Tonight will be the 25th and last Monday Night Football win the 49ers will ever earn at Candlestick.
Here are the previous 24
1. November 26, 1973 49ers 20 Packers 6
-Niners win despite fewer than 100 yards passing
2. November 29, 1976 49ers 20 Vikings 16
-Niners completed 3 passes for a net of 14 yards. Has any team in the Super Bowl era ever won with fewer yards passing?
3. December 19, 1983 49ers 42 Cowboys 17
-Niners win NFC West; Montana throws for 4 scores.
4. September 10, 1984 49ers 37 Redskins 31
-381 yards passing for Montana; 3 sacks for Milt McColl; some revenge for prior year's NFC Title loss.
5. November 25, 1985 49ers 19 Seahawks 6
-5 Niner sacks, 2 picks, the Seahawks offense didn't score.
6. December 14, 1987 49ers 41 Bears 0
-4 Steve Young touchdown passes 3 to Jerry Rice; both teams were 10-2 coming into the game.
7. November 21, 1988 49ers 37 Redskins 21
-John Taylor took a punt back 95 yards for a score, the Niners broke a two game losing streak
8. November 6, 1989 49ers 31 Saints 13
-3 TD passes and a TD run for Montana; he missed prior game with knee injury.
9. November 27, 1989 49ers 34 Giants 24
-Montana: 27 of 33/292 yards/3 TDs; Pierce Holt had 4 sacks; Niners scored last 10 late.
10. December 3, 1990 49ers 7 Giants 3
-Niners stop Giants twice deep in Niner territory with less than 4 minutes left; both teams entered 10-1.
11. December 23, 1991 49ers 52 Bears 14
-Young missed prior 6 games, here he had 400 yards of total offense, threw for 3 scores and ran for 1.
12. December 28, 1992 49ers 24 Lions 6
-Joe Montana throws for 2 scores in his last ever Niners game.
13. November 22, 1993 49ers 42 Saints 7
-For the NFC West lead; Steve Young threw for 3 and ran for one; Merton Hanks had two picks and took one back for a score.
14. September 5, 1994 49ers 44 Raiders 14
-3 scores for Rice, the last one breaking Jim Brown's TD record.
15. December 18, 1995 49ers 37 Vikings 30
-Rice's career high in yardage; 14 catches, 289 yards, 3 scores. Young threw for 425.
16. December 23, 1996 49ers 24 Lions 14
-Young wins 5th passing title in 6 years
17. December 15, 1997 49ers 34 Broncos 17
-The Montana jersey retirement game; Jerry returns and fractures kneecap.
18. November 30, 1998 49ers 31 Giants 7
-15 straight regular season home wins; Hearst gets 166 on the ground; BY breaks leg.
19. December 14, 1998 49ers 35 Lions 13
-Hearst ran for 198 while Barry Sanders was held to 28 yards rushing.
20. November 17, 2003 49ers 30 Steelers 14
-Tim Rattay was 21 of 27 for 254 yards and 2 scores
21. September 10, 2007 49ers 20 Cardinals 17
-Arnaz Battle touchdown with 22 seconds left
22. December 14, 2009 49ers 24 Cardinals 9
-Niners force 7 turnovers.
23. December 19, 2011 49ers 20 Steelers 3
-The night the lights went out; both teams entered 12-3; Roethlisberger picked 3 times.
24. December 19, 2012 49ers 32 Bears 7
-Kaepernick takes the starting job; 5.5 sacks for Aldon Smith
25. December 23, 2013
-Last game at Candlestick
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