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-49ers S Ronnie Lott, after the game

Super Bowl XXIV

January 28, 1990 - Louisiana Superdome - New Orleans, LA

San Francisco 49ers (16-2)		Denver Broncos (13-5)

	San Francisco -55 Denver -10

Super Bowl XXIV Quick Stats
Date:	January 28, 1990
Location:	Louisiana Superdome - New Orleans, LA
Surface:	Indoors on turf
Game Weather:	Temp: 72 F (Indoors) 68 F (Outdoors), Humidity: 47%, Wind: ESE 16 mph
Conditions:	Controlled Climate (Indoors), Mostly Cloudy (Outdoors)
Attendance:	72,919
Kickoff Time:	4:00 P.M. Central
Commentary:	Pat Summerall and John Madden (CBS)
Officials:	Referee: Dick Jorgensen (60), Umpire: Hendi Ancich (115), Line Judge: Ron Blum (83), Side Judge: Gerry Austin (34), Head Linesman: Earnie Frantz (111), Back Judge: Al Jury (106), Field Judge: Don Orr (77)
Pre-Game Show:	David Clayton Thomas, St.Augustine HS Marching Band, American All-Stars dance group Host: Archie Manning
National Anthem:	Aaron Neville
Coin Toss:	Mel Blount, Terry Bradshaw, Art Shell, Willie Wood (PFHOF Class of '89)
Halftime Show:	Salute to New Orleans and Snoopy's 40th Birthday Ftr: Pete Fountain, Doug Kershaw, Irma Thomas Producer: Select Productions
Winner Share:	$36,000
Loser Share:	$18,000
Ticket Price:	$125 or $175, depending on seat location (varying ticket colors depending on level)
Favorite:	San Francisco by 12.5 pts.
TV Rating:	39.0, 63 share (CBS)
Most Valuable Player:	49ers QB Joe Montana (22-29, 297 yds, 5 TDs; 2 for 15 yds)

* Denotes Division Champion | † Denotes Overtime
1989 NFL Playoffs
AFC Wildcard		AFC Divisional		AFC Conference		NFC Conference		NFC Divisional		NFC Wildcard
Pittsburgh (9-7) at Houston (9-7)	26 23†	Buffalo* (9-7) at Cleveland* (9-6-1)	30 34	Cleveland (10-6-1) at Denver (12-5)	21 37	L.A. Rams (13-5) at San Francisco (15-2)	3 30	L.A. Rams (12-5) at N.Y. Giants* (12-4)	19 13†	L.A. Rams (11-5) at Philadelphia (11-5)	21 7
		Pittsburgh (10-7) at Denver* (11-5)	23 24					Minnesota* (10-6) at San Francisco* (14-2)	13 41

* Denotes Wildcard Team | Tiebreakers: Indianapolis finished ahead of Miami based on better conference record (7-5 to Dolphins' 6-8). Houston finished ahead of Pittsburgh based on head-to-head sweep (2-0). L.A. Rams did not play San Francisco in the divisional playoffs because, from 1970-1989, two teams from the same division could not meet prior to the conference championship game. Philadelphia was first wildcard ahead of L.A. Rams based on better record against common opponents (6-3 to Rams' 5-4). Minnesota finished ahead of Green Bay based on better division record (6-2 to Packers' 5-3).
1989 NFL Standings
American Football Conference
Eastern			Central			Western
Buffalo Bills Miami Dolphins Indianapolis Colts New England Patriots New York Jets	9-7-0 8-8-0 8-8-0 5-11-0 4-12-0	0.563 0.500 0.500 0.313 0.250	Cleveland Browns Houston Oilers* Pittsburgh Steelers* Cincinnati Bengals	9-6-1 9-7-0 9-7-0 8-8-0	0.594 0.563 0.563 0.500	Denver Broncos Kansas City Chiefs Los Angeles Raiders Seattle Seahawks San Diego Chargers	11-5-0 8-7-1 8-8-0 7-9-0 6-10-0	0.688 0.531 0.500 0.438 0.375
National Football Conference
Eastern			Central			Western
New York Giants Philadelphia Eagles* Washington Redskins Phoenix Cardinals Dallas Cowboys	12-4-0 11-5-0 10-6-0 5-11-0 1-15-0	0.750 0.688 0.625 0.313 0.063	Minnesota Vikings Green Bay Packers Detroit Lions Chicago Bears Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10-6-0 10-6-0 7-9-0 6-10-0 5-11-0	0.625 0.625 0.438 0.375 0.313	San Francisco 49ers Los Angeles Rams* New Orleans Saints Atlanta Falcons	14-2-0 11-5-0 9-7-0 3-13-0	0.875 0.688 0.563 0.188

