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00:19For the first time since 1985, the 49ers have lost back-to-back games.
00:27Can Joe Montana, after the pounding he has taken for 10 years in the National Football League, still be greatly
00:34effective?
00:35We were 6-5. We couldn't afford to lose another game.
00:39The way the 49ers are playing, they are non-contenders. They look ragged while they're losing or winning.
00:45The 49ers, for the first time since 1985, losing two in succession.
00:49As of tonight, Joe Montana is clearly number one. Steve Young tonight is clearly number two.
00:56It was back and forth, so I didn't see it as a dramatic moment.
01:00It was like, you know, Joe's playing. I think Bill probably said it like that, Joe's playing.
01:06And I think, okay. I didn't know it was going to be the last time that I really made an
01:11impact in that season.
01:15For the 49ers, the willingness to overcome adversity, to recognize it, push through it, and you need your teammates to
01:27do the same, is the key to winning.
01:31They're right on the edge of losing their opportunity to be in the playoffs, unless they get on a protracted
01:37winning streak.
01:38Everybody's heart was that one heartbeat together. You have to work together as a team.
01:43Whatever the storm is, we're going to face it together.
01:48When Roger and Michael came out holding hands like unity, it was that offensive defense are not at each other's
01:56throats, no more.
01:59The emphasis of that gesture was kind of, in spite of everything, you've got to find a way to do
02:07it together.
02:08That's what building a great culture is all about, because football is about winning, and there's only one team that
02:14accomplishes that at the end of every season.
02:24Montana on a roll to his right, and Montana touchdown, he's in there.
02:31I remember playing that game against one of the best defensive backs ever, Darryl Green.
02:39And Montana, going deep for Rice, it's tipped, and it's caught, and Rice is out in front, and Darryl with
02:47a touchdown.
02:49If you know the 49ers, know that Bill really believed in the most key moments, it won't be the play
02:58that's called.
02:58It's going to be how we feel amongst the people that we're with.
03:04That family feeling went outside of the locker room.
03:08It went in every direction.
03:1049ers winning to go to 7-5.
03:14Back to throw, Montana.
03:16Out in front is Rice.
03:18He is there.
03:18He's got it.
03:19It'll be a touchdown for the 49ers, 96 yards.
03:25Picked off by Ronnie Lott.
03:2749ers at 8-5 record.
03:29Those who would write the 49ers off may be a little hasty.
03:33I agree.
03:33I think they're peaking just about right to do well in their division.
03:3649ers winning to stay alive.
03:39The 49ers have defeated the Saints.
03:41The 49ers now 10-5 at clinch the playoff berth.
03:45We are on fire.
03:47Yeah.
03:49Oh, we won the division.
03:50Oh, okay.
03:52He he he he.
03:56As of tonight, Joe Montana is clearly number one.
04:00Steve Young is clearly number two.
04:06I had a lot of times that I'm like, I don't know, I'm done.
04:10I feel commercial like I got to get away.
04:13You know?
04:18Those are moments of weakness of humanity.
04:28I've been taught a great truth that if there's a job that you want, then be the greatest in the
04:34world of the job you have.
04:38If I'm going to be the greatest, and I don't want to say backup quarterback because it's like I just
04:42want to throw up my mouth, but if I was going to actually do it, then let's be about it.
04:47I really became maniacal.
04:50Joe needs, I mean, I watched defenses for him.
04:53I reported blitzes.
04:55I did everything I could to be as useful as possible.
04:58We see him there in the sidelines, Steve Young giving the signal.
05:02I talked to Bill Walsh later, what he was thinking about, and he said, I just knew that I'd get
05:06the best of both of you.
05:09Painfully, but you could make an argument that he did.
05:17Mom, Dad's here.
05:19He wants their breakfast.
05:21There she goes to breakfast.
05:27This is Walsh, 45.
05:30Jerry, why do you think that you hear so much how tough it is to be a coach's wife?
05:43During the season, I don't think there's any head coach and probably any assistant that is not thinking football like
05:4824 hours a day.
05:50I do think the pressure was starting to get to my dad in a different way.
05:56He was living out of the house at that time.
05:58I think maybe we could just say for that season, he was living out of the house.
06:02His whole game plan was to eliminate distractions.
06:07And now my father was becoming a distraction.
06:10Another question surrounding the San Francisco organization.
06:13Will Bill Walsh come back and coach again next year?
06:17So now something's got to pop.
06:19Something's going to have to happen here.
