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- Check out the Catch & the Birth of a 49ers' Dynasty. Joe Montana to Dwight Clark!
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Can't believe I found this. Jan 1982 I was 22. I was in the USAF and won tickets to the game. Seats were front row, 47 yard line, right behind the cowboys. Living in the area I was for the 49ers. Right after Dwight Clark makes "The catch" they pan to the crowd. I am the guy to the right in the blk & wht plaid shirt. Very good memory!!
That's awesome!
B Chatenka Dude that is awesome that you got to be there. This game was my first NFL memory. Watched it on Long Island with my Dad and brother. We hated the Cowboys so we were pulling for Joe. Never forget that ending. Good times.
Wow that's amazing i see you at 0:29
B Chatenka wow, man. That's incredible. You must have enjoyed that. But sad news to pass along today as Dwight just passed away today at the age of 61 after battling ALS. Pretty cool you got to watch him make this catch in person though.
You would have to be in the Air Force with hair that long :-) kidding...that's a great memory to have and to be forever included in the recording of it.
Man, what a legendary play by Dwight and Montana. R.I.P Clark, you will always live on in our hearts.
Man Dwight Clark’s gone.....
A legend is actually gone
BUT he will never be forgotten
The Cabba They are talking about CLARK on sports radio WFAN(NY)
Remember Heroes get remember and Legends never die
I loved that guy
Never forget that catch - out to dinner (2nd date) in South Jersey (Eagles territory)with my future wife at a local pub, game was on the house tv....trying to steal looks at the game without getting caught. And then, Clark makes "The Catch"....place goes nuts....can stll picture the person's head that almost blocked the view of The Catch. And found out that this girl I was with was just as excited because Dallas LOST!🤣
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R.I.P Dwight Clark
RIP Dwight Clark. He just lost his battle with ALS today. He was 61. Congratulations on your hall of fame career and Rest In Peace, Dwight. You will live forever because of this catch. Thank you for changing NFL history and may the catch live on forever.
Whenever Beckman makes a catch with less than a minute left to send his team to the super bowl then you can talk for now shut up!
your wrong, what changed nfl History wasnt the catch, it was Eric wrights Horse collar tackle of Drew pearson that changed History!
“He WaS tHrOwInG iT aWaY” you can taste the saltiness 30 years later lol
If you can touch it, you can catch it !!!!! Idgaf what anyone thinks !!!! That's a designed play. If he WAS throwing it away ??!!?!!! He WAS !!!! Away from the Clownboys !!!!! And guess what ?? Dwight Clark went upstairs & caught it !!!!!!! F...... U & Just accept that the 49ers went on to win the Super Bowl !!!!!! 5 Super Bowl rings without a deflated, slighty smaller, softer, easier to whip football. #Cheating #Cheats #NothingNewEnglandCheatriots note: Props to Pittsburg Steelers & Super Bowl champs Philadelphia Eagles. 🏈🥇🏅🏆🎖🏈
@SJSHARKIN And Dwight Clark !!!!! Because he shouldn't have gone up & caught it !!?!?!!!! Lmfao 😂🤣😅😁😜🤣🏈🥇🏆👍
@SJSHARKIN Exactly !!!!! Just accept the loss & STFU !!!!!!!!!!!! #49ers
😂😂😂😂😂😂
That was a nice TD pass, for 'throwing it away.'
Rest in peace Dwight Clark, legends never die. You will be missed.
the bigger legend was eric wright, making that horse collar tackle on Drew pearson!!!!
“And the next play will symbolize the end of one dynasty. And the birth of another” chills down my skins
Truly one of the greatest moments captured in sports history.
no your wrong! the greatest moment in sports history is the play that happened after the catch when eric wright horse collard Drew pearson thats the play that won the game for the 49ers not the catch!
Dallas was robbed! Drew pearson was Horse collard!!!
united states sports history
Bill Walsh was a genius. He was so good at designing plays that would fool the defense, that some of them are still fooled by this play from almost 40 years ago.
Could never fool the giants...
Bill Walsh loved scripting the first 10-20 opening plays in a game. I don't remember which Super Bowl of the 80's it was (vs. Denver 1989?), but his coaching and scripted plays was fantastic. The team was a machine. Montana broke records that day and I don't think he was ever even touched by the defense.
COWBOYS WERE ROBBED!! DREW PEARSON WAS HORSE COLLARD!!!!!
