Remember The 90's?: Re-Living Greatness

[young2rice]

1991 - Playoff Wild Card Preview
NFC Wild Card Game 2
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The Matchup


The Injuries


The Key Players
San Francisco 49ers

• QB - Joe Montana - 99 Ovr
• FS - Ronnie Lott - 99 Ovr
• WR - Jerry Rice - 99 Ovr
• ROLB - Charles Haley - 98 Ovr

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

• HB - Roger Craig - 94 Ovr
• FS - Harry Hamilton - 94 Ovr
• K - Steve Christie - 93 Ovr
• CB - Ricky Reynolds - 92 Ovr

Coach's Corner
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Coach: 49ers - George Siefert
Gameplan

1. We have to make sure we cover Mark Carrier, he's their big threat at wide receiver, if we take care of him we can nullify the passing game.
2. We're going to have to do our best to stuff the middle and stop our old friend Roger Craig.
3. Their offensive line should let up some holes, so we'll blitz our OLB's Haley and Romanowski a lot to pressure Testaverde.
4. We should force Tim Harris to cover Brent Jones by sending him out on a lot of routes. This should help open up the middle to allow Brent Fullwood to give us a run game.
5. Testaverde can easily be rattled, continued pressure all night long. If we can pressure him he'll probably make some mistakes and we'll get the turnovers.

Coach: Buccaneers - Ray Perkins
Gameplan

1. Get as much pressure as possible on Joe Montana. We'll have to try our best to stop the offensive passing game. There's a reason their ranked best in the league.
2. Hopefully we can throw a lot of balls to Hill to force them to take double coverage off of Mark Carrier, allowing him to be open for the big plays.
3. No doubt we'll be double covering Jerry Rice all game long.
4. Fullwood is still inexperienced in this offense, we'll have our outside linebackers force him up the middle matching up with Tim Harris, and we think we've got the easy advantage on that matchup between these former Packers.
5. We suspect they'll be keying on Roger Craig all night long since he's the majority of our offense. Let's surprise them and try spreading the ball out more.

[young2rice]

1991 Playoffs - Wild Card Round - Game 4
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San Francisco 49ers(10-6)
vs.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-7)

Game Weather
Forecast: Fair
Wind: 3 mph
Temp: 56 Degrees

Team Injuries
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San Francisco 49ers
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HB - John L Williams - Dislocated Ankles - Will Not Play (3 Wks)
HB - Keith Henderson - Broken Tailbone - Will Not Play (3 Wks)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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No Injuries

Drive Summary
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1st Quarter
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Drive 1-49ers - Ralph Mojsiejenko - Punt - (7:31)
Drive 2-Buccaneers - Vinny Testaverde - INTERCEPTED (D.Pollard, 1 yd rtrn) - TB 29yd Ln - (7:22)
Drive 3-49ers - J.Montana to J.Taylor - 5 Yd TD Rec - Score: 7-0 SF - (5:37)
Drive 4-Buccaneers - V.Testaverde to M.Carrier - 77 Yd TD Rec - Score: 7-7 Tie - (5:25)
Drive 5-49ers - Ralph Mojsiejenko - Punt - (3:04)
Drive 6-Buccaneers - V.Testaverde to R.Hall - 1 Yd TD Rec - Score: 14-7 TB - (0:00)

2nd Quarter
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Drive 1-49ers - Joe Montana - INTERCEPTED (H.Hamilton, 2 yd rtrn) - SF 48 yd Ln - (7:26)
Drive 2-Buccaneers - Mark Royals - Punt - (6:10)
Drive 3-49ers - Ralph Mojsiejenko - Punt - (4:33)
Drive 4-Buccaneers - Mark Royals - Punt - (2:40)
Drive 5-49ers - J.Montana to J.Taylor - 59 Yd TD Rec - Score: 14-14 Tie - (1:31)
Drive 6-Buccaneers - Roger Craig - 2 Yd TD Run - Score: 21-14 TB - (0:39)
Drive 7-49ers - Mike Cofer - 50 Yd FG Att - No Good - (0:00)


3rd Quarter
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Drive 1-Buccaneers - Steve Christie - 30 Yd FG Att - Good - Score: 24-14 TB - (7:12)
Drive 2-49ers - Ralph Mojsiejenko - PUnt - (5:35)
Drive 3-Buccaneers - Ron Hall - FUMBLE - (FF:M.Millan, FR:D.Waymer, 2 yd rtrn) - TB 49 yd Ln - (4:11)
Drive 4-49ers - Ralph Mojsiejenko - Punt - (3:03)
Drive 5-Buccaneers - Mark Royals - Punt - (0:00)


4th Quarter
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Drive 1-49ers - J.Montana to J.Taylor - 21 Yd TD Rec - Score: 24-21 TB - (6:52)
Drive 2-Buccaneers - Mark Royals - Punt - (3:40)
Drive 3-49ers - J.Montana to J.Taylor - 2 Yd TD Rec - Score: 28-24 SF - (1:09)
Drive 4-Buccaneers - Turnover On Downs - TB 46 Yd Ln - (0:38)
Drive 5-49ers - Ralph Mojsiejenko - Punt - (0:31)
Drive 6-Buccaneers - End of Game - TB 38 Yd Ln - (0:00)


Game Summary: The first half of the game was back and forth between both teams. The 49ers were the first to strike by getting an interception on Testaverde and having Montana turn it into a 5 yard touchdown pass to John Taylor. But the Buccaneers fired immediately right back to keep momentum on their side with a 77 yard touchdown pass to Mark Carrier from Vinny Testaverde. The Buccaneers kept that momentum and ended up scoring again with another pass on a 1 yard dump to tight end Ron hall. Giving them the lead. The surprising part being that in the 2nd quarter the Buccaneers not only intercepted Joe Montana but stopped the 49ers offense on numerous occasions. It wasn't until 9:15 remaining in the 2nd quarter until the Buccaneers gave Roger Craig his first carry. An awkward anticipation of when it would occur was in the stadium, and it was on a nice 9 yard draw play. Jerry Rice was being shut out by Ricky Reynolds and sometimes a double cover that stuck with him all game long. However that proved to be the Buccaneers downfall as the 49ers seemed to pick up on this in the 2nd quarter, and started their new game plan, throw to John Taylor. Taylor made another touchdown grab from 59 yards out with only 1:31 remaining in the half to tie the game up. But to many surprise, once again, the Buccaneers didn't get phased by it and scored right back on a 2 yard Roger Craig touchdown run, giving him a bitter sweet lead 21 to 14 going into the half. Steve Christie came out and made it a 2 possession game 24-14 in favor of the Buccaneers, but that's when the Bucs crumble began. After and uneventful 3rd quarter with punts back and forth the 49ers struck with 6:52 left, for the third time, from Joe Montana to John Taylor. This one cutting the game to within a field goal. WIth a quick stop of the Buccaneers offense on the next drive the 49ers were ready, and with only 1:09 left in the game Joe Montana nailed John Taylor for his 4th touchdown and the 28th point of the night. The 49ers defense would stop the Buccaneers twice before time ran out, and pulled out a narrow victory thanks to the combination of Joe Montana and John Taylor.


Game Box Score
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Team               Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4   OT      FINAL
49ers               7    7    0   14    0         28
Buccaneers          7   14    3    0    0         24

Individual Player Statistics
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San Francisco 49ers
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Individual Stats: 49ers
PASSING                        CMP  ATT  YDS  PCT   YPA SACK   TD  INT LONG RATING
Joe Montana                     30   46  382   65   8.3    1    4    1   59  110.9

RUSHING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD  FUM
Brent Fullwood                  16   34   2.1    9    0    0
Tom Rathman                      2    7   3.5    6    0    0
Dexter Carter                    1    3   3.0    3    0    0
Joe Montana                      1   -3  -3.0    0    0    0

RECEIVING                      REC  YDS   AVG LONG   TD DROP  YAC
Brent Jones                      8  138  17.2   54    0    0   28
John Taylor                      6  111  18.5   59    4    1   55
Yancey Thigpen                   7   77  11.0   17    0    0   21
Jerry Rice                       4   34   8.5   14    0    2    3
Brent Fullwood                   1   10  10.0   10    0    0    2
Mike Sherrard                    1    8   8.0    8    0    0    3
Tom Rathman                      3    4   1.3    3    0    0    6

KICKING                        FGM  FGA  PCT FGSBLOCKED  XPA  XPM  PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Mike Cofer                       0    1    0          0    4    4  100          0        4          0

PUNTING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Ralf Mojsiejenko                 6  224  37.3   44      0    2          2

KICK RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG   TD LONG
Dexter Carter                    5  102  20.3    0   27

PUNT RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD
Dexter Carter                    1    6   6.0    6    0

DEFENSE                        TOT LOSS SACK   FF FREC  YDS   TD  INT  RET   AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Don Griffin                     10    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Matt Millen                      5    0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Keith DeLong                     5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Bill Romanowski                  4    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Darryl Pollard                   4    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0   0.0           1        0
Vestee Jackson                   3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Charles Haley                    3    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Pierce Holt                      3    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Kevin Fagan                      3    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Michael Carter                   3    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Jeff Donaldson                   2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Dave Waymer                      2    0    0    0    1    1    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Ronnie Lott                      2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Keena Turner                     1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Pete Kuglar                      1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Brent Fullwood                   1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0

BLOCKING                      PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Tom Rathman                          5             0
Jesse Sapolu                         4             0
Harris Barton                        4             1
Brent Jones                          2             0
Steve Wallace                        2             0
Tom Ackerman                         2             0
Jerry Rice                           1             0
Pat Harlow                           1             0
Jamie Williams                       1             0

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Individual Stats: Buccaneers
PASSING                        CMP  ATT  YDS  PCT   YPA SACK   TD  INT LONG RATING
Vinny Testaverde                27   37  368   72   9.9    1    2    1   77  111.1

RUSHING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD  FUM
Roger Craig                     19   36   1.8    9    1    0
Reggie Cobb                      1    2   2.0    2    0    0
Vinny Testaverde                 1   -5  -5.0    0    0    0

RECEIVING                      REC  YDS   AVG LONG   TD DROP  YAC
Mark Carrier                     6  164  27.3   77    1    1   53
Bruce Hill                       8   79   9.8   17    0    2    5
Reggie Cobb                      2   39  19.5   31    0    0   10
Ron Hall                         5   28   5.5   14    1    0    2
Derek Russell                    2   26  13.0   19    0    0    0
Frank Pillow                     2   25  12.5   19    0    0    7
Roger Craig                      2    7   3.5    4    0    0    5
Ed Thomas                        0    0   0.0    0    0    1    0

KICKING                        FGM  FGA  PCT FGSBLOCKED  XPA  XPM  PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Steve Christie                   1    1  100          0    3    3  100          0        5          0

PUNTING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Mark Royals                      4  179  44.7   53      0    1          2

KICK RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG   TD LONG
Bobby Futrell                    4   67  16.7    0   20

PUNT RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD
Bobby Futrell                    2    8   4.0    5    0

DEFENSE                        TOT LOSS SACK   FF FREC  YDS   TD  INT  RET   AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Eugene Marve                     7    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
John Grimsley                    7    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           3        0
Tim Harris                       5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Tim McKyer                       5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           2        0
Harry Hamilton                   5    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    2   2.0           1        0
Rodney Rice                      4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Ray Seals                        4    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Ricky Reynolds                   4    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Dave Duerson                     3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Mark Robinson                    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           2        0
Broderick Thomas                 2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Mark Carrier                     2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Kevin Murphy                     1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Robb White                       1    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Willie Drewrey                   1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Ron Hall                         0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Jerome Henderson                 0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0

BLOCKING                      PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Reggie Cobb                          5             0
Derek Kennard                        5             0
Paul Gruber                          4             0
Rob Taylor                           3             0
Mark Carrier                         2             0
Randy Grimes                         1             0
Bruce Hill                           1             0
Ron Hall                             1             0
Tom McHale                           0             1

Player of the Game
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49ers- WR - John Taylor - 6 Rec - 18.5 Avg - 111 Yds - 4 TD - 1 Drop
49ers - QB - Joe Montana - 30 of 46 Att - 65% - 382 Yds - 4 TD - 1 Int - 110.9 Rat

Game Pictures
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Left: Darryl Pollard managed to mkae the first big play of the game by intercepting Vinny Testeverde on the Buccaneers opening drive. A foreshadowing of things to come.
Right: Off of the interception turnover the 49ers made the first strike as Joe Montana hit John Taylor for a 5 yard touchdown.


Left: Vinny Testaverde took that interceptiont o heart and came back with a 77 yard bomb to Mark Carrier for the tying touchdown.
Right: Testeverde continue to play his extendeded role by lobbing this 1 yarder to tight end Ron Hall to give the Buccaneers the lead for the first time tonight, 14 to 7.


Left: Montana makes a rare mistake as Harry Hamilton manages to pick this pass out of the sky.
Right: John Taylor continues to beat his single coverage here as he scores this 59 yard touchdown scamper to tie teh game up at 14 a piece with 1:31 remaining in the opening half.


Left: Roger Craig easily walks in this 2 yard touchdown run to put the Buccaneers back on top 21 to 14 with 39 seconds left in the opening half. Craig would not have a carry until 9:15 remaining in the 2nd quarter.
Right: Ron Hall fumbles this football after Matt Millen nails him. Dave Waymer, would recover the football for the 49ers.


Left: Joe Montana had an incredibly effecient game throwing for a 65% completion rate. He would also throw 4 touchdowns on the night, all to John Taylor.
Right: Here John Taylor catches his 3rd touchdown pass from 21 yards out to make it 24-21, down by 3 to the Buccaneers with 6:52 left in the game.


Left: With just over a minute left in the game Joe Montana connected with Brent Jones on this 54 yard bomb. Jones would fight for every yard to bring it all the way to the 2 yard line to help set up the 49ers.
Right: Montana would go to whats been working all day long, John Taylor, for this 2 yard touchdown pass. The touchdown would put the 49ers back in the lead for the first time since 5:37 in the 1st quarter. With a 28-24 score, the 49ers defense would hold the Buccaneers offense 2 more times before time ran out, giving San Francisco the victory.

Game Notes
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-Craig didn't have a good game, but he didn't get many carries. Fullwood was pretty mediocre as well. I upped HB run blocking a tiny bit.

