I was working near the Dolpins locker room as a security guard. Don Shula accused us of turning off the air conditioner in the Dolphin locker room and thats why they lost.
The Dolphins threw this game away, blowing a 15-point lead. Marino played a great game but once again the Dolphin D was atrocious and surrendered over 200 yards rushing to San Diego. This one really stings because outside of '84, it was Marino's best chance to win a Super Bowl...and the Dolphins would have had home field advantage with the Super Bowl in Miami that year.
Marino was great in this game, he deserved to win it. Marino should not be judged by not winning a championship. He was not playing defense, he had no running back, and had mediocre recievers at best most of his career.
@lsatep A course he shouldn't be judge for not winning a super bowl. Just because you and your team never won a championship it doesn't mean you suck. Dan Marino threw 420 touchdowns and 242 Interceptions. He was one hell of a QB.
Clayton and Duper weren't mediocre, but yeah...he defenses STANK. His career really parallels Manning's, except that he didn't have Elway or Montana constantly blocking him in the playoffs...his teams were so bad defensively, they couldn't even get there. And let's go further with THIS game...Marino GOT them into FG range...what more was he supposed to do?
@lsatep This was judged as an impossible game by profootball reference. As in, a game that by rush support and defense, Marino could not have won. QBs in similair situations are 0-111, yet Marino almost won this.
Yes this is the one that may Hurt Marino the most but he is still the best QB ever sorry chargers nice try ever having a Marino as a quaterback so relish this tiny memory in time.
no not the stoyo miss again..damn it man id repressed this memory blew a 21-0 lead...this just sucks and the refs killed us but Danny still gave us a chance to win but fn Pete had to choke
for all you true fans who know how to prop a team that went to 3 rivers stadium, that beat pitt, and overcame odds, AND beat the dolphins, this team had heart, soul, and courage. a lot more than teams than many teams could ever wish to have because not only were we understaffed, talent-wise, but a BIG heart can take you far. all you haters, listen to this and maybe it'll make some sense.
@MartinJRuiz yeah but they got thier asses kicked by the 49ers in the SB - one of the most lopsided victories ever........so all those "achievements" that the chargers had meant nothing.
@nwpamundsen fuck you man, those achievements do mean something. every chagers fan will remember that season as our first sb appearence and our incredible playoff fun. dont come onto this video and talk shit man. Chargers are the pride of San Diego and just because we havent won a SB doesnt mean we wont keep on supporting and lovein our team. CHARGERS FOR LIFE BITCH!!!!!
@ChargersrBA hey man, I'm not trying to shit on your chargers parade - I think it's great that you're true to your team, I myself am a life long NY Giants fan and a very proud one for many obvious reasons but I always thought Dan Marino deserved a ring - way much more than the chargers ever did.
@nwpamundsen ok, sorry for goin off on u there. i have no problem with giants fans, i just couldnt take any chances that u were a raiders fan talking shit without me saying somethin back.
those achievements don't mean shit. that's nice that you have a team competing for a division title and as a proud card carrying Raider fan all i have to say is, good for you timmy. the facts are your team sucks. the chargers drain the serviceable life out of it's "great" players without compensating them with a title, cheat the fans and are seen as nothing more than a second rate rival from a third rate city. the west used to have a rival like that, they're called the seahawks.
@trollercoaster17 what the fuck are you talking about? the chargers are one of the top teams in the league you fucking idiot. "The west used to have a rival like that, called the seahawks" what the fuck is this? why would you bring the seahawks into this conversation? the seahwaks suck dick so stfo bitch.
is someone's butt hurt from the searing truth? like i said, a team that will drain the 'serviceable' life from it's top players without rewarding them with proper recognition, i.e., a title. seattle fits in to the equation because one, they were a better rival than SD and they were shitty, third rate low market franchise, like your beloved chargers. secondly, charger fans are bitches. at least when we toss ice at other fans, they fight back and don't try to rat us out to security.
Ur a fat fuck how about you spend Ur time on a treadmill running instead of making this video? and btw marino is way better than any1 who will ever play on this team.
marino is better than humphries, but, i mean, who won? marino did take them to field goal range, but not to the goal line like humphries did. Grow up and take the loss
What a heart-breaking game. I thought the dolphins had a chance to score again but Keith Jackson tried to lateral the ball in the red zone and lost it.
I'll never forget this fucking game. It was 21-8 when I had to leave for an elementary school basketball game. When I got home, it was 22-21 Chargers with like 20 seconds to go. FUCK!
I hated this Charger team. They had no business being in the Super Bowl and got absolutely destroyed. Stan Humphries is perhaps the worst SB QB ever.
@pji1979 of course they deserved to be in the superbowl. The chargers won in the wildcard round, divisional round, and conference championship against a very good steelers team. Of course if they lose in the weeks prior to the superbowl, then of course they wouldn't have any business in the superbowl. Very simple to understand. win in all playoff games= superbowl appearance. lose in playoffs= don't deserve to be in superbowl.
I remember being shocked and upset. In defense of Stoyanovich, he should never have been put in that position as the Dolphins never should have blown the lead.
Man, I love this; not in a million years will I forget this game! Favorite moment, though: Don Shula throwing his arms up in disgust. Still a running joke between my dad, brother and me! GO BOLTS!
JJ built a hell of a D and knew how draft better than almost anyone. He should have just let Marino and Gary Stevens run the O with no question or pressure to run the ball more. During the JJ era Miami was missing one solid deep threat. God bless McDuffie and his hard work and 110% effort every game but he could carry the receiving load on his own. Gadsden was solid 3rd down guy but not the #1 speedster we needed at the time. During the mid late 90s the NFL was loaded with top receivers.
Boomin9, Marino wanted RECEIVERS in free agency and the draft. Shula did go soft because Marino had more power than him with Huiezenga. There's a dirty little secret that Marino protectors never talk about. In 1994, Marino almost got traded for 1st and 2nd round draft picks and Miami was going to go with a younger QB. JJ and Marino NEVER did get along and Marino's power among other things is what drove JJ to retire. JJ had Miami on the right track until Wanny screwed things up.
ethurst2 -interesting points. You are focusing a lot on free agency from 93 but ignoring the poor drafts preceeding it. In this time there was not a focus on bring in receivers at all. Shula (who I admire greatly) failed to build a good defence in this time.
ethurst2-Miami considered Scott Mitchell.He never amounted to much with another team so I would say right decision to trade Mitchell. JJ did tire of the media circus focusing on his relationship with Marino but he retired because he had enough of coaching - otherwise he would be coaching elsewhere. Why retire at the same time Marino is being pushed (and he was) into retirement?
