Super Bowl XXIV (24) San Francisco VS Denver Play by Play

Super Bowl XXIV Team Drive Chart

*	Denver won coin toss and elected to receive.
First Quarter
Denver Broncos (15:00) Cofer kick 1 yard into end zone Bell 24 return (Hendrickson).
DEN 23	1–10	Elway pass to M. Jackson right underthrown incomplete.
DEN 23	2–10	Elway pass to M. Jackson middle overthrown incomplete.
DEN 23	3–10	Elway 2 run evading pass rush (Fagan).
DEN 25	4–8	Horan 41 punt Taylor fair catch.
San Francisco 49ers (14:05)
SF 34	1–10	Montana pass to Jones right overthrown incomplete.
SF 34	2–10	Craig 18 run around left end (Henderson).
DEN 48	1–10	Montana pass to Craig middle incomplete.
DEN 48	2–10	Craig 1 run left end (Holmes).
DEN 47	3–9	Montana 9 screen pass to Craig left (Atwater).
DEN 38	1–10	Montana 9 pass to Rice right (Braxton).
DEN 29	2–1	Craig run right tackle loss of 3 (M. Brooks).
DEN 32	3–4	Montana 10 run evading pass rush (slid down).
DEN 22	1–10	Craig 2 run left tackle (Fletcher).
DEN 20	2–8	Montana 20 pass to Rice middle (caught at D 8) touchdown (10:06). Cofer kicked extra point.
San Francisco scoring drive: 66 yards 10 plays 3:59. San Francisco 7 Denver 0
Denver Broncos (10:06) Cofer kick to D 13 Carrington 13 return (Romanowski).
DEN 26	1–10	Elway 27 shovel pass to Humphrey (Lott).
SF 47	1–10	Elway shovel pass to Humphrey incomplete.
SF 47	2–10	Humphrey 10 run middle (C. Brooks).
SF 37	1–10	Humphrey 6 run right end (Walter).
SF 31	2–4	Humphrey 3 draw middle (Millen).
SF 28	3–1	Elway 3 run middle (Millen).
SF 25	1–10	Elway shovel pass knocked away (Haley) incomplete.
SF 25	2–10	Elway pass to Mobley left overthrown incomplete.
SF 25	3–10	Elway pass to M. Jackson right incomplete.
SF 25	4–10	Treadwell 42–yard field goal (6:47).
Denver scoring drive: 49 yards 9 plays 3:19. San Francisco 7 Denver 3
San Francisco 49ers (6:47) Treadwell kick to SF 4 Flagler 14 return (Braxton).
SF 18	1–10	Montana sacked no gain (Carreker).
SF 18	2–10	Craig 4 run left (Atwater Munford).
SF 22	3–6	Montana rushed pass to Rice left incomplete.
SF 22	4–6	Helton 36 punt Johnson 7 return (J. Jackson).
Denver Broncos (5:25)
DEN 49	1–10	Humphrey 1 run left tackle (Fagan) fumbled C. Brooks recovered for San Francisco at SF 46.
San Francisco 49ers (5:18)
SF 46	1–10	Rathman 14 run left tackle. Play nullified and San Francisco penalized 10 for holding (Sapolu).
SF 36	1–20	Montana 20 pass to Rice middle (D. Smith).
DEN 44	1–10	Rathman 2 run right (Dennison).
DEN 42	2–8	Montana 6 pass to Craig left (Fletcher).
DEN 36	3–2	Craig 1 run left end (Kragen).
DEN 35	4–1	Rathman 4 run off left tackle (Henderson).
DEN 31	1–10	Montana pass to Taylor end zone incomplete.
DEN 31	2–10	Montana pass to Taylor right broken up (Braxton) incomplete.
DEN 31	3–10	Montana 21 pass to Rice middle (Corrington).
DEN 10	1–goal	Craig 3 run left (Munford).
