Best 49ers uniforms in history. Best Dolphins uniforms in history. A Super Bowl with a lot of good color in it. The red 49ers end zone. The orange Dolphins end zone. The sharp contrast on the field between the scarlet and gold San Francisco uniforms and the bright white Miami uniforms. Attractive Dolphins cheerleaders in aqua blue and white with white boots and white pom poms. That all being said, the first quarter of this Super Bowl lived up to the hype and was indeed the shootout many had hoped for: No turnovers; Montana 77.7% passing with one TD pass; Marino 90.0% passing with one TD pass; a 10-7 score. That was the amazing first quarter. Had this continued all game, perhaps Miami is able to barely outscore the 49ers and win, say 41-38. But instead, once the second quarter started, the Miami offense came to a screeching halt while the San Francisco offense just kept going full speed ahead. Once the 49ers defense switched into their 4-1-6 alignment to stay, the roof caved in on the Miami offense. The 49ers proved that in Super Bowl XIX Dan Marino simply could not handle their particular version of the 4-1-6 defense, designed by then defensive coordinator George Seifert. He could not handle it at all. His passes became wildly inaccurate. Wildly. He threw late and behind. He threw low and straight into the ground. No wonder, when you think about it. No time. He was hurried on every pass. The best quick release in history becomes all but useless if you are given no decision time at all on where to quickly release the football to. By the second half he was being hit repeatedly. He was sacked four times, intercepted twice, held to 50% pass completion over the final three quarters, and his team shut out in the second half. From the look of things he became completely frustrated and very angry and finally even scared because of how often he was getting hit and how hard he was getting hit. By late in the game he had blood stains on his uniform to go with all the other stains from hitting the ground so much. With their passing game halted, the Dolphins had nothing else to fall back on. Helpless. The 49ers defense completely shut down Dan Marino after the first quarter. Completely. No other 1984 NFL team had been able to do that all season. The Raiders battered him, sacked him three times, intercepted him twice (both by All-Pro cornerback Mike Haynes, who returned one for a TD and nearly did the same with the other one and had 151 total return yards on the INTs) and won their game with Miami, but it was a 45-34 shootout and Marino threw for a season high 470 yards and threw four touchdown passes. No, THIS was the first time we saw Marino completely shut down and STOPPED.
The sad thing is Don Shula and Dolphins did not learn lessons from this loss, They still continued to play slow-footed safties in the Blackwood Brothers and linebackers in Mark Brown and Jay Brophy and drafted Jackie Shipp that offseason and never could develop a running game to help Marino, this game was a microcosm of the Dolphins struggles the rest of the decade
Excellent points. Shula was a football God that the media fawned over in the late 60's and early 70's but if he couldn't understand that slow LB's can't cover quick RB's he deserved to lose some of his genius label. Come on, man.
That wasn't the problem. Shula let Marino call his own plays. His EGO made most plays as passes. If a defense counters THAT ONE THREAT.....and the COACH refuses to change AND TAKE OVER THE CALLING, to a more balanced attack....no chance at all. Take a big basketball star...MJ. How many of his 40+ point games did he lose? Something like 55-60%
As successful of a coach as Shula was, he was also known for being a stubborn traditionalist who believed that you could win a championship by using the same stuff over and over again. He could've, and maybe should've, won at least two more Super Bowl rings had he adapted.
@@scienceownsimposters2142 getting it done, no matter the pressure and situation, is greatness... That was Montana..... Dan Marino....faded and choked when it mattered most, the Post Season Dan Marino was 8-10 in post season games ...vs.... Joe Montana was 16-7 in post season games Marino might have great numbers, but.......if you regularly choke in post season, then you aren't in the same class as those who get it done How many interceptions were thrown by Montana is his 4 Superbowls? The number you need to use to answer this question, is the same number of Superbowl wins by Marino
No one did. I became a Dolphins fan at the same time. Thought for sure that Miami would return to the SB. First, something called the Buffalo Bills happened and that team dominated the East and AFC from 1988-95. Then something called the New England Patriots arose and took over the East, the AFC and the NFL much of 2001-18 (and perhaps beyond). Now it is a sad story of how the Fins have no direction and continue to shake up the coaching staff every 3 or 4 years.