06:21The 49ers and the Vikings.
06:22The winner goes to the next round.
06:24The loser goes home for the season.
06:25I did have a conversation with Bill prior to that rematch in the playoffs with Minnesota.
06:33And the conversation basically was, Bill, I wish you all the luck in the world.
06:38But this is serious stuff.
06:41It's all on the line.
06:43On the field, Rice has always been able to score touchdowns during the regular season.
06:48But surprisingly, in the postseason, he loses his cut.
06:51My playoff game's been really disappointing to me.
06:55So I've got to prove something to myself.
06:58You know, I was always the type to take the blame.
07:01If we didn't win, I felt like I was the one to blame.
07:06Bill Walsh, he has producers on this team.
07:09It's his quarterback, Joe Montana.
07:11It's his wide receiver, Jerry Rice.
07:13Now, since they've won the Super Bowl, they've been in the playoffs three times.
07:17You look at Montana in three years, he hasn't thrown a touchdown pass.
07:20Then Jerry Rice, he's a big play guy.
07:23He didn't score a touchdown.
07:24His offense has to get in sync.
07:36Montana again.
07:37Touchdown to Jerry Rice.
07:40Rice moves in motion as Montana goes back to throw it.
07:45Rice.
07:47Touchdown.
07:53Rice.
07:56Rice's third touchdown of the day.
07:59I'll tell you something.
08:01Joe Montana is about as hot as a quarterback can be.
08:05He's about as efficient as a quarterback can be.
08:11Montana and Walsh on the sidelines.
08:16Grinning as each of them has sort of proved the point here today, I would think.
08:23Well, now they've got something else on their back.
08:26A coach.
08:27You get the monkey off the back and then you get on the back.
08:3449ers have won the playoff game.
08:36They'll go to Chicago to play the Bears in the championship contest next week and the right to go to
08:42the Super Bowl.
08:43Bruisers, man.
08:44Yes, yes.
08:45Bruisers.
08:46Everybody up.
08:47Everybody listen up.
08:49Hey, hey, baby.
08:51Hold on, hold on.
08:52I don't say very much in these things, and you know that, and especially the guys who've been here a
08:56long time.
08:57I remember this one, because Joe, he doesn't say much.
09:01No?
09:02He doesn't say much, but you could see the emotion there and what he was trying to deliver.
09:09The teams that have beaten another team by a big margin have come back the next week and played terrible,
09:16and that is not going to happen to this ball club.
09:18That's right.
09:19I ain't bullshitting.
09:20It's, we've opened the door, we're going to go through it next week, and we're going to take, kick ass
09:25and take no prisoners the week after.
09:30In a lot of sports, for a lot of athletes and a lot of coaches, you know, a lot of
09:36it is about them.
09:38One more thing.
09:39We've been through a lot, and Coach Walsh has been here since I've been here, and I'm glad I'm here
09:44to be part of his 100th victory champion.
09:48I don't know, it was just that I think everybody was happy that he had reached that number, and we
09:53were all happy to be just a part and along for the ride with him.
09:59That, to me, was a great we move.
10:02That was Joe putting a lot of that BS aside and saying, Coach, this is for what we did.
10:12This is a game ball for you, for what we did.
10:16It was a first-class move.
10:19We'll have a game plan.
10:20We'll have a light practice on the game plan, and then we're in business.
10:24We're going to Chicago, gentlemen.
10:25I'm going to Chicago.
10:30Every detail is important.
10:32You know what the Bears think they're going to do?
10:36They think, in their own stupid way, they're going to intimidate us and knock us around the field.
10:43That's what they think.
10:45It's the only way they can't think.
10:47This game is going to be a damn great game from our stand-alone.
10:50These Bears are counting on their favorite playoff ally, the Siberian Express.
10:57All we heard about was how cold it was going to be, and that it was Bears weather, and that
11:03this offense can't function in that weather.
11:07It's impossible.
11:09The story line was the Big Bad Bears.
11:14The finesse-ass 49ers coming to town under these conditions.
11:21Minus 33 degrees.
11:24It's not cold enough out here.
11:26There's just no way.
11:29They left their hearts in San Francisco.
11:34Bill Walsh, he said, we're going to go into Chicago, we're going to win this football game, then we're going
11:40to jump on an airplane, and we're going to head to Miami, where it's nice and warm.
11:48But he said, these motherfuckers got to live in this shit.
11:52His exact words.
11:55And we all looked at Bill like, are you serious right now?
