For all the high flying passes the Packers did that year, down the stretch run they got really physical and nasty. That was the real identity of the team and once they kinda made that switch they never lost again.
@@edwinverzosa7655 the organization was on the decline when Mooch got there. He did remarkably well considering the circumstances with the change in ownership and all of the cap chaos.
I don't know when the last mud bowl was played, but this was certaily among the last of them. Almost every field is artificial now, and grounds crews do a great job of keeping the grass fields dry before kickoff.
All that mud. I love it! Imagine how bad it would have been if the Packers didn't install new turf down the center of the field. I felt bad how the 49ers pushed Seifert out the door after the season. And yet I understood where the team was coming from because they were getting diminished returns under Seifert. I'm still conflicted about this. Lol
The downfall for Seifert began with the loss to GB at Candlestick in the '95 Divisional which no one (except maybe Holmgren) had seen coming. Then the team continued to trash talk(guys like Ken Norton and William Floyd being the most noteworthy)despite that debacle and in '96 losing again to GB in the reg & playoffs and losing to Carolina twice.
Seifert got a raw deal... bad management and bad drafting... also letting young talent leave via of free agency... after 94.. the o line and running game was no existence until 97 issh... by then steve young was battered and bruised...post super bowl 29... for years the were contenders based off of their prior years not off of reality
@@EdmacZThe Niners were a pretty solid team up through 98, but they definitely show their age more in the post Super Bowl years. Credit them for winning double digit regular season games for 16 straight seasons though.
We were just old and getting slow. Our championship window was more like we had to win with amazing coaching and a little luck ( 90 giants). Seifert I liked, considered him a good coach but no not great.
The Packers swept the 49ers twice in 1996, but the last meeting between the two REALLY hurt. *The Niners got blown out by three touchdowns, their season was over, George Seifert stepped down ten days after the loss, and then the 49ers had to watch the Packers advance through the playoffs and then win Super Bowl XXXI.* Talk about some tough times.
49ers won the Superbowl in 1995.. Overall the 49ers dominate the Packers in the playoffs 6-4. Since 2013, the 49ers are 6-0 against the Packers in the playoffs. Kaepernick eliminated the Packers twice in the playoffs.
This was also the final 49ers game for Steve Wallace, who would play next year in Kansas City. The 49ers would still be able to put rebuilding off a couple more years.
Neither The Drenched Weather Nor The San Francisco 49ers could ever Stop Desmond Howard during his several lightning streak runs across the Football Field And Straight Into the Touchdown Zone !!!! 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉
The defenses were allowed to hit and hit hard and low. The running back position actually mattered. Special teams mattered. DBs were allowed to cover and hit. Now, we get the watered down NFL with these boyish looking QBs like Patrick Mahomes who wouldn’t know what to do if he was actually hit hard or saw a blitz that could tee off on his arrogant ass. Ask yourself where the Reggie White, Kevin Greene, Ronnie Lott, Bruce Smith, Derrick Thomas type of defenders are? The Tom Brady rule after his 2008 injury changed the game.
@@ThePeanut-EyedGhostIn the contemporary NFL, Running games are arguably still valuable (moving the chains on third and short in particular), but individual running backs are often replaceable because the talent gap between the best running back in the league and say the 40th, is not perceived to be much. Some also note that some of the better young quarterbacks in the game like Mahomes, Josh Allen, and Lamar Jackson run more than their predecessors. I saw one video where a RUclips channel that covers the contemporary game argued that should be complete a career that gets him inducted, Derrick Henry could be the last running back to make the Hall of Fame for a very long time. Also you bring up defense. Back then not only were the Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers quarterback safety rules not present, but illegal contact wasn’t strictly enforced until 2004-05 either. There was however the Mel Blount rule. Imagine what 90’s defenders could have done with the rules of the early 70’s when defense was in its golden age (in my opinion).
The Packers would own the 49ers for a second straight year and later the next year a third year in a row. It would have been 4 straight if replay was around to call that Jerry Rice fumble in the end.
