The Colts relocated from Baltimore, Maryland to Indianapolis, Indiana before the season. The Colts new home field was the Hoosier Dome. The New York Jets moved their home games from Shea Stadium in New York City to Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Division winners in the AFC were Miami in the East, Pittsburgh in the Central, and Denver in the West, with the Wild-Cards going to Seattle and Los Angeles. In the NFC, it was Washington in the East, Chicago in the Central, and San Franciso in the West, with the Wild-Cars going to New York and Los Angeles. In the Wild-Card games, the seahawks beat the Raiders in the AFC game, and the Giants took care of the Rams in the NFC 16-13. In the AFC Divisional Playoffs, it was the Steelers defeating the Broncos 24-17, while the Dolphins rolled over the Seahawks 31-10. In the NFC, the Bears upset the Redskins' bid for a third consecutive NFC championship with clutch plays and a stout defense that forced 3 turnovers and 7 sacks, en route to a 23-19 win. Chicago's victory was Washington's first and only playoff defeat throughout their tenure at RFK Stadium. In the other game, quarterback Joe Montana threw for 309 yards and 3 touchdown passes as he led the 49ers to a 21-10 victory, while receiver Dwight Clark caught 9 passes for 112 yards and a touchdown. The 49ers defense also played exceptionally well, holding the Giants offense to a single field goal even though Montana was intercepted 3 times. In the conference championship games, quarterback Dan Marino led the Dolphins to a 45-28 victory by throwing for 421 yards and 4 touchdowns (both AFC championship records) with 1 interception. Marino's record setting day was particularly noteworthy considering he threw his last pass with 11:05 left in the game. Steelers quarterback Mark Malone recorded 312 yards and 3 touchdowns, but was intercepted 3 times. In the NFC, the 49ers gained 387 yards while limiting the Bears to 186, with just 37 yards through the air, as the 49ers shut out the Bears 23-0. Chicago quarterback Steve Fuller completed just 13 of 22 passes for 87 yards and was sacked 9 times, twice each by linemen Gary Johnson and Michael Carter. The 49ers defeated the Dolphins by the score of 38–16, to win their second Super Bowl. The game was played on January 20, 1985, at Stanford Stadium, on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California, a suburb of San Jose, California. The game was hyped as the battle between two great quarterbacks: Miami's Dan Marino and San Francisco's Joe Montana. The Dolphins entered their fifth Super Bowl in team history after posting a 14–2 regular season record. The 49ers were making their second Super Bowl appearance after becoming the first team ever to win 15 regular season games since the league expanded to a 16-game schedule in 1978. With Marino and Montana, the game became the first Super Bowl in which the starting quarterbacks of each team both threw for over 300 yards. In addition, the two teams combined for 851 total offensive yards, which at that time was a Super Bowl record. But after trailing 10–7 in the first quarter, the 49ers would end up taking the game in dominating fashion, scoring three touchdowns in the second quarter, and 10 unanswered points in the second half. Montana, who was named the Super Bowl MVP, completed 24
of 35 passes for a Super Bowl-record 331 yards and three touchdowns. He also broke the Super Bowl record for most rushing yards gained by a quarterback with his 5 rushes for 59 yards and 1 rushing touchdown.