniform again ? Thanks

  16. broncofanlvnm says:

    I like the full dark blue uniform best also, but I would like to see the full orange one also. I think it would look awesome and also be very distracting for opposing teams to see.

  17. denverfan7 says:

    I know If only the whites had blue pants than it would be a lot better

  18. denverfan7 says:

    I do like the all blues to, those are nice. We usually wear those on monday or sunday night games.

  19. hankin22 says:

    I’ve gotta agree. I think the all blue uniforms are best, but I do like the orange jerseys as well. This is my own opinion but, i’m not sure how well an all orange uniform would look..

  20. gary bronc says:

    yea the all blue jerseys are the monday night specials but that alternate orange looks really cool. By the way i think the all white uniforms are classics seeing that we rarely wear them

  21. 07elway says:

    Umm, pretty sure they make orange jerseys for women but maybe not with certain players, if that’s what you meant SBXXXII. I have an Elway orange throwback jersey.

  22. TheOrangeCrush24 says:

    We do Gary, like every away game we wear the white. but you guys say we only wear the all blue on Monday night games, but we never in the 07 season we wore all blue in like every home game, I remember the last game against Vikings we had the all blue on the Steelers game the Kansas game, my opinions are Home= All Blue. Away =All White. Alternative= Orange with white shorts, or all orange is doesn’t bother me. But what do you guys think ?

  23. D-UNIT says:

    All blue is the only way to go…All orange would be awesome if we had something like the Texan’s all red uni’s. Blue top / white pants looks stupid imo.

    I also agree that our uniforms need an update! Whoever’s in charge of style around here needs to take a look at some of the newer uniforms around the league. Arizona and New England come to mind also Jacksonville’s new tweaks this year look pretty good. We don’t need a total overhaul of logo etc but they could definitely be brought up to date. My 2¢….

  24. TheOrangeCrush24 says:

    You said it D-UNIT, blue tops and white pants looks stupid, and the Texans all red uni in my opinion is the nicest in the league would be awesome if we had it with orange, but we should change the uniforms for sure, I hope they do after reading all these complaints

  25. BroncosLax says:

    Right on D-UNIT,
    All Blue is the way to go, The all orange might be too colorful lol, but I’d be down to try it. I really hat having the pants white and then a dark jersey color it just doesn’t mesh.

  26. BroncosLax says:

    I also Like the all white, it would just look bad with blue pants. All white and all blue is the way to go, and maybe try some all orange as a secondary.

  27. TheOrangeCrush24 says:

    Guys i thought i was the only one out there who hated the blue top and white pants combination haha, but I guess not, I guess like every one hates it. I hope Bowlen reads this and sees that so many hate it and change it back to all blue haha, i know he probably won’t like but you never know :) ,

  28. 07elway says:

    hahahaha, I’m sorry but this is too funny. A bunch of men discussing which combination of top and bottoms look best. I’m getting a kick out this!! LOL

    Just to put in my 2 cents, the blue jersey and white bottoms don’t look that bad. I actually like it. But I love the orange better.

  29. TheOrangeCrush24 says:

    haha yes but we like what is best for our team and that is the all blue jersey, and this article is about uniform

  30. Dr.Chris24 says:

    I do like the all blue unis also. Detroit also updated their logo. made their Lion look more intimidating…even though their still going to suck.

  31. LBWilson56 says:

    07Elway..im with ya!!I will always like the orange jerseys with the white pants..Reminds me so much of the old Orange Crush days!!
    STAY POSITIVE PEOPLE!!!

  32. ManelyOrange says:

    07Elway and LBWilson56….totally agree with you. It is kinda silly for us to hope for one uniform over another, but the orange jersey and white pants have GOT to come back as the primary home uniform. The dark blue doesn’t let us stand out from the rest of the league the way the orange ones did. So tacky they were cool, you know? I live in Florida and when I wear orange, people come up to me talking about the Gators!! Point being is that it stands out. Hope to see it happen soon!!

  33. tateb says:

    the orange jerseys are best. The all blue, blue top and bottom are ugly as sin. Please never do the all blue again. A horrible horrible experiment.
    Orange is who we are!

  34. PhotoHoundAK says:

    All the different uni’s won’t hide the fact that it’ll still be the same mediocre team losing game after game after game…

    I’m trying my best to stay positive, but right now all I am positive about is that this will be a dreadfully disastrous season…

  35. PhotoHoundAK says:

    P.S. the orange alternate jerseys should be the primary home jersey.

  36. Broncfalls says:

    I don’t care if they were pink tops and purple bottoms!

    JUST WIN!

    GO GET EM’ BOYS!

  37. Broncfalls says:

    Sorry,

    wear….not were

    GO GET EM’ BOYS!

  38. akeem0707 says:

    i wish we had a black out jersey with orange background that would be hot and all the fans have on black

  39. TheOrangeCrush24 says:

    Can you tell me Jim, will we be wearing the white uniform this year ????

  40. BradJamesBroncoFan says:

    Orange should be our primary color at home. Such things commemorated a good portent last season.

  41. NastyNate says:

    i say our orange jerseys as primary (come on we were the orange crush once upon a time!!!) then our secondary is the all blue jerseys. then we should once in awhile wear our old 1980s-97 orange and blue jerseys. I still play every madden game with those lol. or the all blue.
    just throwin some ideas out there haha

  42. MOPH_broncofan says:

    yeah i like the orange jerseys too, but you cannot beat the all blue uni’s!!! of course we have the best uni’s in the NFL no matter what we r wearing!!!

    i got my 1960 personalized jersey on the way and with my new Bronco tattoo on my left forearm…. this season has a lot of changes and i cannot wait for it to start!!!

    To check out my BRONCO TATTOO go to broncoscountry.com (MOPH_broncofan)….. tell me what u think!!

    GO BRONCOS 2009-2010… ALL THE WAY BABY!!!!

  43. xxgracegunnerxx says:

    ..still like the blue on blue…after i warmed up to it…

  44. dph1110 says:

    YES!!!! I’m so glad that the Broncos will be wearing orange. I know that NFL rules allow teams to wear their alternate (third) jerseys up to twice per season, with no limits during the playoffs. I will be at the Dallas game on October 4, and yes I will wear my Rod Smith No. 80 jersey, although I was hoping that the Broncos would wear white for that game, and force the Cowboys to wear their dark blue jerseys that they rarely wear.

  45. monodono says:

    What about the Bon Fire?We want a Bon Fire to burn the socks!

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