The National Football League's two conference championship games took place on Sunday.
At Atlanta:
Frank Gore ran for two second-half touchdowns (a five-yarder in the third quarter and a nine-yarder--what proved to be the game winner--in the fourth) as the San Francisco 49ers erased a 17-point second-quarter deficit to defeat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 on the road to win their first National Football Conference title in eighteen years. The Niners won their first road playoff game (other than Super Bowls) in 24 years. The Niners, coached by Jim Harbaugh, will play in their sixth Super Bowl, having won on all five previous tries.
At Foxborough, Massachusetts:
Joe Flacco threw for three touchdowns in the second half----one in the third quarter of five yards to Dennis Pitta and two in the fourth quarter (of three and eleven yards) to Anquan Boldin---as the Baltimore Ravens overpowered the home-standing New England Patriots 28-13, avenging their American Football Conference championship game defeat of last year. The Ravens, coached by John Harbaugh (Jim's older brother), will make their second Super Bowl appearance (they manhandled the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV twelve years ago) at New Orleans on February 3 at 3:30 PM Pacific Time over CBS.
No comments:
Post a Comment