"1990 Super Bowl" redirects here. For the Super Bowl that was played at the completion of the 1990 season, see Super Bowl XXV.
Super Bowl XXIV
San Francisco 49ers (1) (NFC) (14–2)
Denver Broncos (1) (AFC) (11–5)
55
10
Head coach: George Seifert
Head coach: Dan Reeves
1
2
3
4
Total
SF
13
14
14
14
55
DEN
3
0
7
0
10
Date
January 28, 1990 (1990-01-28)
Stadium
Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
MVP
Joe Montana, quarterback
Favorite
49ers by 12[1][2]
Referee
Dick Jorgensen
Attendance
72,919[3]
Hall of Famers
49ers: Eddie DeBartolo, Jr. (owner), Charles Haley, Ronnie Lott, Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Steve Young Broncos: Pat Bowlen (owner), Steve Atwater, John Elway
Ceremonies
National anthem
Aaron Neville
Coin toss
Mel Blount, Terry Bradshaw, Art Shell, and Willie Wood
Halftime show
Pete Fountain, Doug Kershaw, and Irma Thomas
TV in the United States
Network
CBS
Announcers
Pat Summerall, John Madden, Irv Cross and Will McDonough
Nielsen ratings
39.0 (est. 73.85 million viewers)[4]
Market share
63
Cost of 30-second commercial
$700,000
Radio in the United States
Network
CBS Radio
Announcers
Jack Buck, Hank Stram and Randy Cross
← XXIII
Super Bowl
XXV →
Super Bowl XXIV was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion San Francisco 49ers and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1989 season. The game was played on January 28, 1990, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 49ers defeated the Broncos by the score of 55–10, winning their second consecutive Super Bowl, and then-tying the Pittsburgh Steelers with four Super Bowl victories. San Francisco also became the first team to win back-to-back Super Bowls with two different head coaches; rookie head coach George Seifert took over after Bill Walsh retired following the previous season's Super Bowl.
The 49ers finished the 1989 regular season with a league best 14–2 record. The Broncos, who posted an 11–5 regular season record, entered the Super Bowl looking to avoid tying the Minnesota Vikings with four Super Bowl losses as well as the Vikings record of losing three Super Bowls in four years.
This game remains the most lopsided in Super Bowl history. San Francisco's 55 points were the most ever scored by one team, and their 45-point margin of victory is the largest ever. Also this set the record and is still the game with the largest difference in total offense yardage with 294 (San Francisco with 461 and Denver 167). The 49ers are also the only team to score at least eight touchdowns in a Super Bowl and at least two touchdowns in each quarter (the only mistake was a missed extra point attempt that occurred at the end of the first quarter). It is the third Super Bowl, the first two being VI (which also happened to be played in New Orleans) and XVIII where the winning team outscored the losing team in all four quarters.
San Francisco quarterback Joe Montana was named the Super Bowl MVP, his third award in his fourth Super Bowl victory. He completed 22 of 29 passes for a total of 297 yards and a Super Bowl record 5 touchdowns, while also rushing for 15 yards. Montana's 75.9 completion percentage was the second highest in Super Bowl history, and he also set a record by completing 13 consecutive passes during the game and broke two Super Bowl records set by Terry Bradshaw; most touchdown passes in a single game: 5 (breaking Bradshaw's record of 4) and most touchdown passes in Super Bowl play: 11 (breaking Bradshaw's record of 9). Montana became the third player in league history to win both the Super Bowl MVP and the AP Most Valuable Player Award during the same season, after Bart Starr and Terry Bradshaw who did so in the 1966 and 1978 seasons, respectively.
^DiNitto, Marcus (January 25, 2015). "Super Bowl Betting History – Underdogs on Recent Roll". The Sporting News. Archived from the original on February 4, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
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^"Historical Super Bowl Nielsen TV Ratings, 1967–2009 – Ratings". TVbytheNumbers. Archived from the original on February 8, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
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