Super Bowl XVI
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Date | January 24, 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Stadium | Nielsen ratings 49.1 | (85.24 million viewers)[4] | |||||||||||||||||
Market share | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cost of 30-second commercial | $324,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Network | CBS Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Jack Buck and Hank Stram | ||||||||||||||||||
Super Bowl XVI was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion San Francisco 49ers and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Cincinnati Bengals to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1981 season. 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
For the first time since Super Bowl III, both teams were making their first Super Bowl appearance. The 49ers posted a 13–3 regular season record, and playoff wins over the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys. The Bengals finished the regular season with a 12–4 record, and had postseason victories over the Buffalo Bills and the San Diego Chargers.
Cincinnati's 356 yards of offense to San Francisco's 275 marked the first time in Super Bowl history that a team which was outgained in total yards won. The Bengals also committed four turnovers to San Francisco's one, which played a major factor in the outcome. Anderson was also sacked five times, while Montana was only sacked once. Super Bowl XVI was initially dominated by the 49ers. Three of Cincinnati's turnovers helped San Francisco build a then-Super Bowl record 20–0 halftime lead, off a touchdown pass and a rushing touchdown from quarterback
Background
Host selection process
The NFL awarded Super Bowl XVI to Detroit on March 13, 1979, at the owners' meetings in Honolulu. For the first time, three Super Bowl host cities were deliberated and selected at the same meeting (XV, XVI, and XVII). A total of eight cities submitted bids: New Orleans, Detroit (Silverdome), Pasadena (Rose Bowl), Los Angeles (Coliseum), Miami, Seattle (Kingdome), Dallas (Cotton Bowl), and Houston (Rice Stadium). For the first time, a northern, cold weather climate city was picked to host a Super Bowl. The game would be played inside the Pontiac Silverdome, in the Detroit suburb of Pontiac. Former NFL executive director Don Weiss wrote in his book "The Making of the Super Bowl" that the game had been awarded to the Silverdome by the league as a "reward" to the locally headquartered automobile companies Ford Motor Company and Chrysler for their "many years of sponsoring pro football".[5] Automotive executives Tom Murphy (GM), Henry Ford II (Ford), John J. Riccardo (Chrysler), and Gerald C. Meyers (AMC) were all members of the Detroit host committee.[6][7]
Michigan governor William Milliken, Detroit mayor Coleman Young, and Pontiac mayor Wallace E. Holland were part of the delegation, and notably offered the Silverdome rent-free. Detroit received rousing support from several NFL owners, including George Halas, Art Rooney, and Paul Brown.[8][9] New Orleans (XV) and Pasadena (XVII) were other cities chosen at the meeting.[10][11]
After hosting five previous Super Bowls, Miami was noticeably left out, largely due the aging condition of the Orange Bowl, and for a hotel room mix-up at Super Bowl XIII two months earlier.[6][7] Dolphins owner Joe Robbie, locked in an ongoing feud with the city of Miami and Dade County over stadium improvements or construction of a new stadium, actually lobbied against Miami hosting the game. Robbie convinced the other owners to vote down Miami, in an effort to gain leverage towards building a new stadium. South Florida would not be selected to host another Super Bowl until Joe Robbie Stadium was built, and it hosted XXIII.[12][13]
San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco finished the regular season with a league-best 13–3 record. The 49ers' success surprised many because they finished with a 6–10 record during the previous season and a 2–14 record in 1979 (they even still had home blackouts early on in the 1981 season, the last blackouts for the 49ers to date). A major reason for the team's improvement was the emergence of their young quarterback
Although the 49ers had three rookies starting as defensive backs, they all were major defensive threats:
Cincinnati Bengals
The Bengals finished with the best regular-season record in the AFC at 12–4. Cincinnati was also a surprise team because, like the 49ers, they had recorded a 6–10 record during the previous season. Until the 1981 season, they had never won a playoff game in their entire history.
Bengals quarterback
The Bengals also had a good defense that had not given up more than 30 points in any game that season. Their line was anchored by defensive ends Ross Browner and Eddie Edwards, who did a great job stopping the run. Cincinnati's defense was also led by defensive backs Louis Breeden and Ken Riley, and linebackers Bo Harris, Jim LeClair, and Reggie Williams, who intercepted four passes and recovered three fumbles.
Playoffs
The Bengals earned their first playoff victory in team history by defeating the Buffalo Bills 28–21, then beating the San Diego Chargers 27–7 in a game known as the Freezer Bowl because of the −59 wind chill conditions at Riverfront Stadium. Meanwhile, the 49ers would defeat the New York Giants 38–24, then narrowly beat the Dallas Cowboys 28–27 on a last-minute touchdown pass known as The Catch.
