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ALL-TIME RESULTSOVERTIME GAMESDecember 6, 1998San Francisco 31, Carolina 28San Francisco extended its winning streak to fourgames with an exciting, high-scoring match-up withthe Carolina Panthers. After an explosive first half, the49ers took a 21-7 lead going into halftime. San Franciscostarted the second half with a five-play drive,which covered 90 yards, including a Garrison Hearst71-yard touchdown run. The drive gave the 49ers acommanding 28-7 lead. With just 52 seconds left inthe third quarter, Steve Beuerlein connected with AnthonyJohnson on a 38-yard touchdown pass to cutthe deficit to 28-14. On their first possession of thefourth quarter, the Panthers drove 76 yards in five playsand scored on a Beuerlein-to-Raghib Ismail 40-yardtouchdown pass. Minutes later, Carolina tied the gameat 28 with a 10-yard run by Tshimanga Biakabutuka.Carolina won the overtime coin toss and electedto receive. The Panthers ran two unsuccessful plays,and Beuerlein fumbled on the third, giving San Franciscopossession on Carolina’s 30-yard line. The 49erspicked up 25 yards driving to the Panthers five, whereWade Richey hit a 23-yard field goal for the 31-28 win.1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final49ers 7 14 7 0 3 31Carolina 7 0 7 14 0 28December 26, 1999Washington 26, San Francisco 20The Washington Redskins visited 3Com Park and battledthe San Francisco 49ers to their second overtimegame in the last three meetings. San Francisco struckfirst with an 80-yard drive in 13 plays, capped off witha Charlie Garner four-yard touchdown run and a 7-0lead. Early in the second quarter, Washington answeredback with an 80-yard drive of its own, ending with aBrad Johnson-to-Michael Westbrook 65-yard touchdownstrike. With a pair of Wade Richey field goals, SanFrancisco went into halftime with a 13-7 lead. Washingtoncut the deficit to three after Brett Conway naileda 47-yard field goal in the third quarter. The 49ersextended their lead to 20-10 with a 78-yard scoringdrive that ended on a five-yard touchdown passfrom Jeff Garcia to J.J. Stokes. At the beginning of thefourth quarter, Conway connected on a 34-yard fieldgoal to bring the Redskins within seven. Washingtonthen struck again with 3:30 left in the game when BradJohnson plunged in from one-yard to tie the game at20. San Francisco threatened with just over one minuteto go, driving to the Redskins 22-yard line before fumbling,which Washington recovered to force overtime.Washington won the overtime coin toss and promptlymoved the ball to the San Francisco 33-yard line inthree plays. On first down, Johnson hit Larry Centers fora 33-yard touchdown pass and the 26-20 win.1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final49ers 7 6 7 0 0 20Redskins 0 7 3 10 6 26October 8, 2000Oakland 34, San Francisco 28In a game for the ages, the 49ers fell in overtime tothe visitors from across the Bay, the Oakland Raiders.The Raiders jumped out to the early 6-0 lead ontwo Sebastian Janikowski field goals. The 49ers answeredback, scoring 14 unanswered points to closeout the first half. The Raiders dominated the thirdquarter, holding onto the ball for more than 11 minutesand scoring two touchdowns. After another score bythe Raiders to start the fourth, the 49ers started theircomeback. After a Jeff Garcia-to-Terrell Owens scoringtoss and another score on a nine-yard touchdownrun by Charlie Garner, San Francisco tied the game at28. On their next possession, the Raiders drove down toSan Francisco’s 23-yard line, but on fourth-and-10,Janikowski missed a 41-yard field goal wide left. The49ers, with a chance to win the game, took possessionand moved the ball down to the Oakland 29-yard line.On fourth-and-one, the Raiders defense stiffened andstopped a leaping Charlie Garner for no gain. The Raiderstook over on downs, but couldn’t get their offensegoing and were forced to punt back to the 49ers, whoran out the clock and forced the game into overtime.The Raiders won the toss and marched down to the49ers 25-yard line. Janikowski came on to attempt thegame-winning field goal, but missed wide right, hissecond missed field goal of the day. The 49ers took overand drove all the way to the Raiders 11-yard line. Onfirst down, Wade Richey attempted the game-winningfield goal, but was blocked and possession went backto the Raiders. Following two pass completions and apass interference call on the 49ers, the Raiders finallyput the game away with a 31-yard scoring toss fromRich Gannon to Tim Brown for the win.1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final49ers 0 14 0 14 0 28Raiders 3 3 15 7 6 34September 9, 2001San Francisco 16, Atlanta 13The 49ers began the 2001 regular season in an excitingfashion, defeating the visiting Atlanta Falcons 16-13 inovertime. The 49ers trailed by seven points at halftimeand began the fourth quarter with a 10-point deficit.A J.J. Stokes touchdown reception narrowed the gapbefore Jose Cortez’s field goal attempt tied the