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The Bills became the third team, after the Minnesota Vikings (Super Bowls VIII and IX) and the Denver Broncos (Super Bowls XXI and XXII), to lose back- to- back Super Bowls. The game was played on January 2. Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the first time the city has played host to a Super Bowl (the city will host Super Bowl LII at U.
S. Bank Stadium). Both teams finished the regular season with the best record in their respective conference. The Redskins posted a 1.
Washington head coach Joe Gibbs entered the game seeking his third Super Bowl victory with the team, but with his third starting Super Bowl quarterback, Mark Rypien. The Bills finished the regular season with a 1. However, their defense ranked second to last in the league in total yards allowed.
The Redskins jumped to a 2. Washington also sacked Kelly four times and intercepted him four times. Rypien, who completed 1. Super Bowl MVP. The telecast of the game on CBS was seen by an estimated 7.
Indianapolis, Pontiac and Seattle also made bids for the game. The first one was Super Bowl XVI on January 2.
Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The Metrodome also hosted the 1. NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four, making it the only stadium to host both events in the same calendar year.
It also hosted the 1. World Series as the Minnesota Twins defeated the Atlanta Braves. Minneapolis is the only city and the Metrodome is the only arena to host all three events in a 1. CBS, who would go on to purchase their Twin Cities affiliate, WCCO- TV, later in the year). The attendance mark of 6.
Super Bowl's attendance of 6. Metrodome was the smallest stadium to ever host the Super Bowl. To date, this is the northernmost Super Bowl ever played.
Washington Redskins. The team was led by Mark Rypien, head coach Joe Gibbs' third different starting Super Bowl quarterback. With 2. 49 out of 4. Rypien had several great targets to whom he could throw. Wide receiver Gary Clark was the main deep threat on the team, catching 7. On the other side of the field, wide receiver Art Monk, playing in his 1.
NFL season, was just as reliable, catching 7. Monk's 7. 1 receptions in 1. Steve Largent. Wide receiver Ricky Sanders was also a big element of the passing game, catching 4. The Redskins' primary weapon in the backfield was running back Earnest Byner, who ranked 5th in the NFL with 1,0. Rookie running back Ricky Ervins was also a major asset to the running attack, rushing 1. And when Washington was near the goal line, they usually relied on fullback Gerald Riggs, who rushed for 2. The Redskins' offensive line, known as .
The Hogs allowed the fewest sacks in the league with just 9, 1. Even Washington's special teams unit was a big threat. Running back Brian Mitchell led the NFL in punt return yards (6. Washington's defense, which ranked third in the NFL in fewest yards allowed (4,6. All- Pro defensive back Darrell Green, who was one of the fastest players in the NFL, and Pro Bowl linebacker Wilber Marshall. Green and Marshall recorded 5 interceptions each, with Marshall recording 7.
Safety Brad Edwards was also a big factor in the secondary, recording four interceptions. Up front, their line was anchored by defensive end Charles Mann, who recorded 1. Washington's 5. 0 sacks, and recovered a fumble. Defensive end Fred Stokes also made a big impact with 6.
The Redskins stormed to a league- best 1. After crushing the Detroit Lions 4. Dallas Cowboys, 2. Their only other defeat was a meaningless loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the final game of the regular season in which they rested most of their starters because they had already clinched the #1 NFC playoff seed. Buffalo Bills. The leaders of the offense, quarterback Jim Kelly and running back Thurman Thomas, both had the best seasons of their careers.
Kelly completed 6. Thomas rushed for 1,4. NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award and the NFL Most Valuable Player Award.
With 2,0. 67 yards from scrimmage, Thomas led the league in that category for the third consecutive season. Just like Washington, Buffalo had more than one threat in their backfield. Running back Kenneth Davis emerged as a big threat, rushing for 6.
The Bills also had several major weapons in their passing game. Wide receiver Andre Reed led the team with 8. On the other side of the field, veteran wide receiver James Lofton recorded 5. Pro Bowl appearance and finished the year just 5.
Steve Largent (1. Pro Bowl tight end Keith Mc. Keller was also a big contributor with 4. Don Beebe had 3. 2 catches, 4. Once again, the Bills' offensive line was led by center Kent Hull, along with left tackle Will Wolford and Pro Bowl left guard Jim Ritcher. But the Bills had big problems on their defense. Buffalo ranked just 2.
