"I found Deion to be enjoyable. It traveled across the ground, then through Miller and Peterson. He told them they could either get on board or get out. The . Each player also wore a patch on his jersey with the same logo; the 75th anniversary patch was worn by all players league-wide during the 1994 season. Do you have a blog? 1 Dates in the list denote the season, not necessarily the calendar year in which the championship game was played. Floyd scored three rushing touchdowns, while Young rushed for a touchdown and threw for another. He was a short drive away from where the Chargers had played in the Super Bowl months before. San Francisco then marched on a 9-play drive to score on Young's fourth touchdown pass, an 8-yard toss to Watters with 4:44 left in the half, making the score 287. He told the players that he knew only one way to turn things around, and that was to work hard. "Junior was Superman," Winter said. Players and coaches were welcomed home with a parade on Jan . "I mean, Chris Mims, [Shawn] Lee, Miller, Rodney. My oldest is 10 and in the fall they will all be in school full time." Humphries finished 24 out of 49 for 275 yards and one touchdown, with two interceptions. The days after retirement can be depressing for an NFL player, Plummer said. ", That great team had to handle the pressures of expectations. SRS: 3.59 (7th of 28), SOS: -1.10. With Young at the helm, the 49ers led the league in total points scored (505) and helped them earn a league best 133 regular season record. Please disable your ad blocker to view the video content. Pro Bowl running back Ricky Watters was the team's leading rusher with 877 yards and 6 touchdowns, while also recording 66 receptions for 719 yards and 5 touchdowns. NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXIX to Miami, Florida during a meeting on May 23, 1991. He administered CPR to Miller for more than 45 minutes, refusing to give up on a friend, but knowing at the end that it was futile. Young faked a run to Floyd, drawing in the linebackers, and the corners had to worry about Rice and John Taylor running down the sidelines. To honor the NFL's 75th season, four former players all Hall of Fame members, who were named to the league's 75th Anniversary All-Time Team joined the coin toss ceremony: Otto Graham, Joe Greene, Ray Nitschke, and Gale Sayers. Neft, David S., Cohen, Richard M., and Korch, Rick. The bottom line is that we have to make plays to beat them. Last year, two more defensive players -- Lee and Lew Bush -- died of heart attacks. The following records were set in Super Bowl XXIX, according to the official NFL.com boxscore[11] and the Pro-Football-Reference.com game summary. He wants to talk because he hopes it will help others. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. He also was the game's leading rusher, scrambling for 49 yards on five attempts. Instead, San Diego encountered its worst nightmare, first by losing the coin toss and having to kick off, then by having to stop the 49ers from striking quickly. Peterson became a real estate agent. "[When Miller died], people were already talking about the snake bitten San Diego Chargers," Plummer said. He also recorded 10 rushing yards. So out trotted Joe Namath, he of "The Guarantee." They were in an elevator together, along with Colleen's mom, who knew nothing about football. This was the first Super Bowl to have two players each score three touchdowns. What was the record of the 1994 San Diego Chargers? But he was gracious. Beathard decided to rebuild the Chargers using the same model that he used to build the Redskins into Super Bowl contenders during the 1980s: a powerful running game built around big linemen, a passing game that helped sustain extremely long drives, and a bending but steady defense. He came through when he most needed to, going 24 of 36 for 325 yards and six touchdowns. One of them, Doug Miller, was struck by lightning -- twice. Peterson was fine. Before the start of the 1994 season, San Diego was not expected to do well because they had so many newcomers via the draft and free agency; the Chargers ended up with 22 new players on their roster, and 10 of them became starters. Defensive back Darrien Gordon was also a major asset to the team, recording 4 interceptions and 32 return yards, while also adding another 475 yards and 2 touchdowns returning punts. This isn't a case of seven members from the same team getting Lou Gehrig's disease. 