San Francisco gains wild-card victory over Green Bay
By Dennis Georgatos
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Terrell
Owens hoped for a moment of re
demption. It came at the last in
stant from Steve Young and left
him in tears.
Owens, who had four drops and
a fumble earlier, leaped in a crowd
to catch Young’s 25-yard touch
down pass with three seconds re
maining, giving the San Francisco
49ers a 30-27 NFC wild-card vic
tory over the Green Bay Packers.
"I just looked at the clock and it
was ticking, ticking, ticking,”
Owens said. “I wanted to beat
Green Bay so bad. Any time
there’s a chance for me to get the
ball over the middle, I’m tough
enough to take it.
“I was just happy that I caught
the ball. I had a rough day. I let the
team down in the beginning, but
they all encouraged me to keep my
head up."
The victory ended San Francis
co’s run of five straight losses to the
Packers, including the last three
playoffs, and to their head coach,
former San Francisco offensive co
ordinator Mike Holmgren.
“It was the worst thing that
could happen, hut as athletes and
coaches we have to learn to live
with this,” said Holmgren, who
may have coached his last game
for the Packers; he may leave to
take a coach-GM joh elsewhere.
“I don’t know how they
scored,” Holmgren added. “I
guess I'll lookat the film some day.
The hall goes down the middle
and you don’t think that ball is go
ing to be caught, ever.”
Owens, in a reception rivaling
Dwight Clark’s fabled catch to beat
Dallas for the 1981 NFC champi
onship, snagged the ball amid
three defenders.
They immediately leveled him,
but it was too late.
“It’s a great thing, an emotional
thing,” Young said. "That play will
be attached to 49ers' lore for a long
time. I'll always remember it.”
So will a lot of others, including
Owens, who was in tears as he
hugged coach Steve Mariucci on
the sideline after the touchdown.
“He was frustrated because he
dropped a cou
ple passes,”
said Mariucci,
who beat his
former team for
the first time in
three games. "I told him to keep
playing and have a short memory.
When he caught that TD, he be
came a little emotional."
The score capped a nine-play,
76-yard drive after Brett Favre put
the Packers up 27-23 on a 15-yard
touchdown pass to Antonio Free
man with 1:56 remaining.
“I felt we had them," Favre said.
"But Young, he’s a great player, I
didn’t think they'd go down easy.
"Anybody who watched that
game has to think it’s the greatest
game they've ever seen. The great
players make big plays in big
games. They made some and we
made some.”
The 49ers (13-4) travel to At
lanta next Saturday. The Falcons
displaced the 49ers as NFC West
champions.
The loss could mark the end of
an era for the Packers (11-6). denied
in their hid to be the First NFC team
to reach three straight Super Bowls.
"1 guess stunned would be a
good word,” Freeman said. "I’m
not sure if guys are feeling any
thing right now. I’m still numb.”
Retiring defensive end Reggie
White, the league’s top career
sacker, also played in his Final
game.
He and his teammates were up
set about a non-call on an appar
ent fumble by Jerry Rice on the
winning drive.
“Absolutely,” Packers safety
LeRoy Butler said of whether it
was a blown call. "But he’s Jerry
Rice and 1 can’t comment on the
referees, or I will get fined.”
Then Owens came through.
"We've been waiting to be in a
game with them,” Young said.
“We’ve always been out of it early
against them. We wanted to get the
football with just a chance to score
and win the game. That’s all we
asked for.”
Young, heating the Packers for
the first time in nine tries, complet
ed 18 of 32 passes for 109 yards, 70
on the final drive. He also had
touchdown passes of 1 and 8 yards
to tight end Greg Clark, who had
just one scoring catch during the
season.
Young, harried all game and of
ten appeared out of sync, threw
two interceptions.
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