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

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Second drive, Young used his legs to scramble. Play-action pass, long catch/run by Watters.

San Fran, 14-0. Route was on. Boss Ross wasting his breath.

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Very early, Young hits Rice in stride. Long TD, 7-0.

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SB29: Chargers vs Niners

*Chargers: upset win at PITT to get home.
*Niners: were a powerhouse team. Only two losses (at KC, vs PHI) before punting the last Reg Sea game at MINN.

Young trying to step out of the Joe Montana after several years. Niners were a true mercenary team with so many hired Pro Bowlers. Off the showdown win over DALL, who was 2x defending champ.

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Cowboys now teeing off on Kelly. Aikman to Harper. FG, 30-13.

One observation: Cowboys had a distinct edge on Off Line and play-making Def Linemen.

Back-to-back for the Cowboys. Too good.

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Bills were lame in the 2h. Kelly throws another INT, this one to James Washington.

Aikman to Harper. 4th/goal, Cowboys run Emmitt. TD, 27-13.

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Working with the lead, Thomas fumbles AGAIN. This time, James Washington returns it all the way. Dallas TD, tie game at 13-13.

More Dallas pass rush. Cowboy Off Line takes over. Heavy dose of Emmitt, TD. DALL 20-13.

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A lot of people say the Bills never had the championship mettle. I disagree.

The Bills were good enough to win it. They certainly had the star power.

Of the four Super Bowls, they led at half in the first (vs NYG) and the last (vs DAL). One theory is that the Bills were burnt out by all the extra playoff games they had accumulated. Were they burnt out by the end of the last one?

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Dallas commits Roughing the Punter. Extends the Bill drive, Thomas TD. Buff, 10-6.

Dallas offense was stymied in the 1h. Aikman picked off.

Kelly to Reed again. Christie FG, 13-6, at half.

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Early Dall FG. Christie responds SB-record 54-yd FG. 3-3.

Next Buffalo possession, Thurman Thomas fumbles again. DALL FG, 6-3.

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SB28: Bills vs Cowboys

*Rematch from the previous year.

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Aikman throws 4th TD to Harper. He was 10/0 TD/INT on this playoff run.

Bills were awful. Nine turnovers. 52-17.

Only saving grace was Beebe chasing down Leon Lett to prevent one more TD. Blowout.

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Against a zone defense, the great Emmitt Smith churned up yards. 19-yard TD. Cowboys, 21-10.

Two more Bill fumbles. Cowboys has a distinct talent edge, but Bills gave themselves no chance.

Aikman was very accurate in this game. 28-10 at half.

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Pass rush by Haley. House Ballard schooled, Fumble caught clean for Dallas TD. 14-7.

Kelly to Reed. Bills driving. Cowboys goal-line defense: Ken Norton stuffs Kenneth Davis at the 1.

4th/goal: Dallas anticipated the pass. Thomas Everett picks off Kelly in endzone.

Cowboys knocked Kelly out of the game. Reich enters game.

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Pass rush by Haley. House Ballard schooled, Fumble caught clean for Dallas TD. 14-7.

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Kelly, blitzed by Gant, throws a lame INT to James Washington.

Cowboys drive. TD pass, Aikman to Novacek. 7-7.

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Bills block an early punt via Special Teams ace Steve Tasker. TD, Thomas. 7-0.

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SB27 Bills vs Cowboys

The Cowboys were so good. Jimmy Johnson talked about the team oozing talent. The Herschel Walker trade was a steal with the Cowboys picking up the likes of Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, and Darren Woodson.

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SB27 Bills vs Cowboys

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TD, Gary Clark, 34-10.

Kelly didn't get much help in this game. Still surprised how one-sided it was.

Tip of the cap to the Redskin Offensive Lineman. Jim Lachey and Mark Schlereth were good additions. Rypien was unfettered for much of the game.

And the running lanes were big, too. Some Buffalo consolation points. Another NFC blowout. 37-24.

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First play of 2nd half, Kelly is blitzed and throws INT. Another Riggs TD, 24-0.

Bill offense was one-dimensional. Their receivers took a beating.

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Bills got hit and were not sharp. Several dropped passes.

No Bill rushing game. Kelly tosses an easy INT to Darrell Green.

Gerald Riggs TD. WASH, 17-0, at half.

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Rypien gives it right back to BUFF. INT.

After Bill punt, Rypien to Sanders for long completion. TD pass to veteran Ernest Byner. WASH, 7-0.

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I loved the Bill teams. But it must be said that the Super Bowls revealed the Bill defense to maybe not be physical enough.

Opening drive, Monk kills them. Looks like he has a TD, replay overturn. Snap fumbled on FG, no score.

Pinned back, Kelly throws an INT to WASH. Returned into redzone.

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SB26: Bills vs Redskins

*Bills: 2nd appearance, after losing to Giants previous season.
*Redskins: going for 3rd title in 10 years.

This Redskin team always struck me as so out of place:
*Full decade since the Riggins team of 1982.
*Only three players still on the team from 1982. Monk/Grimm/Jacoby, by my count.
*And Rypien was really only great in 1991.

