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==Game summary== Though the Bills had a lead at halftime, Super Bowl XXVIII would have an identical outcome to the three preceding Super Bowls and end with a Buffalo loss. ===First quarter=== Dallas wide receiver [[Kevin Williams (wide receiver, born 1971)|Kevin Williams]] returned the opening kickoff 50 yards to the Buffalo 48-yard line. The Cowboys began the drive with quarterback [[Troy Aikman]]'s 20-yard pass to wide receiver [[Michael Irvin]]. But the Cowboys could only pick up 4 yards on their next three plays, forcing them to settle for kicker [[Eddie Murray (American football)|Eddie Murray]]'s 41-yard field goal, giving them an early 3β0 lead. The Bills then responded with an 8-play, 43-yard scoring drive. Quarterback [[Jim Kelly]]'s two passes to wide receiver [[Andre Reed]] and running back [[Thurman Thomas]] for 11 and 24 yards, respectively, advanced the ball across the Dallas 40-yard line. After a 3-yard run by running back [[Kenneth Davis (American football)|Kenneth Davis]], however, Kelly threw two straight incompletions. The Bills then tied the game, 3β3, with kicker [[Steve Christie]]'s 54-yard field goal, the then-longest field goal in Super Bowl history. Christie's record stood for 30 years, until it was broken in [[Super Bowl LVIII]] by [[San Francisco 49ers]] kicker [[Jake Moody]]'s 55-yard field goal, which was subsequently broken by [[Kansas City Chiefs]] kicker [[Harrison Butker]]'s 57-yard field goal in the same Super Bowl. Buffalo then forced Dallas to punt, but on the first play of the Bills' ensuing possession, Cowboys safety [[James Washington (safety)|James Washington]] stripped the ball from Thomas, and safety [[Darren Woodson]] recovered the fumble at midfield. Aided by wide receiver [[Alvin Harper]]'s 24-yard reception, the Cowboys drove to the Buffalo 7-yard line, but had to settle for Murray's 24-yard field goal to regain the lead, 6β3. After receiving Murray's kickoff, the Bills could only reach their own 41-yard line before being forced to punt. However, they were given a new set of downs when Cowboys cornerback [[Dave Thomas (cornerback)|Dave Thomas]] was flagged for running into punter [[Chris Mohr]] on the play. ===Second quarter=== Taking advantage of their second chance, the Bills extended their drive to 80 yards in 17 plays, which featured three short passes from Kelly to wide receiver [[Don Beebe]] for 22 yards and six runs by Thomas for 18 yards, the last one being a 4-yard touchdown run, giving the Bills their first lead of the game, 10β6, early in the second quarter. Dallas started out their ensuing drive with a 15-yard reception by Irvin and a 13-yard run by running back [[Emmitt Smith]] to reach midfield. They were eventually forced to punt, but Cowboys linebacker [[Matt Vanderbeek]] downed [[John Jett]]'s 43-yard punt at the Bills' 1-yard line. A 19-yard completion from Kelly to Reed moved Buffalo out from the shadow of their own end zone, and they eventually reached the Cowboys 46-yard line, but they too were forced to punt. However, Mohr matched Jett's feat with a 45-yard punt that was downed at the Dallas 1-yard line by Buffalo wide receiver [[Steve Tasker]]. As the Bills had done, the Cowboys managed to get out of their own territory and advance to the Buffalo 37-yard line. However, Bills cornerback [[Nate Odomes]] intercepted a pass intended for Irvin, and returned it 41 yards to the Dallas 47-yard line with 1:03 left in the half. Kelly completed a pair of passes to Thomas and Reed for gains of 12 and 22 yards, respectively, to move the ball to the Dallas 12-yard line. But the Cowboys defense tightened up on the next three plays, so Christie kicked a 28-yard field goal to increase Buffalo's lead to 13β6 and end the half. ===Third quarter=== Buffalo's command over the game proved short-lived, as they began to face a red-hot Dallas defense in the second half. Three plays into the third quarter, defensive tackle [[Leon Lett]] forced a fumble on Thomas, and Washington returned the ball 46 yards for a touchdown to tie the game, 13β13. Bills wide receiver [[Russell Copeland]] then