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Don Coryell arrived with a cutting-edge blueprint in the late 1970s, but his pass-happy teams fell short in January. Dan Fouts' five INTs doomed the '79 Chargers against a depleted Oilers team; the Bolts regrouped to deploy a then-unprecedented three 1,000-yard receivers (John Jefferson, Kellen Winslow, Charlie Joiner) in 1980. The Raiders then secured a Super Bowl XV berth in San Diego. Air Coryell's peak and low point occurred in January 1982. After an epic OT win in Miami, the Chargers played in the NFL's coldest game (wind chill: minus-59 degrees). The Bengals' "Freezer Bowl" rout nixed a tantalizing Coryell-Bill Walsh Super Bowl. San Diego's run ended soon after.