Super Bowl XXIII (23) San Francisco VS Cincinnati Play by Play

Super Bowl XXIII Team Drive Chart

*	San Francisco won coin toss and elected to receive.
First Quarter
San Francisco 49ers (15:00) Johnson kick to SF 16 Sydney 11 return (Parker).
SF 27	1–10	Rice 5 reverse left (Williams).
SF 32	2–5	Craig run left no gain (Buck).
SF 32	3–5	Montana 10 pass to Craig right (Bussey).
SF 42	1–10	Montana sacked loss of 6 (Fulcher).
SF 36	2–16	Craig 6 sweep left (Williams).
SF 42	3–10	Montana recovered fumbled snap loss of 2.
SF 40	4–12	Helton 34 punt out of bounds at C 26.
Cincinnati Bengals (12:31)
CIN 26	1–10	Esiason 17 pass to Brown right (McKyer).
CIN 43	1–10	Woods 8 run left (Turner).
SF 49	2–2	Brooks reverse right loss of 1 (Fuller).
50	3–3	Woods 6 run wide left (Lott).
SF 44	1–10	Esiason pass to Holman right incomplete.
SF 44	2–10	Woods 5 run left (Haley).
SF 39	3–5	Esiason pass to McGee right incomplete.
SF 39	4–5	Johnson 36 punt downed at SF 3.
San Francisco 49ers (8:16)
SF 3	1–10	Craig 8 run right (Krumrie).
SF 11	2–2	Montana 2 run evading pass rush (Williams).
SF 13	1–10	Montana 8 pass to Frank right (White).
SF 21	2–2	Montana 12 pass to Rice left (E. Thomas).
SF 33	1–10	Montana pass to Taylor incomplete. Play nullified and Cincinnati penalized 15 for roughing the passer (Grant).
SF 48	1–10	Craig 9 run left (Wilcots).
CIN 43	2–1	Rathman 3 run middle (Williams).
CIN 40	1–10	Rathman run left no gain (Grant).
CIN 40	2–10	Montana pass to Taylor deep incomplete.
CIN 40	3–10	Montana 16 pass to Rathman right (Bussey).
CIN 24	1–10	Montana pass to Wilson right incomplete.
CIN 24	2–10	Montana pass to Craig dropped incomplete.
CIN 24	3–10	Montana pass to Rice right incomplete.
CIN 24	4–10	Cofer 41–yard field goal (3:14).
San Francisco scoring drive: 73 yards 12 plays 5:02. San Francisco 3 Cincinnati 0
Cincinnati Bengals (3:14) Cofer kick into end zone touchback.
CIN 20	1–10	Brooks 3 run right (Roberts).
CIN 23	2–7	Woods 8 run middle (Fuller).
CIN 31	1–10	Woods 2 run left (Lott).
CIN 33	2–8	Esiason pass to Riggs incomplete.
CIN 33	3–8	Esiason pass to Brown broken up (Lott) incomplete.
CIN 33	4–8	Johnson 48 punt Taylor 11 return (Barker).
San Francisco 49ers (:23)
SF 30	1–10	Montana 16 pass to Rice right sideline.
SF 46	1–10	Montana 8 pass to Craig left (Fulcher).
END OF FIRST QUARTER: San Francisco 3 Cincinnati 0
Second Quarter
CIN 46	2–2	Craig 5 run left (Wilcots).
CIN 41	1–10	Montana 30 pass to Rice deep right sideline.
CIN 11	1–10	Rathman 2 run middle (Williams).
CIN 9	2–8	Montana pass to Frank overthrown incomplete.
CIN 9	3–8	Rathman 7 run middle (Horton). San Francisco–first time out (13:02).
CIN 2	4–1	Cofer’s 19–yard field–goal attempt was wide left.
Cincinnati Bengals (12:59)
CIN 20	1–10	Esiason pass to Brown broken up (Griffin) incomplete.
CIN 20	2–10	Woods 1 run left (Carter).
CIN 21	3–9	Esiason 7 pass to Brown left (Lott).
CIN 28	4–2	Johnson 63 punt Taylor 45 return (Horton).
San Francisco 49ers (11:06)
CIN 46	1–10	Montana lateral recovered by Sydney loss of 10.
SF 44	2–20	Montana sacked loss of 2 (Grant).
SF 42	3–22	Craig 13 run left (Fulcher) fumbled Skow recovered for Cincinnati at C 41.
Cincinnati Bengals (9:54)
CIN 41	1–10	Esiason 6 pass to Collinsworth right flat.
CIN 47	2–4	Brooks 11 run off right tackle (Fuller).
SF 42	1–10	Esiason pass to McGee broken up (McKyer) incomplete.
SF 42	2–10	Esiason pass incomplete out of bounds.
SF 42	3–10	Esiason sacked loss of 8 (Stubbs).
50	4–18	Johnson 39 punt Taylor fair catch.
San Francisco 49ers (7:52)
SF 11	1–10	Craig run off right tackle no gain (Fulcher).
SF 11	2–10	Montana pass to Craig overthrown incomplete.
SF 11	3–10	Montana 10 pass to Craig (Barker).
SF 21	1–10	Craig run wide left no gain (Fulcher).
