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"Redskin, black skin...it all rhymes with win."
-Redskins QB Doug Williams, the first black starting QB in Super Bowl history, after the game

Super Bowl XXII

January 31, 1988 - Jack Murphy Stadium - San Diego, CA

Washington Redskins (13-4)		Denver Broncos (12-4-1)

	Washington -42 Denver -10

Super Bowl XXII Quick Stats
Date:	January 31, 1988
Location:	Jack Murphy Stadium - San Diego, CA
Surface:	Outdoors on grass
Game Weather:
Conditions:	Temp: 61 F
Attendance:	73,302
Kickoff Time:	3:00 P.M. Pacific
Commentary:	Al Michaels, Dan Dierdorf, and Frank Gifford (ABC)
Officials:	Referee: Bob McElwee (95), Umpire: Al Conway (27), Line Judge: Jack Fette (39), Side Judge: Don Wedge (28), Head Linesman: Dale Hamer (104), Back Judge: Al Jury (106), Field Judge: Johnny Grier (23)
Pre-Game Show:	Tribute to Bob Hope
National Anthem:	Trumpeter Herb Alpert
Coin Toss:	Don Hutson
Halftime Show:	"Something Grand" Ftr: Chubby Checker, Rockettes, USC San Diego State musicians Producer: Radio City
Winner Share:	$36,000
Loser Share:	$18,000
Ticket Price:	$100 or $150, depending on seat location
Favorite:	Denver by 3.5 pts.
TV Rating:	41.9, 62 share (ABC)
Most Valuable Player:	Redskins QB Doug Williams (18/29, 340 yds, 4 TDs, 1 INT; 2 for -2 yds)

* Denotes Division Champion | † Denotes Overtime
1987 NFL Playoffs
AFC Wildcard		AFC Divisional		AFC Conference		NFC Conference		NFC Divisional		NFC Wildcard
Seattle (9-6) at Houston (9-6)	20 23†	Indianapolis* (9-6) at Cleveland* (10-5)	21 38	Cleveland (11-5) at Denver (11-4-1)	33 38	Minnesota (10-7) at Washington (12-4)	10 17	Minnesota (9-7) at San Francisco* (13-2)	36 24	Minnesota (8-7) at New Orleans (12-3)	44 10
		Houston (10-6) at Denver* (10-4-1)	10 34					Washington* (11-4) at Chicago* (11-4)	21 17

* Denotes Wildcard Team | Tiebreakers: Schedule reduced from 16 to 15 games due to players' strike. New England finished ahead of Miami based on head-to-head sweep (2-0). Houston was first wildcard ahead of Seattle based on better conference record (7-4 to Seahawks' 5-6). Chicago was second playoff seed ahead of Washington based on better conference record (9-2 to Redskins' 9-3). Dallas finished ahead of St. Louis and Philadlephia based on better division record (4-4 to Cardinals' and Eagles' 3-5). St. Louis finished ahead of Philadelphia based on better conference record (7-7 to Eagles' 4-7). Tampa Bay finished ahead of Detroit based on better division record (3-4 to Lions' 2-5).
1987 NFL Standings
American Football Conference
Eastern			Central			Western
Indianapolis Colts New England Patriots Miami Dolphins Buffalo Bills New York Jets	9-6-0 8-7-0 8-7-0 7-8-0 6-9-0	0.600 0.533 0.533 0.467 0.400	Cleveland Browns Houston Oilers* Pittsburgh Steelers Cincinnati Bengals	10-5-0 9-6-0 8-7-0 4-11-0	0.667 0.600 0.533 0.267	Denver Broncos Seattle Seahawks* San Diego Chargers Los Angeles Raiders Kansas City Chiefs	10-4-1 9-6-0 8-7-0 5-10-0 4-11-0	0.700 0.600 0.533 0.333 0.267
National Football Conference
Eastern			Central			Western
Washington Redskins St. Louis Cardinals Dallas Cowboys Philadelphia Eagles New York Giants	11-4-0 7-8-0 7-8-0 7-8-0 6-9-0	0.733 0.467 0.467 0.467 0.400	Chicago Bears Minnesota Vikings* Green Bay Packers Tampa Bay Buccaneers Detroit Lions	11-4-0 8-7-0 5-9-1 4-11-0 4-11-0	0.733 0.533 0.367 0.267 0.267	San Francisco 49ers New Orleans Saints* Los Angeles Rams Atlanta Falcons	13-2-0 12-3-0 6-9-0 3-12-0	0.867 0.800 0.400 0.200

