Twenty years ago Joe Montana made history in Super Bowl XXIII at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami...Montana and teammate Jerry Rice put together one of the greatest Super Bowl final drives in history as San Francisco beat Cincinnati 20-16 in what was Bill Walsh's last game as head coach of 49ers...During the regular season, it looked like the 49ers were not even going to make the playoffs until a late season hot streak...once in, the Niners made it to the big show once again...
The Bengals were 3:30 away from the Super Bowl aftr Jim Breech's 40-yard field goal put head coach Sam Wyche's team up 16-13...as the Niners huddled at their own 8-yard line, Montana bro
ke the tension by pointing out the late comedian John Candy in the stands to his teammates...Over the next 2:46, Montana hit Rice, Roger Craig, and John Frank as they cut through the Bengals defense...with 39 seconds remaining, his last completion when to John Taylor (photo) for a 10-yard TD and a Super Bowl victory...that would be Taylor's only reception of the game...
On that final drive, Montana went 8 for 9 passing for 102 yards...the game MVP went to Rice who had 11 receptions for 215 yards and 1 TD...
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