San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan provides latest point of humiliation for Dallas Cowboys playoff loss

Head coach Kyle Shanahan of the San Francisco 49ers has built up his team’s Sunday night matchup against the Dallas

Cowboys in the NFL Divisional Round.

The 49ers upset the Seattle Seahawks on Super Wild Card Weekend because to a masterful effort by rookie quarterback Brock Purdy,

drafted in the seventh round, who threw for 332 yards and three touchdowns.

Later on, Monday Night Football saw the Cowboys defeat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-14, ending Tom Brady’s season.

The Cowboys won handily thanks to 305 yards and four scores from quarterback Dak Prescott.

It means that on Sunday, in what promises to be a blockbuster game, America’s Team will head west to play the 49ers in the Bay Area.

With the 49ers playing the Green Bay Packers and the Cowboys playing the Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams, this will be the

seventh postseason meeting between these teams—tied for most in the Super Bowl era.

competitors in the rivalry during six of the prior ties, which occurred in the conference championship game.

Early in life, Shanahan watched his father Mike, an offensive coordinator in San Francisco, play in three consecutive NFC

title games against the Cowboys. The 43-year-old finds it exciting to lead the 49ers in a pivotal game against the Cowboys.

Rivalries develop in this way, according to Shanahan. “You guys were familiar with it from its inception in the 1980s.

Since I attended this school from 1992 to 1994, I have a lot of memories from my early years, and from that time on, the

largest football rivalry in my youth was this one.

Then, often, that goes away when you don’t face each other too often in the playoffs. We played well last year, and we play

well this year, so the more you do that, the bigger it gets agian.

The postseason rivalry between the 49ers and Cowboys dates back to the 1970s, and the game has produced a number of

memorable moments.

Despite quarterback Dak Prescott’s inability to snap off the ball in time, San Francisco defeated America’s Team 23–17 in

Dallas even the previous season.

Between 1970 and 1972, the two teams faced off in consecutive NFC Championship Games and a Divisional Round matchup,

with the Cowboys emerging victorious each time.

Dallas even won their first championship in 1971, defeating the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI after defeating the 49ers.

After the trilogy, the 49ers faded away, but in the 1981 NFC championship game, they exacted revenge by mounting a late

comeback to begin their own dynasty. Joe Montana, who would go on to win four Super Bowls with San Francisco,

spearheaded the decisive drive that ended with a 28-27 victory by passing to Dwight Clark for the renowned “The Catch.”

The Cowboys returned the courtesy by forming their own super squad.

Led by Tom Landry, Dallas defeated the 49ers in San Francisco to secure a spot in Super Bowl XXVII and then pulled off the

same manoeuvre in 1994.

Before Steve Young sent the 49ers back to the top of the mountain in the 1990s, the Cowboys had won three titles in four years.

On Sunday, Dallas will visit Levi’s Stadium to play the 49ers.

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