This is part seven in FanHouse's nine-part series examining memorable moments and players from past Super Bowl games played in Miami. Coming next: Broncos running back Howard Griffith, Super Bowl XXXIII.
SUPER BOWL XXIX Date: Jan. 29, 1995 Site: Joe Robbie Stadium Score: 49ers 49, Chargers 26 (MVP: Steve Young)
This is the time of year that Andre Coleman's cell phone rings. Friends and colleagues he's come to know recently see Super Bowl highlights on television, hear his name, and commence dialing.
That was you?
Yes, it was.
As a rookie kickoff return man for the San Diego Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX, Coleman set a record for most return yards that stands 15 years later. Of course, the tradeoff was a 49-26 beatdown by the San Francisco 49ers, who got six touchdown passes (and no interceptions) in a near-flawless night from Steve Young.
This is part six in FanHouse's nine-part series examining memorable moments and players from past Super Bowl games played in Miami. Coming next: Chargers return specialist Andre Coleman, Super Bowl XXIX.
SUPER BOWL XXIII Date: Jan. 22, 1989 Site: Joe Robbie Stadium Score: 49ers 20, Bengals 16 (MVP: Jerry Rice)
Sometimes Ickey Woods is stopped these days by perfect strangers with the same request he's been getting for more than two decades.
His answer, likewise, is the same.
"I don't shuffle anymore," he says.
Oh, but there was time when Woods shuffled his way into our hearts -- and we shuffled with him.
San Francisco 49ers fans will only get to see seven regular-season home games in 2010, as the 49ers will "host" the Denver Broncos in London in October.
The Broncos announced on the team's web site that they will travel to London for a road game against the 49ers on Sunday, October 31.
Broncos owner Pat Bowlen said he's excited to be taking his team to Wembley Stadium:
They seemed to have it firmly in grasp for the past few weeks, but Sunday it became official: The St. Louis Rams will have the first overall draft pick in the 2010 NFL Draft.
The Rams "clinched" the worst record in the NFL Sunday when they lost to the San Francisco 49ers, 28-6. While the score is lopsided, the game was in doubt for much of the afternoon. The Rams actually held a 3-0 lead at halftime and trailed by only one (7-6) after a fourth-quarter field goal by Rams kicker Josh Brown.
The Niners must have gotten tired of toying around with what would have been a dubious loss, however, because they scored 21 points in the last seven and a half minutes. Vernon Davis caught a 73-yard touchdown strike from Alex Smith and Frank Gore twice punched it in from inside the 10 for touchdowns.