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TRIVIA |
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| The
Gold changed from a metallic gold color scheme
to one that was more yellowish in appearance
following the 1984 season. |
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| The
Gold were the first team to make a head coaching
change, firing popular former Bronco head coach
Red Miller and replacing him with another
popular Bronco alum, quarterback Craig Morton. |
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| Morton
would leave the team after the 1984 season, when
the Gold finished a disappointing 9-9-0. |
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| Darrell
"Mouse" Davis served as the head coach
of the Gold in 1985, taking the team to its only
USFL playoff appearance. |
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Demetrious Johnson, the Gold's first round draft
choice in the inaugural USFL Draft, never played a
down for the team.
The Gold had the USFL's highest average attendance
in 1983, and was awarded the inaugural
championship game due to the team's success at the
gate.
Quarterback Vince Evans was picked up by the Gold
for the 1985 season after the Chicago Blitz, who
had signed him, folded.
Mile High Stadium, home of the Gold, was
demolished in 1999 as part of the project that
constructed its succeeding facility, Invesco Field
at Mile High.
The Gold experienced the largest drop in average
attendance in USFL history between 1984 and 1985,
losing nearly 20,000 fans per game as a result of
the league's announced move to a fall schedule for
1986.
Original Gold owner Ron Blanding sold the team to
Doug Spedding for $10 million, making a
considerable profit.
Blanding also made a profit on operating the team
in 1983, the only owner in the USFL to do so.
After the 1985 season, the Gold were merged with
the Jacksonville Bulls in an effort to shore up
both franchises for the expected 1986 head-to-head
battle with the NFL. The reconstituted Bulls
would have been aligned in the league's
Independence Division along with Tampa Bay,
Orlando, and Arizona.
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