Editing San Francisco 49ers (section)

====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>