NFL: Super Bowl Memories - running documentary (1 to 57)

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Third TD early in the 3rd qtr, 34-3. The route was on.

Just too easy. 55-10 final.

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1-yr TD run by Rathman. Another maestro catch by Rice, TD. Niners, 27-3, at half.

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Early drive: Montana gets great protection, hits Rice who bounces off Atwater. TD Niners, 7-0.

DEN FG, Niner TD to Brent Jones (missed xpt). Niners, 13-3.

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SB24: Broncos vs Niners

*Broncos: were 0-3 in their first three SB appearances. This was AGAIN one of the years the Broncos went thru the Browns.
*Niners: were 3-0 in their first three SB appearances. Walsh retired in the prior off-season, Seifert took over Defending champs.

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At the trophy presentation, I have to give a tip of the cap to Brent Musberger for an excellent piece of journalism. After awarding the trophy to Walsh, Brent asked Walsh one question. Brent must have had good intel.

BRENT: "Was this the final game for the great coach Bill Walsh?"

Brent didn't have to say another word. Walsh hugged his son.

Walsh retired from the Niners after winning his third title of the decade. He had taken over the Niners when they were a ragtag bunch, and now they were champions again.

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No miracle finish for the Bengals. Going off the field after such a gut-wrenching loss, Wyche could not have been more gracious. He congratulated his former coach and said "I couldn't be more happy for you."

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Completion to Craig. Inside the 10. 0:40 left.

Walsh drew up the key play. Rice had been immense, Walsh knew he would draw a crowd:
*Rice ran to the left corner as decoy.
*John Taylor post pattern. TD, Niners 20-16.

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Against a loose defense, Montana navigated the Niners downfield. Connection to Rice, across midfield. Under 2:00.

After an offensive penalty, Montana hit Rice perfectly on a crossing pattern. Eluding three defenders, Rice gained 32 yards to get to the Bengal 19.

As good as he was throughout his career, Rice was Superman in this game. His 220 scrimmage yards accounted for almost half of the Niner's total offense.

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A penalty on the kickoff pushed the Niners back to their own 8. Here's the part where legends are made.

According to Tackle Harris Barton, at the TV timeout Joe Montana looks along the endline and sees a familiar figure walking. Joe tells the huddle "Look, that's John Candy." Season on the line, how cool can a guy be?

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If the Bengals snuff out this drive and win, who do you give the SB MVP to?

*Jim Breech (who was 3/3 on FG)?
*DE Jason Buck?
*Jerry Rice (even in defeat)?

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Bengals used to a ball-control drive to bleed clock. Another Breech FG. CIN 16-13, only 3:20 left.

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Next Niner drive, Montana clicked to Rice. Billups drops would-be INT, next play Montana to Rice TD. 13-13.

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SF FG, tie game 6-6.

Stanford Jennings returned the ensuing kickoff for a 94-yard TD. CIN, 13-6.

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In the third quarter, the Bengals drove nicely featuring the quickness of James Brooks. Another FG, CIN 6-3.

On the next Bengal drive, however, Esiason was picked off on a nice effort by Bill Romanowski.

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The Niners moved the ball. But the Bengal defense stiffened in the red zone to force field goals. Cofer was 1/2 in 1q. Niners, 3-0.

Breech FG. 3-3 at halftime.

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The Niners moved the ball. But the Bengal defense stiffened in the red zone to force field goals. Cofer was 1/2 in 1q. Niners, 3-0.

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1st key action: Niner LT Steve Wallace injured. He's out for the game.

But that's nothing compared to the Tim Krumrie injury the Bengals suffered shortly thereafter. It was a gruesome injury, even more graphic than the Joe Thiesmann injury IMHO. Krumrie's leg broke in two places. Seeing his leg flop in the wind didn't even look real. When I think about this game, the first thing that comes to mind is the Krumrie injury.

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Did you know?

*Anthony Munoz had a bit part in the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"?

As a student at USC, Munoz played the role as an orderly. His size played perfectly on the screen. He is on screen for a few minutes.

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The Bengals featured a solid offense:

*Line was bolstered by Munoz and Montoya.
*Rookie RB Ickey Woods scored 15 touchdowns. It made for TV clips with his "Ickey Shuffle" Touchdown celebration.
*QB Boomer Esiason won the league MVP.

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Start with the coaches. Wyche was a little-used 3rd-string QB on the 1970 Bengals. Walsh was an offensive assistant on the Bengal staff.

The Bengals were buoyed by the prospects of young QB Greg Cook, had won AFL Rookie of the Year in 1969. Cook, unfortunately, took a heavy hit in the 1970 preseason. Cook was knocked out for the rest of the year and in fact never recovered from the injury.

Cook had the prototypical arm to stretch the field. With Cook out, the depth chart was reduced to Virgil Carter and Wyche. Without their star QB, the Bengals started out a meager 1-6.

As Walsh examined the offensive scheme, he determined that it was foolhardy to ask the pop-gun armed Carter to throw many deep passes. Out of necessity, Walsh cut back the playbook to shorter passes with an emphasis on check-downs to Running Backs. The revamped offense played more to Carter's capabilities.

The reborn Bengals won the last seven games of the season. They won the division with an 8-6 record and made the playoffs.

When talking of the 1970 season, Walsh sported a cheshire cat-grin as if he was stealing money. Writers later attached the title of the "West Coast Offense" to Walsh's playbook. Walsh viewed it as a misnomer and jokingly said "it should be the Midwest Offense" because of its roots in Cincinnati.

