Montana's TOUGHEST Comeback! (49ers vs. Eagles 1989, Week 3)

[Applause] the team of the 80s has been the san francisco 49ers three super bowl titles but now the defending world champions must face the future without the silver hair genius could the eagles become the team of the 90s with the arm of randall cunningham spectacular mike quick they've looked like a team of destiny the eagles have only love and respect for head coach buddy ryan after his first victory in washington the eagles are ready to fulfill ryan's prophecy winning the super bowl [Music] from sold out veteran stadium in philadelphia pennsylvania the san francisco 49ers against the philadelphia eagle scoring is always the most important thing scoring first montana will throw for the first down mike pitts goes right by him off balance throw incomplete it was pitts who was right in montana's face craig can't get the block he wants and set joyner fights off the block and makes the puck number 59 third and 10 passing circumstance and mike wilson comes in number 85 he's in a slot to the left blitz montana with time deep for rice bryce has it rice will score his 52nd touchdown 68 yards that's iselle jenkins that he beat and the man with whom he is joined third and seventh [Applause] and randall cunningham operates out of the shotgun four-man foot no blitz haley coming from the right side cunningham will run but he is down at the 31-yard line it'll be a punting circumstance almost [Applause] philadelphia football they trail seven nothing and they are at the 49er 32 the handoff keith sherman he struggles for yardage he fumbles 49ers get it it was turner who caused the fumble montana will go deep left side maybe no he will not jerome brown with the first contact mike pitts with the sack second and 15. praying out of the backfield straight dropped back grant jones the tight end chased by byron evans big first down this time white is out of his end spot second down tom rathman but behind the line jerome brown who had maybe the best game of his career last week harry sydney is in as the running back now replacing rapid four wide receivers in montana chased again caught and dropped second time they've gotten to him it's clyde simmons clyde simmons got the tackle if the play stands well the only thing i can imagine is that one of the eagles oh it is it's against that formation number 89 an eligible receiver was playing inside he climbed first [Music] back to play cunningham drills it caught by carter at the 25 first down explosive when he sees the hole he gets slow and blasts through it second and four draw play to he's go play fake cunningham draws it to the two split backs behind cunningham double tie damn set inside handoff the sherman touchdown terence flagler who walked out of practice middle of this week unhappy over the lack of playing time fumble is the kickoff for terrell now his coaches are going to be unhappy over his playing time rice left taylor right montana reggie white gets him and grabs him at the two that is reggie white's first sack of the season harris barton is trying number 79 and then sapolu 61. now you're really in trouble now you're backed up second and 18. from the two flag is down delay again that play will be brought back oh my oh my they're not going to bring it back offense before the snap still second down 46. that's the safety that's the end of it [Music] and this is a great offense for the eagles a great position because they can use all their people get the ball quick to them and then let them run nickel defense in for the 49ers out of the shotgun a high snap from alexander flag is down jackson back in the game makes the catch [Applause] fights the clock and beats it now he'll run [Applause] and he's hit right out of bounds there's the flag now he's out of bounds you can't touch him carter's actually stumbling falls and lands on him theirs is not an unwinding road second down at seven off balance sherman second down and ten three-man rush by the 49ers cunningham dodges to his left off balance in the end zone incomplete [Applause] short of the first down they've been working on it this week that's a good snap and a good hold thus the kick is perfect third down and four 12-7 philadelphia leads montana back they got their hands on him rather has a first down for san francisco standard 4-3 defense now iselle jenkins trails jerry rice they go deep for rice and rice makes the catch we're concerned about clyde simmons 96 jerome brown 99 hey this is good time but once again the pressure second down at 15. that'll go as a sack and that's number five in the first half and i think he got his feet mixed up third and 22 8 10 to go first half right side for rice overthrow at the eight boy that was close the eagles have dominated in the last uh quarter and a half they leave it 12-7 now buyers out of the backfield four-man rush by the 49ers and they get to wrangle cunningham he has dropped at the 20. charles haley number 94 has been a real factor now reggie white over sapolo with center back flips it left side for taylor gets by andre waters and is down at the 40-yard line 12-7 eagles lead mike barber number 86 goes in motion montana for jerry rice first down rice with three catches for 105 yards he has the 49er touchdown [Music] [Applause] deep in the middle brent jones first and goal at the nine jeff fisher didn't want to have happen to his team this week vern as he told us we don't want to allow their tight end to get a free lead a clean release and go down the middle we're going to jam him at the line of scrimmage and hold him up that time they didn't do it on brent jones 23-yard gain by jones first and goal 49ers 3 20 to go before halftime roger craig rice out of the backfield montana looks for rice in the end zone tipped and incomplete mckenna loves to throw option rounds to his backs out of the backfield in this situation that's craig in motion flank is down so is montana and jerome brown and reggie white are doing the celebrating one of the things i've got to do is put on more weight i got to put on more weight if i'm going to stay at no and stay at center last year and this he's five for five and 89. bad snap but