Two years ago, San Francisco beat Green Bay 37-20 in the NFC Championship Game; Aaron Rodgers is 0-3 against the 49ers in the playoffs; Watch the 49ers vs. Packers division live on Sky Sports NFL from 1:15 AM Sunday morning.
The San Francisco 49ers go from one historic playoff game to another this week as they head to the next round against the Green Bay Packers after a thrilling Wild Card win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.
After that mid-90s period, San Francisco fared much better against the Packers, effectively having a 3-0 record in the playoffs against current quarterback Aaron Rodgers — the most recent of those wins came just two years ago when the 49ers fled. all over Green Bay in the NFC Championship.
Here, we look back at some of those previous playoff meetings, as well as some of the most recent meetings between them, to see if they could have anything to do with who gets the upper hand in Lambo’s cold field on Saturday night. …
The NFC was undoubtedly the dominant conference in the NFL in the 1990s, and in the 1980s, for that matter. Over two decades, the NFC accounted for 14 eventual Super Bowl winners, including 13 in a row from the 1984 season to the 1996 season. And at the end of that run, it all depended on who would lift the Vince Lombardi trophy skyward—the Cowboys or the 49ers.
The two teams have met in three consecutive NFC conference championships, games that many considered the best. true The Super Bowl winner was expected to beat the AFC representative in a week or two. Dallas won the first two (and Super Bowl XXVII and XXVIII), San Francisco the third (and Super Bowl XXIX).
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Thus, when the defending champions hosted the Packers in the divisional playoffs a year later, they were voted 10-point favorites for the game, and the Cowboys were expected to pick up another conference title (who did hold their own end). deals, making it to the final four for the fourth year in a row).
But no, the 49ers lost 27-17 to a Packers led by Brett Favre, who had just won his first of three consecutive league MVP awards. Favre passed for 299 yards and had two touchdowns as Green Bay took a 21-0 lead, with San Francisco quarterback Steve Young throwing two interceptions while attempting a staggering 65 shots.
A year later, Green Bay did it again—this time at Lambo Field—the Packers once again took a 21-0 lead in the first half en route to a landslide 35-14 win. Later that month they will win the Super Bowl for the first time in 29 years.
The 49ers’ misery didn’t stop there, as the two teams met for the third year in a row, this time in the NFC Championship game at Candlestick Park, where Green Bay won 24-10. Finally, it was the fourth big time for the 49ers as they took the win when a Wild Card clash between the two teams was scheduled for the 1998 season – San Francisco won 30–27 thanks to “Trick II” as Terrell Owens caught a stunning play . winning a 25-yard touchdown with just eight seconds left.