Fast forwards 35 years later and many of the narratives are the same in this year’s Super Bowl: -“Jimmy G is a good QB but doesn’t measure up to Mahomes!” -“The 49ers defense is great but they haven’t faced a passing offense like the Chiefs all year!” -“Kyle Shanahan is great but doesn’t measure up to a coach like Andy Reid!”
fast forward 35 years later and the blow u would have been on back then has been replaced by the prescription pills u did before you made that asinine comment..
Jimmy g isnt even that good, especially compared to Montana. 49ers defense 2 yrs ago doesnt compare to the 84 49ers defense. 3rd, Shanahan is no bill walsh. I do get ur point. But those narratives aren't really comparable. 84 49ers were one of the best teams ever
9ers lost at home to the squealers that year and had close home wins over cincy and tb, atl and wash. Historically the 9ers under walsh and even under seifert for some reason were better on the road than at home. Had this game been played in Miami or the state of FL I dont think the outcome would have been much different. The 9ers defense would have still owned the fins offense.
I watched an ESPN version of this episode back in 1988. They did include the part that talked about Roger Craig and Russ Francis playing major roles in the 49ers passing game. They also talked about Joe Montana having success running the ball. ESPN deleted the footage from about 1:07 to 3:09. In other words they only played the intro to the song "This is the NFL" while omitting Jeffrey Osborne's entire singing part.
That SF D-Line made this all happen for their win. Imagine trading off LBers for DB's and then also having your D-Line caving in on Marino. Walsh got the best of both world's, what a great strategy by their coaching staff.
"there were sweet dreams and flying machines laying in pieces on the ground." Pretty much Marino's entire career. Never got back here again, honestly not even close given they were trounced in every championship game they did get to after this point.
@@blackpatriot3 Rice actually got two rings with Montana at Quarterback Rice was the most valuable player of SBXXIII in 1989 with 11 receptions & 213 yards against Cincinnati Montana was the most valuable player of SBXXIX with his 5 passing touchdowns against Denver (who had the number one defense)!
I remember the media endlessly raving about Dan Marino and the Miami offense, with little mention of the '49 defense prior to the game. I knew the '49er's would win, but by how much? It wasn't even close. '49er's had better athletes at the skill positions.
Dolphins d sucked, really the entire 84 season. Marino, I believe it before this game said something like... I can't believe how easy it was to get here. He would never play in another Superbowl. That doesn't nullify the fact that he is one of the great ones. Not sure if I'm correct on this, the 1st qb to pass for 5000 yards in a season.
77, 82, 100, 500 yards. It didn't matter. JAY BROPHY couldn't stop anyone or anything. The Niners keyed on Brophy like the Redskins keyed on Tony Lilly in SB XXII. Find a weakness and exploit the h-ll out of that weakness. The 49ers abused Brophy all day and made him the target for running their offense.
No disrespect to the Dolphins, but they had a patsy schedule in a patsy division, and had to beat an inexperienced Seahawks team, and a 9-7 Steelers team in the playoffs to get to the SB. They didn't stand a chance against a battle tested Niners team.
When Guy McIntyre fielded Uwe von Schamann’s squib kick near the end of the 2nd quarter, shouldn’t the play have been whistled dead since McIntyre immediately took a knee after fielding the ball? Or were the rules different back then if a player took an intentional knee?
veggieoilerfan That's only in the end zone. On the playfield you call for a fair catch but because he knelt down he needed to be touched (contacted) by a defender to be considered down(by contact).
Cocaine fueled 80s as fuck intro ends at 3:10...for those like me who got 2:00 minutes in and were wondering of the whole 20+ minutes were gonna be like this
i think 49ers will do this to mahomes and start a dynasty .if it happened to marino it can happened to him especially that he will take a 40 millions a year soon and start loosing key players around him.
Just maybe the most underrated team in NFL history . Not flashy , just precise orchestrated football and their defense was lights out led by number #42 Ronnie Lott .
Na'ah...I think they are remembered for being a truly great team. I'd say the 1991 Redskins still hold that title. They NEVER get their due because somehow, the 49ers not making the playoffs is held against them (ridiculous).
i'm not a Redskins fan, so i'm not biased...but that's some pretty stupid shit you're saying...Redskins won 3 super bowls in 10 years with 3 different quarterbacks...and 5 NFC title game appearances in 10 years, winning 4 of them..and you think they're overrated..?