* Denotes night game | † Denotes Overtime
Washington 1987 Schedule
Date		Opponent	Score
Regular Season (11-4)
Sun	9/13	Philadelphia	W	34-24
Sun	9/20	at Atlanta	L	20-21
Sun	9/27	New England		DNP
Sun	10/4	St. Louis	W	28-21
Sun	10/11	at N.Y. Giants	W	38-12
Mon*	10/19	at Dallas	W	13-7
Sun	10/25	N.Y. Jets	W	17-16
Sun	11/1	at Buffalo	W	27-7
Sun	11/8	at Philadelphia	L	27-31
Sun	11/15	Detroit	W	20-13
Mon*	11/23	L.A. Rams	L	26-30
Sun	11/29	N.Y. Giants	W	23-19
Sun	12/6	at St. Louis	W	34-17
Sun	12/13	Dallas	W	24-20
Sun	12/20	at Miami	L	21-23
Sat	12/26	at Minnesota	W	27-24†
Post Season
Sun	1/10	at Chicago	W	21-17
Sun	1/17	Minnesota	W	17-10

* Denotes night game | † Denotes Overtime | [m] Played in Milwaukee, WI
Denver 1987 Schedule
Date		Opponent	Score
Regular Season (10-4-1)
Sun	9/13	Seattle	W	40-17
Sun	9/20	at Green Bay [m]	T	17-17†
Mon*	9/28	at Cleveland		DNP
Sun	10/4	Houston	L	10-40
Mon*	10/12	L.A. Raiders	W	30-14
Sun	10/18	at Kansas City	W	26-17
Sun	10/25	at Minnesota	L	27-34
Sun	11/1	Detroit	W	34-0
Sun	11/8	at Buffalo	L	14-21
Mon*	11/16	Chicago	W	31-29
Sun	11/22	at L.A. Raiders	W	23-17
Sun	11/29	at San Diego	W	31-17
Sun	12/6	New England	W	31-20
Sun	12/13	at Seattle	L	21-28
Sat	12/19	Kansas City	W	20-17
Sun	12/27	San Diego	W	24-0
Post Season
Sun	1/10	Houston	W	34-10
Sun	1/17	Cleveland	W	38-33

Starting Lineups
WASHINGTON				DENVER
OFFENSE		DEFENSE		OFFENSE		DEFENSE
G.Clark	WR	C.Mann	LE	M.Jackson	WR	A.Townsend	LE
J.Jacoby	LT	D.Butz	DT	D.Studdard	LT	G.Kragen	NT
R.McKenzie	LG	D.Grant	DT	K.Bishop	LG	R.Jones	RE
J.Bostic	C	D.Manley	RE	M.Freeman	C	S.Fletcher	LOLB
R.C.Thielemann	RG	M.Kaufman	LLB	S.Humphries	RG	K.Mecklenburg	LILB
M.May	RT	N.Olkewicz	MLB	K.Lanier	RT	R.Hunley	RILB
C.Didier	TE	M.Coleman	RLB	C.Kay	TE	J.Ryan	ROLB
D.Warren	TE	D.Green	LCB	R.Nattiel	WR	M.Haynes	LCB
R.Sanders	WR	B.Wilburn	RCB	J.Elway	QB	S.Wilson	RCB
D.Williams	QB	A.Walton	SS	S.Winder	RB	D.Smith	SS
T.Smith	RB	T.Bowles	FS	G.Lang	RB	T.Lilly	FS