Super Bowl pregame news
The 49ers had handily beaten the Bengals in a December game played in Cincinnati and consequently were installed as a 1-point favorite. That said, going into Super Bowl XVI, most experts agreed that both teams were very evenly matched, but many thought Pete Johnson's rushing ability could prove to be the difference. Some also pointed out that Ken Anderson was an established 11-year veteran who had just finished the best season of his career, while the young Montana was only just starting to emerge as a top-notch quarterback. Furthermore, Anderson had advanced through the playoffs without throwing a single interception, while Montana had been intercepted 4 times, 3 of them in the NFC title game.
During the season, both teams had shown impressive ball security. Cincinnati had the fewest turnovers of any team during the 1981 season with 24, while San Francisco ranked second with 25.
Cincinnati head coach Forrest Gregg became the first man to play in a Super Bowl and then be a head coach in a Super Bowl. Gregg played in Super Bowls I and II as a member of the Green Bay Packers. (Gregg was on the roster for the Dallas Cowboys for Super Bowl VI, but did not play.) Tom Flores was on the Kansas City Chiefs' roster in Super Bowl IV and coached in Super Bowl XV. However, Flores did not play in Super Bowl IV.
This was the first Super Bowl to feature two first-time participants since Super Bowl III (there has been only one since, Super Bowl XX between the Chicago Bears and New England Patriots). This was also the only Super Bowl to date between two teams who had losing records the previous season, although Super Bowl XXXIV matched a team that had a losing record in 1998 (St. Louis Rams) against a team that finished a mediocre 8–8 that year (Tennessee Titans). This is the most recent Super Bowl in which both teams had never appeared in any AFL/NFL title game before the merger (the 49ers had played in the final championship game of the All-America Football Conference before joining the NFL in 1950).
This is the only Super Bowl to be played at the Pontiac Silverdome. The Super Bowl did return to Michigan for
As the designated home team, the Bengals wore their black home uniforms with white pants, while the 49ers donned their road white uniforms with gold pants.
On the day of the game, a 49ers bus which had Bill Walsh and Montana on board was stuck in traffic due to bad weather and a motorcade carrying then-Vice President George H. W. Bush. As a result, they did not arrive at the stadium until 90 minutes before kickoff time. "Coach Walsh was pretty loose on the bus," Montana told Sports Illustrated after the game. "He said, ‘I’ve got the radio on and we’re leading 7–0. The trainer’s calling the plays.’"[14]
Broadcasting
The game was televised in the
Hosting coverage for
This Super Bowl was simulcast in Canada on the CTV Television Network, which was airing the Super Bowl for the first time.
The game was broadcast on nationwide radio by
The game was
60 Minutes was CBS's Super Bowl lead-out program.
Entertainment
The pregame festivities featured the University of Michigan Band. The band later performed the Canadian National Anthem, which was not televised. Singer Diana Ross (a Detroit native) then performed the U.S. national anthem, which followed a moment of silence in support of the Polish trade union Solidarity following the crackdown by the communist government of Poland on the pro-democracy union. Ross would later perform at the halftime show for Super Bowl XXX. This was the first of two Super Bowls, both held in Michigan, in which two national anthems were performed, and to have a joint Canadian-American armed forces color guard, which consisted of members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Camp Grayling color guards. The coin toss ceremony featured Hall of Fame quarterback Bobby Layne, a star with the Lions from 1950 to 1958.
Up with People provided the halftime entertainment featuring a salute to the 1960s and Motown. This was the first Super Bowl to be played in the Midwest.
Game summary
First quarter
Cincinnati had the first opportunity to score early in the game. After returning the opening kickoff 17 yards, 49ers running back/returner Amos Lawrence was hit by Bengals linebacker Guy Frazier and fumbled at his own 26-yard line (the first time in a Super Bowl that a turnover took place on the opening kick), where cornerback John Simmons recovered the ball for Cincinnati. Quarterback Ken Anderson then started the drive off with a completion to wide receiver Isaac Curtis for 8 yards, and fullback Pete Johnson's 2-yard run then picked up a first down. Anderson followed with an 11-yard pass to tight end Dan Ross, moving the ball to the 5-yard line. However, running back Charles Alexander was unable to move the ball forward on first down, and then Anderson was sacked by defensive end Jim Stuckey on second down for a 6-yard loss. Facing 3rd-and-goal from the 11, Anderson tried to connect with Curtis in the end zone, but 49ers safety Dwight Hicks intercepted the pass at the 5-yard line and returned it 27 yards to the 32.
