Thats because Clark was never a featured receiver at Clemson. With less than one minute left in the game and facing the 6-yard line belonging to Dallas, Montana fired to Freddie Solomon who had scored on the same play earlier on in the game. Dwight Clark. With the ball in 49ers territory after a long pass to Drew Pearson, Danny White was sacked by Lawrence Pillers and fumbled. Montana rolls out of the pocket, backpedals, pump fakes, spots Clark, throws the ball and a 49ers dynasty is born. Tag Lamar Jackson? [19] During the 1981 season, Walsh had Montana practice that part of the play back in training camp. So you just kind of shake it off. I heard the crowd scream." Clarks discovery was a complete accident, so the fact he was drafted and then made the roster of a respected team was seen to be quite surprising. But they not only talk about it, they pass it down through the generations. George Rose/Getty Images. Holmes survived the knockdown, as would the Niners against the Cowboys. Watch Nick Bosa's performance at the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. There are plays that stand by themselves in sports. Kelly Clark. Those two calls added up to 10 points, Lott noted in The Sporting News. I love him and will miss him terribly. The game was not over, however, and the Cowboys quarterback Danny White had 51 seconds following a Wersching squib kick to move the ball 75 yards. Linebacker Dre Greenlaw joined 'NFL Now' ahead of the 49ers Divisional Round game vs. the Dallas Cowboys to preview the playoff matchup. Clark, while discussing The Catch in America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions documentary about the 1981 49ers, said: It's humbling, really. On October 21, 2018, the 49ers unveiled a statue outside Levi's Stadium depicting The Catch. Despite occurring over 40 years ago, the game-winning touchdown play remains one of the most impressive NFL moves in the history of the sport. Initially serving Cajun food, it later switched to prime rib and seafood. Too little, too late. I'll be at an autograph thing, there'll be a 10-year old kid saying, "You're The Catch. While the 49ers had begun the 1970s winning three consecutive NFC West titles (19701972) and losing two NFC Championship Games (1970-1971 seasons) to the Cowboys, they had spent the remainder of the decade as a losing team. NFL footage NFL Productions LLC. He rolled right, pump-faked, then threw a high pass to the rear of the end zone. When the football gods decided to bestow everlasting glory on an athlete with a random moment of triumph, they picked the right guy in . "I thought it was too high," said the 6-3 Clark, "because I don't jump that well. I don't know how I caught the ball. Clarks catch was featured on TV shows and commercials and was even on the cover of Sports Illustrated gaining global notoriety for all the right reasons, and bringing widespread attention to the sport. Copyright 2023 Endgame360 Inc. All Rights Reserved. (Long pause for crowd reaction) It's a madhouse at Candlestick!". "I would have been happy to be 8-8, team president Ed DeBartolo Jr. said on the eve of the NFC title game against the Cowboys. This is championship football. The 49ers then drove to the Dallas 16-yard line, but once again they failed to score when Montana threw a pass that bounced out of Elliot's hands and was intercepted by Randy White. E-mail Ron Kroichick at rkroichick@sfchronicle.com. Jim Stuckey recovered for the 49ers and the rest is history. The image, forever frozen in the minds eye, is the ball in the late Dwight Clarks fingertips, as he stretches above Everson Walls, who can only reach futilely with his right arm. He was responsible for one of the most iconic plays in NFL history that began our run of Super Bowl championships, but to me, he will always be an extension of my family. The NFL's 2023 Hall of Fame Game will feature the Cleveland Browns and New York Jets, the Hall announced Tuesday. [20], Last edited on 26 February 2023, at 01:20, National Football League Players Association, "49er great Dwight Clark receiver who made The Catch dies at 61", "Dwight Clark, San Francisco 49ers receiver who made 'The Catch,' dies at 61", "One of Charlotte's greatest pro athletes has died", "Dwight Clark, 49ers receiver of The Catch, dead at 61", "Former Clemson great Dwight Clark passes", "Dwight Clark of Clemson football, 49ers fame dies from ALS", "Dwight Clark, 61, Dies; Made a Touchdown Catch for the Ages", "Illness robbed us of Dwight Clark, but not of his spirit", "49ers flashback: 1979 team was dreadful despite Walsh, Montana, O.J. Dwight Clark leaves a Dallas defender in his dust after making. The Catch: How one of the most iconic plays in NFL history tied Dwight Clark and Everson Walls