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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.
Mike McGinnis-Getty Images Since 1995, the Packers and 49ers have played eight playoff games. Bigger Green Bay and San Francisco games from this period seem to have obscured this frigid showdown. Wisconsin native Colin Kaepernick bedeviled the Packers for a second straight year, accounting for 325 yards (98 rushing) and outplaying Aaron Rodgers on this day. After the 49ers held the Packers to a field goal to tie the game at 20, Kaepernick engineered a game-winning drive complete with an 11-yard scamper on third-and-8 to lift the visitors to a
23-20 win. This was the first of three straight Packers walk-off playoff losses.