30 Years Ago Today, ESPN's Favorite Highlight

[sonnyboy]

Originally Posted by 5Stars

Yeah, I remember that day...

Some friends got together and came to watch the game. Three Cowboy fans and one 49'er fan.

Not a good time...

Well I hope the three of you beat the **** out of that little ****er.

[5Stars]

Originally Posted by sonnyboy

Well I hope the three of you beat the **** out of that little ****er.

No...he was a friend.

But, he ruined that party!

[Venger]

Originally Posted by Hostile

30 years ago today, Joe Montana rolled right, tried to throw the ball away, and Dwight Clark jumped high to make what has ever since been dubbed, "The Catch."

This anniversary can just slip on by without mention...

[lwehlers]

Originally Posted by Hostile

I get to change my sig on Sunday.

i have the game saved and i just watched the catch again. i just seems like yesterday that i happened. i was twelve when i watched the game live. it sucked watching then as it did tonight. also hos i can not wait until you change you sig too. i hate seeing that look of knowing that you wasted your season.

[Temo]

Originally Posted by Hostile

I get to change my sig on Sunday.

Oh, it's one of those things.

[ELeBaron1960]

Originally Posted by KJJ

Whether Montana was throwing the ball away or not he put it where only Clark could make a play on it. Everything started going against the Cowboys after that. They get the ball back and White hits Drew Pearson who had a step on Eric Wright at mid field and somehow Wright was able to grab him from what appeared to be inside his jersey between his neck and shoulder pads saving what would have been a TD with little time left. Today that would have been a 15 yard horse collar that would have put the ball at around the 49ers 30 yardline.

White then fumbles a play or 2 later and game over. That may have been the most painful Cowboys loss ever for me because I thought for sure they would win. The Cowboys were favored and you could hardly find anyone who didn't think they would win that game. Under White the Cowboys reverted back to the funk they were in prior to the Staubach era unable to win big games.

Did you know the 49ers had 6 turnovers in that game? 3 interceptions and 3 losr fumbles and they still won. Also, when you watch the Danny White fumble at the end, it's almost identical to the Tom Brady tuck rule play. Ours was a fumble, bur 20 years later it's an incomplete pass. Strange.

[Everson24]

Originally Posted by dboy214

here's a nice article where gil brandt relives the play and how the cowboys were going to draft montana.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d...h-still-linger

Gil Brandt has it wrong in his memory. It was WR Doug Donley that dropped a pass, but it happened on a third and seven as we were trying to run out the clock prior to the final 49ers drive. Dropping that ball caused us to punt the ball back to Montana. I remember it well because after the game was over I kept thinking about that drop by Donley. That play still ticks me off. we should have won Super Bowl that year. One of my toughest loses ever.

[Everson24]

Originally Posted by KJJ

But Walls' career isn't marred by that one play. That play was more a result of what Clark did to make the catch rather than what Walls didn't do to prevent it.

Everson Walls actually had a really good game. he intercepted Montana twice in that game. The last one should have sealed the game but we couldn't run out the clock on offense. Not many corners can say they got two INTs against him in a playoff game.

[KJJ]

Originally Posted by ELeBaron1960

Did you know the 49ers had 6 turnovers in that game? 3 interceptions and 3 losr fumbles and they still won. Also, when you watch the Danny White fumble at the end, it's almost identical to the Tom Brady tuck rule play. Ours was a fumble, bur 20 years later it's an incomplete pass. Strange.

I do remember Montana had 3 int's but none of them were costly. All it takes is one ill-timed turnover to do you in and White's fumble came at the worst possible time. His fumble was a fumble and wouldn't have been called a tuck had the rule been around at that time. I explained the rule earlier in the thread.

[Hostile]

Originally Posted by Temo

Oh, it's one of those things.

Yeah, I lost. I'm not into trashing my team, players, or coaches and claiming to just be objective.

[Chocolate Lab]

The whole game replay is on NFLN right now. I won't watch the end, of course, but these old games are still fun to watch just to see how different things were.

[Hostile]

Originally Posted by Chocolate Lab

The whole game replay is on NFLN right now. I won't watch the end, of course, but these old games are still fun to watch just to see how different things were.

Better football.

[ELeBaron1960]

Originally Posted by KJJ

I do remember Montana had 3 int's but none of them were costly. All it takes is one ill-timed turnover to do you in and White's fumble came at the worst possible time. His fumble was a fumble and wouldn't have been called a tuck had the rule been around at that time. I explained the rule earlier in the thread.

Watch the Tom Brady play. He does the exact same thing. He is pulling the ball in to avoid the hit. The rules were changed between our game and that one.

[Chocolate Lab]

Originally Posted by Hostile

Better football.

It's really good. One thing I love about these old games is that the line play is so much faster. The interior linemen are way smaller of course (not as fat for one thing) but a lot quicker than what we see today.

Vin Scully and Hank Stram doing the game... So cool.

Tony Hill just caught a long one from Danny and we take the lead.

[dboy214]

i cannot imagine how i would have reacted to this loss.