11:58Let's go, mama!
12:09We knew that we had to strike early.
12:12Montana back to throw it.
12:14To Rice.
12:16And I make this catch, and for some reason, I did like, almost like this ballet move where I stepped
12:23forward, stepped back, and these guys collided.
12:26Yeah, well, Crum had good position.
12:28He just made a poor tackle, or Rice made him make that poor tackle.
12:32That kind of set the tone as to what we can and can't do in cold weather.
12:38Forty-millionaire touchdown from 61 yards away.
12:42Jerry Rice breaking away like that?
12:44If you're a fan, you're like, all right, this one's in the bag.
12:48The Rice touchdown.
12:50You know, they talk about the 49er team being a finesse team.
12:55Glory.
12:56Super Bowl, number three, baby, three times.
13:00Three times, baby.
13:02So the final score.
13:03The 49ers, 28.
13:05The Bears, three.
13:07They're going to the Super Bowl for the third time in a decade.
13:13Yeah!
13:15Yeah!
13:16Yeah!
13:16Yeah!
13:17Yeah!
13:19Yeah!
13:19Yeah!
13:19Yeah!
13:19Yeah!
13:20Bring it up!
13:21Bring it up!
13:22Bring it up!
13:25Bring it up!
13:27Bring it up!
13:27Bring it up!
13:30This was after the game.
13:32I'm usually the quiet guy, but I couldn't let that moment pass me by.
13:38Whoever would have thought it, on the coldest day of January, the finesse-ass 49ers.
13:45The finesse-ass 49ers coming to the backyard of the Bears and kick ass.
13:58We were the type of team, we would enjoy that moment.
14:01Woohoo!
14:02Woohoo!
14:04Woohoo!
14:04Woohoo!
14:04Woohoo!
14:05Woohoo!
14:05Woohoo!
14:05Woohoo!
14:09Woohoo!
14:14They couldn't have picked a better place to have this Super Bowl.
14:17The weather's been beautiful and you could really feel the excitement mount.
14:20A win today would give San Francisco their third Super Bowl title this decade, ensuring
14:25the 49ers the designation as the team of the eighties.
14:30I knew the importance of this game because I wanted a Super Bowl ring and no one is going
14:36to remember the loser.
14:39That game was hugely important because if they don't win it, they're an afterthought.
14:44They won two and then they're done.
14:47But there was so much stuff happening so fast you couldn't fit it into a framework of legacy.
14:52If you lose, will this be your last game?
14:55Well, if it's my last game, it has nothing to do whether I win or lose.
14:59I'm under contract and Ed DuBarlo and I have an excellent relationship.
15:02He's asked me to return.
15:04I'm looking at it closely, but it has nothing to do whether I win or lose.
15:07My dad was on his own during that season, but then at the Super Bowl, my mom and I and
15:15my dad all were staying together and my mom and dad got back together.
15:19Now if I am not back, it's because I spent 31 years coaching and I have another life that
15:24I can move into and enjoy very much.
15:26I think my dad knew his job was a lot for the relationship and he might have been deciding
15:35to make a change and also just like check in on himself.
15:40Like, I think he was pretty exhausted.
15:45Getting on the plane, we're flying to Miami.
15:49Bill's up in first class and he's kind of by himself.
15:52And I said, you know, coach, I just wanted to tell you, we get to Miami and we have this
15:57press conference.
15:58I'm going to announce my retirement.
15:59I can think of no better way to end a career.
16:03And he looks at me and he kind of looks back.
16:06And Super Bowl XXIII will be my last game as a 49er.
16:09He said, eh, no telling how this whole week goes, but you might not be the only one.
16:19I walked out on the field prior to the game and walked around the stadium,
16:23became a little emotional all by myself, thinking this could be it.
16:26This could be my last game.
16:37I'm so nervous. I just wet myself.
16:39When Bill Walsh was Paul Brown's quarterback coach with the early Cincinnati Bengals,
16:44one of those he tutored was Sam Weich.
16:45Later, when Walsh became San Francisco's head coach, he brought Weich along as an assistant.
16:50So when Walsh looks across at Weich on the other side of the field this afternoon,
16:55he may see more than just an opposing head coach.
16:57He may in fact see a little bit of himself.
17:02I don't know what he's doing. He must be taking a nap.
17:05We're just moments away from the starting lineups here at Joe Robbie Stadium.
17:11I think Bill actually did this on purpose.
17:14He will always just relax and just take everything in.
