SUPER BOWL XVII RETROSPECTIVE
1983 - RIGGO GOES HOG WILD
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| Four of the original "Hogs" looking like something straight of a Western. First time I remember any group of O-Lineman getting any glory. |
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| Future HOFer Russ Grim was Boss Hog. Per the Washington Post, "[w]hen Joe Bugel retired in . . . he told the greatest story ever, in which Russ Grimm threw up a whole hot dog during an evening practice at Carlisle, then put it back in his mouth and ate it, saying "Can't waste a good dog, now." Doc Walker said it was only a quarter of a dog, but added that Grimm was a "total neanderthal." |
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| Riggo on SI. His infamous "Loosen up Sandy, baby," episode wasn't until a few years later. See Wa Post blurb below. |
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| The Hogs vs the Killer B's. Hogs won 27-17. |
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| Graphics again on the ticket and program cover with a box office sign evoking old Hollywood. I watched the game at my parents house in Traverse City as a high-school freshman and aspiring "Hog." |
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| Kick-Off is at 6:00 pm EST, however, the game is now played on the second last day of January (January 30) due to play-off expansion. Game the prior year was played on January 24. |
Super Bowl XVII: John Riggins' record-setting day leads Redskins over Dolphins, 27-17
Riggins rushed for a Super Bowl-record 166 yards on a Super Bowl-record 38 carries to lead a Super Bowl record 276-yard team total behind The Hogs center Jeff Bostic, tackles Joe Jacoby and George Starke, guards Russ Grimm and Mark May and tight end Don Warren.
By Joe Belock / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Thursday, January 2, 2014, 8:42 Pm
Every Hog has its day, and this time it fell on Super Sunday. The Hogs, the Washington Redskins’ offensive line, dominated the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl XVII in a 27-17 victory. John Riggins won the MVP, rushing for a Super Bowl-record 166 yards on a Super Bowl-record 38 carries to lead a Super Bowl record 276-yard team total behind The Hogs center Jeff Bostic, tackles Joe Jacoby and George Starke, guards Russ Grimm and Mark May and tight end Don Warren.
The Dolphins set up the second rematch in Super Bowl history (after Cowboys-Steelers) on the strength of their Killer B’s defense, which had shut out the Jets in the Miami mud in the AFC title game. But the B’s proved to be no match for the Hogs, nicknamed in training camp by coordinator Joe Bugel. Miami held a 17-10 halftime lead, mainly on two big plays David Woodley’s 76-yard touchdown pass to Jimmy Cefalo and Fulton Walker’s 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, the first kickoff return for a score in Super Bowl history. Walker’s TD followed a Redskins scoring drive that was a preview of the Hog dominance to come in the second half: 80 yards in 11 plays. The Skins drove for a field goal midway through the third quarter to make it 17-13.
The Dolphins dropped a chance to put the game away. Kim Bokamper deflected a pass from a scrambling Joe Theismann and was about to grab it on the 5-yard line and waltz into the end zone. But Theismann turned into a defensive back and knocked the ball out of Bokamper’s hands.
Facing fourth-and-1 from the Miami 43-yard line early in the fourth, Redskins second-year coach Joe Gibbs elected to go for it. He called for a run left, the same play Riggins had gotten one yard on two plays earlier. This time, the ex-Jet busted through a big hole untouched. At the 41, cornerback Don McNeal grabbed Riggins at the waist but The Diesel put his right hand on McNeal’s helmet and shoved him away, then chugged down the left sideline for a 43-yard touchdown that put the Skins ahead to stay.
After a three-and-out, Dolphins coach Don Shula planned to bench Woodley for veteran Don Strock the next time Miami got the ball. But thanks to the Hogs, by the time Strock got on the field, the game was over.
Washington handed off to Riggins five straight times to start a 12-play drive, culminating in Theismann’s six-yard TD pass to Charlie Brown with less than two minutes left.
In the second half, Miami had just two first downs and zero pass completions. Shula made fixing his offense a priority in the quarterback-rich 1983 draft.
Gibbs’ most important move as Redskins coach came before his first season kicked off. Riggins had sat out the 1980 season in a contract dispute. Gibbs traveled to Kansas and talked Riggins into coming back in 1981. A year later, long-suffering Skins fans, whose team hadn’t won a title since 1943, were in Hog heaven.
The Dolphins set up the second rematch in Super Bowl history (after Cowboys-Steelers) on the strength of their Killer B’s defense, which had shut out the Jets in the Miami mud in the AFC title game. But the B’s proved to be no match for the Hogs, nicknamed in training camp by coordinator Joe Bugel. Miami held a 17-10 halftime lead, mainly on two big plays David Woodley’s 76-yard touchdown pass to Jimmy Cefalo and Fulton Walker’s 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, the first kickoff return for a score in Super Bowl history. Walker’s TD followed a Redskins scoring drive that was a preview of the Hog dominance to come in the second half: 80 yards in 11 plays. The Skins drove for a field goal midway through the third quarter to make it 17-13.
The Dolphins dropped a chance to put the game away. Kim Bokamper deflected a pass from a scrambling Joe Theismann and was about to grab it on the 5-yard line and waltz into the end zone. But Theismann turned into a defensive back and knocked the ball out of Bokamper’s hands.
Facing fourth-and-1 from the Miami 43-yard line early in the fourth, Redskins second-year coach Joe Gibbs elected to go for it. He called for a run left, the same play Riggins had gotten one yard on two plays earlier. This time, the ex-Jet busted through a big hole untouched. At the 41, cornerback Don McNeal grabbed Riggins at the waist but The Diesel put his right hand on McNeal’s helmet and shoved him away, then chugged down the left sideline for a 43-yard touchdown that put the Skins ahead to stay.
After a three-and-out, Dolphins coach Don Shula planned to bench Woodley for veteran Don Strock the next time Miami got the ball. But thanks to the Hogs, by the time Strock got on the field, the game was over.
Washington handed off to Riggins five straight times to start a 12-play drive, culminating in Theismann’s six-yard TD pass to Charlie Brown with less than two minutes left.
In the second half, Miami had just two first downs and zero pass completions. Shula made fixing his offense a priority in the quarterback-rich 1983 draft.
Gibbs’ most important move as Redskins coach came before his first season kicked off. Riggins had sat out the 1980 season in a contract dispute. Gibbs traveled to Kansas and talked Riggins into coming back in 1981. A year later, long-suffering Skins fans, whose team hadn’t won a title since 1943, were in Hog heaven.
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| Riggo's Ring. |
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