#21: Goal Line Stand against Bengals

In case you missed the introduction, for the month of September HMB is counting down the Top 30 Bay Area sports YouTube clips. It's pretty simple: one per day for the entire month, excluding the Oakland A's and Raiders because, well, we don't like them and from their attendance figures, it doesn't seem that many people do either.

A young and inexperienced 49er team rolled into the Motor City euphorically after upsetting the Dallas Cowboys on Dwight Clark's famed catch. All that stood between Bill Walsh, Joe Montana, Clark and Ronnie Lott were the Cincinnati Bengals, a good but not imposing team; how can you be when Cris Freakin' Collinsworth is your top receiving threat? Nonetheless, the Niners took an early lead and went into the half primed to bring San Francisco its first Lombardi Trophy. But the Bengals crept back into the game, and behind the mustachioed Ken Anderson drove inside the 49er five-yard line with a chance to pull within six. After getting stuffed on two consecutive running plays, the Bengals decided to try to fool the Niners with play-action--Dan Bunz would have none of it. The stop on fourth down finished off the greatest goal line stand in Super Bowl history and, for all intents and purposes, slammed the door on the Bengals. The Niners would win Super Bowl XVI and begin their quest to become the team of '80s.