DEN 7	2–goal	Montana 7 pass to Jones right (caught at D 3) touchdown (:03). Cofer’s extra–point attempt was wide right no good.
San Francisco scoring drive: 54 yards 10 plays 5:15. San Francisco 13 Denver 3
Denver Broncos (:03) Cofer kick to D 8 Bell 17 return (Wilson).
END OF FIRST QUARTER: San Francisco 13 Denver 3
Second Quarter
DEN 25	1–10	Elway pass to M. Jackson broken up (Griffin) incomplete.
DEN 25	2–10	Elway pass to Kay broken up (Lott) incomplete.
DEN 25	3–10	Elway 7 screen pass to Winder middle (Holt).
DEN 32	4–3	Horan 37 punt Taylor fair catch.
San Francisco 49ers (14:22)
SF 31	1–10	Montana 18 pass to Rathman middle (Fletcher).
SF 49	1–10	Craig 6 run middle (Munford).
DEN 45	2–4	Craig 9 run right tackle (Carreker).
DEN 36	1–10	Montana rushed pass to Rice incomplete.
DEN 36	2–10	Montana 12 pass to Rathman middle (Atwater).
DEN 24	1–10	Craig 8 run right end (Atwater).
DEN 16	2–2	Rathman 1 run right tackle (M. Brooks).
DEN 15	3–1	Craig 3 run left tackle (Mecklenburg).
DEN 12	1–10	Craig run middle no gain (Kragen).
DEN 12	2–10	Craig run left no gain (Henderson).
DEN 12	3–10	Montana 9 pass to Rathman middle (Braxton).
DEN 3	4–1	Rathman 1 run middle (Kragen).
DEN 2	1–goal	Craig 1 run right tackle (Mecklenburg).
DEN 1	2–goal	Rathman 1 run middle touchdown (7:15). Cofer kicked extra point.
San Francisco scoring drive: 69 yards 14 plays 7:07 San Francisco 20 Denver 3
Denver Broncos (7:15) Cofer kick to D 2 Carrington 19 return (Hendrickson).
DEN 21	1–10	Humphrey run left loss of 3 (Millen).
DEN 18	2–13	Humphrey 2 draw middle (Holt).
DEN 20	3–11	Elway pass to M. Jackson middle dropped incomplete.
DEN 20	4–11	Horan 30 punt out of bounds at 50.
San Francisco 49ers (5:27)
50	1–10	Craig run right end no gain (Braxton).
50	2–10	Montana 1 pass to Craig right (D. Smith).
DEN 49	3–9	Montana 6 pass to Craig middle (Braxton).
DEN 43	4–3	Helton 31 punt Johnson 4 return (Romanowski).
Denver Broncos (3:19)
DEN 16	1–10	Elway 4 pass to Humphrey right (Kugler).
DEN 20	2–6	Elway 6 pass to Kay middle (Millen).
DEN 26	1–10	Elway 8 pass to Johnson middle (Kugler). Two–Minute Warning.
DEN 34	2–2	Elway pass to Johnson right incomplete.
DEN 34	3–2	Elway pass to M. Jackson right broken up (McKyer) incomplete.
DEN 34	4–2	Horan 42 punt Taylor 17 return (Dennison).
San Francisco 49ers (1:38)
SF 41	1–10	Montana 4 pass to Rathman left (Fletcher).
SF 45	2–6	Montana 5 run evading pass rush (Henderson). San Francisco–first time out (1:05).
50	3–1	Rathman 3 run middle (Holmes).
DEN 47	1–10	Montana 9 pass to Walls middle (Munford). San Francisco–second time out (:40).
DEN 38	2–1	Montana 38 pass to Rice deep middle (caught at D 4) touchdown (:34). Cofer kicked extra point.
San Francisco scoring drive: 59 yards 5 plays 1:04. San Francisco 27 Denver 3
Denver Broncos (:34) Cofer kick to D 28 Bratton 9 return (Wilson).
DEN 37	1–10	Elway pass to M. Jackson deep broken up (Wright) incomplete.
