SUPER BOWL XXIV : SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS 55 DENVER BRONCOS 10 : PLAY BY PLAY

Time listed is time expired in quarter; names in parentheses are tacklers on plays.

FIRST QUARTER

Denver won the toss and elected to receive. Cofer kicked off two yards deep in the end zone and Bell returned it to the Bronco 23.

Denver: 0:08

1-10-23--Elway passes to Jackson on right sideline, incomplete.

2-10-23--Elway passes to Jackson over middle, incomplete.

3-10-23--From the shotgun, Elway scrambles for 2 yards (Holt).

4-8-25--Horan punts 31 yards to SF 34 and Taylor calls for fair catch.

San Francisco: 0:55

1-10-34--Montana passes to Jones over middle, incomplete.

2-10-34--Craig sweeps left for 18 yards.

1-10-D48--Montana passes to Craig on right side, incomplete.

2-10-48--Craig sweeps left for 1 yard (Holmes).

3-9-47--Montana passes to Craig on left side for 9 yards.

1-10-38--Montana passes to Rice in right flat for 9 yards.

2-1-29--Craig tackled for 3-yard loss (M.Brooks).

3-4-32--Montana keeps off left tackle for 10 yards.

1-10-22--Craig up middle for 2 yards (Fletcher).

2-8-20--Montana passes to Rice over middle for 20 yards and a touchdown; Rice catches ball at 7-yard line, shakes off tackle by Atwater and scores at 4:54. 66-yard drive, 10 plays. PAT--Cofer (kick).

San Francisco 7, Denver 0

Cofer kicks off to D13; Carrington returns 13 yards (Romanowski).

Denver: 4:54

1-10-26--Elway shovel pass to Humphrey for 27 yards.

1-10-SF47--Elway shovel pass to Humphrey, incomplete.

2-10-47--Humphrey over right side for 11 yards.

1-10-37--Humphrey over right side for 6 yards.

2-4-31--Humphrey on draw play for 3 yards (Millen).

3-1-28--Elway on sneak for 3 yards (Lott).

1-10-25--Elway shovel pass incomplete (blocked by Haley).

2-10-25--Elway passes to Mobley on left sideline, incomplete.

3-10-25--From shotgun, Elway passes to M. Jackson on right side, incomplete.

4-10-25--Treadwell kicks a 42-yard field goal at 8:13. 49-yard drive, 10 plays.

San Francisco 7, Denver 3

Treadwell kicks off to SF 4, Flagler returns 14 yards (Braxton)

San Francisco: 8:23

1-10-18--Montana scrambles to the right, no gain.

2-10-18--Craig off left tackle for 4 yards (Lott).

3-6-22--Montana passes for Rice on left side, incomplete.

4-6-18--Helton punts 37 yards to Denver 41, returned 8 yards by Johnson (J.Jackson).

Denver: 9:35

1-10-49--Humphrey off left tackle for 1 yard, fumbled and recovered by SF’s C.Brooks at SF 46.

San Francisco: 9:42

1-10-46--Rathman over right side for 9 yards, called back for holding penalty on Sapolu.

1-20-36--Montana passes to Rice over middle for 20 yards.

1-10-D44--Rathman over right side for 2 yards (Mecklenburg).

2-8-42--Montana passes to Craig on left sideline for 6 yards (Atwater, D.Smith).

3-2-36--Craig sweeps left for 1 yard (Kragen).

4-1-35--Rathman over left side for 4 yards (W.Henderson).

1-10-31--Montana passes to Rice in left corner of end zone, incomplete.

2-10-31--Montana passes to Taylor on right sideline, incomplete.

3-10-31--Montana passes to Rice over middle for 21 yards.

1-G--10--Craig over left side for 3 yards (Munford, Holmes).

2-G-7--Montana passes to Jones in right flat for a touchdown at 14:57. 54-yard drive, 10 plays. PAT--kick failed.

San Francisco 13, Denver 3

Cofer kicks off to Denver 7, Bell returns 18 yards.

SECOND QUARTER

Denver: 0:00

1-10-25--Elway passes to M. Jackson, incomplete.

2-10-25--Elway passes to Kay over middle, incomplete.

3-10-25--From shotgun, Elway passes to Winder for 6 yards (Wallace).

4-4-31--Horan punts 44 yards to SF 31, Taylor calls for fair catch.

San Francisco: 0:38

1-10-31--Montana passes to Rathman on left side for 18 yards.

1-10-49--Craig over right tackle for 6 yards (Munford).

2-4-D45--Craig over right side for 9 yards.