17:18And I think it made everyone else relax too.
17:21And now, the national football conference champion, San Francisco 49ers.
17:29You know, these pictures of Bill showing calmness.
17:32He could be relaxed in these moments.
17:35It has such an effect.
17:36The head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, Bill Walsh.
17:43We want to demonstrate to the players you're totally at ease and totally relaxed and ready to go.
17:49What a start. The emotions on high.
17:55And we're about set to go with Super Bowl 23.
17:59To be honest, I might have stayed out late the night before the Super Bowl.
18:03And my dad might have been waiting up for me.
18:05He might have been tired the next day and I felt bad.
18:10And this Super Bowl 23 is underway.
18:15First down play and Montana goes down.
18:19Roger Craig.
18:20A gain of only one as he swarmed.
18:24And a mix up as Montana had trouble taking the snap.
18:28And Bill Walsh's team does not start well.
18:32The game was kind of mushy.
18:35It was just off.
18:37Fair catch Taylor.
18:38That wasn't a very good fair catch signal.
18:40We weren't clicking.
18:41I think that had a lot to do with Sam Walsh.
18:44He was able to defend Walsh a little bit better than some of the coaches in the NFL.
18:48Just because of his familiarity with Bill Walsh.
18:51We were making mistakes.
18:53There was always something happening.
19:00And Cincinnati's Jim Scow recovers at the 41-yard line.
19:07Something like that.
19:08You know, you just keep battling.
19:09You're trying to keep it close.
19:11You're trying to keep it where you give the offense and Joe an opportunity.
19:15Down to the final minute 35 of the first quarter.
19:19Woods again his fifth carry.
19:21Oh, is he hit.
19:23What a pop by Ronnie Lott.
19:26It was a woo hit, as Ronnie calls it.
19:29You know, wow, it was one of those.
19:32I would always listen for a certain sound.
19:34Because I know that Ronnie just hit somebody.
19:38The icky moment was where I was able to contribute to the game.
19:43It was a statement.
19:45You know, saying the defense is here.
19:47We're coming.
19:48We're hitting.
19:49We changed the momentum a little bit.
19:51And we started getting the ball back to our offense.
19:56It was another one of those games where you just, like, played okay.
20:00But Jerry played really well.
20:02Here comes the bomb out of here.
20:04They're gonna throw it deep.
20:07He throws deep.
20:08Weiss is wide open.
20:10Jerry was making it happen off of things that weren't obvious.
20:14After the catch, I'm sure the Bengals were thinking to themselves,
20:18What do we gotta do?
20:20I don't think anyone can cover Jerry Rice man-to-man.
20:24We've got these guys bottled up.
20:26And then here comes Jerry doing something Jerry-ish.
20:29Montana.
20:31To Rice.
20:32One handed catch.
20:34Oh, my.
20:35And I think that was Jerry's moment where he became Jerry Rice.
20:42The throw is to Rice.
20:46Touchdown.
20:48My mindset was, you only get one shot for that Super Bowl ring.
20:58This ball is at the 22-yard line.
21:01We're all right.
21:02We're all right.
21:03Can you make this?
21:05How long is this?
21:0640 yards.
21:07The ball is put down.
21:08The kick is away.
21:09It is long enough.
21:10And it is...
21:11Go!
21:14And with 3.20 left to go, the Bengals take a 16-13 lead.
21:18And suddenly, we're down by a field goal.
21:22It's getting pretty close to the time to go.
21:25And now, with 3.10 remaining, the 49ers will have the goal from just outside their seventh.
21:34I didn't think anything good was going to happen.
21:36There was no time.
21:38You had to go 94 yards.
21:40All you've got on defense!
21:42Let's go!
21:44You need a field goal to tie, a touchdown to win, and you don't have that much time.
21:52The 49ers have 3 minutes and 20 seconds of the season remaining.
22:04And it appears the 49ers will start deep in their own end.
22:11I'm standing in the huddle, and Joe walks in, and he goes,
22:14Okay, let's do what the **** we got to do. Go home.
22:17Right?
22:18And all of a sudden, he goes to Harris Barton.
22:20Yo, H.
22:21Look at over there on the front row of the bleachers.
22:24And the whole huddle turns around.
22:28There's John Candy.
22:30And it's like, this **** talking about John Candy,
22:34and here we are in the middle of a damn Super Bowl game.
22:37The guys know if something's wrong.
22:39If you're nervous, they know right away.