From there, quarterback
Second quarter
Cincinnati threatened to tie the game early in the second quarter when they got the ball back at their own 49 and advanced across the San Francisco 30-yard line on an 18-yard reception by wide receiver Cris Collinsworth. But after catching a 19-yard pass from Anderson at the 5-yard line, Collinsworth was stripped of the ball by 49ers cornerback Eric Wright, and cornerback Lynn Thomas recovered the fumble. San Francisco then drove for a Super Bowl record 92 yards on Montana's passes to Solomon and Clark for 20 and 12 yards, respectively, as well as a 14-yard run by fullback Earl Cooper. The drive ended with Montana's 10-yard touchdown pass to Cooper, increasing the 49ers' lead to 14–0. The play Cooper scored on had not been called by Bill Walsh for two years. Cooper's leaping, celebratory spike of the football after the touchdown became the photo Sports Illustrated used for its post-game cover.
Following Cooper's touchdown came a squib kick by kicker Ray Wersching that was finally recovered by Bengals wide receiver David Verser, who was quickly tackled at the 2-yard line. According to the NFL's highlight film for the game, the 49ers had discovered Wersching's ability to effectively use the squib during their 1981 season opener when a leg injury kept him from fully powering into the football; because that game was also played at the Silverdome, Walsh felt that Wersching would be able to recreate the crazy bounces of a squib on the hard AstroTurf by shortening his stride and seeing what happened. The Bengals managed to escape a safety when Anderson completed a 10-yard pass to Ross from his own end zone, but they could only advance to their 25 before having Pat McInally boot a 47-yard punt, and with just over 4 minutes left in the half, Montana led the 49ers on another scoring drive. First, he completed a 17-yard pass to Clark at the Cincinnati 49. Then Patton ran twice for a total of 10 yards, advancing the ball to the 39-yard line. Montana's next two completions to Clark (his fourth and final reception of the game) and Solomon moved the ball to the 5-yard line. But then Montana threw two straight incompletions, forcing the 49ers to settle for Wersching's 22-yard field goal to increase their lead to 17–0.
With just 15 seconds left in the half, Wersching kicked another squib kick that was muffed by Bengals running back Archie Griffin, and 49ers linebacker Milt McColl recovered the ball on the Cincinnati 4-yard line. As they lined up for a field goal attempt, a false start penalty against San Francisco's offensive line pushed them back 5 yards, but Wersching connected from 26 yards, increasing the 49ers' lead to 20–0, which was the largest halftime lead in Super Bowl history to that date, breaking the previous record of 17 points set by Miami in Super Bowl VIII. The 49ers' 20–0 halftime lead became the largest shutout lead at halftime in Super Bowl history. The previous record was held by the Miami Dolphins which held a 17–0 lead at halftime of Super Bowl VIII. Since then, four Super Bowls have had teams with leads of at least 20 points at halftime: Super Bowl XX (Chicago led New England 23–3), Super Bowl XXII (Washington led Denver 35–10), Super Bowl XXIV (San Francisco led Denver 27–3) and Super Bowl XLVIII (Seattle led Denver 22–0, which set the new record for largest shutout halftime lead).
Third quarter
After receiving the opening kickoff of the second half, the Bengals drove 83 yards in 9 plays. Alexander started off the drive with a 13-yard carry, with a facemask penalty on Hicks giving an additional 5 yards. Three plays later, Anderson converted a 3rd-and-4 on a 19-yard pass to wide receiver Steve Kreider, followed by a 13-yard pass to Curtis, and eventually finished the drive himself with a 5-yard touchdown run to cut Cincinnati's deficit to 20–7. This seemed to fire up their defense, which limited the 49ers to only 8 plays and 4 offensive yards for the entire third quarter.
After the next three possessions ended in punts, Bengals safety
However, the San Francisco defense stiffened to keep Cincinnati out of the end zone. On first down, Johnson drove into the line and gained 2 yards down to the 49ers' 1-yard line. The Bengals then tried to run Johnson into the line on second down, but lost a yard when a charging rush prevented the Bengals from executing their blocking assignments. Cincinnati receiver David Verser also missed a blocking audible by Anderson. On third down, 49ers linebacker Dan Bunz made essentially the key defensive play of the game. Anderson faked to Johnson and threw a swing pass out to Alexander, who was isolated on Bunz. Bunz, however, corralled Alexander at the line of scrimmage on an open-field tackle and kept him from reaching the end zone. Highlights showed that Alexander was supposed to have entered the end zone before making his cut, and his early turn prevented a touchdown pass.
