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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The pain from crushing playoff losses never fully goes away for the San Francisco 49ers. A blown 10-point lead in the fourth quarter of a Super Bowl.
Of course, the meme lost steam last year when the Chiefs upended the Ravens in the AFC championship game and went on to defeat the San Francisco 49ers for their second consecutive title.
Last year's record audience of 123.4 million viewers watched the Chiefs top the San Francisco 49ers in a narrow 25-22 victory in only the second Super Bowl overtime game in history.
The Raiders notably upset the defending Super Bowl champion 49ers in San Francisco in 1982, winning 23–17. In addition, both teams have shared a number of players, most notably Jim Plunkett , Jerry Rice , Ronnie Lott , Michael Crabtree , Tom Rathman , and Charlie Garner .
He should have chosen to go second, not merely because Kansas City eventually turned a 19-19 tie into a 25-22 Super Bowl victory. [For more on 49ers' Super Bowl heartbreak, check out Yahoo Sports NFL]
However, the 49ers lost Super Bowl LIV to the Kansas City Chiefs 31–20. Despite having a 20–10 lead heading into the fourth quarter, the 49ers suffered their second Super Bowl loss in franchise history. It was the first time the 49ers lost a Super Bowl when leading after the third quarter (previously 4–0).
Bill Walsh retired as head coach after San Francisco's 20–16 win over the Cincinnati Bengals in the previous year's Super Bowl, but rookie head coach George Seifert did not miss a beat, as he guided the 49ers to a league-best 14–2 regular season record. Their two losses were only by a combined margin of 5 points.
Though people gathered around their TV screens to watch Super Bowl LVIII — in which the Kansas City Chiefs eked out a 25-22 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in an overtime thriller — much ...