Divisional Round: Miami Dolphins at San Diego Chargers (Jack Murphy Stadium), with a Conference Championship spot at stake. Kickoff: Sun January 8, 1995 at 4:00pm. Winner advances to the Conference Championship. The losing team's season is over.[1][2]
The divisional round is where the bracket is supposed to take its real shape. Miami Dolphins traveling to San Diego Chargers at Jack Murphy Stadium, with the league watching to see whether the better team or the better matchup wins. Bye-week home favorites carry the weight of expectation; the visiting wild-card winner walks in with no one expecting them and nothing to lose.
The bracket has narrowed to the teams that survived the regular season. Miami Dolphins and San Diego Chargers are two of them; the rest of the league is in scouting mode for the offseason. What happens in Jack Murphy Stadium shifts the rest of the tree: a road favorite winning rearranges seeding expectations; a home upset shows the bracket math underweights heart.
Miami Dolphins versus San Diego Chargers in the Divisional Round. The teams who reach this round have already proven they survive a long schedule; the stats that matter most now are the ones that compress: scoring differential, red-zone efficiency, turnover margin. At this stage of the year, the simple math is that defenses tighten and the team that protects the ball wins more often than the team that scores the most. Whichever side of Miami Dolphins-San Diego Chargers cleans up the careless plays first usually walks out with the result. Conservative-game expectations should not surprise the reader; both staffs know exactly what worked all season and will lean hard on what travels. The early answer is the kicking game, where any swing of field position compounds.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 12-4 | L1 |
| Cleveland Browns | 11-5 | W1 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 3-13 | W1 |
| Houston Oilers | 2-14 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | 10-6 | W1 |
| New England Patriots | 10-6 | W7 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 8-8 | W2 |
| Buffalo Bills | 7-9 | L3 |
| New York Jets | 6-10 | L5 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 11-5 | W2 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 9-7 | W2 |
| Los Angeles Raiders | 9-7 | L1 |
| Denver Broncos | 7-9 | L3 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 6-10 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 13-3 | L1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 7-9 | W1 |
| New Orleans Saints | 7-9 | W1 |
| Los Angeles Rams | 4-12 | L7 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 10-6 | W1 |
| Chicago Bears | 9-7 | L1 |
| Detroit Lions | 9-7 | L1 |
| Green Bay Packers | 9-7 | W3 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 6-10 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 12-4 | L1 |
| New York Giants | 9-7 | W6 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 8-8 | -- |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 7-9 | L7 |
| Washington Redskins | 3-13 | W1 |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 721212121 |
| San Diego Chargers | 0 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 06152222 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Dolphins | Keith Jackson 8 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Pete Stoyanovich kick) | 7-0 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chargers | John Carney 20 yard field goal | 7-3 |
| Dolphins | Keith Jackson 9 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Pete Stoyanovich kick) | 14-3 |
| Chargers | John Carney 21 yard field goal | 14-6 |
| Dolphins | Mike Williams 16 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Pete Stoyanovich kick) | 21-6 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chargers | Safety, R. Davis tackled Parmalee in end zone | 21-8 |
| Chargers | Natrone Means 24 yard rush ( John Carney kick) | 21-15 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chargers | Mark Seay 8 yard pass from Stan Humphries ( John Carney kick) | 21-22 |
San Diego Chargers defeated Miami Dolphins 22-21 at Jack Murphy Stadium in the Divisional Round. The final scoring play was Chargers: Mark Seay 8 yard pass from Stan Humphries ( John Carney kick). The result came down to the final possession; San Diego Chargers won by 1. Top line of the day: Stan Humphries: 276 pass yards on 28-of-43, 1 TD, 2 INT. San Diego Chargers move on to the conference final.[1][2]
San Diego Chargers walked out of Jack Murphy Stadium as the team that survived a Divisional Round Miami Dolphins will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 22-21. The game stayed within 1 points throughout, the kind of contest where every drive felt like a referendum and every defensive stop carried twice its usual weight. The final scoring play came from Chargers: Mark Seay 8 yard pass from Stan Humphries ( John Carney kick). Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier. San Diego Chargers move on to a conference championship.
San Diego Chargers 22, Miami Dolphins 21. Round: Divisional Round. Attendance: 63381. Q1: 1 scoring play. Q2: 4 scoring plays. Q3: 2 scoring plays. Q4: 1 scoring play. Top performers:
- Stan Humphries: 276 pass yards on 28-of-43, 1 TD, 2 INT
- Natrone Means: 139 rush yards on 24 carries
- Keith Jackson: 8 catches for 109 yards
Divisional Round, played at Jack Murphy Stadium. Final: Miami Dolphins 21, San Diego Chargers 22, with San Diego Chargers taking the result by 1. **First quarter**
- Dolphins: Keith Jackson 8 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Pete Stoyanovich kick)
Second quarter
- Chargers: John Carney 20 yard field goal
- Dolphins: Keith Jackson 9 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Pete Stoyanovich kick)
- Chargers: John Carney 21 yard field goal
- Dolphins: Mike Williams 16 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Pete Stoyanovich kick)
Third quarter
- Chargers: Safety, R. Davis tackled Parmalee in end zone
- Chargers: Natrone Means 24 yard rush ( John Carney kick)
Fourth quarter
- Chargers: Mark Seay 8 yard pass from Stan Humphries ( John Carney kick)
Top performers
- Stan Humphries: 276 pass yards on 28-of-43, 1 TD, 2 INT
- Natrone Means: 139 rush yards on 24 carries
- Keith Jackson: 8 catches for 109 yards
A 1-point margin in Divisional Round is the kind of result that defines reputations on both sidelines.
| Dolphins | Chargers | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 17 | 28 |
| Total Yards | 282 | 466 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 24/38 | 28/43 |
| Pass yards | 262 | 276 |
| Pass TD | 3 | 1 |
| Interceptions | 0 | 2 |
| Sacks taken | 1 | 2 |
| Sack yards lost | 6 | 12 |
| Net pass yards | 256 | 264 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 8 | 40 |
| Rush yards | 26 | 202 |
| Rush TD | 0 | 1 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 1 | 2 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Penalties | 7 | 5 |
| Penalty yards | 47 | 67 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIA | |||||
| Dan Marino | 24/38 | 262 | 3 | 0 | |
| SDG | |||||
| Stan Humphries | 28/43 | 276 | 1 | 2 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIA | ||||
| Bernie Parmalee | 7 | 16 | 0 | 13 |
| Aaron Craver | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| SDG | ||||
| Natrone Means | 24 | 139 | 1 | 24 |
| Eric Bieniemy | 4 | 33 | 0 | 17 |
| Rodney Culver | 6 | 14 | 0 | 6 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 3 | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| Shawn Jefferson | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Stan Humphries | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIA | ||||
| Keith Jackson | 8 | 109 | 2 | 31 |
| Irving Fryar | 5 | 70 | 0 | 24 |
| O.J. McDuffie | 5 | 46 | 0 | 13 |
| Mike Williams | 1 | 16 | 1 | 16 |
| Bernie Parmalee | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| Aaron Craver | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| James Saxon | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| SDG | ||||
| Tony Martin | 5 | 62 | 0 | 15 |
| Mark Seay | 6 | 61 | 1 | 15 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 7 | 57 | 0 | 15 |
| Shawn Jefferson | 3 | 44 | 0 | 16 |
| Rodney Culver | 2 | 23 | 0 | 18 |
| Natrone Means | 3 | 16 | 0 | 6 |
| Alfred Pupunu | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
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