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| Before the season, the Broncos changed from orange helmets to blue helmets.<ref>{{cite web|last=Saccomano|first=Jim|title=Sacco Sez: How the orange and blue began|url=https://www.denverbroncos.com/news/...e-began|website=DenverBroncos.com|date=August 7, 2022|access-date=January 29, 2024}}</ref> | Before the season, the Broncos changed from orange helmets to blue helmets.<ref>{{cite web|last=Saccomano|first=Jim|title=Sacco Sez: How the orange and blue began|url=https://www.denverbroncos.com/news/...e-began|website=DenverBroncos.com|date=August 7, 2022|access-date=January 29, 2024}}</ref> |
| This was the first season that the Broncos wore there now famous "Orange Crush" uniforms, but the famous D logo on the helmets would not appear until the next season. The team would make slight modifications to the uniforms throughout the years until they were retired 30 years later after the [[1996 Denver Broncos season|1996 season]]. | |
| Hired in December 1966, Saban left the [[1966 Maryland Terrapins football team|University of Maryland]] after just one season; he had previously been an AFL head coach at [[1961 Boston Patriots season|Boston]] and [[1965 Buffalo Bills season|Buffalo]], where he won consecutive [[1965 American Football League Championship Game|AFL titles]].<ref name=offryv>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6CZJAAAAIBAJ&pg=533,128479 |work=Youngstown Vindicator |location=(Ohio) |agency=Associated Press |title=Denver Broncos offer Lou Saban 10-year contract to coach AFL club|date=December 16, 1966 |page=23}}</ref><ref name=lvsmd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fpUnAAAAIBAJ&pg=7084,3080622 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Saban leaves Md. for Denver |date=December 17, 1966 |page=11 }}</ref><ref name=lsrtb>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UuBNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1251,8337333 |work=Free Lance-Star |location=(Fredericksburg, Virginia) |agency=Associated Press |last=Chass |first=Murray |title=Lou Saban returning to bottom |date=December 17, 1966 |page=6}}</ref> | Hired in December 1966, Saban left the [[1966 Maryland Terrapins football team|University of Maryland]] after just one season; he had previously been an AFL head coach at [[1961 Boston Patriots season|Boston]] and [[1965 Buffalo Bills season|Buffalo]], where he won consecutive [[1965 American Football League Championship Game|AFL titles]].<ref name=offryv>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6CZJAAAAIBAJ&pg=533,128479 |work=Youngstown Vindicator |location=(Ohio) |agency=Associated Press |title=Denver Broncos offer Lou Saban 10-year contract to coach AFL club|date=December 16, 1966 |page=23}}</ref><ref name=lvsmd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fpUnAAAAIBAJ&pg=7084,3080622 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Saban leaves Md. for Denver |date=December 17, 1966 |page=11 }}</ref><ref name=lsrtb>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UuBNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1251,8337333 |work=Free Lance-Star |location=(Fredericksburg, Virginia) |agency=Associated Press |last=Chass |first=Murray |title=Lou Saban returning to bottom |date=December 17, 1966 |page=6}}</ref> |
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