After calling a timeout, rather than attempting a field goal on fourth down, the Bengals sent Johnson into the middle of the line one last time. But cornerback Ronnie Lott and linebackers Bunz and Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds tackled him for no gain, giving the ball back to the 49ers.
Fourth quarter
The 49ers only gained 8 yards on their ensuing drive, and the Bengals got the ball back after receiving Jim Miller's 44-yard punt at their own 47-yard line. Taking advantage of their great starting field position, the Bengals marched 53 yards in 8 plays, which included a 12-yard reception by Collinsworth, two 9-yard receptions by Ross, and a 14-yard pass interference penalty on Lott. The drive ended with Anderson's 4-yard touchdown pass to Ross, cutting the Bengals' deficit to one score at 20–14 with 10:06 left in regulation.
However, the 49ers responded with a 50-yard, 12-play drive that took 4:41 off the clock and included Montana's 22-yard pass to wide receiver Mike Wilson (his longest and final pass of the game) and seven consecutive running plays. Wilson's reception was a play Walsh specifically designed for the Super Bowl that capitalized on the Bengals doing a long-run coverage on Wilson anytime he ran a pass route over 20 yards; Wilson simply ran 25 yards straight out and then cut back to receive Montana's precision pass. Wersching ended the drive with a 40-yard field goal to put San Francisco back up by two scores, 23–14, with just 5 minutes left in the game.
On the Bengals' first play after receiving the ensuing kickoff, Wright intercepted a pass intended for Collinsworth. After returning the interception 25 yards, Wright fumbled while being tackled by Bengals guard Max Montoya, but 49ers linebacker Willie Harper recovered the ball at the Bengals' 22.
The 49ers then ran the ball on five consecutive plays, taking 3 minutes off the clock, to advance to the Cincinnati 6-yard line. Wersching then kicked his fourth field goal to increase the 49ers' lead to 26–14 with less than 2 minutes left in the game. Wersching's 4 field goals tied a Super Bowl record set by Green Bay Packers kicker Don Chandler in Super Bowl II. Because of his 4 field goals and the close score, this is the only Super Bowl in which the losing team scored more touchdowns than the winning team (Cincinnati 3, San Francisco 2).
Anderson completed six consecutive passes on the Bengals' ensuing drive, the last one a 3-yard touchdown pass to Ross to make the score 26–21. However, none of the receivers on Anderson's completions were able to get out of bounds to stop the clock. By the time Ross scored, only 16 seconds remained in the game. The Bengals tried an onside kick, but Clark recovered the ball for the 49ers, allowing San Francisco to run out the clock and claim their first Super Bowl title.
Notable performances
The game featured several great performances by players on both teams. Montana threw for 157 yards and a touchdown, while rushing for another 18 yards and a touchdown. Wright had an interception and forced a fumble. Cris Collinsworth (the game's leading receiver) caught 5 passes for 107 yards, an average of 21.4 yards per catch. Dan Ross had 11 receptions for 104 yards and 2 touchdowns. Collinsworth and Ross became the second pair of teammates to each have 100 yards receiving in a Super Bowl. Collinsworth had 107, while Ross had 104. John Stallworth and Lynn Swann were the first to do so in Super Bowl XIII. Patton was the game's leading rusher with 55 yards on 17 carries. 49ers linebacker Jack Reynolds and Bengals defensive lineman Ross Browner each had 8 tackles.
Fuller gained 35 yards on 4 punt returns. Ross caught 11 passes (the most ever by a tight end in a Super Bowl) and he was tied for the most receptions in a Super Bowl with Jerry Rice (who tied Ross' record in the Super Bowl rematch 7 years later), Deion Branch, and Wes Welker until Demaryius Thomas broke that record in Super Bowl XLVIII with 13 catches. Anderson finished the game completing 25 of 34 pass attempts for 300 yards with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. He also gained 14 rushing yards and a touchdown on 6 carries. Anderson's 25 completions and his 73.5 completion percentage were both Super Bowl records. Wersching scored 14 points on 4 field goals and 2 PATs. Wersching's squib kickoffs caused 2 Cincinnati fumbles; the 49ers recovered one of them, leading to their 2nd field goal. With the victory, Montana became at the time the second youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl (just behind his idol Joe Namath; Namath was 25 years, 7 months, and 12 days old when he won Super Bowl III, while Montana was a day older).
