Anderson threw for a league high in completions, completion percentage (64.9), yards (2,667) and passer rating (95.7) while going for eighteen touchdowns to ten interceptions, but the Bengals went 76 in his thirteen starts. The Raiders ripped off 16 straight points and took a 32-7 lead. basketball player with the Kentucky Colonels and Denver Nuggets. Anderson faked to Johnson and threw a swing pass out to Alexander, who was isolated on Bunz. On January 5, 2010, Tomlin announced that Anderson would be retiring, effective immediately. Dan Ross had 11 receptions for 104 yards and 2 touchdowns. Also known as: AFLNFL World Championship Game, Founder and executive director of the Professional Football Researchers Association. The Super Bowls halftime entertainment has been a major attraction of the championship game since the first Super Bowl in 1967. [22] Anderson had a solid performance, going 25-of-34 passes for 300 yards and two touchdowns and two interceptions while having fourteen rushing yards and a touchdown on five rushing attempts. The game was broadcast on nationwide radio by CBS and featured the broadcast team of play-by-play announcer Jack Buck and color commentator Hank Stram. Cincinnati tight end Dan Ross recorded a Super Bowl-record 11 receptions (still the most ever by a tight end in a Super Bowl) for 104 yards and 2 touchdowns. Super Bowl XXII - Wikipedia Wersching scored 14 points on 4 field goals and 2 PATs. "This commemorative date in Kennys name is extremely fitting as the world turns its eyes to L.A. to watch Super Bowl XVI.". However, one must never forget the legacy of Kenny Washington as the first Black player to break the color barrier to make it possible for others like him to play in the NFL. The Washington Commanders have won a total of three Super Bowls. You dont trailblaze alone. Denver was favored to win the game, and they started strong, as star quarterback John Elway threw a 56-yard touchdown pass to Ricky Nattiel on the teams first play from scrimmage. Although not officially retired by the Bengals, Andersons number 14 had been held in reserve and not assigned to any player by the team until Anderson started coaching for division rival Pittsburgh Steelers. Its been overwhelming but a true honor. The Super Bowl did return to Michigan for Super Bowl XL, but that game was played at Ford Field in Detroit, which, in 2002, had replaced the Pontiac Silverdome as the home site for the Detroit Lions. What teams did Washington Commanders win the Super Bowl against? At the time, his 25 completions and 73.5% completion percentage were both Super Bowl records. That was more than a year before Robinson who played football with Washington at UCLA and was part of the Bruins unbeaten 1939 team broke the color barrier in baseball by making his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers. "We teach them that we dont have anything but for the sacrifices of people who came before us.". The following year was a muddled mess of success. He was selected in 2021 for the Bill Nunn Career Achievement Award by the Pro Football Writers of America, and is a three-time winner of the New York State Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Snake was in total command in Super Bowl XI. pic.twitter.com/9IJLXCpqJd. Cincinnati was also a surprise team because, like the 49ers, they had recorded a 610 record during the previous season. With the other two Super Bowl Championships being in the 1970s it has been a long time since the Raiders fan base have tasted playoff success. By the beginning of the second quarter, the Broncos were ahead 10-0. Kenny Washington, University of California at Los Angeles halfback on August 15, 1950, mentioned for all-conference honors. [19] The minimums are shown (in parenthesis). Kenny Washington played football and baseball with Jackie Robinson at UCLA. Anderson went 17-of-27 for 201 yards for two touchdowns. All Super Bowls since the first have been sellouts and consistent TV-ratings leaders, with many Super Bowls among the highest-rated televised sporting events of all time. Washington said. Cincinnati's 356 yards of offense to San Francisco's 275 marked the first time in Super Bowl history that a team which was outgained in total yards won. The Bengals started 52, but they only won three of their next seven to miss the playoffs. Starting the drive within their own 20-yard line, Kansas City marched up the field to be interrupted by a successful San Francisco challenge on a complete pass call, leading to an attempt on 3rd-and-15. In 2011, theProfessional Football Researchers Associationnamed Anderson to the PFRA Hall of Very Good Class of 2011.In 2008,NFL Network selected Anderson as number ten on their list of top ten players who had not been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He threw for a career high 3,754 yards while having 29 touchdowns to ten interceptions while leading the league in touchdown/interception percentage along with passer rating (98.4). Anderson went 14-of-27 for 113 yards and one interception.