Super Bowl XXIII: Difference between revisions

Assuming the Bengals would expect him to throw the ball near the sidelines, Montana started out drive with a pair of complesionscompletions to Craig and tight end [[John Frank]] in the middle of the field. His next pass went short to Rice and was followed up by a pair of runs by Craig to pick up a first down. Then Montana completed another pass to Rice at the Bengals 48-yard line, and followed that one up with a completion to Craig at the 36. On the next play, an illegal man down field penalty moved the ball back to the 45, and then Rice threw his first incomplete pass of the drive on the play after that, bringing up second down and 20 to go with just 1:15 left in the game. But Montana bailed his team out of the situation with a 27-yard complesion to Rice on the next play, and followed it up with an 8-yard pass to Craig at the 10-yard line. Then with just 34 seconds left, Montana finished the 92-yard, 11 play drive with a 10-yard touchdown pass to Taylor, giving the 49ers the lead for good. Finally, San Francisco's defense sealed the victory after Esiason's pass to [[Cris Collinsworth]] was broken up as time expired.