Box score
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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49ers (NFC) | 7 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 26 |
Bengals (AFC) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
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Final statistics
Sources: NFL.com Super Bowl XVI, Super Bowl XVI Play Finder SF, Super Bowl XVI Play Finder Cin
Statistical comparison
San Francisco 49ers | Cincinnati Bengals | |
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First downs | 20 | 24 |
First downs rushing | 9 | 7 |
First downs passing | 9 | 13 |
First downs penalty | 2 | 4 |
Third down efficiency | 8/15 | 6/12 |
Fourth down efficiency | 0/0 | 1/2 |
Net yards rushing | 127 | 72 |
Rushing attempts | 40 | 24 |
Yards per rush | 3.2 | 3.0 |
Passing – Completions/attempts | 14/22 | 25/34 |
Times sacked-total yards | 1–9 | 5–16 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 2 |
Net yards passing | 148 | 284 |
Total net yards | 275 | 356 |
Punt returns-total yards | 1–6 | 4–35 |
Kickoff returns-total yards | 2–40 | 7–52 |
Interceptions-total return yards | 2–52 | 0–0 |
Punts-average yardage | 4–46.3 | 3–43.7 |
Fumbles-lost | 2–1 | 2–2 |
Penalties-total yards | 8–65 | 8–57 |
Time of possession | 30:34 | 29:26 |
Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
Individual statistics
49ers Passing | |||||
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C/ATT1 | Yds | TD | INT | Rating | |
Joe Montana | 14/22 | 157 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
49ers Rushing | |||||
Car2 | Yds | TD | LG3 | Yds/Car | |
Ricky Patton | 17 | 55 | 0 | 10 | 3.24 |
Earl Cooper | 9 | 34 | 0 | 14 | 3.78 |
Joe Montana | 6 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 3.00 |
Bill Ring | 5 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 3.40 |
Johnny Davis | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2.50 |
Dwight Clark | 1 | –2 | 0 | –2 | –2.00 |
49ers Receiving | |||||
Rec4 | Yds | TD | LG3 | Target5 | |
Freddie Solomon | 4 | 52 | 0 | 20 | 6 |
Dwight Clark | 4 | 45 | 0 | 17 | 6 |
Earl Cooper | 2 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
Mike Wilson | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
Charle Young | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
Ricky Patton | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
Bill Ring | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Bengals Passing | |||||
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C/ATT1 | Yds | TD | INT | Rating | |
Ken Anderson | 25/34 | 300 | 2 | 2 | 95.2 |
Bengals Rushing | |||||
Car2 | Yds | TD | LG3 | Yds/Car | |
Pete Johnson | 14 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 2.57 |
Charles Alexander | 5 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 3.40 |
Ken Anderson | 4 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 3.75 |
Archie Griffin | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 |
Bengals Receiving | |||||
Rec4 | Yds | TD | LG3 | Target5 | |
Dan Ross | 11 | 104 | 2 | 16 | 13 |
Cris Collinsworth | 5 | 107 | 0 | 49 | 9 |
Isaac Curtis | 3 | 42 | 0 | 21 | 5 |
Steve Kreider | 2 | 36 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
Pete Johnson | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Charles Alexander | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
1Completions/attempts 2Carries 3Long gain 4Receptions 5Times targeted
Records set
The following records were set in Super Bowl XVI, according to the official NFL.com boxscore[16] and the Pro-Football-Reference.com game summary.[17]
Some records have to meet NFL minimum number of attempts to be recognized.[18] The minimums are shown (in parentheses).
