Super Bowl Summaries

Super Bowl XXIX
San Francisco 49, San Diego 26
MVP: QB Steve Young, San Francisco

January 29, 1995
Miami, Florida; Joe Robbie Stadium
Attendance: 74,107

Super Bowl XXIX
Photograph by: Peter Read Miller
Ricky Watters caught one of Young's Super Bowl-record six touchdown passes.

After years of being obscured by Joe Montana's ample shadow, Steve Young finally got the "he hasn't won a title" monkey off his back. The 49ers' fifth Super Bowl win was clinched both in the boardroom and on the field. San Francisco president Carmen Policy played the salary-cap game better than anyone else in the league, and free-agent signees such as Deion Sanders, Ken Norton Jr., Richard Dent and Rickey Jackson made the Niners' defense as good as their offense. Young threw for 325 yards and a record six touchdowns, and even led all rushers with 49 yards.

Super Bowl XXIX Drive Charts and Play-by-Play

San Francisco won the coin toss and elected to receive.
First quarter
San Francisco (15:00) Carney kick to SF 17, Carter 9 return (Coleman). San Diego penalized 15 for personal foul–facemask (D. Miller).
SF 41	1–10	Floyd 4 draw middle (O’Neal).
SF 45	2–6	S. Young 11 pass to Taylor left (Seau, Gibson).
SD 44	1–10	S. Young 44 pass to Rice deep middle (caught at SD 13), touchdown (13:36). Brien kicked extra point.
	San Francisco scoring drive: 59 yards, 3 plays, 1:24. San Francisco 7, San Diego 0
San Diego (13:36) Brien kick to SD 10, Coleman 5 return (Walker).
SD 15	1–10	Means 4 run left (Norton).
SD 19	2–6	Humphries 5 pass to Seay middle (Plummer).
SD 24	3–1	Humphries rollout right, pass to Jefferson overthrown, incomplete.
SD 24	4–1	Wagner 55 punt, downed by Harrison at SF 21.
San Francisco (11:58)
SF 21	1–10	Watters 1 run middle (Lee).
SF 22	2–9	S. Young 6 pass to Floyd right (Gordon).
SF 28	3–3	S. Young 21 scramble right (out of bounds).
SF 49	1–10	S. Young 51 pass to Watters middle (caught at SD 30), broke 2 tackles, touchdown (10:05). Brien kicked extra point.
	San Francisco scoring drive: 79 yards, 4 plays, 1:53. San Francisco 14, San Diego 0
San Diego (10:05) Brien kick 2 yards into end zone, Coleman 24 return (Cook).
SD 22	1–10	Humphries 3 pass to D. Young right (B. Young) (tipped at line by Brown).
SD 25	2–7	Humphries 6 pass to Harmon right (McDonald).
SD 31	3–1	Humphries 3 sneak middle (Plummer).
SD 34	1–10	Means 3 run left (Stubblefield, Norton).
SD 37	2–7	Means 3 run middle (Jackson).
SD 40	3–4	Humphries 17 pass to Harmon middle (McDonald).
SF 43	1–10	Humphries pass to Means thrown away, incomplete.
SF 43	2–10	Humphries 4 pass to Seay right (E. Davis).
SF 39	3–6	San Francisco penalized 5 for offsides (Stubblefield).
SF 34	3–1	Harmon 10 run right (E. Davis, Cook).
SF 24	1–10	Means 3 run left (Mann).
SF 21	2–7	Means 11 run right (Sanders).
SF 10	1–goal	Means 1 run left (Plummer).
SF 9	2–goal	Humphries pass to Jefferson middle end zone incomplete. Play nullified and San Francisco penalized 8 for pass interference (Sanders). Automatic first down. San Diego–first time out (2:48).
SF 1	1–goal	Means 1 dive right, touchdown (2:44). Carney kicked extra point.
	San Diego scoring drive: 78 yards, 13 plays, 7:21. San Francisco 14, San Diego 7
San Francisco (2:44) Carney kick to SF 12, Carter 18 return (Castle).
SF 30	1–10	S. Young rollout right, 19 pass to Rice (Seau).
SF 49	1–10	Rice 10 reverse right (Gordon). Rice hurt.
SD 41	1–10	S. Young pass to Jones right overthrown, incomplete.
SD 41	2–10	S. Young 12 pass to Taylor left (Harper).
SD 29	1–10	Watters run left, loss of 1 (Harper, Gibson), fumbled, ball went out of bounds.
SD 30	2–11	S. Young 15 scramble right (Seau).
