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Actual Result: San Francisco 49ers 38 Miami Dolphins 16, the Niners go 18-1.
Simulation: The Redskins are back to defend their title, Miami and the Steelers are both in the division round. Can the AFC win a Super Bowl?
AFC DIVISIONAL ROUND
Dec 29, 1984
Seattle Seahawks (12-4) at Miami Dolphins (14-2)
Miami -5.5
75 degrees
Miami 31 Seattle 10
SEAHAWKS 24 DOLPHINS 17
The Dolphins will not get back to the SB, they lose to the Seahawks and it is Seattle who will play in its first AFC Championship.
1st: Randall Morris 4 yd run (Sea 7-0)
Norm Johnson 29 yd FG (10-0)
2nd: Woody Bennett 4 yd run (10-7)
Eric Lane 15 yd run (17-7)
3rd: Uwe Von Schamann 30 yd FG (17-10)
4th: Mark Clayton 11 yard reception (Marino, 17-17)
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Randall Morris 3 yard run (Sea 24-17)
MVP: Randall Morris 2 TDs
NFC DIVISIONAL ROUND
Dec 29, 1984
New York Giants (9-7) at San Francisco 49ers (15-1)
43 degrees
Niners -12
49ers 21 Giants 10
49ERS 24 GIANTS 14
The Niners will get to stay home next week for the NFC Championship.
1st: Ray Wersching 31 yd FG (SF 3-0)
2nd: Wendell Tyler 27 yd run (10-0)
3rd: Freddie Solomon 12 yard reception (Montana 17-0)
Earl Cooper 1 yd reception (Montana 24-0)
4th: Bobby Lee Johnson 21 yd reception (Simms 24-7)
Rob Carpenter 11 yd reception (Simms 24-14)
MVP: Wendell Tyler, 144 yds from scrimmage TD
NFC DIVISIONAL ROUND
Dec 30, 1984
Chicago Bears (10-6) at Washington Redskins (11-5)
57 degrees
Skins -9
Chicago 23 Washington 19
BEARS 20 REDSKINS 17 (OT)
As happened in the actual game, the Bears upset the Redskins and will play in their first ever NFC Championship. The defending champs head home.
1st: John Riggins 3 yd run (Wash 7-0)
2nd: Bob Thomas 38 yd FG (7-3)
Walter Payton 4 yard run (Chi 10-7)
Mark Moseley 30 yd FG (10-10)
3rd: Matt Suhey 3 yd run (Chi 17-10)
4th: Calvin Muhammed 2 yd reception (Theismann 17-17)
OT: Bob Thomas 49 yd FG (Chi 20-17)
MVP: Walter Payton, 173 yards from scrimmage, TD
AFC DIVISIONAL ROUND
Dec 30, 1984
Pittsburgh Steelers (9-7) at Denver Broncos (13-3)
33 degrees
Denver -4.5
Steelers 24 Broncos 17
BRONCOS 19 STEELERS 7
Denver will host the Seahawks in the AFC Championship, either way a first time conference champ will head to SB19.
1st: Gerald Willhite 2 yd run (Den 7-0)
2nd: Louis Lipps 15 yd reception (Malone 7-7)
Rich Karlis 37 yd FG (Den 10-7)
Rich Karlis 41 yd FG (13-7)
3rd: Rich Karlis 33 yd FG (16-7)
4th: Rich Karlis 44 yd FG (19-7)
MVP: Rich Karlis 4 FGs
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP
Jan 6, 1985
Seattle Seahawks at Denver Broncos
SEAHAWKS 22 BRONCOS 17
For the fourth straight year, the AFC sends a team to the SB for the first time. The Seahawks will face the winners of Niners/Bears in SB19.
1st: Dan Doornink 12 yd run (Sea 7-0)
Sammy Winder 41 yd run (7-7)
2nd: Norm Johnson 39 yd FG (Sea 10-7)
Butch Johnson 12 yd reception (Elway, Den 14-10)
3rd: Norm Johnson 35 yd FG (14-13)
4th: Norm Johnson 24 yd FG (Sea 16-14)
Rich Karlis 33 yd FG (Den 17-16)
Norm Johnson 53 yd FG (Sea 19-17)
Norm Johnson 28 yd FG (22-17)
MVP: Norm Johnson 5 FGs
NFC CHAMPIONSHIP
Jan 6, 1985
Chicago Bears at San Francisco 49ers
49 degrees
Niners -10
49ERS 41 BEARS 13
As was the case in the actual game, the Niners defeat the Bears, moving their overall record to 17-1, and they head to their second SB, this time to face the Seahawks.
