Super Bowl XXVII : THROUGH THE YEARS : Footnotes To History : XIX : GLENN BLACKWOOD : MIAMI DOLPHINS

When Glenn Blackwood is asked about his best hit in Super Bowl XIX--a game during which he made history and was embarrassed at the same time--Blackwood is quick to reply.

“I was chasing Joe Montana toward the sideline, I really wanted to cream him, I got right up to him . . . and he stepped out of bounds just in time,” Blackwood recalled. “So I moved to avoid hitting him and I just creamed this other guy who was standing there.

“I see a bunch of papers flying everywhere, and I see this guy lying on the ground, and then I realize what had happened.”

Blackwood had creamed artist Leroy Neiman, who was working on his annual Super Bowl sketch.

Blackwood later discovered that Neiman got even by putting Blackwood in the sketch, which portrays him futilely chasing Montana around the backfield.

“At least I hit him right between the numbers,” Blackwood said.

The most memorable history was created by Montana, who threw for 331 yards, then a Super Bowl record, in the 49ers’ 38-16 victory at Stanford Stadium.

“Actually, I wasn’t as disappointed as when we lost to Washington two years earlier, because I had a bad feeling going into this game,” Blackwood said. “I felt we didn’t have a good game plan coming in.

“We were going to try and cover their running backs with our linebackers, and that is just not fair. Montana ran Roger Craig and Wendell Tyler out there and it became a track meet.”

Blackwood said that even though he and his teammates figured that there would be problems, nobody would say anything to defensive coordinator Chuck Studley, who was in his first year after replacing beloved Bill Arnsparger.

“You can only do so much in that area,” Blackwood said. “After that, you’ve got to take your medicine. We took ours, and it was terrible.”

Blackwood was so upset, he didn’t have any mementos . . . until a friend gave him a calendar containing Neiman’s sketch.

“I’m just glad I de-cleated him,” Blackwood said.

* 1985 AT PALO ALTO

Miami 10 6 0 0 -- 16 San Francisco 7 21 10 0 -- 38

Mia--FG von Schamann 37

SF--Monroe 33 pass from Montana (Wersching kick)

Mia--D. Johnson 2 pass from Marino (von Schamann kick)

SF--Craig 8 pass from Montana (Wersching kick)

SF--Montana 6 run (Wersching kick)

SF--Craig 2 run (Wersching kick)

Mia--FG von Schamann 31

Mia--FG von Schamann 30

SF--FG Wersching 27

SF--Craig 16 pass from Montana (Wersching kick)

A--84,059

Winning Coach--Bill Walsh

MVP--Joe Montana