	END OF FIRST QUARTER: San Francisco 14, San Diego 7
Second Quarter
SD 15	1–10	S. Young 3 pass to Rice right (Gordon).
SD 12	2–7	San Diego penalized 5 for offsides (R. Davis).
SD 7	2–2	Floyd 1 run middle (Gibson, Seau).
SD 6	3–1	S. Young 1 sneak middle (R. Davis).
SD 5	1–goal	S. Young 5 pass to Floyd middle, touchdown (13:02). Brien kicked extra point.
	San Francisco scoring drive: 70 yards, 10 plays, 4:42. San Francisco 21, San Diego 7
San Diego (13:02) Brien kick 1 yard into end zone, Coleman 21 return (Loville).
SD 20	1–10	Humphries sacked, loss of 9 (Stubblefield).
SD 11	2–19	Means 1 run middle (B. Young).
SD 12	3–18	Humphries pass to Martin right almost intercepted (Drakeford), incomplete.
SD 12	4–18	Wagner 45 punt, Carter 1 return (S. Mitchell).
San Francisco (11:30)
SF 44	1–10	S. Young deep pass to Taylor left overthrown, incomplete.
SF 44	2–10	S. Young 5 pass to McCaffrey left (Gibson).
SF 49	3–5	S. Young pass to McCaffrey left overthrown, incomplete.
SF 49	4–5	Wilmsmeyer 33 punt, Gordon no return (K. Mitchell).
San Diego (10:30)
SD 18	1–10	Means run right, no gain (Jackson). San Diego penalized 9 (half the distance) for unnecessary roughness (I. Davis).
SD 9	2–19	Humphries pressured, deep pass to Harmon right incomplete.
SD 9	3–19	Humphries pass to Pupunu left underthrown, incomplete.
SD 9	4–19	Wagner 40 punt (tipped by Walker for San Francisco), downed by Harrison at SD 49.
San Francisco (9:35)
SD 49	1–10	Floyd 3 run left (Seau).
SD 46	2–7	S. Young 8 pass to Jones middle (Gibson), incomplete.
SD 38	1–10	S. Young pass to Rice right broken up (Gordon), incomplete.
SD 38	2–10	S. Young 11 pass to Rice middle (Gordon).
SD 27	1–10	S. Young 4 pass to Taylor left (Harper).
SD 23	2–6	S. Young 8 pass to Rice left (Gibson).
SD 15	1–10	Floyd 6 draw right (Seau, Richard).
SD 9	2–4	Watters 1 draw middle (Mims). San Francisco–first time out (4:50).
SD 8	3–3	S. Young 8 swing pass to Watters left, touchdown (4:44). Brien kicked extra point.
	San Francisco scoring drive: 49 yards, 9 plays, 4:51. San Francisco 28, San Diego 7
San Diego (4:44) Brien kick to SD 5, Coleman 20 return (Jordan, McCaffrey).
SD 25	1–10	Means 2 run left (McDonald, Plummer).
SD 27	2–8	Humphries 17 pass to Seay left (Woodall).
SD 44	1–10	Jefferson 10 reverse right (Hanks).
SF 46	1–10	Humphries 33 screen pass to Bieniemy middle (McDonald).
SF 13	1–10	Humphries rollout left, pass to Martin in end zone broken up (E. Davis), incomplete. Two–Minute Warning.
SF 13	2–10	Humphries pass to Seay left end zone overthrown (Seay just missed diving catch), incomplete.
SF 13	3–10	Humphries pass to Pupunu middle broken up (McDonald), incomplete.
SF 13	4–10	Carney, 31–yard field goal (1:44).
	San Diego scoring drive: 62 yards, 7 plays, 3:00. San Francisco 28, San Diego 10
San Francisco (1:44) Carney kick to SF 12, Carter 11 return (Bieniemy).
SF 23	1–10	S. Young 33 pass to Jones deep right, out of bounds (Carrington).
SD 44	1–10	S. Young 6 pass to Floyd left (Seau, Griggs).
SD 38	2–4	S. Young 5 pass to Rice left (out of bounds).
SD 33	1–10	Watters 4 draw middle (Gibson).
SD 29	2–6	S. Young pass to Watters left incomplete.
SD 29	3–6	S. Young rollout left, pass to Jones overthrown, incomplete. San Francisco–second time out (:36).
SD 29	4–6	Brien’s 47–yard field–goal attempt was short and wide right.
San Diego (:30) (San Diego takes over at spot of field–goal attempt)
SD 37	1–10	Humphries 9 pass to Jefferson left (Sanders). San Diego–second time out (:24)
SD 46	2–1	Humphries pass to Harmon right incomplete. (Jackson tipped at line).
SD 46	3–1	Humphries deep pass to Martin middle goal line intercepted, E. Davis no return, touchback.
San Francisco (:10)