22:42I always just tried to be myself, and that's what I was doing with the Candy thing.
22:46Everybody seems to remember that.
23:01Montana over the middle with Frank.
23:04Not wasting any time. No huddle.
23:09Here's Montana with another pass.
23:11Caught by the tight end, John Frank.
23:12And that's a first down.
23:15235 remaining.
23:16Montana throws.
23:18Sidelines.
23:18Price.
23:1930-yard line.
23:20Out of bounds.
23:21All the lack of success previously in the day kind of melted away.
23:26We were in our element.
23:28We were in our zone.
23:31Watching this again, it puts you back into that mindset.
23:34How crucial every catch is.
23:37Not listening to the crowd.
23:39Being able to block all of that out.
23:41And just focus on what you do best.
23:54Bill's play calling was perfect.
23:57We got three timeouts.
23:58This is deja vu.
24:00Montana with the middle to Quay.
24:02Man, Joe just looked so smooth, didn't he?
24:05I think he loved ball games like this.
24:11I remember looking at that game from the sideline going,
24:13I'm glad I'm not covering those guys.
24:18Montana to Rice!
24:19He's in the clear!
24:25If John Taylor had made that block, I probably would have scored.
24:29I was blocking the cornerback, but I was losing the block.
24:32I said, just let him go.
24:34Because I didn't want to get called for no holding penalty or anything like that.
24:38And you could see, I'm pounding the ground like this.
24:42But that would have left more time on the clock.
24:44So, you know, things happen for a reason.
24:47Well, here's the situation.
24:49They're at the 10-yard line.
24:5039 seconds left.
24:51The 49ers can win it!
24:57Everybody thought the ball was going to be to me.
25:00Rice is flanked off to the right and comes in motion.
25:04Here I'm coming across in motion.
25:06I'm just putting on my best role ever.
25:09It's to Rice now.
25:10I could have been Denzel Washington at that time.
25:15Back to throw, Montana.
25:19Back to throw, Montana.
25:21I'm done!
25:23What are you doing?
25:33You know, that was one of those feelings where as you were a little kid growing up,
25:37you know how you'd be in the street.
25:38If I make this catch, we win the Super Bowl.
25:41I can honestly say I lived it.
25:44Touchdown pass to John Taylor.
25:45Still to this day, I can't believe.
25:47His first catch of the day.
25:49It was the only pass he caught in the game.
25:51And that was the one I needed to catch.
25:52But the biggest catch of the day.
25:59The 49ers with three Super Bowl victories in the 1980s.
26:11I was over at my friend's house and we jumped up.
26:15And then we ran down to the El Camino Real in San Mateo with pots and pans.
26:22Cars out there in the middle of the street.
26:24Banging pots and pans.
26:25There was a party.
26:27We all won the Super Bowl that night.
26:29Three for three in the 80s for the San Francisco 49ers.
26:33The team of the decade.
26:35Teacher and pupil.
26:38And if only we could share that conversation with you.
26:43I love you.
26:44I love you.
26:45Congratulations.
26:45I am happy for you like I've never been.
26:48Believe me.
26:49Congratulations.
26:50This is yours.
26:51You deserve it.
26:52You know, there's a real respect there that couldn't be broken even by the game of football
26:57and a close Super Bowl loss.
27:00Oh, man.
27:01That was a good game, huh?
27:02Great game.
27:03Very f***ing game.
27:04You've got a great team.
27:05Well, we couldn't match up with you guys.
27:21Really proud to bring another championship to San Francisco.
27:24There's three of them.
27:26I would think our fans are proud of us, too.
27:32It's the biggest one ever, ever.
27:34Better than the first two.
27:36This baby was won.
27:39You know where this won?
27:40This was won eight weeks ago or ten weeks ago or twelve weeks ago in the trenches.
27:53Anybody could see what it took to win this game.
27:57You had to go.
27:58There's the priest.
28:00Good thing he was there.
28:02That's the Niners.
28:03We never say die.
28:04We haven't said die since 1981.
28:07Believe it.
28:09Believe it.
28:15Everybody sold out this week.
28:17Everybody.
28:19Damn, it's great, isn't it?
28:21The point had been made, I think, by Bill and many of us.
28:27There's us and there's them.
28:30That's the way to do it. Thanks, guys.
28:32Them is anybody not on the team.
28:35And that us is a very, very tight exclusive group.
28:39And that created a loyalty that guys will take to their grave.
28:47That.
28:51Yeah.
