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...stake on Dec. 3 is the home-field advantage for a possible rematch in the Jan. 20 N.F.C. championship. A Giants victory would force the 49ers to play that game -- assuming contenders like the Chicago Bears and the Washington Redskins do not stage an upset -- in the sometimes frigid, windy confines of Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. The winner goes on to the Super Bowl and will be favored to beat the best the rival American Football Conference can muster. Among the most likely A.F.C. candidates are the Miami Dolphins, the Buffalo Bills and the Los Angeles Raiders...
...49ers head into Candlestick with their eyes on Threepeat, the name Niners fans have given to the team's goal: an unprecedented third straight Super Bowl victory in January. That victory would give them a record five Super Bowl wins in as many tries and confirm the 49ers under quarterback Joe Montana as perhaps the greatest football team of all time. But this year the Niners are scrambling their way to the top. In half of their games they have had to come from behind to win. The good news, says inside linebacker Matt Millen, is that "this team never...
Mostly that solution boils down to Montana, 34, who leads the N.F.C. in passing yards. He may be the best quarterback ever to play the game. In 12 years he has led the 49ers to comeback wins in the fourth quarter an amazing 25 times. Montana is the acknowledged master of the two-minute drill to race the clock to the end zone. In the Nov. 4 game against the Green Bay Packers, with only 38 sec. remaining in the first half and his team down 10-0, Montana took the 49ers 59 yds. in 27 sec. to jump-start...
...49ers don't figure to get many openings from the Giants, a hard-nosed, grind-it-out team that makes few mistakes. While the 49ers stress improvisation and finesse, the Giants play tough, physical football that builds on a rock-ribbed defense. "So we're methodical," says All-Pro outside linebacker Lawrence Taylor. "Who cares as long...
...maybe in the pocketbook. Betting action on Monday night's game has been heavy, with the 49ers favored by four points at Harrah's Reno SportsBook in Nevada. But, says a SportsBook official, "that's just the San Francisco home- field advantage talking. In a neutral stadium this would be a pick-'em game." Just about perfect for the game of the year...