Editing San Francisco 49ers (section)

===Conference===
====Green Bay Packers====
{{main|49ers–Packers rivalry}}
The [[Green Bay Packers]] rivalry emerged in the mid-1990s when the Packers upset the 49ers in the 1995 NFC Divisional game at Candlestick Park, ending any chance of a Super Bowl repeat. From that point, the Packers beat the 49ers four more times including two post-season games. San Francisco was finally able to exact revenge in the 1998 NFC Wild Card round, a game that is remembered for a 25-yard game-winning touchdown reception by [[Terrell Owens]] off a [[Steve Young]] pass (referred to by some as "[[The Catch II]]"), lifting the 49ers over the Packers 30–27. Since that game, the Packers had beaten the 49ers eight straight times including once in the 2001 post-season, a streak that came to an end in the 2012 season when the 49ers beat the Packers in [[Lambeau Field]] week 1 for the first time since 1990, and again in the NFC Divisional game that same season. In the 2019 season the 49ers and Packers met in the 2020 NFC Championship game at Levi's Stadium where the 49ers won 37–20, but went on to lose [[Super Bowl LIV]] to the [[Kansas City Chiefs]]. The Packers also proceeded to lose to the 49ers in the Divisional Round in the 2021–2022 season. The 49ers trail the all-time series with a record of 34–39–1, though San Francisco holds a 6–4 lead in the postseason, winning the last five meetings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Matchups, San Francisco 49ers vs. Green Bay Packers |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game_query.cgi?tm1=sfo&tm2=gnb&yr=all |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

====Dallas Cowboys====
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The rivalry between the [[Dallas Cowboys]] and the 49ers has lasted since the 1970s. The [[NFL Top 10]] ranked this rivalry to be the tenth best in NFL history. San Francisco has played Dallas in nine postseason games. The Cowboys defeated the 49ers in the 1970 and 1971 NFC championship games, and again in the 1972 Divisional Playoff Game. The 1981 NFC championship game in San Francisco, which saw the 49ers' [[Joe Montana]] complete a game-winning pass to [[Dwight Clark]] in the final minute (now known as '''The Catch'''), is one of the most famous games in NFL history. The rivalry became even more intense during the 1992–1994 seasons. San Francisco and Dallas faced each other in the NFC championship game three separate times. Dallas won the first two match-ups, and San Francisco won the third. In each of these pivotal match-ups, the game's victor went on to win the Super Bowl. Both the Cowboys and the 49ers are third all-time in [[Super Bowl]] victories to the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] and [[New England Patriots]] with five each. The 49ers–Cowboys rivalry is also part of the larger cultural rivalry between California and Texas. In recent years, this once-great rivalry has greatly softened, with the struggles of both the Cowboys and 49ers. However, in its prime especially in the 1990s, this rivalry was a very bitter one as both teams were the class of the NFL during this time. In what was believed to be the greatest upset in the team's rivalry in the modern era, the 49ers upset the Cowboys in the 2021 Wild Card Round.
The 2022 49ers would go on to continue their winning streak against the Cowboys winning the divisional round game 19–12. The Cowboys' loss to the 49ers was their seventh straight in the divisional round, which is the longest streak in the second round of the NFL playoffs. In Week 5 of 2023–24 season, the 49ers beat the Cowboys 42–10, making it the largest win margin for the 49ers in the history of the rivalry. The 49ers lead the all-time series at 21-19-1, although they trail the Cowboys 4–5 in the playoffs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Matchups, San Francisco 49ers vs. Dallas Cowboys |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game_query.cgi?tm1=sfo&tm2=dal&yr=all |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

====New York Giants====
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The [[New York Giants]] have the most playoff meetings versus the 49ers (eight). The playoff series is currently tied at four wins a piece, and in five of their eight meetings, the winning team has gone on to win the Super Bowl. This rivalry is rooted in the 1980s when both teams were on the rise. In the first two playoff meetings between these two teams, the [[Joe Montana]]-led 49ers won both meetings, 38–24 in [[1981 NFL season|1981]] and 21–10 in [[1984 NFL season|1984]] both in the divisional round at [[Candlestick Park]]; the 49ers went on to win their first two Super Bowl championships both seasons. The Giants won the next three playoff meetings, which included a 49–3 rout at [[Giants Stadium]] in [[1986 NFL season|1986]], and the [[1990 NFL season|1990 NFC championship]], where they upset the 49ers 15–13, ruining the 49ers hopes of a Super Bowl three-peat after [[Roger Craig (American football)|Roger Craig]] lost a fumble late in the fourth quarter and let the Giants score on a last-second field goal. Giants also went on to win their first two Super Bowl championships both seasons. The 49ers defeated the Giants 44–3 in [[1993 NFL season|1993]] in the divisional round.<ref name="h063">{{cite web | last=Simers | first=T.J. | title=Giants Needed a Dam to Stop 49ers' Watters : NFC: San Francisco back runs for NFL-record five touchdowns in 44-3 victory. Taylor announces retirement. | website=Los Angeles Times | date=1994-01-16 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-16-sp-12482-story.html | access-date=2024-08-30}}</ref>  In the [[2002 NFL season|2002 NFC wildcard]] game, the Giants were ahead 38–14 late in the third quarter; however, the 49ers came back from the 24-point deficit to beat the Giants with a 39–38 victory. The teams met again in the [[2011 NFL season|2011 NFC championship]] at Candlestick Park, and just like the 1990 NFC championship, it was a low-scoring game; the Giants won the game on a [[Lawrence Tynes]] 31-yard field goal in overtime, 20–17. In an eerie similarity to Roger Craig's fumble 21 years earlier, [[Kyle Williams (wide receiver, born 1988)|Kyle Williams]] fumbled a punt in the crucial minutes of the game, and just like the last two times, the Giants beat the 49ers in the playoffs, they went on to win the Super Bowl.  San Francisco leads the all-time series 22–21.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Matchups, San Francisco 49ers vs. New York Giants |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game_query.cgi?tm1=sfo&tm2=nyg&yr=all |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>