1st: Dwight Clark 11 yd reception (Montana SF 7-0)
Brad Anderson 19 yd reception (Fuller 7-7)
Freddie Solomon 51 yd reception (Montana SF 14-7)
2nd: Wendell Tyler 4 yd run (21-7)
Ray Wersching 41 yd FG (24-7)
Wendell Tyler 4 yd run (31-7)
Dwight Clark 7 yd reception (Montana 38-7)
4th: Ray Wersching 33 yd FG (41-7)
Walter Payton 1 yd run, missed 2 pt conversion (41-13)
MVP: Joe Montana 16-22, 273 yards 3 TDs
SUPER BOWL XIX
Jan 20, 1985
San Francisco 49ers v. Seattle Seahawks
Santa Clara
49ERS 24 SEAHAWKS 6
The 49ers match their actual accomplishments, beating the Bengals in SB 16, losing the NFC Championship to the Redskins last year, and then storming through the 1984 season, the first team to win 15 regular season games, punctuated with a SB victory.
2nd: Norm Johnson 33 yd FG (Sea 3-0)
Norm Johnson 39 yd FG (6-0)
Dwight Clark 13 yd reception (SF 7-6)
Ray Wersching 43 yd FG (10-6)
4th: Wendell Tyler 21 yd run (17-6)
Ronnie Lott 51 yd INT (Krieg, 24-6)
MVP: Ronnie Lott, 2 INT, TD, Lott is the first defensive player in 8 seasons to win the SBMVP, he's the first DB to ever win SBMVP.
Super Bowl History
SB1: PACKERS 17 BILLS 10 MVP-J.Taylor QB-Starr HC-Lombardi
SB2: RAIDERS 28 COWBOYS 14 MVP-W.Wells QB-Lamonica HC-Rauch
SB3: CHIEFS 19 COLTS 16 MVP-R.Holmes QB-Dawson HC-Stram
SB4: COWBOYS 21 CHIEFS 13 MVP: L.Rentzel QB-Morton HC-Landry
SB5: VIKINGS 20 BENGALS 10 MVP: A.Page QB-Cuozzo HC-Grant
SB6: VIKINGS 27 CHIEFS 16 MVP G.Cuozzo QB-Cuozzo HC-Grant
SB7: STEELERS 20 COWBOYS 6 MVP J.Ham QB-Bradshaw HC-Noll
SB8: COWBOYS 33 BENGALS 27 (OT) MVP: C.Hill QB-Staubach HC-Landry
SB9: STEELERS 20 RAMS 10 MVP: L.McCutcheon QB-Bradshaw HC Noll
SB10: STEELERS 18 RAMS 0 MVP LC Greenwood QB-Bradshaw HC Noll
SB11: COWBOYS 33 PATRIOTS 7 MVP H.Martin QB-Staubach HC-Landry
SB12: COWBOYS 17 RAIDERS 10 MVP T.Dorsett QB-Staubach HC-Landry
SB13: COWBOYS 42 OILERS 21 MVP R.Staubach QB-Staubach HC Landry
SB14: STEELERS 24 EAGLES 7 MVP F.Harris QB-Bradshaw HC-Noll
SB15: FALCONS 24 RAIDERS 8 MVP:W.Andrews QB-Bartkowski HC-Bennett
SB16: 49ERS 39 BENGALS 19 MVP: J.Montana QB-Montana HC-Walsh
SB17: COWBOYS 30 CHARGERS 10 MVP: D.White QB-White HC-Landry
SB18: REDSKINS 30 DOLPHINS 29 MVP: J.Washington QB-Theismann HC-Gibbs
SB19: 49ERS 24 SEAHAWKS 6 MVP: R.Lott QB-Montana HC-Walsh
