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After the two teams traded punts on their first drives of the game, the 49ers, aided by a roughing the passer penalty, marched 73 yards from their own 3-yard line to the Bengals 24. But dropped passes, including one by receiver Mike Wilson on the 2-yard line, forced them to settle for a 41-yard field goal from kicker [[Mike Cofer]].
On the 49ers next drive, Montana threw a pass to wide receiver [[Jerry Rice]], who first tipped it to himself and then made a one-handed catch before stepping out of bounds at the San Francisco 45-yard line. Then after reaching the Cincinnati 42-yard line, Montana
The 49ers then forced the Bengals to punt on their next drive. On the play, San Francisco Pro Bowl punt returner [[John Taylor (American football player)|John Taylor]] misplayed punter [[Lee Johnson]]'s kick, and it sailed over his head, going all the way to the 49ers 9-yard line to make it a Super Bowl record 63
However, the 49ers were unable to take advantage of their excellent starting field position because Fulcher forced a fumble from 49ers running back [[Roger Craig]], and the Bengals recovered the ball. But San Francisco's defense then forced Cincinnati to punt. On their next possession, the Bengals managed to get into scoring range by driving inside the San Francisco 30-yard line. But the 49er defense forced them to settle for a 34-yard field goal from kicker [[Jim Breech]] with 1:15 left in the half.
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The Bengals took the lead again 16-13 with a 10 play, 46 yard drive that ended with a 40-yard field goal from Breech with 3:20 left in the game. The 49ers then got the ball on their own eight yard line with 3:10 on the clock after committing a holding penalty on the ensuing kickoff.
Montana then led a 11-play, 92-yard drive to score the winning touchdown. Assuming that the Bengals would expect him to throw the ball near the sidelines (to enable the receivers to step out of bounds to immediately stop the clock), Montana first threw a pair of completions in the middle of the field, one to Craig and one to tight end [[John Frank]]. His next pass went 7 yards to Rice, which was then followed up by a pair of runs by Craig to reach their own 35-yard line. Montana then completed a 17-yard pass to Rice to advance the team to the Bengals 48-yard line
But on the next play, Montana threw his first incomplete pass of the drive. After that, the 49ers committed an illegal man downfield penalty, which at the time was a 10-yard foul, moving the ball back to the 45-yard line and bringing up second down and 20 to go with just 1:15 left in the game. But Montana overcame the situation on
Although Jerry Rice was named MVP, Montana had an MVP worthy performance for the third time in a Super Bowl, completing 23 of 36 passes for a Super Bowl record 357 yards, throwing for 2 touchdowns, and gaining 14 rushing yards. Craig finished the game with 71 yards rushing, and 8 receptions for 101 receiving yards. He was the first running back in Super Bowl history to gain over 100 receiving yards. Taylor finished the game with a Super Bowl record 56 punt return yards. Bengals rookie fullback [[Ickey Woods]] was the top rusher of the game with 79 yards. But Esiason was limited to just 11 out of 25 completions for 144 yards and no touchdowns, with 1 interception.
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