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Elway never had Jerry Rice, John Taylor, Roger Craig, Dwight Clark.55-10
Montana vs Elway in SB 1990
Montana won 2 major bowls at ND
Elways never won in a bowl game at Stanford
Put Elway on that team, and you've got more wins and super bowls.
Stanford was known as an academic school back then, not a football powerhouse. Unlike Notre Dame, they actually went to class, and had a tougher schedule than Notre Dame. Back then, Notre Dame had a patsy schedule.
Montana was great, Elway was greater.
Elway had HOF Shannon Sharpe; it wasn't as if he was throwing the ball to nobody...jeezus. I seem to remember them having an impressive running back a few years there too...Terrel Davis??
I will say this; the overall talent of the 49ers (especially the 89 team) was much higher than the average talent of the Broncos and any other team. I would argue that if you took Jerry Rice and put him on a lesser team, he'd been less spectacular--you can't double him when there is Taylor and Jones on the routes too and a game breaking running back in the backfield.
As for Notre Dame not playing a tough schedule...here is what one source says:
1978 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com
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Record: 9-3, .750 W-L% (15th of 138) (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Dan Devine (9-3)
PTS/G: 24.4 (35th of 138) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 16.4 (32nd of 138)
SRS: 19.72 (8th of 138) ▪ SOS: 11.81 (8th of 138)
Bowl Game: Won Cotton Bowl 35-34 versus Houston
8th hardest schedule isn't cheddar. They played Michigan, Tennessee, Purdue, Miami (FL), USC, among others that year on the way to winning the Cotton Bowl.
According to the same source, Montana had 72 carries that year...
Elway was a stud; Montana is a legend.
ND lost to Missouri ( a surprise) Michigan (not that big a surprise) and USC in 1978. (got screwed big-time in the USC game. Maybe Montanas best game ever.
Lost once in 1977 to Ole Miss when Rusty Lich was the starter.
When Devine switched to Montana - ND never had a close game the rest of the season.
SLAM -DUNK NC.
In the 1990 Super Bowl - Elway had a pathetic game. The airlines even lost his luggage.
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