Sadly I have to agree..football today is a political statement, delicately handled players feelings and rules that take defense out of the game..getting real old
@@keithfloydjr4014 Ronnie Lott could not play with the rules of today. Stopped watching Football and Baseball because of politics. I work for a living, have problems watching a bunch of player millionaires bitching
I personally think this is the best blowout of all time. Yes, no one likes to see a blow out, but dominance of Montana, Rice and the entire Niners team in this game and the 1989 season was a sight to be hold. If a game has to be a blowout, at least you can admire the sheer dominance of one team. One of the best teams in NFL history.
There is something satisfying about watching a great team reach their potential and seal the deal. And when they do it in such spectacular fashion like the '89 Niners did - you can't help but admire it. They just kicked Denver's ass so thoroughly.
the niners under bill walsh and even when he left where a class team they killed you bot as well respected there opponents other superbowls these days they don't show class like the fight between seahawks and patriots last superbowl was so stupid
I still blame Craig for fumbling. Montana wouldn't have played vs. the Bills though. He got fucking destroyed by Leonard Marshall, but Im confident Steve would've pulled it out.
they also had the best record in the league in 1987. It was a 4-year stretch when they either won the super bowl, had home field advantage in the playoffs or both.
The 1989 49ers is my favorite team of all time they dominated during the regular season 14-2 the best in the NFL and they outscored their opponets in the three postseason games including their Super Bowl route over the Broncos by a combined score of 126-16 and Joe Montana was also the league MVP for the regular season back in '89.
Is that post-season combined score of 126-16 the most mind-blowing stat in NFL history? Think about it. That's winning the very highest, toughest 3 games - Division Playoff, NFC Championship and Super Bowl - with an AVERAGE score of 42 to 5 1/3. And one thing I remember from that SB blow-out is that they took their foot off the gas in the 4th. They could easily have scored over 60 points. The '89 Niners were as close to perfection as there ever was. Virtually every position had a star player.
Tom Brady - the only QB who could throw over 500 yards, not once punt, and still lose the SuperBowl. Just kidding. I like Brady. He's the GOAT - highest numbers make him the greatest. But Montana is the BOAT - best of all time - the most efficient. Never needed kickers or defense to win the SB for him. He's the one I'd pick if I had to.
The 1989 49ers in their 3 playoff games beat the Vikings 41-13 Rams 30-3 Broncos 55-10 making the combined score 126-26 which is the most dominant playoff run in NFL History.
In 1985, a mate invited a few of us over to watch the Superbowl against Miami, this is where I started to love 49er's, even with our present problems, I won't change sides.
As a life-long 49er fan, I take my hat off for John Elway for enduring this horrific loss like the Champion he has proven himself to be, on and off the field. As a football fan - as a sports fan - I can't think of anything more fitting than for Elway to go on to win not one but two Super Bowls for himself and the Broncos. Like my late father used to say, "winning is easy... anyone can win and stand up at the podium afterward with the entire world cheering every word you say. But only a true CHAMPION can stand in front of the world after such a loss." John Elway is that TRUE CHAMPION.
One thing many people fail to realize is had the Broncos not drafted Terrell Davis, they may not have even made it to those Super Bowls, much less won them. A passing game alone won't win you titles.
The Niners were clearly the 80s team. They were different from the 70s Steelers in that their roster had more turnover from their 1st SB in 1981 to the last in 1989. The Steelers pretty much had their nucleus intact for all 4. The Broncos were the Vikings of the 80s. You knew the game was over when Jerry Rice treated future HOFer Steve Atwater's kill shot attempt as a minor inconvenience on the way to the endzone.
Definitely the era of free agency was more prevalent during the 49ers time and of course the 49ers won their 4th in 9 years, where the steelers did it in 6. As far is it goes for on the field play, I think the 70s Steelers and 80s 49ers were a lot more similar to one another than most people think. Both teams were well balanced on both sides of the ball, but most will think defense when thinking the Steelers and Joe Montana and the offense with the 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers totally decimated the Denver Broncos in this game to the point where for one magical moment, nothing on Earth could stop Joe Montana from playing in another Super Bowl game! He completed 22 of 29 passes for 297 yards and 15 rushing yards and 5 TDs! His record 5 TD passes was later surpassed in Super Bowl 29 by the man who replaced him as 49ers starter, Steve Young who threw 6 TD passes in the 49ers most recent league championship victory.
And if it wasn't for a cheap shot in the NFC Championship Game to take Joe Montana out in San Francisco vs the Giantsts ... the following year. NFC CHAMP GAME... THE 49ERS Would have won that Super Bowl as well versus the Buffalo Bills.. YES IT WAS DIRTY HIT BY THE GIANTS THEY WHERE KNOWN FOR THAT SHIT
@@jacenkun2931 It wasn't a cheap shot. Back then that was the way football was played. But Jim Burt's hit on Jeff Hostetler earlier in the game was certainly cheap. Still, if Montana doesn't get injured I think the 49ers win Super Bowl XXV and probably XXVI
So many weapons on this 49ers team, unstoppable. Craig & Rathman out of the backfield. Rice & Taylor at the receiving positions. Brent Jones was a very underrated TE. And of course Joe fucking Montana!
Jones - best catching TE ever. You heard Rice in the clip: "best hands on the team." Also good at blocking. But as a catcher, he's all over the field and ran great routes. BIG part of the Niner winning teams. Also a really great guy.
Pablo Cruise actually he was the worst. Almost like he was watching a different game than we were. Can’t count the times he would say something like “And the kick is up and it is good, no now they say it is no good” and then you watch the play with the refs immediately ruling no good. He was a hack. “ oh what a catch by Rice” when a 9 year old can make the catch.