That 98 game made me mad because those 2 teams were way better than the cowboys and the cowboys got an easy game by winning their sorry division. I hated that one of those teams was going to have an early exit. Dallas losing to Arizona helped a little
If replay was around back in those days this would have been a home playoff game for the 49ers and the 49ers would have also won the NFCCG the next season vs. the Packers. Green Bay benefitted greatly from missed calls and bad calls during those years. Paying the devils dues these days though.
He did back then. He wasn't a flashy RB. He was just a workhorse, all-purpose back. In 1995 he had nearly 1700 scrimmage yards. However, when Dorsey Levens became a thing that is when his numbers and touches started to go down.
The Dirtiest, Muddiest, Filthiest, And Also One Of The Most Dreary Playoff Games In NFL History That Had Ever Occurred For The San Francisco 49ers And Had ended up in Heavy Defeat for them in a 35 to 14 Landslide Slaughter Up Against The Green Bay Packers !!!! 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
San Francisco and Green Bay were used to fields with terrible conditions. Candlestick was a muddy, chilly, windy mess and Lambeau was a freezing, muddy mess.
You honestly have a really good point, especially combined with all the drops he had in the 1998 WC game against the Packers before finally redeeming himself at the end (which shouldn’t have even happened cuz Rice fumbled earlier in the drive and was still called down) But I feel like the people who didn’t vote him in were more concerned with his attitude than anything else. And I find that to be incredibly petty
Would you have said same about Jerry Rice after his rookie year? No. So don't go out of your way to come up with a reason why T.O. was robbed of being a 1st ballot HOFer. The main reason was Bill Polian (Former Colts GM) who wanted to make sure Marvin Harrison got in, at the expense of T.O. He went out of his way to campaign to keep T.O. out. The main driving force.
35-14, and it should have been a lot worse. One td short field on a muffed punt, and the other as result of one of the most underratngly bizarre set of circumstances in the NFL history.
Man I miss this ESPN. Analysis, graphics, better times
Desmond Howard never got the recognition that he deserved and worked for he was awesome . They couldn’t have done it without him .
That’s the truth. Favre was reckless and without Howard might very well be ringless.
I mean he was SB 31 MVP!
@@ThePeanut-EyedGhost Favre was MVP of the league that year. Without Favre, he wouldn't have a ring either.
For all the high flying passes the Packers did that year, down the stretch run they got really physical and nasty. That was the real identity of the team and once they kinda made that switch they never lost again.
The final game for George Siffert and it had to come against his old friend Mike Holmgren, and the Steve Merucci era begins in 1997.
Mariucci sunk the 49ers in the late 90s
Not as bad as Erickson sunk them in 2003 and 2004.
@@edwinverzosa7655 the organization was on the decline when Mooch got there. He did remarkably well considering the circumstances with the change in ownership and all of the cap chaos.
I havent seen a muddy game like this in long time
Stay warm what a classic game to appreciate thanks for the memories take care. Joe
I don't know when the last mud bowl was played, but this was certaily among the last of them. Almost every field is artificial now, and grounds crews do a great job of keeping the grass fields dry before kickoff.
All that mud. I love it! Imagine how bad it would have been if the Packers didn't install new turf down the center of the field.
I felt bad how the 49ers pushed Seifert out the door after the season. And yet I understood where the team was coming from because they were getting diminished returns under Seifert. I'm still conflicted about this. Lol
Those 49ers teams were aging and needed an infusion of young talent, but they blamed Seifert for it.
The downfall for Seifert began with the loss to GB at Candlestick in the '95 Divisional which no one (except maybe Holmgren) had seen coming. Then the team continued to trash talk(guys like Ken Norton and William Floyd being the most noteworthy)despite that debacle and in '96 losing again to GB in the reg & playoffs and losing to Carolina twice.
Seifert got a raw deal... bad management and bad drafting... also letting young talent leave via of free agency... after 94.. the o line and running game was no existence until 97 issh... by then steve young was battered and bruised...post super bowl 29... for years the were contenders based off of their prior years not off of reality
@@EdmacZThe Niners were a pretty solid team up through 98, but they definitely show their age more in the post Super Bowl years.