1-10-36--Montana passes to Rice over middle, incomplete.

2-10-36--Montana passes to Rathman over middle for 12 yards.

1-10-24--Craig over right side for 8 yards (Atwater).

2-2-16--Rathman up middle for 1 yard (Munford).

3-1-15--Craig off left tackle for 3 yards (Munford, Braxton).

1-10-12--Craig no gain (Kragen).

2-10-12--Craig on sweep left, no gain (Dennison).

3-10-12--Montana passes to Rathman over middle for 9 yards.

4-1-3--Rathman up middle for 1 yard.

1-G-2--Craig over right side for 1 yard (Carreker).

2-G-1--Rathman up middle for 1 yard and a touchdown at 7:45. 69-yard drive, 14 plays. PAT--Cofer (kick).

San Francisco 20, Denver 3

Cofer kicks off to Denver 2, Carrington returns 19 yards (Tillman, Hendrickson).

Denver: 8:08

1-10-21--Humphrey tackled in backfield for 3-yard loss (Millen).

2-13-18--Humphrey up middle for 2 yards (Walter, Millen).

3-11-20--Elway passes to M.Jackson over middle, incomplete (dropped).

4-11-20--Horan punts 30 yards out of bounds at midfield.

San Francisco: 9:33

1-10-50--Craig over right side for no gain (Fletcher, Braxton).

2-10-50--Montana passes to Craig on right side for 1 yard (D.Smith, Braxton).

3-9-D49--Montana passes to Craig over middle for 6 yards (Braxton, Atwater).

4-3-43--Helton punts 31 yards to D12, Johnson returns 4 yards (Romanowski).

Denver: 11:41

1-10-16--Elway passes to Humphrey on left side for 4 yards (Millen).

2-10-20--Elway passes to Kay on right side for 6 yards (Millen).

1-10-26--Elway passes to Johnson over middle for 8 yards.

2-2-34--Elway passes to Johnson over middle, incomplete.

3-2-34--Elway passes to M.Jackson on right sideline, incomplete.

4-2-34--Horan punts 42 yards to SF 24, Taylor returns 17 yards.

San Francisco: 13:22

1-10-41--Montana passes to Rathman in left flat for 4 yards (Fletcher).

2-6-46--Montana scrambles to left side for 6 yards (Carrington).

3-1-49--Rathman up middle for 2 yards (Holmes).

1-10-47--Montana passes to Walls over middle for 9 yards.

2-1-38--Montana passes to Rice over middle for 38 yards and a touchdown at 14:26. 59-yard drive, 5 plays. PAT--Cofer (kick).

San Francisco 27, Denver 3

Cofer kicks off to D30, Bratton returns 7 yards (Hendrickson).

Denver: 14:42

1-10-37--Elway pases to Jackson over middle, incomplete.

2-10-37--Elway passes to Sewell over middle for 12 yards.

1-10-49--Elway passes to Young on left sidleline, incomplete.

2-10-49--Elway passes to Young on right sideline, incomplete.

THIRD QUARTER

Treadwell kicks off to SF 10, Flagler returns 13 yards (Corrington).

San Francisco: 0:08

1-10-23--Montana passes to Taylor in left flat for 8 yards.

2-2-31--Rathman up middle for 1 yards (Curtis).

3-1-32--Rathman up middle for no gain (Kragen).

4-1-32--Helton punts 44 yards to D24, Johnson calls for fair catch.

Denver: 1:59

1-10-24--Elway passes to left flat intercepted by Walter at D32 and returned to 28.

San Francisco: 2:06

1-10-28--Montana passes over middle to Rice for 28 yards and a touchdown at 2:12. 28-yard drive, 1 play. PAT--Cofer (kick).

San Francisco 34, Denver 3

Cofer kicks off to D3, Carrington returns 27 yards.

Denver: 2:23

1-10-30--Elway passes to Humphrey on right side for 7 yards (Walter).

2-3-37--Humphrey over right side for 6 yards (Walter).

1-10-43--Elway sacked for loss of 6 yards (Fagan).

2-16-37--From shotgun, Elway passes to Sewell ovr middle for 10 yards.

3-6-47--Elway, scrambling, passes downfield, C. Brooks intercepts at SF 25 and returns 38 yards.

San Francisco: 4:28

1-10-D38--Craig up middle for 3 yards (Dennison).

2-7-35--Montana passes to Taylor over middle for 35 yards and a touchdown at 5:16. 38-yard drive, 2 plays. PAT--Cofer (kick).

San Francisco 41, Denver 3

Cofer kicks off to goal line, Carrington returns 39 yards.