28:56Yeah.
28:57Yeah.
29:01Great.
29:02Yeah.
29:02Great.
29:03This is tough moment in a way because.
29:08Was this the final game on the sideline for a great coach Bill Walsh?
29:36He knew that he was going to say goodbye, and he knew it.
29:39It was over.
29:40I wish he would have stuck around.
29:46Well, that's a telling photo of Art there.
29:50He knew he was about to be one of them.
29:57I relish that picture, but I don't have it hanging anywhere.
30:02It makes me sad.
30:06He was exhausted.
30:08But I think he was also weirdly allowing the guard to go down, whereas he would never have done that
30:19before.
30:22I mean, he melted down in my arms.
30:25He was like a teddy bear with a stuffing knocked out of him.
30:29Bill, if you do leave, I want you to know that every one of us is going to miss you.
30:32You have done a fabulous job with this football team, and never more so than in the final seconds here
30:37today.
30:38All right.
30:38It was great.
30:39All right.
30:51You ready for it?
30:52I guess.
30:53Okay.
30:58Oh, my God.
30:59No way.
31:01That's crazy.
31:04Rice and Ronnie, the 49er treat.
31:06Rice and Ronnie, the team that can't be beat.
31:08Catch that pass.
31:09Throw that block.
31:10They're the team that can't be stopped.
31:12Rice and Ronnie, the San Francisco treat.
31:14I heard you.
31:15I heard you.
31:16I remember that from a kid.
31:19We asked what we would sing coming into the stadium.
31:23Yeah.
31:24And you guys did it, man.
31:26I grew up with the 49ers and their dynasty.
31:30But I was changing, and so were they.
31:33Just four days after guiding the San Francisco 49ers to their third Super Bowl championship of the decade,
31:38head coach Bill Walsh, retired, owner Eddie DiVartolo, announced defensive coordinator George Seifert as the new head coach.
31:45Montana to throw.
31:46He wants the end zone.
31:48Rice has got it!
31:49Touchdown, 49ers!
31:51Bill is handed over like a ridiculous team to George.
31:56This 49er team has everything, and I don't know that it isn't the best team it's ever been.
32:03Touchdown, 49ers!
32:04Well, the regret I have, if there is one, is not coaching longer.
32:10Because I left the best team in football and the youngest team in football.
32:15The Superdome in New Orleans, the site of Super Bowl number 24.
32:22Black 59, Razor! Black 59, Razor!
32:35Back to back titles for the 49ers. It's hard to do, but they did it.
32:39We aren't even satisfied. We want to get three.
32:41Back to back to back to back. Say it. Back to back.
32:44Congratulations.
32:49After that Super Bowl, Eddie said, look, this was your team.
32:53We're giving you a Super Bowl ring.
32:55My dad got it, looked at it, and gave it to me.
32:57This is yours.
32:58I don't want it. This is your ring.
33:00You wear this to the bars.
33:03He didn't want to even look at it.
33:05So what did he do? Reinvented himself.
33:08Went back to Stanford to become the head coach.
33:10Coaching at the college level is being an educator has redeeming value.
33:16Unless it's USC.
33:23Montana again to throw.
33:25Montana in a hurry.
33:28But chased out, finally hit from behind.
33:30The ball's loose and turnover maybe.
33:35And Montana still on his hands and knees.
33:41There was no three-peat.
33:44And no Joe for nearly two years.
33:47You have Joe Montana, injured, unable to really play a season.
33:54In addition to that, you have Steve taking over and making the team his team.
34:00With Montana out with an injured elbow for almost two seasons, Young has sparkled.
34:05Now, I'm kind of getting the feel for it and I'm growing into it a little bit.
34:09It's a position I've grown into and feel very comfortable with.
34:12Joe's trying to come back in 92.
34:14That was my MVP year.
34:16He gets healthy right at the end of the 92 season and plays the last game, the last half.
34:20How good are the 49ers?
34:22Well, they're so good that the greatest quarterback the National Football League has ever seen tonight takes the field in
34:28an attempt to become the backup quarterback.
34:32Again, awkward dynamic.
34:36As Montana's throw is caught by Jones!
34:43I want to play.
34:45I'm better than he is and I'm not going to.
34:47I want to play.
34:48I don't want to end my career sitting here on the bench.
34:51That's not how I envision it.
34:53He told me that he wanted to be traded.
35:01I said, Joe, if you stay, I'll bench Steve.
