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The Catch was the game-winning touchdown reception in the 1981 NFC Championship Game played between the Dallas Cowboys and the eventual Super Bowl XVI champion San Francisco 49ers at Candlestick Park on January 10, 1982, as part of the 1981–82 NFL playoffs. With 58 seconds left in the game, the 49ers faced 3rd down and 3 yards to gain on the ...
The 49ers–Cowboys rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys. [2] [3]As the Cowboys play in NFC East and the 49ers in the NFC West, they do not play every year; instead, they play at least once every three years and at least once every six seasons at each team's home stadium due to the NFL's rotating division schedules when their ...
The Dallas Cowboys won two consecutive Super Bowls (XXVII and XXVIII); the following season they were eliminated in the NFC Championship Game by the eventual Super Bowl XXIX champion San Francisco 49ers. The Cowboys won Super Bowl XXX the following year for three titles in four seasons, and thus were two wins away from four consecutive Super ...
Others saw a much larger gap, like Super Bowl XXIV, where the 49ers defeated the Broncos, 55-10. The Chiefs won Super Bowl LVII against the Eagles and are seeking another title in the 2025 game ...
Rematch: 1989 Super Bowl; 49ers won, 20-16. This is the longest gap between meetings on the list with the least carryover in key personnel as a result. Super Bowl 16 in 1982 marked the first ...
Steve Young (8) made his mark on the Cowboys-49ers rivalry with a victory in the NFC championship game following the 1994 season, and ultimately a Super Bowl XXVIX title.
Many people also thought that the NFC Championship Game between the 49ers and the Cowboys was "the real Super Bowl", [14] [15] because those two teams were commonly viewed as vastly superior to any AFC team. Furthermore, San Francisco had defeated San Diego, 38–15, during the regular season.
The 49ers eliminated the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Cowboys, 38–28, advancing to their 5th Super Bowl and ending the Cowboys’ chance of becoming the first NFL team ever to win three consecutive Super Bowl championships. The last team with a chance of winning three consecutive Super Bowls before the Cowboys were the 49ers themselves.