somehow the hold was there they're going out of the shotgun 47 seconds remaining into the flat heath sherman will try and get out of bounds doesn't now he does first down and 10 39 seconds to go four-man rush on cunningham caught mike quick makes the grab and calls timeout that wipes out what would have been a first down makes it third in 14 with 21 seconds to go there's a bad snap flag is down and all kinds of confusion on that play [Applause] 12-10 [Applause] quick opener heath sherman scoops he looks over the defense shotgun blitz blitz [Music] matt darwin with a good block almost picked off don griffin it's fourth down now the eagles john pilchik back to punt fake he's got all kinds of room first down picks up 24 yards in the first down [Applause] and made him catch the football with his hands second down five-man rush blitz they got him it's third down and 20 from the 23. once again cunningham with a play fake but the running back was randall cunningham high snap again but pilchuk gets the ball down second and 19. reverse jerry rice chased by mike pitts and clyde simmons and now some help harris third and 16. 6 43 to go this place has become cacophonous during the timeout montana back deep right side incomplete from mike wilson nickel defensive now for the 49ers five-man rush quick pass left side the catch is made and the flag is down i didn't really get as much out of calling plays because i was unable to utilize the entire offsets blitz [Applause] flags are down so is cunningham third and eight from the 49er 27. incomplete 44-yard effort by zemdejos good center this time perfect so they got it together montana catch made at the 21. across the middle pickup al harris brent jones the intended secondary receiver he's sherman that resulted in wes hopkins 77-yard return three-man rush cunningham [Applause] unnecessary roughness late hit number 42 defense first and goal into the flank great garrity up the middle sherman that's a loss that's the end of the third quarter with our score the eagles 18 and the 49ers 10. we begin the final quarter from philadelphia third and goal from the three eagles up 18 to 10. play fake cunningham still has it wants to throw has sherman open incomplete chet brooks knocked it away sandejas again he's kicked three today oh he just did get that inside the right upright 21-10 but they got there the hard way with montana desperately needing two touchdown drives and now we've got to expect him to pull out the magic we're used to it we're spoiled by we expect it same thing with cunningham four wide receiver set now for the 49ers harry sydney in is the back montana finds harry sydney and that's a first down first and ten [Applause] roger craig double-teamed and down four wide receivers set for the 49ers [Applause] montana gets rid of it john taylor he's flying there are no flags down touchdown 70 yards [Music] montana never saw it he remained on his back after the pass had been completed well the thing we said earlier is that taylor could be a big part third down and six four wide receivers in for cunningham blitz coming cunningham gets rid of the ball and jeff fuller is the closest man to it john telching that's a short puck and it bounces back to 49 away that should be philadelphia ball it is it hit him right on the helmet the ball will come back to the punter it did in that it did indeed do that and hit a 49er right there i believe that's bill romanowski right on the top of the helmet to get the eagles in the endzone this time they go with a double tight end set sherman that's a first down and the ball was ruled down it's hard to say second and seven jimmy giles first and goal with the one third and goal from the three [Applause] touchdown jimmy giles i'm gonna stop you and you get so tight that when you just hear one little bitty click of a voice boom you're off the line of scrimmage first and 15. montana will run gets a nice block out there [Applause] harry sydney four wide receivers set first out the 43. 4-man rush montana across the middle diving catch montana jerry rice [Applause] gets by jenkins is tackled up on top by sammy lilly throw the save you got it if you want it long pass touchdown san francisco tom rathman [Applause] that's the fourth time they've gotten to randall cunningham montana has to find out straight four-man rush by this man from the university of tennessee second and 23. [Applause] taylor at the 24 yard line they get 36 they have the first down of 24. 3 25 to go in the game's touchdown the defending world champions have reclaimed a lead went to it got it going and smart guy picked up the guy who was single covered which you're supposed to do spread it out get everyone out and force the 49ers to double to leave two single [Applause] [Music] that's another block [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] intercepted picked off by ronnie [Music] as it was earlier for montana that last time out was called by the eagles by the way they have one left third and four deep route for rice touchdown oh my gracious [Applause] well we said that they will take rice away but eventually they will know the spot to hit him early in the first quarter 68-yard blitz [Music] third down randle will run fumble picked up on one hop 49ers have it johnny jackson back into the locker room montana 227 yards and four touchdowns that's in the fourth quarter terry on 11 of 13. guy just responds to pressure done it time and time again once again the final score 38-28 san francisco coming up next on cbs the nfl today post-game show with brandon irv and all the scores and highlights right after this message you

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Length: 22min 58sec (1378 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 30 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/MasterTeacher123]

They beat the shit out of him in the first half

[u/tjconagh]

Hell yeah. That's what I'm talkin' about!

That team came alive when it counted. Joe wasn't the biggest guy, by any means, but he was a tough as nails competitor.

[u/Redz2018]

God football used to be such a man's sport.

[u/superbuttpiss]

Montana was vintage at the end of this game