CHARGERS WIN SUPER BOWL 50 ( Recap and photos)

[dogwood30]

Today in the NJLMFL – Where the Legends Play

SUPER BOWL 50…………..ROSE BOWL, PASADENA, CA.

NFC CHAMPS- SAN JOSE BREAKERS
VS
AFC CHAMPS- SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

RECAP

The San Diego Chargers ended a 10 game NFC Super Bowl winning streak last night as they defeated the San Jose Breakers 27-24 to win Super Bowl 50. The 50th Anniversary game was played under perfect conditions at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena California.

1st Half

The San Jose Breakers won the coin toss and wasted no time scoring. After Justin Forsett returned the opening kickoff 25 yds to the Breakers 42 yd line RB Michael Turner broke free and dashed 58 yards for a TD and San Jose had a 7-0 lead before everybody was seated. San Diego took the ball on their own 20 following a touchback and had a 6 play drive that culminated with a John Carney 25 yd FG to make it 7-3. The drive featured two big plays. Dan Fouts hit Charlie Joiner for 29 yards and the games eventual MVP Ladanian Tomlinson had a 32 yd run. The Breakers answered right back on a 3 play 60 yd drive. San Jose QB Danny White found WR Tony Hill for a 57 yd strike to the Chargers 6 yd line. On the next play White hit Fred Barnett for a 6 yd TD and the Breakers opened up a 14-3 lead with 2:27 left in the 1st quarter. San Diego’s next drive saw LT run for 19 yds as the quarter ended. Fouts then hit WR Lance Alworth to the San Jose 24. On first down Fouts threw for Barnett again but Breakers DB Henry Jones Intercepted at the San Jose 26 for the games first turnover. The Breakers then had a 9 play drive which saw White complete a 20 and 32 yd pass to Tony Hill as they reached the San Diego 5 yd line at the 2:00 warning. This is when the Chargers suddenly came to life and kept the Breakers out of the endzone. San Jose K Roy Gerela kicked a 25 yd FG to give San Jose a 17-3 lead with 1:45 to go in the half. Dan Fouts then ran a great 2 minute offense. He threw to Alworth for 12 yards and took a time out. Tomlinson then ran twice for 5 yards then a big one for 28 yards to the San Jose 25 with :52 left to go. Fouts then hit Charlie Joiner for a 25 yd TD and San Diego was back in the game at the half trailing 17-10.

2nd Half

San Diego got the second half kick at their own 39. On 3rd and 7 Fouts hit Alworth for 14 yds and a first down at the SJ 44. Tomlinson then ran for 7 yds and Chuck Muncie followed with a 9 yd run taking the ball to the Breakers 28 yd line. Ladanian Tomlinson then swept right and cutback on his way to a 28 yd TD run and with Carney’s extra point the game was now tied at 17. at the 8:13 mark of the 3rd quarter. Forsett then had another good return for San Jose bringing the ball back 34 yds to the Breakers 48. On third down White hit TE Doug Cosbie down to the SD 31. After a 2 yd loss by Newhouse White dropped back to throw. San Diego LB Junior Seau slammed into White forcing a fumble and San Diego recovered at their own 36. Two short runs by LT took the game to the end of the 3rd quarter tied at 17. As the final quarter opened San Diego failed to make a first down so they punted all the way to the San Jose 1 yard line but Justin Forsett returned it 29 yards to the Breakers 30 to get them out of a hole. The Chargers defense struck again when Antonio Cromartie intercepted Danny White’s pass intended for Tony Hill at the San Jose 43 and returned it 5 yds to the 38. Tomlinson broke off a 35 yard run to the San Jose 3 yd line. The Breakers defense did not break as they stopped the Chargers drive at the 3. John Carney hit from 20 yards for his second field goal of the game and San Diego led for the first time 20-17 with 9:32 left in the game. The Breakers got the biggest play of the game when Justin Forsett took the kickoff at his own 9 and sped 82 yards to the San Diego 9 yard line. This set up a 3 yard TD pass from White to Michael Turner and San Jose was back in the lead 24-20 with 6:24 to go. Darren Sproles returned the kick 25 yds to the s
San Diego 42 and Fouts went to work. On 3rd and 7 Fouts hit Charlie Joiner on a post pattern and the speedy receiver took the ball to the San Jose 7 yard line. Two short runs by LT brought the game to the 2:00 warning. San Jose took a time out at 2:23 so they were down to 2. On 3rd and goal Fouts hit Alworth on a quick out pass for the go ahead TD. With 1:48 to go in the game San Diego regained the lead 27-24. Carney then boomed the kickoff out of the end zone for a huge touchback. Danny White had 2 timeouts and needed about 50 yards to get into field goal range. On first down he hit Barnett for 14 yards who got out of bounds at the Breakers 34 with 1:33 left. White then had to scramble and he did for 12 yards to the Breakers 46 and they called their second time out at the 1:19 mark. White then zipped a pass to the left sideline and Fred Barnett made a great catch and got out of bounds at the San Diego 38 with 62 ticks left in the game. The Breakers were just about in field goal range. White then dropped back and was hurried. He threw for Turner on a screen pass but Antonio Cromartie jumped in front of Turner and picked off the pass at the Chargers 28 yard line. Cromartie’s second pick of the game sealed the victory for San Diego. Three short runs by Tomlinson ran out the clock and San Diego had their second Super Bowl Title in franchise history. The Chargers last Super Bowl win was Super Bowl 5. Ladanian Tomlinson rushed for 172 yards and 1 TD and was named the games MVP. The 50th Anniversary Super Bowl in the NJLMFL was one of the best. San Jose got off to the quick start but 3 second half turnovers did them in ending the Cinderella run for this new expansion team. Winning coach Don Coyell shook hands with Breaker coach Jason Garrett at midfield and was then drenched in Gatorade by Junior Seau and Shawn Merriman. The Chargers then climbed up on the podium at midfield and accepted the game’s top prize, The Vince Lombardi Trophy.

