49ers’ Montana Gets MVP Award in NFL
For the first time in his career, Joe Montana was named the NFL’s most valuable player by the Associated Press, in voting announced Tuesday.
Three years after undergoing major back surgery Montana, 33, guided the San Francisco 49ers to four fourth-quarter comeback victories and the league’s best record, 14-2.
He had his sixth season of 3,000-plus passing yards, tying Dan Fouts’ league record, and at one point threw 150 passes without an interception.
Montana, completing a near-record 70.2% of his passes for 26 touchdowns and a career-low eight interceptions, also was an easy winner of the AP’s offensive-player-of-the-year award.
In balloting by a national media panel, Montana received 62 votes for MVP. Green Bay quarterback Don Majkowski was a distant second with six.
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