[young2rice]

[young2rice]

Divisional Dichotomy : Marcus Allen Versus Bo Jackson

AP - The Los Angeles Raiders potentially had one of the greatest rushing attacks to play in the league the past few years. However that potential was hard to realize due to the constant nagging injuries that haunted Bo Jackson. As a result, at the end of the 1990 season the Raiders had to make a decision, and let Bo Jackson go. Jackson now returns to Los Angeles in the playoffs, but this time, on the other team.

Bo Jackson was originally drafted in the 7th round by the Los Angeles Raiders in 1987. Jackson has been destroying defenses ever since, but his nagging injuries are keeping him from becoming an NFL elite. Jackson only managed to play in 31 games in his four Raider seasons due to his injuries. However, he managed to acquire 2,387 yards on the ground and 12 touchdowns. As well as 342 yards and 2 more touchdowns in the air. Along with Marcus Allen he terrified defenses as a member of the Raiders rushing attack, but when 1990 rolled around Jackson's contract was finished. The Raiders had to make a tough decision as they felt they only had the money, and the desire, to resign one of the two budding backs.

Marcus Allen was picked up by the Raiders in the 1st round of the 1982 NFL Draft. He has been with the team 5 more seasons that Bo Jackson, which may have influenced the Raiders decision at the end of the 1990 season. Through that year Marcus Allen had managed to run for 7,489 yards and 64 touchdowns. He also proved his versatility by catching 389 passes for 3,666 yards and 16 more touchdowns. However the Raiders have felt that Marcus Allen is not his former self, and is seemingly slowing down in his age. Marcus Allen hasn't had over 1,000 yards since his career best year in 1985 with 1,759 yards. But the big difference between him and Bo Jackson is that he has actually done it before. Allen has proven to the Raiders that he has the ability to be a star starting running back and the toughness to stay in the game. But with season ending injuries in 1989 and 1990 back-to-back, it's not looking good for Allen's durability.

The Raiders ended up picking Marcus Allen, and his lesser backup Greg Bell, leaving Bo Jackson to fend for himself in the free agent market. Marcus Allen was elated to sign a 2 year deal with the Raiders that numbered out to $1.44 million dollars. Hardly a bank-breaking deal, but a deal none-the-less. Allen may be the back that remained with the Raiders, but Jackson may have made the better move. Bo Jackson ended up signing a huge 4 year, $21.80 million dollar contract with the Houston Oilers. The Oilers had just let Mike Rozier leave their AFC Champion team, and decided to add the final piece to their Super Bowl-achieving roster.

This season has been one of scrutiny for both Marcus Allen and Bo Jackson by the fans. The Raiders felt they've made the right decision as Marcus Allen stayed healthy this year, despite two consecutive season ending injuries, making him a case for comeback player of the year. Allen also managed to obtain his first 1,000+ yard season since 1985 with his 319 carry 1,200 yard, 7 touchdown year. Not to mention the Raiders, who went 7-9 last year, managed to flip that and end up 9-7 this season, leading their division by a single game over the Chargers and heading into the playoffs. Meanwhile Bo Jackson has also managed to work out for the Oilers. The AFC Champion Oilers are happily adding a new element to their already ridiculous offensive power house with an all-star running game. Jackson ended up carrying the ball 277 times this year for 1,306 yards, an amazing 4.7 yard per carry average and a 4th best in the league 14 touchdown mark, with 2 more in received. Statistically and record-wise Bo Jackson's 15-1 Houston Oilers and 1,300+ 14 touchdown year has out-performed Marcus Allen's. The only thing left for either to prove is that they have what it takes to perform in a big-game.

This week the Houston Oilers will be facing off against the Los Angeles Raiders in what should be a great battle of two tough AFC teams. The Raiders surprised many with an upset victory over the 11-5 Pittsburgh Steelers in the the wild-card round. They have some momentum going for them as they once again bring their backup quarterback, Billy Joe Tolliver, to a hostile defense in an attempt to advance in the playoffs. Meanwhile the Houston Oilers are happy with their blazing offensive performance. The Oilers have home-field advantage and have only lost a single game all year back in week 8 when they lost 26 to 21 against the New England Patriots. The Oilers lost the Super Bowl last year to the Philadelphia Eagles and are itching for a chance to get back in this season with their newfound run attack and demolish a team to gain vengeance. We shall see which of these two teams, with power house runners comes out on top, and that may, once and for all, end the debate as to whom is the better back.

[young2rice]

1991 Playoffs - Divisional Round - Game 1
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Los Angeles Raiders (10-7)
vs.

Houston Oilers (15-1)

Game Weather
Forecast: Fair
Wind: 10 mph
Temp: 38 Degrees

Team Injuries
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Los Angeles Raiders
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QB - Jay Schroeder - 82 Ovr - Partially Torn PCL - Will Not Play (3 Wks)

Houston Oilers
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No Injuries

Drive Summary
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1st Quarter
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Drive 1-Oilers - Glenn Montgomery - Punt - (9:50)
Drive 2-Raiders - Jeff Gossett - Punt - (8:31)
Drive 3-Oilers - W.Moon to B.Jackson - 90 Yd TD Rec - Score: 7-0 Hou - (7:10)
Drive 4-Raiders - Billy Joe Tolliver - INTERCEPTED (J.Meads, 2yd rtrn) - LA 31 yd ln - (7:00)
Drive 5-Oilers - W.Moon to B.Jackson - 11 Yd TD Rec - Score: 14-0 Hou - (4:07)
Drive 6-Raiders - B.J.Tolliver to M.Fernandez - 26 Yd TD Rec - Score: 14-7 Hou - (2:50)
Drive 7-Oilers - Norm Johnson - 20 Yd FG Att - Good - Score: 17-7 Hou - (0:00)

2nd Quarter
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Drive 1-Raiders - Jeff Gossett - Punt - (9:04)
Drive 2-Oilers - Bo Jackson - 34 Yd TD Run - Score: 24-7 Hou - (7:21)
Drive 3-Raiders - Marcus Allen - 1 Yd TD Run - Score: 24-14 Hou - (5:05)
Drive 4-Oilers - Warren Moon - INTERCEPTED (L.Washington, 2 yd rtrn) - Hou 48yd ln - (4:25)
Drive 5-Raiders - Jeff Jaeger - 36 Yd FG Att - Good - Score: 24-17 Hou - (3:07)
Drive 6-Oilers - Norm Johnson - 31 Yd FG Att - Good - Score: 27-17 Hou - (1:04)
Drive 7-Raiders - Jeff Gossett - Punt - (0:50)
Drive 8-Oilers - Glenn Montgomery - Punt - (0:26)
Drive 9-Raiders - End Half


3rd Quarter
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Drive 1-Raiders - Billy Joe Tolliver - INTERCEPTED (S.Petry, 44yd TD Rtrn), Score: 34-17 Hou - (10:13)
Drive 2-Raiders - B.J.Tolliver to W.Gault - 69 Yd TD Rec - Score: 34-24 Hou - (9:46)
Drive 3-Oilers - W.Moon to C.Duncan - 70 Yd TD Rec - Score: 41-24 Hou - (9:03)
Drive 4-Raiders - Jeff Gossett - Punt - (8:18)
Drive 5-Oilers - Glenn Montgomery - Punt - (7:00)
Drive 6-Raiders - B.J.Tolliver to M.Fernandez - 7 Yd TD Rec - Score: 41-31 Hou - (3:29)
Drive 7-Oilers - Glenn Montgomery - Punt - (2:42)
Drive 8-Raiders - Billy Joe Tolliver - INTERCEPTED (R.Johnson, 12yd rtrn) - LA 23yd Ln - (2:28)
Drive 9-Oilers - W.Moon to T.Jones - 5 yd TD Rec - Score: 48-31 Hou - (1:21)
Drive 10-Raiders - B.J.Tolliver to T.Brown - 11 yd TD Rec - Score: 48-38 Hou - (0:00)

4th Quarter
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Drive 1-Oilers - Glenn Montgomery - Punt - (9:03)
Drive 2-Raiders - B.J.Tolliver to T.Brown - 8 Yd TD Rec - Score: 48-45 Hou - (7:12)
Drive 3-Oilers - Glenn Montgomery - Punt - (3:39)
Drive 4-Raiders - Jeff Gossett - Punt - (3:23)
Drive 5-Oilers - Glenn Montgomery - Punt - (1:22)
Drive 6-Raiders - Jeff Jaeger - 46 Yd FG Att - Good - Score: 48-48 Tie - (0:00)


Overtime
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Drive 1-Raiders - Jeff Jaeger - 37 Yd FG Att - Good - Score: 51-48 LAR - (7:02)


Game Summary: This game was the epitome of never give up until the final whistle. Bo Jackson came in facing off against his old team, and it was apparent that he was going to make a statement today. However, it was surprising that it was actually through the air, instead of the ground, early on. In the beginning the Raiders defense was actually stuffing Jackson at the line, only giving him -3 yards in the first few drives. However in the 3rd drive Moon hit Jackson on a 90 yard touchdown catch. Jackson would surpass 100 yards receiving in the 1st quarter of the game on the 3rd Oiler drive of the night as Moon hit him for another touchdown, this time from 11 yards out. To give him a 5 rushing yard, 111 yard receiving yard, 2 touchdown first quarter against his old team. Billy Joe Tolliver made the first mistake of the game leading to that 11 yard touchdown catch on his interception throw to Johnny Meads. Bo Jackson would get going after the first quarter as he busted free on a 34 yard scamper for a rushing touchdown. The Oilers dominating 24 to 7 lead was something they had seemingly done numerous times this year. Marcus Allen answered back with his own goal line push for a touchdown to cut it close, then the Raiders intercepted Moon to have Jaeger kick a field goal and cut it down to a single touchdown game, 24 to 17. The Oilers Norm Johnson woudl kick another field goal and the score would be 27-17 Oilers at half-time. I

n the 2nd half the Raiders did not start off on the foot they wanted to make a comeback, Billy Joe Tolliver threw his 2nd interception, this time to Stan Petry, who returned it 44 yards for a touchdown. But Tolliver was unphased and showed poise on his next drive as he came right back and hit Willie Gault for a 69 yard bomb. Warren Moon would then do his best Tolliver impression by throwing a 70 yard touchdown pass to Curtis Duncan on the very next drive. The Oilers would extend their lead 41 to 24. It appeared that the Oilers started to become confident in their lead, and that is what led to their downfall.

Billy Joe Tolliver would continue to take risks as he threaded the needle to Mervyn Fernandez from 7 yards out to cut the lead to 10. However a 3rd interception to Richard Johnson with 2:28 left in the 3rd had many wondering if he was starting to choke under the pressure. That led to the final Oiler score as Moon hit Tony Jones for a 5 yarder to make it 48 to 31. In a surprise move, Tolliver managed to lead, once again right after an interception, his Raider tam to a touchdown drive ending on an 11 yard bullet to Tim Brown and keeping the Raiders down by 10. Some tough defense by the Raiders in the 4th allowed Tolliver to once again drive the Raiders down field and hit Tim Brown for a 5 yard touchdown pass, the Raiders were down by only 3. The two teams defenses finally showed up as the Oilers punted, followed by the Raiders punting, and then the Oilers punted once more with only 1:22 left in the game. The Raiders, who had not led a single second throughout the entire game, continued to fight as on the final drive Tolliver and Marcus Allen managed to get them within field goal range. Jeff Jaeger would then hit a 46 yarder to tie the game up at 48 a piece and go into overtime.

The Raiders won the coin toss, and with the momentum on their side it was not looking good for the 15-1 Houston Oilers, supposedly, the best Oiler team to ever step on a field. Tolliver hit Ethan Horton on a key 30 yard pass on the opening drive of overtime that eventually led to a 37 yard field goal attempt by Jeff Jaeger. With 7:02 left in overtime, Jaeger's kick sailed through the uprights and the wild-card Los Angeles Raiders upset the best record in football, 15-1, Houston Oilers with a 51 to 48 victory. This game also marked one of the highest scoring playoff games in NFL history with 99 points combined.


Game Box Score
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Team               Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4   OT      FINAL
Raiders             7   10   14   17    3         51
Titans             14   13   21    0    0         48

Individual Player Statistics
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Los Angeles Raiders
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Individual Stats: Raiders
PASSING                        CMP  ATT  YDS  PCT   YPA SACK   TD  INT LONG RATING
Billy Joe Tolliver              33   60  540   55   9.0    1    5    3   69   92.3

RUSHING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD  FUM
Marcus Allen                    17   86   5.0   18    1    0
Billy Joe Tolliver               1    0   0.0    0    0    0

RECEIVING                      REC  YDS   AVG LONG   TD DROP  YAC
Willie Gault                     6  168  28.0   69    1    1   33
Tim Brown                       10  161  16.0   60    2    0   74
Ethan Horton                     7   66   9.4   16    0    1   15
Mervyn Fernandez                 3   53  17.6   26    2    0    9
Steve Smith                      3   41  13.6   28    0    1   18
Marcus Allen                     1   28  28.0   28    0    0    0
Michael Jackson                  1   16  16.0   16    0    0    4
Jake Reed                        2    7   3.5    5    0    1    0

KICKING                        FGM  FGA  PCT FGSBLOCKED  XPA  XPM  PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Jeff Jaeger                      3    3  100          0    6    6  100          0        0          0
Jeff Gossett                     0    0    0          0    0    0    0          0        9          1

PUNTING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Jeff Gossett                     6  235  39.1   54      0    1          0

KICK RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG   TD LONG
Tim Brown                        5   96  19.1    0   24

PUNT RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD
Tim Brown                        2   10   5.0    8    0

DEFENSE                        TOT LOSS SACK   FF FREC  YDS   TD  INT  RET   AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Eddie Anderson                   6    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Greg Townsend                    6    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Ervin Randle                     6    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Lionel Washington                6    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1   1.0           6        0
Ricky Hunley                     5    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Henry Jones                      4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Scott Davis                      3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Terry McDaniel                   3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           2        0
Tom Benson                       3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Aaron Wallace                    2    0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Elvis Patterson                  2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Jerry Robinson                   2    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           2        0
Howie Long                       1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Bruce Wilkerson                  1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Mike Wise                        1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Rory Graves                      1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Garry Lewis                      1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Jake Reed                        1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Ethan Horton                     1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0