Ironically the worst relationhip of all was between Elway and Dan Reeves. Reeves fired Shannahan for conspiring with Elway against him and then later forced Pat Bolan to choose between himself and Elway as the relationship had broken down.
Interesting points you make and yes, you could consider me a Marino backer. I have followed this team since 90 when I was a little kid. The problem was not the offense. Marino can throw all day and points will be scored. The problem was in my opinion was a weak secondary and soft linebacking core (Bryan Cox and Offerdahl being the exception) I can't count how many games I watched in which the opposition would go deep on us and score big. I still cringe at Andre Reed. The D was soft.
That's my point about Elway. When he went to his first 3 Super Bowls, HE WAS THE DENVER BRONCOS! They had no one else. Marino basically got drafted by a team coming off a Super Bowl and were picked to go back had they not been derailed by a Seahawks team in the playoffs at home (guess who was the QB?). Terrell Davis was a 6th round pick that wasn't even considered to make the team. Elway DEFERRED to the running game while Marino in late years still wanted to throw. I'll take Bob Griese any day
In the later years Marino would have deferred to the running game, if he had a back of the calibre of Terrell Davis. What you seem to be saying is that you need more balance in a team. I agree. However Shula couldn't bring this - he went soft in his later years and the team drafted badly. Marino is bound to be pass happy however in this case. If they were too sub-ordinate to Marino that is their fault. Marino tried to defer to the running game under Johnson - it just wasn't good enough
Elway was good but you are overlooking that in 89, for example, Denver had the 3rd rated defense in the league. Ultimately Elway couldn't lead his team to a superbowl until the team was strong at all levels. Marino never had this - that is a coaching/organisation fault. How have Miami fared since Marino retired?
Elway gets blamed for losing those Super Bowls but he did get them there during that era 3 Times with a leaky defense. Would you rather have Vance Johnson or Jerry Rice? Mark Jackson or John Taylor (who should be in the HOF)? Roger Craig or Sammy Winder? Orson Mobley or Brent Jones? For three years, Elway took some faceless Broncos to the big game not counting the Drive in the AFC Championship game. That no 3 rating is deceptive because in the 80's, the AFC was the weaker conference.
ethurst2 - the number 3 rating was NFL, not AFC. Of course the 49ers were the better team. Exactly as they were in 1984 with a Ronnie Lott led secondary and a Roger Craig led running game.
HAHA Me too, my friends said that year mainly the next day your kicker can't even kick straight and it burned :( I was mad as hell after this blown game! I was seriously pissed.
Honestly, i re-watch the game and we can't say that the dolphins choke in this game . The chargers were simply the best team. They made so many mistakes in this game ( 3 turnovers, stop in the red zone 2 times) and they still won the game. It's revealing enough for me.
Well I guess we will never know. By the way, I don't know if you are a dolphins fan but if you are. Can you tell me when the dolphins had their best team in Dan Marino's era beside the 1984 season, where the expectations were the biggest.
When we got Fryar and Ingram, what year was that exactly???? Was that around 94 or 95? I forget the exact year, but in all reality that 92 team we had that lost to Buffalo in the damn AFC title game just hurt too damn bad, that one there was just so damn painful it made me cry as a kid lol. I would say that was our best team sides the 84 team.
I am not the dude you are responding to, I just thought I would tell you my fave team of the Fins sides 84.
Right! Thats the year after the AFC title game in 92 then Clayton went to GB and Duper retired. I was off a few years lol. I think their best team outside of that 84 team with Marino was probably the 92 team though, just a step away from a superbowl appearance. After that they didn't get as close.
Not bad but seriously they never had that great D even in 84 behind him nor a great runner as well, they were one dimensional alot of times with the passing game and in big games that was their undoing IMO.
I love Marino and Duper and Clayton etc., but damn as a complete team he never had it like Elway did in his last two years.
Actually, Duper went to the Eagles. But that was really the closest marino would come in that '92 season. Damn shame, AFC Championship at home at get dismantled all day by that f***king sweep with thurman thomas. Plus stupid mistakes, Marco Coleman not falling on the fumble recovery(tried running with the ball on their own 10ish yard line) 2 plays later, bam, TD buffalo. And that ridiculous pick of marino when the bill lineman just jumped in his face and intercepted the ball.
@iLO80 I did forget to add that duper was cut before the '93 season from eagles. It was in '94 he played in the AFL for the Miami hooters. Irving Fryar did go to the eagles, but after the '95 season after finishing his 3 year contract with miami
@bdog1323 Bills were too damn good. They were like the Yankees and we were the Dodgers... it was some mental block that no matter what (even with homefield), we were going to lose. I knew watching it, too. Yes, it was a sunny day and should've been ours, but the Bills were moving ahead
Ah yes, the last desperate search for meaning by a Niner fan who's team is vacuous and uncompetitive. Looking back to these years isn't just nostalgia for you, its a search for relevance for San Francisco. Certainly the Chargers have been more successful overall since that time while the Niners are impotent and unremarkable.
There were alot of Fins fan in San Diego that day, guaranteeded all of them were booking there flights to Pittsburgh at halftime. God knows I would have been, but I was 11 years old in my basement instead. GO DOLPHINS!!!
This game was total B.S. Miami led 21-6 at halftime to get screwed over. The power was cut in Miami's locker room during halftime.
Referee botched a call giving Chargers a safety when the Dolphin runner was clearly not in the endzone, giving them 2 points and posession of the ball. Stoyo would've easily made game-winning field goal with a good snap.
