Highest-scoring Super Bowl ever Revisiti

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Highest-scoring Super Bowl ever Revisiti

For all the advancements made in recent years on the offensive side of the ball not to mention rules changes that favor offenses over defenses the record for highest-scoring Super Bowl is going strong, nearly 30 years after it was set.Some games have come close to that mark (most notably the 74-point contest between the Eagles and Patriots in 2018), but the 28-year-old record still belongs to the 49ers and Chargers, in 1995.They produced an astounding 75 points in Super Bowl 29, which saw Steve Young and Jerry Rice blow the doors off San Diego in a record-breaking performance. While San Francisco did the bulk of the work in setting the Devin Bush Jersey record outscoring the Chargers by 23 points in the 49-26 victory it was a largely meaningle s late-game score by San Diego that made the game a record-breaker.That's cold Mason Rudolph Jersey comfort for a franchise that hasn't won an NFL championship since before the Super Bowl even existed. But at least the Chargers know they still have a place in the NFL record books at least, as long as the record still stands.MORE: Until then, The Sporting News has everything you need to know about the 1995 Super Bowl and the offensive records the 49ers and Chargers set therein: It was clear from the outset that San Francisco would dominate the game, as the 49ers set the record (at the time) for fastest scoring play in Super Bowl history: a 44-yard touchdown connection between Young and Rice just 1:24 into the game. Le s than four minutes later, the 49ers became the first team in Super Bowl history to score twice just five minutes into the game with Young's second of six touchdown pa ses.San Francisco's lead ballooned to 28-10 at halftime, then to 42-10 near the end of the third quarter, spelling doom for the Cinderella Chargers. Despite San Francisco's dominance, it was San Diego that eventually made the 1995 Super Bowl the highest-scoring in NFL history.Had quarterback Stan Humphries not completed a 30-yard pa s to Tony Martin with just 2:25 Benny Snell Jr. Jersey left in the game, the record would have remained with Super Bowl 27 (69 points) two years prior. That touchdown also made Super Bowl 29 the first where both teams scored in every quarter.MORE: Below is a rundown of each of the scores in Super Bowl 29, including when they happened in the game:QuarterTimeScoring playScorePoints1st13:3649ers: Steve Young 44-yard pa s to Jerry Rice7-0 49ers710:0549ers: Rod Woodson Jersey Young 51-yard pa s to Ricky Watters14-0 49ers141:44Chargers: Natrone Means 1-yard run14-7 49ers212nd13:0249ers: Young 5-yard pa s to William Floyd21-7 49ers284:4449ers: Young 8-yard pa s to Watters28-7 49ers351:44Chargers: John Carney 31-yard field goal28-10 49ers383rd9:3549ers: Watters 9-yard run35-10 49ers453:1849ers: Young 15-yard touchdown to Rice42-10 49ers523:01Chargers: Andre Coleman 98-yard kickoff return (2-point conversion succe sful)42-18 49ers604th13:4949ers: Young 7-yard pa s to Rice49-18 49ers672:25Chargers: Stan Chaz Green Jersey Humphries 30-yard pa s to Tony Martin (2-point conversion succe sful)49-2675 Game recordsMost points scored: 75 (49ers 49, Chargers 26)Most touchdowns: 10 (49ers 7, Chargers 3)Most 2-point conversions: 2 (Chargers 2, 49ers 0)Most pa sing attempts: 93 (Chargers 55, 49ers 38)*MORE: What is the lowest-scoring Super Bowl? Revisiting Patriots vs. Rams 2019 gamePlayer recordsMost pa sing touchdowns: 6 (Steve Young)Most receiving touchdowns: 3 (Jerry Rice)*Most scrimmage touchdowns: 3 (Jerry Rice, Ricky Watters)**Most points from scrimmage:All-purpose yards: 244 (Andre Coleman)***
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