SF 20	1–10	Young knelt down, loss of 1.
	END OF SECOND QUARTER: San Francisco 28, San Diego 10
Third Quarter
San Diego (15:00) Brien kick to SD 2, Coleman 17 return (Jordan). San Diego penalized 9 (half the distance) for illegal block (Harrison).
SD 10	1–10	Means 5 run right (Brown).
SD 15	2–5	Bieniemy 3 run middle (Brown).
SD 18	3–2	Humphries pass to Martin left dropped, incomplete.
SD 18	4–2	Wagner 55 punt, Carter 11 return (Harrison).
San Francisco (13:20)
SF 38	1–10	S. Young 16 pass to Rice right (out of bounds).
SD 46	1–10	Watters 1 run right (Gibson, Seau).
SD 45	2–9	S. Young sacked, loss of 8 (Johnson).
SF 47	3–17	S. Young 21 pass to Rice middle (Richard).
SD 32	1–10	S. Young 16 pass to Taylor left (Carrington). Holding on San Diego (Gibson) declined.
SD 16	1–10	Watters 2 draw middle (Gibson, Lee).
SD 14	2–8	Watters run middle, no gain (R. Davis). Play nullified and San Diego penalized 5 for offsides (O’Neal).
SD 9	2–3	Watters 9 run middle, cutback left, touchdown (9:35). Brien kicked extra point.
	San Francisco scoring drive: 62 yards, 7 plays, 3:45. San Francisco 35, San Diego 10
San Diego (9:35) Brien kick to SD 4, Coleman 33 return (D. Hall).
SD 37	1–10	Humphries 4 pass to Means left flat (Norton).
SD 41	2–6	Humphries 23 pass to Pupunu left (Norton).
SF 36	1–10	Means 3 run left (Norton).
SF 33	2–7	Humphries pass to Seay right underthrown, incomplete.
SF 33	3–7	Humphries pass to Jefferson middle broken up (McDonald), incomplete.
SF 33	4–7	Humphries pass to Martin broken up (E. Davis), incomplete. Pass interference against San Diego (Seay) declined.
San Francisco (7:25)
SF 33	1–10	S. Young 9 pass to Floyd right (Griggs).
SF 42	2–1	Floyd 2 run middle (Mims).
SF 44	1–10	S. Young deep pass to Rice right overthrown, incomplete.
SF 44	2–10	S. Young sacked, loss of 4 (Seau).
SF 40	3–14	S. Young pass to Rice right incomplete. Play nullified and San Diego penalized 22 for pass interference (Gordon).
SD 38	1–10	Watters 13 run right end (Carrington).
SD 25	1–10	Watters run middle, no gain (Lee).
SD 25	2–10	S. Young 13 scramble left (out of bounds).
SD 12	1–10	Watters run wide right, loss of 3 (Gordon).
SD 15	2–13	S. Young pass to Taylor right overthrown, incomplete. San Francisco–first time out (3:25).
SD 15	3–13	S. Young 15 pass to Rice crossing right (caught at SD 3), touchdown (3:18). Brien kicked extra point.
	San Francisco scoring drive: 67 yards, 10 plays, 4:07. San Francisco 42, San Diego 10
San Diego (3:18) Brien kick to SD 2, Coleman 98 return middle, then left sideline, touchdown (3:01). Humphries pass to Seay middle for 2–point conversion.
	San Diego scoring drive: 98–yard kickoff return, :17. San Francisco 42, San Diego 18
San Francisco (3:01) Carney kick to SF 18, Carter 10 return (Hendrickson).
SF 28	1–10	S. Young pass to Taylor broken up (Griggs), incomplete.
SF 28	2–10	S. Young sacked, loss of 3 (Johnson).
SF 25	3–13	S. Young 2 pass to Watters right (Clark).
SF 27	4–11	Wilmsmeyer 45 punt, Gordon fair catch.
San Diego (1:22)
SD 28	1–10	Humphries pass to Jefferson left broken up (Hanks), incomplete.
SD 28	2–10	Humphries 6 pass to Jefferson right (E. Davis).
SD 34	3–4	Humphries 3 pass to Pupunu right (Drakeford).
SD 37	4–1	Means run left, loss of 4 (D. Hall, Woodall).
San Francisco (:08) (Yard–line difference because of change of possession.)
SD 32	1–10	S. Young pass deflected at line (O’Neal), incomplete.
SD 32	2–10	Watters 8 run right (out of bounds).
	END OF THIRD QUARTER: San Francisco 42, San Diego 18
Fourth Quarter
SD 24	3–2	Watters 13 run right (Carrington).
SD 11	1–10	Watters 4 run middle (Gibson).
SD 7	2–6	S. Young rollout left, pass to Rice underthrown, incomplete.