Credit them for winning double digit regular season games for 16 straight seasons though.
We were just old and getting slow. Our championship window was more like we had to win with amazing coaching and a little luck ( 90 giants). Seifert I liked, considered him a good coach but no not great.
The Packers swept the 49ers twice in 1996, but the last meeting between the two REALLY hurt. *The Niners got blown out by three touchdowns, their season was over, George Seifert stepped down ten days after the loss, and then the 49ers had to watch the Packers advance through the playoffs and then win Super Bowl XXXI.* Talk about some tough times.
49ers won the Superbowl in 1995.. Overall the 49ers dominate the Packers in the playoffs 6-4. Since 2013, the 49ers are 6-0 against the Packers in the playoffs. Kaepernick eliminated the Packers twice in the playoffs.
Terrel owens always had butter hands
The end of the George Seifert era in San Francisco
Oh man...xmas break. Sophomore year...i want a time machine
Even if Steve Young was 100% in this game, the 49ers wouldn’t have won-1996 was simply the Packers year to shine.
And neither would the Dallas Cowboys , even if Jimmy Johnson was still the coach!
Yeah it was. I'm still disappointed to this day Favre didn't get a 2nd ring
@@AmirKhan-yv8jm lol don't tell cowboy fans that. They all think if Jimmy Johnson was still coaching, they'd still be winning Superbowls today!
@@clickman443 exactly
@Joseph Strazdas me too packers shouldn't of taken the broncos so easily
Niners had amazing weather in their playoff games in 96
This was also the final 49ers game for Steve Wallace, who would play next year in Kansas City. The 49ers would still be able to put rebuilding off a couple more years.
I remember this game. A huge 49ers fan I knew drank himself to death after this game.
According to WeatherUnderground’s weather archive for this game, it was 35 degrees and winds were blowing from the SW at 25mph with light rain.
That TD had to feel good for Andre Rison. The Niners had tormented him for all those years In Atlanta
Neither The Drenched Weather Nor The San Francisco 49ers could ever Stop Desmond Howard during his several lightning streak runs across the Football Field And Straight Into the Touchdown Zone !!!!
😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉
Brett Favre only threw for 79 yards?
This was definitely NOT the right game to be pass-heavy at all. Much less with Favre. This was Edger's game.
Brett Favre is 4-1 vs 49ers in the playoffs in the 1990s-early 2000s
1995-W
1996-W
1997-W
1998-L
2001-W
Dumisa Tony Johnson yup those 9ers teams underachieved
But he went 0-3 vs. Dallas in the playoffs in that same timeframe.
1-8 vs. Dallas and 8-1 vs. San Francisco regular season and playoffs combined.
@Jonathan Dee The One And Only Rodgers does beat up on Dallas though.
Crazy how Rodgers is 0-4 vs 49ers in the playoffs but 2-0 vs Cowboys. Opposite of Favre.
@@anwwarren720 kinda funny because both of their careers are somewhat similar
Amazing that the field held up so well during this game.
Christian Boddie Vince Lombardi must have been " Clarence" from a Wonderful Life" to keep the ground and the weather playing a factor ! Lol
I often look back at these videos , trying to figure out why football was so good back then ,and sucks so bad now
The defenses were allowed to hit and hit hard and low. The running back position actually mattered. Special teams mattered. DBs were allowed to cover and hit. Now, we get the watered down NFL with these boyish looking QBs like Patrick Mahomes who wouldn’t know what to do if he was actually hit hard or saw a blitz that could tee off on his arrogant ass. Ask yourself where the Reggie White, Kevin Greene, Ronnie Lott, Bruce Smith, Derrick Thomas type of defenders are? The Tom Brady rule after his 2008 injury changed the game.
@@ThePeanut-EyedGhostIn the contemporary NFL, Running games are arguably still valuable (moving the chains on third and short in particular), but individual running backs are often replaceable because the talent gap between the best running back in the league and say the 40th, is not perceived to be much.
Some also note that some of the better young quarterbacks in the game like Mahomes, Josh Allen, and Lamar Jackson run more than their predecessors.