Apparently, the play before the safety, Means fumbled ob and the ball hit the pylon, which should have given a Touchback, but instead the refs put the ball on the inch line. However, no excuses, the Dolphins let the Chargers walk all over them in the second half
yeah, that was a terrible call. Hits the pylon, out of the endzone, touchback. Didn't get it then, don't get in now. NEVER should have tried to run out of end zone. Marino was very hot when they were rolling.
yeah but when the chargers actually scored a TD on a deep pass the refs called it out of bounds when it clearly wasnt...kinda repaying the dolphins for that non TD that Means made.
Man... I still remember that 3rd down pass before this FG miss. Marino had tried to go deep to Tony Martin and overthrew him. I kept thinking to myself, "He should've dumped it off to get a first down, or at least get Pete closer." It's still painful: 94 was supposed to be the year for Marino (10 years after the 84 season, 94 was the big comeback year after the achilles). It was also the downfall of Stoyanovich... he never recovered after this game.
You sure the deep pass was to Tony Martin? I am pretty sure he was playing for the dreaded chargers that year. I am pretty sure the deep pass was to either Fryar or Ingram. But I remember it too. 94 is my all-time favourite NFL season our Dolphins were sooo close!
You guys are right... it was another receiver. But, it was definitely 3rd down and short, with Marino going for it all. Overthrown and then wide right. (sigh)
My Dolphins had this game! I still remember being 10 with tears down my face after watching this. I don't know what it was about the 1994 season but I thought we had a trip to the Super Bowl locked up. Best offense in the league that year, Marino was simply on fire all-season long. aaahhhhh!!!! what a nightmare way to end it.
hear the commentator say 35 seconds is a lifetime to Marino? Not many QBs draw that comment - even with 3 TOs. San Diego cut the power to the MIami locker room at the half so no team talk. Classy team.
ethurst2 you do not know your football. The truth in Marino's 17 years, Miami NEVER had a team good enough to win it all. They didn't in 94, winning 10 games in regular season. They won't beat the forty niners. Sure Marino had some bad playoff games. He had some good ones. TEAMS with great defences and/or running games generally win championships - look it up. You think Elway wins without Terrell Davies? I don't think so. Marino was a class act.
Bullshit. When Marino was drafted, he already had veteran players around him. They were coming off of a Super Bowl with the number 1 defense in the league. Miami had several good teams. (1983- Lost to the Seahawks in the OB) - (1984) lost to SF) (1985 -Lost AFC Title game AT HOME to New England). 1990 (Lost 44-34 to Buffalo) 1992 (Lost AFC Championship to Buffalo 29-10 at home) 1995 (Blew a 21-6 lead to the Chargers.
You think so?Why couldn't Woodley put up points then? How many rookie QBs make playoffs?Youngest superbowl QB at time. 84 SF team one of best ever - Miami defense just POOR. Watch NE 85 game then previous Cleveland playoff game. Cleveland ran ALL over Miami. Miami had worst run defence in league from 84-86 - that is why they lost those games. As i said some he had some bad games and some GREAT ones. You don't want to acknowledge the great ones. Like me to tell you them?
Shula's forte was taking average or below average talent and make them winners. Miami was a pass happy offense that just wanted to throw the ball. Sooner or later, you must give the defense a rest. In 1990 when Miami "commited" to the run for at least one year, Sammie Smith almost hit 1000 yards had he not missed two games. When they blanked SD 31-0 in 92 playoffs, they ran all over SD. Miami had the talent to get it done and they failed.
Actually, I totoally agree with this. They had an average pass defense and a HORRIBLE run defense. after marino came, the killer bee's got old, injured and they basically went all pass offense with marino. In 1985 their average run defense was around 145 yards rushing A GAME giving up. Thats just how good that passing was. Running was average. Especially after they lost Andra Franklin in '84. This coming from a 30 year dolfan!!
Lets look at teams that won the SB without marquee running backs. The 49ers in 81. Can you name ANY running backs? Kansas City Super Bowl IV (by committee), SB VI (Duane Thomas split time with Walt Garrison and Calvin Hill. 1977 and 1980 Raiders SB teams. The Patriots first win with Antowain Smith as running back. They still won averaging 3.4 yards a carry. Dan Marino was a great regular season QB. Horrible playoff QB!
In the era of free agency, Miami could have got a premier running back but Marino wanted RECEIVERS and actually had more power than Shula. He became bigger than life. You knew that when you went to Miami, you were not going to get 25 carries a game because Dan hated running plays. Troy Stradford , RB, who was the Rookie of the Year in 87 for Miami said in a column that Miami worked on pass blocking instead of run blocking all year long for Marino. His column disappeared in the Sun Sentinel.
Ok some truth here generally. BUT free agency did not begin until 1993. Check out Miami's draft picks prior to that - only 1 first round receiver in 11 years. 2 running backs - both busts. Miami drafted very poorly. Anyone would dislike running plays that were constantly ineffective. If the coaches capitulated to Marino they are to blame.
How can a running back prove themselves when they only get ten carries a game? Marino even said himself that he hated calling running plays. This is why him and J.J. clashed in Miami. Marino had too much power, more than J.J. and Jimmy eventually said enough with football. That's like people calling Ronnie Brown a bust when he only gets 10 touches a game! simply put, Marino couldn't get it done in the playoffs regardless of who he had.
I don't know my football? Look it up. Marino was not even on the NFL all decade team for the 80's or 90's. In the 80's, it was Fouts and Montana. In the 90's it was Elway and Farve. Anyone will tell you that the 3SB bowls that Elway took the Broncos to that he put 45 men on his back. The defense collapse in all those SB's and Elway never had a chance' Stop him and you stop Denver. I'm a die hard Miami fan and I'll take Griese any day. You guys just fell in love with Marinos arm.
Bullshit - Green Bay stopped Elway pretty good in the superbowl, and intercepted him (shocking pass) in fourth quarter when the game was Denver's for the taking. But the Denver defense then came up big to clinch the win. As did Terrell all day long. Elway WAS a great QB but don't pretend he would have won any SB without great teams around him - he couldn't and he didn't. Re NFL all decade teams - big deal, Marino was a great QB who ranks in the NFL's top 100 greatest players ever-check it out.
Marino is sub-500 in playoff games. To me, Dan was a great regular season quarterback--that's it. The knock on him in college at Pit t was he couldn't win the big games.Every excuse has been used to explain his failures in the playoffs when he had teams that could have made a deep run in the playoffs. NE won a Superbowl with Antowain Smith averaging 3.4 yards a carry. Walsh won his first with a faceless backfield so using the lack of a running game with Marino just doesn't fly.
this was the day I was born.