BLOCKING                      PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Ethan Horton                         3             0
Max Montoya                          2             0
Bruce Wilkerson                      2             0
Rory Graves                          2             0
Steve Smith                          1             0
Mervyn Fernandez                     1             0
Don Mosebar                          1             0
Willie Gault                         1             0
Erik Williams                        1             0
Marcus Allen                         1             0
Steve Wisniewski                     0             1

Houston Oilers
----------------------------

Individual Stats: Titans
PASSING                        CMP  ATT  YDS  PCT   YPA SACK   TD  INT LONG RATING
Warren Moon                     19   39  371   48   9.5    0    4    1   90  105.8

RUSHING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD  FUM
Bo Jackson                      30   89   2.9   34    1    0

RECEIVING                      REC  YDS   AVG LONG   TD DROP  YAC
Curtis Duncan                    3  137  45.6   70    1    0   83
Bo Jackson                       4  126  31.5   90    2    0   80
Ernest Givins                    3   44  14.6   22    0    1    0
Haywood Jeffries                 4   43  10.7   14    0    1    5
Tony Jones                       2   10   5.0    5    1    2    0
Bernard Ford                     1    8   8.0    8    0    0    0
Allen Pinkett                    2    3   1.5    2    0    0    0

KICKING                        FGM  FGA  PCT FGSBLOCKED  XPA  XPM  PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Norm Johnson                     2    2  100          0    6    6  100          0        0          0
Greg Montgomery                  0    0    0          0    0    0    0          0       10          5

PUNTING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Greg Montgomery                  7  290  41.4   62      0    1          2

KICK RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG   TD LONG
Gerald McNeil                    8  136  17.0    0   23

PUNT RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD
Gerald McNeil                    3    9   3.0    6    0

DEFENSE                        TOT LOSS SACK   FF FREC  YDS   TD  INT  RET   AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Richard Johnson                 10    0    0    0    0    0    0    1   11  11.0           2        0
Lamar Lathon                     8    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           2        0
Terry Kinard                     6    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Johnny Meads                     5    1    0    0    0    0    0    1    1   1.0           4        0
Patrick Allen                    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           3        0
Al Smith                         4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Sean Jones                       4    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Bubba McDowell                   3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Ray Childress                    2    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Gerald McNeil                    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Eugene Seale                     1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Steve Brown                      1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Stan Petry                       1    0    0    0    0    0    1    1   44  44.0           1        0
Haywood Jeffries                 1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0

BLOCKING                      PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
David Williams                       4             0
Mike Munchak                         4             0
Jay Pennison                         3             0
Bruce Matthews                       2             0
Curtis Duncan                        2             0
Allen Pinkett                        2             0
Dean Steinkuhler                     2             0
Keith Cash                           1             0
Bo Jackson                           1             0

Player of the Game
-------------------------------------------
Raiders - QB - Billy Joe Tolliver - 33 of 60 Att - 55% - 540 Yds - 5 TD - 3 Int - 92.3 Rat
Raiders - WR - Tim Brown - 10 Rec - 16.0 Avg - 161 Yds - 2 TD - 0 Drop - 5 KR - 19.1 Avg - 96 Yds - 2 PR - 5.0 Avg - 10 Yds

Game Pictures
--------------------------------------------

Left: Bo Jackson makes a surprising contribution in the passing game as Warren Moon hits him on this screen pass which he jukes his way, 90 yards, for the first touchdown of the night.
Right: Johnny Meads manages to intercept this Billy Joe Tolliver pass.


Left: Bo Jackson shoves Randle aside and gets his 2nd touchdown reception of the game on this 11 yard touchdown.
Right: The Raiders finally put some points on teh board with 2:50 left in the 1st when Billy Joe Tolliver manages to hit Mervyn Fernandez on this 26 yard touchdown pass. Fernandez took a tough horse collar tackle but held on.


Left: Bo Jackson decided to finally make an impact on the ground as he runs in this 34 yard touchdown carry. The score would put the Oilers up 24 to 7 with 7:21 left in the first half.
Right: Not to be outdone, Marcus Allen takes this 1 yard toss to the end-zone making it a 24-14 game.


Left: Lionel Washington gets his legs cut out from underneath him as he intercepts this Warren Moon pass that would set up a Jeff Jaeger 36 yard field goal.
Right: On the very first drive of the 3rd quarter Billy Joe Tolliver throws his 2nd interception on the night. This one is picked off by mid-season free-agent acquisition, Stan Petry. Who returns it 44 yards for the touchdown to put Houston's lead ahead 34 to 17.


Left: Billy Joe Tolliver shows his ability to bounce back as on the very next drive after throwing an interception returned for a touchdown he throws a 69 yard bomb to veteran Willie Gault.
Right: Also not be outdone, Warren Moon does his best Billy Joe Tolliver impression and lobs this 70 yard touchdown pass to a celebrating Curtis Duncan. The Oilers take a commanding 41 to 24 lead.


Left: Another Mervyn Fernandez siting as he catches his 2nd touchdown pass on this 7 yard throw by Tolliver.
Right: Tolliver ended up throwing his 3rd interception on the nnight on this pick by Oilers cornerback, Richard Johnson.


Left: Tony Jones picks up this 5 yard touchdown bullet by Warren Moon to make it 48 to 31, Oilers with 1:21 left in the 3rd quarter.
Right: In a surprise drive the Raiders score in the final minutes of the 3rd quarter with this 11 yard touchdown top off to Tim Brown.


Left: With 7:12 left in the entire game Billy Joe Tolliver hits Tim Brown once again for an 8 yard touchdown. The score would bring the Raiders to within 3 points, 48 to 45. Jeff Jaeger would hit a field goal with 3 seconds left on the clock to put the game into overtime.
Right: On the first drive of overtime the Raiders manage to move into field goal range and let Jeff Jaeger hit this 37 yard field goal that gave the Raiders the upset 51 to 48 victory.

Game Notes
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-Easily, the most exciting game i've ever watched in madden. I was surprised about how the CPU was struggling to run with Jackson but was owning with him in the pass game. Was also surprised how the CPU has continued to have Tolliver, despite throwing interceptions, come up with big-plays so far in these playoffs.

-My computer recently got infected and absolutely demolished. Luckily...using my intelligence. With no windows available except the CTRL/ALT/DEL screen, I was able to use the Start>RUN command line, and "Browse" to transfer files from my C: to my D: (nothing on it). That only took about 2 days for 45 gigs. Then I formatted C:, re-installed windows, and have now transfered over the files from D: to C:, and no problems. So luckily I was able to save this, amongst other, important files

[young2rice]

Playoff Passing Attack

AP - Many players and fans around the league are eagerly going to be glued to their television sets as the next playoff Divisonal game goes underway. The reason? Two of the best passing attacks in the NFL are going to collide on the field when the San Francisco 49ers take on the Los Angeles Rams.

Joe Montana has easily earned his place in history as one of the best quarterbacks to ever play the game. There seems to be little doubt that he is the best currently playing, and there's no signs of him stopping. Montana has already earned his way into the record books as he currently sits 3rd all-time on the passing touchdowns list with 269. Only trailing Fran Tarkenton (342) and Johnny Unitas (290). Not to mention he's also 4th on the all-time passing yards leaderboard with 36,698 yards, only down to Tarkenton (45,281), Dan Fouts (43,040), and Johnny U (40,239). Accolades are definately something that Joe Montana has received numerous times throughout his career, but they are well deserved.

Ever since Montana was originally drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 3rd round of the 1979 NFL Draft he has played with heart. But in the past few seasons he is playing with pride. Many critics are thinking that the 35 year old quarterback is starting to get to the age where he needs to think about retirement. But if 1991 was any indication there is no need as he hasn't slowed down a bit. In 1991 Joe Montana, despite missing a few games due to injury, has accomplished a career-best 32 touchdown season. Not to mention the 2nd best year of his career in passing yards with 3,659 on the year. The 49ers pass attack is better than ever.

The 49ers pass attack was one of the top in the league thanks to some solid performances by Montana and his receivers. Jerry Rice ended the year with 96 catches for 1,301 yards and 15 touchdowns. Menawhile his tandem buddy John Taylor nabbed 80 balls for 1,245 yards and 11 touchdowns himself. However the surprising contribution was from tight end Brent Jones (53 Rec, 404 Yds, 3 Touchdowns) and rookie Yancey Thigpen (53 Rec, 404 Yds). The 49ers can thank this pass attack for their current winning streak that they've had entering into the playoffs. The 49ers have won the last 4 games straight, the final 3 of the regular season (including against the Rams in Week 17), and last weeks nail-biting Wild Card game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Los Angeles Rams have suddenly found themselves named amongst the best passing games in the league ever since they made a great decision in 1986 to acquire Jim Everett. Everett was originally drafted in the 1986 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers, and was the first quarterback taken in that draft. However due to the contract difference between Everett and the Oilers they were unable to reach an agreement. As a result the Houston Oilers traded the rights to Jim Everett away, to the Los Angeles Rams. Everett got his first starts late in the year and played surprisingly well for a rookie, starting the last 5 games where the Rams went 3-2, and Everett threw for 1,000+ yards, 8 touchdowns, and only 8 interceptions. After a building sophmore season, it wasn't until 1988 where Jim Everett exploded his name onto the top quarterback ranks with a 3,964 yard 31 touchdown season. The Rams pass game has never been the same since.

The Los Angeles Rams were once a run-heavy team but due to acquiring Jim Everett they have now become a pass-heavy team that is dominating defenses around the league. This year Jim Everett had a slight dip in productivity due to a nagging injury that saw Chuck Long start a couple games. However despite that Everett still managed to throw 2,900 yards and 24 touchdowns to only 15 interceptions. The pass game attack of wide receivers Willie Anderson and Henry Ellard are what has really elevated the team's play. However the main surprise was rookie Ricky Watters eventually overtaking the starting running back spot (203 Att, 718 Yds, 8 Touchdowns) but contributing greatly in the pass game with his 50 catches for 351 yards and 2 touchdowns.

This week shall be an offensive explosion as both teams are looking to go head-to-head. One of the more interesting aspects of the game though is that the Rams went to San Francisco to play the final game in Week 17. In that game the 49ers demolished the Rams 54 to 9. We'll see if that has had any psychological effect on the Rams as they take on the 49ers, two weeks later in the Divisional game.

[young2rice]

1991 Playoffs - Divisional Round - Game 2
==========================================

San Francisco 49ers (11-6)
vs.

Los Angeles Rams (11-5)

Game Weather
Forecast: Fair
Wind: 0 mph
Temp: 78 Degrees

Team Injuries
-------------------
San Francisco 49ers
------------------------
HB - John L. Williams - 82 Ovr - Dislocated Ankle - Will Not Play (2 Wks)
HB - Keith Henderson - 70 Ovr - Broken Tailbone - Will Not Play (2 Wks)

Los Angeles Rams
------------------------
HB - Curt Warner - 82 Ovr - Partially Torn ACL - Will Not Play (4 Wks)

Drive Summary
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1st Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-49ers - Ralph Mojsiejenko - Punt - (9:47)
Drive 2-Rams- Keith English - Punt - (8:30)
Drive 3-49ers - Ralph Mojsiejenko - Punt - (6:47)
Drive 4-Rams- Keith English - Punt - (4:52)
Drive 5-49ers - Ralph Mojsiejenko - Punt - (4:09)
Drive 6-Rams- Mike Lansford - 23 Yd FG Att - Good - Score: 3-0 LAR - (0:38)
Drive 7-49ers - Mike Cofer - 50 Yd FG Att - Good - Score: 3-3 Tie - (0:00)

2nd Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-Rams - Keith English - Punt - (7:30)
Drive 2-49ers - Ralph Mojsiejenko - Punt - (5:31)
Drive 3-Rams - Keith English - Punt - (2:32)
Drive 4-49ers - Ralph Mojsiejenko - Punt - (1:42)
Drive 5-Rams - Keith English - Punt - (1:04)
Drive 6-49ers - J.Montana to J.Williams - 10 Yd TD Rec - Score: 10-3 SF - (0:23)
Drive 7-Rams - Jim Everett - INTERCEPTED (M.Millen, 5yd rtrn) - LA 35yd Ln - (0:10)
Drive 8-49ers - Mike Cofer - 53 Yd FG Att - Good - Score: 13-3 SF - (0:00)


3rd Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-Rams - Keith English - Punt - (10:44)
Drive 2-49ers - Brent Fullwood - 11 Yd TD Run - Score: 20-3 SF - (8:17)
Drive 3-Rams - Keith English - Punt - (7:34)
Drive 4-49ers - Mike Cofer - 34 Yd FG Att - Good - Score: 23-3 SF - (3:13)
Drive 5-Rams - Keith English - Punt - (2:30)
Drive 6-49ers - Ralph Mojsiejenko - Punt - (1:11)
Drive 7-Rams - Keith English - Punt - (0:00)


4th Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-49ers - Ralph Mojsiejenko - Punt - (8:00)
Drive 2-Rams - Keith English - Punt - (7:16)
Drive 3-49ers - Ralph Mojsiejenko - Punt - (5:27)
Drive 4-Rams - Keith English - Punt - (4:05)
Drive 5-49ers - Mike Cofer - 52 Yd FG Att - No Good - LA 42yd Ln - (0:41)
Drive 6-Rams - Ricky Watters - 1 Yd TD Run - Score: 23-10 SF - (0:05)
Drive 7-49ers - LA 31yd Ln - END GAME - (0:00)


Game Summary: The wild-card San Francisco 49ers game to Los Angeles to take on the Los Angeles Rams in a switch up of the Week 17 match up. In Week 17 the 49ers played the Rams in San Francisco and destroyed the Rams 54 to 9. The vaunted Rams offense was unable to score any touchdowns on the 49ers defense, would this week be in anyway the same?

The game started off uneventfully as both teams were struggling to get their offenses going. In a game that was touted for the offensive prowess of two of the best quarterbacks in the league, there was no touchdowns until 23 seconds left in the 2nd quarter. With that amount of time remaining Joe Montana managed to finally find an open man in a two-tight end set as he hit Jamie Williams for the 10 yard touchdown to put San Francisco up 10 to 3, and the first score on the board. This is where momentum started to churn. On the very next drive Jim Everett was trying to get the Rams down field to at least hit a field goal going into the half, but ended up throwing an interception to Matt Millen, the 49ers then had Mike Cofer hit a long 53 yard field goal to suddenly have 10 points in 23 seconds putting the 49ers up 13 to 3 at the half.

