4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Super Bowl Winners Chapter 1 Road to the NFL Chapter 2 Great Moments Chapter 3 Passing by the Numbers Chapter 4 And the winner is Smackdown Breakdown Glossary Index 28 30 31 8 14 20 24
sf 4 Joe Montana INTRODUCTION SUPER BOWL WINNERS Quarterback Joe Montana won four Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers But he may have saved his best for last In January 1990 the 49ers faced the Denver Broncos in the National Football League NFL championship game FAST FACTS Joe Montana is a three time Super Bowl MVP Montana is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Tom Brady won seven Super Bowls six with the New England Patriots and one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Brady led the NFL in touchdown passes five times
xxxy Less than five minutes into the game Montana threw a perfect pass over the middle of the field to wide receiver Jerry Rice Rice snagged the ball out of the air and bounced off a Broncos defender He raced into the end zone for a touchdown Montana's great throw was just the beginning He completed 22 of 29 passes for 297 yards and five touchdowns During one stretch he completed 13 passes in a row and set a Super Bowl record By the end of the game Montana held several Super Bowl passing records The 49ers won 55-10 12 Tom Brady 5