1RedFox2 2 months ago
miami would have lost but what happened to the chargers in the super bowl?
deftones420 3 months ago
The chargers screwed us this game. Its been proven they cut the electricity during halftime in our locker room.
charismatic9904 3 months ago
Qualcomm looked so much better back then.
ih8suvz 4 months ago
I was working near the Dolpins locker room as a security guard. Don Shula accused us of turning off the air conditioner in the Dolphin locker room and thats why they lost.
Blackhawk6699 4 months ago
@Blackhawk6699 lol for real? That's funny.
ih8suvz 4 months ago
@ 2:29 Carney say's "get the fuck out of my way. I have a game to win"
ih8suvz 4 months ago
this is one of the dolphins games that really stuck with me. i remember downing a six pack in about a minute after this one.
dolphinzrwj1 5 months ago
I cried after this game.....
jock1319 5 months ago
@jock1319 Same here.
Wizzard777 4 months ago
@jock1319 so did i
TheJoec2005 3 months ago
@jock1319 yea me too
TheJoec2005 2 months ago
yeah . thats dope
MCMSBF55 6 months ago
Well he STOYED that one
KennethKaniffFromCT 7 months ago
Freakin' Stoyanovich! That game hurt!
laangles2002 1 year ago
that was one of the worst weekends of my life. i beleive the Hurricanes lost to Nebraska in the Orange Bowl in same weekend as well.
TheDOLMET 1 year ago
@TheDOLMET
The week before, but yeah...brutal for Miami fans
cbaldwinjr 10 months ago
The Dolphins threw this game away, blowing a 15-point lead. Marino played a great game but once again the Dolphin D was atrocious and surrendered over 200 yards rushing to San Diego. This one really stings because outside of '84, it was Marino's best chance to win a Super Bowl...and the Dolphins would have had home field advantage with the Super Bowl in Miami that year.
LanceBeckman 1 year ago
dolphins r better than chargers sorry chargers fans but if u can beat us once we beat u like 10 times so take that chargers!!!!!!!!!
stupidmomentsinlife 1 year ago
@stupidmomentsinlife We beat you in 2 of the most memorable wins in playoff history.
charger619c 1 year ago
This game was awesome!!
gsizzles 1 year ago
@tvright, you suck it. KC slammed the bolts.
Cydonia 1 year ago
Suck on getting crushed in the biggest blow-out in Super Bowl history the following week.
mcgurkryans 1 year ago
Ha Ha Ray Finkle
joshjhutton 1 year ago
One lousy kick kept us from hosting the super bowl why cuz the steelers would have lost to the dolphins anyways
Chuckycheeseize 1 year ago
Marino was great in this game, he deserved to win it. Marino should not be judged by not winning a championship. He was not playing defense, he had no running back, and had mediocre recievers at best most of his career.
lsatep 1 year ago 10
@lsatep A course he shouldn't be judge for not winning a super bowl. Just because you and your team never won a championship it doesn't mean you suck. Dan Marino threw 420 touchdowns and 242 Interceptions. He was one hell of a QB.
Van2Dan 1 year ago
@lsatep
Clayton and Duper weren't mediocre, but yeah...he defenses STANK. His career really parallels Manning's, except that he didn't have Elway or Montana constantly blocking him in the playoffs...his teams were so bad defensively, they couldn't even get there. And let's go further with THIS game...Marino GOT them into FG range...what more was he supposed to do?
cbaldwinjr 10 months ago
@lsatep This was judged as an impossible game by profootball reference. As in, a game that by rush support and defense, Marino could not have won. QBs in similair situations are 0-111, yet Marino almost won this.
TheTruthfulAsshole 4 months ago
@lsatep mediocre recievers? you must have forgot about mark clayton and mark duper!!! stop pulling marino homer!!!!!!!!!
igettoff3 2 months ago
@igettoff3 What about after Clayton and Duper left in the early '90s?
fatmanfiftythousand 2 months ago
OVER ACHIEVERS just like kurt warner
good job chargers!
MartinJRuiz 1 year ago
Yes this is the one that may Hurt Marino the most but he is still the best QB ever sorry chargers nice try ever having a Marino as a quaterback so relish this tiny memory in time.
DarkCode 1 year ago 3
@DarkCode We have Rivers...
alexm5488 1 year ago
random thought - it was nice to see the Giants deny Junior Seau from getting a SB ring the cheap way by going to the Patriots
nwpamundsen 1 year ago
Recuerdo con mucha tristeza esa eliminacion de los Delfines =(
mxfyacko 1 year ago
no not the stoyo miss again..damn it man id repressed this memory blew a 21-0 lead...this just sucks and the refs killed us but Danny still gave us a chance to win but fn Pete had to choke
DvsBen88 1 year ago
what the hells with don shula and that scooter?
psufan001 1 year ago
@psufan001 if I remember right he tore his acl and had surgery a few weeks before
bdog1323 1 year ago
Stan Humphries........ blah. Where'd that guy go after bombin in the SB that year.
jbailey598 2 years ago
tvright stfu thats why dolphins only team who were undeafeted nd won superbowl!
MrJohn0224 2 years ago
best play ever
aoi287 2 years ago
i still think pam oliver is hot
Campbell7204 2 years ago
NATRONE MEANS BUSINESS!
Campbell7204 2 years ago
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all non-dolphin fans SUCK MY DICK.
s1cksk1lz 2 years ago
That shit was tight!!! i remember jumping up and down in my moms living room!! thanks man!! GO CHARGERS!!!
battwgn1 2 years ago 2
for all you true fans who know how to prop a team that went to 3 rivers stadium, that beat pitt, and overcame odds, AND beat the dolphins, this team had heart, soul, and courage. a lot more than teams than many teams could ever wish to have because not only were we understaffed, talent-wise, but a BIG heart can take you far. all you haters, listen to this and maybe it'll make some sense.