Along with the 85 Bears, this 49ers team was the most dominant postseason team in NFL history. They were playing on a different level from any team before. The Broncos were not a bad team but there was not even a shadow of doubt the Niners were going to destroy them in this Super Bowl. I am not a 49er fan, but this game was like watching a team of Terminator cyborgs destroy a team of humans. The Broncos never had a chance.
Tampa Bay in 2002 destroyed everyone in the playoffs also along with the 84 49ers and the 94 49ers and the 1986 NY Giants and 1991 redskins and the 83 Raiders.
mike white True, but those teams did not seem quite as far ahead of everyone else as the 85 Bears and this 49ers team. All great teams no doubt, it is a matter of opinion who was best. I said once that I thought this 49ers team was more dominant than the 85 Bears and I caught a load of criticism. The other one I always feel has to be mentioned is the Steel Curtain. They didn't run up numbers over their opponents in the postseason like the teams you mentioned, but they dominated over most of a decade, with the same nucleus of players. When I think of the Steel Curtain I think of Jesse Owens compared to Carl Lewis. Owens was the greatest once, but Lewis was great for 4 Olympics.
'89 49ers 3-game postseason combined score: 126-16, averaging an astonishing 42 to 5 1/3. I don't recall the '85 Bears postseason combined score but I don't think it's close.
I remember watching this game with a bunch of college friends in the common room. Many Niners fans, including myself, but most everyone left after the first half, and nearly everyone else left after the lone Broncos touchdown. They weren't kidding about those final 22 minutes; after that the teams barely even tried to play. Even the announcers stated that it was quite unfortunate they had to play 60 minutes of football with the listlessness on both sides.
Montana, Undefeated in four Super Bowl appearances, Montana completed 83 of 122 passes for 1,142 yards and 11 touchdowns with no interceptions, earning him a Super Bowl record passer rating of 127.8. The first player ever to win three Super Bowl MVP awards.
+datnigganameTJ92 49ers were the favorite to win this game. The reason why Super Bowl 48 was so shocking was that the Seahawks held the Broncos to 8 points. The Broncos had arguably the best offense in history that year statistically speaking but they were completely shut down.
Worst beatdown my guys ever sustained, and I don't think I was ever more dejected by a football game. John Elway's lone touchdown was lampooned on The Simpsons (can YOUR team make that claim?) It still didn't stop me from wearing my team colors to school the next day. The top scoring defense in the league gave up a record for points scored that still hasn't been broken (thanks Leon Lett...you would have let my guys off the hook if you hadn't started celebrating before you got in the end zone!!)
Jason Summers The 49ers were 12 point favorites in this game. When the Broncos beat Green Bay, the Packers were 11 point favorites. Sometimes in the Super Bowl, you got it and sometimes you don't.
And the music played from 10:32 - 12:25 really captured how badly my guys didn't have it that day. As excited as I was that my guys were in the Super Bowl again, I knew they were going to lose and probably lose badly, but I had no idea it would be as bad as it was. Record for points scored that still has not been broken nearly 30 years later. And what's most odd, of all the Broncos teams that John Elway dragged to the Super Bowl, this actually was the most solid one they had...Bobby Humphrey and Steve Atwater were huge additions before 1989.
It's funny how the American broadcasters saw the game as Montana vs Elway. But the foreign broadcasters, from France to Spain to Ireland, had it right on the money. The game was all about Montana.
The foreign broadcasters didn't have to worry about alienating part of the whole country, that is why they were able to say it was all about Montana. Given that SF is on the west coast, I'm sure all of Japan was far more familiar with the 49ers....and likely cheering for them. Had American broadcasters not had to worry about alienating a ton of people, they likely would have said the same.
Watching that second 49er touchdown drive from 71’s perspective made it seem like a horror movie where you know the killer has an axe right behind the door
I was in Lake Tahoe on a ski-trip. Watched and followed most of the game in the ski-resort still with my ski boots on. Replayed Niner glory back home on tape!
crashlong My guys know how to lose on the big stage better than ANYONE. Other clubs have more wins than the Broncos, but when it comes to losses, WE'RE NUMBER ONE!!!
They were probably told to say that to stir up interest. Even my Great Great Great Aunt from the graveyard knew the 49ers were gonna smoke the Broncos in this Super Bowl.
Marino was a better passer; Steve Young a better runner, and Elway was a stronger athlete, but as a complete quarterback; especially in crunch time; nobody was deadlier than Joe Montana. Brady is a lot like Joe. When you get to the greatest Hall of Famers it is a moot point who was the greatest of all. It is enough to be in their class. Legends all. Primus Inter Pares.
Oscar Banuelos well no both montana and brady werent really strong deep throwers and scramblers (montana only earlier in his career). But they had mental skills and pocket awareness and movement
Little known fact, this game also ended the AFC's reign of most Superbowl wins, tying with 12 games each. Significant only because they trailed by 7 games (4-11) just nine years prior and came from behind to then lead the AFC by 7 games by the end of the '96 season. The AFC has never caught up to this day.
Well, your comment was made a year ago, so you're right. In fact, you're still correct today. However, as of today (Feb 3, 2019), the NFC has won 28 Super Bowls and the AFC has won 27.
One of the interesting things about this game is that it raises the question of whether or not the shotgun formation is, indeed, as overrated as Bill Walsh firmly believed it was. Like most of today's teams, the Broncos, (in those days) used that formation almost obsessively, whereas the 49ers didn't use it *at all.* Yet it was the Broncos, not the 49ers, who got blown out. Would a Bill Walsh-coached -- and hence shotgunless -- offense be able to do well in today's league?