DEN 37	2–10	Elway 12 pass to Sewell middle (Romanowski). Denver–first time out (:12).
DEN 49	1–10	Elway pass to M. Young left sideline incomplete.
DEN 49	2–10	Elway pass to M. Young right sideline incomplete.
END OF SECOND QUARTER: San Francisco 27 Denver 3
Third Quarter
San Francisco 49ers (15:00) Treadwell kick to SF 10 Flagler 13 return (Corrington).
SF 23	1–10	Montana 8 pass to Taylor left (Henderson).
SF 31	2–2	Rathman 1 run left (Curtis).
SF 32	3–1	Rathman run middle no gain (Holmes).
SF 32	4–1	Helton 44 punt Johnson fair catch.
Denver Broncos (13:01)
DEN 24	1–10	Elway pass to M. Jackson left intercepted at D 32 Walter 4 return (M. Jackson).
San Francisco 49ers (12:54)
DEN 28	1–10	Montana 28 pass to Rice deep middle (caught at D 2) touchdown (12:48). Cofer kicked extra point.
San Francisco scoring drive: 28 yards 1 play :06. San Francisco 34 Denver 3
Denver Broncos (12:48) Cofer kick to D 3 Carrington 27 return (Walls).
DEN 30	1–10	Elway 7 swing pass to Humphrey right (Walter).
DEN 37	2–3	Humphrey 6 run right tackle (Walter).
DEN 43	1–10	Elway sacked loss of 6 (Fagan).
DEN 37	2–16	Elway 10 pass to Sewell middle (Holt).
DEN 47	3–6	Elway pass to M. Young deep left intercepted at SF 25 C. Brooks 38 return (out of bounds).
San Francisco 49ers (10:32)
DEN 37	1–10	Craig 2 run left end (Dennison).
DEN 35	2–2	Montana 35 pass to Taylor middle end zone touchdown (9:44). Cofer kicked extra point.
San Francisco scoring drive: 37 yards 2 plays :48. San Francisco 41 Denver 3
Denver Broncos (9:44) Cofer kick to goal line Carrington 39 return (Flagler).
DEN 39	1–10	Elway 13 pass to Johnson left (J. Jackson).
SF 48	1–10	Humphrey 34 draw left (Griffin Pollard).
SF 14	1–10	Elway pass to Kay end zone intercepted by Romanowski touchback. Play nullified and San Francisco penalized 13 for pass interference (Romanowski).
SF 1	1–goal	Humphrey run left tackle no gain (Fagan).
SF 1	2–goal	Humphrey run left loss of 2 (Haley Millen).
SF 3	3–goal	Elway 3 draw around right end touchdown (6:53). Treadwell kicked extra point.
Denver scoring drive: 61 yards 5 plays 2:51. San Francisco 41 Denver 10
San Francisco 49ers (6:53) Treadwell kick SF 3 Flagler 22 return (Carrington).
SF 25	1–10	Craig 12 run right end (Fletcher).
SF 37	1–10	Craig 2 run left (Townsend Lucas).
SF 39	2–8	Montana 6 pass to Taylor middle (Lucas).
SF 45	3–2	Montana 7 pass to Williams right (Curtis).
DEN 48	1–10	Rathman 18 run left end (Atwater Munford).
DEN 30	1–10	Craig run left loss of 1 (Curtis).
DEN 31	2–11	Montana 12 pass to Rice right (Braxton).
DEN 19	1–10	Montana pass to Wilson right dropped incomplete.
DEN 19	2–10	Montana 12 pass to Craig left (Curtis). San Francisco–first time out (:28).
DEN 7	1–goal	Rathman 4 run left (Kragen Curtis).
END OF THIRD QUARTER: San Francisco 41 Denver 10
Fourth Quarter
DEN 3	2–goal	Rathman 3 run middle touchdown (14:57). Cofer kicked extra point.