returned the ensuing kickoff 22 yards to the Buffalo 37-yard line, but on third down, Cowboys defensive ends [[Jim Jeffcoat]] and [[Charles Haley]] shared a 13-yard sack on Kelly to force the Bills to punt. The Cowboys then scored on an 8-play, 64-yard drive in which Smith carried the ball on seven of the eight plays, gaining all but 3 of the 64 yards himself, and finished the drive with a 15-yard touchdown run (his longest run of the game) to give Dallas a 20β13 lead. Both teams then exchanged punts twice before the quarter ended. ===Fourth quarter=== The Dallas defense continued to stop the Buffalo offense throughout the second half. Washington intercepted a pass from Kelly on the first play of the fourth quarter and returned it 12 yards to the Bills' 34-yard line. A false start penalty on offensive tackle [[Erik Williams]] on the next play moved the ball back to the 39, but on the next three plays, Smith ran twice for 10 yards and caught a screen pass for 9. Aikman then completed a 16-yard pass to Harper on 3rd-and-8, setting up 1st-and-goal at the Bills' 6-yard line. Buffalo managed to keep Dallas out of the end zone on the next three plays, but on 4th-and-goal, Smith scored his second touchdown of the game on a 1-yard run, increasing the lead to 27β13. The Bills started their ensuing drive from their own 22-yard line and managed to reach their own 36. Cowboys defensive tackle [[Jimmie Jones]] made two key plays, however; a second-down tackle on Thomas for a 1-yard loss and a 13-yard sack on Kelly on third down to push the ball back to the 22-yard line and force Buffalo to punt, leading to a poor, 29-yard kick by Mohr, which the Cowboys recovered at their own 49-yard line. Dallas then cemented their second consecutive Super Bowl title with a 9-play, 49-yard scoring drive that took 4:10 off the clock. On the sixth play of the drive, Aikman completed a 35-yard pass to Harper to the Bills 1-yard line. After a false start penalty against center [[Frank Cornish]] pushed them back to the 6-yard line, the Cowboys ran the ball on their next three plays to force the Bills to use up all of their timeouts. Murray then kicked a 20-yard field goal with 2:50 left in the game, capping off the scoring at 30β13. Buffalo then reached the Dallas 22-yard line on their final possession, only to turn the ball over on downs in the game's closing seconds. "This one is the worst," Reed said after the game, referring to the Bills' streak of four consecutive Super Bowl losses. "We should have won. Then they come up with 24 unanswered points. That last fumble was once in a million. These things always happen to the Bills. It rips the heart out of you." "Dallas didn't wear us down in the second half," added Thomas. "I fumbled. I cost us the game." However, center [[Kent Hull]] managed to find some consolation. "In the immediate future, we'll be thought of as losers," he said. "But one day down the road, when I'm no longer playing, they'll say, 'Wow, they won four straight AFC championships. They must have been good.'" For the Cowboys, Troy Aikman completed 19 out of 27 for 207 yards with 1 interception, while Alvin Harper was the team's top receiver with three catches for 75 yards. Emmitt Smith, still suffering the effects of a shoulder injury during the regular-season finale, became just the second player in Super Bowl history to rush for 100 yards in back-to-back Super Bowls (the other being [[Larry Csonka]], who did it in Super Bowls [[Super Bowl VII|VII]] and [[Super Bowl VIII|VIII]]). He also became the fourth player to rush for touchdowns in back-to-back Super Bowls (joining [[Franco Harris]], [[John Riggins]] and Thomas). Smith also became the first player to lead the league in rushing yards, win the [[NFL Most Valuable Player Award]], and win Super Bowl MVP all in the same season. He was also the fourth player, after [[Bart Starr]] (1966), [[Terry Bradshaw]] (1978), and [[Joe Montana]] (1989) to win both the NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP during the same season. Defensively, James Washington, who began as the nickel-back to counter Buffalo's "no-huddle" and frequent use of three