SD 7	3–6	S. Young 7 pass to Rice left, touchdown (13:49). Brien kicked extra point.
	San Francisco scoring drive: 32 yards, 6 plays, 1:19. San Francisco 49, San Diego 18
San Diego (13:49) Brien kick to SD 12, Coleman 26 return (Walker).
SD 38	1–10	Humphries 5 pass to Harmon right (E. Davis).
SD 43	2–5	Humphries pass to Martin right incomplete.
SD 43	3–5	Humphries 7 pass to Harmon left (McDonald).
50	1–10	Humphries pass to Jefferson deep right incomplete. Humphries hurt.
50	2–10	Gilbert 8 scramble middle (Brown).
SF 42	3–2	Gilbert 6 pass to Seay right (E. Davis).
SF 36	1–10	Harmon run right, no gain (Drakeford).
SF 36	2–10	Gilbert 5 pass to Pupunu right. Play nullified and San Francisco penalized 5 for offsides (Wilson).
SF 31	2–5	Gilbert 20 pass to Harmon middle (McDonald).
SF 11	1–10	Gilbert 4 pass to Harmon right (Drakeford).
SF 7	2–6	Gilbert pass to Pupunu middle broken up (Drakeford), incomplete.
SF 7	3–6	Gilbert pass to Jefferson left broken up (Sanders), incomplete.
SF 7	4–6	Gilbert pass middle intercepted 1 yard into end zone, Sanders 15 return (Harmon).
San Francisco (9:41)
SF 14	1–10	Floyd 6 run right (Mims, Gibson).
SF 20	2–4	Floyd 5 run middle (Griggs).
SF 25	1–10	Floyd run left, no gain (Griggs).
SF 25	2–10	Watters run middle, loss of 3 (Mims).
SF 22	3–13	S. Young deep pass to Sanders middle broken up (Richard), incomplete.
SF 22	4–13	Wilmsmeyer 46 punt, Gordon muffed at SD 32, Bush recovered for San Diego at SD 28.
San Diego (6:47)
SD 28	1–10	Humphries pass to Harmon right, no gain (Harris).
SD 28	2–10	Humphries deep pass to Martin right intercepted at SF 27, Cook 1 return (Pupunu).
San Francisco (6:08)
SF 28	1–10	Watters run wide right, loss of 2 (Mims).
SF 26	2–12	Floyd 5 run left (O’Neal).
SF 31	3–7	Grbac pass to Singleton left overthrown, incomplete.
SF 31	4–7	Wilmsmeyer 37 punt, Gordon 1 return (Tamm).
San Diego (4:21)
SD 33	1–10	Humphries 8 pass to Seay right (Drakeford).
SD 41	2–2	Humphries pass to Seay left broken up (Hanks), incomplete.
SD 41	3–2	Humphries 4 pass to Pupunu right (Cook).
SD 45	1–10	Humphries deep pass to Jefferson right overthrown, incomplete.
SD 45	2–10	Humphries 12 pass to Martin left (Sanders).
SF 43	1–10	Humphries sacked, loss of 9 (Harris, Brown).
SD 48	2–19	Humphries 22 pass to Seay middle (McDonald).
SF 30	1–10	Humphries 30 pass to Martin middle end zone, touchdown (2:25). Humphries rollout right, pass to Pupunu for 2–point conversion.
	San Diego scoring drive: 67 yards, 8 plays, 1:56. San Francisco 49, San Diego 26
San Francisco (2:25) Carney onside kick to SD 38, McCaffrey covered for San Francisco.
SD 38	1–10	Carter run right, loss of 6, fumbled, ball went out at SF 47. San Francisco–second time out (2:14).
SF 47	2–25	Carter 1 run left (Seau). Two–Minute Warning.
SF 48	3–24	Musgrave 6 pass to Popson middle (Seau, Griggs). San Diego–first time out (1:48).
SD 46	4–18	Wilmsmeyer 38 punt, Gordon fair catch.
San Diego (1:39)
SD 8	1–10	Humphries 13 pass to Seay left (D. Hall, Norton).
SD 21	1–10	Humphries pass to Martin left incomplete.
SD 21	2–10	Humphries 18 pass to Pupunu right (Cook). San Diego–second time out (:52).
SD 39	1–10	Humphries pass to Seay middle overthrown, incomplete.
SD 39	2–10	Humphries 17 pass to Martin middle (McDonald).
SF 44	1–10	Humphries 9 pass to Harmon right (Norton). San Diego–third time out (:16).
SF 35	2–1	Humphries pass to Martin right overthrown, incomplete.
SF 35	3–1	Humphries pass to Jefferson right overthrown, incomplete.
SF 35	4–1	Humphries pass to Jefferson left overthrown, incomplete.
	FINAL SCORE: San Francisco 49, San Diego 26
	FINAL RECORDS: San Francisco 16–3, San Diego 13–6