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1988: Bengals vs Niners

*Bengals: 2nd Super Bowl appearance. First appearance had also been versus the Niners.
*Niners: 3rd Super Bowl appearance. Going for third title of the decade.

More Bengal-Niner parallels. Plenty of notes on this one.

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The WASH defense squashed any comeback bid. Elway threw three INTs, and they sacked Elway five times.

Doug Williams won the Super Bowl MVP. Just as easily could have gone to RB Timmy Smith, who ran for 204 yards to break Allen's SB record.

42-10 final. Right in the heart of the NFC string of dominating Super Bowl wins.

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*Another TD pass to Sanders. 50 yards.
*In the 2:00 drill, TD pass to Didier.

Williams had four TD passes in the 2nd quarter. As a team, the Redskins had scored 35 pts in the qtr (a SB record). 35-10 at half.

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In the 2nd qtr, Williams came back...and the Redskins took off.

*Long TD pass to Sanders.
*TD pass to Clark
*Long TD run by Timmy Smith

WASH, 21-10. Just that quick.

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Again, the Broncos struck first. Early TD pass, Elway to Nattiel. 7-0.

It was an inauspicious start for the Redskins. Broncos connected on a gadget play, Sewell pass back to Elway. Karlis FG, 10-0.

And the Redskin offense was stymied. Starting QB Doug Williams injured (at least temporarily).

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Again, the Broncos struck first. Early TD pass, Elway to Nattiel. 7-0.

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SB22: Broncos vs Redskins

*Broncos were 1-seed out of the AFC.
*Redskins were 3-seed out of the NFC.

The NFC bracket broke open. Vikings won at top-seed San Francisco. Redskins won at Chicago, who now had McMahon back. Those outcomes set up the 3-seed Redskins hosting the Vikes for the NFC title.

Chalk this one up under: Some times it takes a little extra. In Washington's win at Chicago, I saw one of the best individual plays imaginable. In a tight game Darrell Green caught a Buford punt around midfield. Green ran up the right sideline and then reversed course to the left. In the process he leapt over a would-be tackler and separated rib cartilage. The speedy Green dusted the pack and scored a punt return TD. He ran the last 30 yards holding his side.

*Note: 1987 was a strike year. Season was shortened to 15 games (including 3 SCAB games).

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In the second half, the Giants bottled up Denver's one-dimensional offense. McConkey TD catch on ball that bounced off Bavaro's hands. Late consolation TD pass by Elway. Giants, 39-20.

Phil Simms completed 88% of his passes to win Super Bowl MVP. Funny story from the nite before the game. Jim Burt kept hearing noise from the adjacent hotel room. It was preventing him from sleeping. He put his ear to the wall. It was Phil Simms practicing his line "I'm going to Disneyworld."

24 hours later Simms would repeat that line for real. If 1985 was The Year of the Bear...1986 was The Year of the Giant.

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In the 2nd half, Parcells went for it on 4th/1 out of a punt formation. Backup QB Rutledge narrowly converted. Simms continued the drive. He was pinpoint, TD pass to Bavaro. Giants, 16-10.

With the secondary loosened up, the Giants gave a heavy dose of RB Joe Morris. With the Broncos keying on Morris, Simms ran the fleaflicker. Long completion to McConkey, TD Morris. Giants, 26-10.

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George Martin sacked Elway in the endzone for a safety. DENVER, 10-9.

In the 2:00 drill, Elway moved the team into the redzone. Karlis again missed a make-able FG. Denver went into halftime with the lead...but had left six points on the board.

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The Giant's run-first offense crossed up the Denver defense with play-action passes. Phil Simms was very sharp. TD Pass, DEN 10-7.

The Bronco Off Line handled the Giant pass rush early on. Elway drove the team again deep into Giant territory. This time the Giant goal-line defense stiffened. They forced a short FG attempt, which Karlis pushed wide.

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Elway's unmatched arm strength found some early holes in the Giant secondary. FG and an Elway scramble TD. Broncos, 10-0, in the 1q.

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SB21: Broncos vs Giants

*Broncos arrived via win over top-seed Cleveland. That game featured Elway's late drive to tie the game which they won in Overtime. Part of a series of games where the Broncos broke the hearts of Brown fans.
*Giants were top seed in the NFC. After losing the season opener, the Giants lost only one more game (at SEA).

The Giants were awesome in the playoffs:
*Jim Burt knocked Joe Montana into next week in the route of the Niners.
*17-0 shutout over Redskins in the NFC title game.

I have to put one asterisk on the NFC in 1986:
*The Bears were defending champs. They might have been a strong challenger to repeat. That is until Charles Martin (of GBay) committed an act that crossed the line from unsportsmanlike to criminal.

Well after a pass play was over, the 300-lb Martin slammed an unsuspecting Jim McMahon onto his shoulder. The injury sidelined McMahon for the rest of the season. It was boorish behavior and left the Bears unsettled at the QB position.

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i dunno chucky.the chiefs may roll off 4 sb wins like the 9rs and steelers did.mahommes is only 27 yrs old.the oilers with gretzky did it.the habs won 5 straight cups from 156-60.

Hi, Agenda. I'd be a little worried about Kelce getting older. How much does he have left?

Mahomes will have his chances. The AFC is now a landmine with all the young quarterbacks.

Also, I think Reid is close to the finish line. No obvious replacement for Reid.