Any hope that the Rams had seemed to be sucked out of them in the 3rd quarter when on the first drive of the 2nd half for the 49ers (after a dud drive by the Rams), the 49ers capped their offensive movement with an 11 yard bulldozing run by Brent Fullwood for the touchdown making it a commanding 20 to 3 game. Another field goal by Mike Cofer and non-stop punting by the Rams led to a 23-3 score going into the final quarter of play.

With the slimmest glimmer of hope left the Rams defense started to stiffen up and fight valiantly. With only 41 seconds left in the game the 49ers ran the clock as much as possible before it reached that mark, forcing them to have Mike Cofer try a 52 yarder that was incomplete. This rare field position for the Rams allowed the offense to final garner a garbage touchdown with 5 seconds left as Ricky Watters walked in from 1 yard out. The game was a horrible outing for Jim Everett who only completed 30% of his passes and had 1 interception on the game. Meanwhile Ricky Watters struggled to only 2.5 yards per carry. It was a mediocre performance from Joe Montana, and a 2nd half surge by Fullwood who was only averaging 1.8 yards per carry prior (ended with 3.0), but a dominating performance by the 49ers defense, that allowed them to easily, for the 2nd time in 3 weeks, stomp through the Los Angeles Rams.

Game Box Score
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Team               Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4   OT      FINAL
49ers               0   13   10    0    0         23
Rams                3    0    0    7    0         10

Individual Player Statistics
---------------------------------------------------------------
[color=red]San Francisco 49ers
---------------------------

Individual Stats: 49ers
PASSING                        CMP  ATT  YDS  PCT   YPA SACK   TD  INT LONG RATING
Joe Montana                     14   26  156   53   6.0    1    1    0   23   84.7

RUSHING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD  FUM
Brent Fullwood                  30   93   3.0   21    1    0
Dexter Carter                    5    7   1.3    9    0    0
Tom Rathman                      1    2   2.0    2    0    0
Joe Montana                      1   -2  -2.0    0    0    0

RECEIVING                      REC  YDS   AVG LONG   TD DROP  YAC
John Taylor                      3   30  10.0   18    0    0    1
Yancey Thigpen                   3   28   9.3   15    0    1    1
Jamie Williams                   2   27  13.5   17    1    0    5
Jerry Rice                       2   24  12.0   18    0    0    7
Brent Jones                      1   23  23.0   23    0    0    5
Mike Sherrard                    1   16  16.0   16    0    0    0
Tom Rathman                      2    8   4.0    6    0    0    4

KICKING                        FGM  FGA  PCT FGSBLOCKED  XPA  XPM  PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Mike Cofer                       3    4   75          0    2    2  100          0        6          0

PUNTING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Ralf Mojsiejenko                 8  318  39.7   53      0    3          1

KICK RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG   TD LONG
Dexter Carter                    3   58  19.3    0   22

PUNT RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD
Dexter Carter                    6   22   3.6    6    0

DEFENSE                        TOT LOSS SACK   FF FREC  YDS   TD  INT  RET   AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Matt Millen                      8    1    0    0    0    0    0    1    3   3.0           1        0
Charles Haley                    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Dave Waymer                      5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Mike Sherrard                    3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Bill Romanowski                  3    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Darryl Pollard                   2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           4        0
Ronnie Lott                      2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Pierce Holt                      2    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Don Griffin                      2    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           4        0
Kevin Fagan                      2    1    0    1    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Jeff Donaldson                   1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Anthony Moss                     1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Vestee Jackson                   1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           2        0
Eric Davis                       1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0

BLOCKING                      PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Tom Rathman                          4             0
Steve Wallace                        4             0
Harris Barton                        3             1
Jesse Sapolu                         2             0
Brent Jones                          2             0
Jerry Rice                           2             0
Tom Ackerman                         1             0

Los Angeles Rams
----------------------------

Individual Stats: Rams
PASSING                        CMP  ATT  YDS  PCT   YPA SACK   TD  INT LONG RATING
Jim Everett                     12   39  136   30   3.4    1    0    1   27   31.6

RUSHING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD  FUM
Ricky Watters                   18   45   2.5   12    1    0
Jim Everett                      1   -3  -3.0    0    0    1

RECEIVING                      REC  YDS   AVG LONG   TD DROP  YAC
Aaron Cox                        2   32  16.0   17    0    0    0
Buford McGee                     1   27  27.0   27    0    1   18
Willie Anderson                  2   26  13.0   14    0    0    7
Andrew Glover                    2   16   8.0   10    0    0    0
Randal Hill                      1   14  14.0   14    0    0    9
Henry Ellard                     2   13   6.5   13    0    1    4
Ricky Watters                    2    8   4.0    5    0    1    8

KICKING                        FGM  FGA  PCT FGSBLOCKED  XPA  XPM  PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Mike Lansford                    1    1  100          0    1    1  100          0        3          0

PUNTING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Keith English                   11  413  37.5   44      0    0          0

KICK RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG   TD LONG
Darryl Henley                    6   79  13.1    0   20

PUNT RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD
Darryl Henley                    2    4   2.0    3    0

DEFENSE                        TOT LOSS SACK   FF FREC  YDS   TD  INT  RET   AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Kevin Greene                    11    3    1    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Brett Faryniarz                  8    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Paul Butcher                     6    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           2        0
Darrell Fullington               5    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           2        0
Anthony Newman                   4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Darryl Henley                    4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           4        0
Alvin Wright                     3    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Bobby Humphrey                   3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Frank Stams                      3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Mike McDonald                    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
George Bethune                   2    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Michael Stewart                  1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Tom Newberry                     1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Doug Reed                        1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Bill Hawkins                     1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Andrew Glover                    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Jerry Gray                       1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Randal Hill                      1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Fred Strickland                  1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0

BLOCKING                      PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Joel Patten                          3             0
Doug Smith                           3             0
Tom Newberry                         3             0
Buford McGee                         2             0
Henry Ellard                         2             0
Willie Anderson                      1             0
Duval Love                           1             1
Jackie Slater                        1             0

Player of the Game
-------------------------------------------
49ers - QB - Joe Montana - 14 of 26 Att - 53% - 156 Yds - 1 TD - 0 Int - 84.7 Rat
49ers - LB - Matt Millen - 8 Tackles - 1 Loss - 1 Deflection - 1 Interception


Game Pictures
--------------------------------------------

Left: Kevin Greene kept pressuring Joe Montana early on. Halting the 49ers pass attack for the majority of the opening half.
Right: The first score of the game was on this 23 yard Mike Lansford field goal with 38 seconds in the 1st quarter.


Left: Mike Cofer hit 3 field goals on the night, including this 50 yarder to tie the game up at the end of the 1st quarter.
Right: The first touchdown of the game was in the final 23 seconds of the opening half as Joe Montana hit #2 tight end, Jamie Williams, on this 10 yard touchdown strike. Williams pounded through Rams defenders to get to paydirt.


Left: Matt Millen was a big part of the 49ers defense who demoralized the Rams offense early. This interception by Millen stopped any hopes of a late score in the first half.
Right: Matt Millen's interception setup this 53 yard field goal by Cofer to put the 49ers ahead 13 to 3.


Left: Brent Fullwood dove on this 11 yard touchdown run making it 20 to 3 49ers, as they continued to dominate the Rams.
Right: The Los Angeles Rams only touchdown came in the final 5 seconds of the game when Ricky Watters took this wide-open 1 yard toss to the left side. The game would end 23-10 San Francisco, sending the upstart Rams packing.


Game Notes
--------------------------------------------
-I upped the run sliders a little again as Watters had 2.5 ypc, and Fullwood barely got 3.0. That being said they're pretty dang close to 99 each, maybe i'm going to have to start thinking of other things. It's weird, one second you'll have Anthony Toney running 250+ the next Watters for 40 some, etc.

[young2rice]

1991 Playoffs - Divisional Round - Game 3
==========================================

Cincinnati Bengals (13-4)
vs.

Buffalo Bills (13-3)

Game Weather
Forecast: Fair
Wind: 3 mph
Temp: 23 Degrees

Team Injuries
-------------------
Cincinnati Bengals
------------------------
MLB - Kevin Walter - 91 Ovr - Broken Collarbone - Will Not Play (Season)

Buffalo Bills
------------------------
MLB - Shane Conlan - 94 Ovr - Broken Tailbone - Will Not Play (3 Weeks)

Drive Summary
------------------------------------------------------
1st Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-Bengals - Lee Johnson - Punt - (9:51)
Drive 2-Bills- Jim Kelly - INTERCEPTED (J.Spencer, 16yd rtrn) - Buf 24yd ln - (9:41)
Drive 3-Bengals - Jim Breech - 48yd FG Att - Good - Score: 3-0 Cin - (8:22)
Drive 4-Bills- Joe Prokop - Punt - (6:38)
Drive 5-Bengals - Lee Johnson - Punt - (4:05)
Drive 6-Bills- Joe Prokop - Punt - (2:51)
Drive 7-Bengals - Lee Johnson - Punt - (0:00)

2nd Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-Bills - Thurman Thomas - 1yd TD Run - Score: 7-3 Buf - (7:11)
Drive 2-Bengals - Lee Johnson - Punt - (6:32)
Drive 3-Bills - Joe Prokop - Punt - (4:46)
Drive 4-Bengals - Lee Johnson - Punt - (2:31)
Drive 5-Bills - Joe Prokop - Punt - (1:36)
Drive 6-Bengals - Boomer Esiason - INTERCEPTED (K.Jackson, 16yd rtrn) - Cin 12yd ln - (1:24)
Drive 7-Bills - Frank Reich - INTERCEPTED (J.Francis, 39yd rtrn) - Cin 43yd ln - (0:53)
Drive 8-Bengals - Jim Breech - 54yd FG Att - Good - Score: 7-6 Buf - (0:28)
Drive 9-Bills - Buf 34yd Ln - End Half


3rd Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-Bills - Joe Prokop - Punt - (9:03)
Drive 2-Bengals - Kendall Smith - FUMBLE (FR: H.Jones, 18yd TD Rtrn) - Score: 14-6 Buf - (8:53)
Drive 3-Bengals - Boomer Esiason - INTERCEPTED (M.Kelso, 5yd rtrn) - Buf 5yd Ln - (3:32)
Drive 4-Bills - Joe Prokop - Punt - (0:00)


4th Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-Bengals - Lee Johnson - Punt - (8:09)
Drive 2-Bills - Joe Prokop - Punt - (6:35)
Drive 3-Bengals - Jim Breech - 46yd FG Att - Good - Score: 14-9 Buf - (1:57)
Drive 4-Bills - Joe Prokop - Punt - (0:22)
Drive 5-Bengals - Buf 49yd Ln - End Game - (0:00)


Game Summary: The wild-card Cincinnati Bengals were heading to Buffalo to attempt to take down an offensive power house in the Bills. However the game would turnout completely opposite of expectations.

The first quarter was a defensive battle back and forth as the Bengals made the first strike when youngster Jimmy Spencer intercepted a Jim Kelly pass to set up a 48 yard Jim Breech field goal and give the Bengals the early 3-0 lead at the end of the 1st quarter. In the 2nd quarter however the Bills were quick to strike with a nice drive that was capped off with a 1 yard touchdown pound by Thurman Thomas giving the Bills the lead for the first time tonight, 7 to 3. However on the next Buffalo Bill drive the Bills would get into trouble as Jim Kelly ended up dislocating his shoulder. The injury would keep him out for the remainder of the game, bringing in backup quarterback, Frank Reich.

Boomer Esiason struggled throwing his first pick on the night to Kirby Jackson, but the Bengals got the ball right back when Frank Reich threw an interception to James Francis. This pick once again set up another Bengals field goal as Jim Breech hit it from 54 yards out to make it 7-6 Buffalo going into the half. These two offensive juggernauts surprised the league today with a defensive game. Whether or not the lack of Jim Kelly in the Bills roster has an influence on that will be unknown.

In the third quarter the turnovers kept coming as Kendall Smith muffed a punt return and Bills special teams player, Quinton Jones, ended up scooping the ball up and returning it for an 18 yard touchdown. The score would make it 14-6 Bills with 8:53 left in the 3rd quarter. The Bengals came right back and threw another turnover when Boomer Esiason lobbed an errant pass in the Bills red zone to safety Mark Kelso. In the final quarter of the game the Bengals would once again have to settle for just a field goal from 46 yards out. With only 1:57 left in the game that was the final scoring drive as the Bengals lost to the Bills 14 to 9.

A simple lack of offensive power by the Bengals was their reason for loosing tonight. Not only did Boomer Esiason choke with his two interceptions, but the Bengals defense couldn't take advantage of a Kelly-less Bills team in the second half. The muffed punt returned for a touchdown by Quinton Jones ended up being the big difference maker in the game as both teams struggled offensively outside of the Bills opening 2nd quarter drive. The Bills red zone defense was perfect as they refused to give up big plays in that area forcing the Bengals to have to trade field goals for touchdowns, which is always a loosing formula. Last year the Bengals threw around the excuse that both Boomer Esiason and James Brooks were injured for their playoff game which is why they were one and done. This year, the Bengals had both and both players stunk it up with Esiason's 2 interceptions and 42.4 qb rating, and James Brooks horrendous 1.5 yards per carry average. There are no excuses this time for the Bengals.