SF 21	2–10	Montana 10 pass to Frank. Play nullified and San Francisco penalized 10 for holding (Cross).
SF 11	2–20	Craig run right loss of 3 (McClendon).
SF 8	3–23	Montana 4 pass to Craig (E. Thomas). Illegal block downfield against San Francisco (Sapolu) is declined.
SF 12	4–19	Helton 37 punt Horton 5 return.
Cincinnati Bengals (4:04)
SF 44	1–10	Woods 3 run right (Stubbs).
SF 41	2–7	Esiason 18 pass to McGee left sideline (Lott).
SF 23	1–10	Brooks 3 run left (Griffin). Two–Minute Warning.
SF 20	2–7	Woods 4 run off right tackle (Haley).
SF 16	3–3	Esiason pass to Brown overthrown incomplete.
SF 16	4–3	Breech 34–yard field goal (1:15).
Cincinnati scoring drive: 28 yards 5 plays 2:45. San Francisco 3 Cincinnati 3
San Francisco 49ers (1:15) Johnson kick to SF 3 Rodgers 22 return.
SF 25	1–10	Craig 11 sweep left (Thomas Horton).
SF 36	1–10	Montana pass to Craig dropped incomplete.
SF 36	2–10	Montana sacked loss of 5 (Buck). Cincinnati–first time out (:36).
SF 31	3–15	Rathman 11 run middle (Bussey). Cincinnati–second time out (:28).
SF 42	4–4	Helton 55 punt downed at C 3.
Cincinnati Bengals (:13)
CIN 3	1–10	Esiason run no gain.
END OF SECOND QUARTER: San Francisco 3 Cincinnati 3
Third quarter
Cincinnati Bengals (15:00) Cofer kick to goal line Jennings 24 return (Holmoe). Cincinnati penalized 10 for holding (Bussey).
CIN 14	1–10	Woods 5 run off right tackle (Walter).
CIN 19	2–5	Woods 6 run right (Fahnhorst).
CIN 25	1–10	Brooks 5 run wide left (Lott). Play nullified and San Francisco penalized 5 for offsides (Haley).
CIN 30	1–5	Esiason 23 pass to Collinsworth (Griffin).
SF 47	1–10	Woods run middle loss of 1 (Fagan).
SF 48	2–11	Esiason 6 run. Play nullified and Cincinnati penalized 10 for holding (Reimers).
CIN 42	2–21	Esiason 20 pass to Brooks left flat (Griffin).
SF 38	3–1	Woods 3 run off right tackle (Haley).
SF 35	1–10	Woods 3 run right. Play nullified and Cincinnati penalized 5 for illegal procedure.
SF 40	1–15	Esiason sacked no gain (Fagan).
SF 40	2–15	Brooks 7 run wide right (McKyer).
SF 33	3–8	Esiason 11 pass to Collinsworth left (Griffin).
SF 22	1–10	Woods 3 run left (Romanowski).
SF 19	2–7	Cincinnati penalized 5 for false start (Kozerski).
SF 24	2–12	Woods run middle loss of 1 (Fagan).
SF 25	3–13	Esiason pass to McGee incomplete. Illegal motion against Cincinnati declined.
SF 25	4–13	Breech 43–yard field goal (5:45).
Cincinnati scoring drive: 61 yards 12 plays 9:15. Cincinnati 6 San Francisco 3
San Francisco 49ers (5:45) Johnson kick to goal line Rodgers 16 return (Smith). Cincinnati penalized 15 for personal foul–facemask (Smith).
SF 31	1–10	Montana pass to Rice underthrown incomplete.
SF 31	2–10	Montana 11 keeper wide right.
SF 42	1–10	Craig 4 run middle (Zander).
SF 46	2–6	Montana 12 pass to Rice left (Wilcots).
CIN 42	1–10	Craig 4 run wide left (Grant).
CIN 38	2–6	Montana sacked loss of 3 (Williams).
CIN 41	3–9	Montana pass to Craig broken up (Bussey) incomplete.
CIN 41	4–9	Helton 22 punt touched by Hillary Horton recovered for Cincinnati at C 19.
Cincinnati Bengals (2:29)
CIN 19	1–10	Esiason pass to McGee left intercepted at C 23 Romanowski no return (Holman).
San Francisco 49ers (2:22)
CIN 23	1–10	Montana pass to Rice dropped incomplete.
CIN 23	2–10	Craig 3 run left (Williams).
CIN 20	3–7	Montana 5 pass to Rice middle (Billups).
CIN 15	4–2	Cofer 32–yard field goal (:50).
San Francisco scoring drive: 8 yards 3 plays 1:32. Cincinnati 6 San Francisco 6
Cincinnati Bengals (:50) Cofer kick to C 7 Jennings 93 return up middle touchdown (:34). Breech kicked extra point.
Cincinnati scoring drive: 93–yard kickoff return :16. Cincinnati 13 San Francisco 6
San Francisco 49ers (:34) Johnson kick to SF 2 Taylor 13 return.
SF 15	1–10	Montana 31 pass to Rice left (Wilcots).