Super Bowl XXIX Possession and Drives

San Diego
First Quarter
    Time  Time  Time Ball   Drive No. Yds. Yds Net 1st Ball Ball    
 No   Recd  Lost  Poss Obtain Began Ply Gain Pen Yds Dwn Lost Given Up
1  13:36 11:58  1:38 Kickff SD15    3    9   0   9   0 SD24 Punt    
2  10:05  2:44  7:21 Kickff SD22   13   65  13  78   6 SF 1 TD      
Second Quarter
3  13:02 11:30  1:32 Kickff SD20    3   -8   0  -8   0 SD12 Punt    
4  10:30  9:35   :55 Punt   SD18    3    0  -9  -9   0 SD 9 Punt    
5   4:44  1:44  3:00 Kickff SD25    8   62   0  62   3 SF13 FG      
6    :30   :10   :20 MissFG SD37    3    9   0   9   0 SD46 Intercep
Third Quarter
7  15:00 13:20  1:40 Kickff SD10    3    8   0   8   0 SD18 Punt    
8   9:35  7:25  2:10 Kickff SD37    6   30   0  30   1 SF33 Downs   
9   1:22   :08  1:14 Punt   SD28    4    5   0   5   0 SD37 Downs   
Fourth Quarter
 10  13:49  9:41  4:08 Kickff SD38   12   50   5  55   3 SF 7 Intercep
 11   6:47  6:08   :39 Punt   SD28    2    0   0   0   0 SD28 Intercep
 12   4:21  2:25  1:56 Punt   SD33    8   67   0  67   4 SF30 TD      
 13   1:39  0:00  1:39 Punt   SD 8    9   57   0  57   3 SF35 Downs   


