1981 San Francisco 49ers: The Drive, The Catch & The Goal-Line Stand
The era of Bill Walsh and Joe Montana effectively came of age in 1981 when the 49ers won a Super Bowl with some of NFL lore’s greatest moments.
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NFL Analysis: AFC Drains A Week 3 Six-Pack Over The NFC
The AFC was supposed to be the weaker of the two conferences in the NFL this season. Maybe it will work out that way, but Week 3 provided precious little evidence of NFC superiority. Actually, check that—Week 3 provided zero evidence of NFC superiority, because the AFC swept all six inter-conference games.
NFL Analysis: The Niners Try And Climb The Last Step
The San Francisco 49ers come into a season looking for redemption off of heartbreak for the second year in a row. In 2011, they lost a gutwrenching NFC Championship Game to the New York Giants. Last year they lost the Super Bowl to the Baltimore Ravens when they were stopped three times inside the 5-yard-line. There’s only one way to keep moving forward and it’s to win it all. Today’s NFL analysis measures the Niners against that very high bar.
Where The San Francisco 49ers Still Need Work
The San Francisco 49ers were the most impressive team in the NFC in Week 1, and along with the Baltimore Ravens, one of the two most impressive teams in the entire NFL for the season opener. With Frisco’s not-as-close-as-it-sounds 30-22 win in Green Bay, combined with home losses by New Orleans and the New York Giants, the 49ers have been elevated as the team to beat. Is the hype justified?
NFL Team Previews: San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers had their first winning season since 2002 a year ago and did it in a big way. Rookie head coach Jim Harbaugh led a renaissance by the Bay, as the team jumped from six wins to thirteen wins in a single season, won an epic playoff game against New Orleans and then lost an equally epic NFC Championship Game to the New York Giants in overtime. Was it a sign of things to come, a one-year wonder or somewhere in between? TheSportsNotebook previews the 49ers and their chances in 2012…