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The irony of this most unexpected pairing can't be missed. The NFC Championship Game matchup that we never saw coming -- Giants versus 49ers -- is actually one we've become very familiar with over the course of the past three decades of postseason history.
No two NFL teams have met in the playoffs more often than San Francisco and New York, with Sunday's title game at Candlestick Park marking their league record-tying eighth postseason showdown, all from 1981 on.
Their intense and multi-chaptered playoff rivalry has given us some indelible memories to pick through this week, from Jim Burt's concussion-producing hit on Joe Montana in New York's 1986 divisional playoff rout of the 49ers, to Roger Craig's game-turning fumble late in the Giants' taut 1990 NFC title...
There's something wonderfully refreshing about the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers making it to the NFC Championship Game, and it has nothing to do with history, continental divides or unpredictability. ... more »
Last week, as the San Francisco 49ers’ defense sauntered onto the field, safety Dashon Goldson wore eye black and full pads. His fellow safety Donte Whitner pushed his mouthpiece in. This would have been normal had it... more »
Five months after the fact, an NFL preseason game could actually mean something. On the cusp of the franchise's first playoff game in nine years, the 49ers can look back to August and savor memories of the sucker punches their ... more »
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