European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 25, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 25fxjvj- comedy Isnit pretty neither was xxi commentary by Alan Greenberg the Hartford courant new Orleans a for those of you who forgot your glasses those were not Orange traffic Cones Jerry Rice was running through. Those were the Denver Broncos. Was it Steve Martin who said that comedy in t pretty or was it Dan Reeves by their very nature some great questions must go unanswered. But Here s a fashion hint for the 90s the next time you go to a funeral and someone swearing Orange Don t bother to ask where they re from. That s rubbing it in. Super bowl xxiv proved what Many knew and what All human pumpkins feared the nil in i9s9 was divided into three groups. The acc. The pfc. And the 49ers. The Broncos talked bravely All week. But then they had to play. Had they known then what they know now would they have bothered while Joe Montana and the 49ers tallied touchdowns like a Cash Register tallies your grocery Bill John Elway struggled mightily to Complete a shovel pass which is roughly equivalent to handing a drink to the person next to you without spilling it. So much for the human drama of athletic Competition. For drama you be got wheel of Fortune. For weak laughs and the sorrow and the pity you had the 24th annual instalment of America s longest running televised bore the super bowl. It was played sunday. Well the 49crs played. As expected the Broncos showed up. As expected they were shown up. By Rob Staggenborg staff writer Frankfurt. West Germany a Long before Mike Cofer s Rickolt marked the Start of the game the crowd at Frankfurt s Drake club became the experts. Quot Denver wants this super bowl Quot proclaimed Palmer Iowa native Paul buenting. Quot Denver is going to spank these Guys Quot boasted Tony Buckner a Tacoma md., native and self professed Washington redskins nut. Quot san Francisco. Denver. It s All the same to me Quot deadpanned Bob Greene a Cincinnati product. Quot Well i know san Francisco is playing. My Boyfriend told me  said Shana Zisow who incidentally. Was not kidding. For awhile. The experts toasted and roasted each other. Then the game began. When the final whistle blew and Joe Montana was getting ready to make an encore appearance at Disneyland the 49ers had trounced the hapless Broncos 55-10. Yet despite the reverberations of a taps Quot throughout new Orleans French Quarter Drake s football nuts remained optimistic. A Elway is going to come around in the second half. Just  buenting said As he and his band of Bronco backers peered Down the barrel of a 27-3. First half deficit. Shown up How about completely humiliated if the Broncos were embarrassed after losing to the new York giants 39-20, in super bowl xxi and 42-10 to the Washington redskins in super bowl xxii what would you Call this Call it 49ers 55, Broncos 10. Call it the biggest Blowout in super bowl history a history famous for blowouts. Call it the most one sided championship game in 32 years. Does that include basketball Quot i think it was As bad As it could be Quot 49ers offensive tackle Bubba Paris said. He got that right sundays game was played in the super dome. A More appropriate venue would have been the beatles Strawberry Fields where nothing is real. Could Elway s performance 10 of 26 for 108 Yards one lost Fumble and two interceptions be real statistics done to even begin to capture its misery. Before the game a half joking Elway guaranteed that the underdog Broncos would cover the 12vi-Point spread. Belter they should have tried to cover their embarrassment. The halftime score was 27-3, and if you re wondering who had the "3,&Quot please turn to the soccer scores. Quot you could almost Tell they the Broncos had almost Given up at that Point. Of course a 27-3 halftime Lead was nothing special for the 49crs. They led the Vikings 27-3 before beating them 41-13 in the pfc divisional playoff. They led the rams 21-3 before beating them 30-3 in the pfc championship game. In those games Montana was Content to hold Down the final score by handing off in the second half. Quot they re going to turn this game around. Just  Buckner however found Solace in analysing just what went awry. Quot the Denver defense Isnit doing what it should be doing a he said pointing feverishly at the wide screen to. Quot san Francisco is just passing at will. Montana has All the time in the world to throw the Ball. Geez. How can you lose when you play like that still Quot ill never give upon . Perhaps he should have As did a handful of yawning patrons who scurried to the exits by the half. Franklin