The day was January 10, 1982. The San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys were playing in the NFC Championship. The winner of this game would move on to the Super Bowl. At the time of The Catch, the 49ers were down 21-27 with 58 seconds left on the clock. As Montana was being chased by Ed "Too Tall" Jones, Larry Bethea, and D. D. Lewis, he threw a pass that seemed to be thrown where only Dwight Clark could catch it, which he did. This proved to be the winning touchdown for San Francisco, as they went on to win Super Bowl XVI.
Everyone here knows that I was not alive when "The Catch" was made. I have seen it time and time again from commercials and SportsCenter flashbacks. My father, who was an avid 49er hater during this time, has always made one comment when this is shown: "Montana was throwing the ball out of bounds and Clark got lucky and caught it." After watching a video of it closely yesterday, I realized he was right.
As I have stated before, Montana was being chased by three Cowboy defenders. He was being very close to being sacked when he pump-faked and threw a ball straight up in the back of the endzone. Whenever a quarterback is being pressured and is about to get sacked, they are always suppose to throw the ball away to prevent loss of yards and to stop the clock. Clark was just in the right place at the right time.
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