@@thepaulhowellthat was after Walsh had retired, but he was watching in Eddie Debartolo’s box and declared in the first quarter “this game is over”. Eddie D was shocked but Walsh explained that during the 49ers scripted plays everyone was wide open, and that Montana was going to set records that day.
Anyone else come back here after the passing of Dwight Clark? RIP 49er legend.
No.
@@baggerblaylock1406 what?
@@aluminide4857 "No."
Didn’t know he passed! 😵
I'm just here cuz allegedly a very young tom brady was in the stands
I am a hardcore Cowboys fan, and I LOVE this Joe Montana > Dwight Clark moment.
They deserved that win.
RIP Dwight Clark, so sad to learn of this.
He died??
@@me733 - June 04, 2018.
Landry was scary good. Respect.
but eric wright horse collard drew pearson thats why the 49ers won
Drew pearson was horse collard Dallas was robbed!
As one who has no dog in this fight and has seen this play many times over the past 38 years, I have two things to say: (1) Montana was not throwing the ball away. It’s clear from the film he saw Clark in the end zone and threw it as best he could to a spot Clark could catch it and not be intercepted or batted down. (2) Clark’s catch was truly a great one and not as easy as it looked. He had to not only get up high, but he had to time his jump just right because as you can see he was fully stretched out when the ball hit his hands. Those two guys hooked up over 80 times during the regular season, Montana turned out to be an all time great hall of famer, Clark was a multiple pro bowler, and both were in their mid 20’s. Luck? I don’t think so.
Great post....another interesting fact about it being thrown away or luck.....that drive!
RIP Dwight Clark
RIP Dwight Clark. Still one of the greatest catches of all time!
I'm a Niner fan to the core, I love my team through and through. I was just a kid watching that game and I remember celebrating jumping around like crazy after that catch it amazing!! With that said I recently lost a loved one as well so my heart goes out to Mr. Clark's family. He will be missed but at least he's no longer suffering, God bless.
A truly magic moment! Best wishes to Dwight Clark who was recently diagnosed with ALS, you were and are, a hero!
fotorolo he lost the battle today. He was 61. RIP Dwight.
Rest in peace, Dwight.
RIP Vin Scully...
Your voice will forever be remembered
No matter how many times I see Clark come down with the ball, it sends a shiver down my spine.
I came to Clemson two years after Dwight Clark had left but they were still talking about him. When I visited a few years ago with my son, then 9, we went to the practice fields and I explained the play to him. We played, I threw, he caught it. Dwight may rest in peace, happily knowing he inspired so so many people...
Rest in Peace Dwight Clark. An amazing player, an amazing play. You will always be remembered
Joe Montana. My favorite football player of all time.
This was so amazing, people often forget that the Cowboys came very close to winning it. The first play after the ensuing kickoff was a 31 yard pass gain to midfield that was only stopped from becoming a touchdown by a horse collar tackle, legal at the time but would ensue a 15 yard penalty at the end of the run today and would have put them well within field goal range. And the actual game-sealer was Lawrence Pillars causing a sack-fumble that Jim Stuckey recovered, on the next play (those names should be equally remembered!)
It's been 40 years since that game happened and the best part is the final minutes of that game.
RIP Vin Scully… the voice of The Catch.
RIP Dwight Clark...a legend to be remembered
That's a lot of whiny Cowboys players, "He was throwing that ball away." Uh, no, he put it where his guy, and ONLY his guy could get it. Joe was the GOAT plain and simple.
and they call us forty whinners, freakin' cowgirls. RIP Dwight clark
“Was” is correct, he absolutely was. He has since been surpassed by Brady.
Brady's team won the first 1/2 of their super bowls by cheating.
Montana and his teams were without controversy.
Shawn Pavlik real cowboys fan will know the cowboys still had a chance to win as the video says there was still like 50 something seconds left and I’m one of those real cowboys fans
Montana never admitted to cheating, and Brady was suspended for cheating.
It's obvious that Joe Montana is very intent on completing this pass.
The greatest quarterback of all time wasn’t even playing in the game. He was actually in the stands watching the game. He’s name was Tom Brady
Joe will ALWAYS be our hero. I'm hoping Purdy can bring us a title again. The team is loaded with talent.
