. the biggest battle of our professional lives all comes down to today. >> tonight, we stay with them and we shut them down because we can! >> it ain't about how hard you hit. it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward! how much you can take and keep moving forward! that's how winning is done! >> that's what living is! >> six inches in front of your

face! >> how you play today, from this moment on is how you will be remembered. ♪ welcome to 49ers total access, an inside look at the san francisco 49ers. >> touchdown 49ers! >> 49ers total access, with joe fonzi and melissa galvin. ♪ >> touchdown 49ers! 49ers total access is presented by stanford medicine, the official healthcare partner of the san francisco 49ers. for the third consecutive season, the san francisco 49ers are in the nfc championship

game. hello again, everyone. i'm joe fonzi. >> and i'm melissa galvin. >> welcome to this special playoff edition of 49ers total access. coming up on today's show this, is obviously a special time of year for any professional football player. some of the 49ers talked about being in the post season. >> he's one of the keys to the success of the 49ers offense and had a game-changing play against carolina. vernon davis was wired for sound. >> and they have a relatively short history, but the 49ers and seattle seahawks have developed quite a rivalry. what a run it has been for the 49ers to get to the nfc championship game, with road wins over both green bay and carolina. >> in carolina, a real game- changer was the touchdown pass right before half time from colin kaepernick to vernon davis. sometimes timing is everything, and in that game, vernon davis was mic'ed up. ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ >> yeah, yeah, yeah! >> good! ♪ >> go! ♪ >> good catch, boy! that was amazing! >> don't worry about it! that's cool! >> my fault. >> don't worry about it. >> we're going to get it again. come on!

>> that's touchdown, coach! that's touchdown! that was in! >> did you see it? did you see it? >> i didn't see it, but don't worry. >> did you see it? >> looks like you got it. >> i think i got two in. >> i thought you had two, too. i think you had two in. >> i think i did, yeah. i did my very best. >> that was a great play, man. that's a great play. >> there is a hole in the ground. >> huh? >> there's a hole in the ground, so i think i got it. >> there's a hole in the ground? >> yeah. >> oh, yes, you're in! >> that's a great catch, baby! great catch! that's in! hey, that's a great catch! >> yeah!

>> that's the way to play, baby! >> hell, yeah! >> come on! come on! >> it was on it! ♪ >> right, crabtree left, looking, he's got boldin out there! boldin at the 10! boldin at the 5! and boldin is down at the 2! ♪ >> and they are going to fake. kaepernick is going to keep it outside, and runs it in for the 49er touchdown! >> you did it, boys! >> way to follow me, frank! >> good job! >> go, go, go, go!

whew! >> you were ripping -- [ indiscernible ] >> that's funny, isn't it? >> you played big today. >> appreciate it. >> running game, huge. still to come on this playoff edition of 49ers total access, some of the 49ers talk about being in the post season. >> and we'll take a look at what's become an incredible nfc west rivalry. 49ers football is presented by hp, proud technology partners of the san francisco 49ers.

. welcome back to 49ers total access, brought to you by stanford medicine, the official healthcare partner of the san francisco 49ers. the 49er organizations has made quite a statement these last three years, making it to the nfc championship game all three times. >> but the team set high goals in the beginning of the season. not only do they want to get to the super bowl, they want to win it. some of the players talked about performing on the nfl's biggest stage. >> whether it's at home or away, it's a football game. you know, you can't stop the noise. and really, you just play football. ♪ ♪

>> and i think sometimes when you get on the road and you're in a hostile environment and people are screaming at you, that's when you play better, because you know your back's up against the wall. you know they have their fans against you. and there's nobody there to support you. myself, my brothers next to me, the guys on the sideline, that's all that matters. we're out here to win a football game. that's what makes it fun. you don't have your fans screaming for you. you have everybody else screaming on top of you and it feels like the walls are kind of coming down on you. but those are the games you love. >> think they are fired up now, let's go. ♪ >> have fun now, fellas! >> come on! >> let's go! let's go! >> got to go into the game and no matter the situation or the circumstances, you know, these are the playoffs and you got to

play at a high level. we're going head-down through it all. >> you got to face it. that's part of the game. we'll have to face that and go against their stadium, their fans and just play football. >> playmaker on three! >> 1, 2, 3, playmaker! >> let's go! ♪ >> you know, you're going into the opponent's stadium, so their fans are going to be loud. as a team, we like that. we like to play on enemy lines. that's the way we look at it. >> we've been there before. that's one of the things that's great about this football team. we have a lot of veteran leaders, younger guys can look to for advice and also, you know, how to prepare.

>> here we are! doing it again! i promise you, we do that, if we do that, we'll be there! one more game, one more time, one more time, one more time! >> let's go! let's go, baby! >> win on three! 1, 2, 3! >> win! >> we've played in all kinds of situations, on the road. it's something we all know how to handle. we've been to a lot of stadiums before. >> it's a business trip. you're there for one reason. that's to win. >> any time you get the opportunity to play in a hostile environment, you want to seize the moment. you want to go out and make plays and try to quiet the crowd as fast as possible and get them out of the game. for us as a team, throughout this whole year, this roller coaster ride that we've been on, we've been pretty good on the road. >> coach harbaugh would be

saying that rings are for kings. i like that. i like when he says that. that's what i'm thinking about, trying to become a king right now. i'm in love with it. it don't matter to me. i'm ready to go. >> just another level. all eyes are on us. everything counts. there is no next week if you don't win. >> one of the thing that comes down to playoff time, the reason that you're in the playoffs is because you did a good job all regular season. i think the intensity level is greater and i think the stakes are higher, but at the same time, you don't want to try to get outside yourself and do something crazy and, you know, putting your team and yourself in a bad situation. >> we can go as far as we want to go, man. we have the tools, the mindset, the work ethic to do it. we got to go out and execute our plays and, you know, play hard as we can and everything will take care of itself. ♪ 49ers total access is presented by stanford medicine, the official healthcare partner of the san francisco 49ers.

