Recap
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Joe Montana threw three touchdowns including a 64-yard score to Jerry Rice in the fourth quarter and the 49ers beat the Green Bay Packers 24-20 at Lambeau Field. Montana finished 25 of 40 for 411 yards. Rice caught six for 187. John Taylor caught a 23-yard touchdown. Sterling Sharpe caught two touchdowns for Green Bay. The 49ers improved to 8-0.[1][2]
Columnist recap
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The 49ers' November road opener produced the year's biggest passing day from Montana and Jerry Rice and the kind of road win the defending champions had not produced consistently since the road trips of 1989. Final 24-20 over the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field.
Montana finished 25 of 40 for 411, his second 400-yard game of the year and the highest road passing total since the W6 Atlanta game. Rice six catches for 187 with a 64-yard touchdown that gave the 49ers the lead they did not give back. Brent Jones five for 57 and a 6-yard touchdown that put the road team ahead in the fourth. Taylor four for 53 and a 23-yard touchdown in the second quarter. The line did not allow a sack.
By the numbers
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49ers 24, Packers 20. Margin: plus 4. Record: 8-0. • Montana: 25 of 40, 411, 3 TDs (Taylor 23, Jones 6, Rice 64), 0 INTs, 0 sacks. • Rice: 6 catches for 187, 1 TD. • Brent Jones: 5 catches for 57, 1 TD. • Taylor: 4 catches for 53, 1 TD. • Carter: 7 carries for 13, plus 2 for 38 receiving. • Craig: 5 carries for 8. • Rathman: 2 carries for 0, plus 5 for 44. • Cofer: 1-for-1 (22). • Majkowski (GB): 22 of 33, 274, 2 TDs, 0 INTs, 4 sacks.
Film room
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A 24-20 road win at Lambeau Field. The 49ers move to 8-0, the operation's first 8-0 start since 1984 and the second-best start in franchise history.
How it unfolded
Chris Jacke kicked a 30-yard field goal for an early Green Bay lead. Sharpe caught a 20-yard touchdown from Majkowski to make it 0-10. Taylor's 23-yard touchdown cut the deficit to 7-10. Cofer's 22-yard field goal tied it 10-10. Brent Jones' 6-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter made it 17-10. Jacke kicked a 37-yarder to cut it to 17-13. Rice's 64-yard touchdown made it 24-13. Sharpe caught a 17-yarder for the final 24-20 margin.
The turning point
The Rice 64-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter. With the 49ers leading 17-13 and Green Bay driving toward potentially the lead, Montana hit Rice on a deep post the Packers' single-high safety did not get to. The seven-point swing turned a one-score lead into the two-score margin that Sharpe's second touchdown could not erase.
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