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The 1957 National Football League season resulted in a tie for the Western Conference championship between the Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers. Both finished at 8–4 and had split their two games during the regular season in November, with the home team winning each. The tie thus required a one-game playoff to be held between the two teams.
Things went from bad to worse for the Browns, hampered by injuries to quarterbacks O'Connell and Plum. The Lions romped for 14 points in each of the last three quarters, [3] [14] and won by 45 points, 59–14. [2] [3] [4] In their final six quarters of play (including their previous divisional playoff), the Lions outscored their opponents 83–17.
Joe Montana's 27-yard completion to tight end Russ Francis and Tyler's 11-yard run gave the team a first and goal from the 7, but the Lions made a key goal line stand to force Ray Wersching's 19-yard field goal, putting San Francisco up 17–9. Danielson then rallied the Lions back with six completions on a 10-play, 73-yard drive that ended ...
1957: Lions 31, 49ers 27. This remains one of the NFL's top 10 greatest playoff comebacks, the Lions overcoming a 27-7 third-quarter deficit at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. And they did it ...
NFL opener: Detroit Lions (0-0) vs. San Francisco 49ers (0-0): 1 p.m.; Ford Field; Fox (Kevin Kugler, Mark Sanchez, Laura Okmin); WXYT-FM (97.1). Detroit Lions fall short in 41-33 loss to the San ...
NFC Championship Game logo, 2008–2010 (Used with old shield since 2005) The structure of the NFL playoffs has changed several times since 1970. At the end of each regular season, the top teams in the NFC qualify for the postseason, including all division champions (three division winners from the 1970–71 to 2001–02 seasons; four since the 2002–03 season) and a set number of "wild card ...
On October 25, 1953, the Lions defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 14–10, in front of 54,862 spectators at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. The victory was the first by a Lions team in San Francisco. The victory was the first by a Lions team in San Francisco.
Lions fans cheer for a play against San Francisco 49ers during the first half of the NFC championship game at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024.