"The Quarter"
 

Those of you who know what I'm referring to will NEVER forget. Super Bowl XXII. The Quarter.

Enjoy, everyone!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa-eryLtKP0]YouTube - 20th Anniversary of "The Quarter"[/ame]

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603 yards, wow. Great memories.

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We need to bring those days back, i beleive where going in the right direction.

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You're right. I will never forget. Does that make you proud to be a Redskin fan or what? :woot:

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great line. if this were a fight, they might stop it. was it really that long ago?

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I remebmer the terrible, sinking feeling I had when elway threw that bomb, and boom, we're down 10-0.

Then like a connection of electric wires, D. Williams et al just crushed the broncos in every way. The late Pete Axhelm (sp?) said it best after this game, paraphrasing; 'sometimes super bowls are like heavyweight fights. Each team is swinging as hard as they can. If they miss they get knocked out.'

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[quote=dmek25;579967]great line. [B]if this were a fight, they might stop it[/B]. was it really that long ago?[/quote]

see my earlier post, this quarter should've been dubbed the "TKO Quarter"

That's it folks, enjoy the halftime show, then we'll present the Lombardi!

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The first and still the greatest Super Bowl I ever watched. You can tell it means a lot to me...look to the left. :)

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i thought we were doomed when the broncos went up , and then we fumbled the kick off. alittle trivia. any one know who recovered that fumble. yell if you need a hint:)

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[quote=dmek25;580026]i thought we were doomed when the broncos went up , and then we fumbled the kick off. alittle trivia. any one know who recovered that fumble. yell if you need a hint:)[/quote]

Oooh Oooh Oooh. Mister Kotter! Mister Kotter! I know, I know!

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put your hand down Horshak :)

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[quote=dmek25;580045]put your hand down Horshak :)[/quote]

:) You're no fun

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if your sure, let some one else guess

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On the play that Williams got hurt late in the 1st quarter, at the time I thought that the refs blew the whistle early. Williiams fumbled the ball as he writhed in pain, yet he was never downed by a defender. Thankfully, the ref on the scene blew the play dead, or Denver would have had the ball deep in Skins territory, already up 10-0. The injury (and seeing Schroeder QB the next series) seemed to break Williams out of his funk, and the rest was a quarter for the ages. No team will EVER amass 350+ yards in a quarter - pre-season, regular season, or post-season. It may have been the most perfect football ever played.

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[quote=SouperMeister;580063]On the play that Williams got hurt late in the 1st quarter, at the time I thought that the refs blew the whistle early. Williiams fumbled the ball as he writhed in pain, yet he was never downed by a defender. Thankfully, the ref on the scene blew the play dead, or Denver would have had the ball deep in Skins territory, already up 10-0. The injury (and seeing Schroeder QB the next series) seemed to break Williams out of his funk, and the rest was a quarter for the ages. No team will EVER amass 350+ yards in a quarter, pre-season, regular season, or post-season. It may have been the most perfect football ever played.[/quote]

350? pssh. you obviously don't play enough madden.

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Some NFL network or ESPN show a few weeks back had that as the best Super Bowl moment ever.

Also, in that game there is another thing I won't forget which I believe was the turning point.

If you remember, the first time the broncos had the ball they socred a TD. Skins fans were stunned.

Next time Broncos have the ball they are just marching down the field again like we aren't there.

On third down around the 11, Elway calls a qb draw and looks like he's going into the end zone untouched.

From a pile, up reaches the huge paw of #65, DAVE BUTZ and pulls him down from behind.

Denver did get the 3 pts but we held them and it gave us hope. Otherwise, we are down two scores in the first qtr and looking at doom.

Without a doubt, the 2nd qtr was the finest 15 minutes of football I've ever seen, but Dave Butz kept us alive when we needed it.

I always remind people that as amazing as scoring 5 TDs in one quarter sounds, I tell them you have to remember we had to give back the ball after every score. So we would score, give them the ball - the D would hold. Get the ball back and Score again. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

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Dave Butz might have been the most underrated Redskin in history. The guy was an absolute stone wall against the run. I don't recall the stop on Elway, but holding Denver to a FG at that moment certainly kept the Skins in the game before the fireworks in the 2nd quarter.

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[quote=dmek25;580045]put your hand down Horshak :)[/quote]

Still have my hand up


Apart from Butz' play, there was also Alvin Walton's sack I believe on their next drive after that field goal which knocked them out of field goal range

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well.. its to you Arnold

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Al Michaels: "If this was a fight, they might stop it." LOL!!

Ricky Sanders with 150 yards and 2 tds before halftime. Wow.

I was barely 9 years old at the time of that game, and I still remember it so well. My Dad's friend threw a great Super Bowl party, and I was all decked out in my Skins gear, bouncing around his basement with some of the other kids when we started lighting up the Broncos. Later that night in the car on the way home, people were screaming out their car windows, honking their horns and flashing their headlights. Awesome stuff.

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[quote=dmek25;580135]well.. its to you Arnold[/quote]

Who is Terry Orr

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Monk had a clutch 3rd and long catch on along the left sideline which kept us from punting again early in the game. HUGE play.

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I love the name NFL films gave that game.

They called it "The Ambush at Super Bowl XXII" or something like that.

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Also my favorite game. (The 340 is Doug Williams' passing yardage for the game.)

I also remember they announced that the D changed their cleats after Denver got their FG. I had such a strong feeling that it would help the D that I remember it to this day.

In addition, this game was the last great birthday present my father got.

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I hate Dallas so much that I cannot say that this was my favorite game, as I relish playoff wins over the Cowpies more.

This was, though, the most impressive and amazing Skins game that I have ever seen.

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[quote=53Fan;579956]You're right. I will never forget. Does that make you proud to be a Redskin fan or what? :woot:[/quote]

hell yes :goodjob:

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[quote=SouperMeister;580124]Dave Butz might have been the most underrated Redskin in history. The guy was an absolute stone wall against the run. I don't recall the stop on Elway, but holding Denver to a FG at that moment certainly kept the Skins in the game before the fireworks in the 2nd quarter.[/quote]

that was on an attempted Elway quarterback draw. next play was the FG making the score 10-0.