Niners edge Steelers, wear ultimate NFL crown

Greatest Football Team Ever!

1989 San Francisco 49ers

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From USA Today,

By a slim 23 votes out of more than 2,400 cast, the 1989 San Francisco 49ers, led by Joe Montana, held off Terry Bradshaw's 1978 Pittsburgh Steelers and have been declared the greatest NFL team of the Super Bowl era. In the semifinals, the Niners defeated Tom Brady and the 2007 New England Patriots by less than a percentage point in one semifinal, while the Steelers knocked off the 1985 Chicago Bears 52%-48% in the other semi. In the opening round, the Patriots pulled off a major upset with a resounding victory over the top-seeded 1972 Miami Dolphins 58%-42%. The other matchups went as expected with the No. 2 seeded Bears dominating the 1998 Denver Broncos 71%-29%. The third- and fourth-seeded teams, the 1978 Steelers and the 1989 49ers both won their quarterfinal matchups with 62% of the reader vote.
USA TODAY received 2,439 votes on the 49ers-Steelers matchup.

A combination of reader nominations and analysis from USA TODAY's NFL team produced the eight-team field.

The eight seeds:
1. 1972 Miami Dolphins - (17-0)
2. 1985 Chicago Bears - (18-1)
3. 1978 Pittsburgh Steelers - (17-2)
4. 1989 San Francisco 49ers - (17-2)
5. 1992 Dallas Cowboys - (16-3)
6. 1966 Green Bay Packers - (14-2)
7. 1998 Denver Broncos - (17-2)
8. 2007 New England Patriots - (18-1)*

* (Did not win Super Bowl)

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I've been saying this all along!! Nice to see that impartial voters out there see greatness for what it truely was and is. Playoff run in '89 of 126 points to 26 points allowed, and the largest score and margin of victory in Super Bowl history - Nuf said!

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