Game Box Score
------------------------------------------------------

Team               Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4   OT      FINAL
Bengals             3    3    0    3    0          9
Bills               0    7    7    0    0         14

Individual Player Statistics
---------------------------------------------------------------
Cincinnati Bengals
---------------------------

Individual Stats: Bengals
PASSING                        CMP  ATT  YDS  PCT   YPA SACK   TD  INT LONG RATING
Boomer Esiason                  17   34  189   50   5.5    1    0    2   36   42.4

RUSHING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD  FUM
James Brooks                    22   35   1.5    9    0    0
Ickey Woods                      1    0   0.0    0    0    0

RECEIVING                      REC  YDS   AVG LONG   TD DROP  YAC
Tim McGee                        4   51  12.7   36    0    0    8
James Brooks                     4   46  11.5   30    0    0   20
Eddie Brown                      3   41  13.6   28    0    1    3
Michael Barber                   2   20  10.0   11    0    0    3
Clarence Weathers                2   16   8.0   11    0    0    1
Rodney Holman                    1   13  13.0   13    0    1    1
Harold Green                     1    2   2.0    2    0    0    3

KICKING                        FGM  FGA  PCT FGSBLOCKED  XPA  XPM  PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Jim Breech                       3    3  100          0    0    0    0          0        0          0
Lee Johnson                      0    0    0          0    0    0    0          0        4          0

PUNTING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Lee Johnson                      6  245  40.8   46      0    2          0

KICK RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG   TD LONG
Kendal Smith                     3   49  16.3    0   20

PUNT RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD
Kendal Smith                     5    2   0.3    1    0

DEFENSE                        TOT LOSS SACK   FF FREC  YDS   TD  INT  RET   AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Carl Zander                      7    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Leon White                       7    3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
David Fulcher                    7    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
James Francis                    5    3    0    0    0    0    0    1   39  39.0           1        0
Jimmy Spencer                    4    0    0    0    0    0    0    1   15  15.0           3        0
David Grant                      3    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Mark Lee                         3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Bernard Clark                    3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Donnie Eldar                     2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Daniel Stubbs                    2    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Tim Krumrie                      1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Bruce Reimers                    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Michael Barber                   1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Aeneas Williams                  1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Barney Bussey                    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0

BLOCKING                      PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Harold Green                         4             0
Ken Walter                           3             0
Rodney Holman                        2             0
Brian Blados                         2             0
Bruce Kozerski                       2             0
Anthony Munoz                        2             0
Scott Kooistra                       1             0

Buffalo Bills
----------------------------

Individual Stats: Bills
PASSING                        CMP  ATT  YDS  PCT   YPA SACK   TD  INT LONG RATING
Frank Reich                     11   19   89   57   4.6    1    0    1   15   47.9
Jim Kelly                        6   11   97   54   8.8    0    0    1   55   46.4

RUSHING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD  FUM
Thurman Thomas                  23   27   1.1   10    1    0
Frank Reich                      1   -1  -1.0    0    0    0
Jim Kelly                        1   -4  -4.0    0    0    0

RECEIVING                      REC  YDS   AVG LONG   TD DROP  YAC
Jeff Graham                      3   80  26.6   55    0    0    1
Raghib Ismail                    3   36  12.0   27    0    0    5
Keith McKeller                   2   21  10.5   13    0    0    4
Steve Tasker                     2   18   9.0    9    0    2    2
Jamie Mueller                    4   17   4.2    9    0    0    7
Andre Reed                       3   14   4.6   13    0    0    1

KICKING                        FGM  FGA  PCT FGSBLOCKED  XPA  XPM  PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Joe Prokop                       0    0    0          0    0    0    0          0        3          0
Scott Norwood                    0    0    0          0    2    2  100          0        0          0

PUNTING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Joe Prokop                       7  287  41.0   47      0    3          0

KICK RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG   TD LONG
Raghib Ismail                    4   74  18.5    0   20

PUNT RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD
Raghib Ismail                    1    6   6.0    6    0

DEFENSE                        TOT LOSS SACK   FF FREC  YDS   TD  INT  RET   AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Ray Bentley                      7    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Leonard Smith                    6    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Kirby Jackson                    6    0    0    0    0    0    0    1   15  15.0           3        0
Nate Odomes                      5    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           2        0
Cornelius Bennett                5    2    1    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Bruce Smith                      3    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Mark Kelso                       3    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    6   6.0           0        0
Hal Garner                       3    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Darryl Talley                    3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Jeff Wright                      2    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Jamie Mueller                    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Thurman Thomas                   2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Mike Lodish                      1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Quintin Jones                    1    0    0    0    1   18    1    0    0   0.0           0        0
James Williams                   1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           2        0
Marvcus Patton                   1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
John Hagy                        0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0

BLOCKING                      PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Jamie Mueller                        7             0
Jim Ritcher                          5             0
Kent Hull                            4             0
Will Wolford                         3             1
Howard Ballard                       3             0
Keith McKeller                       3             0
John Davis                           2             0
Jeff Graham                          2             0

Player of the Game
-------------------------------------------
Bills - CB - Kirby Jackson - 6 Tak - 3 Deflections - 1 INterception


Game Pictures
--------------------------------------------

Left: Jimmy Spencer makes the first big play of the game by intercepting this Jim Kelly pass. This interception would set up the first score of the game on a 46 yard Jim Breech field goal.
Right: Boomer Esiason struggled all day long with the pressure that the Bills linebackers and defensive line were getting on him. Here Cornelius Bennett penetrates into the backfield and throws Esiason to the ground.


Left: Thurman Thomas easily walks this touchdown run in from 1 yard out as he goes untouched on the left side toss. Thomas' score would put the Bills up 7 to 3 in the beginning of the 2nd quarter.
Right: In a gasping moment for Buffalo fans Jim Kelly went down with a dislocated shoulder on the 3rd drive of the 2nd quarter. As a result Frank Reich would finish up the game. Luckily for the Bills it appears Kelly will be fine to play next week.


Left: Kirby Jackson managed to intercept this Boomer Esiason pass and return it 16 yards.
Right: However before the Bills could capitalize on the turnover James Francis managed to pick this Frank Reich pass out of the sky and put the Bengals back into field goal range.


Left: Jim Breech hits this 54 yard field goal to put the Bengals within a single point 7 to 6.
Right: Kendall Smith muffs a punt return and Bills special teamer, Quinton Jones, manages to scoop the ball up. He would scamper untouched into the end zone for an 18 yard score to make it 14 to 6 Bills.


Left: Bruce Smith smothers James Brooks, which was an image that was seen all day long. The Bengals run game was horrendous as Brooks only averaged 1.5 yards per carry and was unable to get things going even until the final whistle.
Right: Any hopes of a comeback were halted when once again, Boomer Esiason was intercepted, this time while trying to go for a touchdown that would've tied the game up. Bills safety Mark Kelso managed to intercept the ball and give the Bills the ball back so they could wind down the clock.

Game Notes
--------------------------------------------
-Upped run sliders again as both Thurman Thomas and James Brooks had horrible games. I also dropped the interceptions rating a little bit.

[young2rice]

1991 Playoffs - Divisional Round - Game 4
==========================================

Philadelphia Eagles (11-6)
vs.

Detroit Lions (11-5)

Game Weather
Forecast: Fair
Wind: 0 mph
Temp: 78 Degrees

Team Injuries
-------------------
Philadelphia Eagles
------------------------
LG - Mike Schad - 86 Ovr - Torn Shoulder - Will Play (Probable)

Detroit Lions
------------------------
RT - Michael Henson - 72 Ovr - Partially Torn PCL - Will Not Play (Season)
SS - Herb Welch - 74 Ovr - Upper Arm Fracture - Will Not Play (Season)

Drive Summary
------------------------------------------------------
1st Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-Lions - Jim Arnold - Punt - (6:21)
Drive 2-Eagles- Eric Allen - FUMBLE - (FR:K.McCants, 3 yd rtrn) - Phi 12yd ln - (6:15)
Drive 3-Lions - E.Kramer to W.Clark - 1yd TD Rec - Score: 7-0 Det - (4:30)
Drive 4-Eagles- Anthony Toney - 75yd TD Run - Score: 7-7 Tie - (4:16)
Drive 5-Lions - Barry Sanders - 68yd TD Run - Score: 14-7 Det - (4:04)
Drive 6-Eagles- Jeff Feagles - Punt - (2:11)
Drive 7-Lions - Jim Arnold - Punt - (1:03)
Drive 8-Eagles - Jeff Feagles - Punt - (0:00)

2nd Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-Lions - Mel Gray - FUMBLE - (FF:B.Smith, FR:B.Hager, 4yd rtrn) - Det 12yd ln - (10:46)
Drive 2-Eagles - Anthony Toney - 6yd TD Run - Score: 14-14 Tie - (10:11)
Drive 3-Lions - Erik Kramer - INTERCEPTED (J.Small, 5yd rtrn) - Phi 28yd ln - (5:40)
Drive 4-Eagles - Roger Ruzek - 41yd FG Att - Good - Score: 17-14 Phi - (2:11)
Drive 5-Lions - E.Kramer to W.Green - 9yd TD Rec - Score: 21-17 Det - (1:00)
Drive 6-Eagles - Jeff Feagles - Punt - (0:48)
Drive 7-Lions - Erik Kramer - INTERCEPTED (B.Smith, 30yd rtrn) - Det 26yd ln - (0:32)
Drive 8-Eagles - Randall Cunningham - INTERCEPTED (G.Jamison, 2yd rtrn) Det 19yd ln - (0:14)
Drive 9-Lions - Det - 22yd Ln - End Half


3rd Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-Eagles - Keith Jackson - FUMBLE - (FF:M.Cofer, FR:W.White, 0 yd rtrn) - Det 11yd ln - (6:21)
Drive 2-Lions - Jim Arnold - punt - (4:08)
Drive 3-Eagles - R.Cunningham to M.Quick - 8yd TD Rec - Score: 24-21 Phi - (0:00)


4th Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-Lions - Jim Arnold - Punt - (8:48)
Drive 2-Eagles - Jeff Feagles - Punt - (5:24)
Drive 3-Lions - Jim Arnold - Punt - (3:08)
Drive 4-Eagles - Jeff Feagles - Punt - (1:56)
Drive 5-Lions - Eddie Murray - 48yd FG Att - Good - Score: 24-24 Tie - (0:13)
Drive 6-Eagles - Phi 21yd Ln - End Half


Overtime
-----------------------------
Drive 1-Lions - Jim Arnold - Punt - (9:55)
Drive 2-Eagles - Jeff Feagles - Punt - (7:26)
Drive 3-Lions - Eddie Murray - 52yd FG Att - Good - Score: 27-24 Det - (3:52)


Game Summary: Last year's Super Bowl Champion Phialdelphia Eagles went to Detroit this week to attempt to continue their road to a repeat. The 11-5 Detroit Lions have recently struggled with a quarterback shift from Rodney Peete to Erik Kramer, who seems to be playing well for the Lions team as Sanders carries the offense on his back. Who will be victorious in the final divisional playoff game of the 1991 NFL Playoffs?

The first quarter started off on the wrong foot for the Eagles as cornerback Eric Allen muffed a punt return. Lions linebacker, Keith McCants managed to pick it up and give the Lions great field position at the 12 yard line. From there Erik Kramer managed to playaction and hit Willie Clark on a 1 yard touchdown catch for the first score of the night. However the Eagles managed to make up for their mistake on their very next offensive play. Anthony Toney, who always seems to shine in the playoffs, broke free on a 75 yard touchdown scamper that tied the game up at 7 a piece. Then a few plays later Barry Sanders did not want to be outperformed as he juked his way to a 68 yard touchdown follow up to put the Lions up 14 to 7 in only a 12 second time span.

In the second quarter the Lions emulated the Eagles beginning with Mel Gray fumbling while returning a punt. The resulting fumble was recovered by Hager and eventually led to another Anthony Toney touchdown run on the ensuing drive tying the game back up at 14 a piece. Erik Kramer then tossed his first interception of the night to Jesse Small. Small's turnover would lead to a 41 yard Roger Ruzek field goal to make it 17-14 Eagles. Kramer was quick to forget his mistake as he drove the Lions downfield and capped it off with a 9 yard touchdown toss to Willie Green giving the Lions the lead 21, 17. However Erik Kramer had a bad case of dejavu on his next drive as he threw his 2nd interception, this time to B.Smith who returned it 30 yards giving the Eagles short field position. Yet the Eagles were unable to capitalize on the field position as Randall Cunningham ended up throwing his first interception to Lions linebacker George Jamison.

In the third quarter Eagles tight end Keith Jackson fumbled a caught pass after being hit stiffly by Michael Cofer. William White recovered for the Lions delaying the Eagles scoring. The delay however only lasted one drive as Randall Cunningham ended up throwing a touchdown pass to Mike Quick to make it a 24-21 Eagles game, retaking the lead at the end of the 3rd quarter.

A defensive struggled in the 4th quarter saw both the Eagles and the Lions trading punts back and forth before the Lions managed to have Eddie Murray kick a 48 yard field goal to tie the game up in the final 13 seconds of the game, sending into overtime.

In Overtime the Lions won the toss but were unable to use their momentum to score on the opening drive. A tough decision saw them have Jim Arnold punt it away, but luckily the Lions defense was able to stuff the Eagles. The Eagles were forced to punt when their offense could just barely not penetrate into field goal territory. On the final drive Kramer got the Lions close enough to let Eddie Murray knock in a 52 yard field goal and give the Detroit Lions the 27-24 victory with only 3:52 left in overtime.


Game Box Score
------------------------------------------------------

Team               Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4   OT      FINAL
Eagles              7    10    7    0    0          21
Lions              14    7    0    3    3         24

Individual Player Statistics
---------------------------------------------------------------
***For some reason the stats are incorrect and are only mid-way through the 1st quarter. I don't remember if i had to save and finish watching this game at another point for some reason but the stat log doesn't show up correctly, but here's what was there.***

Philadelphia Eagles
---------------------------

Individual Stats: Eagles
PASSING                        CMP  ATT  YDS  PCT   YPA SACK   TD  INT LONG RATING
No stats.

RUSHING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD  FUM
Anthony Toney                    2   74  37.0   75    1    0

RECEIVING                      REC  YDS   AVG LONG   TD DROP  YAC
No stats.

KICKING                        FGM  FGA  PCT FGSBLOCKED  XPA  XPM  PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Roger Ruzek                      0    0    0          0    1    1  100          0        2          0

PUNTING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
No stats.

