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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 ...
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.
Bahr was New York's only scorer, as he made five out of six field goals. Although the Giants outrushed the 49ers, 152 yards to 49, the game was tied 6–6 at halftime. San Francisco opened the game with a 10-play, 44-yard drive, the longest play a 14-yard reception by John Taylor. Replays showed the ball coming out of his hands as he went to ...
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.
The 49ers handed the Giants their worst playoff loss in their history, eclipsing their 37–0 loss to the Green Bay Packers in 1961. The 49ers go to their 2nd straight NFC Championship Game losing to the Cowboys 38-21, And they win Super Bowl XXVIII to the Bills 30-13.
TV announcers : Pat Summerall and John Madden 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.
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.
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 ...