NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXII to San Diego on May 24, 1984, during their May 23–25, 1984 meetings in Washington, D.C. This was the first of three Super Bowls played at Jack Murphy Stadium (the others being XXXII and XXXVII, both of which occurred after it was renamed Qualcomm Stadium). The 49ers and the Bengals, who faced off in Super Bowl XVI (pictured), would play each other again in Super Bowl XXIII. The following teams have faced each other more than once in the Super Bowl: [n 2] 3 times – Pittsburgh Steelers (X and XIII) vs. Dallas Cowboys see also Cowboys–Steelers rivalry Washington Redskins 42 vs. Denver Broncos 10 on January 31st, 1988 - Full team and player stats and box score In honor of Super Tuesday the NFL presents Super Bowl 22, the Washington Redskins dominate the Denver Broncos.00:00 - Start17:22 John Elway 56-yard TD Pass24 View the Box Score for the NFL football game between the Washington Redskins and the Denver Broncos on January 31, 1988. Super Bowl XXII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Washington Redskins and American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1987 season. The Redskins defeated the Broncos by the score of 42–10, winning their second Super Bowl. The game was played on January 31, 1988, at Super Bowl XXII between the Washington Redskins and the Denver Broncos, which was played at San Diego’s Jack Murphy Stadium on the last day of January in 1988, wasn’t a competitive game. Super Bowl XXII: Redskins 42, Broncos 10. Jeremiah Castille (1979-82), *Super Bowl MVP; DNP = Was active, but did not play in the game. Super Bowl XXII. By the 1987-88 season, teams were having trouble selling out stadiums, and viewership dropped 20%. Teams also played fewer regular-season games due to another players’ strike, taking to the field 15 times rather than the standard 16, with many starting players sitting out during negotiations. Doug Williams, Washington, Super Bowl XXII: He had four touchdowns in the first half, and the game got so far out of reach that 49ers backup QB Bill Musgrave played the final series of the game. The 49ers defeated the Bengals 20–16, winning their third Super Bowl. The game was played on January 22, 1989, at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami (now part of the suburb of Miami Gardens, which became a separate city in 2003). This was the first Super Bowl hosted in the Miami area in 10 years, and the first in Miami not held at the Orange Bowl. This was the last Super Bowl played on the second to last Sunday in January. From 1990 to 2001, the game was played on the last Sunday of January, and from 2002 to 2021, on the first Sunday in February (with the exception of Super Bowl XXXVII, which was played on January 26, 2003). This was also the last east coast Super Bowl that began under Cincinnati Bengals 16 vs. San Francisco 49ers 20 on January 22nd, 1989 - Full team and player stats and box score NFC champion San Francisco captured its third Super Bowl of the 1980s by defeating AFC-champion Cincinnati 20-16. The 49ers, who also won Super Bowls XVI and XIX, are the first NFC team to win Williams was a history maker; he became the first black quarterback to play in a Super Bowl when Washington knocked off Minnesota to go to Super Bowl XXII. Running back George Rogers led the team with 613 rushing yards and six touchdowns, but he was nursing an injury going into the Super Bowl. Super Bowl XXII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Washington Redskins and American Football Conference (AFC) Jan 30, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; Studio photograph of a game ticket from Super Bowl XXII between the Washington Redskins and the Denver Broncos played on January 31, 1988 at Jack Murphy Stadium Super Bowl Eighteen was different for Joe, as Tom Flores' Los Angeles Raiders blew-out Joe Theismann (2-ints), John Riggins (64-yds) and the rest of the Redskins, 38-9, in the Super Bowl's most lopsided contest yet. Marcus Allen literally ran away with Super Bowl MVP, compiling over 200 total yards and two touchdowns, with a record 192 rushing View the Box Score for the NFL football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the San Francisco 49ers on January 22, 1989. Super Bowl 23. By the time the NFL penned Super Bowl XXIII into the schedule, the San Francisco 49ers were asserting themselves as a dynasty. The 49ers — led by two-time Super Bowl MVP Joe Montana — were looking to go three for three on their Super Bowl appearances, the first of which was seven years earlier.
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