A reason for this was that defensive linemen Bruce Smith and Jeff Wright had missed most of the season with injuries. One of the few bright spots on the Bills' defense was Pro Bowl linebacker Cornelius Bennett, who recorded 7.
Another Pro Bowl linebacker, Darryl Talley, led the team with 9. Cornerback Nate Odomes was the leader of the secondary with 5 interceptions, which he returned for 1. Despite their defensive problems, the Bills finished the season with an AFC- best 1. Rypien had 4. 42 passing yards and 6 touchdowns in the earlier game, but could only complete 1. Still, Washington dominated the Falcons again by forcing 6 turnovers and rushing for 1. The Redskins held the ball for over 3. Ricky Ervins recorded 1.
Then Washington crushed the Detroit Lions 4. The Lions posted a 1. Many sports writers predicted that the NFC Championship Game would be much closer than the Redskins' win over the Lions in the season opening game because Detroit's future Hall of Fame running back, Barry Sanders, did not play in it due to injury. He had recorded 1,5. Dallas in the playoffs.
However, the Redskins crushed Detroit in this game as well, quickly forcing two Lions turnovers and building up a 1. The Redskins scored 4. Riggs, two field goals from kicker Chip Lohmiller, a pair of touchdown passes from Rypien to Monk and Clark, and Green's 3. Sanders was held to just 5. Wilber Marshall sacked Lions quarterback Erik Kramer three times. Meanwhile, the Bills first defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 3. During this playoff game, the Bills jumped to a 2.
The Bills also got a big performance out of Thomas, who rushed for over 1. Scott Norwood, who made three field goals. Meanwhile, unconcerned with Kansas City's weak passing game, Buffalo played Bennett and Talley close to the line of scrimmage on nearly every play to stuff the run. Both players combined for 1. Bills' defense held Kansas City to 7. Chiefs running back Barry Word, who became their primary rusher since the Monday Night game and rushed for over 1.
Kansas City's previous three games, was limited to just 5. In addition, Buffalo's defense knocked Chiefs quarterback Steve De.
Berg out of the game and intercepted backup quarterback Mark Vlasic four times. Buffalo then played against the Denver Broncos, who were coming off a 2. It was predicted that this AFC Championship Game would be a shootout between the Bills' powerful offense and the superb postseason play of Elway. But neither Elway nor the Bills' offense had much success in the 1. Bennett, who spent almost as much time in the Denver backfield as Elway, had another great game, constantly pressuring Elway, sharing one sack, and tackling Denver rushers behind the line of scrimmage three times. Bills linebacker Carlton Bailey also made a big impact late in the 3rd quarter, intercepting a screen pass from Elway and returning it 1.
Buffalo's only touchdown of the game. After backup quarterback Gary Kubiak scored Denver's only touchdown with less than two minutes to go, the Bills then clinched the victory when defensive back Kirby Jackson forced and recovered a fumble from running back Steve Sewell on Denver's final drive of the game. Treadwell's three missed field goals were a large factor in the final outcome of the defensive struggle. Super Bowl pregame news.
The AFC Championship Game appeared to be the best defensive effort by Buffalo all season, as they held the Broncos to only a touchdown, while also limiting Elway to just 1. But the Bills' high- powered offense was completely shut down, limited to just a single field goal for the entire game. In addition, the Bills could have easily been eliminated by the Broncos, had Treadwell not missed three field goal attempts, two of which hit the uprights. The performance also gave an opportunity for Gibbs and the Redskins' coaches to devise a strong game plan to exploit their Super Bowl opponent's weaknesses. That may have aided us a little bit in our thinking. We attacked the line of scrimmage more than usual.
We wanted to blitz to stop the run early in the game. It's sometimes tough to pick up blitzes against the running game.
However, Millen was deactivated for the game and watched from the Redskins sideline. He retired from the NFL shortly after the game to pursue a career in broadcasting (and later as a team executive). During the CBS telecast, it was mentioned that Leonard Smith (the Bills' regular starting strong safety) couldn't play as a result of an infection in his knee.
Bills defensive line coach Chuck Dickerson mocked the Washington Redskins' famed offensive line, . Dickerson said Redskins tackle. Joe Jacoby was . Players will fall down without him even touching them. This would also prove to be their last for CBS until 9 years later (XXXV), when CBS took over the AFC package from NBC in 1. Lesley Visser, Jim Gray, and Pat O'Brien reported on the sidelines; Visser would later preside over the presentation of the Lombardi Trophy to the Redskins, becoming the first woman to do so.