END OF THIRD QUARTER: Cincinnati 13 San Francisco 6
Fourth Quarter
SF 46	1–10	Montana 40 pass to Craig deep right (Billups).
CIN 14	1–10	Montana pass to Taylor almost intercepted (Billups) incomplete.
CIN 14	2–10	Montana 14 pass to Rice left touchdown (14:03). Cofer kicked extra point.
San Francisco scoring drive: 85 yards 4 plays 1:31. Cincinnati 13 San Francisco 13
Cincinnati Bengals (14:03) Cofer kick out of bounds. Cincinnati took possession at C 35.
CIN 35	1–10	Esiason 8 pass to Brown right flat (McKyer).
CIN 43	2–2	Woods 4 run off right tackle (Roberts).
CIN 47	1–10	Woods 2 run right (Roberts).
CIN 49	2–8	Esiason sacked loss of 6 (Haley).
CIN 43	3–14	Esiason pass to Collinsworth left overthrown incomplete.
CIN 43	4–14	Johnson 35 punt Taylor no return fumbled Pollard recovered for San Francisco at SF 18.
San Francisco 49ers (11:05)
SF 18	1–10	Montana 44 pass to Rice deep right (Billups).
CIN 38	1–10	Craig 7 run wide right (Buck).
CIN 31	2–3	Craig run wide left loss of 1 (Williams).
CIN 32	3–4	Montana pass to Taylor broken up (Fulcher) incomplete.
CIN 32	4–4	Cofer’s 49–yard field–goal attempt was wide right.
Cincinnati Bengals (8:47)
CIN 32	1–10	Woods run left side no gain (Fagan).
CIN 32	2–10	Esiason sacked loss of 3 (Carter).
CIN 29	3–13	Esiason 17 pass to Hillary right (McKyer).
CIN 46	1–10	Brooks 1 run left (Carter).
CIN 47	2–9	Woods 10 run left (Fagan).
SF 43	1–10	Woods 7 run right (Haley).
SF 36	2–3	Esiason 12 pass to Brooks right (McKyer).
SF 24	1–10	Cincinnati penalized 5 for false start (Kozerski).
SF 29	1–15	Woods 4 run off right tackle (Romanowski).
SF 25	2–11	Esiason pass to Brooks incomplete.
SF 25	3–11	Jennings 3 run left (Holt).
SF 22	4–8	Breech 40–yard field goal (3:20).
Cincinnati scoring drive: 46 yards 10 plays 5:27. Cincinnati 16 San Francisco 13
San Francisco 49ers (3:20) Johnson kick to goal line Rodgers 15 return. San Francisco penalized 7 (half the distance) for illegal block.
SF 8	1–10	(3:10) Montana 8 pass to Craig middle (Zander).
SF 16	2–2	Montana 7 pass to Frank middle (Zander).
SF 23	1–10	Montana 7 pass to Rice right (Billups).
SF 30	2–3	Craig 1 run right (Barker). Two–Minute Warning.
SF 31	3–2	Craig 4 run off right tackle (McClendon). San Francisco–first time out (1:54).
SF 35	1–10	Montana 17 pass to Rice left (out of bounds).
CIN 48	1–10	(1:49) Montana 13 pass to Craig middle (Barker).
CIN 35	1–10	Montana pass to Rice incomplete.
CIN 35	2–10	Montana 5 pass to Craig. Play nullified and San Francisco penalized 10 for illegal man downfield (Cross).
CIN 45	2–20	(1:17) Montana 27 pass to Rice middle (Dixon).
CIN 18	1–10	Montana 8 pass to Craig middle (Horton). San Francisco–second time out (:39).
CIN 10	2–2	Montana 10 pass to Taylor middle touchdown (:34). Cofer kicked extra point.
San Francisco scoring drive: 92 yards 11 plays 2:46. San Francisco 20 Cincinnati 16
Cincinnati Bengals (:34) Cofer kick to C 11 Brooks 15 return.
CIN 26	1–10	Esiason 5 pass to McGee right sideline.
CIN 31	2–5	Esiason sacked loss of 4 (Haley). Cincinnati–first time out (:17).
CIN 27	3–9	Esiason pass to Collinsworth at SF 40 overthrown incomplete.
CIN 27	4–9	Esiason pass to Collinsworth broken up at SF 25 (Wright) incomplete.
FINAL SCORE: San Francisco 20 Cincinnati 16
FINAL RECORDS: San Francisco 13–6 Cincinnati 14–5

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Super Bowl XXIII

San Francisco 20
Cincinnati 16

Location:
Joe Robbie Stadium
Miami, Florida
January 22, 1989
Attendance: 75,129

MVP:
Jerry Rice, Wide Receiver
of the San Francisco 49ers

Coaches
SF Bill Walsh
CIN Sam Wyche

Super Bowl XXIII Ring, San Francisco 20 vs Cincinnati 16, Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, Florida, MVP Jerry Rice, Wide Receiver of the San Francisco 49ers