. welcome back to 49ers total access. when you think traditional rivals of the 49ers, you think rams, dallas cowboys, maybe even back to the old days of the nfc west, the saints and atlanta falcons. >> you probably wouldn't immediately think the seattle seahawks, but in the last few years, those two teams have developed quite a rivalry.

>> reporter: the first time the 49ers saw the seattle seahawks was 1976, when the seahawks were an expansion team in, yes, the nfc west. in that game in the newly constructed king dome, jim plunkett threw a pair of touchdown passes to gene washington. the 49ers won 37-21. at the end of the season, though, the seahawks switched to the afc west and remained there for the next 25 years. there were some memorable games along the way. in 1991, the 49ers closed the season as the hottest team in football, a 24-22 win in december, part of a six-game winning streak that left san francisco 10-6, but out of the playoffs for the first time since 1983. steve bono played quarterback that day and this one sticks in my mind, because the winning drive and eventual final score to john taylor happened right in front of john clark and me,

waiting to do the post game show. the seahawks re-joined the nfc west in 2002, a year that became known for terrell owens, a football, and a sharpie. the 49ers swept the seahawks that year, 28-21 in seattle, 31- 24 at candlestick. some less than memorable games followed 2002. one game that stood out was in december of 2006 in seattle. alex smith bootlegged his way 18 yards for a score and a 24- 14 49 erwin. >> alex smith on the bootleg on the left side. i got fooled by the fake, and there he is running to the left sideline and he scores! >> reporter: two years later, second-year player patrick willis intercepted matt hasselbeck and didn't stop until he had gone 86 yards for a score. >> ball deflected, niners pick it up off the deflection!

patrick willis back up the right sideline! beats one man, by hasselbeck, needs a block, down to the 40, the 35, can he run fast enough? 20, 15, 10, 5, touchdown 49ers! oh, what a bonanza! >> reporter: final, san francisco 33, seattle 30. in 2009, frank gore earned another entry in the 49er record book. >> 25, 30, straight through, 40, foot race, midfield, gore to the 40, 30, 20, angles right, 10, 5, dives, touchdown! niners! >> reporter: his 207-yard rushing day is san francisco's all-time single-game record. >> frank gore to the house again! 80 yards! touchdown niners! >> reporter: 2011 marked a new spin on this intensifying rivalry. jim harbaugh had been hired as san francisco's head coach, and the season began at candlestick park against the seahawks.

ted ginn made harbaugh's debut a winning effort with a kickoff return for a touchdown. >> cuts across once, gap near the far side, 30, racing, 40, ginn midfield, and ginn is gone! touchdown 49ers! >> reporter: and then a punt return produced the same result, both in the fourth quarter. >> ginn does it again! ted ginn! you talk about electrifying candlestick park! >> reporter: the last two years have proven this is one of the best current rivalries in the league. ♪ ♪

>> bill: in 30 games between the 49ers and seahawks, their record is 15-15. the game that breaks that tie is for the biggest stakes yet. the first-ever playoff meeting between these two teams will be to decide who goes to super bowl xlviii. ♪

. welcome back to this special playoff edition of 49ers total access. the 49ers would love for this

post season road trip to continue for a couple more weeks. >> and i've never been to new york. >> well, this would be a very good way for you to see it for the first time. >> i would love it! we're leaving you today with a unique look, courtesy of 49ers studios, of the game that got the 49ers into the nfc championship. >> now, for melissa galvin and our entire crew, i'm joe fonzi, thanks for being with us. we'll see you next time on 49ers total access. ♪ >> 49 yards, dawson, left hash

mark, snap, dawson's kick is on the way, and it is good! ♪ >> in the pocket, it's intercepted! intercepted by the 49ers! up off the turf, running, tackled at the 43-yard line, it's patrick willis! ball off the hands of a carolina receiver and on the deflection, willis made a diving catch! ♪ >> now they go forward with newton under center and newt keeps it under center. does he get it in? there's a huge pile-up at the goal line. what do the officials say? the 49ers stop newton on a sneak! >> kaepernick drops straight to

throw! great catch by crabtree! tremendous catch by crabtree! 29, jumped 14 feet in the air! ♪ ♪ >> kaepernick takes the snap, looking, he's got boldin out there! boldin at the 10! boldin at the 5! and boldin is down at the 2! and they are going to fake! kaepernick takes it out and runs it in with a 49er touchdown! kaepernick decisive and aggressive, could not be stopped. ♪ ♪ >> newton standing, and it's

snapped! and that is navorro bowman. tolbert blocked in to block bowman and bowman beat him and still sacked newton. >> newton standing in, standing in, stepping up, going to get wrapped up and sacked again! this time out of field goal range! >> kaepernick turns, gives to gore, 1st down and more, 40, cuts back, 50, running down the near side, 40, gore to the 30, gore is caught from behind and brought down at the 27 of carolina! frank gore, money! ♪ >> intercepted! dante whitten running near side, he's to the 15, to the 20, tight ropes up the sideline and goes out of bounds, saves the day with an interception! ♪ 49ers total access has been brought to you by stanford medicine, the official healthcare partner of the san francisco 49ers. catch exclusive 49er shows

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