Fansided

Super Bowl power rankings: Which winner is the greatest?

By Cody Williams

St. Louis Rams quarterback Kurt Warner looks to make pass in a 23-16 win over the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV on January 30, 2000 at Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Allen Kee/Getty Images)
St. Louis Rams quarterback Kurt Warner looks to make pass in a 23-16 win over the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV on January 30, 2000 at Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Allen Kee/Getty Images) /
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
48 of 51
Next
PALO ALTO, CA – JANUARY 20: Joe Montana #16 of the San Francisco 49ers turns to hand the ball off to Wendell Tyler #26 against the Miami Dolphins during Super Bowl XIX on January 20, 1985 at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, California. The 49ers won the Super Bowl 38-16 and Montana was the gams MVP. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
PALO ALTO, CA – JANUARY 20: Joe Montana #16 of the San Francisco 49ers turns to hand the ball off to Wendell Tyler #26 against the Miami Dolphins during Super Bowl XIX on January 20, 1985 at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, California. The 49ers won the Super Bowl 38-16 and Montana was the gams MVP. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) /

4. 1984 San Francisco 49ers (SB XIX)

The 49ers make yet another appearance in these rankings because, well, they’ve had quite a bit of success in regards to winning Super Bowl rings in the history of the franchise. Listing the accolades of the immortal Joe Montana would be pointless at this point, but he was still in the process of proving his greatness throughout the 1984 NFL season. By the time the final whistle had sounded in Super Bowl XIX, though, there was no denying both Montana and his team’s historical greatness.

For one, the 49ers went 18-1 on the year including the postseason, one of few teams to achieve that level of greatness in regards to wins and losses. However, they were a force to be reckoned with in achieving that record as they had the second-best offense in the NFL and the best defense in the league. That led to the Niners posting a monstrous 15.5 points per game point differential for the regular season, a level of supremacy that they carried into the playoffs.

Bill Walsh’s group took out the Giants 21-10 in their first matchup, but perhaps their most impressive task was shutting out Walter Payton and the Bears in the NFC Championship game while also putting up 23 points on a great defense. Also not to be overlooked is Montana’s dominance over the Dolphins and the 49ers defense’s governance over Dan Marino in that game. They were just one of many great San Francisco teams in NFL history, wholly worth of being slotted in at No. 4.

Next: No. 3

Home/Super Bowl