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"I'm sure going to enjoy getting my Super Bowl ring. But I understand how he feels right now. I've been there once or twice myself."
-Giants K Matt Bahr, on Bills K Scott Norwood, who missed a 47-yard game winning field goal with eight seconds left

Super Bowl XXV

January 27, 1991 - Tampa Stadium - Tampa, FL

Buffalo Bills (15-3)		New York Giants (15-3)

	San Francisco -55 Denver -10

Super Bowl XXV Quick Stats
Date:	January 27, 1991
Location:	Tampa Stadium - Tampa, FL
Surface:	Outdoors on grass
Game Weather:	Mostly Cloudy
Conditions:	Temp: 71 F Humidity: ? Wind: SE 5mph
Attendance:	73,813
Kickoff Time:	6:00 P.M. Eastern
Commentary:	Al Michaels, Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf (ABC)
Officials:	Referee: Jerry Seeman (70), Umpire: Art Demmas (78), Line Judge: Dick McKenzie (41), Side Judge: Larry Nemmers (20), Head Linesman: Sid Semon (109), Back Judge: Banks Williams (99), Field Judge: Jack Vaughan (93)
Pre-Game Show:	Ftr: Up With People, Dennis Edwards, Eddie Kendrick, David Ruffin, Cory Wells, Danny Hutton, Jeffrey Osborne, and the Introduction of the Silver Anniversay Super Bowl Team
National Anthem:	Whitney Houston
Coin Toss:	Pete Rozelle
Halftime Show:	"A Small World Salute to 25 Years of the Super Bowl" Ftr: New Kids on the Block Producer: Disney
Winner Share:	$36,000
Loser Share:	$18,000
Ticket Price:	$150 or $200, depending on seat location
Favorite:	Buffalo by 7 pts.
TV Rating:	41.8, 63 share (ABC)
Most Valuable Player:	Giants RB Ottis Anderson (21 for 102 yds, 1 TD; 1 rec, 7 yds)

* Denotes Division Champion | † Denotes Overtime
1990 NFL Playoffs
AFC Wildcard		AFC Divisional		AFC Conference		NFC Conference		NFC Divisional		NFC Wildcard
5. Kansas City (11-5) at 4. Miami (12-4)	16 17	4. Miami (13-4) at 1. Buffalo* (13-3)	34 44	2. L.A. Raiders (13-4) at 1. Buffalo (14-3)	3 51	2. N.Y. Giants (14-3) at 1. San Francisco (15-2)	15 13	5. Washington (11-6) at 1. San Francisco* (14-2)	10 28	5. Washington (10-6) at 4. Philadelphia (10-6)	20 6
6. Houston (9-7) at 3. Cincinnati* (9-7)	14 41	3. Cincinnati (10-7) at 2. L.A. Raiders* (12-4)	10 20					3. Chicago (12-5) at 2. N.Y. Giants* (13-3)	3 31	6. New Orleans (8-8) at 3. Chicago* (11-5)	6 16

* Denotes Wildcard Team | Tiebreakers: Cincinnati finished ahead of Houston and Pittsburgh based on head-to-head record (3-1 to Oilers' 2-2 to Steelers' 1-3). Houston was wildcard based on better conference record (8-4) than Seattle (7-5) and Pittsburgh (6-6). Philadelphia finished ahead of Washington based on better division record (5-3 to Redskins' 4-4). Tampa Bay finished second in division based on head-to-head record (5-1) against Detroit (2-4), Green Bay (3-3), and Minnesota (2-4). Detroit finished ahead of Green Bay based on best net division points (-8 to Packers' -40). Green Bay finished ahead of Minnesota based on better conference record (5-7 to Vikings' 4-8). L.A. Rams finished ahead of Atlanta based on net points in division (+1 to Falcons' -31).
1990 NFL Standings
American Football Conference
Eastern			Central			Western
Buffalo Bills Miami Dolphins* Indianapolis Colts New York Jets New England Patriots	13-3-0 12-4-0 7-9-0 6-10-0 1-15-0	0.813 0.750 0.438 0.375 0.063	Cincinnati Bengals Houston Oilers* Pittsburgh Steelers Cleveland Browns	9-7-0 9-7-0 9-7-0 3-13-0	0.563 0.563 0.563 0.188	Los Angeles Raiders Kansas City Chiefs* Seattle Seahawks San Diego Chargers Denver Broncos	12-4-0 11-5-0 9-7-0 6-10-0 5-11-0	0.750 0.688 0.563 0.375 0.313
National Football Conference
Eastern			Central			Western
New York Giants Philadelphia Eagles* Washington Redskins* Dallas Cowboys Phoenix Cardinals	13-3-0 10-6-0 10-6-0 7-9-0 5-11-0	0.813 0.625 0.625 0.438 0.313	Chicago Bears Tampa Bay Buccaneers Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers Minnesota Vikings	11-5-0 6-10-0 6-10-0 6-10-0 6-10-0	0.688 0.375 0.375 0.375 0.375	San Francisco 49ers New Orleans Saints* Los Angeles Rams Atlanta Falcons	14-2-0 8-8-0 5-11-0 5-11-0	0.875 0.500 0.313 0.313

