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!r U /nnnf’4 s1 DIEGO (AP) — Doug Williams, Timmy Smith
H r'f H ™® ick y Sanders ripped apart the Denver defense
en J l record 35-point, 356-yard second quarter as the
’ a wll( Bngton Redskins won the Super Bowl by routing
, . D< over Broncos 42-10 and shutting dow n John El-
e ship appe: ° J
that 'pfl^KbMshjngton spotted Denver a 10-0 lead, then came
>tet behind for the seventh time in 14 wins this year to
one gulf-baitM^ NFC its fourth straight lopsided victory in the
. e said. ( championship game.
[t tvas the Redskins’ second Super Bowl victory in
• j »ytars. And it was an eerie reprise for the Broncos.
I aCCIQtDenver Head Coach Dan Reeves said his team was
I ed by their 39-20 loss to the New York Giants in
■ar’s game, a contest in w hich they led at halftime
rack No. 2, sjnkvere outgained 200 yards to 2 over the next 20
effect,” Natehuies.
Safety Bo; [fthat was a haunting, this one was a possession.
T. Nall said ai^isider this:
Williams, the Most Valuable Player, was playing
d Mr. ConnortBan 24 hours after a root canal on a molar, and he
his belong, a Super Bowl record with 340 yards on 18-of-29
tower itself, ssir^, 306 in the first half. Only six other quar-
backs have passed for 300 yards in a full Super
g to be a lawm The four TD passes by the first black quar-
inor called ffcack to play in this ultimate game tied the record for
noon askint upei Bowl.
s Monday,BLiThe 35 second-quarter points — on just 18 plays
1 place were vere 14 more than the Super Bowl record for a quar-
single period in NFL playoff his-
hey used just 5:47 to score them and scored on
Itraight possessions, failing only when Williams
|ed the ball on the last play of the half,
mith, a surprise starter for George Rogers,
dfor 131 yards in the first half, five more than he
the entire regular season. He finished with 204
Beginning with the 56-yard touchdown pass from
Elway to Nattiel on their first play from scrimmage, the
Broncos befuddled the Redskins in the first quarter
with just about everything in their diverse playbook.
While Washington was starting its first five posses
sions at its own 20 or worse and open receivers were
dropping passes, Denver was moving up and down the
field.
There was a halfback pass to Elway, the first recep
tion by a quarterback in Super bowl history; a quar-
■or hisattonwl
Iment
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■s. That broke Marcus Allen’s record of 191 set in
won )* n TJSaiders’ 38-9 rout of the Redskins in 1984.
d an abonion ■ an( j erS) who caught two of the four TD passes,
mn, execiMMgi y arc l s on receptions in the first half and fin-
\omens h&B a recorc j 193 yards and nine receptions.
, He 356 yards gained by Washington in the second
nen sgroups!™ erwas j ust jy | ess t han its season-long average for
r ■. ^Hgame and its six touchdowns set a Super Bowl re-
vil Rights, ll* 8 1
:id the restor. didn't start that way.
le Broncos scored on their first offensive play, a
rd pass from Elway to Ricky Nattiel, and added
more points on their second possession on Rich
irfo’24-yard field goal.
But then came the boom, an offensive noise louder
■the noise from the formation of jets that flew over
pMurphy Stadium at the close of the national an-
H It was equaled by a defense that limited Elway to
ential setelcompletions in 15 attempts during that period,
nides the IlitPd him four times and picked off three of his
1 candidates, ges.
id that whileiKfty-three seconds into the second quarter, Williams
ate RepubliaiW an 80-yard touchdown pass to Sanders. Less
isas on aniiuPfour minutes later, it was a 27-yarder to Gary
isuallypossiHtp; a 58-yard TD run by Smith, his first pro touch
coming fronH; a 50-yarder to Sanders and an 8-yarder to Clint
>d place-mijr.
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Williams’ record-breaking game
helps Skins QB gain MVP honors
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Doug
Williams’ slice of Super Bowl his
tory has nothing to do with black
and white, except for the print in
the record book: 340 yards and
four touchdown passes.
No other quarterback, black or
white, ever did better.
Williams, the first black quar
terback to start a Super Bowl,
drove the Washington Redskins
to a 42-10 rout of the Denver
Broncos Sunday night. All week,
Williams refused to make this a
matter of race and he maintained
that posture after being named
the game’s most valuable player.
“I didn’t come here to be the
first quarterback to start a Super
Bowl.” Williams said. “I just want
to be the quarterback of the
Washington Redskins.”
Washington Coach Joe Gibbs
echoed those feelings.
“Hopefully, we’re at the point
now where most people were
looking at players, not colors any
more.”
Williams wiped out any racial
considerations with a record-
breaking performance that
matched or broke marks estab
lished by three of the greatest Su
per Bowl quarterbacks in history.
The 340 yards broke the re
cord of 331 set by San Francisco’s
Joe Montana in 1985. The four
touchdowns — all in a remarka
ble second-period explosion —
tied the record of Pittsburgh’s
Terry Bradshaw in 1979.
And Williams touched off the
Washington powder keg with an
80-yard touchdown pass, tying
the record for longest pass set by
the Los Angeles Raiders’ Jim
Plunkett in 1981.
