European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 22. 1991 the stars and stripes a a a Page 23 v by pfc from Page 21 49ers, losing their last four regular season games to them including a 7-3 loss in san Francisco on dec. 3. A i know a couple of years ago we got into a shootout with them and lost a Taylor said last week. A this year was a defensive game and we lost. Its time for the giants to find a Way to  the giants missed the playoffs two straight years after winning the super bowl in 1987 and were knocked out in the first round last year. A just like Macarthur we said a we re coming Back a and we Are a Taylor had promised. Indeed the giants became Only the second team in a decade to win the nil title on the Road. The other was the 49ers in Chicago two years ago. Montana who finished 18 for 26 for 190 Yards was knocked out of the game with 9 41 left when he was hit from behind by Leonard Marshall. He was on the ground for several minutes and appeared dazed after being helped to the Bench. A it was a vicious hit a said Young who ran onto the Field and was the first to reach his teammate. A i usually done to run on the Field but i just wanted to make sure he was of. He had no idea the Guy was coming. He was really  it appeared though Montana had already done enough. Fie accounted for the games Only touchdown a 61-yarder with John Taylor on the first play after Taylor returned a punt 31 Yards to the 49ers�?T 39. Taylor found himself free on the to play when cornerback Everson Walls gambled for the interception. A defensively we had just a one play lapse a Parcells said. Ironically Walls was also the victim on the play that put san Francisco into its first super bowl a a the catch by Dwight Clark in the final minute of the 1981 conference championship game against the. Dallas cowboys. San Francisco still led 13-12 after Bahrs 38-yarder, set up by the games most daring play a a 30-Yard run by Gary reasons on a fake punt on fourth-and-2 from the giants 46. The giants were 12 for 21 this season on fourth Down including four for four in last weeks 31-3 Victory Over the Chicago bears but none was As big As the one on sunday. A a it a a play we Call when we line up for the punt said reasons who lines up just behind the line and Calls signals  to Bill Parcells and he saw a Call it if you feel  i saw a Hole up there so i called it i Haven to run a Ball that far since High  so he took a direct snap up the Middle ran through a gaping Hole and kept going until he was tackled at the 49ers�?T 24 by John Taylor the punt returner and last Man Between reasons and the goal line. Both the 49ers and the giants Are 15-3, same As Buffalo but the season is Over for a the 49ers. A a it hurts so much to get so close and to not make it All the Way a said 49ers safety ? Dave Waymer. A you play to get to the i super bowl and we did no to get  Bahr who had never made More than j four Field goals in a game in his 12-year career kicked them from 28, 42, 46, 38 and 42 Yards sunday and missed a sixth one from 37. A this Victory is for the Guys who be been i Here All year a Bahr said. A a in a just Happy to be along for the  pfc championship Lone scorer Bahr begins worrying about next kick Matt Bahr launches his game winning fifth Field goal from Jeff Hostetler a hold. By Tom can Avan san i ran Cusco a Matt Bahr has been saving All season that a phyfe Kieker in the n1 l is Only As Good As his next kick. 11 is next kick will be in the super bowl. 1 he soft spoken Bahr kicked tic held goals including a 42-Vardcr As time ran out to give the new York giants a 15-13 Victory Over the san Francisco 49ers. A in a just glad that i was Able to be a part of this a said Bahr who was Cut in the preseason by Cleveland and was signed by the giants three weeks into the season when Raul a Allegro pulled a Groin muscle �?o1 ins is certainly one of the biggest.�?�. The live Liek Boals were an pfc Chain. A a to. A a pions up game record. I be Lut Tom 28, 42, �46. 