San Francisco
First Quarter
    Time  Time  Time Ball   Drive No. Yds. Yds Net 1st Ball Ball    
 No   Recd  Lost  Poss Obtain Began Ply Gain Pen Yds Dwn Lost Given Up
1  15:00 13:36  1:24 Kickff SF41    3   59   0  59   2 SD44 TD      
2  11:58 10:05  1:53 Punt   SF21    4   79   0  79   2 SF49 TD      
Second Quarter
3   2:44 13:02  4:42 Kickff SF30   10   65   5  70   6 SD 5 TD      
4  11:30 10:30  1:00 Punt   SF44    3    5   0   5   0 SF49 Punt    
5   9:35  4:44  4:51 Punt   SD49    9   49   0  49   4 SD 8 TD      
6   1:44   :30  1:14 Kickff SF23    7   48   0  48   2 SD29 MissedFG
7    :10  0:00   :10 Interc SF20    1   -1   0  -1   0 SF20 Half    
Third Quarter
8  13:20  9:35  3:45 Punt   SF38    7   57   5  62   4 SD 9 TD      
9   7:25  3:18  4:07 Downs  SF33   10   45  22  67   5 SD15 TD      
 10   3:01  1:22  1:39 Kickff SF28    3   -1   0  -1   0 SF27 Punt    
Fourth Quarter
 11    :08 13:49  1:19 Downs  SD32    6   32   0  32   2 SD 7 TD      
 12   9:41  6:47  2:54 Interc SF14    5    8   0   8   1 SF22 Punt    
 13   6:08  4:21  1:47 Interc SF28    3    3   0   3   0 SF31 Punt    
 14   2:25  1:39   :46 Kickff SD38    3   -8   0  -8   0 SD46 Punt    



               1st    2nd    3rd    4th   Total
San Diego       8:59   5:47   5:21   8:22   28:29
San Francisco   6:01   9:13   9:39   6:38   31:31

Super Bowl XXIX Boxscore

                           SCORING
San Diego                                   7  3  8  8 -- 26
San Francisco                              14 14 14  7 -- 49

SF-  Rice 44 pass from S. Young (Brien kick),  1:24 1st
SF-  Watters 51 pass from S. Young (Brien kick),  4:55 1st
SD-  Means 1 run  (Carney kick), 12:16 1st

SF-  Floyd 5 pass from S. Young (Brien kick),  1:58 2nd
SF-  Watters 8 pass from S. Young (Brien kick), 10:16 2nd
SD-  FG Carney 31, 13:16 2nd

SF-  Watters 9 run  (Brien kick),  5:25 3rd
SF-  Rice 15 pass from S. Young (Brien kick), 11:42 3rd
SD-  Coleman 98 kick return  (2-pt Seay from Humphries, T-Formation),11:59 3rd

SF-  Rice 7 pass from S. Young (Brien kick),  1:11 4th
SD-  Martin 30 pass from Humphries (2-pt Pupunu from Humphries, T-Formation),12:35 4th


TEAM STATISTICS                          S.D.           S.F.
Total First Downs                          20             28
  Rushing                                   5             10
  Passing                                  14             17
  Penalty                                   1              1
Total Net Yardage                         354            455
Total Offensive Plays                      76             73
  Average Gain per Offensive Play           4.7            6.2
Rushes                                     19             32
  Yards Gained Rushing (Net)               67            139
  Average Yards per Rush                    3.5            4.3
Passes Attempted                           55             38
  Passes Completed                         27             25
  Had Intercepted                           3              0
  Tackled Attempting to Pass                2              3
  Yards Lost Attempting to Pass            18             15
  Yards Gained Passing (Net)              287            316
Punts                                       4              5
  Average Distance                         48.8           39.8
Punt Returns                                3              2
  Punt Return Yardage                       1             12
Kickoff Returns                             8              4
  Kickoff Return Yardage                  244             48
Interception Return Yardage                 0             16
Fumbles                                     1              2
  Own Fumbles Recovered                     1              2
  Opponent Fumbles Recovered                0              0
Penalties                                   6              3
  Yards Penalized                          65             18
Total Points Scored                        26             49
Touchdowns                                  3              7
  Rushing                                   1              1
  Passing                                   1              6
  Returns                                   1              0
Extra Points                                3              7
Field Goals                                 1              0
  Field Goals Attempted                     1              1
Safeties                                    0              0
Third-Down Efficiency                    6/16           7/13
Fourth-Down Efficiency                    0/4            0/0
Time of Possession                      28:29          31:31