* Denotes night game | † Denotes Overtime
Buffalo 1990 Schedule
Date		Opponent	Score
Regular Season (13-3)
Sun	9/9	Indianapolis	W	26-10
Sun	9/16	at Miami	L	7-30
Mon*	9/24	at N.Y. Jets	W	30-7
Sun	9/30	Denver	W	29-28
Sun*	10/7	L.A. Raiders	W	38-24
Sun	10/14	BYE
Sun	10/21	N.Y. Jets	W	30-27
Sun	10/28	at New England	W	27-10
Sun	11/4	at Cleveland	W	42-0
Sun	11/11	Phoenix	W	45-14
Sun	11/18	New England	W	14-0
Mon*	11/26	at Houston	L	24-27
Sun	12/2	Philadelphia	W	30-23
Sun	12/9	at Indianapolis	W	31-7
Sat	12/15	at N.Y. Giants	W	17-13
Sun	12/23	Miami	W	24-14
Sun	12/30	at Washington	L	14-29
Post Season
Sat	1/12	Miami	W	44-34
Sun	1/20	L.A. Raiders	W	51-3

* Denotes night game | † Denotes Overtime
New York 1990 Schedule
Date		Opponent	Score
Regular Season (13-3)
Sun	9/9	Philadelphia	W	27-20
Sun	9/16	at Dallas	W	28-7
Sun	9/23	Miami	W	20-3
Sun	9/30	Dallas	W	31-17
Sun	10/7	BYE
Sun	10/14	at Washington	W	24-20
Sun	10/21	Phoenix	W	20-19
Sun	10/28	Washington	W	21-10
Mon*	11/5	at Indianapolis	W	24-7
Sun	11/11	at L.A. Rams	W	31-7
Sun	11/18	Detroit	W	20-0
Sun	11/25	at Philadelphia	L	13-31
Mon*	12/3	at San Francisco	L	3-7
Sun	12/9	Minnesota	W	23-15
Sat	12/15	Buffalo	L	13-17
Sun	12/23	at Phoenix	W	24-21
Sun	12/30	at New England	W	13-10
Post Season
Sun	1/13	Chicago	W	31-3
Sun	1/20	at San Francisco	W	15-13

Starting Lineups
BUFFALO				NEW YORK
OFFENSE		DEFENSE		OFFENSE		DEFENSE
J.Lofton	WR	L.Seals	LE	M.Ingram	WR	E.Dorsey	LE
W.Wolford	LT	J.Wright	NT	J.Elliott	LT	E.Howard	NT
J.Richter	LG	B.Smith	RE	W.Roberts	LG	L.Marshall	RE
K.Hull	C	C.Bennett	LOLB	B.Oates	C	C.Banks	LOLB
J.Davis	RG	S.Conlan	LILB	E.Moore	RG	S.DeOssie	LILB
H.Ballard	RT	R.Bentley	RILB	D.Riesenberg	RT	P.Johnson	RILB
K.McKeller	TE	D.Talley	ROLB	M.Bavaro	TE	L.Taylor	ROLB
A.Reed	WR	K.Jackson	LCB	S.Baker	WR	M.Collins	LCB
J.Kelly	QB	N.Odomes	RCB	J.Hostetler	QB	E.Walls	RCB
T.Thomas	RB	L.Smith	SS	O.Anderson	RB	G.Jackson	SS
J.Mueller	FB	M.Kelso	FS	M.Carthon	FB	M.Guyton	FS

