This Day in The Bay: DeBerg Leads 49ers to Victory Using a Microphone

by San Francisco 49ers Staff & Briana McDonald

September 21, 1980

On this day, 49ers quarterback Steve DeBerg defeated the New York Jets using a crafty microphone and speaker system.

In the days leading up to the Jets game in 1980, DeBerg could barely speak after suffering bruised nerves around his larynx in the opening game of the season. At the behest of coach Bill Walsh, team trai