Those TD's in the 3rd quarter to Rice and Taylor were things of beauty. Perfect spiral bombs into the receivers bread baskets who never had to break stride in the slightest. Joe Cool is the GOAT.
Had to be hard to be on the Broncos (defense esp) and go thru this. They gave up the least amount of points in the NFL that season & the most amount of points they gave up in a game including the playoffs was 28. SF Nearly doubled that amount in this game
It's tough to say exactly which was the greatest team ever. In terms of impressive blowouts in the playoffs following a stellar regular season, this team sure makes the mark.
I knew my Broncos had very little hope of winning but when they answered with a FG I knew it was over. Opening the game with three straight passes instead of running Humphrey was just ridiculous. Was their only chance at staying in the game.
Every time that the Denver Broncos have lost the Super Bowl, those losses were total embarrassments: Super Bowl XII vs Dallas - 27-10 defeat Super Bowl 21 vs New York - 39-20 defeat Super Bowl 22 vs Washington - 42-10 defeat Super Bowl 24 vs San Francisco - 55-10 defeat Super Bowl 48 vs Seattle - 43-8 defeat
Cody Jacob Minor Super Bowl XII was even more lopsided than the score had indicated. The final score of Super Bowl XII could've been 37-10 or even 40-10 if Efren Herrera hadn't missed 2 field goals & Drew Pearson hadn't dropped a sure touchdown pass, all in the 2nd quarter. The Cowboys defense was incredible. I believe the Broncos only completed 8 of 25 passes for 61 yards.
@@ericschminke153 the broncos super bowl loss to the Giants was misleading also in the fourth quarter late the Giants were up 39-13 before Denver got a late touchdown in the final what 2 or 3 minutes left in the game.
I have always been a Bill Walsh, Joe Montana, 49ers fan, but this was a game that was so dominating that I actually felt compassion for the Denver Broncos and would become a Bronco fan. I was so happy for John Elway and the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 32 and 33. Ironically, the Denver Broncos won two Super Bowls with Bill Romanowski, who was on the 49er roster during Super Bowl 23 and 24. Bill Romanowski won FOUR RINGS, twice with the Denver Broncos and twice with the San Francisco 49ers.
Back then who didn't want to be Joe Montana? I was in first grade when this game came on. And during that whole 1989-1990 period I lived in LA County. But I couldn't go no where without seeing 49ers paraphernalia.
I think any kid who was into football at that time wanted to be him. I was 10 at the time and I always imagined myself as a 49er beating the crap out of teams like he did.
Now as an adult, you could go to a plastic surgeon and ask to look like Barry Manilow. That's pretty close. As a kid you obviously cant. (putting aside my bad humor; he's the best super bowls Q B ever)
The fumble by Bobby Humphrey in the 1st qtr at mid field after stopping the 49ers, changed the game. The broncos had to be perfect. That killed them. Could have been 6-7 or 10-7 lead by going down 13-3 was Devastating.
Both the 87' 49ers & 90' 49ers should've won it too. That should've been a 4-peat, but in the free agency crazy era of right now, I'd be awfully difficult for anybody to 3-peat.
What I love about the Broncos organization is they realized getting there wasn’t good enough. After Shanahan came I figured it would only be a matter of time before they won a Super Bowl...
Empire5730 That's because the game today allows QB to play longer at a high level. Can't knock out QBs anymore. Brady is the winningest QB ever but he wasn't as good as Montana. Brady played like crap on Sunday.
Nobody could stop the 49ers in the playoffs...... except the giants. Beat the 49ers. 49-3 in 87. then beat them 15-13. In 1991. Even before joe got hurt the giants did a good job containing that offense.
The giants in that era would have slaughted brady. His little ass receivers getting roughed up at the line of scrimmage and no where for brady to go with the football like in todays non contact league.
@@dametime128 yeah newton would survive that era because he is strong and big enough but the giants would smash him and he might get knocked out of the game if he kept running. Lawrence taylor would be all over him if newton challenged him. And back then you can hit the qb high. Many qbs retired because of concussions back than so no matter how big cam newton is his brain and skull is still the same. Plus the giants were great at gang tackling, not like today where the rules make the game wide open and less text book tackles. The last team that i saw that tackled great was the 49ers under jim harbaugh from 2011-2014 and the seattle seahawks when they were good. Randall cunningham did well in that era but the giants had his number more so than not. But to answer your question ,yes cam would survive that era but it was also a harder era to pass in for everyone.
They even said this Broncos team was stronger than the 86 and 87 teams after they won the AFC Championship game. How ironic they would get destroyed the worst of the three Broncos teams, and the 86 team was the most competitive.
EdmacZ I don't think they really were. Well maybe better then the 1987 team, though that was Elway in his prime. But the 1989 49ers were better then the 1986 Giants and 1987 Redskins. This 49ers team is among the very best teams ever. They faced the #1 defense in the 1989 Vikings in the divisional round, which had 70 sacks, and they eviscerated them 41-13. They weren't going to have problems with the Broncos.
EdmacZ I think that is legitimate. They had the top scoring defense in the league. New additions like Steve Atwater and Bobby Humphrey added spark and depth to both sides of the ball. But a.) this Niners team is one of the greatest teams in history; and b.) the Niners didn't need much help in this game because the Broncos largely beat themselves. If you watched this game live, you know the game was not nearly as close as the score indicates.
I started off my betting nfl SB career with back to back Denver bets against Redskins and 49ers and both were blowouts. It was rough start as a 15 year old living in Vegas lol
I wonder if this was the only back to back Superbowl team with two different coaches? They had Bill Walsh for SB 23 and George Seifert for SB 24. Nobody ever mentions that.