KICK RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG   TD LONG
Eric Allen                       2   31  15.5    0   17

PUNT RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD
Eric Allen                       0    0   0.0    0    0

DEFENSE                        TOT LOSS SACK   FF FREC  YDS   TD  INT  RET   AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Clyde Simmons                    3    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Ben Smith                        2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Eric Allen                       2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Kenny Jackson                    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Andre Waters                     1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Jessie Small                     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
Merton Hanks                     1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Wes Hopkins                      1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Mike Golic                       1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Byron Evans                      0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0

BLOCKING                      PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Keith Byars                          1             0

Detroit Lions
----------------------------

Individual Stats: Lions
PASSING                        CMP  ATT  YDS  PCT   YPA SACK   TD  INT LONG RATING
Erik Kramer                      2    3    9   66   3.0    1    1    0    9  109.7

RUSHING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD  FUM
Barry Sanders                   10   84   8.3   68    1    0

RECEIVING                      REC  YDS   AVG LONG   TD DROP  YAC
Kerry Cash                       1    9   9.0    9    0    0    1
Robert Clark                     1    0   0.0    0    1    0    0

KICKING                        FGM  FGA  PCT FGSBLOCKED  XPA  XPM  PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Eddie Murray                     0    0    0          0    2    2  100          0        2          0

PUNTING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Jim Arnold                       1   47  47.0   47      0    1          0

KICK RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG   TD LONG
Mel Gray                         2   50  25.0    0   25

PUNT RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD
Mel Gray                         0    0   0.0    0    0

DEFENSE                        TOT LOSS SACK   FF FREC  YDS   TD  INT  RET   AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Bennie Blades                    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Dennis Gibson                    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
George Jamison                   1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Keith McCants                    0    0    0    0    1    3    0    0    0   0.0           0        0

BLOCKING                      PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Lomas Brown                          1             0
Ken Dallafior                        0             1

Player of the Game
-------------------------------------------
Lions - HB - Barry Sanders - 15+ Atts - 130+ Yds - 1 TD


Game Pictures
--------------------------------------------

Left: Erik Kramer hits Willie Clark for the first touchdown of the game on this 1 yard strike with 4:30 left in the 1st quarter.
Right: Anthony Toney helsp the Eagles answer right back as he pounds his way to a 75 yard touchdown run that would tie the game up.


Left: Barry Sanders wouldn't be outdone as he follows up Toney's 75 yarder with his own 68 yard variant of the run. The score would put the Lions right back in the lead 14 to 7.
Right: In the beginning of the 2nd quarter Mel Gray tries to retrieve a punt but is demolished by Ben Smith. Gray would fumbled the football and Hager would recover for the Eagles.


Left: Anthony Toney capitalizes on the fumble by finding his way into the endzone from 6 yards out to tie the game at 14 a piece.
Right: Erik Kramer is intercepted by Eagles middle linebacker, Jesse Small mid-way through the 2nd quarter.


Left: Roger Ruzek kicks this 41 yard field goal to put them back up 17 to 14.
Right: Erik Kramer throws a 9 yard bullet to Willie Green to once again turn the tides making it 21-17 Detroit with 1:00 left in the first half.


Left: Preventing any last-minute scoring in the remaining time of the first half, Ben Smith intercepts this Erik Kramer pass and returns it 30 yards deep into Detroit territory.
Right: However George Jamison had the same idea as Ben Smith as Randall Cunningham is picked off while attempting to score in the final 30 seconds of the first half for the Eagles.


Left: Keith Jackson takes a tough hit from multiple Lions but Michael Cofer was the one who got a hand in and jettisoned the ball out of Jackson's hands before he touched the ground. Lions saftey William White would recover it.
Right: Randall Cunningham manages to drive his Eagles down field and end it with this touchdown pass to Mike Quick making it 24-21 Eagles at the end of the 3rd quarter.


Left: Eddie Murray shows his clutch ability when he hits this 48 yard field goal with only 13 seconds left in the game to keep the Lions alive by tying it up at 24 a piece. The game would be sent into overtime.
Right: In overtime Eddie Murray proved that lightning strikes twice as he hits this 52 yard field goal with only 3:52 left in overtime to give the Lions the 27 to 24 lead, and send them to the NFC Championship game.

Game Notes
--------------------------------------------
-Once again the cpu makes Anthony Toney jesus during the playoffs for some reason. But I still left the sliders as is.

[young2rice]

wow this in-depth, great work

Thank you! I tried my best to be as accurate as possible, plus it helps to keep me thinking of it in a more real way. Although unfortunately ever since doing this I find myself sometimes thinking about what these guys are doing in my madden chise when they're brought up in real life. hehe.

Just a few more games, the 1991 off-season and I should be about up-to-date.

[young2rice]

[young2rice]

1991 Playoffs - AFC Championship Game - Game 1
================================================== =======

Los Angeles Raiders (11-7)
vs.

Buffalo Bills (14-3)

Game Weather
Forecast: Fair
Wind: 2 mph
Temp: 19 Degrees

Team Injuries
-------------------
Los Angeles Raiders
------------------------
QB - Jay Schroeder - 82 Ovr - Partiall Torn PCL - Will Not Play (2 Wks)

Buffalo Bills
------------------------
MLB - Shane Conlan - 94 Ovr - Broken Tailbone - Will Not Play (2 Wks)

Drive Summary
------------------------------------------------------
1st Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-Raiders - Billy Joe Tolliver - 1 Yd TD Run - Score: 7-0 LA - (6:51)
Drive 2-Bills- Joe Prokop - Punt - (3:54)
Drive 3-Raiders - Jeff Gossett - Punt - (2:38)
Drive 4-Bills- Joe Prokop - Punt - (1:09)
Drive 5-Raiders - Jeff Gossett - Punt - (0:00)


2nd Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-Bills - Jim Kelly - INTERCEPTED (J.Robinson, 15yd rtrn) - Buf 11yd ln - (7:01)
Drive 2-Raiders - Billy Joe Tolliver - 1 Yd TD Run - Score: 14-0 LA - (6:20)
Drive 3-Bills - Joe Prokop - Punt - (5:06)
Drive 4-Raiders - Jeff Jaeger - 21yd FG Att - Good - Score: 17-0 LA - (1:21)
Drive 5-Bills - J.Kelly to J.Mueller - 1yd TD Run - Score: 17-7 LA - (0:21)
Drive 6-Raiders - LA 24yd LN - End Half - (0:00)


3rd Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-Bills - Joe Prokop - PUnt - (10:17)
Drive 2-Raiders - B.J.Tolliver to M.Fernandez - 22yd TD Rec - Score: 24-7 LA - (7:49)
Drive 3-Bills - Joe Prokop - Punt - (5:56)
Drive 4-Raiders - Billy Joe Tolliver - INTERCEPTED (C.Bennett, 11yd rtrn) - Buf 2yd ln - (5:12)
Drive 5-Bills - Scott Norwood - 24yd FG Att - Good - Score: 24-10 LA - (3:30)
Drive 6-Raiders - Marcus Allen - 1 Yd TD Run - Score: 31-10 LA - (0:00)


4th Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-Bills - Turnover On Downs - Buf 47 Yd Ln - (10:20)
Drive 2-Raiders - Jeff Gossett - Punt - (9:18)
Drive 3-Bills - Joe Prokop - Punt - (9:02)
Drive 4-Raiders - B.J. Tolliver to M.fernandez - 33 Yd TD Rec - Score: 38-10 LA - (7:05)
Drive 5-Bills - J.Kelly to J.Graham - 18 Yd TD Rec - Score: 38-17 LA - (3:38) - Buf (P.Metzelaars) Recovers Onside
Drive 6-Bills - Turnover On Downs - Buf 44yd Ln - (2:54)
Drive 7-Raiders - Jeff Jaeger - 52 Yd FG Att - No Good - Buf 41yd Ln - (1:53)
Drive 8-Bills - J.Kelly to R.Ismail - 14 Yd TD Rec - Score: 38-24 LA - (0:48)
Drive 9-Raiders - Jeff Jaeger - 52 Yd FG Att - Good - Score: 41-24 LA - (0:00)


Game Summary: The Los Angeles Raiders continue to surprise teams in the playoffs under the lead of backup quarterback, Billy Joe Tolliver. Tolliver and co. went into the playoffs as a 9-7 wild card team but have won two big games against some of the biggest AFC teams in the Pittsburgh Steelers and Houston Oilers. Now they face off against the 14-3 offensive power house, Buffalo Bills. The Bills continue their quest to get to the Super Bowl and will have to go through wild card Los Angeles to go there.

The first quarter started off with the Los Angeles Raiders piecing together a beautiful opening drive. On 3rd down and goal at the 1 yard line the Raiders capped off the drive as Billy Joe Tolliver sneaked in. The touchdown run would put the Raiders up early 7 to nothing, eating a lot of time on the clock. The remainder of the first quarter was a defensive showcase by both teams as they shut down each others offensive units. Four punts later the quarters changed over.

In the second quarter the Bills were trying to open things up in the passing game but Jim Kelly got caught. Raiders linebacker Jeroy Robinson picked off a Jim Kelly pass giving the Raiders great field position on their first 2nd quarter drive on the Bills 11 yard line. With the short field position the Raiders found themselves once again at the goal line. They then proceeded to give the Bills a feeling of deja vu as Billy Joe Tolliver snuck in a second 1 yard touchdown run giving him two rushing touchdowns on the night. The Raiders would then stop the Bills offense once agian, and follow themselves up with a 21 yard Jeff Jaeger field goal drive making it 17-0 Raiders with 1:21 remaining in the opening half. With the Bills feeling the desperation to score before half-time in order to stay in this game Jim Kelley managed to hit Jamie Mueller who pounded into the end zone with only 21 seconds left. The score would finally put Buffalo on the board 17 to 7.

In the third quarter the Raiders continued where they left off with their first drive as Billy Joe Tolliver hit veteran Mervyn Fernandez on a 22 yard touchdown pass to give them a commanding 24 to 7 lead. However on the fourth drive of the third quarter Tolliver made his first mistake by throwing an intercepted pass to Bills linebacker, Cornelius Bennett. With some good field position the Bills managed to make it 24 to 10. However the Raiders would continue their offensive onslaught as Marcus Allen had a 1 yard touchdown drive to cap the final drive of the 3rd quarter and once again give the Raiders a 21 point lead, 31 to 10.

In the fourth quarter the Bills turned the ball over on downs on the opening drive. However it wasn't until the 4th drive that a score occured as Billy Joe Tolliver tossed a 33 yard touchdown pass to Mervyn Fernandez to make it 38 to 10 Raiders. The Bills offense finally decided to come alive in the fourth quarter, unfortunately too little too late. Jim Kelly hit outstanding rookie wide out, Jeff Graham, on an 18 yard paydrit pass. After a missed Jeff Jaeger field goal with 1:53 left the Bills drove down for pride and Kelly scored once again with a 14 yard pass to rookie wide out Raghib Ismail. The touchdown would make it 38-24 with 48 seconds remaining. However a failed onside kick saw the Raiders recover. In a questionable move with 4 seconds remaining the Raiders brought out Jeff Jaeger to kick a field goal on 4th down to run out the clock with the balls air-time, rather than turn the ball over and let Buffalo run it out. However Jaeger actually hit the kick through the uprights instead of just letting it fly for 4 seconds, making the final score 41 to 24 Raiders, in an absolute drubbing.


Game Box Score
------------------------------------------------------

Team               Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4   OT      FINAL
Raiders             7   10   14   10    0         41
Bills               0    7    3   14    0         24

Individual Player Statistics
---------------------------------------------------------------
Los Angeles Raiders
---------------------------

Individual Stats: Raiders
PASSING                        CMP  ATT  YDS  PCT   YPA SACK   TD  INT LONG RATING
Billy Joe Tolliver              24   33  345   72  10.4    2    2    1   40  113.8

RUSHING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD  FUM
Marcus Allen                    20   77   3.8   15    1    0
Steve Smith                      6   27   4.5   20    0    0
Billy Joe Tolliver               3   -2  -0.6    0    2    0

RECEIVING                      REC  YDS   AVG LONG   TD DROP  YAC
Tim Brown                        7  134  19.1   40    0    1   15
Mervyn Fernandez                 4   83  20.7   33    2    0   15
Willie Gault                     6   58   9.6   15    0    1    7
Ethan Horton                     2   24  12.0   12    0    0    1
Marcus Allen                     3   23   7.6   13    0    0   19
Steve Smith                      1   15  15.0   15    0    1    1
Jake Reed                        1    8   8.0    8    0    0    0

KICKING                        FGM  FGA  PCT FGSBLOCKED  XPA  XPM  PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Jeff Jaeger                      2    3   66          0    5    5  100          0        0          0
Jeff Gossett                     0    0    0          0    0    0    0          0        7          0

PUNTING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Jeff Gossett                     3  111  37.0   49      0    1          1

KICK RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG   TD LONG
Tim Brown                        3   48  16.0    0   18
Steve Smith                      1    0   0.0    0    0

PUNT RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD
Tim Brown                        0    0   0.0    0    0
Steve Smith                      0    0   0.0    0    0

DEFENSE                        TOT LOSS SACK   FF FREC  YDS   TD  INT  RET   AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Ricky Hunley                     7    3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           3        0
Lionel Washington                6    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           5        0
Ervin Randle                     5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Terry McDaniel                   5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           3        0
Solomon Wilcots                  4    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Jerry Robinson                   3    1    0    0    0    0    0    1   13  13.0           2        0
Eddie Anderson                   3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           3        0
Henry Jones                      3    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Scott Davis                      1    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Aaron Wallace                    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Greg Townsend                    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Marcus Allen                     1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Ron Birton                       1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Howie Long                       1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Elvis Patterson                  1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Garry Lewis                      1    0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Tom Benson                       1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Jake Reed                        1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Mike Wise                        0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Torin Dorn                       0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0

BLOCKING                      PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Bruce Wilkerson                      3             0
Steve Smith                          3             0
Max Montoya                          3             1
Don Mosebar                          2             0
Rory Graves                          2             0
Erik Williams                        2             0
Jake Reed                            1             0
Mervyn Fernandez                     1             0
Steve Wisniewski                     1             1
Willie Gault                         1             0

Buffalo Bills
----------------------------

Individual Stats: Bills
PASSING                        CMP  ATT  YDS  PCT   YPA SACK   TD  INT LONG RATING
Jim Kelly                       23   50  268   46   5.3    1    3    1   21   74.4

RUSHING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD  FUM
Thurman Thomas                  16   11   0.6    7    0    0

