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Super Bowl XXIII: Montana's TD pass to Taylor lifts 49ers 20-16

SUPER BOWL 23

Jan. 22, 1989

At Miami_75,129

Cincinnati 0..3.10..3_16

San Francisco 3..0..3.14_20

After a week of riots within Miami, San Francisco captured its third Super Bowl of the 1980s and became the first NFC team to win three times.

The 49ers outgained the Bengals 454 to 229, but found themselves trailing late in the game. Jim Breech's 40-yard field goal, with 3:20 remaining gave Cincinnati a 16-13 lead.

San Francisco started the winning drive at its 8-yard line, with quarterback Joe Montana ("Joe Cool") famously scanning the crowd at the beginning of the march and telling his teammates, "Look, there's John Candy.