Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure — Season 1
Even the coolest feel the heat.
About this season
Montana's first hand account of his career from the earliest days to national champion at Notre Dame and becoming a four-time Super Bowl winner and a Pro Football Hall of Famer.
Episodes (6)
1. Growing Up Montana
10.0Aired 6 January 2022 • 52 min
Doubt from Joe's coaches makes his transition from Pennsylvania to Notre Dame difficult.
2. Camelot
Aired 6 January 2022 • 44 min
Though Joe start his career on the bench in 1979, he wins the NFC Championship two years later.
3. A Star Is Born
Aired 13 January 2022 • 44 min
Joe leads the 49ers to their first Super Bowl victory in 1982; after a San Francisco regular-season record of 15 wins in 1984, Joe wins his second ring in Super Bowl XIX; 1985 becomes a special year for Joe when he marries the girl of his dreams.
4. Gut Check
Aired 20 January 2022 • 51 min
Joe undergoes a potentially career-ending back surgery in 1986; when the 49ers trade for Steve Young in 1987, the move starts the biggest quarterback controversy in NFL history; a 6-5 record in 1988 has the 49ers at a breaking point.
5. Crossroads
Aired 27 January 2022 • 49 min
The playoffs look out of reach in 1988, but Joe rallies the 49ers to finish 10-6 and a come-from-behind victory in Super Bowl XXIII; a year later, five touchdown passes in Super Bowl XXIV give Joe his fourth Super Bowl ring and a third MVP trophy.
6. Immortality
Aired 3 February 2022 • 60 min
A second league MVP in 1990 comes to a screeching halt in the NFC Championship Game; Joe misses the following two years with an elbow injury before being traded in 1993.