Tweet
Super Bowl XXV
==========================================
Philadelphia Eagles (15-3)
vs.
Houston Oilers (14-4)
Game Weather
Forecast: Fair
Wind: 5 mph
Temp: 37 Degrees
Team Injuries
-------------------
Philadelphia Eagles------------------------
HB - Heath Sherman - Severe Concussion - Out
Houston Oilers------------------------
No Injuries!
Eagles Starting Lineup
QB - R.Cunningham
HB - A.Toney
FB - K.Byars
WR - C.Williams, F.Barnett, M.Quick
TE - K.Jackson
OL - M.Darwin, M.Schad, D.Alexander, R.Solt, R.Heller
DL - R.White, C.Simmons, J.Brown, M.Golic
LB - B.Evans, J.Small, S.Joyner
CB - E.Allen, B.Smith
S - W.Hopkins, A.Waters
K - R.Ruzek
P - J.Feagles
Oilers Starting Lineup
QB - W.Moon
HB - M.Rozier
FB - A.Pinkett
WR - H.Jeffries, E.Givens, D.Hill
TE - C.Duncan
OL - D.Steinkuhler, M.Munchak, J.Pennison, B.Matthews, D.Williams
DL - W.Fuller, R.Childress, D.Smith, S.Jones
LB - A.Smith, J.Meads, J.Grimsley
CB - R.Johnson, C.Dishman
S - B.McDowell, T.Kinard
K - T.Garcia
P - G.Montgomery
Drive Summary
------------------------------------------------------
1st Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-Eagles - Jeff Feagles - Punt - (7:20)
Drive 2-Oilers - Warren Moon - INTERCEPTED (B.Smith, 0yd rtrn) - Hou 27yd ln - (6:43)
Drive 3-Eagles - Roger Ruzek - 41yd FG att - No Good - Hou 30yd ln - (4:51)
Drive 4-Oilers - Warren Moon - INTERCEPTED (E.Allen, 89yd rtrn) - Hou 9yd ln - (0:00)
2nd Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-Eagles - Anthony Toney - 1yd TD Run - Score: 7-0 Phi - (9:48)
Drive 2-Oilers - Mike Rozier - 65yd TD Run - Score: 7-7 Tie - (9:34)
Drive 3-Eagles - Jeff Feagles - Punt - (8:45)
Drive 4-Eagles - Greg Montgomery - Punt - (6:25)
Drive 5-Eagles - Anthony Toney - 39yd TD Run - Score: 14-7 Phi - (2:43)
Drive 6-Oilers - Teddy Garcia - 39yd FG att - Good - Score: 14-10 Phi - (0:53)
Drive 7-Eagles - Jeff Feagles - Punt - (0:42)
Drive 8-Eagles - Greg Montgomery - Punt - (0:00)
3rd Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-Oilers - Greg Montgomery - Punt - (10:22)
Drive 2-Eagles - Randall Cunningham - 1yd TD Run - Score: 21-10 Phi - (6:33)
Drive 3-Oilers - W.Moon to H.Jeffries - 3yd TD Rec - Score: 21-17 Phi - (1:05)
Drive 4-Eagles - Jeff Feagles - Punt - (0:00)
4th Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-Oilers - Turnover on Downs - Phi 2yd Ln - (5:35)
Drive 2-Eagles - Jeff Feagles - Punt - (3:56)
Drive 3-Oilers - Teddy Garcia - 52yd FG att - No Good - Phi 42yd Ln - (3:13)
Drive 4-Eagles - Jeff Feagles - Punt - (1:56)
Drive 5-Oilers - W.Moon to H.Jeffries - 14yd TD Rec - Score: 24-21 Hou - (0:24)
Drive 6-Eagles - R.Cunningham to F.Barnett - 41yd TD Rec - Score: 28-24 Phi - (0:00)
Game Box Score
------------------------------------------------------
Code:
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL Titans 0 10 7 7 0 24 Eagles 0 14 7 7 0 28
---------------------------------------------------------------
Philadelphia Eagles---------------------------
Code:
Individual Stats: Eagles PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING Randall Cunningham 15 27 192 55 7.1 2 1 0 41 90.3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM Anthony Toney 22 70 3.1 39 2 0 Randall Cunningham 2 3 1.5 3 1 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC Fred Barnett 5 84 16.7 41 1 0 2 Calvin Williams 4 67 16.7 21 0 0 1 Anthony Toney 2 20 10.0 13 0 0 13 Kenny Jackson 1 14 14.0 14 0 1 3 Keith Jackson 2 5 2.5 4 0 0 8 Keith Byars 1 2 2.0 2 0 0 6 KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS Roger Ruzek 0 1 0 0 4 4 100 0 4 0 PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS Jeff Feagles 6 235 39.1 45 0 1 1 KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG Eric Allen 4 78 19.5 0 26 PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD Eric Allen 1 1 1.0 1 0 DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES Andre Waters 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Byron Evans 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Eric Allen 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 6 0 Izel Jenkins 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 89 89.0 1 0 Seth Joyner 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 Jessie Small 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Mike Golic 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Sammy Lilly 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Ricky Shaw 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Clyde Simmons 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Keith Byars 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Al Harris 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Jerome Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Reggie White 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Ben Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED Keith Byars 3 0 Mike Schad 2 0 Ron Heller 2 0 Ron Solt 2 1 David Alexander 1 0 Harper Le Bel 1 0
Houston Oilers----------------------------
Code:
Individual Stats: Titans PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING Warren Moon 27 44 358 61 8.1 1 2 2 41 83.3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM Mike Rozier 19 92 4.8 65 1 0 Allen Pinkett 2 6 3.0 7 0 0 Lorenzo White 1 -4 -4.0 0 0 0 Warren Moon 4 -10 -2.5 2 0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC Haywood Jeffries 8 106 13.2 41 2 0 11 Curtis Duncan 7 94 13.4 22 0 0 12 Drew Hill 6 70 11.6 22 0 2 7 Tony Jones 3 53 17.6 26 0 0 6 Ernest Givins 1 16 16.0 16 0 0 2 Lorenzo White 1 15 15.0 15 0 0 4 Mike Rozier 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 8 Allen Pinkett 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS Teddy Garcia 1 2 50 0 3 3 100 0 0 0 Greg Montgomery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS Greg Montgomery 3 101 33.6 38 0 1 1 KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG Gerald McNeil 4 86 21.5 0 33 PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD Gerald McNeil 2 0 0.0 0 0 DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES John Grimsley 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 Cris Dishman 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Johnny Meads 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Terry Kinard 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 Al Smith 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Richard Johnson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 William Fuller 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Drew Hill 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Leander Knight 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Robert Lyles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Ray Childress 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Tony Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Bubba McDowell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 Patrick Allen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 Sean Jones 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED David Williams 3 0 Dean Steinkuhler 3 0 Allen Pinkett 3 0 Bruce Matthews 2 0 Curtis Duncan 2 0 Jay Pennison 1 0 Mike Munchak 0 1
-------------------------------------------
Eagles- QB - Randall Cunningham - 15 of 27 att - 55% - 192 yds - 1 TD - 0 Int - 90.3 RAT - 2 RAtt - 3 Yds - 1 TD
Game Pictures
--------------------------------------------
Left: Introducing the 14-4 Houston Oilers in there first ever super bowl appearance in Super Bowl XXV!
Right: The game definately started off the way Warren Moon didn't want it to. Shades of last week's horrible performance start to loom here as Ben Smith manages to intercept this Warren Moon pass on the Oilers opening drive of the night.
Left: Roger RUzek pounds this kick, but put too much stank on it as it easily gets the 41 yard distance, but is wide right.
Right: Backup runningback, Lorenzo White, actually took the first successfull pass catch of the night for the Oilers on this 15 yard route.
Left: However this drive would have a similar appearnce to the previous as Warren Moon tossed up another interception on this bomb attempt. The ball was picked off by Eric Allen and returned 89 yards! He was barely caught from behind at the Oilers own 9 yard line to end the opening quarter of the super bowl without a score on the board.
Right: However that quickly changed as on the next few plays Anthony Toney managed to puncture into the endzone with this 1 yard touchdown run to put the Eagles ahead 7 to nothing.
Left: Mike Rozier does his best impression of "I Can Do Anything You Can Do Better!" on the next Oilers drive. Here he managed to find a huge hole in the defense and blast up the middle for a 65 yard touchdown run. The suprising carry would tie the game up at 7 a piece with 9:34 left in the first half.
Right: In a game with two of the best quarterbacks in the game a surprising amount of running had been developed. Here Anthony Toney manages to break through a weak Richard Johnson tackle attempt, and then outpaces the following defender. Toney's 39 yard touchdown scamper would put the Eagles back on top, 14 to 7.
Left: Teddy Garcia uses his reliable leg as he has all season long for Houston on their next drive. This 39 yard field goal would make it 14 to 10, Philly at the half.
Right: Despite a valiant goal line stand attempt by Houston, Randall Cunningham managed to sneak this play into the endzone on 3rd and inches at the goal. Sean Jones came in with a well placed hit that would've appeared to stop Cunningham. But Cunningham managed to reach over Jones head with the football and have it cross the plane for the score. The Eagles would take a commanding 21 to 10 lead in the 3rd.
Left: Haywood Jeffries manages to make this wide open catch in the corner of the endzone, finally ending Warren Moon's touchdown slump. The play couldn't have come at a better time for Moon, as it would end essentially end the 3rd quarter (1:05 remaining) on a good note for the Oilers as they pulled within a manageable 21 to 17 trail.
Right: It wasn't until the final 24 seconds of the game that Warren Moon managed to his his favorite receiver once more. This 14 yard touchdown pass to Haywood Jeffries uplifted the Oilers spirits as it would appear they had just sealed victory in their first ever Super Bowl apperance.
Left: Yet the Oilers didn't expect the unexpected as Randall Cunningham went to work with a mere 24 seconds remaining on the clock. Cunningham tossed a couple quick passes for 15-20 yard gains and took two timeouts leaving just enough time for one more play.
Right: In the final play of Super Bowl XXV you could witness the cheerfull glee of Oilers players celebrating on the sidelines with 4 seconds remaining and a 24 to 21 lead. Warren Moon was seen hugging Jack Pardee as their coach was doused with Gatorade. The Oilers had come from behind late in the game and put in a touchdown to put them over to be Super Bowl XXV champions....but wait... those measly 4 seconds would be the bane of Houston's exsistence as Randall Cunningham managed to lob a 41 yard bomb to rookie receiver, Fred Barnett. Barnett would make the catch in the endzone for the game winning touchdown! 28 to 24 Philadelphia.
Left: A surprised Buddy Ryan got doused with water soon after as Cunningham and Smith snuck up behind him.
Right: Buddy Ryan and his Philadelphia Eagles celebrate, holding up the Super Bowl trophy. Many of them can hardly believe the picture perfect ending that they were gifted with tonight. A solid fight from Houston made it one of the most memorable Super Bowls in NFL history, and with it's spectacular ending, maybe even the best. But that is something only history can permit. And we're here, re-writting it every step of the way.
Game Notes
--------------------------------------------
-None
Comment