San Francisco scoring drive: 75 yards 11 plays 6:56. San Francisco 48 Denver 10
Denver Broncos (14:57) Cofer kick to D 1 Carrington 22 return (Romanowski).
DEN 23	1–10	Elway sacked loss of 6 (Stubbs).
DEN 17	2–16	Elway 9 screen pass to Winder. Play nullified and San Francisco penalized 5 for offsides (Stubbs).
DEN 22	2–11	Elway sacked loss of 6 (Griffin) fumbled Stubbs recovered for San Francisco at D 16 15 return (Sewell).
San Francisco 49ers (13:51)
DEN 1	1–goal	Craig 1 run right tackle touchdown (13:47). Cofer kicked extra point.
San Francisco scoring drive: 1 yard 1 play :04. San Francisco 55 Denver 10
Denver Broncos (13:47) Cofer kick to goal line Carrington 26 return (Flagler).
DEN 26	1–10	Humphrey 6 draw middle (Walter).
DEN 32	2–4	Elway 14 screen pass to Bratton (Millen).
DEN 46	1–10	Elway recovered fumbled snap loss of 1.
DEN 45	2–11	Elway sacked loss of 12 (Roberts).
DEN 33	3–23	Winder run left tackle loss of 5 (Fagan).
DEN 28	4–28	Horan 43 punt Taylor 9 return (Dennison).
San Francisco 49ers (11:13)
SF 38	1–10	Flagler run left end no gain (Dennison).
SF 38	2–10	Flagler run right end loss of 4 (M. Brooks).
SF 34	3–14	S. Young pass to Walls incomplete.
SF 34	4–14	Helton 47 punt downed at D 19.
Denver Broncos (9:28)
DEN 19	1–10	Humphrey run middle loss of 2 (Fagan).
DEN 17	2–12	Kubiak sacked loss of 2 (Kugler).
DEN 15	3–14	Kubiak 28 pass to Nattiel middle (J. Jackson).
DEN 43	1–10	Kubiak pass batted down at line (Haley) incomplete.
DEN 43	2–10	Kubiak pass to Nattiel middle incomplete.
DEN 43	3–10	Kubiak sacked loss of 1 (Stubbs).
DEN 42	4–11	Horan 38 punt Taylor 12 return (Lucas).
San Francisco 49ers (6:58)
SF 32	1–10	Flagler 7 run right tackle. Play nullified and San Francisco penalized 10 for holding (Tausch).
SF 22	1–20	Flagler 3 run right tackle (Powers).
SF 25	2–17	S. Young 7 pass to Sydney middle (Dennison).
SF 32	3–10	S. Young 13 pass to Sherrard left (Carrington).
SF 45	1–10	Flagler 4 run left (Townsend).
SF 49	2–6	Flagler 10 run right (Dennison).
DEN 41	1–10	Flagler 1 run left end (Carrington).
DEN 40	2–9	Sydney 2 run middle (Powers). Two–Minute Warning.
DEN 38	3–7	S. Young 11 run evading pass rush (out of bounds).
DEN 27	1–10	S. Young knelt down loss of 2.
DEN 29	2–12	S. Young knelt down loss of 1.
DEN 30	3–13	S. Young knelt down loss of 2.
FINAL SCORE: San Francisco 55 Denver 10
FINAL RECORDS: San Francisco 17–2 Denver 13–6

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Super Bowl XXIV

San Francisco 55
Denver 10

Location:
Louisiana Superdome
New Orleans, Louisiana
January 28, 1990
Attendance: 72,919

MVP:
Joe Montana, Quarterback
of the San Francisco 49ers

Coaches
SF George Seifert
DEN Dan Reeves

Super Bowl XXIV Ring, San Francisco 55 vs Denver 10, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, MVP Joe Montana, Quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers