Conference Semifinals, 1989

played in Cincinnati, OH

46 degrees, fair, 4 mph wind

San Diego Chargers	7	0	3	0	-	10
Cincinnati Bengals	0	7	0	7	-	14

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:19 SDO - Anthony Toney 22 pass from Matt Robinson (John Carney extra point)
2Q: 05:04 CIN - Michael Irvin 25 pass from Ken O'Brien (Gary Anderson extra point)
3Q: 11:24 SDO - John Carney 28 field goal
4Q: 02:10 CIN - Owen Gill 2 run (Gary Anderson extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:19 SDO - Anthony Toney 22 pass from Matt Robinson (John Carney extra point)
2Q: 05:04 CIN - Michael Irvin 25 pass from Ken O'Brien (Gary Anderson extra point)
3Q: 11:24 SDO - John Carney 28 field goal
4Q: 02:10 CIN - Owen Gill 2 run (Gary Anderson extra point)

Team Statistics SDO CIN
Record 12-6 13-4
First Downs 13 17
- by Rushing 2 7
- by Passing 10 9
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 229 304
- Offensive Plays 59 58
- Yards per Play 3.88 5.24
Net Rushing Yards 34 107
- Rushing Attempts 18 31
- Yards per Rush 1.89 3.45
Net Passing Yards 195 197
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 37 - 27 - 0 25 - 16 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 221 211
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/26 2/14
- Yards per Pass Play 4.76 7.30
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/15 5/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.9 5.2
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/30 6/40
Punt Returns/Yards 3/12 1/4
Kick Returns/Yards 1/14 1/19
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 27
Time of Possession 31:38 28:22

Team Statistics	SDO	CIN
Record	12-6	13-4
First Downs	13	17
- by Rushing	2	7
- by Passing	10	9
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	229	304
- Offensive Plays	59	58
- Yards per Play	3.88	5.24
Net Rushing Yards	34	107
- Rushing Attempts	18	31
- Yards per Rush	1.89	3.45
Net Passing Yards	195	197
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	37 - 27 - 0	25 - 16 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	221	211
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/26	2/14
- Yards per Pass Play	4.76	7.30
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/15	5/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.9	5.2
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/30	6/40
Punt Returns/Yards	3/12	1/4
Kick Returns/Yards	1/14	1/19
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 27
Time of Possession	31:38	28:22

Drive Charts

San Diego Chargers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:00	OWN 20	6	18	Punt
1	9:50	3:46	OPP 46	7	46	Touchdown
1	2:47	5:33	OWN 5	12	72	Fumble
2	10:47	1:33	OWN 34	3	9	Punt
2	4:51	1:44	OWN 21	3	-18	Punt
2	0:29	0:29	OWN 20	1	6	Half
3	12:50	1:34	OPP 8	3	-3	Field Goal
3	8:42	5:44	OWN 22	9	34	Punt
4	14:51	2:01	OWN 20	3	-10	Punt
4	10:35	3:29	OWN 12	6	23	Punt
4	2:04	1:14	OWN 20	6	32	Downs

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:00	1:10	OWN 8	3	7	Punt
1	6:04	3:17	OWN 22	5	30	Punt
2	12:14	1:27	OWN 31	3	5	Punt
2	9:14	4:23	OWN 15	9	85	Touchdown
2	3:07	2:38	OPP 41	6	40	Interception
3	15:00	2:10	OWN 20	3	-3	Punt
3	11:16	2:34	OWN 10	6	36	Punt
3	2:58	3:07	OWN 20	5	19	Punt
4	12:50	2:15	OWN 45	3	0	Punt
4	7:06	5:02	OWN 24	12	76	Touchdown
4	0:50	0:50	OWN 48	3	-1	Game

Game MVP: Michael Knight, Cincinnati Bengals

Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
John Williams	15	27	1.80	8	0	0
Kelvin Bryant	3	7	2.33	6	0	0

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Owen Gill	21	74	3.52	25	1	1
Ken O'Brien	5	11	2.20	7	0	0
Bruce King	5	22	4.40	7	0	0

Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Matt Robinson	37	27	221	4/26	1	37	0	96.8

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ken O'Brien	25	16	211	2/14	1	40	1	87.3

Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
FB Anthony Toney	7	9	81	11.57	49	22	1
WR Reggie Langhorne	6	9	60	10.00	17	37	0
WR Anthony Miller	3	4	35	11.67	12	15	0
WR Mike Young	2	3	18	9.00	3	13	0
RB Brent Fullwood	2	2	8	4.00	1	4	0
WR Danny Peebles	2	2	8	4.00	8	5	0
WR Preston Dennard	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
TE Steve Jordan	1	3	4	4.00	0	4	0
TE Tim Wrightman	1	2	2	2.00	0	2	0
RB Kelvin Bryant	1	1	5	5.00	7	5	0
RB John Williams	1	1	1	1.00	1	1	0

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Michael Irvin	7	10	119	17.00	30	40	1
WR Rod Barksdale	3	6	19	6.33	10	10	0
RB Owen Gill	2	4	14	7.00	1	8	0
TE Roy Jones Jr	2	2	15	7.50	1	12	0
WR Willie Gault	1	2	23	23.00	6	23	0
FB Dan Majerle	1	1	21	21.00	21	21	0

Interception Statistics

San Diego	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Bill Romanowski	1	0	0.00	0

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

San Diego	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Matt Robinson	1	0	0	0

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Bill Maas	0	1	1	0

Punting Statistics

San Diego	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Joe Prokop	6	274	45.7	41.7	54	2

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mark Royals	7	232	33.1	31.4	47	3

Kicking Statistics

San Diego	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Carney	1/1	0/0	0/0	28	1/1

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Gary Anderson	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Preston Dennard	3	12	4.0	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Willie Gault	1	4	4.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Preston Dennard	1	14	14.0	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Willie Gault	1	19	19.0	0

Defensive Statistics

San Diego	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Rick Vaughn	6	2	0.0	22	20
S Mark Jerue	6	1	0.0	23	21
OLB Bill Romanowski	5	2	1.0	24	20
OLB Todd Shell	4	1	0.0	18	14
S Chuck Cecil	4	0	0.0	23	20
DE Curtis Greer	3	2	0.0	24	15
DT Ramsey Dardar	3	0	0.0	12	14
CB Victor Scott	3	0	0.0	7	10
DE Colin Powell	3	0	0.0	28	24
S Ray Ellis	2	0	0.0	8	6
DT Rich Stachowski	2	0	0.0	20	14
DE Tyrone Keys	1	1	1.0	10	13
CB Ricky Reynolds	1	2	0.0	24	21
S James Marshall	1	1	0.0	9	9
G Homer Elias	1	0	---	---	---
CB Maurice Hurst	1	0	0.0	28	21
DT Mike Charles	0	2	0.0	16	18
ILB Mike Reichenbach	0	2	0.0	9	7
CB J.C. Wilson	0	1	0.0	18	17

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Al Smith	9	1	0.0	15	32
OLB Carleton Bailey	6	3	0.0	13	29
OLB Michael Knight	5	1	2.0	16	35
DT Dean Hamel	3	1	1.0	10	23
DT Bill Maas	3	1	0.5	9	18
CB William White	3	2	0.0	16	27
CB Sam Seale	3	0	0.0	9	17
CB Bill S Preston	3	0	0.0	12	32
DE Jeff Lageman	2	1	0.0	12	23
ILB Ty Allert	2	0	0.0	7	11
S Kenneth Johnson	2	0	0.0	16	31
DE Les Miller	2	0	0.0	9	25
ILB Jim Eliopulos	1	2	0.0	5	11
CB Kevin Williams	1	2	0.0	7	27
S David Tate	1	2	0.0	12	32
QB Ken O'Brien	1	0	---	---	---
S Devon Mitchell	1	0	0.0	3	22
DT Tom Magee	1	0	0.0	9	16
DE Tom Strauthers	0	1	0.5	6	18
S Raphel Cherry	0	1	0.0	6	14

Pass Rush Statistics

San Diego	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Tyrone Keys	1.0	0	1	13
OLB Bill Romanowski	1.0	0	0	20
DT Mike Charles	0.0	1	0	18
DE Curtis Greer	0.0	0	1	15
DE Colin Powell	0.0	0	1	24

Cincinnati	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Michael Knight	2.0	1	2	0	35
DT Dean Hamel	1.0	0	0	0	23
DE Tom Strauthers	0.5	0	0	0	18
DT Bill Maas	0.5	0	0	0	18
DE Jeff Lageman	0.0	0	2	1	23
OLB John McClane	0.0	0	1	0	6
DE Les Miller	0.0	0	0	1	25

Pass Defense Statistics

San Diego	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Mark Jerue	3	0	0	21
CB Victor Scott	3	0	0	10
S Chuck Cecil	3	0	0	20
OLB Todd Shell	2	0	0	14
ILB Rick Vaughn	2	0	0	20
OLB Bill Romanowski	1	0	1	20
S Ray Ellis	1	0	0	6
ILB Mike Reichenbach	1	0	0	7
CB Ricky Reynolds	0	1	0	21

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Al Smith	6	0	32
OLB Carleton Bailey	6	0	29
CB Bill S Preston	3	1	32
CB Sam Seale	3	0	17
OLB Michael Knight	2	0	35
CB William White	2	0	27
S Kenneth Johnson	1	1	31
ILB Jim Eliopulos	1	0	11
CB Kevin Williams	1	0	27
S Devon Mitchell	1	0	22
DE Les Miller	1	0	25

Blocking Statistics

San Diego	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jesse Sapolu	2	4	15	0	40
Brett Miller	1	3	17	0	35
Homer Elias	0	3	14	0	35
Michael Durrette	0	2	16	1	37
Dennis Swilley	0	2	3	0	1
Kevin Belcher	0	1	4	1	7
Ron Hallstrom	0	1	2	0	4
Steve Jordan	0	1	15	0	30
Jeff Walker	0	1	1	0	6
Bruce Armstrong	0	0	14	2	34

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Don Mosebar	3	4	24	0	22
David Williams	2	4	22	0	22
Roberto Rohrer	1	5	18	1	20
Keith Dorney	1	1	15	1	7
Jay Hilgenberg	1	1	28	0	24
Lomas Brown	0	4	12	0	7
Will Wolford	0	4	25	0	25
Dan Majerle	0	2	24	0	17
Roy Jones Jr	0	1	21	0	20

Special Teams Tackles

San Diego	Tackles	STPlays
Preston Dennard	1	20
Anthony Miller	1	9

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Dan Majerle	3	13
John Jefferson	1	8

Participation

San Diego	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jesse Sapolu	15	40	---	---	7	62
Matt Robinson	18	41	---	---	---	59
Michael Durrette	16	37	---	---	5	58
Steve Jordan	15	30	---	---	12	57
Brett Miller	17	35	---	---	---	52
Colin Powell	---	---	28	24	---	52
Homer Elias	14	35	---	---	---	49
Reggie Langhorne	10	35	---	---	4	49
Maurice Hurst	---	---	28	21	---	49
Todd Shell	---	---	18	14	16	48
Bruce Armstrong	14	34	---	---	---	48
Ricky Reynolds	---	---	24	21	---	45
Bill Romanowski	---	---	24	20	1	45
Mark Jerue	---	---	23	21	---	44
Chuck Cecil	---	---	23	20	1	44
Danny Peebles	8	23	---	---	12	43
Rick Vaughn	---	---	22	20	1	43
Curtis Greer	---	---	24	15	1	40
Anthony Miller	10	20	---	---	9	39
J.C. Wilson	---	---	18	17	3	38
Anthony Toney	11	22	---	---	5	38
Rich Stachowski	---	---	20	14	3	37
Victor Scott	---	---	7	10	20	37
John Williams	15	22	---	---	---	37
Kelvin Bryant	6	16	---	---	13	35
Mike Charles	---	---	16	18	---	34
Ramsey Dardar	---	---	12	14	4	30
James Marshall	---	---	9	9	10	28
Preston Dennard	1	5	---	---	20	26
Brent Fullwood	0	10	---	---	15	25
Jethro Franklin	---	---	12	7	6	25
Tyrone Keys	---	---	10	13	---	23
Tim Wrightman	6	8	---	---	8	22
Mike Young	8	14	---	---	---	22
Mike Reichenbach	---	---	9	7	3	19
Vernon Maxwell	---	---	6	6	6	18
Kevin Belcher	4	7	---	---	7	18
Ray Ellis	---	---	8	6	1	15
Ron Hallstrom	2	4	---	---	7	13
Dennis Swilley	3	1	---	---	7	11
Curt Marsh	4	6	---	---	---	10
Jeff Walker	1	6	---	---	2	9
Joe Prokop	0	0	---	---	6	6
John Carney	0	0	---	---	4	4
Tom Ramsey	0	0	---	---	1	1
Cody Carlson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Owen Gill	23	18	---	---	19	60
Ken O'Brien	31	27	---	---	---	58
Michael Irvin	31	27	---	---	---	58
Jay Hilgenberg	28	24	---	---	3	55
Roy Jones Jr	21	20	---	---	13	54
Dan Majerle	24	17	---	---	13	54
Michael Knight	---	---	16	35	2	53
Rod Barksdale	29	24	---	---	---	53
Bill S Preston	---	---	12	32	8	52
Kenneth Johnson	---	---	16	31	4	51
Will Wolford	25	25	---	---	---	50
Al Smith	---	---	15	32	2	49
Don Mosebar	24	22	---	---	1	47
David Tate	---	---	12	32	2	46
Kevin Williams	---	---	7	27	11	45
Roberto Rohrer	18	20	---	---	6	44
Carleton Bailey	---	---	13	29	2	44
William White	---	---	16	27	1	44
David Williams	22	22	---	---	---	44
Jeff Lageman	---	---	12	23	2	37
Les Miller	---	---	9	25	2	36
Dean Hamel	---	---	10	23	2	35
Tom Magee	---	---	9	16	8	33
Sam Seale	---	---	9	17	4	30
Rob Awalt	9	5	---	---	16	30
Keith Dorney	15	7	---	---	7	29
Willie Gault	8	12	---	---	9	29
Bill Maas	---	---	9	18	---	27
Lomas Brown	12	7	---	---	7	26
Devon Mitchell	---	---	3	22	1	26
Gregg Swartwoudt	11	8	---	---	6	25
Tom Strauthers	---	---	6	18	---	24
Bruce King	8	9	---	---	7	24
Ty Allert	---	---	7	11	5	23
Jim Eliopulos	---	---	5	11	6	22
Raphel Cherry	---	---	6	14	---	20
Ed Brady	---	---	4	2	12	18
John Jefferson	2	3	---	---	8	13
Drew Hill	0	0	---	---	13	13
John McClane	---	---	2	6	4	12
Mark Royals	0	0	---	---	7	7
Gary Anderson	0	0	---	---	3	3
Michael Haddix	0	0	---	---	3	3
Alex Gordon	---	---	0	0	1	1
Dieter Brock	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	0	0	0.0
Middle	14	26	1.9
Right	4	8	2.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	21	2.6
Middle	8	18	2.3
Right	13	71	5.5
None	2	-3	-1.5

