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Super Bowl XXIII
San Francisco 49ers 20, Cincinnati Bengals 16
Scoring Summary · Big Plays · San Francisco 49ers Statistics · Cincinnati Bengals Statistics
January 22, 1989
Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, Florida (Attendance: 75,129)
MVP: Jerry Rice+
Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| SFO | FG | Mike Cofer, 41 yd field goal |
| 2nd Quarter | ||
| CIN | FG | Jim Breech, 34 yd field goal |
| 3rd Quarter | ||
| CIN | FG | Jim Breech, 43 yd field goal |
| SFO | FG | Mike Cofer, 32 yd field goal |
| CIN | TD | Stanford Jennings, 93 yd kickoff return (Jim Breech kick is good) |
| 4th Quarter | ||
| SFO | TD | Jerry Rice, 14 yd pass from Joe Montana (Mike Cofer kick is good) |
| CIN | FG | Jim Breech, 40 yd field goal |
| SFO | TD | John Taylor, 10 yd pass from Joe Montana (Mike Cofer kick is good) |
Longest Plays from Scrimmage
| Rk | Tm | Play Description | Qtr | Down | Dist | Yard Line | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SFO | Jerry Rice 44 yd pass from Joe Montana | 4 | 1 | 10 | SFO 18 | |
| 2 | SFO | Roger Craig 40 yd pass from Joe Montana | 4 | 1 | 10 | SFO 46 | |
| 3 | SFO | Jerry Rice 31 yd pass from Joe Montana | 3 | 1 | 10 | SFO 15 | |
| 4 | SFO | Jerry Rice 30 yd pass from Joe Montana | 2 | 1 | 10 | CIN 41 | |
| 5 | SFO | Jerry Rice 27 yd pass from Joe Montana | 4 | 2 | 20 | CIN 45 | |
| 6 | CIN | Cris Collinsworth 23 yd pass from Boomer Esiason | 3 | 1 | 5 | CIN 30 | |
| 7 | CIN | James Brooks 20 yd pass from Boomer Esiason | 3 | 2 | 21 | CIN 42 | |
| 8 | CIN | Tim McGee 18 yd pass from Boomer Esiason | 2 | 2 | 7 | SFO 41 | |
| 9 | CIN | Eddie Brown 17 yd pass from Boomer Esiason | 1 | 1 | 10 | CIN 26 | |
| CIN | Ira Hillary 17 yd pass from Boomer Esiason | 4 | 3 | 13 | CIN 29 | ||
| SFO | Jerry Rice 17 yd pass from Joe Montana | 4 | 1 | 10 | SFO 35 |
San Francisco 49ers
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| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |||||
| Joe Montana | 23 | 36 | 357 | 9.9 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 115.2 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | 11 | |||||
| Roger Craig | 17 | 74 | 4.4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 101 | 12.6 | 0 | 40 | ||||||||
| Tom Rathman | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||
| Jerry Rice | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 215 | 19.5 | 1 | 44 | ||||||||
| John Frank | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| John Taylor | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Team | 27 | 111 | 4.1 | 0 | 16 | 23 | 357 | 15.5 | 2 | 44 | ||||||||
Cincinnati Bengals
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| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |||||
| Boomer Esiason | 11 | 25 | 144 | 5.8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 46.1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Ickey Woods | 20 | 79 | 4.0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| James Brooks | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||
| Stanford Jennings | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Brown | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Cris Collinsworth | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | 23 | |||||||||||||
| Tim McGee | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Ira Hillary | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Team | 28 | 106 | 3.8 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 144 | 13.1 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||