1994 San Francisco 49ers season

Infobox NFL season
team = San Francisco 49ers
year = 1994
record = 13-3
division_place = 1st NFC West
coach = George Seifert
stadium = Candlestick Park
playoffs = Super Bowl Champions The San Francisco 49ers 1994 season was their 49th season in the National Football League. For the third consecutive season, the 49ers led the league in points scored. The season was highlighted by their fifth Super Bowl victory, making themselves the first team to win five Super Bowls. A big turning point for the franchise was the signing of two-sport star Deion Sanders. Quarterback Steve Young suffered a heartbreaking loss to the Philadelphia Eagles which resulted in his being benched. An argument with George Seifert led to Young proving himself worthy of replacing Joe Montana as San Francisco's starting quarterback. The season would be one of the franchise's most successful seasons. Sanders would have an impact with the franchise by winning the NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award and having six interceptions. The 49ers opponents in the NFC Championship Game was the Dallas Cowboys. Dubbed by some fans as the real Super Bowl, it would mark the third consecutive season that the 49ers and Cowboys met each other in the game. It was one of the highest rated non-Super Bowl games in NFL history. The 49ers would go on to face the San Diego Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX.

NFL Draft

Postseason

NFC Divisional Playoff - January 7, 1995 (Sat)

*San Francisco 49ers 44, Chicago Bears 15Linescore Amfootball
Road=Bears
R1=3
R2=0
R3=0
R4=12
RT=15
Home=49ers
H1=7
H2=23
H3=7
H4=7
HT=44

"at Candlestick Park, San Francisco"
*Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST/1:00 p.m. PST
*Game weather: convert|54|°F|°C, rain
*TV announcers (FOX): Dick Stockton and Matt Millen
*Referee: Howard Roe
*Game attendance: 64,644

NFC Championship Game - January 15, 1995

*NFC: San Francisco 49ers 38, Dallas Cowboys 28Linescore Amfootball
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R1=7
R2=7
R3=7
R4=7
RT=28
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H2=10
H3=7
H4=0
HT=38

"at Candlestick Park, San Francisco"
*Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST/1:00 p.m. PST
*Game weather: convert|50|°F|°C, partly cloudy)
*TV announcers (FOX): Pat Summerall and John Madden
*Referee: Dick Hantak
*Game attendance: 69,125

uper Bowl XXIX - January 29, 1995

*San Francisco 49ers 49, San Diego Chargers 26Linescore Amfootball
Road=Chargers
R1=7
R2=3
R3=8
R4=8
RT=26
Home=49ers
H1=14
H2=14
H3=14
H4=7
HT=49

coring summary

*SF - TD: Jerry Rice 44 yard pass from Steve Young (Doug Brien kick) SF 7-0
*SF - TD: Ricky Watters 51 yard pass from Steve Young (Doug Brien kick) SF 14-0
*SD - TD: Natrone Means 1 yard run (John Carney kick) SF 14-7
*SF - TD: William Floyd 5 yard pass from Steve Young (Doug Brien kick) SF 21-7
*SF - TD: Ricky Watters 8 yard pass from Steve Young (Doug Brien kick) SF 28-7
*SD - FG: John Carney 31 yards SF 28-10
*SF - TD: Ricky Watters 9 yard run (Doug Brien kick) SF 35-10
*SF - TD: Jerry Rice 15 yard pass from Steve Young (Doug Brien kick) SF 42-10
*SD - TD: Andre Coleman 98 yard kickoff return (*2-pt conv: Mark Seay pass from Stan Humphries) SF 42-18
*SF - TD: Jerry Rice 7 yard pass from Steve Young (Doug Brien kick) SF 49-18
*SD - TD: Tony Martin 30 yard pass from Stan Humphries (*2-pt conv: Alfred Pupunu pass from Stan Humphries) SF 49-26

*The Chargers became the first team to have a successful two-point conversion in the Super Bowl. This was the first season in which the NFL allowed 2 point conversions, and the Chargers actually had two in the game.

Roster

Awards and Honors

* Led NFL with 66 Touchdowns
* Led NFL with 505 points scored
* Jerry Rice, NFL leader, Receiving Yards (1,499)
* Jerry Rice, NFC Pro Bowl
* Deion Sanders, National Football League Defensive Player of the Year Award
* Deion Sanders, Newspaper Enterprise Association Defensive Player of the Year Award
* Deion Sanders, NFC Pro Bowl
* Bryant Young, Defensive End, UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year
* Steve Young, led NFL, 35 Touchdown Passes
* Steve Young, NFL Passing Leader, 112.8 Passer Rating
* Steve Young, NFC Pro Bowl
* Steve Young, All-Pro selection
* Steve Young, Super Bowl XXIX MVP
* Steve Young, NFL MVP
* Steve Young, PFWA NFL MVP
* Steve Young, NEA NFL MVP
* Steve Young, UPI NFC Player of the Year
* Steve Young, Bert Bell Award

Milestones

* Jerry Rice, 100 reception season (Rice finished the season with 112 receptions) [ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 440 ]
* Jerry Rice, 1,000 yard receiving season

References

* [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/sfo/1994.htm 49ers on Pro Football Reference]
* [http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/results.nsf/Teams/1994-sf 49ers Schedule on jt-sw.com]

succession box
title = Super Bowl Champions
San Francisco 49ers
years = 1994
before = Dallas Cowboys 1992 and 1993
after = Dallas Cowboys
1995