38 and 42 cards and missed a 17 said attempt in the thud Quarter. �?o1 just rushed that one Quot the 13 year Veteran said. A i was angry at  but when lie walked onto the Field with 4 seconds to play All he was thinking about was the next kick. The two time defending Champion 49ers called time to make him think about it which Bahr said just gave him More time to find his spot and Point it out to Holder and quarterback jell Hostetler. The Only person the timeout seemed to bother was snapper Steve Deossie. A i did no to care for it a Deossie said. Quot i done to mind saying i was nervous us her Vous As in be Ever been. I did no to have to do the Tough Job Matt Bahr  Deossie got the snap Back i lost tier put the Ball Down and Bahr put his loot into it. A a when i hit the Ball it started drilling toward the left Quot Bahr said. A but i hit it cleanly and i knew it was  Bahr showed Little emotion when the Ball curled inside the left upright. A a in a not much for that a Bahr. Said. A what do you do if you miss a 49ers run out of answers san Francisco a the san Francisco 49ers heard about it All season. At times they tried to claim the criticism was much ado about nothing. But the 49ers�?T inability to run the football Cost them just when it Hurt the most just when they reached the threshold of playing for their third consecutive super bowl title something no team has Ever done before. The 49ers were knocked off their quest to defend their championship when Matt Bahr kicked a 42-Yard Field goal on the final play of the game to lift the new York giants to a 15-13 Victory and into the super bowl. Daring the 49ers to run the giants rushed Joe Montana mercilessly disrupting the san Francisco passing attack and finally knocking Montana out of the game Midway through the fourth Quarter. A they just let their ears Back and came after us because we did no to have much of a running game a said 49ers tackle Steve Wallace. A when you can to get a running game going its going to come Back to haunt you  and the 49ers almost got away with it. Even with Montana out of the game a he was knocked groggy and suffered a broken Bone in his right hand when he was sacked by giants lineman Leonard Marshall with 9 41 to play a the 49ers were conf Iden t they were going to Tampa fla., to defend their super bowl Crown. They bad the football with less than three minutes to play needing Only to run out the Dock. A fall i had to do was get a couple of first Downs a said Steve Young who replaced Montana for the 49ers�?T final  �?o1 just had to play quarterback. Just a couple of first Downs. Once we got to Midfield it was Down to the clock. A i thought we were in really Good position.�?�. _ a on the second play of the drive Young hit Brent Jones Over the Middle Lor a 25-Yard gain to the 49ers�?T 49. After two. Runs by Roger Craig gained 11 Yards and a first Down disaster struck. It Craig coughed up the football on a carry up the Middle when he was Lut by new York nose tackle Tirik i inward. A it hurts a Craig said. A i thought i had the Ball secure but somebody a helmet hit it.  dream to three peat and for this to happen. It really  Quot the 49ers, who had the Best record in the nil this season and had been the super bowl favorite Ever since they opened their training Camp last july in Rocklin calif., watched in disbelief As Bahrs kick went through Shock swallowed their clubhouse afterwards. A a in be never been in a More quiet locker room a said Iii Cracker Mike Walter who has  three of san Francisco a super bowl winners. Win lose or draw san Francisco apr Joe Montana s season one he hoped would end with a record fifth super Bow l Victory ended sunday with a crunching sack by Leonard Marshall. A i still done to know what happened. I Don t ant to sound like a coach but i have to look at the video the san Francisco 49ers quarterback said after his. Teams 1513 loss in the pfc championship game to the new York giants. A a in a still having a Tough time breathing deeply. A even if we had won i would t have been Able to play next  team physician or. Michael Dillingham confirmed that Montana definitely would have missed the super bowl because of a broken Bone in his right hand. Montana also sustained a bruised sternum when tackled from behind by Marshall on a pass attempt with about 10 minutes left to play and the 49c is leading 13-9. A i done to think he saw me  Marshall said. A s season Montana walked off the Field Al the end of the game but remained in i he Trainer s room in the 49ers locker room where the cast was placed of his hand. He also had a Lope re cd Welt on the Back of ins right shoulder. Dill la Ham said that a rays would be taken monday on Montana a Load and that surgery might be Nec Cesar a. I he broken hot me is the fifth Mel carpal Over the 1111 h t m v e r