Five things you may not know about 49ers Steve Young and all his TD passes
Steve Young was a great quarterback in the National Football League, although he had to show a little patience to make it happen. He came out of college and first played in the United States Soccer League in the 1980s. His first NFL team was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and after two seasons he was traded to the San Francisco 49ers. . It was in the 49ers where he would shine, but at first he had to start as the backup quarterback for the legendary Joe Montana.
Steve Young finally put together a Hall of Fame career. Here are five things you may not know about Steve Young and the touchdown passes he threw.
#1 – I loved Atlanta
In his entire career, Steve Young never threw as many touchdowns against a team as he did against the Atlanta Falcons. He finished his career with 232 touchdown passes and 37 of them, or just under 16 percent, were thrown against the Atlanta Falcons.
#2: Maybe He Liked Throwing Jerry Rice Too Much
It should come as no surprise to any football fan that Steve Young’s favorite receiver was Jerry Rice. No player caught more touchdown passes thrown by Young than Rice. Together they teamed up for 85 touchdowns. The player who ranks second on that list, with Young’s astonishing 61 touchdown receptions behind Rice, is Terrell Owens with 24.
#3 – He Was Kind of a Second Trimester Boy
Throughout his career, Steve Young threw more touchdown passes in the second quarter than in any other quarter of a game. He threw 58 TD passes in the first quarter, 44 in the third quarter and 49 in the fourth quarter. In the second quarter, however, he threw a staggering 81 touchdown passes.
#4 – Welcome to San Francisco, by Jerry Rice
Steve Young’s first year playing with the 49ers was in 1987 and came after a trade from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He only played in a few games that season, but ended up throwing 10 touchdown passes, eight of them to Jerry Rice.
#5 – The first and the last
The first touchdown pass Steve Young threw in the NFL came during his Tampa Bay days. He came in the third quarter of a 26-7 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. He went for seven yards and was caught by Calvin Magee. The final regular-season touchdown pass of his NFL career came in the first quarter of a 24-10 victory over the Arizona Cardinals. It went for 13 yards and Jerry Rice caught it properly. The last real touchdown he threw for came later in the playoffs that year in a 20-18 loss to the Falcons. He went for 17 yards and Jerry Rice caught him again.