together forever ORG XMIT: [NS_9Clark's Catch ] Headline: Caption: 1-9-95--- Dwight Clarks's catch in . The Philadelphia Eagles have promoted quarterbacks coach Brian Johnson to offensive coordinator and hired Sean Desai as defensive coordinator. Then 49ers running back Bill Ring lost a fumble on his own 29, leading to White's 26-yard touchdown pass to Tony Hill that put the Cowboys up 107. Dwight Clark catches the ball! I never get tired of talking about it; I never get tired of seeing it, because I sign pictures and send them to people. If not for a serendipitous phone call intended for former Clemson quarterback Steve Fuller, Clark's career might have been a dream. As a junior, he was named a starter at wide receiver and was part of the team that qualified Clemson to the Gator Bowl, its first bowl game in 18 years. 49ers legend Joe Montana joined "NFL Total Access" to discuss theteam's Week 14 matchup against Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Around the NFL Writer San Francisco 49ers legend Dwight Clark passed away Monday at the age of 61, his family confirmed. The Catch is widely regarded as one of the greatest plays in National Football League (NFL) history. Plus, back then, that was just football. All the TV and radio calls you can handle from Harper, Stott clutch homers on Sunday, Shooters Radio: ECW One Night Stand 05 deep dive. After his initial move, Clark's pattern called for him to cut diagonally left across the end zone, stop, and immediately reverse his path, running right along the back boundary of the end zone. Touchdown! In his senior season in 1978, the Tigers were 111, won the Gator Bowl over Ohio State, and finished sixth in the final AP poll. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. The game was broadcast on CBS and the call was made by the great Vin Scully. The legendary moment that changed the 49ers and San Francisco sports' fortunes forever. Your email address will not be published. If you want to bet on teams currently competing in the championship, you can check out these up-to-date NFL betting odds. [24] He would later return to North Carolina to run his real estate business. I feel honored people are still talking about it, 25 years later. Caught by (Dwight) Clark! Watch highlights of linebacker NaVorro Bowman performing at the 2010 NFL Scouting Combine. Guys would take my job. The Cowboys had Solomon covered. Nine and a half yards deep in the end zone! He had two cameras, one with a 400-millimeter lens for capturing action at a distance. Following his workout, the 49ers selected Clark with the first pick of the tenth round, or 249th overall pick, in the 1979 NFL draft. Despite having quite an unmemorable rookie season and catching only 18 passes, Clark managed to make his mark with his team. Barnwell forecasts offseason moves for all 32 NFL teams, Supplemental Privacy Policy for Singapore, Covered Rams for nine years for stlouisrams.com, Previously covered University of Missouri football, Member of Pro Football Writers of America. Clark had plans to play a round of golf and was headed out to play when he answered the phone. He caught 80 passes including eight touchdowns in 1980 from quarterbacks Steve DeBerg and Joe Montana. He was Executive Vice President and Director of Football Operations from 1999 to 2001. In the October 16, 2001 episode "My Old Lady" of the American television sitcom/medical drama Scrubs, when a dying patient David asks if anyone has ever heard of The Catch, Turk comes in and says, "Niners-Cowboys, Joe Montana to Dwight Clark deep in the end-zone, zero time left. The skills Clark displayed throughout the workout were something that the 49ers had never seen on tape before. Clark tallied 506 catches for 6,750 yards and 48 touchdowns, along with 50 rushing yards in his nine NFL seasons with the 49ers. The NFL has many notable moments. He left in 1998 to become the general manager of the expansion era Cleveland Browns. The Catch was the reason for a resurgence in visitors to the city after a tough couple of years caused by lots of negative press coverage. Montana completed two quick passes to Clark and Solomon respectively and the 49ers called a timeout with the ball on the Dallas 12. [27] He also appeared in the video game All-Pro Football 2K8. Since Clark was lined up near Solomon, he was supposed to position himself to get in the way of Solomon's defender (known as a "pick" or "rub" play), and then release and head for the end zone on his own pattern, providing Montana with a second option. [11], On March 19, 2017, Clark announced that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Clark spent the entirety of his nine-year career with the 49ers, ranking third and fourth in franchise history in receiving