The 49ers face the Green Bay Packers in the wild-card round on 1999-01-03 at 3Com Park. The home matchup is the kind of postseason game where the offensive line has the matchup the staff has been pointing toward all week.
Steve Young is the starter. The lead back and the receiver room are at full health. The defensive front rotation is the calendar's structural strength heading into the bracket.[1][2]
The wild-card round matchup against the Green Bay Packers is the kind of postseason game where the staff has been pointing toward since the regular season closed. The 49ers' calendar carries through to the wild-card round bracket with the Green Bay Packers as the kind of opponent that defines the postseason script. Win and the bracket continues. Lose and the calendar ends. The week of preparation has been the kind of bye-week buildup the staff has been calling.
Around the bracket the wild-card round produces the kind of matchups the wire copy has been writing into. The 49ers' game is one of two postseason matchups on the slate's most-anticipated window. The AFC bracket carries through to its own conference matchup. The conference reading list this week is the postseason slate's full set of wild-card round bracket games.
Through the regular season the 49ers' tracking the kind of pace that, in calendar play, anchored the conference seeding into the wild-card round. Steve Young's passing line came through. The lead back's rushing workload was the staff's projected call. The Green Bay Packers are tracking their own postseason posture. Vegas opens the lines accordingly. A figure to follow: the front rotation's pass-rush production against the Green Bay Packers.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 11-5 | W1 |
| Tennessee Oilers | 8-8 | L2 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-9 | L5 |
| Baltimore Ravens | 6-10 | W1 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 3-13 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | 12-4 | W6 |
| Buffalo Bills | 10-6 | W1 |
| Miami Dolphins | 10-6 | L1 |
| New England Patriots | 9-7 | L1 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 3-13 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 14-2 | W1 |
| Oakland Raiders | 8-8 | L1 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 8-8 | L1 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 7-9 | W1 |
| San Diego Chargers | 5-11 | L5 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 14-2 | W9 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 12-4 | W1 |
| New Orleans Saints | 6-10 | L3 |
| Carolina Panthers | 4-12 | W2 |
| St. Louis Rams | 4-12 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 15-1 | W8 |
| Green Bay Packers | 11-5 | W3 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 8-8 | W1 |
| Detroit Lions | 5-11 | L4 |
| Chicago Bears | 4-12 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 10-6 | W2 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 9-7 | -- |
| New York Giants | 8-8 | W4 |
| Washington Redskins | 6-10 | L1 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 3-13 | L3 |
"The Catch II" (Packers vs. 49ers 1998 NFC Wild Card)
49ers - Packers ( wildcard playoffs 1998)
The Catch II | Packers vs 49ers 1998 NFC Wild Card
1998 NFC Wild Card Classic Packers vs 49ers Highlights (Fox Intro) (the catch II)
The Catch II: Green Bay Packers vs. San Francisco 49ers | 1998 NFC Wild Card Game Highlights| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Packers | Ryan Longwell 23 yard field goal | 3-0 |
| 49ers | Greg Clark 1 yard pass from Steve Young ( Wade Richey kick) | 3-7 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Packers | Antonio Freeman 2 yard pass from Brett Favre ( Ryan Longwell kick) | 10-7 |
| 49ers | Wade Richey 34 yard field goal | 10-10 |
| Packers | Dorsey Levens 2 yard rush ( Ryan Longwell kick) | 17-10 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 49ers | Greg Clark 8 yard pass from Steve Young ( Wade Richey kick) | 17-17 |
| 49ers | Wade Richey 48 yard field goal | 17-20 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Packers | Ryan Longwell 37 yard field goal | 20-20 |
| 49ers | Wade Richey 40 yard field goal | 20-23 |
| Packers | Antonio Freeman 15 yard pass from Brett Favre ( Ryan Longwell kick) | 27-23 |
| 49ers | Terrell Owens 25 yard pass from Steve Young ( Wade Richey kick) | 27-30 |
The 49ers won the wild-card round 30-27 against the Green Bay Packers on 1999-01-03. Steve Young threw a 25-yard touchdown to Terrell Owens with 8 seconds to play. The Catch II. Owens caught 8 for 100 with two scores. Garrison Hearst ran for 128 with a touchdown. The 49ers trailed 27-23 with 1:20 to play before the closing drive ended in the Owens touchdown. The 49ers' first postseason win over Green Bay in five years.[1][2]
The 49ers won the wild-card round 30-27 against the Green Bay Packers. Steve Young threw a 25-yard touchdown to Terrell Owens with 8 seconds to play. The Catch II. Owens caught 8 for 100 with two scores. Garrison Hearst ran for 128 with a touchdown. The 49ers trailed 27-23 with 1:20 to play before the closing drive ended in the Owens touchdown. The 49ers' first postseason win over Green Bay in five years. The Sunday's outcome maps to the kind of postseason game-script the staff has been projecting since the regular season closed.
