Description: 1989 Eagles 49ers Ticket - Joe Montana Stops Eagles Defense. Number 58 on NFL’s 100 Greatest Games list. PSA 3 pop 2 no others graded. Joe Montana welcomed the Philadelphia Eagles to his world today. And in Montana's universe, no deficit is insurmountable, there is always enough time left, and a receiver is never really covered. The San Francisco 49ers (3-0) trailed by 11 points with eight minutes to play, Montana having been sacked eight times. But Joe Cool threw three touchdowns in four minutes, leading the defending Super Bowl champions to an implausible 38-28 victory over Philadelphia, which took some of the swagger out of the Eagles (2-1). At least until next week. All told, Montana accounted for 28 points in the fourth quarter and passed for 428 yards and five touchdowns in the game, and showed Randall Cunningham he still has a thing or two to learn about greatness. Montana's screen pass that became a 70-yard touchdown pass to John Taylor cut the Eagles' lead to 21-17 early in the fourth quarter. After a fluke punt-fumble helped the Eagles push the lead to 28-17, Montana used only 2:21 to drive San Francisco 75 yards, with an eight-yard touchdown pass to Tom Rathman that brought the 49ers to 28-24 with 6:03 left. After the 49ers defense held, Montana took only 1:26 to go 47 yards in three plays, the finale coming on a 24-yard touchdown pass to tight end Brent Jones for a 31-28 San Francisco lead. A minute later, after Ronnie Lott returned an interception six yards to the Philadelphia 39, and with the zealous Eagles pass rushers bearing down again, Montana flicked a 33-yard touchdown pass to Jerry Rice for 38-28. The Eagles still don't know what hit them. "Are we surprised?" Roger Craig asked rhetorically. "Of course not. Joe's the best. He does it all the time. This was routine." Routine for Montana and the 49ers (3-0, all on the road) perhaps, but dizzying for mere mortals, like the Eagles and 66,042 who watched in disbelief. Montana had been blasted into the turf so often through the first three quarters by Reggie White and Co., it was difficult to comprehend how he was able stand up again and again. "Most teams, when a quarterback has been sacked that many times in a game, he's lost confidence in his offensive line," left tackle Bubba Paris said. "At that point, most teams are in no position to come back. But Joe didn't say a word to us; he knew every lineman out there was trying his best, but struggling. I just kept looking at him getting up -- and he's only about the size of my youngest son -- and I felt so sorry for him, I wanted to do whatever I could to protect him." Shed no tears for the 6-foot-2, 195-pound Montana, though.
Price: 499 USD
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
End Time: 2025-01-13T23:40:36.000Z
Shipping Cost: 10 USD
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Player: Joe Montana
Year: 1989
Vintage: Yes
