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	Super Bowl XIX at Stanford Stadium (Palo Alto, CA) Sunday January 20th, 1985
38		16

QB Joe Montana passed for 331 yards and accounted for four touchdowns to lead San Francisco to a 38-16 win over the Miami Dolphins. For his efforts Montana was named as the Super Bowl MVP for the second time in his career. The game was played at nearby Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto in front of 84,059 fans.

Montana's first touchdown of the day came on a 33-yard strike to RB Carl Monroe late in the first quarter. He followed that with an eight-yard scoring toss to RB Roger Craig in the second, and on the next 49er possession Montana added his third score of the day, this time taking it in himself on a six-yard run.

His fourth and final score of the day came on a 16-yard pass to Craig midway through the third quarter. Craig also had an impressive day totaling 135 yards of total offense and adding two scores. San Francisco rolled up an impressive 537 yards of total offense in the game, including 211 rushing yards.

S Carlton Williamson and CB Eric Wright each intercepted a QB Dan Marino pass. LB Keena Turner led the team with six tackles.

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
49ers	7	21	10	0	38 Final
Dolphins	10	6	0	0	16 Final

	Dolphins - von Schamann 37 field goal
	49ers - Monroe 33 pass from Montana (Wersching kick)
	Dolphins - Johnson 2 pass from Marino (von Schamann kick)
	49ers - Craig 8 pass from Montana (Wersching kick)
	49ers - Montana 6 run (Wersching kick)
	49ers - Craig 2 run (Wersching kick)
	Dolphins - von Schamann 31 field goal
	Dolphins - von Schamann 30 field goal
	49ers - Wersching 27 field goal
	49ers - Craig 16 pass from Montana (Wersching kick)

• San Francisco set NFL records for most wins in the regular season (15) and by winning all eight games away from home.

• The 49ers also became the first NFC team to sweep all of its conference games. San Francisco's 18 wins (including playoffs) established a record for most wins in a single season.

• The 49ers sent 10 players to the Pro Bowl-setting a franchise record that has been equaled twice (1994 and 1995)

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