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The Super Bowl win also made Montana one of only two quarterbacks – along with his idol Joe Namath – to win a college national championship and a Super Bowl. Montana, at 25 years, 227 days, was one day older than Namath was at the time of his first Super Bowl, making him the second-youngest quarterback to start a Super Bowl up to that time.
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Joe Montana College Stats, School, Draft, Gamelog, Splits | College Football at Sports-Reference.com. School: Notre Dame. Position: QB. Draft: 3rd round, 82nd overall of the 1979 NFL draft by the San Francisco 49ers.
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Apr 1, 2024 · Montana was raised in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, and excelled at baseball, basketball, and football in high school. He was offered a basketball scholarship to North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, but instead went to the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, to play collegiate football.
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Joseph Clifford Montana Jr. was born on June 11, 1956, in New Eagle, Pennsylvania. New Eagle is located in the Southwest corner of the state. That area of the country is known for its origins of numerous NFL quarterbacks. Signal callers such as George Blanda, Terry Hanratty, Johnny Unitas, Joe Namath, Jim Kelly, Dan Marino, and Johnny Lujack were j...
After becoming a student at Ringgold High School, Montana continued to play all three sports. He took to basketball and would later admit that the sport was his favorite. During his senior year, Montana helped Ringgold win the state title. North Carolina State then offered Montana a basketball scholarship and he seriously considered it. His conside...
He may have been a starter at Ringgold, but Montana was the low man on the totem pole when he arrived in South Bend in 1974. With that many quarterbacks vying for playing time, Montana didn’t get to play much in the freshman contests. His biggest competitor was a player named Gary Forystek who was a tough, rocket-armed passer from Michigan. It wasn...
Most sports fans are aware of Rudy Ruettiger (and the 1993 film based on his story), the Irish walk-on player with little talent who persevered and willed his way onto the field. In late 1975, Montana was sidelined with an injury and his absence created a roster spot for Ruettiger. It was the first and final time that Rudy would suit up for the Iri...
Having been absent for the entire 1976 season, Montana knew he had to work his tail off to return to the starting lineup. When the 1977 season began, he was third on the depth chart, but that didn’t stop Montana. He won the respect of his teammate for his dedication and toughness. The Irish lost their second game of the season to Ole Miss and were ...
Knowing they had to win the rest of their games in 1977 to get back into the national title hunt, Montana and the Irish did just that. He led the team to a crushing 30-point defeat of USC during the season and hammered the undefeated Texas Longhorns in the Cotton Bowl 38-10. Before the bowl game, Notre Dame was a huge underdog. That meant nothing t...
In 1977, Montana played in nine games and passed for 1,604 yards, 11 touchdowns, and eight interceptions. He wanted even more in 1978 and did his best to try and help the Irish repeat as national champions. Unfortunately, the Missouri Tigers and Michigan Wolverines thought differently and beat Notre Dame early in the year. The losses took the Irish...
The 1979 NFL Draft was weeks away and there were plenty of pro personnel evaluators who doubted Montana’s pedigree. He didn’t win any major awards in college and his stats as a passer weren’t overwhelming. Montana took part in a number of combine-style events with scouts who graded him as above average at best. After one event, they gave the Notre ...
Bill Walsh was a coach who loved offense. He spent much of his early career devoted to that side of the ball and worked to spot ways for his players to find advantages in the defense. When he was an assistant coach with the Cincinnati Bengals from 1968 to 1975, he inherited a quarterback named Virgil Carter. Carter had good mobility and could throw...
Although Montana wasn’t the starter during his rookie year in 1979, he did see time as a backup to Steve DeBerg. Montana also enjoyed learning the finer points of the game from Walsh. San Francisco continued to struggle during Walsh’s first year and ended the season 2-14, the same as the previous year’s record. In 1980, the Niners got off to a hot,...
Learn how Joe Montana, the best quarterback of all time, won a national championship and four Super Bowls at Notre Dame and the San Francisco 49ers. Read his story of overcoming adversity, confidence and grace under pressure, and how he became a legend of big-game excellence.
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Oct 15, 2023 · Joe Montana played college football at Notre Dame from 1974 to 1979, where he led the Fighting Irish to the national title in 1977. He faced challenges and injuries in his early years, but became a star quarterback under coach Dan Devine.