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Super Bowl XXIV

San Francisco 49ers 55,
Denver Broncos 10

Sunday, Jan. 28, 1990
Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA
Attendance: 72,919
MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco QB

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Game Summary

With a virtually unstoppable offense, the San Francisco 49ers blew away the Denver Broncos to win their fourth Super Bowl, 55-20. The 49ers scored 13 points in the first quarter and 14 in each of the last three quarters, controlling the ball for nearly 40 minutes and outgaining Denver, 461 yards to 167. Joe Montana completed 22 of 29 passes for 297 yards and a record 5 touchdowns to win his third MVP award.

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Scoring

By Quarters

Team1234Final
San Francisco1314141455
Denver307010

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Scoring Summary

First Quarter
SF: Rice 20 pass from Montana (Cofer kick), 4:54
DEN: FG Treadwell 42, 8:13
SF: Jones 7 pass from Montana (kick failed), 14:57
Second Quarter
SF: Rathman 1 run (Cofer kick), 7:45
SF: Rice 38 pass from Montana (Cofer kick), 14:26
Third Quarter
SF: Rice 28 pass from Montana (Cofer kick), 2:12
SF: Taylor 35 pass from Montana (Cofer kick), 5:16
DEN: Elway 3 run (Treadwell kick), 8:07
Fourth Quarter
SF: Rathman 3 run (Cofer kick), 0:03
SF: Craig 1 run (Cofer kick), 1:13

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Team Statistics

SFTeam StatisticsDen
28Total First Downs12
14Rushing5
14Passing6
0Penalty1
461Total Net Yardage167
77Total Offensive Plays52
6.0Average Gain3.2
44Rushes17
144Yards Rushing64
3.3Average Yards3.8
32Passes Attempted29
24Passes Completed11
0Had Intercepted2
1Times Sacked6
0Yards Lost33
317Net Yards Passing103
4Punts6
39.5Average Distance38.5
3Punt Returns2
38Punt Return Yardage11
3Kickoff Returns9
49Kickoff Return Yardage196
42Interception Return Yardage0
0Fumbles3
0Own Recovered1
2Opponents' Recovered0
4Penalties0
38Yards Penalized0
55Points Scored10
8Touchdowns1
3Rushing1
5Passing0
0Returns0
7Extra Points1
0Field Goals1
0Field Goals Attempted1
0Safeties0
8/15Third-Down Efficiency3/11
2/2Fourth-Down Efficiency0/0
39:31Time of Possession20:29

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Individual Statistics

Rushing

San FranciscoNo.YdsLgTDDenverNo.YdsLgTD
Craig2069181Humphrey1261340
Rathman1138182Elway483t1
Montana215100Winder1-550
Flagler614100
Young46110
Sydney1220

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Passing

San FranciscoAttComYdsTDIntDenverAttComYdsTDInt
Montana292229750Elway261010802
Young322000Kubiak312800

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Receiving

San FranciscoNo.YdsLgTDDenverNo.YdsLgTD
Rice714838t3Humphrey338270
Craig534120Sewell222120
Rathman443180Johnson221130
Taylor34935t1Nattiel128280
Sherrard113130Bratton114140
Walls1990Winder1770
Jones177t1Kay1660
Sydney1770
Williams1770

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Punting

San FranciscoNo.AveLgBlkDenverNo.AveLgBlk
Helton439.5470Horan638.5430

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Punt Returns

San FranciscoNo.FCYdsLgTDDenverNo.FCYdsLgTD
Taylor3238170Johnson211170

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Kickoff Returns

San FranciscoNo.YdsLgTDDenverNo.YdsLgTD
Flagler349220Carrington6146390
     Bell241240
     Bratton1990

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Interceptions

San FranciscoNo.YdsLgTDDenverNo.YdsLgTD
Brooks138380None
Walter1440

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Starting Lineups

San Francisco 49ersOffenseDenver Broncos
Sapolu, JesseCKartz, Keith
Collie, BruceGJuriga, Jim
McIntyre, GuyGWidell, Doug
Barton, HarrisTLanier, Ken
Paris, BubbaTPerry, Gerald
Jones, BrentTEMobley, Orson
Rice, JerryWRJackson, Mark
Taylor, JohnWRJohnson, Vance
Craig, RogerRBHumphrey, Bobby
Rathman, TomRBSewell, Steven
Montana, JoeQBElway, John
Defense
Carter, MichaelNTKragen, Greg
Fagan, KevinDECarreker, Alphonso
Holt, PierceDEHolmes, Ron
Haley, CharlesOLBBrooks, Michael
Turner, KeenaOLBFletcher, Simon
Millen, MattILBDennison, Rick
Walter, MichaelILBMecklenburg, Karl
Griffin, DonCBBraxton, Tyrone
Pollard, DarrylCBHenderson, Wymon
Lott, RonnieFSAtwater, Steve
Brooks, ChetSSSmith, Dennis

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Substitutes

San Francisco 49ersDenver Broncos
Burt, JimBell, Kenny
Cofer, MikeBishop, Keith
DeLong, KeithBratton, Mel
Flagler, TerrenceCarrington, Darren
Helton, BarryCorrington, Kip
Hendrickson, SteveCurtis, Scott
Jackson, JohnnieGreen, Paul
Kugler, PeteHaynes, Mark
McKyer, TimHenke, Brad
Roberts, LarryHoran, Mike
Romanowski, BillKay, Clarence
Sherrard, MikeKlosterman, Bruce
Stubbs, DannyKubiak, Gary
Sydney, HarryLucas, Tim
Tausch, TerryMunford, Marc
Thomas, ChuckNattiel, Ricky
Tillman, SpencerPowers, Warren
Wallace, SteveRobbins, Randy
Walls, WesleySmith, Monte
Williams, JamieTownsend, Andre
Wilson, Mike R.Treadwell, David
Wright, Eric C.Winder, Sammy
Young, SteveYoung, Mike

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