Denver Broncos, "The Orange Crush Is Back!"
date: label: date made
content: ca 1970s - 1980s
name: label: Associated Name
content: Denver Broncos
notes: label: Description
content: This round pinback button is white with orange text that says, "The Orange Crush is Back!" The Orange Crush Defense was the nickname for the Denver Broncos' defense starting in 1976 and continuing into the early 1980s. In 1976, the team switched to a 3-4 defense which has three down linemen and four linebackers. The term Orange Crush came from the Broncos' home jersey, which were orange, and the popular soft drink, Orange Crush. The nickname was made popular by Woody Paige in 1977. Key members of the Orange Crush include Randy Gradishar, Tom Jackson, Paul Smith, Rubin Carter, Bob Swenson, Joe Rizzo, Billy Thompson, Louis Wright, Steve Foley and Bernard Jackson. The unit was led by defensive coordinator Joe Collier, defensive line coach Stan Jones and head coach Red Miller. The Orange Crush would be featured in Super Bowl XII as the NFL's number one rush defense (although only 27th in pass defense). The team would lose the game against the Dallas Cowboys, 27-10, behind Dallas' star quarterback Roger Staubach and running back Tony Dorsett.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Football
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Vicki L. Thorn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0773.141
label: accession number
content: 1986.0773
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0773.141
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button
label: Object Name
content: button, football
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: orange (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in; x 5.715 cm