";s:4:"text";s:2865:" The Cowboys looked as if they would be the dominant team of the 90's. In fact, the 49ers entered last season having lost three straight to Dallas.
You cool off. championship game; 10-6 and no playoffs but six straight victories, including a 52-14 season-finale triumph over the Chicago Bears; 15-3 and a loss to Dallas in the N.F.C. On the ensuing possession, Michael Irvin fumbled the ball and it was picked up by Merton Hanks for a 38-yard touchdown, putting the 49ers up by two touchdowns just 1 minute and 24 seconds into the game. and possibly the standard by which all sports teams can be judged.With the 49ers, the train keeps rolling. The results? season kicks off today with many fans wondering how the 49ers can possibly duplicate all of that. That was their battle cry after winning 10 straight and then losing the regular-season finale at Minnesota. First, the 49ers owner, Eddie DeBartolo, gives his franchise direction and dollars and personality. Alfred Williams, the defensive end over from the Cincinnati Bengals, said the 49ers hit less in practices than the Bengals did but run twice as hard, that conditioning is everything here. I grew up with the system. And so on."So, the 49ers went to work. they trailed only the Arizona Cardinals' 36 takeaways by one and ranked second leaguewide in rushing defense.
By halftime, the 49ers had an astonishing 31–7 lead and held on for the win, upsetting the red-hot Dallas Cowboys. After all, why create animosity for Montana, maybe the best quarterback ever. William Floyd, otherwise known as Bar None. For the answer, look to Young's stellar year last season, including a record six touchdown passes in the Super Bowl and m.v.p. Look for a couple of down years. They draft creatively. They may need more of our guys to catch us. He added flexibility and toughness to the San Francisco offense and was labeled Bar None -- as in the best fullback in football, bar none. Success or failure, it falls on the team and each individual makes it fall upon him, in his own way.Meanwhile, the new 49ers sound like the old 49ers.Thirty-nine days.