[14]. But it would be on the football field that he'd achieve his greatest success, becoming a . For instance, Super Bowl LIV was played in 2020, but was the championship for the 2019 season. The holding of number 14 was most evident in 1998, when the Bengals signed Neil ODonnell, who wore number 14 during most of his career. The game grew out of the merger of the NFL and rival American Football League (AFL) in 1966. The day of the Super Bowl game, known as Super Bowl Sunday, has evolved into an unofficial American holiday, with viewing parties held in homes, taverns, and restaurants throughout the country. [25], At the time of Anderson's retirement after the 1986 season, he held NFL records for consecutive pass completions (twenty), completion percentage for a single game (20-of-22, 90.9%, vs. Pittsburgh in 1974) and completion percentage for a season (70.6% in 1982), as well as the Super Bowl records for completion percentage (73.5%) (since broken by Phil Simms) and completions (25; Tom Brady holds the current record with 43). It will be the fifth time the city hosted the game. As of 2023, Super Bowl XVI remains the highest rated championship game in the history of the National Football League. Anderson and the Bengals regressed in 1977. Tarvarius Moore #33 of the San Francisco 49ers celebrates after intercepting a pass by Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs (not pictured) during the third quarter in Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium on February 02, 2020 in Miami, Florida. He led the NFL in passing yards and completions twice, and led the league in fewest interceptions per pass attempt three times. In 1976, Anderson's Bengals won nine of their first eleven games, but the wheels fell off shortly after with them losing all but one of their next three, which included two losses to the Pittsburgh Steelers, for which the division rival slipped by with a spot due to tiebreakers while the Bengals stayed home. The Bengals had the first opportunity to score early in the game. Anderson lived up to the challenge on the frozen tundra, passing 14-of-22 for 161 yards for two touchdowns as the Bengals led for the entire game and won 277 to win their first ever conference championship. Kenneth Allan Anderson (born February 15, 1949) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL), spending his entire career with the Cincinnati Bengals. You can navigate days by using left and right arrows. For the first time since Super Bowl III, both teams were making their first Super Bowl appearance. Bunz, however, corralled Alexander at the line of scrimmage on an open-field tackle and kept him from reaching the end zone. "Just to be here is surreal, finding a way to win in the end with these guys I have around me. I mean it truly is historic to be here and to win this game.". He was replaced by Boomer Esiason after the first two games of the 1985 season (having gone 14-of-28 for 156 yards in two games combined).,[23] and he retired after the 1986 season. Super Bowl, in U.S. professional football, the championship game of the National Football League (NFL), played by the winners of the leagues American Football Conference and National Football Conference each January or February. The Kansas City Chiefs celebrate with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after defeating the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium on February 02, 2020 in Miami, Florida. We all trailblaze alongside each other.". Washington Football Team Super Bowl Wins - Sportskeeda The Bengals finished with the best regular-season record in the AFC at 124. Ken Anderson was born in Batavia, Illinois on February 15, 1949. The band later performed the Canadian National Anthem, which was not televised. By the time Ross scored, only 16 seconds remained in the game. 2023 CNBC LLC. Sanders and Smith set their own Super Bowl records that day: Sanders for receiving (193 yards) and Smith for rushing (204 yards). The 49ers capitalized on the play, turning it into a strong drive that ended in a touchdown. The Commanders have a long history in the NFL and originally started out as the Boston Braves. Up with People provided the halftime entertainment featuring a salute to the 1960s and Motown. "The longer weve been here, the more stories we hear. This was the first Super Bowl to be played in the Midwest. From there, it wasn't long until the Chiefs entered the end zone, taking a 24-20 lead with less than three minutes remaining. Super Bowl XVI was initially dominated by the 49ers. Anderson's 25 completions and his 73.5 completion percentage were both Super Bowl records. He threw for 2,107 yards with ten touchdowns to twelve interceptions while having a 63.6 completion percentage. Ken is Married to Cristy Anderson, and they have three children together Matt, Megan and Molly. Its hard to be the first of anything, but it allows others to see the possibilities. In just his third season in the league, Montana completed 311 out of 488 passes (a league-leading 63.7 completion percentage) for 3,565 yards and 19 touchdowns (he also threw 12 interceptions). [19] Despite the benching, Anderson would start every game of the whole season. Issel became a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Wersching ended the drive with a 40-yard field goal to give San Francisco a 2314 lead with just 5 minutes left. This was also the only Super Bowl to date between two teams who had losing records the previous season, although Super Bowl XXXIV matched a team that had a losing record in 1998 (St. Louis Rams) against a team that finished a mediocre 88 that year (Tennessee Titans). The Bengals lostSuper Bowl XVI2621 to theSan Francisco 49ers, but Anderson had a solid performance, especially in the second half, despite his team trailing200at the end of the first half. *NFL-AFL championship 196670. Later in the quarter, Bengals defensive back Mike Fuller's 17-yard punt return gave the Bengals the ball at midfield. This was the first Super Bowl to feature two first-time participants since Super Bowl III (there has been only one since, Super Bowl XX between the Chicago Bears and New England Patriots). The commemoration of a yellow ribbon was displayed at Super Bowl XV in recognition of the release of 52 American hostages from Tehran, Iran. After his professional playing career, Anderson served as a radio broadcaster for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1987 to 1993. The truth about Kenny Washington, NFL contradicts the myth that racism "Coach Walsh was pretty loose on the bus," Montana told Sports Illustrated after the game. Originally featuring marching bands, military drill teams, and even astronauts, it has since changed with the decades.