Super Bowl XXIV
at Louisiana Superdome
(New Orleans, LA)
Sunday January 28th, 1990
55
  
10

WR Jerry Rice scored three touchdowns, FB Tom Rathman scored twice and QB Joe Montana earned his third Super Bowl MVP award as the San Francisco 49ers cruised to their fourth NFL Championship of the decade with a resounding 55-10 win over the Denver Broncos. The game was played before a crowd of 72,919 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, LA. Rice scored on touchdown catches of 20, 38 and 28 yards en route to a seven-reception, 148-yard outing. Rathman scored his two touchdowns on runs of one and three yards.

The real story of the game was the play of Montana. He completed a sensational 22-of-29 passes for 297 yards and five touchdowns. He was masterful in his direction of the 49er offense, leading the team on scoring drives of 66, 69 and 71 yards.

The 49er defense proved to be as devastating as the offense. San Francisco harassed Denver QB John Elway all game, intercepting him twice and sacking him on six occasions. DE Daniel Stubbs led the way with two sacks and was joined by four others who had one sack each. DE Kevin Fagan had six tackles and LB Matt Millen added five.

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th  
49ers 13 14 14 14 55 Final
Broncos 0 3 0 7 10 Final

49ers - Rice 20 pass from Montana (Cofer kick)
Broncos - Treadwell 42 field goal
49ers - Jones 7 pass from Montana (Kick failed)
49ers - Rathman 1 run (Cofer kick)
49ers - Rice 38 pass from Montana (Cofer kick)
49ers - Rice 28 pass from Montana (Cofer kick)
49ers - Taylor 35 pass from Montana (Cofer kick)
Broncos - Elway 3 run (Treadwell kick)
49ers - Rathman 3 run (Cofer kick)
49ers - Craig 1 run (Cofer kick)


• San Francisco won its second straight Super Bowl and fourth world championship after finishing the regular season with 14 wins. Eight of those wins came on the road.

• Quarterback Joe Montana had a career year as he established an NFL record with 112.4 quarterback rating, was named NFL Most Valuable Player and Super Bowl MVP for a third time.

• The 49ers set or tied nearly 40 Super Bowl records in their victory over Denver.

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