Player Records Set[17] | ||
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Passing Records | ||
Most completions, game | 25 | Ken Anderson (Cincinnati) |
Highest completion percentage, game, (20 attempts) |
73.5% (25–34) | |
Receiving Records | ||
Most receptions, game | 11 | Dan Ross (Cincinnati) |
Records Tied | ||
Most touchdowns, game | 2 | Dan Ross (Cincinnati) |
Most receiving touchdowns, game | 2 | |
Most kickoff returns, game | 5 | David Verser (Cincinnati) |
Most field goals made, game | 4 | Ray Wersching (San Francisco) |
Most field goals made, career | 4 | |
Most 40-plus yard field goals, game | 1 |
Team Records Set[17] | ||
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Points | ||
Largest halftime lead | 20 points | 49ers |
Touchdowns | ||
Longest touchdown scoring drive | 92 yards | 49ers |
Passing | ||
Most passes completed | 25 | Bengals |
Highest completion percentage (20 attempts) |
73.5% (25–34) | |
First Downs | ||
Most first downs | 24 | Bengals |
Records Tied | ||
Most points scored, second half | 21 | Bengals |
Most points, fourth quarter | 14 | |
Fewest points, first half | 0 | |
Most first downs, penalty | 4 | |
Most kickoff returns, game | 7 | |
Most field goals made | 4 | 49ers |
Records Set, both team totals[17] | |||
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Total | 49ers | Bengals | |
Passing, Both Teams | |||
Most passes completed | 39 | 14 | 25 |
First Downs, Both Teams | |||
Most first downs | 44 | 20 | 24 |
Most first downs, penalty | 6 | 2 | 4 |
Records tied, both team totals | |||
Most field goals made | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Starting lineups
Source:[19]
Hall of Fame‡
San Francisco | Position | Position | Cincinnati |
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Offense | |||
Dwight Clark | WR | Cris Collinsworth | |
Dan Audick | LT | Anthony Muñoz‡ | |
John Ayers | LG | Dave Lapham | |
Fred Quillan | C | Blair Bush | |
Randy Cross | RG | Max Montoya | |
Keith Fahnhorst | RT | Mike Wilson | |
Charle Young | TE | Dan Ross | |
Freddie Solomon | WR | Isaac Curtis | |
Joe Montana‡ | QB | Ken Anderson | |
Ricky Patton | RB | Charles Alexander | |
Earl Cooper | FB | Pete Johnson | |
Defense | |||
Jim Stuckey | LE | Eddie Edwards | |
Archie Reese | NT | Wilson Whitley | |
Dwaine Board | RE | Ross Browner | |
Fred Dean‡ | LOLB | Bo Harris | |
Jack Reynolds |
LILB | Jim LeClair | |
Bobby Leopold | RILB | Glenn Cameron | |
Keena Turner | ROLB | Reggie Williams | |
Ronnie Lott‡ | LCB | Louis Breeden | |
Eric Wright |
RCB | Ken Riley‡ | |
Carlton Williamson | SS | Bobby Kemp | |
Dwight Hicks | FS | Bryan Hicks |
Officials
- Referee: Pat Haggerty #4 second Super Bowl (XIII)
- Umpire: Al Conway #7 third Super Bowl (IX, XIV)
- Head Linesman: Jerry Bergman #17 second Super Bowl (XIII)
- Line Judge: Bob Beeks #16 second Super Bowl (XIV)
- Back Judge: Bill Swanson #20 second Super Bowl (XI)
- Side Judge: Bob Rice #19 first Super Bowl
- Field Judge: Don Hakes #6 first Super Bowl
- Alternate Referee: Gene Barth #14 worked Super Bowl XVIII on the field
- Alternate Umpire: Pat Harder #8 did not work Super Bowl on field
NOTE: Officials were numbered separately by position from 1979 to 1981. In 1982, the league reverted to the pre-1979 practice of assigning each official a different number. Bergman, Beeks, Swanson and Hakes all worked together on the same crew during the regular season, a rarity.
In pop culture
- On Saturday Night Live, in Season 7 (1982), John Madden interviews the Cincinnati Bengals (Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo, Tim Kazurinsky, Tony Rosato, Brian Doyle-Murray) in their locker room after they've lost Super Bowl XVI and finds them depressed, angry and very dangerous.
- In The Simpsons episode "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass", Homer Simpson and Ned Flanders watch a fictitious Super Bowl XVI for inspiration to craft a halftime show.
References
Notes
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- ^ "Super Bowl Winners". National Football League. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
- ^ a b "Historical Super Bowl Nielsen TV Ratings, 1967–2009 – Ratings". TVbytheNumbers. Archived from the original on February 8, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
- ^ Pierson, Don (January 26, 2003). "Even with a new Soldier Field, our odds of hosting the NFL's premier event are about MCCLX to I". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
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- ^ "Super Bowl XVI: Montana, Niners edge Bengals, 26-21". New York Daily News.
- ^ "Super Bowl Game-Time Temperatures". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
- ^ "Super Bowl XVI box score". SuperBowl.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Archived from the original on January 18, 2008. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Super Bowl XVI statistics". Pro Football reference.com. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ^ "Super Bowl Records" (PDF). 2022 Official National Football League Record and Fact Book. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
- ^ "Super Bowl XVI–National Football League Game Summary" (PDF). National Football League. January 24, 1982. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
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