Joe Montana

Joseph Clifford Montana Jr. (Joe Cool)

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: June 11, 1956 in New Eagle, PA

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 125 (33rd overall since 1960)

High School: Ringgold (PA)

Draft: San Francisco 49ers in the 3rd round (82nd overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft.

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26 Fourth Quarter Comebacks, 28 Game-Winning Drives

26 Fourth Quarter Comebacks, 28 Game-Winning Drives Table
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
1	1980	14	1980-12-07	24-179	SFO		NOR	W 38-35	24	36	66.67	285	2	0	109.1	7.92	9.03	4	13	3.25	1	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
2	1981	9	1981-11-01	25-143	SFO	@	PIT	W 17-14	22	37	59.46	205	1	2	61.2	5.54	3.65	4	12	3.00	0	4QC / GWD
3	1981	12	1981-11-22	25-164	SFO	@	RAM	W 33-31	19	30	63.33	283	0	1	80.3	9.43	7.93	1	-1	-1.00	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
4	1982	5	1982-12-02	26-174	SFO	@	RAM	W 30-24	26	37	70.27	305	2	0	113.0	8.24	9.32	5	-7	-1.40	0	4QC / GWD
5	1982	8	1982-12-26	26-198	SFO	@	KAN	W 26-13	20	35	57.14	253	0	2	56.0	7.23	4.66	4	41	10.25	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
6	1983	4	1983-09-25	27-106	SFO		ATL	W 24-20	27	32	84.38	261	3	2	105.9	8.16	7.22	4	19	4.75	0	4QC / GWD
7	1983	8	1983-10-23	27-134	SFO	@	RAM	W 45-35	25	39	64.10	358	3	0	119.4	9.18	10.72	5	8	1.60	0	4QC
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
8	1984	1	1984-09-02	28-083	SFO	@	DET	W 30-27	16	25	64.00	188	1	0	100.1	7.52	8.32	0	0		0	4QC / GWD
9	1984	10	1984-11-04	28-146	SFO		CIN	W 23-17	27	42	64.29	301	2	4	61.8	7.17	3.83	3	-5	-1.67	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
10	1985	15	1985-12-15	29-187	SFO	@	NOR	W 31-19	25	38	65.79	354	3	1	111.1	9.32	9.71	7	23	3.29	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
11	1986	15	1986-12-14	30-186	SFO	@	NWE	W 29-24	14	25	56.00	202	0	1	65.7	8.08	6.28	7	5	0.71	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
12	1987	2	1987-09-20	31-101	SFO	@	CIN	W 27-26	21	37	56.76	250	3	0	104.6	6.76	8.38	0	0		0	4QC / GWD
13	1987	5	1987-10-18	31-129	SFO		STL	W 34-28	31	39	79.49	334	4	2	115.2	8.56	8.31	5	19	3.80	0	4QC / GWD
14	1987	6	1987-10-25	31-136	SFO	@	NOR	W 24-22	18	32	56.25	256	3	0	113.5	8.00	9.88	4	3	0.75	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
15	1988	2	1988-09-11	32-092	SFO	@	NYG	W 20-17	10	18	55.56	148	1	0	101.2	8.22	9.33	1	0	0.00	0	4QC / GWD
16	1988	7	1988-10-16	32-127	SFO	@	RAM	W 24-21	21	31	67.74	203	0	1	72.4	6.55	5.10	2	7	3.50	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
17	1989	2	1989-09-17	33-098	SFO	@	TAM	W 20-16	25	39	64.10	266	1	2	71.1	6.82	5.03	9	21	2.33	1	4QC / GWD
18	1989	3	1989-09-24	33-105	SFO	@	PHI	W 38-28	25	34	73.53	428	5	1	142.8	12.59	14.21	4	14	3.50	0	4QC / GWD
19	1989	5	1989-10-08	33-119	SFO	@	NOR	W 24-20	21	29	72.41	291	3	0	138.7	10.03	12.10	1	11	11.00	0	4QC / GWD
20	1989	12	1989-11-27	33-169	SFO		NYG	W 34-24	27	33	81.82	292	3	0	133.8	8.85	10.67	3	15	5.00	0	GWD
21	1989	14	1989-12-11	33-183	SFO	@	RAM	W 30-27	30	42	71.43	458	3	2	111.0	10.90	10.19	7	12	1.71	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
22	1990	1	1990-09-10	34-091	SFO	@	NOR	W 13-12	26	43	60.47	210	1	1	70.9	4.88	4.30	3	14	4.67	0	4QC / GWD
23	1990	4	1990-10-07	34-118	SFO	@	HOU	W 24-21	20	28	71.43	318	3	1	129.8	11.36	11.89	2	5	2.50	0	4QC / GWD
24	1990	7	1990-10-28	34-139	SFO		CLE	W 20-17	17	37	45.95	185	1	2	47.7	5.00	3.11	5	32	6.40	0	GWD
25	1990	8	1990-11-04	34-146	SFO	@	GNB	W 24-20	25	40	62.50	411	3	0	122.0	10.28	11.78	6	13	2.17	0	GWD
26	1990	13	1990-12-09	34-181	SFO	@	CIN	W 20-17	19	26	73.08	185	0	1	76.6	7.12	5.38	2	16	8.00	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
27	1993	6	1993-10-17	37-128	KAN	@	SDG	W 17-14	21	39	53.85	284	1	1	75.2	7.28	6.64	3	-2	-0.67	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
28	1994	6	1994-10-17	38-128	KAN	@	DEN	W 31-28	34	54	62.96	393	3	1	95.7	7.28	7.56	0	0		0	4QC / GWD
29	1994	11	1994-11-20	38-162	KAN		CLE	W 20-13	19	33	57.58	169	1	0	81.5	5.12	5.73	4	-1	-0.25	0	4QC / GWD

5 Postseason Fourth Quarter Comebacks, 5 Postseason Game-Winning Drives

5 Postseason Fourth Quarter Comebacks, 5 Postseason Game-Winning Drives Table
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
1	1981	18	1982-01-10	25-213	SFO		DAL	W 28-27	22	35	62.86	286	3	3	81.4	8.17	6.03	3	-5	-1.67	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
2	1983	17	1983-12-31	27-203	SFO		DET	W 24-23	18	31	58.06	201	1	1	74.8	6.48	5.68	3	16	5.33	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
3	1988	19	1989-01-22	32-225	SFO	N	CIN	W 20-16	23	36	63.89	357	2	0	115.2	9.92	11.03	4	13	3.25	0	4QC / GWD
Rk	Year	G#	Date	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Notes
4	1993	17	1994-01-08	37-211	KAN		PIT	W 27-24	28	43	65.12	276	1	0	90.8	6.42	6.88	4	13	3.25	0	4QC / GWD
5	1993	18	1994-01-16	37-219	KAN	@	HOU	W 28-20	22	38	57.89	299	3	2	87.5	7.87	7.08	1	-1	-1.00	0	4QC / GWD