RECEIVING                      REC  YDS   AVG LONG   TD DROP  YAC
Jeff Graham                      9  117  13.0   21    1    0   14
Thurman Thomas                   3   49  16.3   19    0    0   18
Keith McKeller                   5   49   9.7   15    0    0    3
Jamie Mueller                    2   17   8.5   16    1    0    5
Steve Tasker                     1   15  15.0   15    0    1    3
Raghib Ismail                    1   14  14.0   14    1    0    0
Andre Reed                       2    7   3.5    7    0    1    4

KICKING                        FGM  FGA  PCT FGSBLOCKED  XPA  XPM  PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Scott Norwood                    1    1  100          0    3    3  100          0        0          0
Joe Prokop                       0    0    0          0    0    0    0          0        5          0

PUNTING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Joe Prokop                       6  259  43.1   52      0    3          1

KICK RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG   TD LONG
Raghib Ismail                    7  121  17.2    0   27

PUNT RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD
Raghib Ismail                    0    0   0.0    0    0

DEFENSE                        TOT LOSS SACK   FF FREC  YDS   TD  INT  RET   AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Leonard Smith                    8    0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Mark Kelso                       7    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Kirby Jackson                    6    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           2        0
Cornelius Bennett                6    2    0    0    0    0    0    1   11  11.0           0        0
Ray Bentley                      5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Nate Odomes                      4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Mike Lodish                      3    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
James Williams                   3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Leon Seals                       2    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Jeff Wright                      2    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Bruce Smith                      2    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Pete Metzelaars                  1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Clifford Hicks                   1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Quintin Jones                    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Andre Reed                       1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Darryl Talley                    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0

BLOCKING                      PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Will Wolford                         7             0
Keith McKeller                       3             0
Kent Hull                            2             0
Jim Ritcher                          2             0
Jamie Mueller                        2             0
John Davis                           2             1
Thurman Thomas                       1             0
Jeff Graham                          1             0
Howard Ballard                       1             0
Andre Reed                           1             0

Player of the Game
-------------------------------------------
Raiders - QB - Billy Joe Tolliver - 24 of 33 Att - 72% - 345 Yds - 2 TD - 1 Int - 113.8 Rat - 3 Rsh Att - -2 Yds - 2 TD


Game Pictures
--------------------------------------------

Left: Billy Joe Tolliver starts the game off just as the Raiders hoped for with this 1 yard touchdown cap on a great drive.
Right: During the 1st drive of the 4th quarter, Jeroy Robinson manages to intercept Jim Kelly to give the Raiders great field position on the Bills 11 yard line.


Left: Billy Joe Tolliver ends another Raiders drive with a 1 yard touchdown sneak. The score would put Los Angeles up 14 to 0.
Right: Jeff Jaeger aids the Raiders in their dominance of the bills with a 21 yard field goal to make it 17-0 Raiders.


Left: Bills tight end, Jamie Mueller, catches this 1 yard pass from Jim Kelly. Mueller then proceeds to explode through Lionel Washington to make it through the goal line and finally put the Bills on the board with 21 seconds left in the first half, 17 to 7.
Right: The Raiders first drive of the second half end with this 22 yard pass from Billy Joe Tolliver to Mervyn Fernandez. Fernandez touchdown grab woul make it 24-7 Raiders.


Left: Cornelius Bennett manages to intercept Billy Joe Tolliver, causing his only mistake of the night.
Right: The Bills capitalize off of the Raider turnover as Scott Norwood nails a 24 yard field goal. 24-10 Raiders with 3:30 left in the 3rd quarter.


Left: Marcus Allen decides that he wants the glory that Tolliver has had at the 1 yard line, so he scampers in for this touchdown run making it 31-10 Raiders transitioning into the 4th quarter.
Right: Tolliver shows his dominance in the playoffs as he has all year so far by playing unbelievably well. The Raiders offensive line has done an outstanding job of holding a powerful Bills defensive line.


[size=1]Left: Mervyn Fernandez catches yet another touchdown pass her on this 33 yard bullet by Tolliver. The score would make it 38-10 Raiders.
Right: Jim Kelly and the Bills passing game finally shows up in the 4th quarter as Kelly hits rookie Jeff Graham for an 18 yard touchdown. Then would follow it up with a 14 yard touchdown pass to rookie Raghib Ismail to make it 38-24./size]



Game Notes
--------------------------------------------
-Thurman Thomas was horrible, Marcus Allen mediocre, upped run sliders a teensy bit.

[young2rice]

1991 Playoffs - NFC Championship Game - Game 1
================================================== =======

San Francisco 49ers (12-6)
vs.

Detroit Lions (12-5)

Game Weather
Forecast: Fair
Wind: 0 mph
Temp: 78 Degrees

Team Injuries
-------------------
Detroit Lions
------------------------
FB - Bob Christian - 83 Ovr - Torn Shoulder - Will Not Play (6 Wks)
RT - Michael Henson - 72 Ovr - Partially Torn PCL - Will Not Play (Season)
SS - Herb Welch - 74 Ovr - Upper Arm Fracture - Will Not Play (Season)

San Francisco 49ers
------------------------
HB - John L. Williams - 82 Ovr - Dislocated Ankle - Will Not Play (1 Wk)
HB - Keith Henderson - 70 Ovr - Broken Tailbone - Will Not Play (1 Wk)

Drive Summary
------------------------------------------------------
1st Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-Lions- Eddie Murray - 54 Yd FG Att - No Good - SF 43 Yd Ln - (8:55)
Drive 2-49ers- Mike Cofer - 55 Yd FG Att - No Good - Det 45 Yd Ln - (6:35)
Drive 3-Lions- Jim Arnold - Punt - (6:26)
Drive 4-49ers- Dexter Carter - FUMBLE (FF-K.McCants, FR-K.Brooks, 20yd TD Rtrn) - Score: 7-0 Det - (6:15)
Drive 5-49ers- Ralph Mojsiejenko - Punt - (4:21)
Drive 6-Lions- Barry Sanders - SAFTEY - D.Pollard - Score: 7-2 Det - (4:09)
Drive 7-49ers- Ralph Mojsiejenko - Punt - (2:29)
Drive 8-Lions- Eddie Murray - 45 Yd FG Att - Good - Score: 10-2 Det - (0:00)


2nd Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-49ers - Dexter Carter - 39 Yd TD Run - 2PT: B.Fullwood, Good - Score: 10-10 Tie - (7:36)
Drive 2-Lions - Jim Arnold - Punt - (6:19)
Drive 3-49ers - J.Montana to J.Rice - 12 Yd TD Rec - Score: 17-10 SF - (2:39)
Drive 4-Lions - Jim Arnold - Punt - (2:20)
Drive 5-49ers - Mike Cofer - 51 Yd FG Att - Good - Score: 20-10 SF - (1:03)
Drive 6-Lions - Erik Kramer - INTERCEPTED (B.Romanowski, 24yd rtrn) - SF 41yd Ln - (0:06)
Drive 7-49ers - End Half


3rd Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-49ers - J.Montana to J.Taylor - 43 Yd TD Rec - Score: 27-10 SF - (8:45)
Drive 2-Lions - Jim Arnold - Punt - (7:28)
Drive 3-49ers - Brent Fullwood - 53 Yd TD Run - Score: 34-10 SF - (6:18)
Drive 4-Lions - Jim Arnold - Punt - (5:25)
Drive 5-49ers - Joe Montana - INTERCEPTED (K.Irvin, 14yd rtrn) - Det 28yd Ln - (2:49)
Drive 6-Lions - Erik Kramer - INTERCEPTED (D.Griffin, 0yd rtrn) - SF 9yd Ln - (0:00)


4th Quarter
-------------------------------
Drive 1-49ers - Ralph Mojsiejenko - Punt - (9:17)
Drive 2-Lions - Barry Sanders - 2 Yd TD Run - Score: 34-16 - 2PT FAIL - (6:02)
Drive 3-49ers - Ralph Mojsiejenko - Punt - (4:11)
Drive 4-Lions - Erik Kramer - INTERCEPTED (D.Griffin, touchback) - SF 20yd Ln - (2:18)
Drive 5-49ers - Ralph Mojsiejenko - Punt - (1:35)
Drive 6-Lions - Turnover On Downs - SF 43 Yd Ln - (0:31)
Drive 7-49ers - End Game - (0:00)


Game Summary: The San Francisco 49ers have turned up their game in the playoffs as they are entering the NFC Championship game as a wild card playoff team. Meanwhile the Detroit Lions proved their mettle by upsetting the Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles with a field goal victory, 27 to 24 in the divisional playoff round.

The first quarter of the NFC Championship game started off with some struggling offensive output. Both the 49ers and Lions were unable to puncture into the red-zone are were forced to settle by attempting 50+ yard field goals. Eddie Murray missed the opening drives 54 yard attempt, meanwhile Mike Cofer had no business trying the 55 yarder on the follow up drive. However in the 4th drive of the game the Lions made the first strike as Dexter Carter was running the football and was nailed by Lions linebacker, Keith McCants. McCants caused the ball to be knocked out of Carter's hands and into Kevin Brooks' who returned the ball 20 yards for a touchdown to make it 7-0 Lions with the first points of the game. It wasn't until the next Lion drive that the 49ers finally got rid of the 0 on the scoreboard. Ralph Mojsiejenko nailed a coffin corner punt that put the Lions deep in their own territory. An attempted HB toss run by Barry Sanders ended in failure as Darryl Pollard wrapped him up for a saftey, making it 7-2 49ers and giving them the ball back. The final score of the first quarter came on the last drive as Eddie Murray hit a 45 yard filed goal.

The second quarter started off with a bang as Dexter Carter came in to give Brent Fullwood a breather. On that play Carter then blazed up the middle making tacklers miss on his way to a 39 yard touchdown run that would tie the game up after Fullwood pounded in the 2 point conversion. The next 49er drive would be just as successful as Joe Montana managed to hit Jerry Rice on a 12 yard touchdown pass making it 17-10 49ers. The 49ers scoring onslaught continued after another Jim Arnold punt as Mike Cofer hit a 51 yard field goal to round it out to 20-10. On the final Lion drive Erik Kramer threw an interception to 49ers linebacker Bill Romanowski slowing down an offensive drive.

In the third quarter the San Francisco 49ers continued their offensive assault on the Detroit Lions defense as Joe Montana bombed the football 43 yards to John Taylor who continues to have amazing games in the playoffs. On the very next 49ers drive Brent Fullwood did his best Dexter Carter impression by dashing 53 yards for a touchdown. The score would make it a huge 34-10 deficit in favor of the 49ers. Antoher Jim Arnold punt and the 49ers were marching once more. However Ken Irvin of the Lions decided to stop the offensive juggernaut and intercepted Joe Montana. However they were unable to capitalize on the drive as Erik Kramer threw another interception, this time to Don Griffin deep in 49er territory (9 yard line.) ending the 3rd.

In the fourth quarter San Francisco 49ers decided to coast out their victory as it was nothing but Ralph Mojsiejenko punts. The Lions offense took advantage as Barry Sanders capped off a drive with a 2 yard touchdown scamper, but failed to get in on a 2 point conversion making it 34-16 49ers. Eventually the Lions made it down to the red zone again only to have Erik Kramer throw his final interception to Don Griffin inside the 49ers end zone for the touchback. A turnover on downs later in the final Detroit drive let the 49ers run out of the clock and move to face the Los Angeles Raiders in the Super Bowl!


Game Box Score
------------------------------------------------------

Team               Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4   OT      FINAL
49ers               2   18   14    0    0         34
Lions               7    3    0    6    0         16

Individual Player Statistics
---------------------------------------------------------------
Detroit Lions
---------------------------

Individual Stats: Lions
PASSING                        CMP  ATT  YDS  PCT   YPA SACK   TD  INT LONG RATING
Erik Kramer                     18   48  296   37   6.1    1    0    3   52   33.0

RUSHING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD  FUM
Barry Sanders                   18   53   2.9   26    1    0

RECEIVING                      REC  YDS   AVG LONG   TD DROP  YAC
Robert Clark                     7  108  15.4   52    0    1    3
Terry Greer                      4   73  18.2   31    0    0   14
Richard Johnson                  3   71  23.6   28    0    1   19
Willie Green                     3   40  13.3   21    0    3    0
Kerry Cash                       1    4   4.0    4    0    2    0

KICKING                        FGM  FGA  PCT FGSBLOCKED  XPA  XPM  PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Eddie Murray                     1    2   50          0    1    1  100          0        4          0
Jim Arnold                       0    0    0          0    0    0    0          0        1          0

PUNTING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Jim Arnold                       5  214  42.7   51      0    1          0

KICK RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG   TD LONG
Mel Gray                         4   93  23.2    0   27

PUNT RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD
Mel Gray                         1    5   5.0    5    0

DEFENSE                        TOT LOSS SACK   FF FREC  YDS   TD  INT  RET   AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Michael Cofer                   10    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Bruce McNorton                   9    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           2        0
Chris Spielman                   8    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Leroy Irvin                      7    0    0    0    0    0    0    1   13  13.0           4        0
Bennie Blades                    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
William White                    5    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Jerry Ball                       2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Darryll Lewis                    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
George Jamison                   2    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Dennis Gibson                    2    0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Keith McCants                    2    0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Lawrence Peete                   1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Willie Green                     1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Tracy Hayworth                   1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Barry Sanders                    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Dan Owens                        0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Kevin Brooks                     0    0    0    0    1   20    1    0    0   0.0           0        0

BLOCKING                      PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Kerry Cash                           3             0
Lomas Brown                          2             0
Curvin Richards                      2             0
Eric Andolsek                        1             0
Kevin Glover                         0             1

San Francisco 49ers
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Individual Stats: 49ers
PASSING                        CMP  ATT  YDS  PCT   YPA SACK   TD  INT LONG RATING
Joe Montana                     17   29  213   58   7.3    0    2    1   43   90.1

RUSHING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD  FUM
Brent Fullwood                  27  147   5.4   53    1    0
Dexter Carter                    3   42  14.0   39    1    1
Tom Rathman                      4   10   2.5    4    0    0
Joe Montana                      1   -2  -2.0    0    0    0