Substitutions
BUFFALO		NEW YORK
OFFENSE	DEFENSE	OFFENSE	DEFENSE
F.Reich (QB)	G.Baldinger (NT)	L.Rouson (RB)	R.Thompson (CB)
C.Gardner (RB)	J.Hagy (S)	B.Williams (G/C)	D.Whitmore (S)
G.Parker (T)	D.Drane (S)	S.Robinson (WR)	G.Reasons (LB)
P.Metzelaars (TE)	M.Pike (DE)	D.Meggett (RB)	M.Fox (DE)
K.Davis (RB)	C.Hicks (CB)	B.Kratch (G)	P.Williams (CB)
M.Frerotte (G)	C.Bailey (LB)	T.Kyles (WR)	R.Brown (CB)
A.Edwards (WR)	H.Garner (LB)	L.Tillman (RB)	L.McGrew (LB)
S.Tasker (WR)	J.Williams (CB)	B.Mrosko (TE)	J.Cooks (LB)
D.Smith (RB)	M.Lodish (DT)	H.Cross (TE)	D.Duerson (S)
A.Lingner (C)			B.Abrams (LB)
B.Rolle (TE)			J.Washington (DE)
KICKERS		KICKERS
S.Norwood (K)	R.Tuten (P)	M.Bahr (K)	S.Landeta (P)
DID NOT PLAY		DID NOT PLAY
G.Gilbert (QB)		M.Cavanaugh (QB)

Team Statistics
	BUF	NYG
FIRST DOWNS-Total Rushing Passing Penalty	18 8 9 1	24 10 13 1
3rd DOWN EFF.	1/8-13%	9/16-56%
4th DOWN EFF.	0/0-0%	0/1-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS Total Offensive Plays Average Gain	371 56 6.6	386 73 5.3
NET RUSH YARDS Rushing Plays Average Gain	166 25 6.6	172 39 4.4
NET PASS YARDS Pass Att-Comp-INT Tackled-Yds Lost Gross Yards Passing	205 30-18-0 1-7 212	214 32-20-0 2-8 222
PUNTS-Yards Average Dist. Blocked	6-233 38.8 0	4-175 43.8 0
RETURN YARDS-Total Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interception Returns	114 0-0 6-114 0-0	85 2-37 3-48 0-0
PENALTIES-yards	6-35	5-31
TOTAL TURNOVERS Fumbles-Lost Had Intercepted	0 1-0 0	0 0-0 0
TOUCHDOWNS-Total Rushing Passing Returns	2 2 0 0	2 1 1 0
EXTRA POINTS-Made Kicking-Made/Att Blocked	2 2/2 0	2 2/2 0
FIELD GOALS-Made/Att Blocked	1/2 0	2/2 0
SAFETIES	1	0
TOTAL POINTS	19	20
T.O.P.	19:27	40:33

Scoring Summary
Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BUFFALO	3	9	0	7	19
NEW YORK	3	7	7	3	20

1st Quarter

NYG - M.Bahr, 28 yard FG. 11-58, TOP 6:15 (7:46)
BUF - S.Norwood, 23 yard FG. 6-66, TOP 1:23 (9:09)

2nd Quarter

BUF - D.Smith, 1 yard rush. S.Norwood kick. 12-80, TOP 4:27 (2:30)
BUF - B.Smith, sacked J.Hostetler in endzone for safety. 0-00, TOP 0:00 (6:33)
NYG - S.Baker, 14 pass from J.Hostetler. M.Bahr kick. 10-87, TOP 3:24 (14:35)

3rd Quarter

NYG - O.Anderson, 1 yard rush. M.Bahr kick. 14-75, TOP 9:29 (9:29)

4th Quarter

BUF - T.Thomas, 31 yard rush. S.Norwood kick. 4-63, TOP 1:27 (0:08)
NYG - M.Bahr, 21 yard FG. 13-74, TOP 7:32 (7:40)

Bills K Scott Norwood makes the now-infamous attempt. (?)