I was, and still am, a huge fan of the Redskins but I had, and still have, infinite respect for Bill Walsh and the 49ers. NO matter how many world titles Tom Brady wins, I still say that Joe Montana was the greatest QB I ever saw. The 49ers were the picture of pure class in 1984 and no one could match them. The 'Skins went to SF on a Monday Night in week 2 and fell behind 27-0 and came back but still lost, 37-31, to what was the best team in football. Joe Cool, as we often called him, was simply the best and no matter how many titles Brady takes home, he'll never be the respected QB that Joe Cool was.
You're a good guy DH I was a HUGE Forty Niner fan, and felt the same way about John Riggins... One of my all time favorites, speed, strength and class.
@@bconni2 He won state titles in the sprint. And began as a kick and punt returner at KU. Burned the Fins secondary in SB17 for a long run to the house. Definitely faster than lot of people thought.
Not really....high stats......boosting numbers vs teams with no problems while melting down in the high pressure games... Take this one.....PREGAME.....the words were "Marino will do this...... Marino will do that" Only after MELTING, did all the excuses start coming out
@@leeshackelford7517 such an short sided statement showing either ignorance or bias. Was there anywhere in your ‘pregame’ analysis that Marino would handoff to someone as talented as Thurman Thomas, Roger Craig or Walter Payton? Anywhere where could rely on his defense like Jeff Hostetler could in Super Bowl XXV? No, it was one dimensional team that could only pass & got exposed by the better balanced teams in the playoffs. There isn’t one QB past or present that could have won a SB with the personnel that Dan had to play with & the fault lies with Miami’s front office. They couldn’t build a balanced team. Some of the blame on Shula too. He didn’t advance with the times. Wouldn’t wear a headset, for instance, while all modern coaches were using them
As a Redskins fan, I always admired and respected Bill Walsh. He did handle success very well along with coaches like Joe Gibbs and Chuck Noll. These were class acts.
@@juliansmith6291 I always forget Kalas' name. And this video is too chopped up with ads, and they edited out the credits with his name. But this narrator is Brad Crandall, who also narrates the 1984 Forty Niner Yearbook (Highlight film)
@Michael McMillan This is narrated by Brad Crandall You can see what he looks like, and hear him here (see link) Harry Kalas is the other guy, and also did those O'Grady's Potato Chips "NFL CRUNCH TIME" commercials. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oGHhfU2qf1g.html
@CROSSTATT I believe I was born in 1985 love the intro the Super Bowl was ok but then again it was located near Hollywood. A year before was the LA Olympics
Put Marino on a team like what Montana had. I'm tired of hearing whose the GOAT? Montana or Brady? Fuck that I would take Marino over them both. He was a better QB weaker teams
At the time Marino was the best QB in the NFL. He had the best season a QB had ever had up to that point. Over 5,000 yards and 48 TDs! That was unheard of back then.
@@ufcman8015 your comment actually made no sense as written... Did you mean "he HAD to throw for 5000 yards because he had no defense to counter the other team's offense..." (Having to just score and score and score... outscoring whatever the opponents put on the board?)
No, it's offensive lineman Guy McIntyre #62 (who was a rookie that season) that looks like Von Miller. Most people remember him for being the blocking fullback that Bill Walsh used on the Bears very late in the game in the '84 NFC Championship. Mike Ditka would seek revenge the next season by using William "The Refrigerator" Perry as a running back in a regular season revenge game between the two teams. McIntyre would play on three 49er Super Bowl teams (XIX, XXIII, XXIV), was invited to five Pro Bowls, and was an All-Pro three times.
Four calendar years later, the Niners would play a regular season game at Stanford Stadium due to Candlestick Park suffering damage from the earthquake that also interrupted the 1989 World Series.
My best friend (A's fan) and I were listening to 2 radios that day (Giants channel and A's channel)....playing 2-handed pinochle..... Was a cool earthquake
Gawd, that first 3 minutes with the music, thank God Disco or whatever that was died out. A lot of things haven't gotten better since the 1980's but at least we don't have to listen to that anymore.
