SPORTS
Monday, January 30, 1995
UN I V E R S I T Y D A I L Y K A N S A N
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49ers shock Chargers, take fifth title
Game MVP Young throws record six touchdown passes
The Associated Press
MIAMI — Living on the edge doesn't work against the San Francisco 49ers.
The San Diego Chargers tried it and were pushed into Super Bowl oblivion.
The Chargers, in their first Super Bowl, needed an exceptional — maybe perfect — game against the overwhelmingly favored 49ers. Instead, they stumbled into their usual bad habit of falling behind and lost 49-26 on Sunday.
They had rallied from halftime deficits of 21-6 to the Miami Dolphins and 10-3 to the Pittsburgh Steelers to reach the Super Bowl. But the ever-efficient Steve Young gave them no chance and San
Francisco won its record fifth Super Bowl and the 11th straight for the NFC.
The Chargers knew they had to control the ball and keep pace with the Niners.
"It seems like all the things we said that we had to do, we came out and we didn't do," said running back Natrone Means, who was outgained by Young, 49 yards to 33. It was Means' worst performance as a starter.
As expected, Young went straight after the Chargers' weakness — pass defense — and threw a Super Bowl record six touchdown passes. The 49ers led 14-0 after their first seven plays, the 11th time in 12 games that the Chargers' opponent scored first.
All of the Chargers' defensive backs were guilty at one time or another as Young connected on long passes as well as the 49ers' usual short-to-medium routes.
rassing for us," cornerback Darrieen Gordon said. "You feel like those guys are your peers and that something like this isn't supposed to happen."
But it did, and quickly.
Gordon and safety Stanley Richard were burned by Jerry Rice on a 44-yard touchdown pass three plays into the game.
"They did everything they normally do," Richard said. "They work will within that system. They move guys around, they spread the field."
Then both safeties, first Darren Carrington and then Richard, tried to knock Ricky Watters down instead of wrapping him up after a reception, and the running back bounced off them to complete a 51-yard touchdown.
"It's sounds so simple, but it's almost impossible to stop them because there's just not one defense that you can call to stop them from moving up the field," Richard said.
Low scoring marks first week of NHL action
Defenses stepping up play in lockout-shortened season
By Ken Rappoport AP Hockey Writer
The NHL's first week generally was short on scoring and long on good goaltending and defense.
"Either the forwards aren't sharp or the goalies are that much farther ahead," New York Islanders coach Lore Henneing said.
Or perhaps the style has suddenly changed because of the shortened 48-game season, the result of the 103-day owners' lockout. With each game taking on added importance during the regular season, players feel that teams have already gone into their playoff mode: tough defense and tight checking.
"I think the games have been low scoring because it's almost like playoff hockey out there with the
shortened schedule," Washington forward Dale Hunter said. "It's going to be tight the whole time. It's going to be interesting."
The early trend has resulted in low-scoring games and problems for many of the league's high-scoring stars.
After Chicago's first four games, Jeremy Roenick, a 46-goal scorer last season, was scoreless. Mike Modano, a 50-goal scorer last season with Dallas, had only one after four games. And Toronto's Dave Andreychuk, who scored 53 goals last season, had only one after five games.
They weren't alone among the big-name players. Toronto's Dou Gilmour, Vancouver's Trevor Linden, Boston's Joe Juneau and the New York Rangers' Brian Leetch, the offensive-minded defenseman, were all scoreless during the first week.
"The goalies are making plays standing on their heads," Henning said.
Many teams weren't sharp on offense, particularly with their special teams, after a short training
camp following the lockout.
"Ive watched a few games on TV and it seems even the better teams — Detroit, the Rangers — they've got some great hockey players who should be putting the puck in the net on the power play," the Islanders' Derek King said. "Sitting at home for 103 days twiddling their thumbs and watching all the TV you can is not going to help your power play."
"The first two games we played at home were a little — I shouldn't say sluggish — but there were signs of good hockey and signs of just terrible hockey."
Conditioning apparently hasn't been a problem for many players.
"it's back to normal," Quebec's Joe Sakic said. "As long as players kept themselves in shape, it doesn't take that long, it shouldn't take that long. Two weeks is more than enough time."
Buffalo's Doug Bodger agreed.
"The games are helping, and we don't look like we're that slow," he said.
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