SUPERBOWL XVIII


 
Redskins 9, Raiders 38

  1 2 3 4 Final
Washington Redskins 0 3 6 0 9
Los Angeles Raiders 7 14 14 3 38


RECAP

"JUST WIN BABY" says Al Davis and his Los Angeles Raiders went out and did just that. The Raiders whole team helped them race of too a 21-3 half time lead. Special teams scored first with a blocked punt then the offence got on the board with a Plunkett to Bramch pass for a touchdown and then finally the defence got in on the act with an interception returned for a touchdown by Squirek.

On the last play of the third quarter Marcus Allen took off on a 74 yard TD run that confirmed for that the game was over.

At the time this was the largest margin of victory in Superbowl history. Allen's 191 yards rushing was another Superbowl record.

NOTES
MVP
Marcus Allen
Winning Coach
Tom Flores
Location Of Superbowl
Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, Florida
Attendance
72,920
Road To The Superbowl
The Redskins cruised through the regular season, ending with a 14-2 record. In the first round of the play offs they demolished the Rams 51-7. Next up was the 49ers. At the start of the fourth quarter the Redskins led 21-0 thanks to a Joe Montana comeback the scores where tied with 40 seconds remaining in the game. It was then that kicker Mark Moseley kicked the game saving field goal to give the Redskins the 24-21 win.
The Raiders had a 12-4 regular season record. It led to them facing two familar foes, one old the other new yet familar. The old came first in the form on the Steelers. The Raiders crusied too a 38-10 win. Next up was the division rival Seattle Seahawks. The Raiders Marcus Allen ran for 154 yards whilst the Raiders defence held AFC rookie of the year Curt Warner 26 yards on 11 carries.

SCORING
1st Quarter
 
Jenson recovered a blocked punt in the end zone (Bahr kick)

2nd Quarter
 
Branch, 12 yard pass from Plunkett (Bahr kick)

FG - Moseley (24)
 

 
Squirek, 5 yard interception return (Bahr kick)

3rd Quarter
Riggins, 1 yard run (kick blocked)
 

 
Allen, 5 yard run (Bahr kick)

 
Allen, 74 yard run (Bahr kick)

4th Quarter
 
FG - Bahr (21)


TEAM STATS
1st downs
19
18

Rushing
7
8

Passing
10
9

Penalty
2
1

Total
283
385

Net Rushing
90
231

Net Passing
193
154

Passes-Att-Comp-Ints
35-16-2
25-16-0


PLAYER STATS
Rushing
Riggins, 26 for 64 yards, 1 TD
Allen, 20 for 191 yards, 2 TDs

Theismann, 3 for 18 yards
Pruitt, 5 for 17 yards

J.Washington, 3 for 8 yards
King, 3 for 12 yards

 
Willis, 1 for 7 yards

 
Hawkins, 3 for 6 yards

 
Plunkett, 1 for 2 yards

Passing
Theismann 16 of 35 for 243 yards, 2 INTs
Plunkett, 16 of 25 for 172 yards, 1 TD

Receiving
Didier, 5 for 65 yards
Branch, 6 for 94 yards, 1 TD

Brown, 3 for 93 yards
Christensen, 4 for 32 yards

J.Washington, 3 for 20 yards
Hawkins, 2 for 20 yards

Giaquinto, 2 for 21 yards
Allen, 2 for 18 yards

Monk, 1 for 26 yards
King, 2 for 8 yards

Garrett, 1 for 17 yards

Riggins, 1 for 1 yard