wide receivers, had a phenomenal game with his 46-yard fumble return touchdown, an interception, forcing a Thurman Thomas fumble that Darren Woodson recovered, and collecting 11 tackles. Washington had only started in one game for the Cowboys during the season, but finished this one just a few votes short of earning the MVP award. For the Bills, wide receiver Andre Reed finished the game with 6 receptions for 75 yards to lead Buffalo, with [[Don Beebe]] catching 6 passes for 60 yards and returning 2 kickoffs for 63 yards. Thomas was limited to just 37 rushing yards, but he also caught 7 passes for 52 yards (Thomas became the first player in Super Bowl history to score touchdowns in four Super Bowls: he scored one touchdown in each of the Bills' four straight appearances, XXV-XXVIII). [[Kenneth Davis (American football)|Kenneth Davis]] was the Bills' top rusher with 38 yards. Kelly finished the game completing 31 of 50 passes for 260 yards and 1 interception. His 31 completions was a then-Super Bowl record. Kelly became the only player ever to throw 50 passes in two Super Bowls. In addition to his 50 passes in this game, he threw a Super Bowl-record 58 passes in [[Super Bowl XXVI]]. ===Box score=== {{Americanfootballbox | bg=#eee |titlestyle=text-align:center; {{NFLPrimaryStyle|NFL|border=2}}; |title=Super Bowl XXVIII: Dallas Cowboys 30, Buffalo Bills 13 |Road='''Cowboys (NFC)''' |R1=6 |R2=0 |R3=14 |R4=10 |Home=Bills (AFC) |H1=3 |H2=10 |H3=0 |H4=0 |stadium=[[Georgia Dome]], [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]] |date=January 30, 1994 |time=6:22 p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]] |weather={{convert|72|F|C}}, played indoors, domed stadium<ref>{{cite web|title=Super Bowl Game-Time Temperatures|url=http://www.profootballhof.com/news/super-bowl-game-time-temperatures/|publisher=[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]|access-date=March 10, 2018}}</ref> |state=uncollapsed }} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryStart |VisitorName=DAL |HomeName=BUF |state=expanded}} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry |Quarter=1 |Time=12:41 |Team=DAL |DrivePlays=5 |DriveLength=24 |DriveTime=2:19 |Type=FG |yards=41 |Kicker=[[Eddie Murray (American football)|Eddie Murray]] |Visitor=3 |Home=0}} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry |Quarter=1 |Time=10:19 |Team=BUF |DrivePlays=8 |DriveLength=43 |DriveTime=2:22 |Type=FG |yards=54 |Kicker=[[Steve Christie]] |Visitor=3 |Home=3}} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry |Quarter=1 |Time=3:55 |Team=DAL |DrivePlays=7 |DriveLength=43 |DriveTime=4:02 |Type=FG |yards=24 |Kicker=Murray |Visitor=6 |Home=3}} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry |Quarter=2 |Time=12:26 |Team=BUF |DrivePlays=17 |DriveLength=80 |DriveTime=6:29 |Type=RushTD |Runner=[[Thurman Thomas]] |yards=4 |kickresult=good |Kicker=Christie |Visitor=6 |Home=10}} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry |Quarter=2 |Time=0:00 |Team=BUF |DrivePlays=7 |DriveLength=38 |DriveTime=1:03 |Type=FG |yards=28 |Kicker=Christie |Visitor=6 |Home=13}} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry |Quarter=3 |Time=14:05 |Team=DAL |DrivePlays=β |DriveLength=β |DriveTime=β |Type=FumbleTD |Def=[[James Washington (safety)|James Washington]] |yards=46 |kickresult=good |Kicker=Murray |Visitor=13 |Home=13}} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry |Quarter=3 |Time=8:42 |Team=DAL |DrivePlays=8 |DriveLength=64 |DriveTime=4:32 |Type=RushTD |Runner=[[Emmitt Smith]] |yards=15 |kickresult=good |Kicker=Murray |Visitor=20 |Home=13}} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry |Quarter=4 |Time=9:50 |Team=DAL |DrivePlays=9 |DriveLength=34 |DriveTime=5:03 |Type=RushTD |Runner=Smith |yards=1 |kickresult=good |Kicker=Murray |Visitor=27 |Home=13}} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry |Quarter=4 |Time=2:50 |Team=DAL |DrivePlays=10 |DriveLength=49 |DriveTime=4:10 |Type=FG |yards=20 |Kicker=Murray |Visitor=30 |Home=13}} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEnd |Visitor=30 |Home=13}}
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