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After the 49ers defeated the Giants in Candlestick Park in the regular season, the two teams met again in the NFC Championship Game in San Francisco. The 49ers struck immediately, with Alex Smith connecting with Vernon Davis for a 73-yard touchdown to put the 49ers up 7–0.
The Giants-49ers rivalry is rooted in the 1980s when both teams were on the rise and would combine to win six Super Bowls from 1981–90. During that stretch, there were five postseason meetings between the two teams. The 49ers lead the series 22–21, and the teams have split their eight postseason meetings.
NFL's Greatest Games is a series of television programs that air on NFL Network, ESPN and related networks. [citation needed] It started airing as prime-time specials on ESPN in the 1997 fall season.
Just like the regular season game between the two teams won by the 49ers 7–3, the championship game was mostly a defensive battle. San Francisco running back Roger Craig's fumble with 2:36 left in the game led to Giants kicker Matt Bahr's 42-yard game-winning field goal as time expired. Bahr was New York's only scorer with 5 (of 6) field goals.
The 2002 San Francisco 49ers season was the team's 57th season, and 53rd in the National Football League (NFL) and the sixth and final under head coach Steve Mariucci.. The first season following divisional realignment, the 49ers won the new-look NFC West title with a 10–6 record; they swept their new division rivals, the Seattle Seahawks and the Arizona Cardinals while splitting with the St ...
September 2 San Francisco 49ers: 14–16: New York Giants: Giants Stadium: 49ers–Giants rivalry 1990 NFC Championship Game rematch [357] 2 September 9 Washington Redskins: 33–31: Dallas Cowboys: Texas Stadium: Cowboys–Redskins rivalry [358] 3 September 16 Kansas City Chiefs: 7–17: Houston Oilers: The Astrodome [359] 4 September 23 New ...
The 49ers started the season 2–0, for the first time since 1998. In the fourth game of the season, against the Seattle Seahawks, Alex Smith suffered a separated shoulder on the third play of the game, an injury that severely hampered his play and ultimately led to an early end to his 2008 campaign after having shoulder surgery. [143]
The 1986 San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise's 37th season in the National Football League and their 41st overall. The team returned to the top of the NFC West after a one-year absence, and lost in the divisional playoffs to the Giants, by a score of 49-3, possibly the biggest playoff loss suffered by the 49ers in the history of their franchise.