bengals super bowl 1988

Craig was also a key contributor, leading the team in receptions (76) while finishing the season with a total of 2,036 combined rushing and receiving yards and 10 touchdowns, earning him the The Bengals were also a team on the rebound. Later on, Bengals defensive lineman Tim Krumrie twisted his ankle nearly 180 degrees, shattering two bones in his left leg. However, after a dropped pass by Jerry Rice, the 49ers offense could not get a first down, and they had to settle for Cofer's 32-yard field goal to tie the game.

The most 100-yard rushing games in a Bengals season is seven, during the 12–4 season of 1988.

Then after reaching the Cincinnati 42-yard line, Montana spotted defensive back Lewis Billups trying to cover Rice one-on-one and made him pay for it by completing a pass to the receiver at the 10. The 49ers defeated the Bengals 20–16, winning their third Super Bowl.

Then the San Francisco quarterback completed a 40-yard pass to Craig on the first play of the 4th quarter, moving the ball to the Bengals 14-yard line. Although it was reported at the time and widely believed that his foot caught in the grass, causing the break, a Cincinnati videographer had the best angle, and the breaks to Krumrie's leg occurred when San Francisco running back Roger Craig's knee smashed through both lower leg bones. Krumrie suffered two breaks in his tibia and another in his fibula. Super Bowl XXIII was an American football game between the American Football Conference champion Cincinnati Bengals and the National Football Conference champion San Francisco 49ers to decide the National Football League champion for the 1988 season.

Assuming that the Bengals would expect him to throw the ball near the sidelines (to enable the receivers to step out of bounds to immediately stop the clock), Montana first threw a pair of completions in the middle of the field, one to Craig and one to tight end John Frank.

His 18.7 yards per return was also the highest average in Super Bowl history. But on the ensuing kickoff, But the 49ers immediately responded with a touchdown of their own on an 85-yard, 4-play drive.

But they could only reach their 43 before being forced to punt.

Thanks to Taylor, a seemingly routine punt had turned into a double record setter. Cofer's ensuing kickoff went out of bounds, giving the Bengals the ball at their own 35-yard line.

On the third play of the game, 49ers tackle Steve Wallace was taken off the field with a broken ankle.

The 49ers also became the first team since the NFL went to a 16-game schedule in 1978 to win the Super Bowl after winning only 10 games during the regular season. The 49ers then forced the Bengals to punt on their next drive. Ickey Woods set the franchise record for most rushing yards in a postseason game when he rumbled for 126 yards in Cincinnati's 21–13 victory over Seattle in the AFC Divisional Playoffs (Dec. 31).

While in Miami, Cincinnati suffered a major blow even before the game began.

During the strike-shortened 1987 season, quarterback Boomer Esiason and head coach Sam Wyche had openly feuded, and the team finished with a miserable 4–11 record.

But on the next play, Montana hit Rice with a 27-yard completion giving the 49ers the ball at the Cincinnati 18.

It became the defining moment of Montana's "Joe Cool" reputation. Late in the third quarter, Bengals running back Stanley Wilson gained 6 yards on a fake punt attempt, and Cincinnati drove to score on Woods' second touchdown of the game, increasing their lead to 21–10. In the seasons final week, the Bengals came from behind to beat the Tim Krumrie may perhaps be best known for suffering one of the most dramatic football injuries ever televised, a shattered leg during Super Bowl XXIII. First, Montana threw a short pass to Jerry Rice, who turned it into a 31-yard gain.

Montana's next pass was dropped by Bengals cornerback Lewis Billups in the end zone.

Cincinnati then forced San Francisco to punt, but on the first play of their next drive, 49ers rookie linebacker Bill Romanowski intercepted a pass from Esiason at the Bengals' 23-yard line. Cofer then attempted a 19-yard field goal, but a poor snap from center Randy Cross (though NBC's Dick Enberg initially blamed backup guard Chuck Thomas; who lined up next to Cross) threw off the kicker's timing and his kick sailed wide left.

Taylor nearly turned the ball over by fumbling Johnson's punt, but his teammate Darryl Pollard recovered the ball at the San Francisco 18-yard line. On the third play of the game, 49ers tackle After the two teams traded punts on their first drives of the game, the 49ers, aided by a roughing the passer penalty and a 17-yard screen pass to fullback On the 49ers' next drive, Montana threw a pass to wide receiver Then after reaching the Cincinnati 42-yard line, Montana spotted defensive back The 49ers then forced the Bengals to punt on their next drive. Cofer's ensuing kickoff went out of bounds, giving the Bengals the ball at their own 35. On the first play of the ensuing drive, Montana completed a 44-yard pass to Rice, and then Craig ran for 7 yards, moving the ball to the Bengals 31-yard line. For the coaches, they can look back on that season and want to create a season like that in 2018.