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49ers 16–13: Giants Stadium 49ers 16–14 2002 playoffs 49ers 39–38 3Com Park 49ers 17–14 NFC Wild Card playoffs. The 49ers overcame a 38–14 deficit and the Giants botched a last-second game-winning field goal attempt, but controversially ended without an obvious pass interference against the 49ers being called. 2005: Giants 24–6 ...
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.
Their 18 wins overall is also still a record, tied by the 1985 Bears and the 2007 New England Patriots (who won 18 straight, but lost Super Bowl XLII to the New York Giants). The 49ers' only defeat in the 1984 season was a 20–17 loss to the Steelers; a late field goal attempt in that game by San Francisco kicker Ray Wersching went off the ...
Dating back to 1989, the 49ers completed a fifteen-game unbeaten streak in the regular season (5 victories in the last 5 games of 1989 and 10 victories in the first ten games of 1990). The 49ers lost in the final seconds of the NFC Championship Game on a field goal by the eventual Super Bowl champion New York Giants, denying them a chance at a ...
Major snowstorm prior to the game prompted fans to throw snowballs in the stands and onto the field, resulting in the Giants being almost forced to forfeit the game. [42] [43] [44] The Catch II: January 3, 1999 Green Bay Packers: 27–30 San Francisco 49ers: Wild Card Playoff game notable for a 49ers game-winning pass with 8 seconds left in the ...
From 1981 to 1998, the 49ers had one of the most successful stretches of dominance in NFL history. Armed with Bill Walsh 's innovative West Coast offense , Hall of Fame level quarterback play in Joe Montana and later Steve Young , and a dominant defense, the 49ers would win five Super Bowls in 1981 , 1984 , 1988 , 1989 , and 1994 , and made the ...
In contrast, Eli Manning had a good day for the Giants with a touchdown pass to cap a long 2nd quarter drive. The December 2 game between the New Orleans Saints and the Seattle Seahawks in Seattle was much-hyped because of the high-powered Saints offense led by quarterback Drew Brees was taking the ferocious defense of the Seahawks with the ...
The NFL allowed the game to be broadcast by WCBS-TV so Giants fans would not be denied an opportunity to see an away game on their local station (that same season, Raiders owner Al Davis enforced the blackout of his team's regular season finale vs. the 49ers, even though the NFL granted CBS affiliate KPIX permission to telecast the game in the ...