Denver: 5:28

1-10-39--Elway passes to Johnson over middle for 13 yards.

1-10-SF48--Humphrey up middle for 34 yards (Pollard).

1-10-14--Elway passes to Mobley in end zone, incomplete, but pass interference on SF’s Romanowski.

1-G-1--Humphrey up middle for no gain (C.Brooks, Kugler, Holt).

2-G-1--Humphrey stopped in backfield for 2-yard loss (Millen, Holt).

3-G-3--From shotgun, Elway scrambles for 3 yards and a touchdown at 8:07. 61-yard drive, 5 plays. PAT--Treadwell (kick).

San Francisco 41, Denver 10

Treadwell kicks off to SF 2, Flagler returns 23 yards.

San Francisco: 8:07

1-10-25--Craig over right side for 12 yards.

1-10-37--Craig up middle for 2 yards. (Townsend, Fletcher).

2-8-39--Montana passes to Taylor over middle for 6 yards (Lucas).

3-2-45--Montana passes to J. Williams on left side for 7 yards.

1-10-48--Rathman over left side for 18 yards.

1-10-D30--Craig over left side for loss of 1 yard (Curtis).

2-11-31--Montana passes to Rice in right flat for 12 yards.

1-10-19--Montana passes to Wilson over middle, incomplete.

2-10-19--Montana passes to Craig over middle for 12 yards.

1-G-7--Rathman over left tackle for 4 yards (Curtis, Kragen).

FOURTH QUARTER

2-G-3--Rathman up middle for 3 yards and a touchdown at 0:03. 75-yard drive, 11 plays. PAT--Cofer (kick).

San Francisco 48, Denver 10

Cofer kicks off to D1, Carrington returns 22 yards.

Denver: 0:12

1-10-23--Elway sacked for loss of 6 yards (Stubbs).

2-16-17--Elway passes to Winder for 9 yards (called back for an offsides penalty on Stubbs).

2-11-22--Elway, scrambling, is tackled from behind (Fagan), fumbles at D16 and Stubbs recovers and returns to 1 (Sewell).

San Francisco: 1:09

1-G-1--Craig over right side for 1 yard and a touchdown at 1:13. 1-yard drive, one play. PAT--Cofer (kick).

San Francisco 55, Denver 10

Cofer kicks off to goal line, Carrington returns 26 yards.

Denver: 1:24

1-10-26--Humprhey on draw play for 6 yards (Walter).

2-4-32--Elway passes to Bratton on right side for 14 yards.

1-10-46--Elway fumbles snap and recovers for a loss of 1 yard.

2-11-45--Elway sacked for a loss of 12 yards (Roberts).

3-23-33--Winder on draw play for a loss of 6 yards (Fagan).

4-28-28--Horan punts 43 yards to SF 29, Taylor returns 9 yards.

San Francisco: 3:47

1-10-38--Flagler on sweep left for a loss of 1 yard (Dennison).

2-10-38--Young replaced Montana. Flager loses 4 yards (M.Brooks).

3-14-34--Young passes to Walls over middle, incomplete (dropped).

4-14-34--Helton punts 47 yards to D19, downed by Romanowski.

Denver: 5:32

1-10-19--Kubiak replaced Elway. Humphrey loses 2 yards (Fagan).

2-12-17--Kubiak sacked for a loss of 2 yards (Kugler).

3-14-15--Kubiak passes to Nattiel over middle for 28 yards.

1-10-43--Kubiak pass deflected (Haley).

2-10-43--Kubiak passes to Nattiel in right flat, incomplete.

3-10-43--Kubiak sacked for a loss of 1 yard (Stubbs).

4-11-42--Horan punts 39 yards to SF 20, Taylor returns 12 yards.

San Francisco: 8:02

1-10-32--Flagler off right tackle for 7 yards but called back because of holding penalty on Tausch.

1-20-22--Flagler right side for 3 yards (Powers, M.Brooks).

2-17-25--Young passes to Sydney over middle for 7 yards.

3-10-32--Young passes to Sherrard over middle for 13 yards.

1-10-45--Flagler up middle for 4 yards (Townsend).

2-6-49--Flagler up middle for 10 yards.

1-10-D41--Flagler sweep left for 1 yard (Atwater, Carrington).

2-9-40--Sydney up middle for 2 yards (Townsend).

3-7-38--Young scramble left for 12 yards.

1-10-27--Young kneels down for loss of 2 yards.

2-12-29--Young kneels down for loss of 1 yard.

3-13-30--Young kneels down for loss of 2 yards.

FINAL SCORE: San Francisco 55, Denver 10