Between them, Bradshaw,
Montana and Plunkett own eight
Super Bowl rings.
Ironically, Williams got rolling
after leaving the game with an in
jured left knee near the end of
the first quarter. He was replaced
for two plays by Jay Schroeder.
“On the sidelines, I felt I could
walk and set up,” Williams said.
“No matter what the pain, I was
going back in.”
Williams struggled through a
tough first quarter as Denver
jumped into a 10-0 lead.
Williams-to-Sanders 80-yard TD
keyed Redskin 2nd-quarter attack
SAN DIEGO (AP) — It was
Doug Williams’ dream pass, Ricky
Sanders’ fantasy catch, a perfectly
thrown ball caught in stride and a
breakaway run for an 80-yard
touchdown.
It came with stunning, unex
pected suddenness, just 53 sec
onds into the second quarter, and
was the opening salvo in the most
ferocious one-period attack in Su
per Bowl history.
If there was a single play, a sin
gle moment that presaged Wash
ington’s 42-10 victory Sunday
over Denver, it was that simple,
elegant pass from Williams to
Sanders at a time when the
Redskins were struggling.
Only moments before, Wash
ington seemed doomed. The
Redskins trailed 10-0 and Wil
liams lay on the turf clutching a
painfully strained left knee.
He had gone back to pass and
hyperflexed his knee, bending it
backward in a way it’s not de
signed to go. He crumpled to the
ground for a 10-yard loss on the
Redskins’ 25 while the hearts of
Washington fans sank.
After a few minutes on the
turf, Williams got up slowly and
jogged off to show he wasn’t se
riously hurt. Jay Schroeder, who
hadn’t played in a month, came in
with the Redskins facing second-
and-20 on the 25.
Denver greeted Schroeder
with a blitz and a sack.
It all changed, though, within a
couple of minutes. After an ex
change of punts, Washington
took over on their 20. Williams
returned to the game with a play
that called for Sanders to sprint
straight out down the right side
line against cornerback Mark
Haynes.
Williams took the snap,
stepped back a few paces and
threw a hard spiral that Sanders
snared on the run on Washing
ton’s 48.
From there, it was a foot race
— Sanders versus Haynes and
free safety Tony Lilly.
terback draw, shovel passes and runs when Washing
ton was looking for the pass.
But the Broncos couldn’t finish off what they
started.
Their second drive stalled at the Washington 7 and
resulted in a field goal, their third was thwarted when
Alvin Walton, the strong safety who had 2Vi sacks,
dropped Elway for an 18-yard loss, pushing the Bron
cos out of field goal range.
After Washington went 1-2-3-punt on its first series,
Elway went boom — and it was 7-0 Broncos just 1:57
into the game.
It was the simplest of patterns, Nattiel on a fly,
streaking right by Barry Wilburn, who later had two in
terceptions. Nattiel caught the ball in stride at the 7 and
fell over the goal line as Wilburn tackled him too late.
It was the earliest touchdown in Super Bowl history,
3:39 earlier than the previous mark, when Dallas
scored against Pittsburgh 12 years ago, 4:36 into the
game.
The Redskins got one first down on the next series,
but Steve Cox had to punt again and back came the
Broncos on a 61-yard drive on which Elway did every
thing — pass, run and catch, the latter a 23-yard recep
tion from running back Steve Sewell, to whom he had
handed off.
But Elway was thrown for a 1-yard loss on a third-
down quarterback draw and the Broncos had to settle
for Karlis’ 24-yard field goal that made it 10-0, 5:51
into the game.
Washington continued to start in bad field position
— its first four possessions began inside its 20 and it
fifth began at the 20.
The Redskins were also killing themselves; Clark,
Sanders and Kelvin Bryant all dropped passes in the
first quarter, and a holding call on Don Warren erased
a 25-yard run by Smith.
Finally, they did something right, starting the second
period the way the Broncos started the first.
On their first offensive play of the quarter, Williams,
who missed two plays on the previous series when he
slipped and suffered a hyperflexed left knee, hit Sand
ers on an 80-yard touchdown play to cut it to 10-7.
Sanders raced by Mark Haynes — the way Nattiel
beat Wilburn — and caught the ball in stride at the 37
and raced home. The play tied the Super Bowl record
for the longest pass set by Jim Plunkett of the Raiders
against the Eagles in 1981.
Now it was time tor another reprise of last year —
Karlis missing from 43 yards out on a field goal set up
by Elway’s 23-yard run after breaking what appeared
to be a sure sack by Dexter Manley.
Two plays later, Smith broke through a huge hole
off right tackle and raced by Tony Lilly on his 58-yard
TD romp. That made it 21-10 with 6:27 left in the half.
Then, 2'/2 minutes later, it was Williams again to
Sanders, who went in motion to the left, cut diagonally
across the field, and caught the ball all alone at the five
for TD No. 4.
No. 5, the 8-yard pass to Didier, came after Wilburn
picked off an Elway pass at his own 21. Seven plays
later, on third and 4, Williams lofted it softly to his tight
end in the corner to tie the TD pass record and shatter
yet another record — points in a quarter in any playoff
game.
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