I’ve been a football fan for a very long time and this was one of the first plays that I’ve watched online that made me cry. Hearing the crowd, and the tone in the announcer’s voice just sets the atmosphere. May Dwight Clark rest in peace 🙏
I'm a Cowboys fan, but that was an amazing catch. RIP Dwight Clark.
it was a pass being thrown away that by dumb luck a slow unathletic white guy caught by turning into Michael Jordan and jumping sky high
forget about that play from montana to clark what was important was eric wrights horse collar tackle of Drew pearson, thats the play that won the game for the 49ers not the catch
@@robertosso5210 in todays world, Eric’s tackle would be a PI. However, I’m old school and Eric did the right thing.
@@robertosso5210 If Eric Wright didn't make that tackle the Catch wouldn't have been the Catch it would have been a forgotten play
@@michaelleroy9281 yes your a hundred percent right
R.I.P Dwight Clark! The original catch!
A great moment in NFL, and 49er history. And if you're a 49er fan, and you see this, and you don't get a lump in your throat and a tear in your eye, then you're someone I don't want to know!
Joe was not "throwing it away." He was putting it in a spot that only a catch or a non-catch could result, not an interception.
Well you know solommon ccould out jump clark so if that was b y design why would they choose cfflark to jump that high an d why would they challenge too tall, woudnt that amount to b
Coaching
You Damn right...👍🏼😷
First of all it was a scripted play! Second you don't pump fake a throw out of bounds!
tears in my eyes
greatest team, greatest quarterback, greatest coach in nfl history!!
Michael C its the fantasy play 49ers will hang their hat on to try and erase all the beatings the cowboys have over them i mean just look at all the nfc victories dallas has over them, so dont be deceived, alltho i do beleive that joe montana was the best qb ever
Maybe Bellichick is in front
He's from Pittsburgh we made the best players and had a dynasty so we win btw I think you guys will the superbowl
Lmao hell naw
Vince Lombardi is the best coach of all time and the best team was the 1985 bears
Being a NFL fan watching classic plays likes this still brings tears to my eyes I’m a die hard Steelers fan but I have mad Respect for 49ers Giants Raiders Hogs and Broncos 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I’m confused
Rest in Peace Dwight.
I remember meeting you at Sierra College in Rocklin, CA during camp in 1983. Class guy and a helluva WR. Thank you for all the great memories. NINER FAN FOR LIFE!
WIN OR LOSE 49ERS FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!! ROCK ON!!!!!!!
YEAH LETS GO 49ers
Montana from Pittsburgh
The genius of Joe Montana: under pressure, on the move, throwing against his body's momentum while staying in bounds: still has the presence of mind to execute that quick pump fake and get the pass rushers to bite just enough to get the pass off. Wild.
My dad handed me down his Sports Illustrated cover of “The Catch” hand signed by Dwight Clark on 1/10/82. I will always cherish this when he passes on. Going to be a family heirloom
I was 11 yrs old when I was watching this game, one of my earliest sports memories, saw it as it happened, WOW!
RIP DWIGHT!
throwing the ball away? 2:11, gives you the right angle to distinguish Joe clearly saw Clark in back of end zone and lead the ball to where it had to be for the completion! too tall jones is a poor loser! give credit where it deserves!!!
You mean too dumb Jones.
Joe couldn't have seen anything 'clearly'! Wtf are you talking about? He just threw the ball up in the air!
Off all the angles of the catch, the view from the back of the endzone (1:46) is the best. Clark leaps into the frame from the right, as if from nowhere, to catch a ball that is seemingly heading nowhere.
RIP to #87. Once of the greatest sporting moments from my youth!
At the time The Catch happened I was heartbroken. I grew up in Hawaii and became a Cowboys fan because of Roger Staubach and Tony Dorsett. Then I moved to San Francisco in 1982 and couldn’t help but fall in love with the team and The City. I never experienced how a sports team could galvanize a community until experiencing those great 49ers teams.
#respectthatmthrfckr
Very well said. And just across SF Bay were Madden's Raider's. The Bay Area was a very big sports-oriented area.
As a Dallas Cowboys fan, I truly respect that throw, and that catch. 👏👏
but drew pearson was horse collard
@@robertosso5210 Horse collaring wasn't illegal at the time so you can't blame it on that it was Danny White's slippery hands that lost it.
@@WE1RDalWANNAbe Danny white didnt really fumble it was really an incomplete pass
@@robertosso5210 Yes he did.