1994 San Diego Chargers season - Wikipedia 1994 San Diego Chargers season Signed photograph of Junior Seau (#55) at Charger training camp - also pictured are Tony Martin (#81), David Griggs (#92) and Mark Seay (#82) The 1994 San Diego Chargers season was the team's 35th, its 25th in the National Football League (NFL), and its 34th in San Diego. Philip Rivers Named to Senior Bowl Hall of Fame Class of 2022. But at some point, you try to at least live with it. The Chargers were the biggest surprise of the 1994 season, with very few expecting them to even reach the playoffs, let alone the Super Bowl. 49ers is a registered trademark of the Forty Niners Football Company LLC. He had been a third-string quarterback for the Buffalo Bills, who had won AFC Championships in the four previous seasons (19901993). "He was able to leap over buildings in a single bound. Then, wide receiver Mark Seay caught a pass for a successful two-point conversion (the first in Super Bowl history; the rule had been adopted by the NFL at the start of the season), but it only cut the deficit to 4218. First and second downs. The game was broadcast in the United States by ABC, with play-by-play announcer Al Michaels and color commentators Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf. He now holds Super Bowl career records for most yards (512), receptions (28) and touchdowns (seven). In the first half, San Diego was limited to only two John Carney field goals, while Miami quarterback Dan Marino threw for over 180 yards and 3 touchdowns. Backup quarterback Gale Gilbert, subbing for injured starter Stan Humphries, led the Chargers to a come-from-behind 3734 win, with John Carney kicking a game-winning field goal in the game's final seconds. I was a new player, and they treated me like I knew these guys my whole life. He was 39. After a 33-yard kickoff return by Andre Coleman, the Chargers advanced to the San Francisco 33-yard line, but they turned the ball over on downs when Humphries' fourth-down pass was broken up by Davis. Perhaps she'll tell them of the time she met Junior Seau. "We're happy to be big underdogs," tight end Alfred Pupunu said. A week earlier, the Seinfeld episode "The Label Maker" involved Jerry trying to give away his tickets to the game. ", So Young, the 49ers' brilliant quarterback, decided to forget that he was being asked to replace Joe Montana and began playing for the good of Steve Young. When you lose a teammate, he said, you go through shock and sadness, but as time goes on, you remember the good things about a person. Behind them, Norton played very effectively at the middle linebacker position, leading the team with 77 tackles and recording an interception. I have to admit that in real time it didn't feel like they were running at maximum intensity. It's about to get an early two-for-one payoff as the stadium hosts the NFC Championship Game between the 49ers and Rams, and then Super Bowl LVI. Overview The Los Angeles Chargers have played a total of 63 seasons. Plummer saw Seau a few weeks ago at a charity golf function. Perhaps this year, Colleen will tell one story. The Chargers then drove to their own 46-yard line, but 49ers defensive back Eric Davis intercepted Humphries' third-down pass in the end zone with 10 seconds left in the half, and the score remained 2810 at halftime. "This notion of why he didn't seek help was real simple. Search through thousands of plays from pro football history using our Event Finder tool. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. The AFL Championship in 1963 remains to this day as the only major sports championship the city of San Diego has won (and also the longest championship drought for any city that has at least two major sports franchises), so even though they were heavy underdogs, the loss still had great significance. This was a franchise on an unexpected roll. He smiled and shook their hands and told them it was nice to meet them. This game is regarded as 49ers quarterback Steve Young's final leap out of the shadow of his predecessor, Joe Montana, who had won four Super Bowls with the 49ers (in 1981, 1984, 1988, and 1989), two with Young as the backup quarterback. But things had changed dramatically for him. Writer Les Carpenter talked to a professor of actuarial science and biostatistics and asked her what the odds were of that happening. The team returned to Los Angeles in 2017. Back then, it was rare for a guy from South Dakota State to make it to the NFL. Doug's friends are grown men now, graying men. He'd known Doug Miller since they were kids playing YMCA basketball, when things such as rivalries and teenage baseball games seemed so much bigger. A special 75th anniversary logo was painted at midfield. Chargers backup quarterback Gale Gilbert became the first player to be a member of five consecutive Super Bowl teams. With Young playing brilliantly and the defense holding up adequately, the 49ers routed the outmanned Chargers, 49-26, in Miami's Joe Robbie Stadium for their record fifth Super Bowl crown. All rights reserved. But to pay everyone, the 49ers asked a number of players to accept renegotiated contracts that would free up the needed money. The Chargers were able to cut the deficit late in the first quarter, 147, on a 13-play, 78-yard drive, but could not slow down San Francisco afterwards. During that Super Bowl, Visser became the first woman assigned to a Super Bowl sideline. Eric Weddle capped his career with something he had not achieved: a Super Bowl win. He caught 10 passes for 149 yards and three touchdowns. Young was named the Super Bowl MVP, throwing a Super Bowl-record six touchdown passes, and completing 24 out of 36 passes for 325 yards. Game Day Highlights. It has not raised millions of dollars like Seau's charitable fundraisers have; Miller wasn't around long enough to carry that kind of cache. Then with time running out, Humphries threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Mark Seay, giving his team a one-point lead. But he never made me feel awkward. Then came Rodney Culver, who went on a cruise with his wife, Karen, in 1996, and left early because they missed their kids. Expected to be a close game, the 49ers converted 3 Dallas turnovers into 21 points in the first quarter. Rachelle Andersen, a Chargers cheerleader, died of a brain aneurysm in July 1995. He went back to school, earned his Master's degree and got into college coaching. They just kind of looked past us. All rights reserved. ", Ross said he thought his team was prepared. "I had to remind him where he was," Peterson said, "in Packerland, where nobody gives a sh--.". Watters rushed for 47 yards and a touchdown, while also catching 3 passes for 61 yards and two touchdowns. Several plays later, Floyd scored on a 1-yard touchdown run to give San Francisco a 210 lead less than 8 minutes into the game. He also recorded 39 receptions for 235 yards, and was named to the Pro Bowl. And that's how I felt for a while. They won't end that streak . Rice started off the drive with a 19-yard reception and 10-yard run on a reverse play, while Young added a 12-yard completion to John Taylor and a 15-yard scramble. The Chargers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) West division. Even the Chargers, who talked bravely all week, never really sounded convinced they were better than San Francisco. "He said he'd had it on too long.". "You couldn't make a film and put it all together. Anything less will be a disappointment.". "We couldn't stop them," he said. They tell stories of old times, and it helps keep the memory of Doug Miller alive. With Junior Seau's death last week, eight players from the 1994 San Diego Chargers Super Bowl team have now died, all under the age of 45. "I don't feel any pressure," Means said, "and no one else does either. It was simulcast in Canada on CTV and TVA (in French), in Mexico on Televisa's Canal 5, whose commentators were able to call the game live from San Diego on the last minute,[8] in Germany on Tele 5, in Australia on the ABC, in the Philippines on the GMA Network and later aired in the United Kingdom on Channel 4. "It was the National Football League," said former Chargers defensive lineman John Parrella, "and guys were still having fun in practice. Pro Bowl safety Merton Hanks led the team with 7 interceptions for 93 return yards, while Sanders had 6 interceptions for 303 return yards and 3 touchdowns, earning him the NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award. The Chargers were heavy underdogs the next week against Pittsburgh. It took two years and numerous close calls to do it. All teams and players mentioned are registered trademarks of the NFL and its respective teams. He was doing what he wanted to do. The Chargers' offense was led by quarterback Stan Humphries, who was the Redskins' backup to Mark Rypien during the 1991 season, when they won Super Bowl XXVI. Young, coach George Seifert, even Sanders, the Prime Time man, all had strong reasons to want to win this game. Rice and Young quickly showed San Diego that this would not be a game where upsets were realized. Still, the Chargers lost to San Francisco, 38-15, in December in a game that could have been considerably more lopsided. San Diego Chargers Postseason Results Years the team was not located in San Diego said Blaise Winter, a defensive tackle on the '94 team. "You know the standards I had to live up to. They didn't. Ken Norton Jr. became the first player to win three straight Super Bowls, although as a member of two teams. Deion Sanders became the first player to play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series, playing in the 1992 World Series with the Atlanta Braves. Young had tried to distance himself from the bitterness he felt about the Montana problem, created by everything from Joe's obvious jealousy of anything Young achieved to the organization's decision during the spring of 1993 to return the starting job to Montana even after Young led the league in passing in 1992. Please see our Contributors and Sources page for data source details. Won Conference Championship 17-13 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers. I would fall over a tall blade of grass. It just got sickening. He was 28. However, they ended up winning their first six regular season games en route to an 115 record, the AFC West championship, and the #2 AFC playoff seed. The Dolphins, aided by a pass interference call, responded with a drive to the Chargers' 31-yard line, but kicker Pete Stoyanovich's potential game-winning 48-yard field goal attempt sailed far to the right of the goal posts and sealed San Diego's stirring win. 1994 AFC Champion. The offensive line was led by Pro Bowl center Bart Oates, another offseason free agent pickup, and Pro Bowl guard Jesse Sapolu. How many athletes really have ever adequately replaced a talent like Montana? I wouldn't have come down here and wasted my time if I didn't feel like we can go out there and win this game. May 3, 2012 -- intro: When retired NFL star Junior Seau died of a gunshot wound Wednesday at his home in Oceanside, Calif., he