Sports Illustrated
It’s not exactly a rivalry, but then again, it is.
Separated by a continent, meeting in the NFL schedule every couple of years, the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers may not engender the familiarity-bred contempt that the Giants and Eagles share, or the Niners and L.A. Rams used to.
There’s still a history between these two teams, one that will see a new chapter added on Sunday when they face off for a Super Bowl berth.
The Giants and 49ers have met 28 times in the regular season, and each team has won 14 of them, San Francisco taking the most recent game in November, 27-20. The record may be even, but that’s because it’s been lopsided in both directions: New York won nine of the first 11 games, from 1952 to 1979; San Francisco...
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