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Was there ever any doubt that he simply was going to move those Niners 92 yards down the field in the final 3:20 to beat the Cincinnati Bengals? Of course not. He completed one pass, and then another, and another. Eight of nine passes during the drive. Was there ever any better high-pressure bit of football business?

--From "An American Dream", Sports Illustrated, December 24, 1990; by Leigh Montville

Photograph by Richard Mackson

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