History of 49ers Monday Night Football Wins at Candlestick Park

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

#FarewellCandlestick: The 100 Greatest Moments in Candlestick Park History: #7

#8 is here.

#7 January 6, 1985 1984 NFC Championship

The first 18 win team in NFL history made the Super Bowl with a 23-0 shutout of the Bears.

This was a game won by the defense - 9 sacks, Steve Fuller held to 87 yards passing.

San Francisco's second NFC Title led to its second Super Bowl. A few months later, the Bears would become one of the more famous teams in sports history.  They weren't shuffling anywhere except back to the locker room in this one.

The 6th greatest moment in Candlestick history is tomorrow.

#FarewellCandlestick: The 100 Greatest Moments in Candlestick Park History: #8

#9 is here.

#10 September 5, 1994  Rice 127

The 49ers will close out Candlestick Park on a Monday Night; at the time of this writing, they are the winningest team in Monday Night Football history.

The definitive 49ers moment on Monday night is the greatest football player who ever lived breaking Jim Brown's all time touchdown record.

It was Rice's third score of the night in a blowout win over the Raiders to open up what, to this date, is the Niners last Super Bowl Championship season.

He'd go onto score 70 more touchdowns before retirement. 70.  Like if Bonds hit #756 and then another 300 more.

The 7th Greatest Moment in Candlestick History is tomorrow.

#FarewellCandlestick: The 100 Greatest Moments in Candlestick Park History: #9

#10 is here.

#9 September 30, 1962 162

The greatest team in San Francisco Giants history was dead in the water on September 22 - 4 games behind the Dodgers with 8 to play.

8 days later - the Giants came into the final day of the season a game out, needing a win+ a Dodger loss to force a playoff.

The Giants were tied with Houston 1-1 in the 8th (after leaving the bases loaded in the 7th) when Willie Mays homered to give what would be the final margin of victory, 2-1.

The Dodgers lost.

3 days later, the Giants won their first San Francisco pennant.

#FarewellCandlestick: The 100 Greatest Moments in Candlestick Park History Recap: #10

The full 100-11 recap is here.

#10 October 1, 1962 Game 163

The greatest baseball team in San Francisco history had to make up a 4 game deficit in the last 8 games of the 1962 season to force baseball's last ever 3 game playoff.

All the Giants had to do in Game 1, the only game of the series which would be held at Candlestick, was beat Sandy Koufax.

Which they did.  8-0.  Willie Mays homered twice, the first a two run shot off Koufax in the first inning.  Billy Pierce threw a complete game 3 hitter, and two days later the Giants won their first San Francisco pennant.

The 9th greatest moment in Candlestick Park history is tomorrow.