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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. With 58 seconds left in the game, the 49ers faced 3rd down and 3 yards to gain on the ...
Dwight Edward Clark (January 8, 1957 – June 4, 2018) was an American professional football wide receiver who played for nine seasons with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1979 to 1987. [1] [2] He was a member of San Francisco's first two Super Bowl championship teams.
Dwight Clark, the San Francisco 49ers great made famous by "The Catch" of a pass from Joe Montana that beat the Dallas Cowboys in the 1981 NFC Championship Game, died Monday at age 61 after an ...
His signature game of the season was the NFC Championship Game, which culminated in "The Catch", a last-minute touchdown pass from Montana to Dwight Clark, propelling the 49ers to victory over Dallas and a berth in their first Super Bowl. The 49ers were undefeated in their first five Super Bowls.
Dwight Clark, made famous by "The Catch" that beat the Dallas Cowboys in the 1981 NFC Championship Game, died Monday after an extended battle with ALS.
In a play that would become known as The Catch, 49ers wide receiver Dwight Clark made a leaping grab at the back of the end zone to score the winning touchdown with 51 seconds left in the game. The win sent the 49ers to their first Super Bowl and snapped their three-game playoff losing streak to the Cowboys.
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The first was in January 1982 when Dwight Clark caught a game-winning touchdown pass from Joe Montana to lead the 49ers to Super Bowl XVI by defeating the Dallas Cowboys. Clark's play went down as one of the more famous in football history, and was dubbed "The Catch".