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Second Super Bowl win for the Giants/Parcells. Lawrence Taylor accurately compared the two teams:

"Winning in 1986 was like winning with a Royal Flush. In 1990 it was like winning with Two Pair. Much harder."

This Giant team will go down as coming through the underdog role. But it was a very good team. They went through two teams that were championship-worthy, the Niners and the Bills.

Their defense, especially the pass defense, was stingy. They were hard to score on. The offense wasn't flashy but they got yards between the hashes with the likes of Anderson, Bavaro, and Ingram.

The team was good enough that the QB became interchangable. Simms or Hostetler, didn't really matter.

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All down to the Norwood kick. "He missed it. Wide right."

Giants win, 20-19. Norwood takes way too much grief for this one. Back then, a 47-yard FG attempt on grass was a 50/50 proposition at best.

It was a great strategic game. The Bills were very close to delivering the knockout punch in the first half:
*The safety easily could have been a touchdown. Bruce Smith was inches away from knocking the ball free.
*Hostetler staying in the game was key. Phil Simms was in street-clothes. Hard to imagine Matt Cavanaugh performing on this stage.

The defensive scheme was exactly what Belichick wanted. He minimized the long Bill pass plays. He conceded a huge game to Thomas with knowledge that the Bills wouldn't stop throwing.

The Giant time-consuming drives wore on the Bill defense. The Giants amazingly held the ball for more than 40:00.

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Only 2:19 left, Kelly starting from his own 10. Thurman Thomas was immense, largely because that's what Belichick was giving them. Run to midfield.

Kelly pass to McKeller, down to Giant 41. Another Thomas run, down to the 30. Kelly spikes the ball, 0:08 left.

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With the lead, Belichick dropped into a dime coverage. He let Kelly throw into coverage, and they pounded Andre Reed. Great showing by RB Thomas. Thomas TD run early in 4th qtr. Bills, 19-17.

Two completions to stone-faced Mark Bavaro. That guy was a rock. Anderson run stuffed. FG, Giants 20-19.

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On the opening drive of the second half the Giants converted on four consecutive third downs:

1) Meggett short pass runs out of a tackle
2) Anderson run off left tackle thru a big hole
3) Ingram completion well short of the line. Superhuman effort to get past five would-be tacklers.
4) Rollout pass to TE Cross.

Short TD run by Anderson. Giants killed off 9:29 on the drive. Giants, 17-12.

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Down 9, Parcells stuck with the ground game. Run blocking was a better matchup for Jumbo Elliott vs Bruce Smith. Better than asking Elliott to pass block against the speedy Smith.

Ottis Anderson runs loosened up the defense. Nice completion for Hostetler to Ingram. TD pass to Baker. Bills 12-10 very late in the first half.

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Against a loose Giant defense, Kelly navigated the field. 80-yard drive, TD run for Thomas. Bills, 10-3.

Hostetler took a beating from the Bill pass rush. Bruce Smith tackles Hostetler for a safety. 12-3, looked like it might be a mismatch.

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This is the game that Belichick stunned his defensive players by saying "We have to let Thurman Thomas run for 100 yards." It was a strange pep talk. But it was designed to feed on the Bills' aggressive tendencies.

After an early Giant FG, Kelly hits Lofton on a long deflected reception. Norwood FG, 3-3.

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SB25: Bills vs Giants

*Bills: 1st Super Bowl. They had just ripped the Raiders in the AFC title game, 51-3.
*Giants: Came in via the upset route. The NFC title game must be noted.

The Giants won their opening playoff game convincingly versus the rebuilding Mike Tomczak Bears. As the seconds ticked off, it set up a Giant/Niner clash in San Francisco. Parcells told his players "You know nobody thinks we can win."

A lot went down in that game. The Niners were 2x defending champs, now going for a three-peat. They looked really strong, and the Giants didn't look as dominating as they had in 1986.

Jeff Hostetler was subbing in at QB for an injured Phil Simms. The Giant defense, especially their pass defense, was pretty solid. 6-6 at half.

In the second half, John Taylor broke a tackle for a long TD, 13-6. Matt Bahr FG, 13-9.

The Giants had been bringing the lumber on Montana. On a play that Montana rolled right and paused, Leonard Marshall drilled him and knocked him out of the game. After a Gary Reasons fake punt, another Bahr FG, 13-12.

Steve Young entered in relief. Under 5:00 remaining, Niners are trying to kill off the game. Erik Howard knocks the ball out of Craig's hands. Lawrence Taylor catches the fumble, chance to move down for the winning points.

Hostetler hits Bavaro, inside Niner 40. Anderson moves the ball to the 25. Another FG attempt.

Bahr makes his fifth Field Goal of the game. Giants win 15-13 without benefit of a touchdown. Pat Summerall says "There will be no three-peat."

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Chucky gets the SBR award for rapid self posting and keeping this thread going.

I'm impressed!

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This game was a walkover. Some footnotes:
*4th title for the Niners. 4th for Montana, title for Seifert in his debut season as HC.
*3rd title for Matt Millen after he had won two with the Raiders.

Rice was so fluid, he jumps off the tape. The combination of Montana to Rice was lethal.

Niners go Back-to-Back. Sets the stage for 1990.