Best ever? 49ers lay claim with 55-10 win; MVP Montana passes into the record books; Top players, 'strong will' spell success
Jan. 29, 1990
<BODY>
Football's Team of the Decade? They were that already.
OK. Best Team Ever?
Could be. What else can you say about a team that completed the 1989 season the same way it completed the 1981, 1984 and 1988 seasons: with Super Bowl championships?
<HEADER:A307932>
<ICON:A>
Super Bowl steps up security measures
Jan. 18, 1991
<BODY>
Amid tightened security prompted by war in the Persian Gulf, fans won't be allowed to carry portable radios or TVs into Tampa Stadium for Super Bowl XXV.
But Thursday, Commissioner Paul Tagliablue said the NFL "expects" to play Sunday's conference championships and the Jan. 27 Super Bowl.
<HEADER:A309492>
<ICON:P>
Giants win 20-19 thriller; Bills' hopes sail wide right with :04 left
Jan. 28, 1991
<BODY>
TAMPA - Jeff Hostetler's star continued its ascent and ageless Ottis Anderson was most valuable player as the New York Giants edged Buffalo 20-19 in Super Bowl XXV.
No Super Bowl has been closer, perhaps none better. Few have had such dramatic finishes.
<HEADER:A317039>
Pasadena gets '93 Super Bowl; Phoenix has tentative OK for '96 game
March 20, 1991
<BODY>
KONA, Hawaii - Phoenix lost the 1993 Super Bowl to Pasadena, Calif., and conditionally gained the 1996 Super Bowl Tuesday night during a 3 1/2-hour meeting of National Football League owners.
The vote was 27-1.
<HEADER:A337766>
<ICON:P>
300; Don Shula on verge of something special; But coach covets mark set by Halas
Sept. 13, 1991
<BODY>
MIAMI - Come back with us now in a time machine to Sept. 15, 1963. The youngest coach in National Football League history is about to coach his first game. Before long, he will be 0-1. New York Giants 37, Baltimore Colts 28.
<HEADER:A340726>
Surgery cuts Montana's season short
Oct. 10, 1991
<BODY>
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana had surgery Wednesday evening to repair a torn tendon in his right elbow.
The three-time Super Bowl MVP is out for the season.
<HEADER:A345557>
Bo spikes football career
Nov. 21, 1991
<BODY>
Bo Jackson will concentrate on baseball, obeying doctors' wishes to give up football because of a hip injury. "I have to do what my doctors told me," said Jackson, whose $1.67 million 1991 Los Angeles Raiders salary is guaranteed.
<HEADER:A358851>
NFL kills instant replay by 17-11 vote
March 19, 1992
<BODY>
PHOENIX - The NFL pulled the ultimate instant replay reversal Wednesday, dropping the controversial officiating tool after six years.
"You've got a whole generation of football fans who grew up with instant replay," said Los Angeles Raiders owner Al Davis, a replay supporter. "Are they going to understand?"