RECEIVING                      REC  YDS   AVG LONG   TD DROP  YAC
John Taylor                      5   82  16.3   43    1    0    2
Jerry Rice                       5   57  11.3   15    1    0    9
Brent Jones                      1   20  20.0   20    0    0    7
Tom Rathman                      2   14   7.0    8    0    0    9
Dexter Carter                    1   13  13.0   13    0    0    6
Jamie Williams                   1   13  13.0   13    0    0    0
Brent Fullwood                   1    9   9.0    9    0    0   13
Yancey Thigpen                   1    5   5.0    5    0    1    1

KICKING                        FGM  FGA  PCT FGSBLOCKED  XPA  XPM  PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Mike Cofer                       1    2   50          0    3    3  100          0        6          2

PUNTING                        ATT  YDS   AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Ralf Mojsiejenko                 5  206  41.1   52      0    2          0

KICK RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG   TD LONG
Dexter Carter                    5   77  15.3    0   20

PUNT RETURNS                   ATT  YDS   AVG LONG   TD
Dexter Carter                    3   11   3.6    8    0

DEFENSE                        TOT LOSS SACK   FF FREC  YDS   TD  INT  RET   AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Don Griffin                      7    0    0    0    0    0    0    2    2   1.0           1        0
Dave Waymer                      6    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Darryl Pollard                   5    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           2        1
Matt Millen                      4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           4        0
Ronnie Lott                      4    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Kevin Fagan                      3    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Charles Haley                    3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Pierce Holt                      2    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           1        0
Michael Carter                   1    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Keith DeLong                     1    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Guy McIntyre                     1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0
Bill Romanowski                  1    0    0    0    0    0    0    1   23  23.0           1        0
Vestee Jackson                   1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           2        0
Eric Davis                       1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0           0        0

BLOCKING                      PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Guy McIntyre                         6             0
Tom Ackerman                         6             0
Harris Barton                        5             0
Brent Jones                          3             0
Tom Rathman                          3             0
Jerry Rice                           2             0
Steve Wallace                        2             0
Jesse Sapolu                         2             0
John Taylor                          1             0
Yancey Thigpen                       1             0

Player of the Game
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49ers - HB - Brent Fullwood - 27 Att - 5.4 Avg - 147 Yds - 1 TD - 1 Rec - 9.0 Avg - 9 Yds - 0 TD


Game Pictures
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Left: The first big play of the game came when Lions LB, Keith McCants decked Dexter Carter forcing him to fumble the football. The fumble would be picked up by Kevin Brooks who gassed his way 20 yards for the touchdown, 7-0 Detroit.
Right: The 49ers first score came in an unconventional manner as Darryl Pollard, returning from injury, managed to tackle Barry Sanders in the end-zone giving them a saftey.


Left: Dexter Carter filling in for Fullwood exploded up the middle of the Lions defense for a 39 yard touchdown scamper.
Right: Brent Fullwood then came right back in and pounded the ball on the 2 point conversion to tie the game up at 10 a piece.


Left: A familiar hook-up as Joe Montana threw the ball to Jerry Rice on this 12 yard touchdown reception. The score would put the 49ers up for the first time in the game 17 to 10.
Right: Erik Kramer made his first mistake of the playoffs by throwing this ball to Bill Romanowski who returned it 24 yards before being tackled at mid-field.


Left: Joe Montana continues to shine as he plays a great game, showing his perfect form here on this deep pass to wide reciever John Taylor.
Right: Taylor catches the perfectly thrown ball over his shoulder and waltz into the end zone for a 43 yard touchdown. 27-10 49ers.


Left: Brent Fullwood blows through a Detroit Lion defender on his way to a 53 yard pounding touchdown run. The score would finally pull the 49ers away from any hopes of a Lion comeback with the score reading 34-10.
Right: The Lions secondary was still fighting late in teh game as Joe Montana threw this interception to Irvin.


Left: The Lions were unable to capitalize on the turnover as Erik Kramer tossed this ball up and Don Griffin made a big play on it. Saving a potential score in the 49ers red zone.
Right: Barry Sanders punches into the end zone on this 2 yard run with only 6:02 left in the game. The Lions would be unable to convert the 2 point conversion.


Left: The final nail in the ocffin came with 2:18 left in the game as Erik Kramer threw his 3rd interception. This time Don Griffin was in the right place at the right time for his 2nd pick and got the touchback by kneeling. The 49ers would run out the clock.



Game Notes
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-Sliders looked good to me. Only thing I was worried about was interceptions but in defense the CPU just had the 49ers CB's make some great plays on the ball instead of horrendous throws by Kramer, so it seemed okay imo.

[young2rice]

[young2rice]

1991 - Super Bowl XXVI Preview
Super Bowl
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WELCOME TO SUPERBOWL XXVI!


Live from the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota!
January 26th, 1992

The Matchup * With commentary from Brian Gumble

• Quarterbacks: Normally this would be unquestionably one of the best quarterbacks in the league, Joe Montana. However, we have to really examine the Raiders Billy Joe Tolliver. Here's a guy who game in due to Jay Schroeder's injury and has turned into the reason that the Raiders are even playing in this game. Throughout the playoffs he's thrown the ball 77 of 130 attempts for 1,137 yards, 8 touchdowns and 5 interceptions for an amazing 92.4 quarterback rating. Montana's numbers may pale in comparison with 751 yards and 7 touchdowns, but his still slightly more efficient completion percentage (60.4% vs. 59.2%) with only 2 interceptions led him to a better 98.2 playoff quarterback rating. If Tolliver was up against anybody else he'd get the nod for his playoff prowess that he has shown, but in this case it goes to Joe. Adv: - 49ers
• Runningbacks: The 49ers have gone through runningbacks this year due to the departure of Roger Craig. Unable to find an adequate replacement in John L. Williams he got hurt. The 49ers toyed with youngsters Dexter carter and Keith Henderson in the backfield before signing ex-Packer Brent Fullwood. Fullwood has done a serviceable job of starting but is nowhere near the caliber of the Raiders backs. Veteran runningback Marcus Allen had a solid year handling the full-load for the Raiders since Bo Jackson left to Houston. Allen managed to get exactly 1,200 yards on 319 carries with 7 touchdowns. Meanwhile backup Greg Bell added another 322 and 2 touchdowns. The Raiders easily overcome the 49ers in this department.Adv: - Raiders
• Fullback - While Steve Smith is a solid fullback for the Los Angeles Raiders he is more block-heavy and his stats aren't that impressive with only 139 yards on 55 carries. Not to mention it's hard to overtake one of the best fullbacks in the league in Tom Rathman who not only is an amazing blocker but can get things done on the ground. He only had 68 yards in the regular season but did add a touchdown. However he surprised many with his 27 catch 188 yard 1 touchdown receiving season. Adv: - 49ers
• Wide Receivers - The 49ers and endowed with some of the top receivers in the league with veteran Jerry Rice being touted as the best receiver in the league he had a solid 1991 regular season with 96 catches for 1,301 yards and 15 touchdowns. Together with John Taylor's 80 catch 1,245 yard 11 touchdown season there was no better duo of top-notch receivers in the league. However the biggest surprise came from the addition of rookie Yancey Thigpen, who may not have cracked paydirt but helped greatly with his 46 catches for 560 yards before missing a few games to injury. Mike Sherrard picked up Thigpen's paydirt slack with 4 touchdowns on only 19 catches and Wesley Carroll rounded out with 1 on 12. The Raiders have a cavalcade of receivers that are fighting to become the #1 on their team, and it appears that there is still no clear answer. Willie Gault led the team with 48 catches for 595 yards and 5 touchdowns, with youngster Tim Brown coming behind iwth 54 catches for 580 yards and 3 touchdowns. Mervyn Fernandez even stayed up there for awhile with 41 catches for 530 yards and 2 touchdowns. With rookies Michael Jackson and Jake Reed already adding to the clutter. Adv: - 49ers
• Tight Ends - Brent Jones had a solid year for the 49ers in 1991 with his 53 catch 404 yard 3 touchdown season. Compared to Ethan Horton of the Raiders however it was stellar. Horton only had 30 catches for a measly 185 yards and 1 touchdown. Adv: - 49ers
• Offensive Line - The 49ers have an all-pro line that has helped Montana stay in the pocket all year. The line is led by left tackle Steve Wallace, left guard Guy McIntyre, center Jesse Sapolu, right guard Harris Barton, and filling in at right tackle Tom Ackerman. With young guys like Pat Harlow, and A.Davis rounding the team out nicely. Meanwhile the Los Angeles Raiders are led by left tackle R.Graves, left guard Max Montoya, center Don Mosebar, right guard Steve Wisniewski, and right tackle Bruce Wilkerson. With additions of rookie Erik Williams, D.Turk, and J.Fitzpatrick helping to fill in spots. However despite both teams accolades there seems to be a very slight advantage for the 49ers in this category.Adv: - 49ers
• Defensive Line - The 49ers have some decent lineman on their team. Centered by defensive tackle Michael Carter with rookie backup Andy Harmon. Meanwhile the ends, Pierce Holt and Kevin Fagan are entering their prime years. Carter had 5 sacks on the year to add to his 46 tackles bu Pierce Holt only had 2. Meanwhile Kevin Fagan had 2 sacks totaling the defensive line starters to a paltry 9 sack total. Meanwhile the Raiders had veteran star Howie Long on left end with a disappointing 3 sack 35 tackle year. Meanwhile right end Greg Townsend had 39 tackels and 4 sacks in comparison. The Raiders starting defensive tackle, Scott Davis, had 4 sacks as well on the year as well totaling their starters to a mediocre 11 sack season. Both teams struggled on the defensive line despite having solid players on their team, but sometimes statistics don't show it all. Adv: - Raiders
• Linebackers - Starting left outside linebacker for the 49ers in Bill Romanowski, Middle linebacker is veteran Matt Millen with Keith DeLong sniffing down his job from close behind, and right outside linebacker star, Charles Haley. Keena Turner is also backing up Romanowski but got his hands dirty plenty in 1991. The 49ers have a great pair of outside linebackers in Romanowski and Haley who had 93 and 119 tackels respectively, but it was their pass-rush that really helped out with Romanowski garnering 4 sacks and Haley leading the team with 13. Meanwhile the Raiders start Jeroy Robinson at the left side with Aaron Wallace backing up up. On the right side outside linebacker Rickey Hunley will try his best meanwhile the middle is crowded with new addition Ervin Randle, and solid help from Tom Benson, Riki Ellison, and A.Jimerson. The Raiders certainly have depth at middle linebacker but Ervin Randle's 116 tackles 7 sacks were hard to bear. In the 3-4 they managed to includ Benson who had a solid 80 tackle 6 sack year. Hunley had a disappointing 70 tackle 3 sack season and Robinson picked up the pace with 94 tackles for 4 sacks. The Raiders have depth at linebacker but going strictly off of the starters i'll have to give this one to the 49ers. Adv: - 49ers
• Cornerbacks - The 49ers weak spot all year has been their pass defense, which the Raiders will look to exploit. The 49ers corners are led by Darryl Pollard with Vestee Jackson, Don Griffin, and Eric Davis rounding out the quarter. Vestee was signed and made a surprising impact ending up leading the team with a 42 tackle 7 interception year. Pollard improved greatly over last year and has gotten better but is still struggling as the #1 corner. Meanwhile the Raiders are blessed at corner with two great backs in Terry McDaniel and Lionel Washington. They also have the additional help of Gary Lewis who would easily compete with Pollard for the #1 in San Francisco, but is delegated to #3 in Los Angeles. Easily the Raiders beat out the 49ers in this area. Adv: - Raiders
• Safties - Two words. Ronnie Lott. Lott practically wins this arguement on his own but eitherway he also has a solid partner in Dave Waymer on the strong side. Lott ahd 97 tackles, 6 sacks, 1 interception in 1991 and will likely make another Pro Bowl. Meanwhile Waymer was no slouch with his 61 tackle 2 pick year despite some nagging injury problems. The Raiders do their best with some top-notch safties in Eddie Anderson and youngster Henry Jones with a capable backup in Solomon Wilcots. Adv: - 49ers
• Kickers - Mike Cofer struggled in 1991 as he hit 23 of 32 field goals for a 71% rate. However it was his 52 extra points that helped the 49ers more. On the other side there is the Raiders kicker, Jeff Jaeger. Jaeger had a 26 of 38 field goals for 68% season with a nearly 1/2 the extra points of Cofer in 29. Due to the sheer volume of Cofers extra points and the 3% rate improvement i'm giving it to Cofer.Adv: - 49ers

Advantage: 49ers +5

The Injuries


The Key Players
San Francisco 49ers

• QB - Joe Montana - 99 Ovr
• FS - Ronnie Lott - 99 Ovr
• ROLB - Charles Haley - 99 Ovr
• WR - Jerry Rice - 98 Ovr

Los Angeles Raiders

• RE - Greg Townsend - 97 Ovr
• LE - Howie Long - 95 Ovr
• MLB - Ervin Randle - 93 Ovr
• CB - Terry McDaniel - 92 Ovr

Coach's Corner
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Coach: 49ers - George Seifert
Gameplan

1. We need to have our corners step up and cover Tim Brown and Willie Gault, if we can contain the pass game we'll have no problem with the run game.
2. Billie Joe Tolliver has been on fire in the playoffs, our defensive line and linebackers need to knock that confidence out of him. We're going to blitz early and often to try and rattle his cage and slow down his release.
3. We must contain Marcus Allen to the inside, don't allow him to bounce it out for a big run, Haley and Romanowski can easily handle that if needed.
4. Fullwood needs to get going early so that we can keep the defense honest. If he can't get going we'll become one dimensional against a team with very good corners and safties.
5. Our offensive line is going to have to be on top of their game if they want to compete. With Howie Long, Greg Townsend, and Scott Davis all collapsing in we'll have to do our best to protect Montana.

Coach:Raiders - Art Shell
Gameplan

1. Get Marcus churning his gears early and plow through a weak 49ers defensive line. We'll have trouble getting past the 2nd level though.
2. We need to build Tolliver's confidence early try to take a couple shots down field and hope for success. The 49ers corners shouldn't be too much of a problem but the big-game pressure might be for Billie Joe.
3. We have to stop Montana and pressure him all day, Howie Long and Greg Townsend are going to need to step up and continually get pressure.
4. Hopefully we can use Ethan Horton to open up the receivers a bit by going to him more than often.
5. Terry McDaniel is going to have to man Jerry Rice all day long to stop him from becoming an impact player in the game.