yards (6,750) and receptions (506), respectively. The theme of Josh McDaniels' media session at the NFL Scouting Combine was consistently vague: After releasing Derek Carr, the Raiders are going to explore every avenue to address quarterback. Things got even better for Dallas when Walls recorded his second interception from Montana on the next drive at the Cowboys 27. THIS CHANNEL IS NOT MONETIZED , FOR ENTERTAINMENT , PROMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY !!! Following his sterling career on the field, Clark worked his way through San Francisco's front office, ultimately rising to general manager. And how did it impact football? How's this for an autograph gem: San Francisco 49ers legend Dwight Clark drawing up the play that was called on the famous "The Catch" in the 1981 playoffs. Just before being chased out of bounds, and after a pump-fake caused the 6-foot 9-inch Ed Too Tall Jones to leave his feet, Montana threw a high pass to the back of the end zone that seemed to be heading out of bounds until Clark, closely covered by Cowboys defender Everson Walls, made a leaping catch with his fingertips in the back right corner of the end zone to tie the game with 51 seconds left. He was 61 years old. Yikes. The Catch was the game-winning touchdown reception in the 1981 NFC Championship Game played between the Dallas Cowboys and the eventual Super Bowl XVI champion San Francisco 49ers at Candlestick Park on January 10, 1982, as part of the 1981-82 NFL playoffs. His wife . An All-Pro and two-time Super Bowl champion, Clark was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, in March of 2017. After retiring Dwight Clark remained a part of the 49ers organization working as an executive in the front office. "Theres all kinds of versions of how we had practiced it, where we practiced it, when -- everybody remembers it a little bit different," Clark told the 49ers website in 2013. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. This ended a remarkable period that saw the Cowboys play in 10 of 13 conference championship games, while Danny White, who had become Dallas' starting quarterback in 1980, drew criticism for "not being able to win the big game," despite leading the team to successful winning seasons. He was 61. Dwight Clark, the former 49ers star best known for his leaping TD catch that won the NFC Championship Game in 1982, says he has been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease. New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, a Bay Area native who ultimately grew up idolizing Montana on his way to his own successful NFL career including seven Super Bowl wins, attended the game as a four-year-old and aspired to become a 49er.[7]. In the following season, the Cowboys reached their third straight NFC Championship Game, where they were defeated 3117 by their archrival Washington Redskins. CNN Former San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Dwight Clark died Monday at age 61 after a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Getty Dwight Clark Dwight Clark, the beloved wide receiver for the the San Francisco 49ers during the 1980s, died on Monday. Receiver Dwight Clark makes "The Catch" on a pass from Joe Montana that tied the game late in the fourth quarter against the Cowboys in the 1982 NFC championship game. Vin Scullys call, his last on footballfor CBS: "Of course for the upstart 49ers they are 6 yards from (the Super Bowl in) Pontiac (Mich.) Third and three. [3][4] The play, immortalized as "The Catch", propelled the 49ers to their first Super Bowl championship. Clark already had plans to play a round of golf and was about to head out to begin his game when he picked up the phone instead. In the second quarter, Clark managed to catch a 20-yard touchdown pass from Joe Montana that provided the 49ers with a slight 14-10 lead. [20] They moved to Santa Cruz. He was 61. Even then, before the spate of titles, this was a transcendent moment in Bay Area sports - the 49ers had finally conquered the Cowboys. Clark had been Joe Montana's running mate, and he was himself a legend to football fans, but the prospect of meeting Mays turned Dwight into a hero-worshiping kid. The following browsers are supported: Chrome, Edge (v80 and later), Firefox and Safari. Actor Don Cheadle demonstrated the height of Clark's catch by standing on a stepladder in the end zone. "[20] In the early 1990s, Clark's catch had become the most requested clip in the archives of NFL Films, which was charging up to $5,000 for its use.