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ALL-TIME RESULTSOVERTIME GAMESDecember 9, 1990San Francisco 20, Cincinnati 17A capacity crowd filled Riverfront Stadium as the SanFrancisco 49ers invaded Cincinnati for a late-seasonbattle. On the Bengals first possession, Boomer Esiasondrove his team 70 yards for the game’s openingscore, a two-yard touchdown pass to Craig Taylor. SanFrancisco answered back on its next possession whenTom Rathman capped off a 73-yard drive with a oneyardplunge into the end zone for the 7-7 tie. Cincinnaticame out strong in the second half. The Bengalsscored on a Jim Breech field goal to open the third andbreak the tie. San Francisco enjoyed its first lead of thegame after Harry Sydney scored on a three-yard run.With just over two minutes elapsed in the fourth quarter,Ickey Woods dove in from one yard out to regain thelead for Cincinnati, 17-14. The 49ers next drive stalledand they would not regain possession until only 4:11remained in regulation. On the first play, Joe Montanahit Jerry Rice for a 29-yard strike and guided the teamdown to the Cincinnati six-yard line. Mike Cofer hit a23-yard field goal with just over a minute remaining tosend the game into overtime. San Francisco won its firstcoin toss in five overtime games and wasted no timedriving 75 yards in 11 plays to set up Cofer’s 23-yardgame-winning field goal and the 20-17 victory.1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final49ers 7 0 7 3 3 20Bengals 7 0 3 7 0 17January 3, 1994Philadelphia 37, San Francisco 34Turnovers and an ill-timed penalty marred the 49ersfirst overtime game in four years. The PhiladelphiaEagles struck early and often, first on a 34-yard RogerRuzek field goal five minutes into the game. On SanFrancisco’s first possession, Steve Young was hit andfumbled the ball, which was recovered by Byron Evanswho returned it 30 yards for a touchdown and a10-0 lead. With Bubby Brister at the helm, the Eaglesdrove 76 yards in the opening minutes of the secondquarter and connected with Calvin Williams for a 13-yard touchdown to push the lead to 17-3. Brister againguided Philadelphia to an eight-play, 64-yard touchdownscoring drive to take a commanding 21-pointlead. The 49ers end zone drought ended with just lessthan two minutes remaining in the half when Young hitJerry Rice for a three-yard touchdown that brought thescore to 24-10 at halftime. San Francisco started thesecond half with a 60-yard kickoff return by DexterCarter to give the 49ers the ball on Philadelphia’s 38-yard line. Capping off a punishing 38-yard, nine-playdrive, Ricky Watters ran 11 yards for the score. Aftera Philadelphia punt, John Taylor caught a 38-yardtouchdown pass to tie the game at 24. Philadelphiatook advantage of a Young injury by intercepting a SteveBono pass. The Eagles worked quickly, moving 69 yardsin just two plays to take a 31-24 lead. San Franciscogave Philadelphia good field position again with a fumbleon its own 40, allowing the Eagles to increase theirlead to 10 with a Ruzek 32-yard field goal in the thirdquarter. Set up by a Don Griffin interception, Bono drovethe 49ers 42 yards and scored on a one-yard keeperthat closed the gap to 34-31. After a Philadelphia punt,the Niners drove down and tied the game on a Cofer29-yard field goal with 15 seconds left in regulation.San Francisco won the overtime coin toss and electedto receive, but failed to score on two overtime possessions.On Philadelphia’s second possession of overtime,they drove to San Francisco’s 20-yard line. With fourseconds showing on the clock, the Eagles set up for a38-yard field goal. Ruzek missed the field goal wideright, but Merton Hanks was flagged for roughing thekicker. After a 10-yard penalty, Ruzek hit a 28-yarderwith no time left on the clock for the 37-34 win.1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final49ers 3 7 14 10 0 34Eagles 10 14 10 0 3 37October 14, 1996Green Bay 23, San Francisco 20With Steve Young out with a groin injury, Elvis Grbacled San Francisco against Brett Favre and the GreenBay Packers. After an unsuccessful first possession, thePackers scored on a 30-yard field goal by Chris Jackewith just over five minutes remaining in the first quarterfor the 3-0 lead. They took a 6-0 lead on anotherJacke 25-yard field goal. On San Francisco’s secondpossession of the second quarter, Grbac led a six-play,36-yard drive that resulted in a Jeff Wilkins 48-yardfield goal. After a three-and-out series by the Packers,Jerry Rice caught a seven-yard touchdown fromGrbac for a 10-6 lead. Aided by a Dana Stubblefieldinterception, Rice and Grbac put the 49ers up 17-6 atthe half with a 13-yard touchdown pass. Green Baytrimmed the lead to 17-14 when Favre hit Don Beebefor a 59-yard touchdown and followed it with a twopointconversion toss to Edger Bennett. Chris Jacke hita 35-yard field goal to