Love this era of football. Watching throwback films are better than watching football today.
Agreed
Sadly I have to agree..football today is a political statement, delicately handled players feelings and rules that take defense out of the game..getting real old
I heard a sports talk show discussing how football is better now. Yeah, no. The football played these days is a watered down product.
@@keithfloydjr4014 Ronnie Lott could not play with the rules of today. Stopped watching Football and Baseball because of politics. I work for a living, have problems watching a bunch of player millionaires bitching
@Barney Weiss RICH crybabies
I personally think this is the best blowout of all time. Yes, no one likes to see a blow out, but dominance of Montana, Rice and the entire Niners team in this game and the 1989 season was a sight to be hold. If a game has to be a blowout, at least you can admire the sheer dominance of one team. One of the best teams in NFL history.
This is what I'm hoping Super Bowl 54 will be like, the 49ers blowing their opponents out of the water.
There is something satisfying about watching a great team reach their potential and seal the deal. And when they do it in such spectacular fashion like the '89 Niners did - you can't help but admire it. They just kicked Denver's ass so thoroughly.
I think the 89 Niners could beat the 85 Bears!
@@Nineteen80s29 I’d love to see that matchup. Possibly the best offense of all time vs the best defense of all time (IMO)
@@StormLuna The Jed York curse still continues.
Black 59 Razor, Black 59 Razor Hut! So awesome.
classic
Let see... How many HOF quarterbacks did Joe humble? Elway, Simms, Marino, Young and Jim Kelly need I continue?
I love the "exotic" beeps for the cuss words, especially at 5:39-5:47, my favorite part of the whole film.
Matt Millen telling Elway to keep his head up was a class move. Much respect for Matt Millen.
the niners under bill walsh and even when he left where a class team they killed you bot as well respected there opponents other superbowls these days they don't show class like the fight between seahawks and patriots last superbowl was so stupid
+John Delvan my thoughts exactly.
Johnathan Jenkins Detroit would beg to differ
Johnathan Jenkins At least he got his 2 super bowl rings
Damien Hargrove Yes he did. I'm a 49ers fan but was happy to see him go out on top a champion
This is the greatest NFL team of all time period.
"Joe Montana actually wasted a play, before wasting the Denver Broncos."
OUCH!
@M In your dreams
@M Soccer is boring and soccer fans are violent.
M stfu
@M Has a soccer team scored 55 in a game? I didn't think so
Denver sure learned a lesson in humility in this game!😂
this 49er team was 5 seconds away from going to super bowl 25 truly one of the best teams ever assembled
Christopher Tindall I know right fuck you New York Giants
I still blame Craig for fumbling. Montana wouldn't have played vs. the Bills though. He got fucking destroyed by Leonard Marshall, but Im confident Steve would've pulled it out.
Andre G true
Andre G Famous quote from the sidelines that Pat Summerall repeated during that game..."we got a report on Montana. He says Everything hurts."
they also had the best record in the league in 1987. It was a 4-year stretch when they either won the super bowl, had home field advantage in the playoffs or both.
The 1989 49ers is my favorite team of all time they dominated during the regular season 14-2 the best in the NFL and they outscored their opponets in the three postseason games including their Super Bowl route over the Broncos by a combined score of 126-16 and Joe Montana was also the league MVP for the regular season back in '89.
my favorite team too. Best year ever.
Is that post-season combined score of 126-16 the most mind-blowing stat in NFL history? Think about it. That's winning the very highest, toughest 3 games - Division Playoff, NFC Championship and Super Bowl - with an AVERAGE score of 42 to 5 1/3.
And one thing I remember from that SB blow-out is that they took their foot off the gas in the 4th. They could easily have scored over 60 points. The '89 Niners were as close to perfection as there ever was. Virtually every position had a star player.
TOM Brady. . . . . Enough said
Tom Brady - the only QB who could throw over 500 yards, not once punt, and still lose the SuperBowl. Just kidding. I like Brady. He's the GOAT - highest numbers make him the greatest. But Montana is the BOAT - best of all time - the most efficient. Never needed kickers or defense to win the SB for him. He's the one I'd pick if I had to.
The 1989 49ers in their 3 playoff games beat the Vikings 41-13 Rams 30-3 Broncos 55-10 making the combined score 126-26 which is the most dominant playoff run in NFL History.
In 1985, a mate invited a few of us over to watch the Superbowl against Miami, this is where I started to love 49er's, even with our present problems, I won't change sides.
As a life-long 49er fan, I take my hat off for John Elway for enduring this horrific loss like the Champion he has proven himself to be, on and off the field. As a football fan - as a sports fan - I can't think of anything more fitting than for Elway to go on to win not one but two Super Bowls for himself and the Broncos. Like my late father used to say, "winning is easy... anyone can win and stand up at the podium afterward with the entire world cheering every word you say. But only a true CHAMPION can stand in front of the world after such a loss." John Elway is that TRUE CHAMPION.
One thing many people fail to realize is had the Broncos not drafted Terrell Davis, they may not have even made it to those Super Bowls, much less won them. A passing game alone won't win you titles.
John elway I’d actually a complete arrogant asshole in real life 😂
You knew the Broncos had no chance when the 49ers took out Joe Montana and put in Steve Young another Hall of Fame QB that is not even fair
The Niners were clearly the 80s team. They were different from the 70s Steelers in that their roster had more turnover from their 1st SB in 1981 to the last in 1989. The Steelers pretty much had their nucleus intact for all 4. The Broncos were the Vikings of the 80s. You knew the game was over when Jerry Rice treated future HOFer Steve Atwater's kill shot attempt as a minor inconvenience on the way to the endzone.