35:11He did everything he possibly could and I just said, look, your coach made a decision.
35:16I understand and I get it, but now I have to make a decision of what I want to do.
35:21I don't want to leave, but I want to play.
35:36I went to Joe's last game and it was an awesome send off.
35:40It was kind of sad in a way, but everyone wanted to show their respect and love and admiration for
35:45Joe.
35:46He deserved it.
35:47I remember when he was playing for the Chiefs and we'd all gather watching Joe drive for a game winning
35:53touchdown.
35:54Joe Montana. Arch is a pass. Into the end zone.
35:57Touchdown!
35:57Hey!
35:58I don't believe what I just saw!
36:01But then here comes Steve.
36:03There's no way you can't be excited about what Steve is about to do for the 49ers.
36:07He had to win a Super Bowl or else he would never have been considered a great quarterback.
36:13Welcome to Super Bowl 29.
36:16Three teams have won a Super Bowl championship four times.
36:18This afternoon, San Francisco can stand all alone on top of the National Football League world.
36:24And a play fake. Young goes deep middle. He's got Jerry Wright! Touchdown 49ers!
36:29First touchdown of the game! Comes after only a minute and 24 seconds!
36:34That was special because I knew how important that was to Steve Young.
36:40Young throws Jerry Wright! Touchdown!
36:43And I wanted to win it for him.
36:46Now Steve has the most touchdown passes in a Super Bowl game with six.
36:52To see him reclaimed from where he came from to winning a Super Bowl.
36:57I'm going to Disneyland!
36:58I'm going to Disney World! Disneyland!
37:01That's a great journey. It's a great story.
37:04The San Francisco 49ers are the first team in the 75th year on the National Football League
37:10to win five Super Bowl championships.
37:13Someone take the monkey off all time, please!
37:15Oh, it was a gorilla!
37:18It's gone forever!
37:20Steve!
37:22Oh!
37:23Oh!
37:33Ah!
37:33I thought that was just the first.
37:37But that was the only man.
37:40You get the championship, you get a ring and you get to go to Disneyland.
37:43And then they become synonymous, so...
37:45To be here, it's like, you think about what would you do when you win the championship,
37:50and it seems like as it comes true, it's almost too good to believe.
37:53There's this moment that you climb Everest and you're there.
37:59And this is the metaphor.
38:01Being in Disneyland is the great metaphor.
38:04But seeing that braid, I have two thoughts.
38:07One, I'm on the top of Everest.
38:08And two, I didn't get done what I thought I should do.
38:12So both are true.
38:22Mr. Parnell, can you talk to us for a second?
38:24Nope.
38:24Jack, can you talk to us?
38:26Nope.
38:27Did you give Mr. Edwards any money, sir?
38:30No comment.
38:31Speak to my lawyer, please.
38:33We were trying to get our licensing for a boat in Shreveport.
38:40And we went to the governor.
38:43The governor said, this is what I want for you to get you your license.
38:50And it was money.
38:53DeBartolo was awarded Louisiana's 15th riverboat gambling license last spring,
38:58but then backed out of the deal after the FBI launched a full-scale probe of Edwards.
39:03Was it smart getting into gaming?
39:06No, it was stupid.
39:09What they got me for was not reporting a bribe.
39:13San Francisco 49ers CEO Eddie DeBartolo Jr. has resigned their report.
39:17The governor of the San Francisco 49ers has resigned.
39:20Jacob now leaves DeBartolo's younger sister in charge of the 49ers.
39:24Today is one of the lowest, and I mean the lowest moments of my life.
39:29There isn't a day go by that I don't remember and relish my life with the 49ers.
39:44Why a salary cap?
39:46Teams can't have all of the best players.
39:49The example, the San Francisco 49ers, the purpose of the cap is going to be that you can't have Joe
39:55Montana and Steve Young on your team.
39:57It's just not going to be economically feasible.
40:00A lot of the reasons that they put the salary cap in was because of what a great owner Eddie
40:04was and how willing he was to go above and beyond to be able to provide all the necessary resources
40:09to be able to achieve and sustain a certain level of success.
40:13Because he spent the way he spent, the other owner said, well, we can't compete with that.
40:19That is his lasting legacy.
40:21He changed sports with that.
40:24If you can't put the money to where you think it will get you a championship, then you're just like
40:30everybody else and every other owner.
40:31You know, people have asked me, would you go back if there was a team for sale?
40:37And I always say the same thing.
40:40Been there, done that.
