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49ers and running
The game was very close, and in the fourth quarter Walsh called a series of running plays as the 49ers marched down the field against the Cowboys prevent defense, which had been expecting the 49ers to mainly pass.
With just 15 seconds left in the half, Ray Wersching's ensuing squib kick was muffed by Bengals running back Archie Griffin, and the 49ers recovered the ball on the Bengals 4-yard line.
But the 49ers countered with a 50-yard, 9-play drive that took 4: 41 off the clock, and included Montana's 22-yard pass to receiver Mike Wilson and 7 consecutive running plays.
The 49ers ( now led by Steve Young ) tried to run out the clock on their ensuing possession, but San Francisco running back Roger Craig had the ball dislodged by nosetackle Erik Howard, and Lawrence Taylor recovered the fumble in mid-air with 2: 36 remaining.
After forcing the Chargers to punt, the 49ers advanced 79 yards in four plays, with Young rushing for 21 yards and then throwing 51-yard touchdown pass to running back Ricky Watters to give San Francisco a 14-0 lead less than 5 minutes into the first quarter, and setting a Super Bowl record for the fastest " second " touchdown scored by a team.
* Dexter Carter, running back for San Francisco 49ers and New York Jets from 1990 to 1996, was born in Baxley and graduated from Appling County High School.
NFL running back Brian Westbrook, known for playing for the Philadelphia Eagles and currently playing for the San Francisco 49ers, grew up in Clinton.
* Brian Westbrook, former Villanova football star ( 1997 2001 ) and current running back for the San Francisco 49ers
Without the threat of a running game, Young threw three interceptions ( the last one a hail mary pass with under 30 seconds remaining in the game ) and the 49ers were defeated by the Atlanta Falcons 20-18.
During a Week 3 Monday Night Football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Young was violently sacked by Cardinals ' cornerback Aeneas Williams due to a missed blocking assignment by 49ers ' running back Lawrence Phillips.
Bruce Bosley, a four-time All-Pro for the San Francisco 49ers and a standout player at West Virginia in the 1950s, starred as running back at the now-shuttered Green Bank High School.
A two-sport star, he played running back on the San Francisco 49ers in their second season ( 1947 ), becoming the first football player of Asian ancestry to play professional football.
Richard " Ricky " James Watters ( born April 7, 1969 ) is a former American football running back who played for the San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, and the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League.
He started at running back for the 49ers during the next three seasons and San Francisco's offense led the NFL in scoring and yardage each year.
In the first quarter, 49ers linebacker Julian Peterson intercepted a pass from Kerry Collins at the San Francisco 24-yard line after it bounced off the hands of running back Ron Dayne.
49ers running back Ricky Watters rushed for 118 yards, caught 5 passes for 46 yards, and scored an NFL playoff record 5 touchdowns as San Francisco crushed the Giants, 44-3.
Early in the second quarter, the 49ers tied the game on quarterback Steve Young's 7-yard touchdown pass to running back Tom Rathman.
San Francisco 49ers running back Marc Logan returned the ensuing kickoff 50 yards to the Cowboys 48-yard line.
Aided by a defensive holding call against Pierce Holt for holding up running back Emmitt Smith at the line on third down ( the 49ers objected, stating that Holt was fooled by a fake handoff into thinking Smith actually had the ball ), Dallas took a 10-7 lead with Smith's 4-yard touchdown run.
49ers defensive back Ronnie Lott returned an interception 58 yards for a touchdown, and running back Roger Craig rushed for a 4-yard score.
San Francisco kicker Ray Wersching made 3 field goals, running back Wendell Tyler scored on a 9-yard touchdown on the 49ers first possession of the third quarter, and quarterback Joe Montana threw a 10-yard score to Freddie Solomon early in the fourth quarter.
Murray put the Lions in the lead first with a 37-yard kick, but then Detroit quarterback Gary Danielson threw two interceptions that led to two touchdowns by the 49ers: a 1-yard score from running back Roger Craig and a 2-yarder from running back Wendell Tyler.

49ers and back
But after catching a 19-yard pass from Anderson at the 5-yard line, wide receiver Cris Collinsworth lost a fumble while being tackled by 49ers defensive back Eric Wright.
But San Francisco linebackers Dan Bunz, Jack " Hacksaw " Reynolds and cornerback Ronnie Lott tackled him for no gain, giving the ball back to the 49ers.
The 49ers only gained 8 yards on their ensuing drive, and Bengals got the ball back after receiving Jim Miller's 44 yard punt at their own 47-yard line.
Running back Roger Craig was one of the 49ers ' major weapons, both rushing and receiving.
The 49ers managed to advance to the 41-yard line but were forced to punt, and Dolphins defensive back Fulton Walker returned the punt 9 yards to the Miami 36-yard line.
Miami then had to punt again on their ensuing possession, and San Francisco defensive back Dana McLemore returned the ball 28 yards to the 49ers ' 45-yard line.
The Chargers then drove to their own 46-yard line, but 49ers defensive back Eric Davis intercepted Humphries ' third down pass in the end zone with 10 seconds left in the half, and the score remained 28-10 at halftime.
The Chargers responded with a 13-play, 59-yard drive to get to the San Francisco 7-yard line, but 49ers defensive back Deion Sanders intercepted backup quarterback Gale Gilbert's fourth down pass in the end zone.
* Kermit Alexander, defensive back for the San Francisco 49ers
* Lance Schulters ( born 1975 ), former defensive back in the NFL and played for Miami Dolphins, Tennessee Titans and San Francisco 49ers.
Bill Romanowski, a business major, holds the defensive record as an NFL player for most consecutive games played at 243, is the only linebacker in history to start in 5 Super Bowls, and also shares a record as one of only three players in NFL history to win back to back Super Bowls with two different organizations, the San Francisco 49ers and the Denver Broncos.
The Redskins led 21 0 at the start of the fourth quarter, but Montana helped lead the 49ers back.
The 49ers bought back uniforms from the 1984 era as a tribute to the 1980s teams for the last game of the 2008 season on December 28 versus the Washington Redskins, some players also grew early 1980s mustaches for the game to finish the look.
The Ravens got their second-round pick back from San Francisco, and the 49ers in turn received a conditional fifth-round pick and defensive end Brandon Whiting from the Eagles in exchange for the rights to Owens.
Clark leaped and caught a sixteen-yard pass from quarterback Joe Montana in the back of the end zone to give the 49ers a 28 27 victory.

49ers and Roger
From there, Wendell Tyler rushed for 4 yards, and then Montana threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Roger Craig, giving the 49ers a 14-10 lead.
Roger Craig was a leading receiver for the 49ers for many years and was a 1, 000 yard rusher and 1, 000 yard receiver in the 1985 season.
In Super Bowl XXIX the following season, Watters scored three touchdowns in San Francisco's 49-26 victory over the San Diego Chargers, tying a Super Bowl mark shared by fellow 49ers Roger Craig and Jerry Rice, and later matched by Terrell Davis of the Denver Broncos.

49ers and Craig
Five plays later, Craig finished the nine play, 52-yard drive with his second touchdown on a 2-yard run, increasing the 49ers lead to 28-10.
However, the 49ers took over in the second quarter, scoring 21 unanswered points on 2 touchdown passes by Montana and touchdown run by Craig.
Although Dallas quarterback Craig Morton only completed 7 out of 22 passes for 101 yards, rookie halfback Duane Thomas rushed for 143 yards and Dallas converted two third quarter interceptions into 14 points to defeat the 49ers.

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