Definitely the era of free agency was more prevalent during the 49ers time and of course the 49ers won their 4th in 9 years, where the steelers did it in 6.
As far is it goes for on the field play, I think the 70s Steelers and 80s 49ers were a lot more similar to one another than most people think. Both teams were well balanced on both sides of the ball, but most will think defense when thinking the Steelers and Joe Montana and the offense with the 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers totally decimated the Denver Broncos in this game to the point where for one magical moment, nothing on Earth could stop Joe Montana from playing in another Super Bowl game! He completed 22 of 29 passes for 297 yards and 15 rushing yards and 5 TDs! His record 5 TD passes was later surpassed in Super Bowl 29 by the man who replaced him as 49ers starter, Steve Young who threw 6 TD passes in the 49ers most recent league championship victory.
And if it wasn't for a cheap shot in the NFC Championship Game to take Joe Montana out in San Francisco vs the Giantsts ... the following year. NFC CHAMP GAME...
THE 49ERS Would have won that Super Bowl as well versus the Buffalo Bills..
YES IT WAS DIRTY HIT BY THE GIANTS THEY WHERE KNOWN FOR THAT SHIT
@@jacenkun2931 It wasn't a cheap shot. Back then that was the way football was played. But Jim Burt's hit on Jeff Hostetler earlier in the game was certainly cheap. Still, if Montana doesn't get injured I think the 49ers win Super Bowl XXV and probably XXVI
So many weapons on this 49ers team, unstoppable. Craig & Rathman out of the backfield. Rice & Taylor at the receiving positions. Brent Jones was a very underrated TE. And of course Joe fucking Montana!
Jones - best catching TE ever. You heard Rice in the clip: "best hands on the team." Also good at blocking. But as a catcher, he's all over the field and ran great routes. BIG part of the Niner winning teams. Also a really great guy.
great offense, but defense wins championships...and the 9ers had a great one..
Rusty Kuntz not to mention a solid O-line
Top 4 team in NFL history they we're loaded
@@AmirKhan-yv8jm yeah they we're loaded
Joe starkey greatest niner radio broadcaster ever.
Pablo Cruise actually he was the worst. Almost like he was watching a different game than we were. Can’t count the times he would say something like “And the kick is up and it is good, no now they say it is no good” and then you watch the play with the refs immediately ruling no good. He was a hack. “ oh what a catch by Rice” when a 9 year old can make the catch.
@@randallmartin2549 lol hater
Plen122 yeah I hated listening to Starkey. He was terrible.
"OH WHAT A BONANZA!" Nah, I hated that guy.
Nope. Lon Simmons was the greatest announcer tlhen. Bob Uker
Along with the 85 Bears, this 49ers team was the most dominant postseason team in NFL history. They were playing on a different level from any team before. The Broncos were not a bad team but there was not even a shadow of doubt the Niners were going to destroy them in this Super Bowl. I am not a 49er fan, but this game was like watching a team of Terminator cyborgs destroy a team of humans. The Broncos never had a chance.
Tampa Bay in 2002 destroyed everyone in the playoffs also along with the 84 49ers and the 94 49ers and the 1986 NY Giants and 1991 redskins and the 83 Raiders.
mike white True, but those teams did not seem quite as far ahead of everyone else as the 85 Bears and this 49ers team. All great teams no doubt, it is a matter of opinion who was best. I said once that I thought this 49ers team was more dominant than the 85 Bears and I caught a load of criticism. The other one I always feel has to be mentioned is the Steel Curtain. They didn't run up numbers over their opponents in the postseason like the teams you mentioned, but they dominated over most of a decade, with the same nucleus of players. When I think of the Steel Curtain I think of Jesse Owens compared to Carl Lewis. Owens was the greatest once, but Lewis was great for 4 Olympics.
+Stacie45 the 85 Bears had the greatest defense in NFL history bar none but that offense was really subpar besides Payton
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No. The offense put up 456 points. That's about 29 ppg. Also, the Bears offensive line was dominant.
'89 49ers 3-game postseason combined score: 126-16, averaging an astonishing 42 to 5 1/3. I don't recall the '85 Bears postseason combined score but I don't think it's close.
I remember watching this game with a bunch of college friends in the common room. Many Niners fans, including myself, but most everyone left after the first half, and nearly everyone else left after the lone Broncos touchdown. They weren't kidding about those final 22 minutes; after that the teams barely even tried to play. Even the announcers stated that it was quite unfortunate they had to play 60 minutes of football with the listlessness on both sides.
Even with Young going in late, had Seifert not called off the dogs, it would have been much worse for Denver.
Joe Montana is a legend to be a 3 time Superbowl MVP
This team would have had Brady's best team for breakfast.
Amen!!!
Truth and I'm a Skins fan
SO 👌 awesome true
A team that also had to deal with salary cap and free agency
@M watching soccer is more boring than watching grass grow. Soccer might be the greatest cure for insomnia ever.
Montana, Undefeated in four Super Bowl appearances, Montana completed 83 of 122 passes for 1,142 yards and 11 touchdowns with no interceptions, earning him a Super Bowl record passer rating of 127.8. The first player ever to win three Super Bowl MVP awards.
Its funny how people don't realize that this superbowl loss was worse than the 43-8 Denver loss to Seattle.
+datnigganameTJ92 49ers were the favorite to win this game. The reason why Super Bowl 48 was so shocking was that the Seahawks held the Broncos to 8 points. The Broncos had arguably the best offense in history that year statistically speaking but they were completely shut down.
Yeah, but Seattle had the #1 Defense.