Detailed Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Matt Robinson	37	27	3	2	0	2	5	2	0

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ken O'Brien	25	16	4	1	2	1	3	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	7	55	6.9
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	18	114	6.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	1	15	1.9
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	37	18.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	28	14.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	8	85	7.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	4	41	6.8
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	57	9.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Reggie Langhorne	9	6	60	1	35
FB Anthony Toney	9	7	81	2	22
WR Anthony Miller	4	3	35	0	20
TE Steve Jordan	3	1	4	0	30
WR Mike Young	3	2	18	0	14
TE Tim Wrightman	2	1	2	0	8
RB Brent Fullwood	2	2	8	0	10
WR Danny Peebles	2	2	8	0	23
WR Preston Dennard	1	1	-1	0	5
RB Kelvin Bryant	1	1	5	0	16
RB John Williams	1	1	1	0	22

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Michael Irvin	10	7	0	119	2	27
WR Rod Barksdale	6	3	1	19	0	24
RB Owen Gill	4	2	1	14	0	18
WR Willie Gault	2	1	0	23	1	12
TE Roy Jones Jr	2	2	0	15	0	20
FB Dan Majerle	1	1	0	21	1	17

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
John Williams	2	3	1.50	1.80

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Owen Gill	6	5	0.83	3.52
Ken O'Brien	1	3	3.00	2.20
Bruce King	1	6	6.00	4.40

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Matt Robinson	2	0	0	0.00	5.97

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ken O'Brien	2	1	10	5.00	8.44

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Mike Young	1	0	0	0.00	6.00
FB Anthony Toney	1	0	0	0.00	9.00

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Rod Barksdale	1	1	10	10.00	3.17
WR Michael Irvin	1	0	0	0.00	11.90

Third Down Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Rushes	Conversions
Kelvin Bryant	3	1

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
Owen Gill	5	4
Ken O'Brien	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Conversions
Matt Robinson	10	7	5

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ken O'Brien	6	3	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Mike Young	3	2	2
WR Reggie Langhorne	2	1	0
WR Preston Dennard	1	1	0
TE Steve Jordan	1	0	0
FB Anthony Toney	1	1	1
RB Brent Fullwood	1	1	1
WR Anthony Miller	1	1	1

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Rod Barksdale	3	1	1
WR Michael Irvin	2	2	0
WR Willie Gault	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 67,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,100 (21,400)
End Zone 15,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,800 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,400 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 1,800 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	67,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,100 (21,400)
End Zone	15,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,800 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,400 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	1,800 (3,300)