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The Super Bowl win also made Montana one of only two quarterbacks – along with his idol Joe Namath – to win a college national championship and a Super Bowl. Montana, at 25 years, 227 days, was one day older than Namath was at the time of his first Super Bowl, making him the second-youngest quarterback to start a Super Bowl up to that time.
49ers quarterback Joe Montana went on to gain a reputation for his last-minute heroics, and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000, his first year of eligibility. Meanwhile, the Cowboys, one of the most successful NFC teams in the 1970s with five Super Bowl appearances and two wins, never made it back to the Super Bowl in the 1980s.
As a result of the 1982 television contract signed by the NFL, this game was the first Super Bowl to be televised in the United States by ABC, with a new alternation process started for the 1983 game. Previously, the Super Bowl telecast alternated between CBS and NBC, while the networks simulcast the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game.
The 49ers won Super Bowl XVI, defeating the AFC Champion Cincinnati Bengals 26–21. It was the first of five Super Bowl victories in franchise history, all within the next thirteen seasons. From 1981 to 1997, the 49ers would have thirteen NFC West titles, eight NFC top seeds, and seven seasons with the NFL's best regular season record.
They won their first Super Bowl in 2018, beating the New England Patriots 41-33 in Super Bowl LII. ... winning three Super Bowls with legendary players like Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, and Ronnie ...
He played in one Super Bowl in his career, losing Super Bowl XIX to Montana and the San Francisco 49ers in 1985. Marino retired as the NFL's all-time passing yards leader with 61,361, but now sits ...
This was the first Super Bowl to feature two first-time participants since Super Bowl III, ... Joe Montana 6 18 1 8 3.00 Bill Ring: 5 17 0 7 3.40 Johnny Davis: 2 5 0 4
Joe Montana was selected in the third round (82nd overall) by the San Francisco 49ers in the 1979 NFL draft. He would go on to win four Super Bowls with the team and earn three MVP awards.