Individual Statistics

BUFFALO BILLS

NEW YORK GIANTS

PASSING

	AT	CMP	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	YDS/CMP	SK/YD
J.Kelly	30	18	60.0	212	0	0	11.8	1/7

PASSING

	AT	CMP	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	YDS/CMP	SK/YD
J.Hostetler	32	20	62.5	222	1	0	11.1	2/86

RUSHING

	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
T.Thomas	15	135	9.0	31t	1
J.Kelly	6	23	3.8	9	0
K.Davis	2	4	2.0	3	0
J.Mueller	1	3	3.0	3	0
D.Smith	1	1	1.0	1t	1
TOTAL	25	166	6.6	31t	2

RUSHING

	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
O.Anderson	21	102	4.9	24	1
D.Meggett	9	48	5.3	17	0
M.Carthon	3	12	4.0	5	0
J.Hostetler	6	10	1.7	5	0
TOTAL	39	172	4.4	24	1

RECEIVING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
A.Reed	8	62	7.8	20
T.Thomas	5	55	11.0	15
K.Davis	2	23	11.5	19
K.McKeller	2	11	5.5	6
J.Lofton	1	61	61	61.0
TOTAL	18	212	11.8	61

RECEIVING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
M.Ingram	5	74	14.8	22	0
M.Bavaro	5	50	10.0	19	0
H.Cross	4	39	9.8	13	0
S.Baker	2	31	15.5	17	1
D.Meggett	2	18	9.0	11	0
O.Anderson	1	7	7.0	7	0
M.Carthon	1	3	3.0	3	0
TOTAL	20	222	11.1	22	1

PUNTING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	IN20	TB
R.Tuten	6	233	38.8	47	2	0

PUNTING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	IN20	TB
S.Landeta	4	175	43.8	54	2	1

PUNT RETURNS

	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
A.Edwards	0	3	0	0.0	0	0

PUNT RETURNS

	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
D.Meggett	2	3	37	18.5	20	0

KICKOFF RETURNS

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
D.Smith	4	66	16.5	24
A.Edwards	2	48	24.0	33
TOTAL	6	114	19.0	33

KICKOFF RETURNS

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
D.Meggett	2	26	13.0	16
D.Duerson	1	22	22.0	22
TOTAL	3	48	16.0	22

INTERCEPTIONS BY

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
TOTAL	0	0	0.0	0	0

INTERCEPTIONS BY

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
TOTAL	0	0	0.0	0	0

FUMBLES

BUFFALO	FUM	OWN-REC	YDS	TD	FRCD	OPP-REC	YDS	TD	OOB
D.Smith	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NEW YORK	FUM	OWN-REC	YDS	TD	FRCD	OPP-REC	YDS	TD	OOB
TOTAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Defensive Statistics

BUFFALO BILLS

REGULAR DEFENSIVE PLAYS

SPECIAL TEAMS

MISC

TKL

AST

COM

SCK/

YDS

INT

TKL

AST

TKL

AST

S.Conlan

0.0

L.Smith

0.0

J.Wright

1.0

C.Bennett

0.0

M.Kelso

0.0

L.Seals

0.0

B.Smith

1.0

7.0

R.Bentley

0.0

D.Talley

0.0

N.Odomes

0.0

K.Jackson

0.0

C.Bailey

0.0

G.Baldinger

0.0

M.Lodish

0.0

M.Pike

0.0

J.Williams

0.0

D.Drane

0.0

C.Hicks

0.0

S.Tasker

0.0

R.Tuten

0.0

D.Smith

0.0

C.Gardner

0.0

J.Mueller

0.0

TOTAL

2.0

8.0

TKL = Tackle
PD = Pass Defense

AST = Assist
FF = Forced Fumble

COM = Combined
FR = Fumble Recovery

INT = Interception
BL = Blocked

NEW YORK GIANTS

REGULAR DEFENSIVE PLAYS

SPECIAL TEAMS

MISC

TKL

AST

COM

SCK/

YDS

INT

TKL

AST

TKL

AST

M.Collins

0.0

C.Banks

0.0

E.Walls

0.0

E.Howard

0.0

G.Jackson

0.0

R.Thompson

0.0

G.Reasons

0.0

P.Johnson

0.0

P.Williams

0.0

M.Guyton

0.0

L.Marshall

1.0

7.0

L.Taylor

0.0

M.Bahr

0.0

L.Rouson

0.0

B.Abrams

0.0

R.Brown

0.0

TOTAL

1.0

7.0

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