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Posted on May 23, 2022

Five interesting facts about the great Joe Montana of the San Francisco 49ers

The San Francisco 49ers were one of the best teams in modern football and probably the best team of the 1980s. With all their accomplishments, including multiple Super Bowl wins, it’s no wonder they also became for a time the the most popular team in the league. None of this could have happened, however, had they not used their third-round pick in the 1979 NFL Draft to select University of Notre Dame quarterback Joe Montana.

Joe Montana was an exceptional football player and played perhaps the biggest role in bringing the San Francisco franchise back from the bottom tier of the NFL to the group of all-time great teams. He accomplished a lot during his career, and here are five interesting facts about 49ers great Joe Montana.

#1 – The first of many. The first touchdown Joe Montana would throw in the NFL was a 16-yard pass to Bob Bruer in the fourth quarter of a 38-28 loss to the Denver Broncos in 1979. This was the only touchdown he threw during his rookie season, since it wasn’t until 1980 that he would become a starter.

#2 – No player would catch more touchdown passes from Joe Montana than Jerry Rice. He and his quarterback connected 55 times to score during their time together.

#3: Joe Montana threw more touchdown passes against the Atlanta Falcons than against any other team in the NFL. Throughout his career, he threw 38 touchdown passes against Atlanta, just topping the 37 he threw against the Los Angeles Rams.

#4 – He threw for more touchdowns in the second quarter than any other quarter in the game. His 89 touchdowns in the second quarter dwarf the 68 he threw in the fourth quarter, the 62 he threw in the first quarter and the 54 he threw in the third quarter.

#5 – Davis gets excited. The last regular season touchdown pass Joe Montana would throw came in the 1994 season game. It was a 19-9 win over the Raiders and the pass was thrown in the first quarter, went 47 yards and was caught by Chiefs wide receiver Willie Davis. The last touchdown pass Montana threw as a 49er came two years earlier and went for eight yards to running back Amp Lee.

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