* Denotes night game | † Denotes Overtime
San Francisco 1989 Schedule
Date		Opponent	Score
Regular Season (14-2)
Sun	9/10	at Indianapolis	W	30-24
Sun	9/17	at Tampa Bay	W	20-17
Sun	9/24	at Philadelphia	W	38-28
Sun	10/1	L.A. Rams	L	12-13
Sun	10/8	at New Orleans	W	23-20
Sun	10/15	at Dallas	W	31-14
Sun	10/22	New England	W	37-20
Sun	10/29	at N.Y. Jets	W	23-10
Mon*	11/6	New Orleans	W	31-13
Sun	11/12	Atlanta	W	45-3
Sun	11/19	Green Bay	L	17-21
Mon*	11/27	N.Y. Giants	W	34-24
Sun	12/3	at Atlanta	W	23-10
Mon*	12/11	at L.A. Rams	W	30-27
Sun	12/17	Buffalo	W	21-10
Sun	12/24	Chicago	W	26-0
Post Season
Sat	1/6	Minnesota	W	41-13
Sun	1/14	L.A. Rams	W	30-3

* Denotes night game | † Denotes Overtime
Denver 1989 Schedule
Date		Opponent	Score
Regular Season (11-5)
Sun	9/10	Kansas City	W	34-20
Mon*	9/18	at Buffalo	W	28-14
Sun	9/24	L.A. Raiders	W	31-21
Sun	10/1	at Cleveland	L	13-16
Sun	10/8	San Diego	W	16-10
Sun	10/15	Indianapolis	W	14-3
Sun	10/22	at Seattle	W	24-21†
Sun	10/29	Philadelphia	L	24-28
Sun	11/5	Pittsburgh	W	34-7
Sun	11/12	at Kansas City	W	16-13
Mon*	11/20	at Washington	W	14-10
Sun	11/26	Seattle	W	41-14
Sun	12/3	at L.A. Raiders	L	13-16†
Sun	12/10	N.Y. Giants	L	7-14
Sat	12/16	at Phoenix	W	37-0
Sun	12/24	at San Diego	L	16-19
Post Season
Sun	1/7	Pittsburgh	W	24-23
Sun	1/14	Cleveland	W	37-21

Starting Lineups
SAN FRANCISCO				DENVER
OFFENSE		DEFENSE		OFFENSE		DEFENSE
J.Taylor	WR	P.Holt	LE	V.Johnson	WR	A.Carreker	LE
B.Paris	LT	P.Kugler	NT	G.Perry	LT	G.Kragen	NT
G.McIntyre	LG	K.Fagan	RE	J.Juriga	LG	R.Holmes	RE
J.Sapolu	C	C.Haley	LOLB	K.Kartz	C	M.Brooks	LOLB
B.Collie	RG	M.Millen	LILB	D.Widell	RG	M.Munford	LILB
H.Barton	RT	M.Walter	RILB	K.Kanier	RT	K.Mecklenburg	RILB
B.Jones	TE	K.Turner	ROLB	C.Kay	TE	S.Fletcher	ROLB
J.Rice	WR	D.Pollard	LCB	M.Jackson	WR	T.Braxton	LCB
J.Montana	QB	D.Griffin	RCB	J.Elway	QB	W.Henderson	RCB
T.Rathman	RB	C.Brooks	SS	M.Bratton	RB	D.Smith	SS
R.Craig	RB	R.Lott	FS	B.Humphrey	FB	S.Atwater	FS