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
San Diego                         No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Means                             13        33      11     1
Harmon                             2        10      10     0
Jefferson                          1        10      10     0
Gilbert                            1         8       8     0
Bieniemy                           1         3       3     0
Humphries                          1         3       3     0
San Francisco                     No.      Yds.     LG    TD
S. Young                           5        49      21     0
Watters                           15        47      13     1
Floyd                              9        32       6     0
Rice                               1        10      10     0
Carter                             1         1       1     0
Grbac                              1         0       0     0

Passing
San Diego                    Att.   Comp.    Yds.   TD   Int.
Humphries                     49      24     275     1     2
Gilbert                        6       3      30     0     1
San Francisco                Att.   Comp.    Yds.   TD   Int.
S. Young                      36      24     325     6     0
Musgrave                       1       1       6     0     0
Grbac                          1       0       0     0     0

Receiving
San Diego                         No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Harmon                             8        68      20     0
Seay                               7        75      22     0
Pupunu                             4        48      23     0
Martin                             3        59      30t    1
Jefferson                          2        15       9     0
Bieniemy                           1        33      33     0
Means                              1         4       4     0
D. Young                           1         3       3     0
San Francisco                     No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Rice                              10       149      44t    3
Taylor                             4        43      16     0
Floyd                              4        26       9     1
Watters                            3        61      51t    2
Jones                              2        41      33     0
Popson                             1         6       6     0
McCaffrey                          1         5       5     0

Interceptions
San Diego                         No.      Yds.     LG    TD
None                              --        --      --    --
San Francisco                     No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Sanders                            1        15      15     0
Cook                               1         1       1     0
Davis                              1         0       0     0

Punting
San Diego                         No.      Avg.     LG   Blk.
Wagner                             4        48.8    55     0
San Francisco                     No.      Avg.     LG   Blk.
Wilmsmeyer                         5        39.8    46     0

Punt Returns
San Diego                        No.   FC     Yds.   LG   TD
Gordon                            3     2       1     1    0
San Francisco                    No.   FC     Yds.   LG   TD
Carter                            2     0      12    11    0

Kickoff Returns
San Diego                         No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Coleman                            8       244      98t    1
San Francisco                     No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Carter                             4        48      18     0


   San Diego Chargers          San Francisco 49ers
  
                   ==  Offense  ==                     
Hall, Courtney          C    Oates, Bart             C 
Cocozzo, Joe            G    Deese, Derrick          G 
Davis, Isaac            G    Sapolu, Jesse           G 
Brock, Stan             T    Barton, Harris          T 
Swayne, Harry           T    Wallace, Steve          T 
Pupunu, Alfred          TE   Jones, Brent            TE
Young, Duane            TE   Rice, Jerry             WR
Jefferson, Shawn        WR   Taylor, John            WR
Seay, Mark              WR   Watters, Ricky          RB
Means, Natrone          RB   Floyd, William          FB
Humphries, Stan         QB   Young, Steve            QB

                   ==  Defense  ==                      
Davis, Reuben           DT   Stubblefield, Dana      DT 
Lee, Shawn              DT   Young, Bryant           DT 
Mims, Chris             DE   Brown, Dennis           DE 
O'Neal, Leslie          DE   Jackson, Rickey         DE 
Griggs, David           OLB  Norton, Ken             OLB
Seau, Junior            OLB  Woodall, Lee            OLB
Gibson, Dennis          MLB  Plummer, Gary           MLB
Gordon, Darrien         CB   Davis, Eric             CB 
Harper, Dwayne          CB   Sanders, Deion          CB 
Richard, Stanley        FS   Hanks, Merton           FS 
Carrington, Darren      SS   McDonald, Tim           SS 

