Summary
No folks you are not experiencing Deja Vu, the Washington Redskins are back at Candlestick Park to compete for a trip to SuperBowl II. Their latest meeting was week 9 where the Redskins came away with a 31-27 win at home. Both coaches are familiar with one another and a friendly rivalry has ignited.
It was over when
Vernon Davis caught a 5 yard strike from Matthew Stafford to take a commanding 42-10 lead with 35 seconds left in the 3rd quarter. That would be Vernon’s 3rd TD catch of the night.
Game Ball
The game ball has to go to the 49ers front 7 as they applied pressure on RGIII all night. They finished the night with 9 sacks as a team. (Aldon Smith-3, Ray McDonald-3, Ahmad Brooks-2, NaVarro Bowman-1)
KEY STAT
Matthew Stafford was a magician tonight. He was just in a zone of his own. He would finish the night with a passer rating of 158.3 completing 14 of 15 passes for 271 yards with 4 TDs and no INT.
NOTEWORTHY
- RGIII set a 2KOLF playoff record with 71 yards rush for a qb.
- The 49ers Defense set a 2KOLF playoff and single game record of 9 sacks.
- Coach Mike Nguyen improves his post season record to 4-1
- Coach Mike Nguyen and Coach Sean Nguyen will meet in the Super Bowl for the 2nd straight year.
- 49ers join Patriots as only team to win back to back Conference Championships.