became the eighth untimely death of a member of the famed San Diego Chargers 1995 Super Bowl team. More must-reads: But now we're here, and we're not happy just to be here. After seven years in San Diego, he went to San Francisco in 1994, where he won a Super Bowl ring. Join our linker program. I thought, 'I wonder how many people are like me, they're in a car and just thinking their life is over?' I've got girl-boy-girl-boy. "You don't just follow a legend and do well.". NFL are a talented team with a young stud at QB and perhaps the best jersey colors on the planet. Although the San Diego Chargers lost the big game in 1995, fans were still thankful for the excitement the team delivered to the city. ", Seifert, who has been overshadowed by Walsh despite an impressive coaching record, called the victory "a wonderful job by the coaching staff and all the players. Including the era before the AFLNFL merger, it is the third championship game that the Chargers have lost. Gilbert was a member of the Bills who played in four straight Super Bowls (XXVXXVIII). Only 84 seconds had elapsed and San Francisco already was ahead, 7-0. They have the momentum. Richard claimed "we knew exactly how good they were, but our problem was that we made so many mistakes, and when you make mistakes like that and give up big plays, you're definitely going to lose.". On the opening kickoff, a 15-yard face-mask penalty on Chargers linebacker Doug Miller gave San Francisco the ball at their own 41-yard line. "I don't think we will go into this game taking it too lightly. Of such things, long shots are made. "Honestly, I have distanced myself from all (the Montana comparisons). Butler then saw the field for 26 plays on defense in Super Bowl LIII, and the Patriots would go on to win their sixth title in franchise history by defeating the Los Angeles Rams, 13-3. John Parrella, member of the 1994 San Diego Chargers AFC Champions team, remembers Junior Seau and the other teammates he's lost from that team. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Seau wore jersey No. Or write about sports? It is fun to look back on that now, but it wasn't fun then.". He especially was haunted by consecutive losses to Dallas in the NFC championship game. In the AFC Divisional Playoffs, the Chargers managed to overcome a 216 halftime deficit to defeat the Miami Dolphins, 2221. "I've got two great kids, and they know all about Doug and it comes up more often than not. This was a veteran, poised, extremely talented club that had taken on a new personality with the addition of the outlandish Sanders and rookie fullback William Floyd and the maturing of running back Ricky Watters. First there was linebacker David Griggs. Peterson ran to his side, started performing CPR, and got Miller breathing just before another bolt of lightning hit. Pro Bowl defensive lineman Dana Stubblefield led the team with 8.5 sacks. Thirty-second television advertisements for Super Bowl XXIX averaged $1.15 million in costs, the first time that Super Bowl ads exceeded the $1 million mark. The Chargers brought in new offensive coordinator Kellen Moore to help stabilize that unit, but it's the defense (Staley's specialty) that has some questions. It's amazing to me. He stayed for the whole party, talked with everybody, and sent the guy a birthday card every year. Los Angeles Chargers Whoever wins the Super Bowl, the Los Angeles Chargers have lost Dean Spanos made a mistake uprooting his team from San Diego, where he had a chance to make the Bolts a. "It was difficult to face (Montana's challenge), and some days I wasn't sure I was doing very good," he said. They also worked ABC's coverage of Super Bowls XXII and XXV. In Weeks 6-18, Rodgers completed 236 of 374 passes (63.1%) for 2,358 yards (6.8 YPA), 18 touchdowns, nine interceptions, and a passer rating of 89.0. But none of that mattered. Now Young was only a few days from a coronation of sorts. Bobby Beathard, who led the San Diego Chargers to their only Super Bowl appearance as part of a Hall of Fame football career, has died at 86. : Sylvester Croom (Running Backs), Dale Lindsey (Linebackers), Willie Shaw (Defensive Backs) and Jerry Sullivan (Wide Receivers), Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +7500; O/U: 7.5, Training Camp: UC San Diego (San Diego, California), Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Monday, July 17, 2:32PM. "We would not be here. "I won't use the point spread as motivation," he said, "but the players are aware of what is going on. She said less than 1 percent. From the 1988 to the 1993 seasons, the 49ers played in five out of six NFC Championship Games, winning Super Bowls XXIII and XXIV. "It is the goal that drives this franchise. 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"All along, I felt I was playing against the past," Young said afterward. 264 for 453, 3,209 yards, 17 td, 12 int, & 19 rushes for 19 yards and 0 td, 343 rushes for 1,350 yards, 12 td, & 39 catches for 235 yards and 0 td, 43 catches for 627 yards, 3 td, & 3 rushes for 40 yards and 0 td, 11.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered, 6.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered, 0.