Won Divisional Playoffs (vs. Redskins) 28–10 Lost NFC Championship (vs. Giants) 13–15
Pro Bowlers
5[1]
QB Joe Montana
WR Jerry Rice
G Guy McIntyre
LB Charles Haley
FS Ronnie Lott
AP All-Pros
7[2]
QB Joe Montana
WR Jerry Rice
G Guy McIntyre
DE Kevin Fagan
LB Charles Haley
CB Don Griffin
FS Ronnie Lott
← 1989
49ers seasons
1991 →
The 1990 San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise's 41st season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 45th overall. the team entered the 1990 season heavily favored to win their third consecutive Super Bowl. The season was highlighted by their victory over the New York Giants on Monday Night Football in Week 13. Throughout the season, the 49ers and the Giants were the two best teams in the NFL and they met again in the NFC Championship Game.
Between 1988 and 1990, the 49ers set a league record with 18 consecutive road victories. Jerry Rice had a career year by becoming the fourth receiver in the history of American football to have at least 100 receptions in one season. The 49ers won their fifth consecutive NFC West Division Title. Dating back to 1989, the 49ers completed a fifteen-game unbeaten streak in the regular season (5 victories in the last 5 games of 1989 and 10 victories in the first ten games of 1990).
The 49ers lost in the final seconds of the NFC Championship Game on a field goal by the eventual Super Bowl champion New York Giants, denying them a chance at a "three-peat" in the Super Bowl.
Following this season, the 49ers left team stalwarts Roger Craig (RB) and Ronnie Lott (FS) unprotected and let them go to the Los Angeles Raiders via Plan B free agency. Quarterback Joe Montana remained on the roster for the next two seasons, but never started another game for the 49ers. This would ultimately be the de facto final season for Montana as the 49ers starting quarterback, Montana would sit out all of 1991 and most of the 1992 Season due to an elbow injury.
Montana had the NFL's highest salary in 1990 at $4 million, and the 49ers had the league's highest team payroll ($26.8 million).[3]
^"1990 NFL Pro Bowlers". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
^"1990 NFL All-Pros". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
^Goldberg, Dave (December 12, 1990). "Forty-Niners also have super payroll". Victoria Advocate. (Texas). Associated Press. p. 4B.
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