Summary



San Jose 14-3-0-7…..24
San Diego 3-7-7-10…27

1st QTR
SJ- Turner 58 yd run (Gerela kick)………………………………….7-0 14:10
SD- Carney 25 yd FG………………………………………… ……...7-3 5:57
SJ- Barnett 8 yd pass from White (Gerela kick)…………………...14-3 2:27

2nd Qtr
SJ- Gerela 25 yd FG………………………………………… ………..17-3 1:45
SD- Joiner 25 yd pass from Fouts (Carney kick)…………………..17-10 :33

3rd QTR
SD- Tomlinson 28 yd run (Carney kick)……………………………..17-17 8:13

4th QTR
SD- Carney 20 yd FG………………………………………… ……….20-17 9:32
SJ- Turner 3 yd pass from White (Gerela kick)……………………..24-20 6:24
SD- Alworth 5 yd pass from Fouts (Carney Kick)…………………..27-24 1:48

STATS

San Jose San Diego
24 Points 27
8 First Downs 10
85 Rushing 194
170 Passing 156
255 Total Yards 350
3 Turnovers 1
0-0 Penalties 1-10

San Jose
Rushing
Turner 9-58 1 TD
Newhouse 4-15
White 1-12

Receiving
Turner 2-19 1 TD
Hill 3- 109
Barnett 2-20 1TD
Cosbie 1-22

Passing
White 8-12 170 yds 2 TD 2 INT 1 Sack 1 Fumble lost
INT- Jones-1

San Diego
Rushing
Tomlinson 20-172 1TD MVP
Muncie 5-21
Fouts 1-1

Receiving
Muncie 1-1
Alworth 4-53 1 TD
Joiner 3-102 1 TD

Passing
Fouts 7-10 156 yds 2 TDs 1 INT

INT- Cromartie-2

Game MVP- Ladanian Tomlinson
Coaches
San Jose- Jason Garrett
San Diego- Don Coryell

[O-schemer]

Those pics are awesome!! Your league is inspiring! Thx.

[allftbl]

Your updates are awesome and your pictures are great!!!Love seeing some of the old time players in the mix!What a neat league and history you have!!!Really glad you take the time to share your league!!Congratulations on Super Bowl 50!!!!

[Drk]

Curious, why 'Breakers' with Dallas Cowboy players? I like it.

[Coach K-LO]

great recap and congrats to the Chargers for winning #50

[RavennaAl]

San Jose was robbed!!! On that Fouts to Joiner TD, #51 of San Jose was not only held, but the Charger guy had a hold of his facemask. No TD and 15 yards. And on LTR’s other big run, #99 of the Chargers is definitely holding. He has his arms draped all around #75 of the Breakers. Where were the refs?? I think an investigation is in order here.

[dogwood30]

The reason for so many ex-Cowby players on the Breakers is that I have a Legends league where the existing NFL teams get their all-time roster. What ever players are not on that franchises all-time roster go to the expansion teams. For some of the teams with so many stars such as the Cowboys, Steelers, Raiders, Colts and so on I create some spin off teams of those franchises to create great rivalries and matchups. For instance:

San Jose Breakers- Many Cowboys from the 70's and 80's
Louisville Mustangs- Some Cowboys from the 90's and present day
Richmond Rebels- Mostly current Giants
New Portland Sharks team will be mostly extra Raiders
Hartford Renegades- Mostly Steelers from 90's and present day.

I also try to put these teams in the same division or conference as their parent teams. I now have players from 5 decades playing against each other.
With these kind of rosters no game is boring. There are star players on every team. This is not for everybody,but is sure pleasure for me.

These expansion teams get immediate credibility and help to create some all time great matchups. I have 16 expansion teams now and still have excess players so I will soon be adding 8 more teams to make 56.

Mike V.