@@WE1RDalWANNAbe no he didnt Look at the replay
After hearing about Dwight Clark’s passing. I just had to see this again. R.I.P
R.I.P Dwight you left us a lot of great memories #87
I remember watching all the 49ers games in those years. People need to remember that this was just one catch that Montana threw to Clark. They made plays like this hundreds of times! I remember one game when the 49ers were down with something like 50 seconds to go. Montana moved the team from the 20 yard line downfield by throwing short passes to the receivers who quickly went OOB. They scored within that 50 seconds to win the game. This was happening all the time in many games. Montana, Rice, Clark and defensively Ronnie Lott, all Hall of Fame players.
Miraculous team.
R.I.P #87
R.I.P Dwight Clark. # 87
They never got to that progression in practice. Still make me cry. So beautiful. Glory in its finest.
What evidence do you have that they didn't run the play in practice?
R.I.P Dwight Clark. Great player and class act. Thank you for the memories.
Joe Montana, the true GOAT
God yes. Who else do you want at QB when it's the last drive and you need a TD? Give me Joe every time.
or Tom Brady.
mate spark you mean 5x Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady.
mate spark one of the goat.
Khristian Seeley. Joe Montana. The true goat. Tom Brady.👎
R.I.P. Dwight. You will always be my favorite 49er.
R.I.P Clark you will always be a legend to 49’s fans, you will be missed.
My father (R.I.P.)named me after him because of that play. 5 months later May 1982 I was born. 😎👍🏿💪🏿🙏🏿💯
The lady at 0:28 sums up how Cowboys fans felt at that moment.
MONTANA WILL LIVE FOREVER
My first NFL memory. So awesome.
i had just moved to the bay area in 81. did not know a lick about the rules of the game. I had only heard and read of the NFL in newspapers. as a sports nut, i had just learned the rules a few months back. one of the first memories was beating the rams on a final ray wersching FG in regular season. joe was the holder. that NFC championship was epic. it was my mom, dad, and brother watching the game (RIP to all of them). from the sofa, i leaned in closer to the TV on the floor expecting greatness but often shot down by reality as more often than not my team (in any sport) would fail. it's hard to make that final step work. but this moment sated my thirst for all those times all the teams i rooted for failed. what a moment!
Montana the greatest football player of all time
+Dominic Lowe Yep. When it's 2 minute time and you have to go the length of the field for a touchdown to win, who else do you want at QB?
David Goldberg Now I see you winning a super bowl
Dominic Lowe Nope Jerry Rice IS
Dominic Lowe Jerry Rice is considered the best NFL player of all time.
With the help of jerry sticky hands rice" oh and his protrege tom deflate gate cheater brady
Wishing Dwight Clark much strength in his fight with ALS
It’s not looking good....
He's in heaven now.
- Aron he lost the fight today. He was 61. RIP Dwight.
RIP... He fought a thousand battles, sadly this one was just too much.
Even though I'm a Dallas fan, I have nothing but the most respect for Montana. He's the only QB to go undefeated in every Super bowl he was in, never had an interception at a SB and set a SB record for most points (55). No other QB will ever beat Joe.
He can thank Cincinnati Bengal DB Louis Billups for keeping his zero INT streak alive. Montana threw one perfectly right into Billups hands just before the TD to John Taylor but he dropped it. Otherwise he would have had 1 career Super Bowl INT and 1 Super Bowl Loss on his record. Thanks Louis.
One of my favorite NFL memories!!
Mine too!
That play was so good even decades later the defenders are swearing he wasn’t trying to win.
that play wasnt the big play, it wasnt the game winner, the big play and what won the game for the 49ers was eric wrights horse collar tackle of Drew pearson!
DREW PEARSON WAS HORSE COLLARD! COWBOYS WERE ROBBED!!!!
Rip Dwight Clark you will be miss
R.I.P...#87...The Man, The Catch" Gone but not forgotten. Made history with The Catch" that caught America's eyes against America's Team. Much Respect from a Cowbay fan...A fantastic player.
This play still gives me chills when I see it!
"I believe he was throwing that ball away." Bitter bitter bitter. Give me the objective reason why the 49ers' intention to throw the ball away is somehow a better way to lose.
Raymond well look at all the great plays of history,most of them were foul plays including the hailmary, immaculate reception, uce bowl qb sneak, you just cant live life in a fantasy and realize that maybe he was Iust throwing the ball away, montana wouldve been great anyway
Just a typical thing in sports. It's more comforting to your ego to be beaten by pure luck than concede that it was greater skill or intellect that defeated you.