Stevens who arrived just saturday for a three year tour in Europe remained optimistic despite the Blowout. A wok the last three seasons when they be gone to the super bowl they be had Good seasons a the Broncos in a talking about. This year they be had to struggle for it. They want  Stevens Calls himself a geographic Denver fan because a amount Moriah mo., is closer to Denver than san Francisco. I be been a Denver fan since As Long As i be known the difference Between the Broncos and anything else. I be seen them come Back  into the wee hours monday morning the revellers endured the most lopsided super bowl in the 23-Ycar history of the game. Some like Greene worked sunday so they could party until the final gun a and then some. A i go in at 10. Geez. That s in a few hours huh Quot the alarm clock was t so Nice to others. Stevens Wake up Call came at 5 30 . Monday. Quot Man. 5 30 is Early even if you went to bed  problem was Elway was t. Not Content to keep throwing incomplete shovel passes he spotted open 49cre and threw downfield interceptions on each of the Broncos first two second half possessions. Montana and the 49crs immediately converted them to make the score 41-3. Pity the Broncos. They had to stick around and take it. It Wasny to suspenseful but then perfection rarely is. The 49ers became the first team to win Back to Back super bowls since the Steeles 10 years ago. What s left but to do what no team has done a three peat Quot the 49ers Are calling it. A we need to do something no team has Ever done Quot Paris said they be already done what nobody but the Steeles has done a win four out of four. The 49crs have won four of the last nine super bowls. In that time the entire acc has won one. But then the acc never had Joe Montana. Say what you will about a Short passing offence but in 1989 Montana had the most amazing regular season a he completed 70 percent of his passes a of any quarterback in history. Quot there is not an adjective made to describe what Joe Montana did Quot 49crs linebacker Matt Millen said. Of course he has help. Quot i think i might have got touched once a Montana said. A maybe twice. I think we put everything together offensively and defensively. If we can play better than that. I Hope we save it for next  if they can play better than that cancel the season. Failing that get somebody besides the Broncos to represent the acc in the super bowl. John Elway needs More than a year to recover from this. Sas Dav Dioio fans at Frankfurt s Drake club cheer 49ers�?T first to. 49er fans whooped it up into mondays wee hours49ers from Page 21 Montana had several notable accomplishments in the first half a a screen pass to Roger Craig Early in the game gave him a record total of 62 completions in super bowls breaking a Mark he held with Roger staubach of the Dallas cowboys. A his scoring pass to Jones late in the first Quarter gave him 937 Yards passing in super bowls breaking the record of 932 held by Bradshaw with the Pittsburgh Steeles. A and his scoring pass to Rice just before the end of the half tied him with Bradshaw with nine super bowl touchdown passes. Craig the 49ers�?T Star running Back also set a record with his 20th super bowl reception Topping the Mark by the steel Erst Lynn Swann. At the half Montana was 15 for 21 for 189 Yards Elway had thrown for 64 Yards. Perhaps the most impressive moments for the 49crs came in their drive for a 203 Lead. Montana went repeatedly to his other running Back from Nebraska. Rathman. Who made catches of 18. 12 and 9 Yards including a one handed grab Over the Middle that took the Ball to the Broncos 3. From there Rathman plunged through for a first Down on fourth Down and. After Craig had been Given a Chance to get it into the end zone Rathman squirted through on the same play that brought the first Down. As if the first half weren t enough the 49ers quickly turned the game from a joke to a farce. Elway s first pass of the second half was intercepted by linebacker Michael Walter and on the first play after that. Montana passed to Rice for 28 Yards and a touchdown that made it 34-3. Quickly Chet Brooks intercepted another one of Elway s passes and returned it 38 Yards to the 38, from where Montana. Again on the first play hit John 1 Aylor coasting toward the end zone. Denver responded with a Long drive that ended when Elway ran 3 Yards to score from the Shotgun formation but the 49crs countered that Early in the fourth Quarter with a 4-Yard run by Ralh Man for 48-10, and a a Yard scoring run by Craig after Elway was sacked deep in his territory and fumbled Daniel Stubbs recovering. That made it 55-10, with 13 47 still to play