MartinJRuiz 2 years ago 2
yeah they won for nothing just to get their asses handed to them by the 49ers !
daxlt 2 years ago
@MartinJRuiz yeah but they got thier asses kicked by the 49ers in the SB - one of the most lopsided victories ever........so all those "achievements" that the chargers had meant nothing.
nwpamundsen 1 year ago
@nwpamundsen fuck you man, those achievements do mean something. every chagers fan will remember that season as our first sb appearence and our incredible playoff fun. dont come onto this video and talk shit man. Chargers are the pride of San Diego and just because we havent won a SB doesnt mean we wont keep on supporting and lovein our team. CHARGERS FOR LIFE BITCH!!!!!
ChargersrBA 1 year ago
@ChargersrBA hey man, I'm not trying to shit on your chargers parade - I think it's great that you're true to your team, I myself am a life long NY Giants fan and a very proud one for many obvious reasons but I always thought Dan Marino deserved a ring - way much more than the chargers ever did.
nwpamundsen 1 year ago
@nwpamundsen ok, sorry for goin off on u there. i have no problem with giants fans, i just couldnt take any chances that u were a raiders fan talking shit without me saying somethin back.
ChargersrBA 1 year ago
@ChargersrBA
those achievements don't mean shit. that's nice that you have a team competing for a division title and as a proud card carrying Raider fan all i have to say is, good for you timmy. the facts are your team sucks. the chargers drain the serviceable life out of it's "great" players without compensating them with a title, cheat the fans and are seen as nothing more than a second rate rival from a third rate city. the west used to have a rival like that, they're called the seahawks.
trollercoaster17 1 year ago
@trollercoaster17 what the fuck are you talking about? the chargers are one of the top teams in the league you fucking idiot. "The west used to have a rival like that, called the seahawks" what the fuck is this? why would you bring the seahawks into this conversation? the seahwaks suck dick so stfo bitch.
ChargersrBA 1 year ago
@ChargersrBA
is someone's butt hurt from the searing truth? like i said, a team that will drain the 'serviceable' life from it's top players without rewarding them with proper recognition, i.e., a title. seattle fits in to the equation because one, they were a better rival than SD and they were shitty, third rate low market franchise, like your beloved chargers. secondly, charger fans are bitches. at least when we toss ice at other fans, they fight back and don't try to rat us out to security.
trollercoaster17 1 year ago
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MartinJRuiz 2 years ago
Rich Gannon was hands down the worst SB QB ever. They were favored by a TD and he threw 5 picks.
pelorojo7 2 years ago
Ur a fat fuck how about you spend Ur time on a treadmill running instead of making this video? and btw marino is way better than any1 who will ever play on this team.
s1cksk1lz 2 years ago
marino is better than humphries, but, i mean, who won? marino did take them to field goal range, but not to the goal line like humphries did. Grow up and take the loss
hensters 2 years ago
san diego chargers sin duda el equipo mas culero que ha jugado un super bowl, lo bueno que les metieron una verguiza en el mismo !
mauriciomorenohess 2 years ago
de seguro eres un chilango reprimido que le va a los vaqueros..
avalozz1 2 years ago
Your a loser.
mlando44 2 years ago
What a heart-breaking game. I thought the dolphins had a chance to score again but Keith Jackson tried to lateral the ball in the red zone and lost it.
joeb1021 2 years ago
i remember this game , I also remember that about 4 weeks later the Chargers got ASS-RAPED on national TV by the 49ers
vargas218 2 years ago
I'll never forget this fucking game. It was 21-8 when I had to leave for an elementary school basketball game. When I got home, it was 22-21 Chargers with like 20 seconds to go. FUCK!
KennethKaniffFromCT 2 years ago
I hated this Charger team. They had no business being in the Super Bowl and got absolutely destroyed. Stan Humphries is perhaps the worst SB QB ever.
pji1979 2 years ago
You do realize that they played argueably the best team of the decade right? The Steelers would have got killed too. So fuck off, you don't know shit
LifeIsPeachee 2 years ago 2
Jamarcus Russell?
binald 2 years ago
@pji1979 of course they deserved to be in the superbowl. The chargers won in the wildcard round, divisional round, and conference championship against a very good steelers team. Of course if they lose in the weeks prior to the superbowl, then of course they wouldn't have any business in the superbowl. Very simple to understand. win in all playoff games= superbowl appearance. lose in playoffs= don't deserve to be in superbowl.
mac993463 2 years ago
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MartinJRuiz 2 years ago
I will never forget when he missed! I was so hyped! This was a magical year for San Diego.....too bad Stan got hurt in the Super Bowl.
charger109 2 years ago
I was there!! It was good to be in SD during this time. The whole city so excited and came together. What great memories. thanks for posting.
EvilQueenUK 2 years ago
hahahaha Chargers!!!!
TheChargers85 2 years ago
I remember this game so vividly, but not Don Shula in the Rascal.
professorzimo 2 years ago
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CHOKERS GOT KILLED in the SUPERBOWL LMFAO
gfscarface13 2 years ago
i was at that game in the end zone where he missed the field goal. what a day!
jaycpeny 2 years ago
don shula and his rascal look pissed.
selppuc 2 years ago
poor dolphins another failed field goal in team history!!!they were heavily favored that year and man they blew it
speakingdatruth 2 years ago
I remember being shocked and upset. In defense of Stoyanovich, he should never have been put in that position as the Dolphins never should have blown the lead.
metaldude82 2 years ago
this was around the time I became a charger fan just before they went to the super bowl...i was 10 years old
now true hardcore fan and season ticket holder
lendog3000 2 years ago 2
lendog3000, great post!
deven1961 2 years ago
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Man, I love this; not in a million years will I forget this game! Favorite moment, though: Don Shula throwing his arms up in disgust. Still a running joke between my dad, brother and me! GO BOLTS!
Urdam 2 years ago
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Urdam 2 years ago
wow san diego has added so many more seats to that stadium since then crazy to see with out all those missing seats
lendog3000 2 years ago
I know. Qualcomm looks gorgeous now since rennovations before Super Bowl XXXII, oh and since the Padres stopped playing there.
SaskBlade 2 years ago
Go bolts!!!! Became a Chargers fan in 1980 and have been one ever since.
hermannsam1 2 years ago
Go Chargers!