                  ==  Substitute  ==                    
Bieniemy, Eric               Brien, Doug                
Binn, David                  Carter, Dexter             
Bush, Lewis                  Cook, Toi                  
Carney, John                 Dalman, Chris              
Castle, Eric                 Drakeford, Tyronne         
Clark, Willie                Goss, Antonio              
Coleman, Andre               Grbac, Elvis               
Culver, Rodney               Hall, Dana                 
Gilbert, Gale                Hall, Rhett                
Harmon, Ronnie               Harris, Tim                
Harrison, Rodney             Jordan, Darin              
Hendrickson, Steve           Logan, Marc                
Johnson, Raylee              Loville, Derek             
Jonassen, Eric               Mann, Charles              
Martin, Tony                 McCaffrey, Ed              
Miller, Doug                 Mitchell, Kevin            
Miller, Les                  Musgrave, Bill             
Mitchell, Shannon            Pollack, Frank             
Parker, Vaughn               Popson, Ted                
Parrella, John               Singleton, Nate            
Vanhorse, Sean               Tamm, Ralph                
Wagner, Bryan                Walker, Adam                                      Wilmsmeyer, Klaus                                 Wilson, Troy               

                  ==  Did Not Play  ==
Whitley, Curtis

Super Bowl XXIX Recap

Steve Young threw a record six touchdown passes, and the 49ers became the first team to win five Super Bowls when they routed the Chargers.

Young, the game's most valuable player, directed an explosive offense that generated seven touchdowns, 28 first downs, and 455 total yards.

He completed 24 of 36 passes for 325 yards, and broke former 49ers quarterback Joe Montana's previous record of five touchdown passes in Super Bowl XXIV.

Steve Young

Steve Young threw a Super Bowl-record six touchdown passes. (AP)

San Francisco wasted little time scoring, taking the lead for good on Young's 44-yard touchdown pass to Jerry Rice only three plays and 1:24 into the game.

THE NEXT TIME THEY HAD THE BALL, the 49ers marched 79 yards in four plays, taking a 14-0 lead when Young teamed with running back Ricky Watters on a 51-yard touchdown pass with 10:05 still to play in the opening period.

San Diego then put together its most impressive possession of the game, a 13-play, 78-yard drive that consumed more than 7 minutes and was capped by Natrone Means's 1-yard touchdown run, to cut its deficit to 14-7 late in the quarter.

But San Francisco countered with a 70-yard drive of its own, and Young's 5-yard touchdown pass to fullback William Floyd made it 21-7.

Young's fourth touchdown pass of the half, 8 yards to Watters 4:44 before halftime, increased the advantage to 28-7, and the Chargers could get no closer than 18 points after that.

Watters, who ran 9 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter, equaled the Super Bowl record with 3 touchdowns.

Rice also scored 3 touchdowns (the second time in his career he'd done that in a Super Bowl) while catching 10 passes for 149 yards.

He established career records for receptions, yards, and touchdowns in a Super Bowl.

Young, who scrambled 21 yards and 15 yards to set up touchdowns in the first half, was the game's leading rusher with 49 yards on 5 carries.

San Diego's Means, who rushed for 1,350 yards during the regular season, was limited to 33 yards on 13 attempts.

Chargers quarterback Stan Humphries completed 24 of 49 passes for 275 yards.

Rookie Andre Coleman became only the third player in Super Bowl history to return a kickoff for a touchdown, going 98 yards in the third quarter The 75 points scored by the two teams established another record, breaking the previous mark of 69 set in Dallas's 52-17 victory over Buffalo in XXVII.

The 49ers' victory was the eleventh straight for NFC teams over AFC teams in the Super Bowl.

Super Bowl XXIX Photos

Photograph by: Allsport/Simon Bruty
Jerry Rice.

Photograph by: Allsport/Simon Bruty
Steve Young signals a San Francisco 49ers touchdown.