1982: XVII: Joe Theismann: Super Bowl Winning QB Team Losing QB Team Quarterbacks with multiple Super Bowl starts Super Bowl(s) Win % Ref The 49ers defeated the Bengals by the score of 26–21 to win their first Super Bowl. The game was played on January 24, 1982, at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, a suburb northwest of downtown Detroit. It was the first Super Bowl to be held in a cold-weather city. San Francisco 49ers 26 vs. Cincinnati Bengals 21 on January 24th, 1982 - Full team and player stats and box score Super Bowl Winners. Super Bowl Leaders, Super Super Bowl XVI. On January 24, 1982 Super Bowl 16 was played in Pontiac, Michigan at the Pontiac Sliverdome. Bill Walsh's San Francisco 49ers faced Forrest Gregg's Cincinnati Bengals. MVP, Joe Montana, inched his Forty-Niners into Super Bowl Sixteen by completing a last second touchdown to Dwight Clark in the NFC Title Game, known as "The Catch Ray Wersching's Super Bowl record-tying 4 field goals and Joe Montana's controlled passing helped lift the San Francisco 49ers to their first NFL championship with a 26-21 victory over Cincinnati. Introduction. Super Bowl XVI, played on January 24, 1982, featured the San Francisco 49ers facing off against the Cincinnati Bengals. Held at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, this game marked the 49ers’ first Super Bowl appearance under head coach Bill Walsh and quarterback Joe Montana. Check out the 1982 San Francisco 49ers Roster, Players , Starters and more on Pro-Football-Reference.com. QB: Joe Montana: 26: 3: 9: 213 for 346, 2,613 yards, 17 January 24, 1982 – San Francisco 49ers 26 vs. Cincinnati Bengals 21 – Super Bowl XVI A version of this article appears in print on , Section C, Page 1 of the National edition with the headline: 49ers HOLD OFF BENGALS, WIN SUPER BOWL, 26-21. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe The 1982 Super Bowl, officially known as Super Bowl XVI, was played on January 24, 1982 at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. This game saw the San Francisco 49ers defeat the Cincinnati Bengals by a score of 26-21. Elway and the Broncos were beaten up again in Super Bowl XII by another NFC East team; this time, it was MVP Doug Williams and his Washington teammates smashing Denver 42-10 to get on the list of Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks. Williams was the first African-American quarterback to win a Super Bowl. Super Bowl 17 (1982): Joe Theisman (33) Super Bowl 18 (1983): Jim Plunkett (36) Crazy that Kenny Pickett will be the first starting rookie QB to win the Super Bowl. Check out the 1982 NFL Passing Stats and more on Pro-football-reference.com. Super Bowl Champion: Washington Redskins. Super Bowl Winners. Super Bowl Leaders, Check out the 1982 Washington Redskins Roster, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees, Injury Reports and more on Pro-Football-Reference.com. Other Notable Asst.: Bruce Coslet (Wide Receivers), Dick LeBeau (Defensive Backs), Dick Modzelewski (Defensive Line) and George Sefcik (Quarterbacks/RB) Stadium: Riverfront Stadium. Principal Owner/General Manager: Paul Brown. Defensive Alignment: 3-4. Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +700. Training Camp: Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio) More Lost Super Bowl 17-27 vs. Washington Redskins. Defensive Coordinator: Bill Arnsparger. Other Notable Asst.: Steve Crosby (Special Teams), John Sandusky (Offensive Line), Mike Scarry (Defensive Line) and David Shula (Wide Receivers) Stadium: Orange Bowl. Founder/Principal Owner: Joe Robbie. General Manager: Mike Robbie. Head Coach/Player Oliver Stone’s decision to name the main character in the 1983 film “Scarface” after 49ers quarterback Joe Montana is one of over 50 IMDB trivia items about the 1983 film “Scarface” IMDB. Montana led the 49ers to victory at the 1982 Super Bowl, the first of the team’s 4 Super Bowl wins. The Redskins playing against the Dolphins in Super Bowl XVII. The 1982 NFL season was the 63rd regular 1982: Quarterback Ken Stabler, winner of Super Bowl XI Super Bowl XVII was the Redskins' first Super Bowl victory (third NFL championship overall) and their second Super Bowl appearance; they were defeated by the Dolphins, 14–7, in Super Bowl VII. This was the second rematch in Super Bowl history (the first being the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowls X and XIII The 1982 Washington Redskins had given their crazed fan base its first Super Bowl title. It was easy in the moment for outside observers to think the 1982 title run was a fluke, a byproduct of an entire season that was off-kilter. Gibbs and his team proved everyone wrong. It turned out, the winning was just getting started.
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