1992 San Francisco 49ers Season

• In the 1992 season, it appeared that Young's starting job was in serious peril.
• Montana appeared to be close to recovering from his elbow tendon surgery, but no deal was finalized and it turned out that Montana would not recover in time to start in the opening game.
• Montana would not return until the final game of the 1992 season, a Monday Night home game against the Detroit Lions.
• Young ended up as San Francisco's starting quarterback, but once again got off to a rough start.
• On the fifth play of the opening game at the Giants, he suffered a concussion and was replaced by Bono.
• The following week, San Francisco lost 34-31 to the Buffalo Bills, despite a career-high 449 passing yards and three touchdowns from Young, in a game that for the first time in NFL history there were zero punts from either team.
• Young recovered and led the 49ers on a five-game winning streak, capped off by a 56-17 win over the Atlanta Falcons in which Young passed for 399 yards and three touchdowns.
• After missing most of the next game (a 24-14 loss to the Cardinals) with the flu, he led San Francisco to victory in all of their remaining games of the season, giving the team a 14-2 record.

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