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The 49ers–Cardinals rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the San Francisco 49ers and Arizona Cardinals. [2] [3] [4] [5]After the AAFC-NFL merger, the 49ers and Cardinals faced off for the first time in the 1951 season, when the Cardinals were based in Chicago.
Many Cardinals fans view the Rams or the Seahawks as their arch-rival due to their 2010s dominance under quarterback Russell Wilson and head coach Pete Carroll, although Seattle shares more intense rivalries with the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams. Seattle leads the series 29–22–1, and the two teams have not met in the playoffs.
By 2021, Van Ness Avenue had become "an important street without much character, due for a major overhaul," according to the San Francisco Chronicle. [6] Streetcar service started on Van Ness in 1915 for the opening of the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. The rail lines were removed in the 1950s and replaced with a tree-lined median. [7]
The Cardinals won six of their first nine games, including divisional wins against the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks, as well a hotly contested game against the Buffalo Bills that ended in a Hail Mary from Kyler Murray to DeAndre Hopkins to win the game. The play would go viral and become known as the 'Hail Murray.'
On May 8, 2013, the NFL's San Francisco 49ers announced that San Francisco-based Levi Strauss & Co. had purchased the naming rights to their new stadium in Santa Clara. The naming rights deal calls for Levi's to pay $220.3 million to the city of Santa Clara and the 49ers over 20 years, with an option to extend the deal for another five years ...
— San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) October 1, 2023 That score extended San Francisco's lead to 21-3. When the Cardinals closed the gap to 21-16, San Francisco looked once again to McCaffrey.
San Francisco 49ers (9) [10] 10–6: Won Divisional playoffs 34–9 Won NFC Championship (at Bears) 28–3 Won Super Bowl XXIII (vs. Bengals) 20–16 1989: San Francisco 49ers (10) [11] 14–2: Won Divisional playoffs 41–13 Won NFC Championship 30–3 Won Super Bowl XXIV (vs. Broncos) 55–10 1990: San Francisco 49ers (11) [12] 14–2
The game was a Cardinals home game, and the Cardinals defeated their division rivals, the San Francisco 49ers, 31–14. For the first time since moving to the NFC West in 2002, the Cardinals swept division rivals the 49ers, and won in Candlestick Park for the first time since 1978 .