game at13 with 11 seconds remaining in regulation. The 49erswon the coin toss in overtime and elected to receive. Onthe drive the 49ers faced a third-and-five when JeffGarcia rifled a pass to Tai Streets, who raced 53 yardsto the Falcons 23-yard line. Three plays later, Corteznailed a 24-yard field goal to lift the 49ers to victory.1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final49ers 0 3 0 10 3 16Falcons 7 3 3 0 0 13SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS \\335// MEDIA GUIDEOctober 14, 2001San Francisco 37, Atlanta 31The 49ers had their second overtime game of the 2001season against the Falcons, sweeping Atlanta in theseason series by winning 37-31. The 49ers ralliedback from deficits of 20-7 at the half and 31-17 inthe fourth quarter. The Falcons went up 14-0 early inthe game. The 49ers put their first points of the gameon the board in the second quarter when Jeff Garciascored on a seven-yard run. The Falcons answeredback with two field goals and went up 20-7 at halftime.Terrell Owens, who did not catch a pass in the first half,roared back to catch nine passes for 183 yards and acareer-high three touchdowns. After a 49ers touchdown,at the hands of Kevan Barlow, and a touchdownby the Falcons, the 49ers were down 31-24 with just2:22 remaining in the game. Garcia led the team on a10-play, 72-yard drive when he hooked up with Owensfrom 17 yards out to tie the game at 31 with just 21seconds remaining. The 49ers won the toss in overtimeand drove to the Falcons 14-yard line. A mishandledsnap between Garcia and Dave Fiore, who was fillingin at center for an injured Jeremy Newberry, was recoveredby the Falcons and their offense took over. The49ers defense rose to the challenge, forcing Atlanta intoa three-and-out possession. After the punt, San Franciscobegan at its own 33-yard line. After picking upone first down, Garcia faced third-and-five when heconnected with Owens, who raced 52 yards for his thirdtouchdown and the 37-31 overtime victory.1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final49ers 0 7 10 14 6 37Falcons 14 6 0 11 0 31October 28, 2001Chicago 37, San Francisco 31The 49ers had their second consecutive overtime gameand their third of the 2001 season as they dropped a37-31 decision to the Chicago Bears. San Franciscowent up early in the first quarter after Bryant Youngforced a fumble, which Julian Peterson scooped up andreturned 26 yards for the touchdown. The 49ers struckagain when Jeff Garcia hooked up with Justin Swift fora one-yard touchdown and the 14-0 lead. The Bearsanswered back with a safety and a touchdown, makingthe score 14-9 at the half. In the third quarter, the49ers struck first when Garrison Hearst scored his firsttouchdown since 12-14-98 on a 60-yard bomb fromGarcia. The Bears offense then took over and drovedown to the 49ers 10-yard line where Zack Bronsonintercepted a Shane Mathews pass and returnedit a team-record 97 yards for the touchdown. After aChicago touchdown and a 49ers field goal, the scorewas 31-16 early in the fourth quarter. The Bears thenracked up 15 unanswered points on two touchdowndrives to tie the game at 31 and send it into overtime.The 49ers won the coin toss and the offense took over.On the first play from scrimmage, Garcia was interceptedby Mike Brown, who raced 33 yards for thetouchdown and the 37-31 victory for Chicago.1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final49ers 14 0 14 3 0 31Bears 0 9 7 15 6 37November 18, 2001San Francisco 25, Carolina 22In their fourth overtime game of the season, setting anew team record, the 49ers pulled out an exciting 25-22 victory over the Carolina Panthers. The game was asee-saw battle with each team going back and forthuntil the fourth quarter. The Panthers went ahead latein the fourth quarter after a Jeff Garcia interception.Wesley Walls scored on a 24-yard pass, but the twopointconversion failed, leaving the Panthers with a slim19-14 lead. On the next 49ers drive, Garcia was interceptedagain, this time deep in 49ers territory. The SanFrancisco defense held Carolina to only a field goal andthe 49ers were down 22-14 with just 1:52 remainingin the game. Garcia started the offense on its own 34-yard line and began the two-minute drill. The 49ersmoved down the field to the Panthers seven-yard line,where Garcia threw a fade route to Terrell Owens, whosnatched it out of the air with one second remainingon the clock to cut the score to 22-20. Garcia thenfound Eric Johnson in the end zone for the two-pointconversion to send the game into overtime. San Franciscowon the coin toss and started its drive at its own26-yard line. Garcia completed three-of-four passesfor 27 yards, while Garrison Hearst rushed twice for 34yards to bring the 49ers down to Carolina’s nine-yardline. Jose Cortez came on for the game-winning fieldgoal from 26 yards out, splitting the uprights to give the49ers the 25-22 overtime victory.1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final49ers 0 7 7 8 3 25Panthers 7 3 3 9 0 22