I saw one video where a RUclips channel that covers the contemporary game argued that should be complete a career that gets him inducted, Derrick Henry could be the last running back to make the Hall of Fame for a very long time.
Also you bring up defense. Back then not only were the Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers quarterback safety rules not present, but illegal contact wasn’t strictly enforced until 2004-05 either. There was however the Mel Blount rule.
Imagine what 90’s defenders could have done with the rules of the early 70’s when defense was in its golden age (in my opinion).
That's the truth mane the GOAT won two with Montana and Young had the GOAT in his prime and just couldn't get it done
HE COULD GO ALL THE WAY
The Packers would own the 49ers for a second straight year and later the next year a third year in a row. It would have been 4 straight if replay was around to call that Jerry Rice fumble in the end.
That 98 game made me mad because those 2 teams were way better than the cowboys and the cowboys got an easy game by winning their sorry division. I hated that one of those teams was going to have an early exit. Dallas losing to Arizona helped a little
If replay was around back in those days this would have been a home playoff game for the 49ers and the 49ers would have also won the NFCCG the next season vs. the Packers. Green Bay benefitted greatly from missed calls and bad calls during those years. Paying the devils dues these days though.
Amazing how in 2 yrs these two teams had traded places
Desmond was awesome with the packers. Too bad the packers could not keep Desmond longer.
Edgar Bennett doesn't get nearly enough credit.
He did back then. He wasn't a flashy RB. He was just a workhorse, all-purpose back. In 1995 he had nearly 1700 scrimmage yards. However, when Dorsey Levens became a thing that is when his numbers and touches started to go down.
The Dirtiest, Muddiest, Filthiest, And Also One Of The Most Dreary Playoff Games In NFL History That Had Ever Occurred For The San Francisco 49ers And Had ended up in Heavy Defeat for them in a 35 to 14 Landslide Slaughter Up Against The Green Bay Packers !!!!
😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
Bobby Craig no kidding with injuries
San Francisco and Green Bay were used to fields with terrible conditions. Candlestick was a muddy, chilly, windy mess and Lambeau was a freezing, muddy mess.
Back when the Packers could actually beat the Niners in the playoffs.
Back when the 49ers were actually good enough to win championships 🤣🤣🤣.
Slippery muddy game..
Love for brett favre
Games like this are why T.O. Wasn’t first ballot HOF
tiff hansen But he would step up after Rice got hurt and J.J. Stokes in 1997.
He was a rookie playing in abominable muddy conditions and with a second string QB in this game......
@@chrisuncleahmad Yes. T.O. became dominant in 2000. He was a late-bloomer and the best receiver during the first decade of this century.
You honestly have a really good point, especially combined with all the drops he had in the 1998 WC game against the Packers before finally redeeming himself at the end (which shouldn’t have even happened cuz Rice fumbled earlier in the drive and was still called down)
But I feel like the people who didn’t vote him in were more concerned with his attitude than anything else. And I find that to be incredibly petty
Would you have said same about Jerry Rice after his rookie year? No. So don't go out of your way to come up with a reason why T.O. was robbed of being a 1st ballot HOFer. The main reason was Bill Polian (Former Colts GM) who wanted to make sure Marvin Harrison got in, at the expense of T.O. He went out of his way to campaign to keep T.O. out. The main driving force.
Alas, there once was a time when the Packers infact owned the 49ers
How about Elvis Grbac vs Desmond Howard?
This game is one of the reasons why as a 49ers fan I still hate the Packers & Bret Farve to this day
Elvis was way better than young for the 49ers with Elvis at quarterback the niners won and the GOAT has two more rings
That's a lie 😂😂😂
Terrell Owens sucked. He just happened to be born with speed. Besides that he sucked and he had exactly 1 lucky catch to milk a career out of.
He was a rookie playing in abominable muddy conditions and with a second string QB in this game......
@@chrisuncleahmad and he sucked
35-14, and it should have been a lot worse. One td short field on a muffed punt, and the other as result of one of the most underratngly bizarre set of circumstances in the NFL history.