Superbowl XVI |
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In what was a look at
things to come, 49ers quarterback Joe Montana led a
controlled offense to victory. Montana's passing helped
lift the San Francisco 49ers to their first NFL
championship with a 26-21 victory over
Cincinnati. The 49ers built a
game-record 20-0 halftime lead on Montana's 1-yard
touchdown run, which capped an 11-play, 68-yard
drive; fullback Earl Cooper's 11-yard scoring-pass
from Montana, which climaxed a Super Bowl record
92-yard drive on 12 plays; and Wersching's 22- and
26-yard field goals. The Bengals rebounded in
the second half, closing the gap to 20-14 on
quarterback Ken Anderson's 5-yard run and Dan
Ross's 4-yard reception from Anderson, who
established Super Bowl passing records for
completions (25) and completion percentage (73.5
percent on 25 of 34). Wersching added early
fourth-period field goals of 40 and 23 yards to
increase the 49ers' lead to 26-14. The Bengals managed to
score on an Anderson-to-Ross 3-yard pass with only
16 seconds remaining. Ross set a Super Bowl record
with 11 receptions for 104 yards. Montana, the
game's
most valuable
player, completed
14-of-22 passes for 157 yards. Cincinnati compiled 356
yards to San Francisco's 275, which marked the
first time in Super Bowl history that the team that
gained the most yards from scrimmage lost the
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