[11]. Wide receiver Freddie Solomon was lined up in the right slot, while Dwight Clark was outside of Solomon, wide to the right. You get dinged and you go back in or you stay in.. One minute into the fourth quarter, Septin kicked a 22-yard field goal that cut the scoring difference down to 1 point at 2120. Dwight Clark, who made one of the most famous catches in NFL history, died Monday -- 15 months after he announced he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as 49ers hero Dwight Clark's ashes laid to rest next to same goal post from 'The Catch' And this is Dwight Clark's stone in proximity to where he did make At 6ft 4in (1.93m), his first love was basketball, but he accepted a scholarship to play college football at Clemson University.[9][10]. In the second quarter, Clark caught a 20-yard touchdown pass from Montana that gave the 49ers a 14-10 lead. Watch Deebo Samuel's performance at the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. He showed tremendous courage and dignity in his battle with ALS and we hope there will soon be a cure for this horrendous disease. The Niners would go on to win Super Bowl XVI, the first professional sports championship the city of San Francisco had ever experienced. He was third on the team with 17 receptions for 265 yards and one touchdown. That would be Renaldo Snipes, who in November 1981 gave Holmes a surprisingly tough bout in Pittsburgh, including, by one account, a perfectly timed overhand right (that) connected cleanly with Holmes chin and caused the champions legs to fold up like a defective lawn chair collapsing under an unsuspecting party guest.. He scored a pair of touchdowns. Another quarterback might not have artfully lobbed his pass high into the end zone the way Montana did. The twin statues feature an airborne Clark leaping high into the air for a fingertip catch, just as he did for "The Catch" against the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC Championship game on Jan. 10, 1982. In the third quarter, San Francisco had another scoring opportunity when Dwight Hicks returned a punt 12 yards to midfield. However, the Cowboys soon returned the favor with Danny White's interception to linebacker Bobby Leopold, and this time the 49ers converted, regaining the lead at 2117 with a 2-yard touchdown run by running back Johnny Davis. Montana, looking looking throwing in the end zone. 49ers: 30 years ago, photographer caught The Catch, SF 49ERS DWIGHT CLARK MAKING " THE CATCH " 49ERS VS. DALLAS COWBOYS, 10 JAN82, 1981 NFC championship game in San Francisco. And I encourage the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) and the NFL to continue working together in their efforts to make the game of football safer, especially as it relates to head trauma. In the Eastern time zone, Renfrow scored his touchdown on Jan. 10, exactly 35 years after Clark made "The Catch.". Clark played his entire nine-year career with the 49ers and earned Pro Bowl and All-Pro honors in 1982. Former San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Dwight Clark passed away Monday after his battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. One is The Catch, which happened 40 years ago on Jan. 10, 1982. In 2002, Clark resigned from the Browns and returned to his roots in North Carolina where he operated a real estate business. Sadly, he died a couple of years ago after a short battle with ALS. Popular Mobile Games You Must Play In 2023, American football player and executive (1957-2018). The Catch symbolized the end of the Cowboys' domination in the NFC since the conference's inception in 1970, and the beginning of the 49ers' rise as an NFL dynasty in the 1980s. On June 4, 2018, Dwight Clark died from the disease. Storey suspected he had a good shot of The Catch, but he didn't know with certainty for several hours. Required fields are marked *. Kid, please, don't insult me." "I don't know for sure. Not only did the winning touchdown catch lift the 49ers to their first-ever Super Bowl, but it has made history as one of the greatest catches in the history of the NFL. However, Clark leaped as high as he could only to get his fingertips on the ball. 64: 2011 NFC Divisional Playoff - Saints vs. 49ers "The Catch III" (Jan. 14, 2012) #NFL100 @49ers @VernonDavis85 Television: NFL 100 Greatest Games on @NFLNetwork, "TD could become 'The Catch III' in 49ers lore", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Catch_(American_football)&oldid=1142103148. Storey got $100 in a bonus from the paper. The play saw Joe Montana find Dwight Clark for the game-winning touchdown in the NFC Championship Game played at Candlestick. The 49ers were 214 in 1978 and had the same record in 1979. He later married Ashley Stone, whom he met during the summer of 1982. But none more important than Dwight Clarks demonstration of skill on January 10, 1982, in an event commonly known as The Catch.. 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