SanDiegoCurse 2 years ago
hell yeah chargers
beckielover 2 years ago
JJ built a hell of a D and knew how draft better than almost anyone. He should have just let Marino and Gary Stevens run the O with no question or pressure to run the ball more. During the JJ era Miami was missing one solid deep threat. God bless McDuffie and his hard work and 110% effort every game but he could carry the receiving load on his own. Gadsden was solid 3rd down guy but not the #1 speedster we needed at the time. During the mid late 90s the NFL was loaded with top receivers.
SuperHero3 2 years ago
Boomin9, Marino wanted RECEIVERS in free agency and the draft. Shula did go soft because Marino had more power than him with Huiezenga. There's a dirty little secret that Marino protectors never talk about. In 1994, Marino almost got traded for 1st and 2nd round draft picks and Miami was going to go with a younger QB. JJ and Marino NEVER did get along and Marino's power among other things is what drove JJ to retire. JJ had Miami on the right track until Wanny screwed things up.
ethurst2 2 years ago
ethurst2 -interesting points. You are focusing a lot on free agency from 93 but ignoring the poor drafts preceeding it. In this time there was not a focus on bring in receivers at all. Shula (who I admire greatly) failed to build a good defence in this time.
Boominor9 2 years ago
ethurst2-Miami considered Scott Mitchell.He never amounted to much with another team so I would say right decision to trade Mitchell. JJ did tire of the media circus focusing on his relationship with Marino but he retired because he had enough of coaching - otherwise he would be coaching elsewhere. Why retire at the same time Marino is being pushed (and he was) into retirement?
Boominor9 2 years ago
Ironically the worst relationhip of all was between Elway and Dan Reeves. Reeves fired Shannahan for conspiring with Elway against him and then later forced Pat Bolan to choose between himself and Elway as the relationship had broken down.
Boominor9 2 years ago
Interesting points you make and yes, you could consider me a Marino backer. I have followed this team since 90 when I was a little kid. The problem was not the offense. Marino can throw all day and points will be scored. The problem was in my opinion was a weak secondary and soft linebacking core (Bryan Cox and Offerdahl being the exception) I can't count how many games I watched in which the opposition would go deep on us and score big. I still cringe at Andre Reed. The D was soft.
SuperHero3 2 years ago
Laces out! DIE DAN, DIE!
RaistliniltsiaR 2 years ago
That's my point about Elway. When he went to his first 3 Super Bowls, HE WAS THE DENVER BRONCOS! They had no one else. Marino basically got drafted by a team coming off a Super Bowl and were picked to go back had they not been derailed by a Seahawks team in the playoffs at home (guess who was the QB?). Terrell Davis was a 6th round pick that wasn't even considered to make the team. Elway DEFERRED to the running game while Marino in late years still wanted to throw. I'll take Bob Griese any day
ethurst2 2 years ago
In the later years Marino would have deferred to the running game, if he had a back of the calibre of Terrell Davis. What you seem to be saying is that you need more balance in a team. I agree. However Shula couldn't bring this - he went soft in his later years and the team drafted badly. Marino is bound to be pass happy however in this case. If they were too sub-ordinate to Marino that is their fault. Marino tried to defer to the running game under Johnson - it just wasn't good enough
Boominor9 2 years ago
Elway was good but you are overlooking that in 89, for example, Denver had the 3rd rated defense in the league. Ultimately Elway couldn't lead his team to a superbowl until the team was strong at all levels. Marino never had this - that is a coaching/organisation fault. How have Miami fared since Marino retired?
Boominor9 2 years ago
Elway gets blamed for losing those Super Bowls but he did get them there during that era 3 Times with a leaky defense. Would you rather have Vance Johnson or Jerry Rice? Mark Jackson or John Taylor (who should be in the HOF)? Roger Craig or Sammy Winder? Orson Mobley or Brent Jones? For three years, Elway took some faceless Broncos to the big game not counting the Drive in the AFC Championship game. That no 3 rating is deceptive because in the 80's, the AFC was the weaker conference.
ethurst2 2 years ago
ethurst2 - the number 3 rating was NFL, not AFC. Of course the 49ers were the better team. Exactly as they were in 1984 with a Ronnie Lott led secondary and a Roger Craig led running game.
Boominor9 2 years ago
I remember this to this FUKKIN DAY! I am a huge fins fan and damn this one stung bigtime! I hated this fukkin game.
onblock7 2 years ago
all these years i blamed Stoyo, but I didn't remember what a terrible snap that was!
professorintellect 2 years ago
HAHA Me too, my friends said that year mainly the next day your kicker can't even kick straight and it burned :( I was mad as hell after this blown game! I was seriously pissed.
onblock7 2 years ago
Hmmm I would say suck on perfection,but no one can do that.
dolphinbuc 2 years ago
I remember this game. I feel like Im in 4th grade all over again. Great memories!!!
twel603 2 years ago
Honestly, i re-watch the game and we can't say that the dolphins choke in this game . The chargers were simply the best team. They made so many mistakes in this game ( 3 turnovers, stop in the red zone 2 times) and they still won the game. It's revealing enough for me.
binald 2 years ago
Where can you watch the entire game on youtube?
zg294 2 years ago
No i got it on dvd
binald 2 years ago
that was an awesome season! all season long they would just find a way to win.
gurkhabeast 2 years ago
Well I guess we will never know. By the way, I don't know if you are a dolphins fan but if you are. Can you tell me when the dolphins had their best team in Dan Marino's era beside the 1984 season, where the expectations were the biggest.
binald 2 years ago
When we got Fryar and Ingram, what year was that exactly???? Was that around 94 or 95? I forget the exact year, but in all reality that 92 team we had that lost to Buffalo in the damn AFC title game just hurt too damn bad, that one there was just so damn painful it made me cry as a kid lol. I would say that was our best team sides the 84 team.
I am not the dude you are responding to, I just thought I would tell you my fave team of the Fins sides 84.
onblock7 2 years ago
you got fryar and ingram in 93
binald 2 years ago
Right! Thats the year after the AFC title game in 92 then Clayton went to GB and Duper retired. I was off a few years lol. I think their best team outside of that 84 team with Marino was probably the 92 team though, just a step away from a superbowl appearance. After that they didn't get as close.
onblock7 2 years ago
yes but the 90 team was not bad either.
binald 2 years ago
Not bad but seriously they never had that great D even in 84 behind him nor a great runner as well, they were one dimensional alot of times with the passing game and in big games that was their undoing IMO.
