Ed Hochuli Will Referee AFC Championship Game With All-Star Crew

By Mark Schiff
The Broncos AFC Championship game against the Oakland Raiders, the defending Super Bowl champs, on New Year’s Day 1978 marks a stark line of demarcation in the team’s history. Before: One playoff game (just days earlier against the Pittsburgh Steelers), the worst AFL team (a miserable 39–97–4 record when it was said and done), four winning seasons since 1960 and zero respect as a franchise. Since: 39 playoffs games, seven Super Bowls, two world championship