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So did the broncos that year when Joe Montana ripped them
Truebells24 but Denver in 1989 had the number 1 defense tho and gave up 55 points.
datnigganameTJ92 don't forget the 85 bears beatdown of the Patriots.
Another great defensive play
Another bronco turnover
Another 49er touchdown
Greatest super bowl team ever
Denver was the #1 defense That year.
Fewest points allowed
Must've had a light schedule. NFC was pretty consistently dominant over the AFC back then.
Robert Mayer they actually had a good defense that year. Broncos just underperformed badly that day and they faced one of the best teams ever
1:44 it's not from Spain, it's pepe Espinoza from Mexico.
Wow the censoring of obscenities was so smooth and clean back then. Barely noticeable.
Lol
Greg Kragen must've had a real potty mouth.
Worst beatdown my guys ever sustained, and I don't think I was ever more dejected by a football game. John Elway's lone touchdown was lampooned on The Simpsons (can YOUR team make that claim?) It still didn't stop me from wearing my team colors to school the next day.
The top scoring defense in the league gave up a record for points scored that still hasn't been broken (thanks Leon Lett...you would have let my guys off the hook if you hadn't started celebrating before you got in the end zone!!)
Jason Summers The 49ers were 12 point favorites in this game. When the Broncos beat Green Bay, the Packers were 11 point favorites. Sometimes in the Super Bowl, you got it and sometimes you don't.
And the music played from 10:32 - 12:25 really captured how badly my guys didn't have it that day. As excited as I was that my guys were in the Super Bowl again, I knew they were going to lose and probably lose badly, but I had no idea it would be as bad as it was. Record for points scored that still has not been broken nearly 30 years later. And what's most odd, of all the Broncos teams that John Elway dragged to the Super Bowl, this actually was the most solid one they had...Bobby Humphrey and Steve Atwater were huge additions before 1989.
I remember going to school the next day. Decked out in red and gold in Broncos' country, it was an awkward feeling but a good awkward.
“…and I like the Raiders because they always cheat”
“on a very suspicious play, the Raiders win!”
Yeah I can make that claim too lol.
It's funny how the American broadcasters saw the game as Montana vs Elway. But the foreign broadcasters, from France to Spain to Ireland, had it right on the money. The game was all about Montana.
The foreign broadcasters didn't have to worry about alienating part of the whole country, that is why they were able to say it was all about Montana. Given that SF is on the west coast, I'm sure all of Japan was far more familiar with the 49ers....and likely cheering for them. Had American broadcasters not had to worry about alienating a ton of people, they likely would have said the same.
Watching that second 49er touchdown drive from 71’s perspective made it seem like a horror movie where you know the killer has an axe right behind the door
By 71 you mean Greg Kragen put some respek on his name.
I was in Lake Tahoe on a ski-trip. Watched and followed most of the game in the ski-resort still with my ski boots on. Replayed Niner glory back home on tape!
Ahhhhh the days when we were at the height of our glory...we'll be back someday.
wow! I've never noticed. whenever denver lose in the superbowl it's always a blowout
Awesome observation!
crashlong My guys know how to lose on the big stage better than ANYONE. Other clubs have more wins than the Broncos, but when it comes to losses, WE'RE NUMBER ONE!!!
24 Space Ace Oh, I am. That was self-deprecating. If you can't laugh at yourself, what else have you got?
I remember the week before the game all the sportscasters kept saying “Denver has never lost to San Francisco”.
I remember that too. Well that 49ers team certainly made up for that now didn't they?
They were probably told to say that to stir up interest. Even my Great Great Great Aunt from the graveyard knew the 49ers were gonna smoke the Broncos in this Super Bowl.
Love the 80s sound effects
When my team won the Superbowl ( Seahawks fan) I already knew that this Superbowl was way more of a blowout
I was here I won a trip to the Super Bowl 1990. Took my brother had a blast I was 22 he was 25.
Rest In Peace Dick Jorgenson passed away only 9 months after this game.
Marino was a better passer; Steve Young a better runner, and Elway was a stronger athlete, but as a complete quarterback; especially in crunch time; nobody was deadlier than Joe Montana. Brady is a lot like Joe. When you get to the greatest Hall of Famers it is a moot point who was the greatest of all. It is enough to be in their class. Legends all. Primus Inter Pares.
Primus inter pares, XXIV- Latin's surprisingly popular for NFL fans.
Terrific Tom BRADY. . . . marino young elway "F" them
Oscar,
Brady won because of Bill Belicheat. If we don't condemn cheating, Brady is up there.
Oscar Banuelos well no both montana and brady werent really strong deep throwers and scramblers (montana only earlier in his career). But they had mental skills and pocket awareness and movement
He, Montana won some gamblers thousands of bucks....he covered a ton of point spreads
Little known fact, this game also ended the AFC's reign of most Superbowl wins, tying with 12 games each. Significant only because they trailed by 7 games (4-11) just nine years prior and came from behind to then lead the AFC by 7 games by the end of the '96 season. The AFC has never caught up to this day.
Well, your comment was made a year ago, so you're right. In fact, you're still correct today. However, as of today (Feb 3, 2019), the NFC has won 28 Super Bowls and the AFC has won 27.
AFC tied it but NFC is in the lead again (I’m pretty sure, I may be wrong)
One of the interesting things about this game is that it raises the question of whether or not the shotgun formation is, indeed, as overrated as Bill Walsh firmly believed it was. Like most of today's teams, the Broncos, (in those days) used that formation almost obsessively, whereas the 49ers didn't use it *at all.* Yet it was the Broncos, not the 49ers, who got blown out. Would a Bill Walsh-coached -- and hence shotgunless -- offense be able to do well in today's league?