Substitutions
WASHINGTON		DENVER
OFFENSE	DEFENSE	OFFENSE	DEFENSE
J.Schroeder (QB)	M.Koch (DE)	G.Kubiak (QB)	W.Bowyer (DE)
R.Branch (RB)	S.Hamilton (DE)	K.Bell (RB)	F.Gilbert (DE)
K.Bryant (RB)	D.Hamel (NT)	T.Boddie (RB)	M.Brooks (LB)
K.Griffin (RB)	R.Caldwell (LB)	S.Sewell (RB)	R.Dennison (LB)
G.Rogers (RB)	K.Gouveia (LB)	V.Johnson (WR)	B.Klostermann (LB)
A.Monk (WR)	R.Milot (LB)	S.Watson (WR)	T.Lucas (LB)
E.Yarber (WR)	B.Davis (CB)	B.Micho (TE)	K.Clark (CB)
T.Orr (TE)	C.Vaughn (CB)	O.Mobley (TE)	B.Plummer (CB)
A.Jones (TE)	D.Woodberry (CB)	K.Kartz (T)	T.Braxton (S)
R.Kehr (G)	V.Dean (S)		J.Castille (S)
R.Grimm (T)			R.Robbins (S)
KICKERS		KICKERS
A.Haji-Sheikh (K)	S.Cox (P)	R.Karlis (K)	M.Horan (P)
DID NOT PLAY		DID NOT PLAY
		L.Lee (C)

Team Statistics
	WAS	DEN
FIRST DOWNS-Total Rushing Passing Penalty	25 13 11 1	18 6 10 2
3rd DOWN EFF.	9/15-60%	2/12-17%
4th DOWN EFF.	0/0-0%	0/0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS Total Offensive Plays Average Gain	602 72 8.4	327 61 5.4
NET RUSH YARDS Rushing Plays Average Gain	280 40 7.0	97 17 5.7
NET PASS YARDS Pass Att-Comp-INT Tackled-Yds Lost Gross Yards Passing	322 30-18-1 2-18 340	230 39-15-3 5-50 280
PUNTS-Yards Average Dist. Blocked	4-150 37.5 0	7-253 36.1 0
RETURN YARDS-Total Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interception Returns	57 1-0 3-46 3-11	106 2-18 5-88 1-0
PENALTIES-yards	6-65	5-26
TOTAL TURNOVERS Fumbles-Lost Had Intercepted	1 1-0 1	3 0-0 3
TOUCHDOWNS-Total Rushing Passing Returns	6 2 4 0	1 0 1 0
EXTRA POINTS-Made Kicking-Made/Att Blocked	6 6/6 0	1 1/1 0
FIELD GOALS-Made/Att Blocked	0/1 0	1/2 0
SAFETIES	0	0
TOTAL POINTS	42	10
T.O.P.	35:15	24:45

Scoring Summary
Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
WASHINGTON	0	35	0	7	42
DENVER	10	0	0	0	10

1st Quarter

DEN - R.Nattiel, 56 yard pass from J.Elway. R.Karlis kick. 1-56, TOP 0:08 (1:57)
DEN - R.Karlis, 24 yard FG. 6-61, TOP 2:05 (5:51)

2nd Quarter

WAS - R.Sanders, 80 yard pass from D.Williams. A.Haji-Sheikh kick. 1-80, TOP 0:10 (0:53)
WAS - G.Clark, 27 yard pass from D.Williams. A.Haji-Sheikh kick. 5-64, TOP 2:44 (4:45)
WAS - T.Smith, 58 yard rush. A.Haji-Sheikh kick. 2-74, TOP 0:51 (6:27)
WAS - R.Sanders, 50 yard pass from D.Williams. A.Haji-Sheikh kick. 3-60, TOP 0:52 (11:18)
WAS - C.Didier, 8 yard pass from D.Williams. A.Haji-Sheikh kick. 7-79, TOP 1:10 (13:56)

4th Quarter

WAS - T.Smith, 4 yard rush. A.Haji-Sheikh kick. 4-68, TOP 2:03 (1:51)

Redskins QB Doug Williams is surrounded by media after the game. (Washington Post)

Individual Statistics

WASHINGTON REDSKINS

DENVER BRONCOS

PASSING

	AT	CMP	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	YDS/CMP	SK/YD
D.Williams	29	18	62.1	340	4	1	18.9	1/10
J.Schroeder	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1/8
TOTAL	30	18	60.0	340	4	1	18.9	2/18

PASSING

	AT	CMP	PCT	YDS	INT	YDS/CMP	SK/YD
J.Elway	38	14	36.8	257	3	18.4	5/50
S.Sewell	1	1	100.0	23	0	23.0	0/0
TOTAL	39	15	38.5	280	3	18.7	5/50