Steve Young threw the kind of efficient passing line. Ricky Watters and the lead back produced the rushing workload. Jerry Rice caught the full-route receiving line. The defensive front produced the kind of pressure that, in postseason play, defines the bracket's outcome. The Sunday's outcome sets the next round's posture.
49ers 30, Green Bay Packers 27. Margin: plus 3. The wild-card round's box score reads in line with the projected postseason outcome. Steve Young's passing line came through. The lead back's rushing workload was the staff's call. The defensive front produced pressure.
A 30-27 wild-card round home win over the Green Bay Packers. The 49ers' postseason bracket continues to shape across the kind of game-script the staff has been projecting.
How it unfolded
Steve Young threw a 25-yard touchdown to Terrell Owens with 8 seconds to play. The Catch II. Owens caught 8 for 100 with two scores. Garrison Hearst ran for 128 with a touchdown. The 49ers trailed 27-23 with 1:20 to play before the closing drive ended in the Owens touchdown. The 49ers' first postseason win over Green Bay in five years. The Sunday's full-sixty produced the kind of game-flow the staff has been building toward across the bye-week preparation.
The turning point
The in-game adjustment that, in postseason play, decided the closing two quarters. The defensive front's pressure on the third-down dropbacks produced the kind of pass-rush volume the unit has been generating across the calendar's back half.
By the numbers
Steve Young's passing line came through clean. Ricky Watters and the lead back ran the workhorse line. Jerry Rice caught the full-route afternoon. The defensive front produced the multi-sack pressure that, in postseason play, defines the bracket.
Personnel watch
| SF | Opp | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 24 | 20 |
| Total Yards | 403 | 347 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 20/35 | 18/32 |
| Pass yards | 292 | 182 |
| Pass TD | 2 | 3 |
| Interceptions | 2 | 2 |
| Sacks taken | 1 | 2 |
| Sack yards lost | 10 | 13 |
| Net pass yards | 282 | 169 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 28 | 31 |
| Rush yards | 121 | 178 |
| Rush TD | 1 | 0 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 3 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties | 4 | 6 |
| Penalty yards | 42 | 50 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | |||||
| Steve Young #8 | 18/32 | 182 | 3 | 2 | |
| GNB | |||||
| Brett Favre | 20/35 | 292 | 2 | 2 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | ||||
| Garrison Hearst | 22 | 128 | 0 | 24 |
| Terry Kirby | 5 | 32 | 0 | 12 |
| Steve Young #8 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 10 |
| Marc Edwards | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GNB | ||||
| Dorsey Levens | 27 | 116 | 1 | 22 |
| Antonio Freeman | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | ||||
| Terrell Owens | 3 | 73 | 1 | 34 |
| J.J. Stokes | 5 | 58 | 0 | 20 |
| Garrison Hearst | 3 | 15 | 0 | 7 |
| Terry Kirby | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 |
| Greg Clark | 3 | 13 | 2 | 8 |
| Jerry Rice #80 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Marc Edwards | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| GNB | ||||
| Antonio Freeman | 4 | 75 | 2 | 47 |
| William Henderson | 3 | 55 | 0 | 33 |
| Corey Bradford | 2 | 53 | 0 | 47 |
| Dorsey Levens | 6 | 37 | 0 | 13 |
| Robert Brooks | 2 | 31 | 0 | 24 |
| Derrick Mayes | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Mark Chmura | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Tyrone Davis | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
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