I love Marino and Duper and Clayton etc., but damn as a complete team he never had it like Elway did in his last two years.
onblock7 2 years ago
Actually, Duper went to the Eagles. But that was really the closest marino would come in that '92 season. Damn shame, AFC Championship at home at get dismantled all day by that f***king sweep with thurman thomas. Plus stupid mistakes, Marco Coleman not falling on the fumble recovery(tried running with the ball on their own 10ish yard line) 2 plays later, bam, TD buffalo. And that ridiculous pick of marino when the bill lineman just jumped in his face and intercepted the ball.
bdog1323 2 years ago
You trying to make me cry again? Why did you do this there lol.... GOOD LORD I remember it all man. I remember all our failures there.
onblock7 2 years ago
Mark Duper never played for the Eagles; you must be confusing him with Irving Fryar.
SuperBowlExpert 1 year ago
@bdog1323 Actually, Duper went to the Miami Hooters Arena Football team after '92. Irving Fryar went to the Eagles.
iLO80 1 year ago
@iLO80 I did forget to add that duper was cut before the '93 season from eagles. It was in '94 he played in the AFL for the Miami hooters. Irving Fryar did go to the eagles, but after the '95 season after finishing his 3 year contract with miami
bdog1323 1 year ago
@bdog1323 Bills were too damn good. They were like the Yankees and we were the Dodgers... it was some mental block that no matter what (even with homefield), we were going to lose. I knew watching it, too. Yes, it was a sunny day and should've been ours, but the Bills were moving ahead
mcgurkryans 1 year ago
1985, '93 and '94. Probably the biggest expectaions.
bdog1323 2 years ago 5
(Cough) 49-26 San Francisco.
(In Miami)
SCE2AUX 2 years ago
Ah yes, the last desperate search for meaning by a Niner fan who's team is vacuous and uncompetitive. Looking back to these years isn't just nostalgia for you, its a search for relevance for San Francisco. Certainly the Chargers have been more successful overall since that time while the Niners are impotent and unremarkable.
Speegs23 2 years ago
Certainly. But I'm a Dolphin fan.
SCE2AUX 2 years ago
Well, mediocrity has been their IMO since then as well.
Speegs23 2 years ago
There were alot of Fins fan in San Diego that day, guaranteeded all of them were booking there flights to Pittsburgh at halftime. God knows I would have been, but I was 11 years old in my basement instead. GO DOLPHINS!!!
SuperHero3 2 years ago
That, my friends, is a real fan. GO CHARGERS!
bobguy619 2 years ago 2
This game was total B.S. Miami led 21-6 at halftime to get screwed over. The power was cut in Miami's locker room during halftime.
Referee botched a call giving Chargers a safety when the Dolphin runner was clearly not in the endzone, giving them 2 points and posession of the ball. Stoyo would've easily made game-winning field goal with a good snap.
sansebastian1190 2 years ago
don't blame the high snap, the holder still got the ball down
LifeIsPeachee 2 years ago
That threw the timing off for the kicker though! He had to hesitate before the kick. That screws a kicker up big time!
BlackNGoldRules 2 years ago
I am a Dolphins fan and a former kicker and I can tell you, that snap affected the kick.
dolphinsneu 2 years ago
Apparently, the play before the safety, Means fumbled ob and the ball hit the pylon, which should have given a Touchback, but instead the refs put the ball on the inch line. However, no excuses, the Dolphins let the Chargers walk all over them in the second half
dolphinsneu 2 years ago
yeah, that was a terrible call. Hits the pylon, out of the endzone, touchback. Didn't get it then, don't get in now. NEVER should have tried to run out of end zone. Marino was very hot when they were rolling.
bdog1323 2 years ago
@bdog1323
yeah but when the chargers actually scored a TD on a deep pass the refs called it out of bounds when it clearly wasnt...kinda repaying the dolphins for that non TD that Means made.
SumKindaNice 1 year ago
nice wheels shula
madmaxxh0h0 2 years ago
then they went and got creamed by the
9ners!!
angieg83 2 years ago
no one coud beat steve young and jerry rice, so shut up! at least we know how 2 spell 9ers right!
slasherx59 2 years ago
WHO?....gives a shit...oh wow..you can spell 9ers..there happy? jeesh what a waste of my gmail space...
angieg83 2 years ago
OMG I cried and cried after this game! I was 13 years old!! Aholes...
angieg83 2 years ago 2
Me too, GO DOLPHINS!!!
SuperHero3 2 years ago
that's frikin great shula sits on his hoverround haha
gino454 2 years ago
The best game I have every been to!! Talk about electric!!! I called the saftey!! It wasnt for that safety therre was no chance!!
doejoemoe 2 years ago
laces in
Mrpibbman 2 years ago
ron burgundy must have been proud of that team!
crawford371 2 years ago
who?
stanhumphriesfan 2 years ago
From the "Anchorman"
MechanizedWarfare 2 years ago
deep pass was to Mike Williams.
Boominor9 2 years ago
Man... I still remember that 3rd down pass before this FG miss. Marino had tried to go deep to Tony Martin and overthrew him. I kept thinking to myself, "He should've dumped it off to get a first down, or at least get Pete closer." It's still painful: 94 was supposed to be the year for Marino (10 years after the 84 season, 94 was the big comeback year after the achilles). It was also the downfall of Stoyanovich... he never recovered after this game.
mcgurkryans 3 years ago
You sure the deep pass was to Tony Martin? I am pretty sure he was playing for the dreaded chargers that year. I am pretty sure the deep pass was to either Fryar or Ingram. But I remember it too. 94 is my all-time favourite NFL season our Dolphins were sooo close!