RUSHING

	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
T.Smith	22	204	9.3	58t	2
K.Bryant	8	38	4.8	15	0
G.Rogers	5	17	3.4	5	0
D.Williams	2	-2	-1.0	-1	0
G.Clark	1	25	25.0	25	0
K.Griffin	1	2	2.0	2	0
R.Sanders	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
TOTAL	40	280	7.0	58t	2

RUSHING

	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG
S.Winder	8	30	3.8	13
G.Lang	5	38	7.6	13
J.Elway	3	32	10.7	21
S.Sewell	1	-3	-3.0	-3
TOTAL	17	97	5.7	21

RECEIVING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
R.Sanders	9	193	21.4	80t	2
G.Clark	3	55	18.3	27t	1
D.Warren	2	15	7.5	9	0
A.Monk	1	40	40.0	40	0
K.Bryant	1	20	20.0	20	0
T.Smith	1	9	9.0	9	0
C.Didier	1	8	8.0	8t	1
TOTAL	18	340	18.9	80t	4

RECEIVING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
M.Jackson	4	76	19.0	32	1
S.Sewell	4	41	10.3	18	0
R.Nattiel	2	69	24.5	56t	0
C.Kay	2	38	19.0	27	0
S.Winder	1	26	26.0	26	0
J.Elway	1	23	23.0	23	1
G.Lang	1	7	7.0	7	0
TOTAL	15	280	18.7	56t	1

PUNTING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	IN20	TB
S.Cox	4	150	37.5	42	0	0

PUNTING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	IN20	TB
M.Horan	7	253	36.1	43	1	1

PUNT RETURNS

	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
D.Green	1	1	0	0.0	0	0

PUNT RETURNS

	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
K.Clark	2	0	18	9.0	9	0

KICKOFF RETURNS

	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
R.Sanders	3	0	46	15.3	16	0

KICKOFF RETURNS

	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
K.Bell	5	0	88	17.6	21	0

INTERCEPTIONS BY

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
B.Wilburn	2	11	5.5	11
B.Davis	1	0	0.0	0
TOTAL	3	11	3.7	11

INTERCEPTIONS BY

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
J.Castille	1	0	0.0	0	0

FUMBLES

WASHINGTON	FUM	OWN-REC	YDS	TD	FRCD	OPP-REC	YDS	TD	OOB
R.Sanders	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R.Caldwell	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DENVER	FUM	OWN-REC	YDS	TD	FRCD	OPP-REC	YDS	TD	OOB
NONE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Defensive Statistics

(Tackles are not an official stat, hence some variation from source to source)

WASHINGTON REDSKINS

REGULAR DEFENSIVE PLAYS

SPECIAL TEAMS

MISC

TKL

AST

COM

SCK/

YDS

INT

TKL

AST

TKL

AST

A.Walton

2.0

25.5

T.Bowles

0.0

B.Wilburn

0.0

D.Manley

1.5

10.5

C.Mann

1.0

10.0

M.Kaufman

0.0

D.Butz

0.0

M.Coleman

0.5

4.0

D.Grant

0.0

B.Davis

0.0

C.Vaughn

0.0

N.Olkewicz

0.0

D.Green

0.0

T.Orr

0.0

J.Bostic

0.0

R.Caldwell

0.0

D.Hamel

0.0

V.Dean

0.0

TOTAL

5.0

50.0

TKL = Tackle
PD = Pass Defense

AST = Assist
FF = Forced Fumble

COM = Combined
FR = Fumble Recovery

INT = Interception
BL = Blocked

DENVER BRONCOS

REGULAR DEFENSIVE PLAYS

SPECIAL TEAMS

MISC

TKL

AST

COM

SCK/

YDS

INT

TKL

AST

TKL

AST

D.Smith

K.Mecklenburg

1.0

8.0

R.Jones

1.0

10.0

F.Gilbert

0.0

S.Fletcher

0.0

M.Haynes

0.0

J.Ryan

0.0

S.Wilson

0.0

T.Lilly

0.0

A.Townsend

0.0

G.Kragen

0.0

J.Castille

0.0

R.Dennison

0.0

R.Hunley

0.0

R.Robbins

0.0

K.Clark

0.0

B.Micho

0.0

B.Klostermann

0.0

K.Bell

0.0

R.Nattiel

0.0

TOTAL

2.0

18.0

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