And the broncos walked funny ever since
rest in peace kobe
the 24th supere bowl
The 1989 49ers are the greatest team of all time. Go 49ers!
Joe cool is just incredible
I felt bad for Denver in this game. To get this far and then to be completely dominated is demoralizing
Those TD's in the 3rd quarter to Rice and Taylor were things of beauty. Perfect spiral bombs into the receivers bread baskets who never had to break stride in the slightest. Joe Cool is the GOAT.
Had to be hard to be on the Broncos (defense esp) and go thru this. They gave up the least amount of points in the NFL that season & the most amount of points they gave up in a game including the playoffs was 28. SF Nearly doubled that amount in this game
Graças a esse jogo, hoje sou torcedor do San Francisco 49ers. Assisti ao vivo na extinta TV Manchete, com narração do falecido Dr. Osmar de Oliveira.
I honestly think that had Joe not left the game as early as he did, the 49ers could have easily put up 70+
John Madden had best quote ever in this game. "They wont let you quit, you have to finish the game".
It's tough to say exactly which was the greatest team ever. In terms of impressive blowouts in the playoffs following a stellar regular season, this team sure makes the mark.
Arson Hakobyan along with the 1985 Bears!
@@AmirKhan-yv8jm meh
*OJ was the best PLAY'R on and off the field, EVER!*
San Diego & Denver & Miami were quite the drop off from those Cincinnati teams
WTF is a defensive lineman guarding Jerry Rice for? The Broncos must have smoked crack before this game!
+Jonathan Blaze 3:15
+Jonathan Blaze is it really any wonder why they lost 55-10? lol
Was probably a zone blitz that went awry.
That isn't a lineman,it's a linebacker.
Agreed that's a joke
That really breeds confidence when Kragen says “we gotta play a whole nother half”.
the best I've seen
I knew my Broncos had very little hope of winning but when they answered with a FG I knew it was over. Opening the game with three straight passes instead of running Humphrey was just ridiculous. Was their only chance at staying in the game.
The Broncos defense just could not contain Joe Montana and Jerry Rice at this game
Yeah and the 49ers defense made Elway look like a silly bitch.
jthomason247 the niners were that damn good
Bryson Hall lol What defense could contain Montana and Rice in their prime that's a scary thought
...or Taylor, or Jones, or Craig, or Rathman...
Or anyone else for that matter. The Niners were just a machine that year. Nobody was beating them that day.
Every time that the Denver Broncos have lost the Super Bowl, those losses were total embarrassments:
Super Bowl XII vs Dallas - 27-10 defeat
Super Bowl 21 vs New York - 39-20 defeat
Super Bowl 22 vs Washington - 42-10 defeat
Super Bowl 24 vs San Francisco - 55-10 defeat
Super Bowl 48 vs Seattle - 43-8 defeat
35 points in one quarter
But they still won 3
Cody Jacob Minor Super Bowl XII was even more lopsided than the score had indicated. The final score of Super Bowl XII could've been 37-10 or even 40-10 if Efren Herrera hadn't missed 2 field goals & Drew Pearson hadn't dropped a sure touchdown pass, all in the 2nd quarter. The Cowboys defense was incredible. I believe the Broncos only completed 8 of 25 passes for 61 yards.
@@ericschminke153 the broncos super bowl loss to the Giants was misleading also in the fourth quarter late the Giants were up 39-13 before Denver got a late touchdown in the final what 2 or 3 minutes left in the game.
Don't wear the orange jerseys.
Joe Montana, is great QB at 49ers all time show.
I have always been a Bill Walsh, Joe Montana, 49ers fan, but this was a game that was so dominating that I actually felt compassion for the Denver Broncos and would become a Bronco fan. I was so happy for John Elway and the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 32 and 33. Ironically, the Denver Broncos won two Super Bowls with Bill Romanowski, who was on the 49er roster during Super Bowl 23 and 24. Bill Romanowski won FOUR RINGS, twice with the Denver Broncos and twice with the San Francisco 49ers.
Romanowski was a great player, but I have heard he was/is a world class jerk.
Billy Boy was a dirty player.
The salary cap ended all of this
I remember watching this game. I was rooting for the 49ers but was surprised how much of a blow out it was.
I wish they could have put up 70 but they called off the dogs late in the game
First Super Bowl I ever saw. I was 9 years old and thought the big score was fun. I wanted to be Joe Montana after this game.
Back then who didn't want to be Joe Montana? I was in first grade when this game came on. And during that whole 1989-1990 period I lived in LA County. But I couldn't go no where without seeing 49ers paraphernalia.
I think any kid who was into football at that time wanted to be him. I was 10 at the time and I always imagined myself as a 49er beating the crap out of teams like he did.
Now as an adult, you could go to a plastic surgeon and ask to look like Barry Manilow.
That's pretty close. As a kid you obviously cant. (putting aside my bad humor; he's the best super bowls Q B ever)
The fumble by Bobby Humphrey in the 1st qtr at mid field after stopping the 49ers, changed the game. The broncos had to be perfect. That killed them. Could have been 6-7 or 10-7 lead by going down 13-3 was Devastating.
tell me if i'm wrong here, but does Denver have the most blowout losses in Super Bowl history..?
Yes they were blown out five times
@@scottfarmer8758 all 5 of their SB losses were blowouts lol!
Roger Craig talking about the threepeat...when he was the one who fumbled that opportunity away. The height of irony.
+Pksoze I wonder if a team will ever three-peat in the Super Bowl era. I doubt it.
jmarshall88 Maybe if the Seahawks had won last year...but no...I don't think there will be any threepeats any time soon.
I think it's more karma than irony.
Shame because the 49ers was just as stacked.