tie the game at 17 with 3:24left in regulation. San Francisco won the overtime cointoss but was forced to punt after going three-and-out.Green Bay received the ball on its own 44 and drove 21yards to set up Jacke for a 53-yard field goal for the23-20 victory.1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final49ers 0 17 0 3 0 20Packers 6 0 8 6 3 23November 10, 1996Dallas 20, San Francisco 17The two most dominating teams in the NFL met in amid-season battle for NFC supremacy as the DallasCowboys traveled to 3Com Park. The 49ers jumped outto a quick lead after a Jeff Wilkins 28-yard field goal.They extended their lead to 10-0 on a 29-yard touchdownstrike from Steve Young to Iheanyi Uwaezuoke.Quiet for most of the first half, the Cowboys finally goton the board with a 72-yard scoring drive that endedon a Troy Aikman three-yard touchdown run, which cutthe deficit to 10-7 at halftime. Defenses dominated inthe third quarter with neither team allowing a score.Dallas ended the scoring drought with a Chris Boniol26-yard field goal four seconds into the fourth quarterto tie the game at 10. With Young out in the secondhalf after sustaining a concussion, Elvis Grbac led SanFrancisco on a nine-play, 68-yard scoring drive on itsnext possession. Terry Kirby capped it off with a 27-yard touchdown run. After Fred Strickland intercepteda Grbac pass at the 49ers 15-yard line, Troy Aikmanhit Eric Bjornson for a six-yard touchdown pass, knottingthe game at 17 and forcing overtime. The Cowboyswon the overtime coin toss and wasted no timemarching down the field. After 12 plays, Chris Boniolhit the game-winning 29-yard field goal for the 20-17 victory.1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final49ers 10 0 0 7 0 17Cowboys 0 7 0 10 3 20SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS \\334// MEDIA GUIDENovember 24, 1996San Francisco 19, Washington 16In the 49ers second overtime game in November, andthird of the season, the Washington Redskins hostedSan Francisco for the first time in two years. In whatwould prove to be a game dominated by special teams,San Francisco struck first with a 20-yard field goalfrom Jeff Wilkins. Washington’s Scott Blanton hit fieldgoals from 19 and 48 yards out and Wilkins added anotherto knot the score at six going into halftime. Theonly score in the third quarter came on a Blanton fieldgoal from 41 yards out to give Washington a 9-6 lead.San Francisco got on the board first in the fourth quarterwith a Wilkins 44-yard field goal three minutes into theperiod. On the ensuing possession, Gus Ferotte drovethe Redskins 78 yards, which culminated with a JamieAsher 20-yard touchdown reception. The 49erstied the game with 1:57 remaining in regulation on aone-yard run by William Floyd, forcing overtime. SanFrancisco won the coin toss and promptly went on a48-yard scoring drive that was capped by a 38-yardfield goal by Wilkins for the 19-16 win.1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final49ers 3 3 0 10 3 19Redskins 0 6 3 7 0 16September 6, 1998San Francisco 36, New York Jets 30In the opening weekend of the 1998 season, fans weretreated to one of the most exciting games and one ofthe most exciting plays in NFL history. After a fastpacedfirst half, the 49ers found themselves trailing17-14 at halftime after Glen Foley hit Wayne Chrebetfrom six-yards out for the score with 32 seconds remainingin the second quarter. On its first possessionin the second half, San Francisco evened the score at17 with a 22-yard field goal by Wade Richey. On thefollowing possession, Foley found Keyshawn Johnsonfor a 21-yard touchdown and a 24-17 lead. With justover three minutes remaining in the third quarter, JerryRice caught a 14-yard touchdown from Steve Young tobring the 49ers within one. The extra point was blockedand the score remained 24-23 heading into the fourthquarter. New York extended its lead to 27-23 after aJohn Hall 32-yard field goal. San Francisco took possessionwith 3:38 left in regulation and went on a 76-yard, five-play drive that was capped by a 38-yardtouchdown pass from Young to J.J. Stokes, giving the49ers the lead 30-27 with just over one minute remainingin regulation. New York then drove the ball tothe 49ers 13-yard line, where John Hall tied the gameat 30 with just three seconds on the clock. Both NewYork and San Francisco went three-and-out on theirfirst possessions of overtime. The Jets moved to midfieldon their second possession before being forcedto punt, pinning the 49ers on their own four-yard line.With 11:09 remaining in overtime, on San Francisco’sfirst play of its second possession, Young gave the ballto Garrison Hearst, who ran right and broke six tackleson his way to a 96-yard, game-winning touchdownrun and the 36-30 victory.1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final49ers 7 7 9 7 6 36Jets 3 14 7 6 0 30