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Tuesday January 11, 1994
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Chiefs take a break before rematch with Oilers
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City coach Marty Schottenheimer comes from the old school — you know the one: if your leg is broken, just rub some grass on it and get back in there.
He could not understand all the fuss about the below-zero wind chill Saturday when his Chiefs pulled out an overtime victory against Pittsburgh in an AFC wild card game. With the victory, the Chiefs earned the right Sunday to go to Houston and face the Oilers in the second round.
"It was a nice day out there," he said.
"It was beautiful."
Now it turns out that Schottenheimer is a softy at heart.
His players didn't practice in pads the past two weeks. And he gave them both Sunday and Monday off ahead of what will be the biggest game of the Carl Peterson-Schottenheimer era in Kansas City.
"Maybe I've been too overbearing in terms of the amount of work that we do," Schottenheimer said, "I'm a detail freak anyway. Maybe I try to put too much information into the minds of the players."
Schottenheimer has taken the Chiefs to the playoffs four straight years now, but a victory Sunday
It would avenge a 30-0 beating the Oilers administered in the second game of the season — a game Joe Montana missed because of injury. The Chiefs committed five turnovers during the game, including three interceptions by back-up quarterback David Krieg.
would represent a significant step for the franchise.
But more importantly, beating the Oilers would leave the Chiefs one game away from the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl has been the goal since Kansas City signed Joe Montana.
Schottenheimer had Montana and Marcus Allen stand up during a team
"I wanted to know for myself what it was like," said Schottenheimer, one of the NFL's most successful coaches, but one who has never played for it all.
meeting last July and talk about what it was like to play in the Super Bowl.
"I think we've got a number of players with playoff experience." he said.
"I don't want to dump it all on Joe and Marcus. You would certainly want to draw from (the others) as you would from Joe and Marcus.
"In terms of playoff experience, it's the teams that play and play well and cut down on their errors or at least manage their errors efficiently. The
The margin was very slight in the home game against Pittsburgh.
margin of difference between teams in the playoffs is not that great."
Montana and the Chiefs played terribly in the first half and found themselves in a 17-7 hole.
They did their part, though, in a weekend of great playoff games to forge a 24-24 tie on a 7-yard pass from Montana to Tim Barnett with 1:43 to play. A blocked punt by Keith Cash had put the Chiefs in position.
Nick Lowery, the most accurate kicker in NFL history, missed a game-winning field goal in regulation but came back from 32 yards in overtime.
It added up to deep anguish for the Steelers, who were the last team to make the playoffs by taking a hard-fought 16-9 victory from Cleveland in the last game of the season.
The anguish could be seen on coach Bill Cowher's face. It could be heard in the voice of quarterback Neil O'Donnell, who played hurt most of the year. It could be felt by looking at the almost empty Steelers clubhouse. "I don't have any statement to make. You saw it." Cowher said.
"We came to win a football game, not to play a close game," O'Donnell said. "It's tough. They won, and that's the bottom line."
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