All NFL game summaries for 01/24/1982:

Cincinnati outgained San Francisco by 81 yards (356-275), marking the first time in Super Bowl history the losing team led in scrimmage yardage. Bengals QB Ken Anderson set Super Bowl records (since surpassed) for completions (25) and completion percentage (73.5), and his 300 passing yards nearly doubled the 157 by 49ers QB Joe Montana, the game's MVP.

But Cincinnati suffered four turnovers to San Francisco's one, and three of those giveaways led to 17 first-half points for the 49ers, who led 20-0 at intermission. Leading 20-7, San Francisco staged a memorable goal-line stand late in the third quarter, stopping Cincinnati for no gain on three straight plays from the one-yard line. The Bengals still closed the gap to 20-14 with a four-yard TD pass from Anderson to TE Dan Ross with 10:06 left, but the 49ers added field goals of 40 and 23 yards by Ray Wersching to pull away.

Cincinnati crept to within 26-21 with 16 seconds left on a second Anderson-to-Ross TD pass, but San Francisco recovered the Bengals' ensuing onside kick to seal the victory. Wersching's four field goals tied a Super Bowl record (still tied) and Ross' 11 receptions set a Super Bowl record (since tied).

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	123.3 (17)	249.7 (3)	373.0 (2)	24
DEFENSE	117.6 (9)	213.0 (22)	330.6 (12)	37
OFFENSE	121.3 (20)	221.4 (7)	342.8 (13)	25
DEFENSE	119.9 (12)	177.8 (3)	297.7 (2)	48

Line: 49ers by 1

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Cincinnati Bengals (14-5-0)	0	0	7	14	21
San Francisco 49ers (16-3-0)	7	13	0	6	26

( 0- 7) SF Joe Montana 1 yard rush (Ray Wersching kick) ( 0-14) SF Earl Cooper 11 yard pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) ( 0-17) SF Ray Wersching 22 yard field goal ( 0-20) SF Ray Wersching 26 yard field goal ( 7-20) CIN Ken Anderson 5 yard rush (Jim Breech kick) (14-20) CIN Dan Ross 4 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Jim Breech kick) (14-23) SF Ray Wersching 40 yard field goal (14-26) SF Ray Wersching 23 yard field goal (21-26) CIN Dan Ross 3 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Jim Breech kick)

                     CIN             SF
First Downs:         24              20
Rushes-yards:        24-72           40-127
Yards/rush:          3.0             3.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     25-34-300-2     14-22-157-0
Sacked-yards:        5-16            1-9
Net pass yards:      284             148
Net yards/pass:      7.3             6.4
Total net yards:     356             275
Total plays:         63 (38% run)    63 (63% run)  
Yards/play:          5.7             4.4
Fumbles-lost:        2-2             2-1
Turnovers:           4               1
Penalties-yards:     8-57            8-65

Attendance: 81,270

Passing:
CIN: Ken Anderson, 25 of 34 for 300 yards and 2 TDs (2 int) SF: Joe Montana, 14 of 22 for 157 yards and 1 TD
Rushing:
CIN: Pete Johnson, 14 for 36 yards; Charles Alexander, 5 for 17 yards; Ken Anderson, 4 for 15 yards and 1 TD; Archie Griffin, 1 for 4 yards SF: Ricky Patton, 17 for 55 yards; Earl Cooper, 9 for 34 yards; Joe Montana, 6 for 18 yards and 1 TD; Bill Ring, 5 for 17 yards; Johnny Davis, 2 for 5 yards; Dwight Clark, 1 for -2 yards
Receiving:
CIN: Dan Ross, 11 for 104 yards and 2 TDs; Cris Collinsworth, 5 for 107 yards; Isaac Curtis, 3 for 42 yards; Steve Kreider, 2 for 36 yards; Pete Johnson, 2 for 8 yards; Charles Alexander, 2 for 3 yards SF: Freddie Solomon, 4 for 52 yards; Dwight Clark, 4 for 45 yards; Earl Cooper, 2 for 15 yards and 1 TD; Mike Wilson, 1 for 22 yards; Charle Young, 1 for 14 yards; Ricky Patton, 1 for 6 yards; Bill Ring, 1 for 3 yards
Kick returns:
CIN: David Verser, 5 for 52 yards; Guy Frazier, 1 for 0 yards; Archie Griffin, 1 for 0 yards SF: Dwight Hicks, 1 for 23 yards; Amos Lawrence, 1 for 17 yards
Punt returns:
CIN: Mike Fuller, 4 for 35 yards SF: Dwight Hicks, 1 for 6 yards
Interceptions:
SF: Dwight Hicks, 1 for 27 yards; Eric Wright, 1 for 25 yards
Punting:
CIN: Pat McInally, 3 for 131 yards SF: Jim Miller, 4 for 185 yards
Field Goals:
SF: Ray Wersching, 4/4