Niner Noise
FanSided

10 Reasons You Know You’re a San Francisco 49ers Fan

By Peter Panacy

Sep 14, 2015; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers fans tailgate with flags before the game against the Minnesota Vikings at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 14, 2015; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers fans tailgate with flags before the game against the Minnesota Vikings at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
6 of 11
Next
Sep 14, 2015; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers former players Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott, and Jerry Rice laugh on the sideline during the second quarter against the Minnesota Vikings at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 14, 2015; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers former players Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott, and Jerry Rice laugh on the sideline during the second quarter against the Minnesota Vikings at Levi’s Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports /

No. 6: Super Bowl XXIII Was the Best Super Bowl in NFL History

It was the game that defined quarterback Joe Montana’s NFL career — the game that forever established the Hall of Famer as “Joe Cool.”

CBS Sports ranked Super Bowl XXIII, between the 49ers and Cincinnati Bengals, as the eighth-best Super Bowl in NFL history.

Niners fans know better.

Trailing 16-13 and with 3:10 left in the fourth quarter, Montana and Co. engineered a now-famous drive ending in an unforgettable pass to wide receiver John Taylor with only 34 seconds remaining in the game.

And fans might recall how Montana, in an attempt to calm down his offense, looked over to the sidelines and said, “Hey, isn’t that John Candy?”.

Montana’s game-winning drive should be viewed as one would do in a quarterbacking clinic.