SuperHero3 3 years ago
couldn't have been tony martin he was with the chargers at the time
stanhumphriesfan 2 years ago
You guys are right... it was another receiver. But, it was definitely 3rd down and short, with Marino going for it all. Overthrown and then wide right. (sigh)
mcgurkryans 2 years ago
Either Ingram or Mike Williams...not the "i'm gonna get fat and eat my way out of the NFL" guy who was drafted by the Lions either :P
cbaldwinjr 2 years ago
I still remember that stupid game. I wanted to pour hot coffee all over Stan Humphries afterwards.
rancid669 3 years ago
My Dolphins had this game! I still remember being 10 with tears down my face after watching this. I don't know what it was about the 1994 season but I thought we had a trip to the Super Bowl locked up. Best offense in the league that year, Marino was simply on fire all-season long. aaahhhhh!!!! what a nightmare way to end it.
SuperHero3 3 years ago
hear the commentator say 35 seconds is a lifetime to Marino? Not many QBs draw that comment - even with 3 TOs. San Diego cut the power to the MIami locker room at the half so no team talk. Classy team.
Boominor9 3 years ago
ethurst2 you do not know your football. The truth in Marino's 17 years, Miami NEVER had a team good enough to win it all. They didn't in 94, winning 10 games in regular season. They won't beat the forty niners. Sure Marino had some bad playoff games. He had some good ones. TEAMS with great defences and/or running games generally win championships - look it up. You think Elway wins without Terrell Davies? I don't think so. Marino was a class act.
Boominor9 3 years ago
Bullshit. When Marino was drafted, he already had veteran players around him. They were coming off of a Super Bowl with the number 1 defense in the league. Miami had several good teams. (1983- Lost to the Seahawks in the OB) - (1984) lost to SF) (1985 -Lost AFC Title game AT HOME to New England). 1990 (Lost 44-34 to Buffalo) 1992 (Lost AFC Championship to Buffalo 29-10 at home) 1995 (Blew a 21-6 lead to the Chargers.
ethurst2 2 years ago
You think so?Why couldn't Woodley put up points then? How many rookie QBs make playoffs?Youngest superbowl QB at time. 84 SF team one of best ever - Miami defense just POOR. Watch NE 85 game then previous Cleveland playoff game. Cleveland ran ALL over Miami. Miami had worst run defence in league from 84-86 - that is why they lost those games. As i said some he had some bad games and some GREAT ones. You don't want to acknowledge the great ones. Like me to tell you them?
Boominor9 2 years ago
Shula's forte was taking average or below average talent and make them winners. Miami was a pass happy offense that just wanted to throw the ball. Sooner or later, you must give the defense a rest. In 1990 when Miami "commited" to the run for at least one year, Sammie Smith almost hit 1000 yards had he not missed two games. When they blanked SD 31-0 in 92 playoffs, they ran all over SD. Miami had the talent to get it done and they failed.
ethurst2 2 years ago
Actually, I totoally agree with this. They had an average pass defense and a HORRIBLE run defense. after marino came, the killer bee's got old, injured and they basically went all pass offense with marino. In 1985 their average run defense was around 145 yards rushing A GAME giving up. Thats just how good that passing was. Running was average. Especially after they lost Andra Franklin in '84. This coming from a 30 year dolfan!!
bdog1323 2 years ago
CRIES, and yes you are right from a life long fins fan born in 78!
onblock7 2 years ago
Lets look at teams that won the SB without marquee running backs. The 49ers in 81. Can you name ANY running backs? Kansas City Super Bowl IV (by committee), SB VI (Duane Thomas split time with Walt Garrison and Calvin Hill. 1977 and 1980 Raiders SB teams. The Patriots first win with Antowain Smith as running back. They still won averaging 3.4 yards a carry. Dan Marino was a great regular season QB. Horrible playoff QB!
ethurst2 2 years ago
Yes but all those teams had good or great defences.
Boominor9 2 years ago
In the era of free agency, Miami could have got a premier running back but Marino wanted RECEIVERS and actually had more power than Shula. He became bigger than life. You knew that when you went to Miami, you were not going to get 25 carries a game because Dan hated running plays. Troy Stradford , RB, who was the Rookie of the Year in 87 for Miami said in a column that Miami worked on pass blocking instead of run blocking all year long for Marino. His column disappeared in the Sun Sentinel.
ethurst2 2 years ago
Ok some truth here generally. BUT free agency did not begin until 1993. Check out Miami's draft picks prior to that - only 1 first round receiver in 11 years. 2 running backs - both busts. Miami drafted very poorly. Anyone would dislike running plays that were constantly ineffective. If the coaches capitulated to Marino they are to blame.
Boominor9 2 years ago
How can a running back prove themselves when they only get ten carries a game? Marino even said himself that he hated calling running plays. This is why him and J.J. clashed in Miami. Marino had too much power, more than J.J. and Jimmy eventually said enough with football. That's like people calling Ronnie Brown a bust when he only gets 10 touches a game! simply put, Marino couldn't get it done in the playoffs regardless of who he had.
ethurst2 2 years ago
I don't know my football? Look it up. Marino was not even on the NFL all decade team for the 80's or 90's. In the 80's, it was Fouts and Montana. In the 90's it was Elway and Farve. Anyone will tell you that the 3SB bowls that Elway took the Broncos to that he put 45 men on his back. The defense collapse in all those SB's and Elway never had a chance' Stop him and you stop Denver. I'm a die hard Miami fan and I'll take Griese any day. You guys just fell in love with Marinos arm.
ethurst2 2 years ago
Bullshit - Green Bay stopped Elway pretty good in the superbowl, and intercepted him (shocking pass) in fourth quarter when the game was Denver's for the taking. But the Denver defense then came up big to clinch the win. As did Terrell all day long. Elway WAS a great QB but don't pretend he would have won any SB without great teams around him - he couldn't and he didn't. Re NFL all decade teams - big deal, Marino was a great QB who ranks in the NFL's top 100 greatest players ever-check it out.
Boominor9 2 years ago
I love how ESPN still uses that music
abruzz0 3 years ago
Marino is sub-500 in playoff games. To me, Dan was a great regular season quarterback--that's it. The knock on him in college at Pit t was he couldn't win the big games.Every excuse has been used to explain his failures in the playoffs when he had teams that could have made a deep run in the playoffs. NE won a Superbowl with Antowain Smith averaging 3.4 yards a carry. Walsh won his first with a faceless backfield so using the lack of a running game with Marino just doesn't fly.
ethurst2 3 years ago