40:47Don't need it.
40:54Someday I'd love to get all the men I've worked with together.
40:59So my father told me one day he'd love to do a documentary on the 49ers and play that tune
41:05about San Francisco with flowers in their hair.
41:07And that just shows you he's a romantic.
41:10Yeah, it'd be great.
41:11It'd be great.
41:13My dad was diagnosed with leukemia.
41:16He was making connections again with these players.
41:20How close I was to so many of those players.
41:24So it will never happen.
41:28But I can give them the word I love you.
41:32If you're going to San Francisco
41:38Love you too, Coach.
41:40Be sure to wear flowers in your hair.
41:46Um, yeah, that, that, that, that moment
41:53Yeah, that moment being with him, it, it was
41:58You're going to meet some gentle people there.
42:03I was saying, I was saying goodbye to him and, um, but in total Bill fashion, as I started to
42:12walk away, he, he, he, hey, hey, wait a minute.
42:16The last time I spoke to Bill, Bill asked me something that just completely blew me away.
42:22Do you owe me any money?
42:24I said, I said, I'm like, are you serious right now?
42:29Yeah, yeah, yeah.
42:30He said, I, I want to know if you owe me any money.
42:32He's like, if you owe me some money, you need to pay me now.
42:35We'll be your love in there.
42:39It was the guy in the Bellman outfit, trying to take luggage away, defusing the situation.
42:45He wanted to try to make everything as right as he could with everyone.
42:49He knew he had never seen it again.
42:52And, uh, it was, that was, it was not an easy day.
42:57It was not an easy day.
42:59Bill Walsh died on Monday after a long battle with leukemia.
43:03Bill Walsh was 75 years old.
43:07I'm sure he's still probably looking for that perfect game.
43:13But I think in life, we're all looking for that perfect game.
43:16And even though you might not achieve it, at least it continues to push you forward.
43:23And probably he's coaching God right now.
43:27Knowing what I know about coach, he's probably coaching God right now.
43:31Summertime will be a love in there.
43:39That's right.
43:41All right.
43:42Spiral, good ball, good ball.
43:43I know.
43:43Give me a few to warm up.
43:46Oh, that was a warm up right there?
43:48I'm only 48.
43:49I'm not 68.
43:52All right.
43:53Now we're starting to warm up.
43:56Joe was so pretty that Joe would just hit.
43:59Joe would just throw the nicest little beautiful, smooth.
44:04The perfect spiral.
44:05Steve was so rotational.
44:07Different spin on the ball.
44:08Yeah.
44:09And he would almost be under the ball.
44:11But both guys, a lot of velocity on the ball.
44:15And all you had to do was get open.
44:16But if you got open, they were going to get the ball to you.
44:20It's not often I get to throw to the goat right here.
44:23How could I never have thrown him a pass before?
44:28One thing about being in San Francisco and a part of the 49ers is whatever talent you had,
44:34everyone saw the best of themselves here.
44:38That feeling is why we all look back with such fondness.
44:42You know, that was the best of me.
44:45And I think just about everyone around this league would agree that the 49ers are the best team in football.
44:50The 49ers made each other better.
44:52They made their city better.
44:55And they made me better.
44:57Hey, relax, Tom.
44:58Relax.
44:59No, man.
45:00I'm throwing a Jerry Rice.
45:01I got to look like Tom Brady.
45:02I'm telling you, hey.
45:03I can't look like some shitbag.
45:05This is my childhood idol.
45:07You kidding me?
45:08Touchdown, 49ers.
45:09Highway 101 belongs to Jerry Rice.
45:12Next exit, Hall of Fame.
45:18I don't think I could have been what I was if I grew up rooting for the Jets.
45:25Caught by Clark.
45:27Touchdown, 49ers.
45:28Oh, what a catch by Rice.
45:30Touchdown, 49ers.
45:32That was Camelot.
45:33That was Camelot.
45:36That was the greatest experience for everyone involved.
45:40And the 49ers have won the Super Bowl.
45:43You gotta love it.
45:52Last one.
45:54Oh, my God.
45:56Oh, you're the best, bro.
45:57You're the best, man.
45:58Yeah, you're the best.
45:59I love you.
45:59Greatest of all time, man.
46:00Thanks for being the inspiration for me and everybody else, too.
46:07It was the experience of a lifetime.
46:10Super Bowl, brother!
46:11No one could appreciate what we went through and how great it was being part of a dynasty.
46:21Super Bowl, team.
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