This script is so familiar, I swear the feeling is there for this upcoming SB , I'm cheering for the Chiefs but I have the feeling that the 49ers are going to win in a blowout, say 45 -17
@@joerules829 It would have been different with a Walsh or Seifert that's for showThe ass clown of a coach they have now was also responsible for the supposed meltdown against the cheatriots when they played Atlanta
The 49ers won the line of scrimmage. That's what won them the game: Miami couldn't get their offense going because of the 49er D-line, and the 49er O-line kept the Dolphins at bay all day.
Jeffrey Osbourne KILLED that intro song! Just killed it. They used it for the "This Is The NFL" weekly show. Would be totally awesome if they used it again in some capacity.
+Ignorant YouKnowWhat Hell yeah...that's the best conference title game intro ever with the juxtaposition of how the franchises went off of The Catch, the theme from Hook, and Summerall's iconic voice. Can't do any better
This game could've been an even bigger blowout. The Dolphins only TD was the result of a no-huddle drive that left the 49ers with their run personnel on the field. Otherwise it was all 49ers.
I believe the 49ers last offensive drive got them down inside the Dolphins 5 yard line. They just weren't motivated to score again by that point, and let the Dolphins have it back on 4th and goal from that close.
It is so weird seeing the Dolphins in a Super Bowl considering they haven't been to the conference championship game in 24 years and have not been in serious contention for the Super Bowl since 1994 (miracle comeback by the Chargers). Ironically, Dan Marino beat Joe Montana in his last ever playoff game that year. Can we agree that this intro is about the most 1980's thing ever?
Felipe Gonzalez they woulda still lost cause that 49ers squad was a machine, but they definitely woulda put up more of a fight than the chargers, especially seeing as how they wouldn’t have wanted to get totally humiliated in a super bowl in their home stadium.
@@sickofguysnamedtodd2293 I don't see Miami beating Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh in 1994. I still find it hard to believe the Chargers won there. Neil O'Donnell was no legend. But the Steelers had a lot of really good defensive players and enough offensive talent to win that game. They played down to the Chargers and then the next year played down to the Colts but got away with it.
@@MGAF688 I think Dolphins would've had a chance at Pittsburgh. They lost a tough OT regular season game at Pitt that season, so I think it would've been another close game in the title game. However, had Dolphins advance to Super Bowl, I don't think they would had much of a chance against that 49ers juggernaut, but that's bc nobody was beating the Niners that year.
The opening theme may be corny as hell, but there's no denying the power of Jeffrey Osborne's vocals....one of the most criminally underrated artists of his generation. As for this game....Imo Shula stopped truly coaching after '83....and basically let it be the Dan Marino show. As great as he was.....a great qb and two dynamic receivers dont win championships...complete teams do. Montana was humble enough to let Walsh call the plays and not always look for numbers. Not that Marino wasn't a gutsy winner...but at times he was his own worst enemy. Still two of the greatest qbs of all time.
I LOVED this game just wish someone would televise it. Too many great players on this 49er team to choose just one as the best player. And every player got to play in this game !!!!!
Joe Montana played in 4 Super Bowls and won them all. Dan Marino played in only 1 Super Bowl and lost. Hands down, Marino had the better arm. And although Montana had a lot of great teams built around him and Marino never did, Montana was a better runner and much better at improvisation than Marino ever was.
As a testament to how good the 49ers Defense was, that no huddle drive of Miami's is the only touchdown they gave up in the postseason. The Giants touchdown in the divisional round was a pick 6.
I believe most of the songs heard in any NFL Film's production are titled and part of the NFL Film's sound library. Many of them were uploaded on the defunct streamed music site Grooveshark, but you might find them if someone has uploaded the the NFL's Autumn Thunder set.
Walsh absolutely ‘schooled’ Shula in this game. This Dolphins team is arguably the worst/least prepared football team going into a Super Bowl. I know, hard to figure with Don Shula at the helm.
GolfMetrics I read when the 49ers watched films of the Dolphins games before the SB they saw that when the Dolphins defense saw the next play was going to be a pass, the linebackers would completely turn their backs to the line of scrimmage. Montana said when they saw that they couldn't wait to play them. Like you, I also find unbelievable that Don Shula would miss something like that.
@@MsHhhunter not at all shocking. Shula lost super bowl 3 with possibly the greatest team in history, all because he didn't want Unitas in Baltimore anymore. I guess it doesn't matter anymore because SB3 was fixed so the Jets and Namath could win.So have several other SBs. Maybe not the outcome but to cover a spread.
