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Super Bowl XXIX

San Francisco 49ers 49,
San Diego Chargers 26

Sunday, Jan. 29, 1995
Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, F
Attendance: 74,107
MVP: Steve Young, San Francisco QB

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Game Summary

Steve Young finally escaped Joe Montana's shadow, throwing 6 touchdown passes to break Montana's Super Bowl record and guiding San Francisco's overpowering offense to 455 total yards and 28 first downs. San Diego did narrow the lead to 14-7 at the end of the first quarter, but that was as close as it got. Wide receiver Jerry Rice tied his own Super Bowl record with 3 touchdowns, and so did 49er running back Ricky Watters.

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Scoring

By Quarters

Team1234Final
San Diego738826
San Francisco141414749

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Scoring Summary

First Quarter
SF: Rice 44 pass from S. Young (Brien kick), 1:24
SF: Watters 51 pass from S. Young (Brien kick), 4:55
SD: Means 1 run (Carney kick), 12:16
Second Quarter
SF: Floyd 5 pass from S. Young (Brien kick), 1:58
SF: Watters 8 pass from S. Young (Brien kick), 10:16
SD: FG Carney 31, 13:16
Third Quarter
SF: Watters 9 run (Brien kick), 5:25
SF: Rice 15 pass from S. Young (Brien kick), 11:42
SD: Coleman 98 kick return (2-pt Seay from Humphries), 11:59
Fourth Quarter
SF: Rice 7 pass from S. Young (Brien kick), 1:11
SD: Martin 30 pass from Humphries (2-pt Pupunu from Humphries), 12:35

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Team Statistics

SDTeam StatisticsSF
20Total First Downs28
5Rushing10
14Passing17
1Penalty1
354Total Net Yardage455
76Total Offensive Plays73
4.7Average Gain6.2
19Rushes32
67Yards Rushing139
3.5Average Yards4.3
55Passes Attempted38
27Passes Completed25
3Had Intercepted0
2Times Sacked3
18Yards Lost15
287Net Yards Passing316
4Punts5
48.8Average Distance39.8
3Punt Returns2
1Punt Return Yardage12
8Kickoff Returns4
244Kickoff Return Yardage48
0Interception Return Yardage16
1Fumbles2
1Own Recovered2
0Opponents' Recovered0
6Penalties3
65Yards Penalized18
26Points Scored49
3Touchdowns7
1Rushing1
1Passing6
1Returns0
3Extra Points7
1Field Goals0
1Field Goals Attempted1
0Safeties0
6/16Third-Down Efficiency7/13
0/4Fourth-Down Efficiency0/0
28:29Time of Possession31:31

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Individual Statistics

Rushing

Rushing
San DiegoNo.YdsLgTDSan FranciscoNo.YdsLgTD
Means1333111S. Young549210
Harmon210100Watters1547131
Jefferson110100Floyd93260
Gilbert1880Rice110100
Bieniemy1330Carter1110
Humphries1330Grbac1000

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Passing

San DiegoAttComYdsTDIntSan FranciscoAttComYdsTDInt
Humphries492427512S. Young362432560
Gilbert633001Musgrave11600
      Grbac10000

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Receiving

San DiegoNo.YdsLgTDSan FranciscoNo.YdsLgTD
Harmon868200Rice1014944t3
Seay775220Taylor443160
Pupunu448230Floyd42691
Martin35930t1Watters36151t2
Jefferson21590Jones241330
Bieniemy133330Popson1660
Means1440McCaffrey1550
D. Young1330

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Punting

San DiegoNo.AveLgBlkSan FranciscoNo.AveLgBlk
Wagner448.8550Wilmsmeyer539.8460

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Punt Returns

San DiegoNo.FCYdsLgTDSan FranciscoNo.FCYdsLgTD
Gordon32110Carter2012110

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Kickoff Returns

San DiegoNo.YdsLgTDSan FranciscoNo.YdsLgTD
Coleman824498t1Carter448180

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Interceptions

San DiegoNo.YdsLgTDSan FranciscoNo.YdsLgTD
None Sanders115150
 Cook1110
 Davis1000

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Starting Lineups

San Diego ChargersOffenseSan Francisco 49ers
Hall, CourtneyCOates, Bart
Cocozzo, JoeGDeese, Derrick
Davis, IsaacGSapolu, Jesse
Brock, StanTBarton, Harris
Swayne, HarryTWallace, Steve
Pupunu, AlfredTEJones, Brent
Young, DuaneTERice, Jerry
Jefferson, ShawnWRTaylor, John
Seay, MarkWRWatters, Ricky
Means, NatroneRBFloyd, William
Humphries, StanQBYoung, Steve
Defense
Davis, ReubenDTStubblefield, Dana
Lee, ShawnDTYoung, Bryant
Mims, ChrisDEBrown, Dennis
O'Neal, LeslieDEJackson, Rickey
Griggs, DavidOLBNorton, Ken
Seau, JuniorOLBWoodall, Lee
Gibson, DennisMLBPlummer, Gary
Gordon, DarrienCBDavis, Eric
Harper, DwayneCBSanders, Deion
Richard, StanleyFSHanks, Merton
Carrington, Darren SSMcDonald, Tim

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Substitutes

San DiegoSan Francisco
Bieniemy, EricBrien, Doug
Binn, DavidCarter, Dexter
Bush, LewisCook, Toi
Carney, JohnDalman, Chris
Castle, EricDrakeford, Tyronne
Clark, WillieGoss, Antonio
Coleman, AndreGrbac, Elvis
Culver, RodneyHall, Dana
Gilbert, GaleHall, Rhett
Harmon, RonnieHarris, Tim
Harrison, RodneyJordan, Darin
Hendrickson, SteveLogan, Marc
Johnson, RayleeLoville, Derek
Jonassen, EricMann, Charles
Martin, TonyMcCaffrey, Ed
Miller, DougMitchell, Kevin
Miller, LesMusgrave, Bill
Mitchell, ShannonPollack, Frank
Parker, VaughnPopson, Ted
Parrella, JohnSingleton, Nate
Vanhorse, SeanTamm, Ralph
Wagner, BryanWalker, Adam
 Wilmsmeyer, Klaus
 Wilson, Troy

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