George Sieford doesn't get enough credit for holding the fort
Both the 87' 49ers & 90' 49ers should've won it too. That should've been a 4-peat, but in the free agency crazy era of right now, I'd be awfully difficult for anybody to 3-peat.
Imagine that. I would love to see the 49ers win the Super Bowl 4 years in a row (1987-1990), then they would've been 6 time world champions then.
9:33
Montana throws a touchdown to Rice
10:07
Kraken- “Un-F***-believable unbelievable”
The songs at 2:49 and 12:40. 🔥🔥🔥. My favorite part of this highlight film.
What I love about the Broncos organization is they realized getting there wasn’t good enough. After Shanahan came I figured it would only be a matter of time before they won a Super Bowl...
Jerry Rice and Joe Montana together were amazing.
If only i was there to see my fav team win
This is my favorite Super MVP performance.
One of the greatest NFL games ever
You high or something?
2nd Best Super Bowl of all time behind game 51
After this game I really thought they might win it all for the next several years
AND PLEASE LET'S NOT FORGET MR. J.RICE
yes yes yes Joe Montana will always be in my book the greatest quarterback of all time, the hell with Tom brady.
When the 49ers were in the superbowl, it felt like a Pershing tank invading.
Now super bowl teams feel like a tin man army dancing by the numbers.
Yeah 4 wins is better than 5. And 4 appearances is better than 7. Smh lol
no
Forget the loses. What QB has been great for 2 decades? Only Brady.
Empire5730 That's because the game today allows QB to play longer at a high level. Can't knock out QBs anymore. Brady is the winningest QB ever but he wasn't as good as Montana. Brady played like crap on Sunday.
Many many would say that Jerry Rice is the best receiver ever. John Taylor lived in his shadow but wat a football player he was too.
Nobody could stop the 49ers in the playoffs...... except the giants.
Beat the 49ers. 49-3 in 87.
then beat them 15-13. In 1991.
Even before joe got hurt the giants did a good job containing that offense.
The giants in that era would have slaughted brady. His little ass receivers getting roughed up at the line of scrimmage and no where for brady to go with the football like in todays non contact league.
Cam would outrun those plumbers. Newton could survive in that era maybe I’m just being bias because I’m a fan but Newton would destroy the giants.
@@dametime128 yeah newton would survive that era because he is strong and big enough but the giants would smash him and he might get knocked out of the game if he kept running. Lawrence taylor would be all over him if newton challenged him. And back then you can hit the qb high. Many qbs retired because of concussions back than so no matter how big cam newton is his brain and skull is still the same. Plus the giants were great at gang tackling, not like today where the rules make the game wide open and less text book tackles. The last team that i saw that tackled great was the 49ers under jim harbaugh from 2011-2014 and the seattle seahawks when they were good. Randall cunningham did well in that era but the giants had his number more so than not. But to answer your question ,yes cam would survive that era but it was also a harder era to pass in for everyone.
Thank you 1990 NY giants.
Cool Joe
Montana was the best but he also had the best receiver possibly the best of all time in any position in Rice.
Montana won his first Super Bowls without Rice.
Loved to watch Montana do his thing in a big game the best ever .
Fun fact the movie character Tony Montana was named after Joe Montana. Oliver Stone said he named him after his favorite nfl QB at the time.
the niner empire baby
Montana is the greatest legend ever.
Helped start the 49ers dynasty.
They even said this Broncos team was stronger than the 86 and 87 teams after they won the AFC Championship game.
How ironic they would get destroyed the worst of the three Broncos teams, and the 86 team was the most competitive.
EdmacZ
I don't think they really were. Well maybe better then the 1987 team, though that was Elway in his prime. But the 1989 49ers were better then the 1986 Giants and 1987 Redskins. This 49ers team is among the very best teams ever. They faced the #1 defense in the 1989 Vikings in the divisional round, which had 70 sacks, and they eviscerated them 41-13. They weren't going to have problems with the Broncos.
Lz V they basically steamrolled through the whole post season
EdmacZ I think that is legitimate. They had the top scoring defense in the league. New additions like Steve Atwater and Bobby Humphrey added spark and depth to both sides of the ball. But a.) this Niners team is one of the greatest teams in history; and b.) the Niners didn't need much help in this game because the Broncos largely beat themselves. If you watched this game live, you know the game was not nearly as close as the score indicates.
Jason Summers in other words Denver was outclassed
Close as the score indicates?? What are you talking about?
It wasn’t close to begin with it was 55-10.
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Roger Craig, how ironic with that 3-peat taunt, fumbled the ball the next year snuffing out any hope!
I remember being 11 at my uncle's house for this game and all the adults were playing cards in the 2nd half it was so bad!
Love the hey days...maybe..just maybe..9ers will do it again. 👍GO 9ERS!!🤩
We shall soon find out. Let's hope their dominance over AFC West teams continues.
I started off my betting nfl SB career with back to back Denver bets against Redskins and 49ers and both were blowouts. It was rough start as a 15 year old living in Vegas lol
Denver fan: "I PAINTED MY FACE FOR THIS?!?!?!"
Future Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak as backup QB & holder for field goals & extra points.
John Elway was the Jim Kelly of Super Bowls
I wonder if this was the only back to back Superbowl team with two different coaches? They had Bill Walsh for SB 23 and George Seifert for SB 24. Nobody ever mentions that.
Yep they're the one one's to do it
It wasn't only the biggest blowout in SB history; it was the day snot-nose elway learned what it was like to play against a REAL football team.
Damien Jones
No. Denver won that game solidly.
Fumble was in '88, The Drive was in '87. In '89 the Browns got clobbered.
Haha the broncos were so hopeful after that first defensive stop!