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered, 12.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered, 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered, 5.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered, 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered, 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered, 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered, 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered. On May 11, 2008, Mother's Day, Curtis Whitley, the center for the '94 Chargers, was found dead in Texas from a drug overdose. Plummer was not on that '94 team. The 49ers' spectacular performance led to their offensive coordinator, Mike Shanahan, and defensive coordinator, Ray Rhodes, earning head coaching positions in 1995 for the Denver Broncos and the Philadelphia Eagles, respectively. Even though the Chargers went 11-5, the 49ers came in as a Super Bowl . In June 1995, Griggs was killed after his Lexus skidded off a South Florida expressway ramp and into a pole. 5Times targeted. The '94 season started with Stanley Richard's 99-yard interception return in a comeback win against Denver, and nearly ended when the Chargers were in a 21-6 third-quarter hole against the Dolphins in the divisional playoffs. You have to feel like you're an invincible human being to play the game.". Their final game was a loss in the Super Bowl to the San Francisco 49ers. They spent the year rallying from unlikely deficits behind the gambling play of Humphries and a bending-but-often-steady defense devised by veteran coordinator Bill Arnsparger. The game was broadcast on nationwide radio by CBS with play-by-play announcer Jack Buck and color commentator Hank Stram. They had so many good times together, as rivals from different South Dakota towns, as teammates at South Dakota State. The team is now known as the Los Angeles Chargers . The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. One year later, Barry Switzer would join Johnson as the only head coaches to win championships in both NCAA Division I-A (now FBS) college football and the NFL. Instead, they ran the ball on first down. Miller was always the guy, even before cell phones and emails, who tried to keep in touch with his teammates. "The one thing we didn't want to do is fail behind early, and that is exactly what happened," Means said. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. The free agents enabled the 49ers to jump from the 18th-ranked defense in the league to the 8th, and to jump from the league's 16th-best defense against the run to the 2nd. Defensive end Raylee Johnson had two sacks. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Not that my life was over. We got out alive. She talked about how her grandson played for the Chargers, and had no clue who Seau was. Find out more. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Receiver John Taylor was also a reliable target, catching 41 passes for 531 yards and 5 touchdowns. Leading 2810 in the 3rd quarter, the 49ers added 14 more points. Once again, the Chargers fell behind early as the Steelers built up a 133 halftime lead, but Humphries fooled the Steelers secondary with a 43-yard play-action touchdown pass to a wide open tight end Alfred Pupunu. But in 1993, they slumped back to 88 and did not reach the postseason. Although the Cowboys outgained the 49ers in total offensive yards (451294), Aikman broke an NFC Championship Game record with 380 yards passing, and Irvin also broke an NFC Championship Game record with 192 receiving yards, Dallas was ultimately unable to overcome their first-quarter turnovers. I'd rather look at it as all eight were good people who had good intentions for the world around them and themselves. Now, San Diego needed to make a big defensive stand on San Francisco's ensuing possession. Then on the third play of the drive, 49ers quarterback Steve Young threw a 44-yard touchdown pass to Jerry Rice. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. They have a good team, we have a good team. Doug Farrar, Touchdown Wire. He said, "This would be a great place to die.". It remains the only Super Bowl played between teams that play their home games in the same state (although Super Bowl XXV was played between the New York Giants and the Buffalo Bills, two teams representing areas of New York, the Giants play their home games in New Jersey). "We were in man coverage, zone coverage, blitz coverage, but they beat us literaily in everything we ~ he said. Chargers quarterback Gale Gilbert became the first player to be a member of five straight Super Bowl teams. The Steelers built the best record in the AFC on the strength of an aggressive, blitzing defense that performed unlike any other in the league. (Schedule and Results), Playoffs:Won Divisional Round 22-21 vs. Miami DolphinsWon Conference Championship 17-13 vs. Pittsburgh SteelersLost Super Bowl 26-49 vs. San Francisco 49ers, Other Notable Asst. I did so a couple of years ago. But how have the Chargers performed in their playoff history, and how do they fare getting to and winning the Super Bowl? 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