I feel like the catch is such an overrated play and im a steelers fan and don’t really care
Raymond because they're trying to say the 49ers got *lucky* on that play meaning they got beat by *luck* and not the 49ers..I don't agree with it but that is what they're trying to convey
@@theblazikenbro it was the beginning of a dynasty oh and sorry about you being a steelers fan.
Rest in Power, Dwight Clark: 1/8/1957 - 6/4/2018.
Big memories watching Joe play in the Superbowl in the late 80s, they had a special aura around them.
RIP Dwight Clark. Thank you for catching the greatest 49ers moment from the greatest QB ever. ❤
Montana the GOAT
My sons are Brady fans so we argue about Montana alot. There is 1 record Brady can never acheive. Joe played 4 superbowls without 1 interception. Brady had plenty, he can never beat that....Montana forever
R.I.P. Dwight Clark!😥
RIP Dwight. Amazing man. Amazing Catch. Amazing legacy. May you test easy big fella.
This one is for you Mr. Clark beautiful catch right after a beautiful throw by Mr. Montana!!! Today Mr. Clark you graduated to the big leagues up in the Sky. May you forever rest in peace and know the many blessings that you have earned here on this Earth. May God bless and comfort your family but also have the peace that comforteth and passeth all of human understanding. Thank you for being a part of one of the greatest teams ever and for being so faithful to the 49'rs!!!!
RIP Dwight. Thank you for everything.
#9erFaithfulForever
Kinda reminded me of Steve Largent of the Seahawks. Not to acrobatic, not to fast, but always there with sure hands.
What's so cool is that the photographers behind the end zone didn't realize what had happened until he hit the ground. He had run past them and they didn't see him turn around.
Rest In Peace Dwight, you always were a "Total Class Act". 💔
May God continue to bless you, and watch over you until that day when you're reunited with those who are still left here on Earth to mourn your passing. 💔😢💔
Joe to Dwight; Go run to the chevy and reach the heavens of immortality. R.I.P. Dwight.
RIP Dwight Clark. #HallofFamer #87
34 years later this NEVER gets old. I was just 1 year 6 months and 2 days old when this happened
Amazing moment in 49r history ... And I'm a Seahawks fan, respect ....
Joe is the GoAT🐐
Thanks for the memories Dwight Clark. You are missed!!
Still get chills watching this play "It's a madhouse at Candlestick"
R.I.P. Dwight 🙏🙏🙏
Super Fun Fact: Tom Brady was 4 years old and in attendance with his father Tom Brady Sr. at this game. His father was a season ticket holder for the 49ers for 25yrs and took his son regularly to Candlestick Park to watch Montana & there Niners play football. Tom Brady is a Bay Area native, born & raised. He was a die-hard 49ers fan growing up and really looked up to Joe Montana growing up as a kid. When the 2000 NFL draft pick came along the 49ers needed a QB. Tom Brady was in high hopes & almost positive they were going to draft him. Well they didn't, they drafted Giovanni Carmazzi in the 3rd round instead and Tom Brady fell to the end of the draft list and was the 199th pick, chosen by New England at the bottom of the sixth round after six quarterbacks were selected. The 49ers have regretted that mistake for the past 2 decades because Giovanni Carmazzi couldn't handle the pressure and didn't snap the ball for not even 1 regular season game and the legend Tom Brady went on to win 7 Superbowl Championships and 9 Super appearances and still counting. Point being, the fuel that fired up Tom Brady to be the greatest QB in the history of the NFL was the decision of him not being drafted by his childhood team which he took personal !!
The GOAT Vin Scully with the call🐐
And that boys is how the GREATEST QB of time does it! Rest in Peace Dwight; came here to watch, again, in honor of your passing and learning your final resting place here on Earth. Very fitting...the Dynasty began with you. God Bless
Tom Brady respect Joe. don't forget that Tom Brady is a 49ER fan..
Yeah
Iron Monster
Brady was four when he saw this game.
40 Years Ago Today!
I WAS AT THAT GAME...MY DAD ALWAYS HAD TICKETS..LUV YOU POP RIP...GREATEST GAME I HAVE EVER BEEN TOO...
4 Superbowls ... 4 wins. Joe knows Superbowls. The Greatest of All Time.
Today marks the 40th anniversary of "The Catch"
His was the first jersey I wore when I was a kid. Class act all the way. He will never be forgotten.