1982 NFC Championship game

[GimmeTheBall!]

The game itself is played in Jan of 82 but it's the 81 title game.

In my heart it will always be 82.

 

[sonnyboy]

I watched part of it and thought, what if the defender did not grab Drew Pearson by the collar? He might have gained 20 more yards. What if Danny White was in the shotgun instead of under center? Maybe he gets rid of the ball and does not fumble on that last drive. Ahh, still hurts all these years later. It would have been nice to have one title from the 80's.

This is my all-time favorite what if/ second guess.

We had the ball on the 42 with 38 seconds and a time out. We just hit the big play to Pearson and had them on their heels. We only need 10 yards for a legit shot to win it.
Why not run a draw to Dorset on that next play with the Niners thinking pass?

 

[Doomsday101]

The Cowboys were thinking pass and the 49ers crossed them up by running the ball.

Evidently the Cowboys did expect pass but SF had struggled with ints on the day so they were having issue in the passing game. As I said it is easier to say what you should have done after the game than during the game. One thing for sure with 7 DB the 9er were able to move the ball on the ground in pretty good chunks.