Who are San Francisco 49ers, what is their NFL Super Bowl record, and who did the Niners beat in NFC Conference final?
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS are back in the big time, hoping to lift the Vince Lombardi Trophy once again. The Californian outfit take on the Kansas City Chiefs on February 2 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami for Super Bowl LIV. Who are San Francisco 49ers? The Niners were founded by lumber magnate Tony Morabito […]
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS are back in the big time, hoping to lift the Vince Lombardi Trophy once again.
The Californian outfit take on the Kansas City Chiefs on February 2 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami for Super Bowl LIV.
Who are San Francisco 49ers?
The Niners were founded by lumber magnate Tony Morabito in June 1944, becoming a member of the All-America Football Conference two years later.
That helped them earned a place in the merger to form NFL in 1949.
They play their matches at the 68,500-seater Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.
San Francisco side’s 49ers name refers to the 1849 Gold Rush, which brought around 300,000 people to California, and helped it earn its statehood along with boosting the US economy.
SF’s main rival in NFL is Los Angeles Rams due to their Californian battle.
Elsewhere, matches between Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals in NFC West tends to be hotly-contested.
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What is their Super Bowl record?
This will be the Niners’ seventh Super Bowl and they have only lost one so far.
They earned their first win back in 1981, as they beat Cincinnati Bengals 26-21.
The Californian side went on to enjoy three more in the 90s under coach Bill Walsh and later George Seifert.
Seifert continued the winning streak in 1994 to make it five wins from five Super Bowls appearances.
But that run came to an end in 2012, when Baltimore Ravens won 34-31 – a historical match as the Harbaugh brothers, Ravens’ John and 49ers’ Jim, became the first to coach against each other in the Super Bowl.
Who did 49ers beat in NFC Conference final?
San Francisco topped the NFC West table with 13 wins from their 16 matches, securing their place in the Divisional play-offs.
They blitzed Minnesota 27-10, with ten unanswered points in the third quarter.
That took the 49ers to a seventh NFC Championship, where they were victorious over Aaron Rodgers’ Green Bay Packers.
Jimmy Garoppolo has been the star man this season for San Francisco as he targets a third Super bowl win.