Substitutions
SAN FRANCISCO		DENVER
OFFENSE	DEFENSE	OFFENSE	DEFENSE
S.Young (QB)	L.Roberts (DE)	G.Kubiak (QB)	W.Powers (DE)
T.Flagler (RB)	D.Stubbs (DE)	K.Bell (RB)	A.Townsend (DE)
H.Sydney (RB)	J.Burt (NT)	M.Bratton (RB)	B.Henke (NT)
S.Tillman (RB)	P.Kugler (NT)	S.Winder (RB)	S.Curtis (LB)
M.Wilson (WR)	K.DeLong (LB)	R.Nattiel (WR)	B.Klostermann (LB)
M.Sherrard (WR)	S.Hendrickson (LB)	M.Young (WR)	T.Lucas (LB)
W.Walls (TE)	B.Romanowski (LB)	P.Green (TE)	D.Carrington (CB)
J.Williams (TE)	T.McKyer (CB)	C.Kay (TE)	K.Corrington (S)
C.Thomas (C)	E.Wright (CB)	K.Bishop (C)	M.Haynes (CB)
S.Wallace (T)	J.Jackson (S)	M.Smith (G)	R.Robbins (S)
T.Tausch (G)
KICKERS		KICKERS
M.Cofer (K)	B.Helton (P)	D.Treadwell (K)	M.Horan (P)
DID NOT PLAY		DID NOT PLAY

Team Statistics
	SF	DEN
FIRST DOWNS-Total Rushing Passing Penalty	28 14 14 0	12 5 6 1
3rd DOWN EFF.	8/15-53%	3/11-27%
4th DOWN EFF.	2/2-100%	0/0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS Total Offensive Plays Average Gain	461 77 6.0	167 52 3.2
NET RUSH YARDS Rushing Plays Average Gain	144 44 3.3	64 17 3.8
NET PASS YARDS Pass Att-Comp-INT Tackled-Yds Lost Gross Yards Passing	317 32-24-0 1-0 317	103 29-11-2 6-33 136
PUNTS-Yards Average Dist. Blocked	4-158 39.5 0	6-231 38.5 0
RETURN YARDS-Total Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interception Returns	129 3-38 3-49 2-42	207 2-11 9-196 0-0
PENALTIES-yards	4-38	0-0
TOTAL TURNOVERS Fumbles-Lost Had Intercepted	0 0-0 0	4 3-2 2
TOUCHDOWNS-Total Rushing Passing Returns	8 3 5 0	1 1 0 0
EXTRA POINTS-Made Kicking-Made/Att Blocked	7 7/8 0	1 1/1 0
FIELD GOALS-Made/Att Blocked	0/0 0	1/1 0
SAFETIES	0	0
TOTAL POINTS	55	10
T.O.P.	39:31	20:29

Scoring Summary
Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
SAN FRANCISCO	13	14	14	14	55
DENVER	3	0	7	0	10

1st Quarter

SF - J.Rice, 20 yard pass from J.Montana. M.Cofer kick. 10-66, TOP 3:59 (7:46)
DEN - D.Treadwell, 42 yard FG. 9-49, TOP 3:19 (9:09)
SF - B.Jones, 7 yard pass from J.Montana. M.Cofer kick failed. 10-54, TOP 5:15 (14:57)

2nd Quarter

SF - T.Rathman, 1 yard rush. M.Cofer kick. 14-69, TOP 7:07 (7:45)
SF - J.Rice, 38 yard pass from J.Montana. M.Cofer kick. 5-59, TOP 1:04 (14:26)

3rd Quarter

SF - J.Rice, 28 yard pass from J.Montana. M.Cofer kick. 1-28, TOP 0:06 (2:12)
SF - J.Taylor, 35 yard pass from J.Montana. M.Cofer kick. 2-37, TOP 0:48 (5:16)
DEN - J.Elway, 3 yard rush. D.Treadwell kick. 5-61, TOP 2:51 (9:07)

4th Quarter

SF - T.Rathman, 3 yard rush. M.Cofer kick. 11-75, TOP 6:56 (0:03)
SF - R.Craig, 1 yard rush. M.Cofer kick. 1-1, TOP 0:04 (1:13)

49ers QB Joe Montana celebrates a TD pass. (Brad Mangin)

Individual Statistics

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

DENVER BRONCOS

PASSING

	AT	CMP	PCT	YDS	TD	YDS/CMP	SK/YD
J.Montana	29	22	75.9	297	5	13.5	0/0
S.Young	3	2	66.7	20	0	6.7	1/0
TOTAL	32	24	75.0	317	5	13.2	1/0

PASSING

	AT	CMP	PCT	YDS	INT	YDS/CMP	SK/YD
J.Elway	26	10	36.5	108	2	10.8	6/33
G.Kubiak	3	1	33.3	28	0	9.3	0/0
TOTAL	29	11	37.9	136	2	12.4	6/33

RUSHING

	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
R.Craig	20	69	3.5	18	1
T.Rathman	11	38	3.5	18	2
T.Flagler	6	14	2.3	10	0
S.Young	4	6	1.5	11	0
J.Montana	2	15	7.5	10	0
H.Sydney	1	2	2.0	2	0
TOTAL	44	144	3.3	18	3

RUSHING

	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
B.Humphrey	12	61	5.1	34	0
J.Elway	4	8	2.0	3t	1
S.Winder	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
TOTAL	17	64	3.8	34	1

RECEIVING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
J.Rice	7	148	21.1	38t	3
R.Craig	5	34	6.8	12	0
T.Rathman	4	43	10.8	18	0
J.Taylor	3	49	16.3	35t	1
M.Sherrard	1	13	13.0	13	0
W.Walls	1	9	9.0	9	0
B.Jones	1	7	7.0	7	1
J.Williams	1	7	7.0	7	0
H.Sydney	1	7	7.0	7	0
TOTAL	24	317	13.2	38t	5

RECEIVING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
B.Humphrey	3	38	12.7	27
S.Sewell	2	22	11.0	12
V.Johnson	2	21	10.5	13
R.Nattiel	1	28	28.0	28
M.Bratton	1	14	14.0	14
S.Winder	1	7	7.0	7
C.Kay	1	6	6.0	6
TOTAL	11	136	12.4	28

PUNTING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	IN20	TB
B.Helton	4	158	39.5	47	2	0

PUNTING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	IN20	TB
M.Horan	6	231	38.5	43	0	0

PUNT RETURNS

	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
J.Taylor	3	2	38	19.0	17	0

PUNT RETURNS

	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
V.Johnson	2	1	11	5.5	7	0

KICKOFF RETURNS

	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
T.Flagler	3	0	49	16.3	22	0

KICKOFF RETURNS

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
D.Carrington	6	146	24.3	39
K.Bell	2	41	20.5	24
M.Bratton	1	9	9.0	9
TOTAL	9	196	21.7	39

INTERCEPTIONS BY

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
M.Walter	1	4	4.0	4
C.Brooks	1	38	38.0	38
M.Walter	2	42	21.0	38

INTERCEPTIONS BY

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
TOTAL	0	0	0.0	0	0

FUMBLES

SAN FRANCISCO	FUM	OWN-REC	YDS	TD	FRCD	OPP-REC	YDS	TD	OOB
K.Fagan	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
C.Brooks	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
D.Griffin	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
D.Stubbs	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	0	0
TOTAL	0	0	0	0	2	2	15	0	0
DENVER	FUM	OWN-REC	YDS	TD	FRCD	OPP-REC	YDS	TD	OOB
B.Humphrey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
J.Elway	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Defensive Statistics

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

REGULAR DEFENSIVE PLAYS

SPECIAL TEAMS

MISC

TKL

AST

COM

SCK/

YDS

INT

TKL

AST

TKL

AST

K.Fagan

1.0

6.0

M.Millen

0.0

M.Walter

0.0

P.Holt

0.0

P.Kugler

1.0

2.0

D.Griffin

1.0

6.0

J.Jackson

0.0

D.Stubbs

2.0

7.0

C.Brooks

0.0

C.Haley

0.0

R.Lott

0.0

L.Roberts

1.0

12.0

T.Flagler

0.0

S.Hendrickson

0.0

T.McKyer

0.0

D.Pollard

0.0

B.Romanowski

0.0

M.Wilson

0.0

TOTAL

6.0

33.0

TKL = Tackle
PD = Pass Defense

AST = Assist
FF = Forced Fumble

COM = Combined
FR = Fumble Recovery

INT = Interception
BL = Blocked

DENVER BRONCOS

REGULAR DEFENSIVE PLAYS

SPECIAL TEAMS

MISC

TKL

AST

COM

SCK/

YDS

INT

TKL

AST

TKL

AST

S.Atwater

0.0

T.Braxton

0.0

R.Dennison

0.0

S.Fletcher

0.0

W.Henderson

0.0

S.Curtis

0.0

G.Kragen

0.0

R.Holmes

0.0

M.Munford

0.0

M.Brooks

0.0

A.Carreker

1.0

0.0

D.Carrington

0.0

K.Mecklenburg

0.0

W.Powers

0.0

D.Smith

0.0

A.Townsend

0.0

K.Corrington

0.0

T.Lucas

0.0

S.Sewell

0.0

TOTAL

1.0

00.0

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